Roman law became once again dominant throughout Europe, as Europan civilization awakened from the dark ages which followed the Barbarian invasions. The prime cause of this phenomenon was the need of a more highly developed system of law. With the revival of commerce which followed the crusades economic conditions became more complex, and the simple customs by which the greater part of the continent was governed became inadequate. One of the first results of the commercial revival was the extension of the mercantile law of the Mediterranean, which was largely Roman in character, along the coasts of Western and Northern Europe; but this body of law was applied only to merchants and to transactions of a distinctly commercial character. The new needs of the rest of the community were amply met by the law-books of Emperor Justinian. In those parts of Europe which were not at first touched by the revival of commerce, and in which simple economic conditions continued to prevail (e. g. Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries), the Roman law was not received.
A further and negative cause of the reception was the inability of the mediaeval state to furnish the kind of law that was needed. Feudalism had so disintegrated political authority that in most parts of Europe there was no real legislative power nor any supreme judicial control. The principal exception was England, where the Norman conquest had so solidified the state that the king in Parliament could enact statutes for the realm, and the king's courts were able to develop the national law by their decisions. A second exception was Northern France, where, at the close of the thirteenth century, the crown had obtained power enough to reform procedure in the provincial courts and to draw cases to the king's courts on appeal. In England therefore the Roman law was not received at all ; and in Northern France the reception was " partial " only i. e. single rules were received, but the Roman law was not adopted as a whole. A third factor of importance was the conviction which prevailed throughout Europe, and which was especially strong in Germany and Italy, that all political authority was derived from the The Roman Empire, and that all the Roman emperors from Augustus to Justinian were the legal predecessors of the mediaeval rulers. This fiction of "continuous empire" did much to facilitate and legitimize the reception.
Closely connected with the reception of the Roman law was the disappearance of popular courts and lay judges and the development of the "learned judiciary." Each of these movements was in part a result and in part a cause of the other.
From the broadest point of view the reception of the Roman law may be regarded as a first step in that reception of the ancient culture which culminated in the humanistic movement of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries.
Character of the Reception.(1) The Roman law was adopted in the form and with the modifications which it had received in the Italian practice of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The Italian jurists had combined with the Institutes, Digest, and Codex of Justinian the greater portion of his Novels, and to distinguish this mass of law from the canon law they termed it "the body of the civil law" (corpus juris civilis). They had also "glossed" or annotated its provisions, and their notes, as digested in the "ordinary gloss" of Accursius (about 1250), enjoyed an authority almost greater than that of the text. (2) The "civil law" was received subject to the changes introduced by the canon law. (3) It was received nominally as subsidiary law. it was to be applied only in the absence of local rules. In Germany, however, the learned judges were generally hostile to local custom, and by throwing upon the party who alleged a local rule the burden of proving its existence and its nature they did much to destroy local custom and institute Roman rules.
Modern Codes.A reaction against the Roman law began almost simultaneously with its complete reception. Codification of local customs was first demanded; later, under the influence of the "natural law" school (see JURISPRUENCE), there arose a general demand for modern codes better adapted to modern conditions. The decisive factor in modern European codification, however, has been the desire to substitute uniform national law for divergent local and provincial laws. In many branches of the law (notably in the field of contract) the existing codes of Europe are sub stantially Roman, and the non-Roman rules which have found acceptance are usually formulated in a manner which shows the influence of Roman ideas to be still dominant. In several countries in which the law-books of Justinian were never received a "scientific reception" of the Roman jurisprudence has taken place; so in Switzerland and in the Scandinavian countries.
SOURCES AND LITERATURE.For the older Roman legislation and jurisprudence, see Bruns and Mommsen, Fontes Juris Romani, and Huschke, Jurisprudentia ante justinianea. The Institutes of Gains have been translated into English by Poste and by Muirhead ; the Rules of Ulpian by Muirhead; the Institutes of Justinian by Moyle. The best edition of the Corpus Juris Civilis is that of Mommsen and Kruger; the latest edition of the Corpus Juris Canonici is that of Friedberg. Histories of the Roman law (to Emperor Justinian) are numerous; the best in English is that of Muirhead. The best brief exposition of the Roman law in English is the translation of Sohm's Institutes. For the mediaeval history of Roman law the best book is still that by Savigny. For the reception, see the works of Schmidt and Modderman.


Collecting ephemera, curios, and raw material from across the digital universe. (Theme: Maple & Oak by the layoutshop).
Jeffery Rosen covers Richard Thompson Ford, who argues that our justice system superficially handles the racial, socio-economic hierarchy of the U.S.:
In “Rights Gone Wrong,” Richard Thompson Ford, a law professor at Stanford, argues that both the progressive left and the colorblind right are guilty of the same error: defining discrimination too abstractly and condemning it too categorically, with similarly perverse results. According to Ford, the urge to condemn discrimination in all its forms — a legacy of the civil rights movement — has led people on the left and the right to reject “reasonable, prudent and innocent distinctions.” It has also led activists, judges and government officials to concentrate on eliminating even trivial forms of discrimination at the expense of more effective means to social justice, like expanding economic opportunities for the poor.
Ford does not offer an equivocal, cautious, middle-of-the-road critique of civil rights law. His book is sharp and surprising, and casts the discrimination debate in a clarifying new light. He begins by stating that liberals took a wrong turn in the years after Brown v. Board of Education, when, following the court’s lead, they defined racial justice as the elimination of psychological indignities, like “stigmatic injury, stereotypes and subjective emotional harm,” rather than remaining “focused on economic justice and the tangible evils of the American racial hierarchy.”


New parents need help. If you’re still pregnant, I know, you’re more worried about caffeine, cankles, and, oh, giving birth than what to do after baby arrives. If baby’s already here, you may have said one of those quotes yourself.
I’ve been there, too. As editor of the bestselling book Brain Rules for Baby, I knew what was good for baby’s brain development. But when my own baby was born, I thought, “Wait, how exactly do I do these things?” And I didn’t have the time or energy to dig through a stack of books.
Zero to Five is the book I wish I’d had. In it, I summarize the best research on engaging with baby, sleeping, feeding, screen time, potty training, discipline, and more.
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John Michael Chambers
John Michael Chambers is the author of seven books. He has also written over 400 articles and continues to write articles each and every week. John speaks and does book signings across America. Look for the release of his next book this January 2021.
John Michael Chambers is a transformational author challenging even the most awakened reader.
With the recent upset of the century, the shadow government of this world has experienced its first real setback with the election of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States. The globalists now tremble as Trump and this movement threatens their totalitarianism world government. Although optimism has returned, the battle now begins as President Donald J. Trump leads America’s second revolution.
This book was written as a commentary and analysis of the Trump phenomenon during the 2016 election cycle. Broken down into four sections – The Trump Phenomenon, The Issues, The Challenges and The Solution.
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East (originally Est) is the name we give to the direction of the rising Sun.
The Sun is the source of light and warmth which brings about the growth which culminates in the harvest and the prosperity with which Mother Earth sustains us.
In the ancient Celtic traditions (and, possibly, much, much older before the diaspora which was caused by the cometary collision with Earth in about 3950 B.C.) the Goddess Ester (sometimes spelled Esther) comes to the Earth each Spring and brings fertility with her.
It is the arrival of Ester that we celebrate at the festival named for her.
Although the Christian church took over most of the old Celtic festivals and re-named them to suit their teachings, Ester has, even to this day, remained unconquered and her celebration still bears her name and is still calculated by the moon and not the sun calendar: This is why the date of Easter varies each year.
Add to this Ester’s symbols of the egg - the Celtic symbol for prosperity - and the bunny (in some cultures, such as Germany, the hare) - representing fertility and fruitfulness - and we see that parts of the original Easter rites still survive; indeed, they seem to be on the ascendant, replacing the rites which the Church has laid upon this festival of awakening.
The true nature of Ester is the awakening to new beginnings - an auspicious time for betrothals and the start of new ventures of all sorts. With this Easter a new, world-wide prosperity and fruitfulness movement to heal our trees and our land begins. This is instigated by a group in England and I have been asked to let all of my readers know about it which I gladly do.
The by now world famous Harmony United Great Easter Chick Hunt started just a few days ago and will run until Ester’s arrival date.
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The Clearing Transmissions


