The second movie in Disney’s highly profitable Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, titled Dead Man’s Chest, will complete its 15th anniversary on July 7. Led by Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow, a treacherous rascal and a lovable rogue all rolled into one, the films married fantasy and high seas.
The film series is being rebooted right now. To celebrate the impending anniversary of Dead Man’s Chest, here are a few reading suggestions for those who liked the movie. The reading material includes a novel set in the Golden Age of Piracy, books related to the film series, and more!
Vicariously live through the adventures of criminals on the high seas through these books.
1. Prequel POTC books by Rob Kidd
Although the films came first, the prequel series called Pirates of the Caribbean: Jack Sparrow, spanning 12 books, is about a younger Jack Sparrow and recounts his adventures prior to the first movie. While the books are geared towards children, they make for a fun read. They are also pretty short, so the books won’t take much of your time.
2. Magic Marks the Spot by Caroline Carlson
Our heroine is Hilary Westfield. She’s the daughter of a noble, in a fictional land, who dreams of becoming a pirate. The irony is that her father is the admiral of the Royal Navy and detests pirates. Since, Magic Marks The Spot is juvenile fiction, “pirate” here means noble savages who love to go on adventures and explore unknown lands, not ruthless murderers they mostly were. This is quite a light-hearted book. So whilst there are many battles and scuffles in the novel, there is scarcely any violence. And every fight ends without any bloody injury, or indeed, any particular injury, to anyone.
3. On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers
Set during the Golden Age of Piracy, On Stranger Tides, not to be confused by the POTC movie (the book served as its inspiration), is the essential modern pirate novel to read. The book features real characters like Blackbeard and creates fictional ones to craft a rip-roaring story that is endlessly entertaining.
4. The Long Ships by Frans Bengtsson (translated from Swedish by Michael Meyer)
The Vikings were the pirates of their day who terrorised people from Europe as well as some parts of North America and Asia. And The Long Ships features one of the best Viking stories. It is about Red Orm, a Viking warrior, and his adventures. His tale kicks off with a brief introduction of Orm’s family — his father, brother and mother — and then continues with his abduction by a raiding party led by a chieftain named Krok. After that, Orm and his friends (his abductors, which he later befriended) undergo a lot of adventures in Andulasia, Denmark and England.
‘A reading list’ suggests good reading material that is either related to a particular film or TV show or something that enhances the understanding of the topics, plot elements, or themes that film or TV show explores.


Hello and Welcome!
The aim of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) syllabus in Literature in English is to prepare the candidates for the Board’s examination. It is designed to test their achievement of the course objectives, which are to:
1. Stimulate and sustain their interest in Literature in English;
2. Create an awareness of the general principles and functions of language;
3. Appreciate literary works of all genres and across all cultures;
4. Apply the knowledge of Literature in English to the analysis of social, political and economic events in the society.
i. Tragedy ii. Comedy iii. Tragicomedy iv. Melodrama v. Farce
b. Dramatic Techniques
i. Characterisation ii. Dialogue iii. Flashback iv. Mime v. Costume vi. Music/Dance vii. Décor
viii. Acts/Scenes ix. Soliloquy/aside etc.
c. Interpretation of the Prescribed Texts i. Theme ii. Plot iii. Socio-political context
i. Fiction – • Novel • Novella • Short story
ii. Non-fiction – • Biography • Autobiography • Memoir
b. Narrative Techniques/Devices:
i. Point of view – • Omniscent/Third Person • First Person
ii. Setting – • Temporal • Spatial/Geographical
iii. Characterisation – • Round characters • Flat characters
iv. Language use
c. Textual Analysise i. Theme ii. Plot iii. Socio-political context
a. Types: – i. Sonnet ii. Ode iii. Lyrics iv. Elegy v. Ballad vi. Panegyric vii. Epic viii. Blank Verse
b. Poetic Devices – i. Structure ii. Imagery iii. Rhyme/Rhythm iv. Diction v. Persona
c. Appreciation – i. Thematic preoccupation ii. Socio-political relevance
4. GENERAL LITERARY PRINCIPLES
a. Literary terms: – foreshadowing, suspense, theatre, monoloque, dialoque, soliloquy, symbolism, protagonist, antagonist, figures of speech, satire, stream of consciousness etc, in addition to those listed above under the different genres.
b. Relationship between literary terms and principles.