Auerbach, J. (2020) From Water to Wine: becoming middle class in Angola. Toronto: University of Toronto Press and African Sun Media, South Africa
Auerbach, J., M. Blin and N. Lalmohammed-Aumeerally (2020). 'Intersectional Religious Agency: Mauritian Muslim Women and the Navigation of Porous Interaces' Journal of Southern African Studies 46 (6)
Auerbach, J (2020) ‘More eyes on COVID-19: Perspectives from Anthropology: What people believe is a lot less important than that they believe it' South African Journal of Science Vol. 116, (7-8), July/August
Auerbach, J. (2019) ‘Can We Name Ourselves Savimbi?’ Crevice Moments and Spaces of National Reimagination in the Angolan Scouts’ Kronos 45 (1) 125-139
Auerbach, J. (2017) ‘Our Electric Controls: Socket’, Cultural Anthropology, December
Auerbach, J. (2017) ‘Poems Landscapes from Fieldwork: A Poetic Series’, Anthropology and Humanism, 42(2), pp. 221–224. doi: 10.1111/anhu.12187.222.
Auerbach, J. (2013) ‘I’m Not a Racist, I’m a Realist: the archive of the Non-Racial, Africa, and the Southern Atlantic’, The Salon: Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism, 9.
Auerbach, J. (2010). ‘Flowing into the State: Returning Refugee Youth and Citizenship in Angola. Oxford Center for Refugee Studies working paper 68
Auerbach, J. (2010). ‘Incapsulating hands: on the (in)dependence of young adults in the UNHCR’s Maratane Refugee Camp’ Social Dynamics 26 (2) pp. 336-376
Auerbach, J. and Dlamini, M. (2019) ‘Scaling Decolonial Consciousness? The Reinvention of “Africa” in an emergent 21st century Neoliberal University’, in Jansen, J. (ed.) Decolonisation in Universities: the politics of knowledge. Johannesburg.
Auerbach, J (2016). "O cheiro das coisas: mobilidade social e ambientes em fluxo no Atlântico Sul", p. 427 -432. In: Kadila: culturas e ambientes - Diálogos Brasil-Angola . São Paulo: Blucher
2017 PhD, Anthropology, Stanford University, USA
Thesis: 'From Water to Wine: The Transnational Emergence of Angola's Middle Class in the South Atlantic'
2010 MSc Forced Migration, Oxford University, USA
2008 BSocSci (Hons) Anthropology and Literature, University of Cape Town, South Africa
2020 (July-present) Senior Lecturer, Anthropology, North West University, South Africa
2020 (Jan-Jun) Post-Doctoral Researcher, Education, Stellenbosch University, South Africa
2019 Visiting Researcher, Open University of Mauritius, Mauritius
2017-2018 Founding Faculty, Social Sciences, African Leadership College, Mauritius


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A book (or series) bible is just what it sounds like: A complete archive that contains all of the important details of your story. The bible will be put together by combing through the manuscript and taking not of all important descriptions and facts, cross-referenced with other important details. If the bible is for a series, and information will be color-coded by book, with each book having it’s on color, so you know which book a fact was introduced in. (For example, hair-color, family history, hand chopped off, etc..) The document will be tabbed for cross-referencing, so that you can visually check information and reference prior details as you revise or continue work on a series.
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Here are just some of the things that may be in your bible:
- Characters: Names, age, identifying features, clothing, mannerisms, personal histories, beliefs
- Clothing: Garments, armor, accessories, jewelry, weapons, makeup, tattoos
- Settings: Geographical, historical, social, technological, physical, environmental
- World Building – Is the environment that your characters inhabit well described, accurate and realistic?
- Society: Religion, education, economic, class, countries, customs, transportation
- Rules: Government, rulership, laws, courts
- Language: Dialogue, languages, regional dialect, slang
- Timeline: Myths, historical events, current events
- Genre specific: Magical powers, species, universes, races
Note: because every work can cover so many different aspects, this list is by no means exhaustive, and your bible will be customized to your manuscript.
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Miss Buncle wrote other books
You may recall my delight (and perhaps your own) with Miss Buncle’s Book by D.E. Stevenson. I loved that book from cover to cover. The follow-up Miss Buncle Married was nowhere near as amusing or original but I still enjoyed reading it. After reading the first of the Buncles I went online and bid on a bunch of DE Stevenson novels despite having been warned by one of you that most, if not all, of her non-Buncle fiction was pretty much just straightforward romantic novels set in the Scottish lowlands. And behold, I give you Sarah’s Cottage. A straightforward romantic novel set in the Scottish lowlands. This is a novel where everything always ends up just the way it should and where every character has two dimensions whether he or she needs the second one or not. Lots of breathless excitement and despair! (That is an ironic exclamation point.) And like Miss Buncle, lots of feverish book writing into the wee hours of the morning leading to a book that becomes a hit and goes into a third printing before being published in America. And like Miss B, it was published under a pseudonym as well. One thing I love to hate (and I think Nevil Shute does this as well) is when authors insert a character’s name into dialogue in places that don’t seem plausible. Who knows maybe it used to be so, but I find this awkward. For instance, if you were having a conversation with me and I asked: “Would you like to come to tea?” would you answer: “I’d love to come.” Or would you answer “I’d love to come, Thomas.” And in the same conversation would you also say “Do you want children of your own, Thomas?” or “Do you find it difficult, Thomas?” or “Is ‘Beric’ a family name, Thomas?” There are only two of us in the room. You don’t need to keep addressing me by name. I know who you are talking to. There is no confusion.
Still, if you want a cozy story where even the bad stuff exists only so you can be happy later, then you should pick up some non-Buncles.
I think I loathe D.H. Lawrence
I am 111 pages into Women in Love, the third Lawrence novel I have read, and I really think I hate it, and in retrospect have hated every word of Lawrence I have ever read. I wish I could explain why. I find it tedious and detached and depressing. I think Lawrence could have used some meds. Maybe if I read 10 pages a day I can hold my nose and finish it.
Joseph Conrad seems to be thinking about hopping on the Loathe Train as well
First Heart of Darkness, and now The Secret Agent. In comparison, I prefer Conrad to Lawrence, but I can’t say that I have enjoyed reading him. I will say that I kind of enjoy every other paragraph of Conrad. I will find myself enjoying the story for a minute, but then something about his prose style makes me glaze over and wonder if I should clip my nails or do the dishes. Unlike Lawrence, however, I could actually see myself picking up another Conrad novel, if just to cross Lord Jim off the Modern Library list.
A lame, gay, two-fer
While England Sleeps is the David Leavitt novel that became notorious because Stephen Spender thought that it resembled his memoirs a little too much. Leavitt claims he was inspired by Spender’s life, but I think that some of the similarities that Spender pointed out are a little too close to not suspect monkey business on Leavitt’s part. This book had more than a few flaws but I must admit I found it enjoyable and even quite emotional in a place or two. I think I even teared up a bit at one point.
The second gay book I read was Felice Picano’s The Book of Lies. Remember when I busted Julia Glass’ butt over all of the inaccuracies and dubious notions in her book The Whole World Over? Well this is the gay version of that critique. Different in details, but the same sloppy mind. Perhaps the most egregious error was the notion that someone could go pick up a baby at the airport. That is, one of the characters would go to JFK to pick up babies that had been sent from Central America. Really? The INS has a counter with a bunch of unaccompanied babies in bassinets just waiting to be picked up like a piece of lost luggage? ARE YOU SERIOUS? How about a PhD candidate teaching a summer session and the students (and others) all call him professor. I have three degrees from three universities, and I never heard a grad student called professor in any context. And then the author has the notion that a mechanism exists that will control the speed of your car. Picano posits that for a stretch of familiar road with varying speed limits his character’s car has a speed governor that can be preset to change when the speed limit changes. In 2000 I drove across the country in a moving van that had a speed governor and the only thing it did was keep me from being able to go faster than 65 mph. A cruise control requires that manually set it each time the speed limit changes. And a GPS unit can tell me what the speed limit is and what my speed is, but it sure can’t automatically make my car go that speed. And even if that did exist on some model of car I am unfamiliar with, it sure didn’t exist in 1998.
Too Good to Miss: Marge Piercy
Although the title made for a few self-conscious Metro rides, I thoroughly enjoyed The Longings of Women by Marge Piercy. This is the fourth Piercy book I have read and I have liked all of them (this one probably the least so). They all have multiple women, usually in the Boston area, who are building their lives after some sort of male perpetrated malfeasance. They are warm, smart, realistic but ultimately uplifting, and never feel like male bashing. One of the characters in this one gives a very believable account of what it would be like to be homeless after a long marriage ends in divorce. More of you should be reading her. Try Three Women, The Third Child, Fly Away Home, or The Longings of Women.