5. LITERARY APPRECIATION
Unseen passage/extracts from Drama, Prose and Poetry.
A LIST OF SELECTED AFRICAN AND NON-AFRICAN PLAYS, NOVELS AND POEMS
1. Femi Osofisan: Women of Owu
1. William Shakespeare: The Tempest
i. Asare Konadu: A woman in Her Prime
ii. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Purple Hibiscus
Prose: Non African:
i. Ernest Hemingway: The Old Man and The Sea
i. Gbemisola Adeoti; Hard lines
ii. P.O.C. Umeh: Ambassadors of Poverty
iii. Shola Owonibi: Homeless not Hopeless
iv. Syl Cheney-Coker: Myopia
v. Jared Angira: Expelled
vi. Traditional: Serenade.
Poetry: Non African:
i. John Donne: The Sun Rising
ii. Sir Walter Raleigh: The Soul’s Errand
iii. Langston Hughes: Negro Speaks of Rivers
iv. John Fletcher: Upon an Honest Man’s Fortune.


Monday, September 06, 2010
Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from Cambridge University Library
The Institute publishes Toyo Gakujutsu Kenkyu (the Journal of Oriental Studies) as a scholarly publication and Toyo Tesugaku Kenshusho Kiyo (IOP Bulletin) to announce results of its research. Launched as a journal of Eastern thought in November 1962, Toyo Gakujutu Kenkyu has broadened into a journal examining a variety of current philosophical issues, from diverse viewpoints.
The first English edition, The Journal of Oriental Studies, was published in July 1987. The Institute also publishes a series of English booklets entitled Buddhism Today, and has published essays by SGI President Daisaku Ikeda on issues such as brain death and environmental problems.
Major works published by the IOP are as follows:
* Hokekyo ichiji sakuin (A Character Index to the Lotus Sutra, with its opening and closing sutras) (November 1977)
* Bukkyo shiso no genryu (The Wellsprings of Buddhist Thought), by Daisaku Ikeda (May 1978)
* Chugoku dento shakai to sono hoshiso (Traditional Chinese Society and Legal Thought), by Makoto Nemoto (June 1978)
* Shoki bukkyo no shiso (Early Buddhist Thought), by Mitsuyoshi Saigusa (July 1978)
* Gendai shakai to shukyo (Modern Society and Religion), by Keiichi Yanagawa (September 1978)
* Yuimakyo/shomangyo ichiji sakuin (Character Indexes to the Vimalakirti and the Shrimala Sutras), Institute of Oriental Philosophy, ed. (September 1979)
* Shiruku rodo to bukkyo bunka (The Silk Road and Buddhist Culture), Kei Okazaki, ed. (October 1979)
* Zoku shiruku rodo to bukkyo bunka (The Silk Road and Buddhist Culture, Vol. II), Takayasu Higuchi, ed. (April 1980)
* Uchinaru sekai--indo to nihon (Humanity at a Crossroads-- An Intercultural Dialogue), by Daisaku Ikeda and Karan Singh (June 1988)
* Buddhism Today, Institute of Oriental Philosophy, ed. (February 1990)
* Bukkyo--chowa to heiwa o motomete (Buddhism--A Quest for Unity and Peace), by Johan Galtung (January 1991)
* Yujinso o kangaeru (On Lay Funeral Services), Institute of Oriental Philosophy (May 1993)/Daisanbunmeisha
* Ikeda daisaku: idainaru mahatoma (Daisaku Ikeda: The Great Mahatma), by N. Radhakrishnan (July 1994)/Otorishoin
* Utsukushiki shishi no tamashii (The Lion's Heart), by Daisaku Ikeda and Professor Axinia D. Djourova (November 1999)
Lotus Sutra Manuscript Series
In an effort to preserve ancient texts and make them more widely available for study, the IOP has, with support from Soka Gakkai, been involved in the publication of a Buddhist manuscript series in Sanskrit, which includes facsimile editions and romanized texts of the Lotus Sutra manuscripts in other languages. In this way, students and researchers have access to the near equivalent of the original texts.
* Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Fragments from the Lushun Museum Collection, Facsimile Edition and Romanized Text (May 1997).
* Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the National Archives of Nepal, No. 4-21, Facsimile Edition (November 1998).
* Fragments of Manuscripts of the Saddharmapundarikasutra from Khadaliq (May 2000).
* Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the National Archives of Nepal (No. 4 -21), Romanized Text 1 (May 2001)
* Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscripts from Cambridge University Library (Add. 1682 and Add. 1683), Facsimile Edition (March 2002).
Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from Cambridge University Library
Verfasst von pw am Mo, 08/09/2010 - 19:34.
Kotsuki, Haruaki (Hrsg.):
Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtram = Sanskrit Lotus Sutra manuscript from Cambridge University library (Add. 1684) : Romanized text / ed. by Haruaki Kotsuki. - Tokyo : Soka Gakkai, 2010. - LX, 281 S. - (Lotus Sutra manuscript series ; 10) [Parallelt. in Devanagari und japan. Schr.]
Recently, the Soka Gakkai published Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from Cambridge University Library (Add. 1684), Romanized Text. This constitutes the tenth in a series of facsimiles and romanized texts of Lotus Sutra (Skt Saddharma-pundarika-sutra) manuscripts published by the Soka Gakkai. The project is supervised by the Institute of Oriental Philosophy (IOP), Tokyo, in cooperation with various academic institutions and leading experts.
To date, 12 publications comprising the Lotus Sutra Manuscripts Series have been produced. The first, Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Fragments from the Lushun Museum Collection, Facsimile Edition and Romanized Text, was published in 1997. Subsequent publications include Fragments of a Manuscript of the Saddharmapundarikasutra from Khadaliq (2000) and Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland (No. 6), Romanized Text (2007). The ninth in the series, Sanskrit Lotus Sutra Manuscript from the British Library (Or. 2204), Facsimile Edition, was published in 2009.
The recently published tenth in the series contains an original Sanskrit Lotus Sutra text found in Nepal dating back to 1064 or 1065 CE. This text was one of the sources used in the compilation of the influential Kern-Nanjio edition of the Lotus Sutra from 1908-12, and it is thus a key source for research into the Lotus Sutra. [Soka Gakkai]
Vgl. den einleitenden Text von R. C. Jamieson: "Introduction", in: The Journal of Oriental Studies, 12 (2002), S. 165-173 [Online verfügbar (PDF-Format)]
Notes on the use of this volume. lv
I. Nidānaparivartaḥ. 3
II. Upāyakauśalyap°. 17
III. Opamyap°. 31
IV. Adhimuktip°. 49
V. Oṣadhip°. 59
VI. Vyākaraṇap°. 69
VII. Pūrvayogap°. 75
VIII. Pañcabhikṣuśatavyākaraṇap°. 95
IX. Vyākaraṇap°. 103
X. Dharmabhāṇakap°. 109
XI. Stūpasandarśanap°. 115
XII. Usāhap°. 131
XIII. Sukhaviārap°. 135
XIV. Bodhisattvapṛthivīvivarasamudgamap°. 145
XV. Tathāgatayuṣpramāṇap°. 155
XVI. Puṇyaparyāyap°. 163
XVII. Anumodanāpuṇyanirdeśap°. 171
XVIII. Dharmabhāṇakānuśaṃsāp°. 177
XIX. Sadāparibhūtap°. 185
XX. Tathāgatarddhyabhisaṃskārap°. 191
XXI. Dhāraṇīp°. 197
XXII. Bhaiṣajyarājapūrvayogap°. 201
XXIII. Gadgadasvarap°. 211
XXIV. Samantamukhaparivarto nāmavalokiteśvaravikurvanirdeśaḥ. 219
XXV. Śubhavyūharājapūrvayogaparivartaḥ. 225
XXVI. Samantabhadrotsāhap°. 233
XXVII. (Anuparīndanāp°.). 237
Bibliography and References. 279
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PyTorch is a Python library that allows to develop deep learning models with an imperative and “pythonic” programming style, thus simplifying their development and debugging. In this workshop we will discover the basics of the library and use it for a simple classification problem. We will then introduce the development framework, PyTorch Lightning, which, by further simplifying development in PyTorch, allows Data Scientists to iterate faster in finding the best Machine Learning models. At the end of the workshop we will see how to use PyTorch Lightning within a sophisticated cloud development environment such as Amazon SageMaker.