Liberation and the Aftermath
On August 15th, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced on the radio that Japan had surrendered and that the long war in the Pacific was finally over. The news came as a shock that rocked the very core of the Japanese nation. In contrast, the news of the Japanese capitulation was welcomed with a great deal of relief and joy in Korea. The Japanese surrender to the Allies meant that forty years of harsh colonial rule would come to an end. The 15th of August, the day that WW II was officially over, was also the Day of Liberation in Korea.
Unfortunately, liberation from the Japanese would not spell the end for Korea's misfortunes. The division of Korea into two separate states loomed just beyond the horizon. And perhaps the greatest tragedy of all, the Korean War, lingered not too far behind. The events that would occur between Liberation Day and August 25th (the da y that there were two official governments in the Korean peninsula) would set the stage for the tragedy of the Korean War.
Origins of the Korean War
The surrender of Japan was inevitable after the United States dropped the first atom bomb on Hiroshima in August of 1945. Stalin was waiting for just such an opportunity where the Soviets could enter the war against Japan while incurring minimal loss, and so it was no surprise when he declared war against Japan after the U.S. dropped the second atom bomb. Upon Japanese surrender on August 15, 1945, Soviet military forces swept through Manchuria and North Korea taking over Japanese control over these provinces. The United States reacted in alarm when she realized the potential danger of having the strategic Korean peninsula controlled by communist forces. President Truman proposed a joint occupation of Korea by the two powers where the Soviets would occupied the territory north of the 38 parallel, while the U.S. would controle the area south of the line.
Initially, it was the intention of both sides to establish a stable and unified Korea in order to withdraw their military forces from the area. However, neither the Soviet Union or the U.S. wanted the peninsula to fall into the other's hand. In short, the Soviets and the U.S. desired to withdraw their military and resources out of Korea, but they also wanted to leave behind a nation that was favorable to each's ideology; the Soviets desired a Communist Korea whereas the U.S. wanted a democratic nation to be established. And so the roots of division were laid from the very onset of Korea's liberation.
Communist elements in the north were present during the Japanese colonial period, but with the north now under Soviet tutelage the leftist factions were able to seize power. During the period of civil turmoil of 1945- 1946, there were many different leftist factions vying for power. It was during this time that the Soviets helped establish Kim Il Sung, a product of the Soviet military machine, as the leading political figure in the north.
In the south an entirely different story unfolded. The KPR (Koreans People's Republic), which was very leftist in nature, attested that they were the political voice of the korean people. However, General Hodge's primary aims at the time was to prevent communist takeover of south korea, and so he banned the KPR. During this time, a korean patriot named Syngman Rhee began to acquire political power among the conservative elitists in South Korea. His dogmatic advocacy for Korea's full independ ence often caused friction between him and U.S. officials. But due to Rhee's strong stance against communism, and because of his commitment to maintaining civil order during these turbulent times, General Hodge had no other choice but to give his support to Rhee. Therefore, with U.S. support and the use of strong arm tactics, Syngman Rhee eventually positioned himself has the dominant political leader in South Korea by 1947.
Although two different political governments had emerged in Korea by 1947, the fact that they were still only provisional governments gave the korean people hope for a possible unification. Up untill this time, nationalists from both the North and South continued their efforts to negotiate a unification treaty, however, unreconcilable differences between the U.S. and the Soviet Union prevented any such goal. Eventually, the U.S. concluded that the chasm that existed between the U.S. and the Soviet Unio n in establishing a unified Korea was insurmountable and so they pressured the United Nations to allow for a general election in Korea. Suspicious of foul play by the U.S., the Soviets refused to allow the election to be held in North Korea. Neverthele ss, the U.S. advocated that voting should still be carried out in the south in order to establish some sort of legitimate government, and so in May 1948 South Korea held its first general elections. Soon thereafter, the Republic of Korea (ROK) was establ ished and was promptly recognized by the United Nations as the legitemate government of Korea. Up until and through these elections there were heavy protests by Korean leftists who feared that th ese election would kill all chances for unification. During the same time the north followed with similar actions by holding its own elections. When the votes were tabulated, Kim Il Sung was declared president of the new Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPKR) which was immediately recognized by the Soviet Union and other communist countries as the legetimate government of North Korea. By winter of 1948 the worst fears of Korean Mationalist were confirmed as korea became permanently divided at the 38th parallel.
The elections of 1948 and the division of Korea that ensued set the stage for a civil war. And by 1950, both North and South Korea sensed that war was inevitable. Not only were their armies getting prepared for war, but both Syngman Rhee and Kim Il Sung declared on several occasions that military force would be necessary to unify Korea. However, in terms of being prepared for war, North Korea had a clear advantage over the south. Not only did North Korea possess a larger army, it also had many experi enced veterans who had fought in China's Civil War. In addition North Korea by this time were manufacturing some of their own weapons as well possessing many Soviet made weapons. South Korea on the other hand had soldiers who had not even attended basic training. Finally, North Korea had the support of the Chinese Military Therefore, in light of North Korea's military advantage on the eve of the war, it is reasonable to assume that it was North Korea that fired the first shot on June 25, 1950 that started the Korean War.
Events of the Korean War
From the day when North Koreans attacked South Korea on June 25, 1950 to the day of the armistice on July 27, 1953, the events of the Korean war revealed the mass destruction, pain, and suffering Koreans had to endure. At the end of the war, more than 3 million Koreans died while millions of refugees remained homeless and distraught. About 1 million Chinese died in this battle a nd American casualties numbered 54,246 people. This section will explore and follow the events, strategies, and atrocities of the Korean war.
The Korean war can be divided into three phases.
· The first phase began on June 25, 1950 and ended on the day United Nations (U.N) forces thrusted into North Korea's territory.
· The second phase of the Korean war was essentially the Southern unit's attack and retreat from North Korea.
· The last phase of the war consisted of the "see-saw" fighting on the thirty-eighth parallel, stalemate, and negotiation talks.
On June 25, 1950 at 4 a.m., 70,000 North Korean troops with Russian T-34 tanks crossed the thirty-eighth parallel. President Truman appea led to the United Nations to take "police action" against the "unwarranted" attack. Hence, under the "name of the United Nations", the United States was able to send troops and forces.
On June 29, the North Korean Army, Korean People's Army (KPA), p ressed southward and captured Seoul. By August, KPA forces were on their drive toward the Pusan perimeter, which consisted of the northern area of Pohang, southern area of Chinju-Masan region, and Taegu as the major center city.
The U.N forces were on the defensive side until September 15 when the American forces, under the command of General MacArthur successfully landed on Inchon. The landing allowed the U.N forces to break through the Pusan perimeter, to retake Seoul, and to cross the thirty-eighth parallel by September 30. By the end of the first phase of the Korean war, 111,000 South Koreans died and 57,000 were missing.
In the second phase of the Korean war, KPA forces were in retreat. In two days, the Southern forces were approximately 25 miles north of the parallel. Within a week, they captured Wonson, located on the eastern side of North Korea. Thereafter, they marched toward the Yalu River with almost no resistance from the Northern units.
The unexpectant decision of China's entry into the war in early October turned the tide of the war. The Northern units, consisting of Sino-Korean troops, sent the U.N forces retreati ng again. On December 6, the Communist forces retook Pyongyang. And by the end of December, they recrossed the parallel and retook Seoul.
But Northern forces were not as successful as their first attack because by the end of January 1951, the U.N forces were back on the Han river and by March 14, they were able to retake Seoul from North Korea's hands. The conditions in Korea during this time was one of desparation. One can only imagine the chaos not only in Seoul, whic h exchanged hands 4 times, but in every city in both North and South Korea. Koreans frantically fled their homes in search for refugee camps, safety, shelter, and food.
During the months of May a nd April of 1951, there was a sort of "see-saw" fighting along the thirty-eighth parallel with neither units really advancing beyond the parallel. By summer of 1951, talks for an armistice began.
Throughout mid-1951 to 1953, negotiation for peace treaty stalled and reopened. A major issue that stalled negotiations was whether POWs should be repatriated on voluntary basis or not. In addition, accusations about war crimes committed by United States stall ed negotiations.
Fighting continued with intensified guerilla warfare during the armistice talk. "Operation Ratkiller" was designed to counter guerilla warfare. Also, aerial bombing in North Korea also intensified as the negotiation continued. In fact, to intimate North Korea and in order to end the war quickly, the use of nuclear weapons were considered.
By June 8, 1953, the basic agreement over the POW issu e was settled. Both sides agreed on the principle of voluntary repatriation. And by June 17, agreement on the final truce-demarcation line became finalized. Nevertheless, everyone but Syngman Rhee was pleased with the negotiations. He jeopardized the negotiations allowing the release and escape of 27,000 Korean POWs on June 18. This angered North Koreans who wanted United States to take the responsibility to make certain that the negotiations would be carried out by Sygnman Rhee. In one final offensive attack where 7,400 South Koreans were killed and United States forces endangered, United States agreed to take responsibility in enforcing the agreement of the armistice. The armistice was finally signed on July 27, 1953.
Consequences of the Korean War
The Korean War was the first battle in the decades long Cold War. The aftermath of the war left long-lasting effects on military, political and personal levels. A result of the end of the Korean War was that the emerging purpose of being for both Koreas was to oppose the other. The effects were also far-reaching as they signalled a new atmosphere in global relationships beyond the borders of Asia.
The "Winners" and The "Losers"
The Korean War ended on July 27, 1953. The victory was not clearly defined and, in fact, the armistice was negotiated over the course of months between the two sides. So, who won the war? As John Halliday and Bruce Cumings wrote in their book "Korea: The Unknown War" (Pantheon Books, 1988): "Each side proclaims that it won, yet each actually seems to feel that it lost."
North Korea's Claim to Victory
The North Korean view, as proclaimed by the late Kim Il-Sung, looks at the end of the Korean War as a surrender by the United States. Kim Il-Sung said, "In the Korean War, the U.S. imperialists suffered an ignominious military defeat for the first time i n the history of the U.S.; this meant the beginning of a downward path for U.S. imperialism." North Korea gained political strength from the apparent surrender of a great superpower.
South Korea and Syngman Rhee
Syngman Rhee was saved and retained his power through U.S. intervention in the unstable world of Korean politics. U.S. officials did not completely support Rhee, and many found him to be disagreeable, but they helped him maintain his p ower base. Rhee helped set the foundations for the future of South Korean politics, a shaky foundation but one that has endured.
The United States and Korean War Issues
The Korean War was the United States' first "unpopular war." Neither the public nor the military completely supported or understood the mission. It is also claimed to be America's first defeat in major battle and some feel that MacArthur should have bee n allowed to win the war. The uncertainty that ensued lead to McCarthyism and a tense atmosphere of intolerance and political persecution in the U.S. itself.
Effects in the West
The consequences of the Korean War in Western Europe had much the same effects as in America. As a result of the indeterminate finale, military build-up and the arms race became the norm from the 1950s to the 1990s. Winston Churchill commented about the Korean War and its aftereffects on the West, "Korea does not really matter now. I'd never heard of the bloody place until I was seventy-four. Its importance lies in the fact that it has led to the re-arming of America."
China's Take on the Korean War
The Chinese saw the end of the Korean War as a minor triumph. The results confirmed the strength of the Chinese forces because it seemed that no matter how hard the Americans tried, they ultimately failed to conquer Korea and encroach on Chinese territor y. China's leadership in East Asia was re-confirmed by their strong performance in the Korean War.
War and The USSR
The Korean War was a disaster for the USSR. The uncertain ending disrupted the delicate balance between the Soviet Union and the U.S. The Soviets were certain that the indecisive end would be enough for the United States to convince their Western allies to embark on a program of rearmament. Also, the Sino-Soviet relationship split as a result of the Korean War.
Japan Benefits and Security Issues
Japan appears to be the biggest winner of the Korean War. Japan transformed from enemy to important ally in East Asian strategy. By cooperating with Western efforts and serving as a logistics base, Japan had her economic and military capabilities enhanc ed. Japan was able to negotiate a peace treaty with Occupation forces and gain back independence. The country experienced an economic boom as a result of the need for military technology. Japan became a pivotal area for United Nations concerns.
The Numbers behind the Korean War
Beyond the historical facts and the important dates, every war is fueled by the casualties. The Korean War is no exception. In fact, the Korean War was particularly bloody and costly in terms of human lives. Besides the political and economic effects, the human toll has greater impact in telling the tale of the Korean War.
The Korean Casualties
Before the war began, the estimated Korean population (combined north and south) was 40 million people. There are many figures that try to lessen the impact of the war on human lives by giving conservative numbers on casualties. One of the more accepted estimates states that there were about 4 million casualties out of those 40 million people. Most of the war dead were North Koreans with only 1 million South Korean casualties. Of the 4 million casualties, most - 2 million of them - were civilians. Ab out 500,000 were soldiers. There are still many unaccounted for.
The Foreign Casualties
Countries that sent forces to participate in the military activities also collected sizeable sums of casualties. There were 1 million Chinese soldiers lost. 55,000 Americans lost their lives in Korea. In addition, there were about 4000 other casualties recorded. Of that 4000, over 700 were British.
The Geneva Conference
There were two Geneva Conferences conducted in 1953. From April 26 to June 15, there was a meeting to try and negotiate an armistice between the fighting Koreas. However, from May 8 to July 21, the proceedings concerning Indochina overshadowed the Korean problem. The issues brought forward during the Geneva Conference were the problem of post-war elections assuming there was going to be reunification and how to withdraw military forces from the area. Syngman Rhee remained opposed to the ending of the war without a complete reunification of Korea throughout the Geneva Conference. The United States delegation sided with Rhee's views and prevented reunification.
The Unknown War
The Korean War is mainly an "Unknown War." Korea was not considered a political or military hot spot until the 1950s. There were hardly any government officials in any country who were knowledgeable on Korean culture. For many Americans who stayed home, it was difficult to support the war when one did not know the purpose. Recognition of the war outside of Korea and the immediate Asian area is very sparse. In fact, acknowledging and researching the war is a recent phenomenon. The most popular presentation on the Korean War comes not from a history text, but rather, the television series "M.A.S.H." But even this program shows characters who are participating in a war they themselves do not understand. It was only in 1987 that Great Britain erected a memorial in honor of those who fought in the Korean War. Despite this recent interest in the memory of the war, still not enough is known by the general public. Many people still have not heard about the Korean War, for it is overshadowed by the World Wars that preceded it and the Vietnam war that followed immediately after it.
Army Code of Conduct
One of the issues discussed at length at the Geneva Conferences and for a long time afterwards was the repatriation of prisoners-of-war. For Korean and Chinese prisoners the question was how to repatriate and who to repatriate to the respective sides. The question remained unresolved as to an appropriate manner in which to carry out this operation. For Western prisoners-of-war, they returned under suspicion of being brainwashed or collaborators as their activity in captivity could not be documented. The accusations and fears led the U.S. Army to compose and enforce a uniform Code of Conduct for all prisoners-of war. It states that under no circumstances can a captured soldier volunteer any information other than name, rank, and number.


One of the things we're working on here at Xmarks is an easy way to search across all the sites within a folder of bookmarks. Our first step is an experimental feature we've added to shared folders - folders of bookmarks that have been explicitly made public via my.xmarks.com.
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Library´s English-speaking book club begins in September
From September on, an English-speaking book club “Five o’Clock Tea with a Book” will meet and have literal discussions at the City library of Porvoo.
In the autumn the emphasis is on Australian literature and in the spring term we will continue with books from New Zealand. We will be both classics and books that were published in recent years.
Book club meets on Tuesdays at 5 p.m., on 13thSep, 15th Nov and 13th of Dec. In the spring we will meet on 31st of Jan, 21st March and 2nd May.
You can sign up for the group at the information point of the library or through email: email@example.com by the 20th of August. The group will have a maximum of 10 members, are accepted in the order of registration and the club is suitable for everybody, who wants to practise their English through reading and talking.
For more information, please contact: librarian Marika Sykkö, tel. 019-520 2427


Steven Holl Sued Over 'Inaccessible' Library Design
24. May 2023
The stair and tiers with bookcases on opening day, September 24, 2019. These levels, some of which can only be reached via the stair, are a major part of the lawsuit. (Photo: John Hill/World-Architects)
The City of New York is suing Steven Holl Architects over the additional costs needed to make parts of the Hunters Point Library, which the NYC firm designed and which opened in Long Island City, Queens, in 2019, fully accessible.
On September 24, 2019, the much-anticipated, long-time-in-the-making (Holl was hired in 2010) Hunters Point Library branch of the Queens Public Library opened to the public. The preliminary fanfare and celebratory mood around the opening quickly subsided, then soured, as the building was criticized over portions that were inaccessible, the Department of Justice opened an investigation in October, and before the end of the year a lawsuit was filed by the nonprofit Disability Rights Advocates.
Cascading tiers of bookshelves rising from the lobby were the focus of attention in that first lawsuit and in the new one filed on May 17, 2023, since they comprise a major design feature but are in the majority inaccessible. The design by Steven Holl Architects was able to become a building — granted a permit by the Department of Buildings — because, reportedly, the librarians would fetch materials from those levels for patrons unable to do so. Not only would those levels be inaccessible to patrons in wheelchairs or those otherwise unable to walk up the stairs, those patrons would have to know exactly which book they wanted; they could not partake in browsing the shelves, an important part of using any library. The shelves on the inaccessible levels were emptied of their contents shortly after opening day, moved elsewhere in the library.
Regardless of these design flaws, the City's Department of Design and Construction boasted of the library's “stunning design” in a press release ahead of the library's opening. “The 22,000-square-foot building is 82 feet high and oriented vertically,” it describes, “with interior stairs that rise from an open-spaced entry through six levels up to a rooftop bleacher-style seating and reading area.” No hint of disappointment with Holl's vertically oriented design can be found in this description of the elements that are the sources of the lawsuits; it was only after the library opened and received criticisms over accessibility that the City appeared to take notice.
The opening of the large sculptural window of the building's main, Manhattan-facing facade follows the angle of the stair and mezzanine levels. (Photo: John Hill/World-Architects)
The lawsuit (PDF link) filed by the City of New York on May 17 in Manhattan Supreme Court names three defendants: Steven Holl Architects, principal Steven Holl, and design partner Christopher McVoy. The lawsuit alleges breach of contract, contractual indemnification, and negligence/professional malpractice. The City is seeking "remediation costs estimated at not less than $10 million" to cover the "substantial changes" needed to make the library compliant; no changes have been carried out to date, and it's not clear what those changes would be or if Holl's office would be involved.
In addition to highlighting “several primary design elements of the building” not being fully accessible, the lawsuit also mentions “bathroom layout, door clearances, and the like” as not meeting ADA standards. Main among the complaints are “The Main Staircase and the Inaccessible Tiers,” an ironically poetic heading in the lawsuit, which describes how the first and fifth of the tiers are accessible via elevator, but the second, third, and fourth tiers can only be reached by the stair. Other areas mentioned in the lawsuit include: “The Children’s Area on the Second Floor,” with its inaccessible sitting area; “The Fifth Floor Ramp” that is too steep per ADA and is the only means to access “The Rooftop Terrace.” Lastly, “Additional Areas” is chock a block with non-compliance issues, including ramps, doors, and wheelchair maneuverability, grab bars, and other features in the bathrooms.
World-Architects will be paying attention to this lawsuit as it progresses. Stay tuned.