- Introduction to Deep Learning
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“A politically conscious adventure story in which Fuentes manages to strike a powerful balance between vivid characterization and ideological critique, capturing a generation for whom David Bowie and the Ramones were not merely pop icons but heroes.”
–The New York Times Book Review
“In her astonishing and haunting debut, Fuentes captures the violence and turmoil of post-Franco Spain in 1977, as seen through the eyes of Mosca, a college student whose world implodes when her beloved older brother, Alexis, disappears. … As [Mosca] becomes more obsessed with guilt for not helping him before he disappeared, her life becomes desperate and detached—a kind of sleepwalking, dreamlike state infused with an undertone of violence, in which the dead and the living seem to share the same space.” —Publishers Weekly
“A searing, beautifully written novel that captures the exhilaration and dangers of 1970s post-Franco Spain. Mosca, a bitterly jaded young woman, goes on a harrowing search for her missing brother—and the history that destroyed their lives. Violent, heartbreaking, unforgettable, The Sleeping World is a stunning debut.” –Cristina Garcia, author of Dreaming in Cuban
“Full of ferocity, full of desire, full of sadness, full of love, The Sleeping World by Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes is a marvelous novel. Fuentes goes all in here and the resilient people and damaged world of post-Franco Spain are conjured with bracing warmth and terrifying vividness. As she writes near the beginning, “After lightning there is the sky, black as before but jittering.” I was sweating when I put this novel down. That happens all too rarely.” –Laird Hunt, author of Neverhome
“Restless, deeply imagined, and exhilarating, The Sleeping World is a lyrical novel about searching and loss and the essential urgency to live. Fuentes vividly evokes the yearning, churning rage of these students in tumultuous post-Franco Spain. A gorgeous and powerful debut.” –Kirstin Valdez Quade, author of Night at the Fiestas
“In The Sleeping World, Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes succeeds in capturing Spain’s liminal period between dictatorship and democracy on an intimate, deeply personal level. The fever dream of Mosca’s story, however, reaches beyond Spain’s borders to confront universal questions of love and loss amidst the violent current of history. This is a novel that will stay with me.” –Gabriel Urza, author of All That Followed
“A wonderful voice and a beautifully surprising third act.”–Kea Wilson, author of We Eat Our Own
“How do you have the energy to move forward, when 2016 seems to have been designed to suck the life out of us? . . . You read Gabrielle Lucille Fuentes’s The Sleeping World. It’s a novel that thrums with revolution, with youth, and with longing. Set in 1970s post-Franco Spain, it’s full of punks and students and siblings and activists and the possibilities of a world turned upside down.” –Reviewed by Kaitlyn Greenidge, author of We Love You, Charlie Freeman, for The Fader
“The women in this novel are hard and sharp and searching, and the dirt and hunger and sorrow throughout get into your bloodstream fast, fastening you tightly to the narrative. It’s both thoroughly engrossing and weird, that difficult to attain mix of skilled storytelling coupled with trust in the reader’s ability to shift between modes and meet the story in its raw gut of feeling.” –Reviewed by Gina Abelkop, author of I Eat Cannibals, for Lute & Drum
“An adventure rife with emotion and sacrifice.” —Ms. Magazine
“A stunning debut . . . beautifully written.” –-Isthmus Magazine
“A bracing debut.” -– Atlanta Magazine
Casasrojas, Spain, 1977. Military rule is over. Bootleg punk music oozes out of illegal basement bars and fascists fight anarchists for political control. Students perform protest art in the city center, rioting against the old government, the undecided new order, against the university, against themselves. At the center is Mosca, an intelligent, disillusioned university student, whose younger brother is among “the disappeared,” kidnapped by fascist police, missing for two years, and presumed dead. Spurred by the turmoil around them, Mosca and her friends carry their rebellion too far and a violent act sends them spiraling out of their provincial hometown. But the further they go, the more Mosca believes her brother is alive and the more she is willing to do anything to find him.