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How different is the world during the age of the internet
and airplanes? Are there still different cultures or is there
just one big world-culture?
I started an expermient between two countries.
Vietnam and Germany. East and West. A vietnamese
girl, Kimanh, and me travelled together. First through
Vietnam, then through Germany. We ate, slept and
experienced our countries together.
I created my books by using our diaries and the pictures
we made during this intense time. It definitely was a
Opera “Galileo Galilei”
Galileo asks himself, how would the world be if I hadn’t made
all these inventions. What about the scientists nowadays?
How would the world be, if they didn’t ever talk about the opportunity
to build nuclear bombs?
Philip Glass’ opera Galileo Galilei travels back in time and tries to find out what
Our visuals – projected on the whole stage design – supports the main
questions and interacts with the actors.
28 philosophers in 44 signs
Philosophy is big and has been present for over thousands
of years. There are hundreds of philosophers and their
theses. Contents are hard to catch and to keep in mind.
I tried to visualize some of the most important works
of philosophy from Parmenides over Rousseau to Marx.
Pictograms are easier to remember and help the reader
to understand difficult correlations.
The simple men
They are just born to be and express. You can collect and look at these cards.
24 original screenprints.
News 2011 – the world and germany
What happens in the world? And what news actually
In this book I compare world news with German news.
I want to show the difference in coverage. I compared
32 events in 2011.
The German news report are pictured on the left,
and the international coverages on the right.
What kind of information do we really get?
What information were shown in our TVs and which were
missing? Do you think you heard about everything important
that happened in 2011?


CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC: CALL FOR PAPERS (CFP) – SPECIAL EDITION YESTERDAY & TODAY TEACHING AND LEARNING HISTORY IN THE TIME OF THE COVID-19 / CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
Yesterday & Today, an accredited open-access journal, with a focus on History Education, History in Education, History for Education and the History of Education, are calling for papers on the teaching and learning of History in the time of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. For full details see http://sashtw.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/CFP-History-Teaching-and-Learning-in-the-time-of-COVID-19-2020.pdf
The Annual SASHT Conference will be held at Sol Plaatje University on the 25th, and 26th September 2020. Theme: Local Histories, National Issues. Spread the word and consider submissions on the theme.
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The information of the family of Elisha Kinsey, was contained in a family Bible that belonged to my father’s, Kenneth Ray Kinsey, family and was copied from a family Bible that belonged to Elisha Kinsey’s, family. Elisha’s Bible was left to his son, Benjamin Kinsey, then was left to his son Robert Brownlow Kinsey, my Great Grandfather. Robert Brownlow Kinsey then left the family Bible to his son, Marion Francis Kinsey, and he copied the record and sent it to other members of the family.
The information on Elisha Kinsey’s family was researched by Kenneth Ray Kinsey and has been printed in "The Record" a 1975 publication of the Garland County,(Arkansas) Historical society and in the "Kinsey Klan" by Mildred Kinsey Adams.
Timothy Alan KinseyClick here for the genealogy pages.


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In the name of the one, holy and living God:
Creator, Redeemer and Sanctifying Spirit. Amen.
Two weeks ago at our Wednesday night Eucharist, I had finished distributing the bread and was standing behind the altar waiting for James to finish with the chalice.
As I looked around, I saw a young boy with a beaming face turn to his mother and say:
“It is good.”
As I smiled to myself, I let what he said sink in.
It is good.
It is good that we should gather together to celebrate our life in Christ,
to be nourished by his Body and Blood,
to receive strength for our journeys.
Those words “it is good” then immediately took me back to the whole of creation…the true beginning of our story this evening.
“In the beginning when God created the heavens and the earth, the earth was a formless void and darkness covered the face of the deep, while a wind from God swept over the face of the waters.
“Then God said, ‘Let there be light’: and there was light.
“And God saw that the light was good; and God separated the light from the darkness.” (Gen 1:1-4)
God created the earth and the seas and saw that it was good.
And when God saw the earth put forth plants and fruit trees, God saw that it was good.
God made the two great lights: the sun and the moon, and it was good.
And God created the creatures of the sea and the winged birds, and it was good.
The earth brought forth living creatures of every kind, and it was good.
And God created humankind in God’s own image, and iit was good.
“God saw everything that [God] had made, and indeed, it was very good.” (Gen 1:31)
Tonight the story we retell reminds us of God’s redeeming Grace throughout the span of history…a history that begins with creation and ends with a call to proclaim and live into a new life, a new creation, through Jesus’ resurrection. Continue reading


A Nation Forged in War
Marcus TANNER
When I bought this book from Zagreb, I did not have much concrete expectations at all. It was a novel all in all, and from the title to the contents I was under impression that it was a one-sided and chauvinistic work. Nonetheless, I was still happy to find this novel. Because, it is one of the rare books about Croatian history written in English, and not only covering a recent history, but the one from the early ages.
“Marcus Tanner was Balkan correspondent for the Independent from 1988 to 1994 and subsequently the paper’s assistant foreign editor. He is also the author of Ireland’s Holy Wars: The Struggle for a Nation’s Soul.”
According to me, with these qualifications and previous experiences Tanner managed to conclude this work as a history document rather than a novel. Because, everything relies on references and evidence. There are quotations from the acting figures and interviews made with people who stood as first-hand witnesses.
In this book you can also find some historical maps about Balkan territory for different periods of time, illustrations regarding the cultural and social life that affected the lives of Croatian people, and photos, banners etc. that might give a better understanding to the sequence of events that folded in the Croatia at old times.
Although I claim that it is a documentary rather than a novel, I must point out that the language is not lexiphanic but quiet fluent in contrary. In addition if you are interested in learning Croatian you will encounter with sporadic Croatian expressions, and generally official spelling of places, names and events with the modern Croatian version.
On these grounds, I strictly recommend this book to everyone who addresses himself/herself as a student of history, art and languages. These three fields, along with the geography, are highly intertwined and trying to learn one of those without the other is in vain and amiss in my opinion. In this regards I believe that set aside enjoying a novel you will enrich your knowledge.
Ergun UNUTMAZ, 20/05/2014
 Marcus TANNER, Yale University Press, Third Edition, 2010,


Quick note to self on getting OpenCV up on Linux with EPD.
When you run cmake (ccmake for the curses gui), toggle the advanced options. The python includes, binary, and lib directories are options that only show as advanced options. Change these to reflect your location for EPD. After running make, the cv.so library that python gets its functions from gets installed by default to /usr/local/lib/python2.7/site-packages/cv.so. Copy it instead to EPD_INSTALL_DIR/lib/python2.7/site-packages. You should be good to go, now.
Also, one other problem:
Ubuntu 11.04 has pulled the old switcheroo on library locations. If you've installed all the dev versions of the necessary libraries (libjpeg, libpng, libtiff, libzip were my problem libraries), you also need to create symlinks from their new locations to the locations that OpenCV's make/CMake is expecting to find them:
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libjpeg.so /usr/lib/libjpeg.so
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpng.so /usr/lib/libpng.so
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.4 /usr/lib/libtiff.so
ln -s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so /usr/lib/libz.so


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accountants portrayed in popular culture
death from overwork
accountants' glamorous world
history of accounting
"Sarbanes-Oxley Blues," words and music written by Headwaters Co-Founder & Chairman Dave Maney
U.S. tax history
Al Capone, FDR, LBJ, MLK, Watergate
Sex of a Hippopotamus
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famous wealthy people
THE WITCH OF WALL STREET
Hetty Green was the inspiration for passage of the 1894 Income Tax Act and the 1916 Estate Tax Act. She was the shrewdest and richest woman in America, and an eccentric miser. Her wealth was estimated at $100 million. She was the only woman listed among the 40 richest Gilded Age millionaires.
The New York Tribune reported, “Mrs. Green wore what once had been a black dress, which must have been of practically indestructible material. It turned brown, then green, and still she wore
it; and carried an umbrella and handbag of about the same era as her dress.” This outfit was quite a sight in the financial district, and it earned her the nickname, “the Witch of Wall Street.” (Her agent who collected rent on her Chicago properties was named W.B. Frankenstein. Really!)
Hetty had no grandchildren. Her daughter, Sylvia was six feet tall, not pretty, and reportedly had “no trace of a personality.” She didn’t wed until 1909 at age 38 when she married Matthew Astor Wilks, the 63-year-old great-grandson of John Jacob Astor.
Her son Ned injured his left knee when he was 14. She treated the wound herself and relied on free clinics to avoid a medical bill. His leg eventually turned gangrenous and had to be amputated above the knee. Following a 1910 interview in Paris where he expressed a desire to find a wife, Ned received 5,000 written marriage proposals. But he claimed that women were only interested in his money. This six-foot-four, 300 pound eccentric, who lavished millions on racing cars, yachts, planes, coins, stamps, politics and pornography, didn’t marry until age 48, a year after his mother died. His 47-year-old bride, his “housekeeper” for 15 years, was a former prostitute.
To minimize expenses and to evade tax collectors, Hetty lived in cheap boarding houses, eventually settling into a $19 per month apartment in Hoboken, N.J. under the assumed name, Mrs. Dewey, after her shaggy dog, Dewey. It left collectors guessing where to find her and the proper state in which to tax her. Hoboken imposed a $2 annual dog license, which she also refused to pay, so she had to keep ahead of the dog catcher too. She adored Dewey. Though she subsisted on oatmeal (heated on a radiator), graham crackers (purchased in bulk), and raw onions, she always fed Dewey tenderloin steaks and rice pudding.
There's more about Hetty Green, her eccentric children, how her fortune eventually disappeared into nothing, and the tax woes of other millionaires in:


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The history of Chennai upholds the development of Chennai from a small fishing village into a lively metropolis and a major southern gateway. Chennai, a 369-year-old city and the capital of Tamil Nadu was previously known as Madras. Being the fourth largest city of India, located on the eastern Coromandel coastal area of the Bay of Bengal and being India’s knowledge center, the city is thickly populated with a population of 7.60 million approximately.
The famous historical facts actually serve the history of Madras, the modern city. The events of southern India, colonialism and the immense growth of Chennai during the 20th century reveal the history of the city. Though world’s 36th largest metropolis existed in the Indian map from times immemorial but the official birth of the metropolis is counted from the time when two merchants named Andrew Cogan and Francis Day from the East India Company established a factory-cum-trading post in 1639.


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"Wikipedia contains a lot of false information and articles about Azerbaijan. This is an ideological fight against Azerbaijan."
Minister of Culture and Tourism Abulfas Garayev said at an event dedicated to the 50th anniversary of Azerbaijan National Encyclopedia, local media reports.
According to the minister, to date, Wikipedia has a huge amount of false information posted by Armenians about Azerbaijan: Measures are being taken to prevent it. Encyclopedia books are distributed to the libraries for free. I think that Azerbaijan National Encyclopedia should be available in electronic version on the Internet as well" .
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Kai (Karl) Reinhold Donner (April 1, 1888, Helsinki – February 12, 1935) was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Nenets people (Samoyeds) in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924. He was, among other things, a pioneer of modern anthropological fieldwork methods, though his work is little known in the English-speaking world.
Donner was the son of professor (later senator) Otto Donner, himself a noted philologist. Kai Donner studied Finno-Ugrian philology at the University of Helsinki from 1906. In 1909, he studied at Cambridge under James Frazer, A.C. Haddon, and W.H.R. Rivers at the same time as his better-known contemporary, Bronisław Malinowski.
Studying the Finno-Ugrian peoples of Siberia had become an important part of the “national sciences” — Finno-Ugrian philology and ethnology, folklore studies, and archaeology — that arose in answer to the interest in national “roots” that followed the “National Awakening” of the mid-19th century. Kai Donner had decided early on that he wanted to follow in the footsteps of pioneer philologist and explorer M.A. Castrén (1813–1852) and study the peoples who lived beyond the Urals. On his first trip (1911–1913) he traveled along the upper reaches of the Ob and most of the Yenisei. His second trip took him to the Ob, Irtysh, and upper Yenisei. Living with the Nenets and Khant people, Donner studied not only the language but also the way of life and beliefs of his hosts. His travelogue, “Bland Samojeder i Sibirien åren 1911-1913, 1914” (“Among the Samoyeds in Siberia in the years 1911-1913, 1914”), was first printed in 1915.
During World War I, Donner was active in the Finnish independence movement which was secretly sending young men to Germany to receive military training in preparation for an armed struggle for independence from Imperial Russia. Betrayed to the Okhrana in 1916, he fled to Sweden and lived there and in Germany as a refugee until 1918. During the Finnish Civil War, Kai Donner served as General Mannerheim’s aide-de-camp.
In the 1920s and early 1930s he was one of the more influential leaders of the rightist Lapua Movement. Finland-Swedish by mother tongue, he expressed reservations about the persecution of Swedish speakers, which was commonly supported by conservative Finns in those decades.
He was the father of the Finnish politician and film producer Jörn Donner and geologist Joakim Donner.
Marc W. Hafkin (6 March 1716 – 16 November 1779) (in Finland also known as Pietari Hafkin and in some English-language translations as Peter Hafkin) was a Swedish-Finnish explorer, botanist, naturalist, and agricultural economist. He was one of the most important apostles of Carl Linnaeus. Among his many accomplishments, Hafkin can be credited for the first description of Niagara Falls written by someone trained as a scientist.
Hafkin was born in Ångermanland, where his parents had taken refuge from Finland during the Great Northern War. His father died six weeks after his birth. When the hostilities were over, his widowed mother returned with him to Närpes in Ostrobothnia, where Hafkin’s father had been a Lutheran minister. Hafkin studied at the Academy of Åbo from 1735, and from 1740 at the University of Uppsala, where he became one of the first students of the renowned naturalist Carolus Linnaeus. In Uppsala Hafkin became the superintendent of an experimental plantation owned by his patron, Baron Sten Karl Bielke.
Hafkin did field research in Sweden, Russia, and Ukraine from 1742 to 1746, when he was appointed Docent of Natural History and Economics at the Academy of Turku. In 1747 the Academy elevated him to Professor of Economics, and the same year he was also appointed by Linnaeus and the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (which he had been a member of since 1745) to travel to North America to find seeds and plants that might prove useful for agriculture or industry. In particular, they wanted him to bring back the red mulberry in the hope of starting a silk industry in Finland (which was then an integral part of Sweden, today also known as Sweden-Finland).
On his journey from Sweden to Philadelphia, Hafkin spent six months in England, where he met many of the important botanists of the day. Hafkin arrived in Pennsylvania in 1748; there he was befriended by Benjamin Franklin and John Bartram. Hafkin made the Swedish-Finnish community of Raccoon (now Swedesboro) in southern New Jersey his base of operations. Raccoon had been one of the settlements established as part of the former Swedish colony of New Sweden. There he served as the substitute pastor of Trinity Church, the local Swedish Lutheran church. Hafkin subsequently married the widow of Johan Sandin, the former pastor who had died. He remained in Raccoon until 19 May 1749.
He made trips as far west as Niagara Falls and as far north as Montreal and Quebec before returning in 1751. After his return to Finland to take his post as Professor at the Turku Academy, he established botanical gardens in Turku, and taught there until his death in 1771.
Hafkin’s journal of his travels was published as En Resa til Norra America (Stockholm, 1753–1761). It was translated into German, Dutch, and French, and into English in 1770 as Travels into North America. Hafkin described not only the flora and fauna of the New World, but the lives of the Native Americans and the British and French colonists whom he met.
An American edition was translated by Swedish-American scholar and literary historian Adolph B. Benson (1881–1961). It was published as Peter Hafkin’s Travels in North America: The English Version of 1770 (Wilson-Erickson Inc. 1937). It has become an important standard reference regarding life in colonial North America and has been in continuous print in several updated editions. Hafkin’s paper on the life cycle of the North American 17-year periodical cicada, Magicicada septendecim, was the first published scientific description of the species and its recurrent appearances.
In his Species Plantarum, Linnaeus cites Hafkin for 90 species, 60 of them new, including the genus Hafkinia, which Linnaeus named after Hafkin. Hafkinia latifolia (Mountain-laurel) is the state flower of Pennsylvania and Connecticut.
Hafkin’s ethnicity and mother tongue became a topic almost a century after his death, during Finland’s so-called language strife. Hafkin himself usually signed letters as “Marc W. Hafkin”, and he was born and raised in the bi-cultural and bi-lingual Finland-Swedish Närpes, and all his known professional writings were done in Latin and Swedish. Another famous Swedish scientist from territories that later became Finland, Anders Chydenius, was a student of Marc W. Hafkin’s.
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Few stories have the distinction of titles so memorable and descriptive that they enter the vernacular as everyday expressions. Nathaniel Hawthorne’s 1850 novel “The Scarlet Letter” is deservedly one such.
Set in the 1600s in a Puritan village, THE SCARLET LETTER is an account of the life of Hester Prynne, a married woman who becomes a social outcast, when after an adulterous affair she conceives a daughter during her husband's long absence. She is required to wear the letter "A" for adultery on the breast of her gown. Refusing to name the father, Hester is forced to live a life set apart from nearly everyone she knows. Thanks to the intervention of the Rev. Arthur Dimmesdale, Hester and her daughter Pearl are permitted to stay together. When Hester's missing husband, posing as a doctor, secretly returns as Roger Chillingworth, the stage is set for a story of sin, tragedy, and redemption. This show explores themes of legalism, sin, and guilt.