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154. Aesop: The Boy Who Cried Wolf
The Shepherd who cried “Wolf!” in Jest.
Aesop (c. 620-564 BCE) wrote this fable. It is numbered 210 in the Perry Index of Aesop’s Fables. It is one of the best known of well over 500 fables attributed to Aesop.
This tale tells of a shepherd boy who decides to trick nearby villagers by yelling that a wolf is attacking his flock. It works well, the first time. When he tries it again, fewer villagers come out. After a few times, a real wolf comes, and the boy’s cries are ignored by the villagers, so the wolf eats his flock.
The moral given in the fable is: “This shows how liars are rewarded: even if they tell the truth, no one believes them.”
Source for the story: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf
The illustration of the boy and the wolf is by Francis Barlow (1687, public domain).
The woodcut of Aesop is from La vida del Ysopet con sus fabulas historiadas (Spain, 1489, public domain).


Collection: Other Antiquity Helmets
Antiquity and Late Antiquity helmets
Helmets of many different types have developed over time. Most early helmets had military uses, though some may have had more ceremonial than combat applications. Two important helmet types to develop in antiquity were the Greek Corinthian helmet and the Roman Galea which you can find in our category "Roman Helmets".
Here you will find Greek helmets, Celtic helmets and Roman Gladiator helmets.
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There once was a time called The Great Separation, an era where the extremely rich ruled the world from large mechanical floating cities, scattered across the sky and those who were poor lived 'grounded' on earth. The 'grounded' worked and strived for recognition through steam engineering, electrical inventions and the making of fantastical gadgets so they could be invited into cloud cities societies and join those who lived 'cloud-side'.
It was during this era that the Earth's most famous mechanical engineer and inventor designed and built the worlds first cloud city, Skylands. Once it was built, Lord Peto, through tragic loss decided to live 'grounded' in a small rustic community below this great city. His was a story of lost love and found faith and a vow to stay grounded for as long as he lived. But this is not his story. This story is of a young mechanical boy Lord Peto created, lost, then found again.
This is the story of Pinnacchia.
Ages: 8 - 10 years
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At the launch of Skylands, the world's first floating city in the clouds, Lord Peto became the world's most brilliant engineer and his daughter, Snow, became the Lord's most imprisoned daughter. Until she can find a way to break free from her father's expectations and her step-mother's cruel demands, Snow will be forever caught in a lonely world she never wanted to live.


Frank Webster (born 27 September 1950) is a British sociologist. His critical writing on the „information society“ has been translated into many languages, widely discussed and criticized. In Theories of the Information Society, he examined six analytically separable conceptions of the information society, arguing that all are suspect, so much so that the idea of an information society cannot be easily sustained.
Frank Webster comes from New Coundon (locally referred to as Coundon Station), a mining village in Durham, England where he was raised and educated. He graduated from Durham University and completed his studies at the London School of Economics and has worked in several universities, at home and abroad. He joined City full-time in 2003 from the University of Birmingham. He served as Head of the Department of Sociology at City University London from 2008-2012 and retired in 2013.
His research since the 1970s has centred on information and communications trends, and has included conceptual analysis and critique, as well as studies of higher education, the effects of advanced technologies on libraries, urban change, and new media. He has more recently worked on Information War and was involved in researching Internet Activism by examining the anti-war movement and its adoption of ICTs. This work is situated in a context of interest in democratisation and information trends, an interest manifested in his teaching at City University London. A book from this project appeared in 2008 titled, Anti-War Activism: New Media and Protest in the Information Age (Palgrave), written with Kevin Gillan and Jenny Pickerill.
Webster has published books on many aspects of contemporary social change. He has resisted the view that the Information society is radically new, insisting on the primacy of continuities and consolidations of established trends. He conceives today’s ‘informational capitalism’ as a development from corporate capitalism and, before that, laissez-faire capitalism, that advances principles of market society such as private ownership, competition, profitability, commodification, ability to pay, and the centrality of wage labor.