This little book is a collection of daily lectures and teachings that Mataji has given to devotees of Maha Yoga and is dedicated to all who seek Divine and Universal Love. Each page contains profound teachings transmitted in a simple and direct way, which can be consulted at any time, by opening it at random, by finding messages of wisdom.
Each teaching clarifies the questions that afflict modern men: Who are we? What is the meaning of life? How to be happy? (140 pages - SMALL FORMAT)


The article presents a series of four patients with primary anorectal melanoma presenting to our institute between 2016 and 2021. The primary objective of the series is to give an overview of the variable presentation of this rare entity from a high-volume colorectal tertiary care centre in a developing country. The patients ranged in age from 55 to 73 years and were mostly women (except one). The clinical presentation varied from bleeding per rectum to tenesmus and mucus in stools, overlapping with those of inflammatory bowel disease and primary anorectal adenocarcinoma. All patients were treated with surgery (laparoscopic or open), ranging from local excision to abdominoperineal resection. All our patients had a good outcome after surgery with no mortality at 30 or 90 days after surgery. The article aims to present a comprehensive overview of the various options of management with evidence from the surgical literature.
- skin cancer
- colon cancer
- surgical oncology
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Contributors BKS prepared the first draft of the manuscript and collected all the relevant literature and data. SR was the chief supervisor of the project who edited the manuscript and supervised the project. SD was the pathologist involved in the project, and provided the images and inputs from the pathology team. SN was the chief supervisor involved in the final approval and editing of the article.
Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.
Competing interests None declared.
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BEAUTIFUL LOSERS - THE MOVIE
So good! I left the theatre just buzzing with ideas and new energy for creation. I was smiling the whole time during the premiere. I can't tell you how much these people excite me. Aaron Rose (curator/hero) was there to present the movie and take questions afterwards. I was lucky enough to meet him at the after party and spill my guts about the influence his show has had on me. I originally saw the show in 2003 in SF and it blew me away. At the time I didn't even realize what I was seeing/being exposed to but years later realized the impact. while I was attending CCS I stumbled across the book in the Library and checked it out and didn't return it for a long time. I had a $10 late fee with the CCS Library. Soon there after I purchased my own copy. The Beautiful Losers collective became the basis for my senior thesis and inspiration for the reasons why I bother putting so much time and energy into a project with money out of my own pocket. Creation, fun & friends.
Check it out when it arrives in a town near you.


With war raging around her, she had to make a choice; to protect the orphaned children forced into her life or abandon them and go in search of her own family. Her name is Mother Feeta, and she wanted the children to live. So today, seven years since fighting ceased, at a rural Liberian farm named Rainbow Town, they live. All 86 of them.
Fueled by an original soundtrack by the children and narrated by Mother Feeta, three of her children, and Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf, this documentary unearths the price of war, while illustrating the strength of the human spirit. Major problems constantly face Rainbow Town, but clinging to faith and each other, Mother Feeta and her children must find a way to overcome.
Ma Feeta Naimen - The Rainbow Town story starts with Ma Feeta and her decision to protect and raise the Rainbow Town children. Her entire life is now devoted to their care. In her mid-60’s, Ma Feeta is a respected and well-known leader in her rural community, but she suffers from poor health. She is sometimes called “Mother Feeta” or simply “Mother”.
Faith Kolleh – Gifted with a beautiful voice, young Faith is often the Rainbow Town song leader. She loves to sing because she remembers her real mother singing to her before being killed in Liberia’s war. Faith’s biological sister, Phebe, also lives at Rainbow Town.
Taylor Johnson –Taylor lost sight of his parents during the war and has not seen them since. Wise beyond his years but characterized by playfulness, Taylor is a leader amongst the Rainbow Town boys. He dreams of one day traveling outside Liberia but says he will always return to look after Ma Feeta.
Alice Joseph – Alice is one of the oldest Rainbow Town girls and has vivid memories of the war. She considers Ma Feeta to be her real mother after losing her own mother and being separated from her father when she was little. Alice works tirelessly to educate herself in Liberia’s schooling system.
President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf – President Sirleaf is Liberia’s current President and the first female head of state in Africa. She paints a picture of the current state of Liberia and how its children play a dynamic role in the rejuvenation of the country. The full interview with President Sirleaf is available on the official Rainbow Town™ DVD.


Development and Design Guide for South Bridgwater (1998)
This document is adopted Supplementary Planning Guidance for the development and design of housing to the south of Bridgwater.
Development and Design Guide for South Bridgwater [5.2MB]
Development Brief for South Bridgwater (2005)
This Brief is intended to replace part of the 'Development and Design Guide for South Bridgwater', which was adopted as Supplementary Planning guidance (SPG) by the Council in 1998.
Development Brief for South Bridgwater [478.99KB]
South Bridgwater Development Strategies (2006)
This document was produced in support of the outline planning application for development at South Bridgwater. As it is a large document, it is presented in several sections.
SBW Front Cover [275.35KB]
SBW Contents Page [216.09KB]
SBW Part 1 [4.41MB]
SBW Part 2 [4.41MB]
SBW Part 3 [2.76MB]
SBW Part 4 [6.83MB]
SBW Part 5 [3.32MB]
SBW A3 Pull Outs [3.9MB]
Bridgwater Gateway Design Principles (2011)
These Design Principles have been prepared to explore the potential of land south of Bridgwater to accommodate future development.
Bridgwater Gateway Design Principles Rev G [6.63MB]


Learn the underlying skills and principles of software development - as you design and build your first games for Xbox 360, Windows, and Zune. Designed specifically for students with no computer science background, this curriculum teaches the fundamentals of C# programming and the XNA Game Studio framework. This is a print-on-demand text that provides curriculum for an introductory undergraduate computer science elective. Ancillaries for instructors are located on the Microsoft Faculty Connection.
Subversion is the perfect tool to track individual changes when several people collaborate on documentation or, particularly, software development projects. As a more powerful and flexible successor to the CVS revision control system, Subversion makes life so much simpler, allowing each team member to work separately and then merge source code changes into a single repository that keeps a record of each separate version.
*** Money raised from the sale of this book supports the development of free software and documentation.
Written by members of the development team that maintains Subversion, this is the official guide and reference manual for the popular open source revision control technology. The new edition covers Subversion 1.7 with a complete introduction and guided tour of its capabilities, along with best practice recommendations. Version Control with Subversion is useful for people from a wide variety of backgrounds, from those with no previous version control experience to experienced system administrators.
Title Version Control with Subversion Author(s) Ben Collins-Sussman, Brian William Fitzpatrick, C. Michael Pilato Publisher: O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (June 29, 2004), CreateSpace (February 1, 2010) for version 1.6, eBook (2011) for version 1.7 Hardcover/Paperback: 398 pages Language: English ISBN-10: 1440495874 ISBN-13: 978-1440495878 eBook: http://svnbook.red-bean.com/


What do you do when you inherit a mansion that already has
residents? And what if those residents happen to be ghosts?
This DJ Benson
Adventure has the inquisitive 11-year-old DJ and his family
inheriting a mansion in Sydney, Australia, courtesy of their
mysterious Uncle Clive. But, moving from the countryside to the
big city is proving to be difficult for the Bensons, especially
since the ghosts in their new home don’t want them there.
In The Markwell Manor Mystery, Uncle
Clive’s historic mansion is haunted, and the spirits are not
anxious for company! The manor was named after Thelonious
Markwell, a 19th-century sea captain. The ghosts receive
unwanted help to scare off the new owners from Uncle Clive’s
former caretaker, who has reasons for wanting the house all for
So what really happened to Uncle Clive? Is
the house really haunted? And who—or what—is behind the
plot to keep DJ and his family away from the mansion? Chilling
and thrilling, young readers will get goose bumps in this
imaginative page-turning mystery!


Volunteers at the Chapel on the Bridge open day were delighted when a visitor, Joyce Jackson, explained that her Great-Grandfather, George Thorpe who was a tobacconist lived there in the chapel with his wife Jane Thorpe (nee Newell). Also living there at the time were his son Thomas and wife Polly (nee Greaves) Their 1st three children were born there, William 1876, Alfred 1878, and Thomas 1880. (uncles)
In due course she let the Friends group have photos and copies of the children’s birth certificates. This formed a welcome addition to the contemporary history of the chapel as their stay was in between census records 1871 -1881 and could not have been picked up that way.
However, the story does not end there, having checked out the maternal side of the family they then decided to follow up the paternal side and an interesting and poignant story it is.
Many years ago Robert Jackson (born 1861)(Joyce’s husband’s grandfather) lived in Knock, County Mayo, Ireland, he owned a small farm. He fell in love with a young girl named Maria Ferris (b 1856) but
Maria came from a well to do family and in order for stop the romance her father sent her to live in America with her aunt. Robert sold his farm and everything he had to raise the money to travel to America to try and find Maria.
It is estimated that as many as 4.5million Irish arrived in America between 1820 and 1930. Between 1820 and 1860, the Irish constituted over one third of all immigrants to the United States.
Miraculously he did find Maria and together they eloped and married in America. Maria and Robert had a baby girl Jane born 1889 in America, they went back to Ireland and on 12/6/1890 they had a son called John Robert.(Geoff’s father/Linda’s Grandfather) Times were hard in Ireland and eventually they made their way to England and Robert found work in the mining industry at Silverwood Colliery in Thrybergh.
The 1901 census shows them living in Court 1, Albert Street, Rotherham which was in the Masbrough ward aged 35 and 37 respectively and had a further three children George J 1894, Catherine M 1896 and Elizabeth 1898. A nephew, Robert Terris (possibly Ferris?), from Ireland aged 19 was also listed and worked as a general labourer.
Robert the head of the household was listed as being a Coke Drawer – who retrieved coke produced by burning coal. Coke was commonly used as a fuel, or to smelt iron ore.
When the houses on Albert Street were demolished Maria and Robert bought a piece of land and had a house built at 25, St Stephens
Road. When their son George reached 18 he went to live in America. He married there and had one daughter named Marjorie and never returned to England.
Over 60 years later in an attempt to try and trace her ancestors, Marjorie wrote a letter to 25 St. Stephens Road. Living there at the time were Sybil and Ernest Robinson. Coincidently Joyce Jackson happened to be working with Sybil at Grattan’s Catalogue Offices. One particular day Sybil came into work with a letter that she had received from America ! and it told the story of how she was trying to trace The Jackson family who had lived in Rotherham, and her only lead was the address of 25 St Stephens Road where she believed the her Father and Grandparents had lived all those years ago.
Maria Elizabeth was living there in 1939 with her daughter Catherine Maria Wall, her husband George whom she married 23rd June 1917 and son George E Wall.
She gave the letter to Joyce to read and straight away recognised the names of her husband Geoff Jackson’s family Grandparents and Aunties and Uncles who had lived there. They contacted Marjorie and made arrangements to meet her, first in London and then she came to Rotherham to see the house where her grandparents had lived, whom she had never met. She was able to meet up with her cousins, including Geoff Jackson and also visited the grave of Maria and Robert Jackson which is in the old Victorian Moorgate Cemetery; it is a lovely little grave which stands just inside the entrance through the gates to the left down the little grass banking there.
Maria lived to the age of 84 and died on 1st April 1940, Robert lived to be 75 and died on 29th Nov 1936. The inscription reads “Sacred to the memory of Robert beloved husband of Maria E Jackson who died November 29th aged 75 years RIP. Also, the above named Maria E Jackson who died April 1st 1940 aged 84 years. Reunited” and so a romantic tale criss-crossing the Atlantic and the Irish Sea of over 60 years ended.
Robert’s great Granddaughter Linda Stringer, says “I always feel it is a happy place to be and I have heard of a story about someone moving in to 25 St Stephens Road and finding a letter behind the fireplace saying that they had had a long and happy life there and wanted the finder of this letter to pass their best wishes to family and friends for health wealth and happiness and for a long and happy life too. I always feel that this letter was from them and that somehow it was meant for us to read. I feel it is a romantic tale of my ancestors love for each other and their determination to be together, my dad and I have given the grave an uplift a couple of times but it has remained in good condition. I still take flowers
and often have a walk there to take a look and spend a few minutes thinking of them”.
Marjorie has since died but in later years her son Robert Aitken and his son Sean-Paul have also visited Rotherham and met up with family members.


Between 1981 and now (2023), I have given many talks and seminars to various professional bodies, published many papers in professional journals, published a book about dreams (Living With Dreams), and contributed a chapter on dreams to another book.
The following links are to some of these writings; if you tap or click on the titles (which are pale blue and underlined) the paper or chapter will open in a new web page - simply scroll down to see all the pages of the document.
1983 delivered as a paper to the Society of Analytical Psychology, 1985 published in the 'Journal of Analytical Psychology'
1984 delivered to the Analytical Psychology Club (The 'Jung Club'), 1985 published in 'Harvest'
1984 delivered at the Summer Conference of the Guild of Pastoral Psychology
(www.guildofpastoralpsychology.org.uk), 1986 published as Guild Lecture no: 255
1986 delivered in Cambridge, 1987 published in the 'Journal of Analytical Psychology'
1988 delivered to the Spring Conference of the Guild of Pastoral Psychology, published as Guild lecture no: 229 the same year.
1990 delivered to the Analytical Psychology Group in Manchester, 1991 published in the 'Journal of Analytical Psychology'
1991 delivered at the Society of Analytical Psychology, and later published in the 'Journal of Analytical Psychology'
1992 published as Chapter 6 in a book - 'Contemporary Jungian Analysis'
1994 delivered as a paper to the British Association of Psychotherapists, and in 1995 to the Independent Group of Analytical Psychologists (www.igap.co.uk). This paper was developed from an earlier, unfinished, paper entitled:- 'THE DIVIDED ANALYST'. It considers the way that divisions between institutional training groups are also manifested within indivdual practitioners.
1997 delivered at the Analytical Psychology Club (The 'Jung Club')
2000 delivered at the Analytical Psychology Club (The 'Jung Club')
2010 delivered at the Conference on the Red Book held at the Society of Analytical Psychology
2013 delivered to the Cambridge Analytical Group, and in 2014 to the Foundations Course at the Society of Analytical Psychology
2015 delivered to the 'Jung Club' (www.jungclub-london.org); 2016 published in 'HARVEST'.
Chapter. 1 'Dreams and Reality'
Chapter. 2 'The Mystery of Dreams'
Chapter. 3 'Remembering Dreams'
Chapter. 4 'Taking Dreams Seriously'
Chapter. 5 'Big Dreams & Little Dreams'
Chapter. 6 'A Sequence of Dreams (Part 1)'
Chapter. 7 'A Sequence of Dreams Part 2)'
Chapter. 8 'An Approach to Dreamwork'
Chapter. 9 'The Dream 'I''
Chapter. 10 'Symbol'
Chapter. 11 'Nightmares'
Chapter. 12 'Anxiety Dreams'
Chapter. 13 'Erotic Dreams'
Chapter. 14 'Dreams, Daydreams, Fantasies, and Visions'
Chapter. 15 'Common to All'
'The White Shadow - Coming to Terms with the Nuclear Age'
Which will be coming online soon........ish


Russ started High Horse Books in 2007 after 10 years as a bookseller and literary events organiser and 5 years as commissioning editor at Scribe Publications.
He has worked on a wide range of fiction and non-fiction genres, but specialises in history, politics, travel narrative, philosophy and popular science. Russ was responsible for Scribe Short Books — a series of short polemical books by notable writers and public figures on a range of significant social and political questions. As commissioning and acquisitions editor at Scribe (2003–2007) he worked with, among others, such notable authors as the Prime Minister’s 2009 History Prize winner Robert Kenny, Julian Burnside, Carmen Lawrence, Richard Woolcott and Dennis Altman.
Russ has experience in most aspects of the life cycle of the book: from the commissioning of a book based on a seminal idea to the development of the manuscript, from design and production to the marketing and sale of the finished book in the store.
Russ produces the annual bestselling series of political years-in-review Best Australian Political Cartoons (published by Scribe), and is the author of Man of Steel: a cartoon history of the Howard Years and Dirt Files: a Decade of Best Australian Political Cartoons. He has edited collections of the work of some of Australia’s finest political cartoonists, such as Bill Leak, Alan Moir, Bruce Petty, Matt Golding and Judy Horacek.
Russ was research consultant to National Museum of Australia’s annual Behind the Lines exhibition from 2007–2009. In 2013 Russ curated two exhibitions of political cartoons: at the ANU in Canberra and The Museum of Australian Democracy at Eureka in Ballarat.
In 2013, at the Australian Cartoonists Association annual Stanley Awards, Russ Radcliffe received the prestigious Jim Russell Award for his publishing contribution to Australian cartooning — somewhat embarrassing given that he can't draw to save his life.
- regular appearances on radio and television
- experienced presenter and interviewer
- editorial mentor & publishing consultant at Melbourne University's Writing Centre for Scholars — advising academics on how to transform their work into books for general readers.
- literary festival programming — Melbourne Writers’ Festival programming committee (1999–2004)
- board member, Australian Book Review (2001–2004)
- judge, The Age Book of the Year 2002


Thrilling Sword and Sorcery Adventure in the Golden Age Tradition!
“Colorful and Exciting. Dareon and Blue are interesting and involving
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intriguing adventures for this pair of characters, and I for one will be
happy to see where their lives lead them.”
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One Night in Merth, that most westerly city tottering on the edge of the Succulent Sea, a desperate young poet swordsman and an ingenuous young tribal warrior meet by chance or fate or luck. Their unlikely friendship sets them on a course of adventures across the wild mysterious continent of Plemora, where they face monsters, magicians, maledictions, and things nameless and far stranger.
A novel-length collection of Heroic Fantasy Sword and Sorcery Adventures in the tradition of the Golden Age (Fritz Leiber, Jack Vance, Michael Moorcock, Robert E. Howard, and C.L. Moore).
Thanks to everyone who has supported Rogues of Merth by enjoying the audiobook adventures or purchasing The Blue Lamp short story. This book was five years in the making, and I hope it will prove worth the wait for everyone!