He wrote a Luddite analysis of Information Technology with Kevin Robins in the early 1980s that was one of the first book-length critiques of optimistic analyses of computer and telecommunications technologies. More recently, he has used the term Information Society, though this seems to contradict his early hostility to the idea.
He has often drawn attention to the dark sides of informational developments, especially the military dimensions. He has adopted the concept of Information War to examine the changing information environment of recent wars.
A much expanded 4th edition of Theories of the Information Society appeared in 2014.


WEBINAR: Library Services for Instructors
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Hear about the origins of the Irish Wake, the ancient practice of keening and rural funeral ‘games’.
PODCAST: Hear about the origins of the Irish Wake, the ancient practice of keening and rural funeral ‘games’. With kind permission from https://www.aftering.com
The modern Irish funeral traces its history from the neolithic to the present.
This program investigates the mysterious intentions of ancient pagan ceremonies and how customs became blended into the funeral rite of the Irish Catholic church. How the middle ages brought Viking burial on a large scale to this island of Hibernia.
You will hear about Wakes, Keening and the incredible sexualized games played by mourners in rural Ireland. How 19th-century families took photos of their dead and how that practice has returned. As the Irish diaspora traveled so did their funeral customs. You’ll learn how the Wake has become Americanised and what the Irish funeral has now become.
Aftering.com would like to sincerely thank all those who agreed to take part in the program. Many thanks to Dr. Maeve Sikora, Dr. Ned Kelly, Dr Stephen Harrison, Dr Jenny Butler, Clodagh Doyle, Michelle Collins, Dr. Laura Kelley, Michael Burke, Dr Ciaran Wallace, Dr. Lisa Marie Griffith, Gus Nichols, and Peadar Farrelly, Dublin City FM and Broadcast Authority of Ireland.
Sound clip of Kitty Gallagher is From the Alan Lomax Collection at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress. Used courtesy of the Association for Cultural Equity.
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Scattering the ashes of a loved one is a very personal, emotional and private event. It can help to understand the rules and regulations around doing this in both private and public spaces. Human ashes ...
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Cremation in Ancient Ireland
Newgrange Cremation burial Chamber c.3,000 B.C. – Painting courtesy of Tina Negus The Library of Ireland offers drawing and more information –just click. Urns with ashes and burnt bones have been ...
Why are people choosing Cremation?- Why is cremation on the rise?
Newgrange burial Chamber Meath Ireland Built c.3,000B.C. for cremated remains. Why are people choosing Cremation. Why is Cremation is on the rise. As recently as 2016 the scales tilted toward cremation ...
Ancient Cultures and Cremation? – From Ireland to Australia
Cremation appears as a popularly practiced funeral rite in many ancient cultures going back thousands of years. From the Ancient Greeks to the Ancient Irish. There is speculation that the practice of ...
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Newgrange Cremation Burial Chamber
Tina Negus shares her interpretation of the inside of the world heritage site at Newgrange County Meath. A 5,000-year-old monument to the Irish. Thank You, Tina.
The Tri Spiral of Celtic and pre Celtic Culture – an interesting experiment
The Calming Celtic Harp – Carolan’s Dream –with the kind permission of Mark Harmer
Video -You may have visitors when it’s your time to go – – Martha Jo Atkins
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During the cool months of 1923 the South Australian Railways decided to shorten the time taken by trains for passengers and perishable freight between Adelaide and Oodnadatta. A sleeping car was provided and the train rescheduled to continue without stabling overnight at stations en route. Through passengers could leave Adelaide a day later, on Thursday mornings, and return a day earlier.
On 30 August 1923 the inaugural through passenger train, which included the Alberga sleeping car, ran from Terowie to Oodnadatta. It was on this trip that the name Ghan has its origin. A large crowd of local people had gathered at the Quorn station to witness the arrival of the new train with its sleeping car.
When the train pulled into Quorn yard it was almost dusk. An Afghan passenger wasted no time in getting off the train and sprinting to a quiet corner of the yard where he could kneel to face Mecca and recite his ritual evening prayers. A railwayman made the joking remark that if he was the only passenger on the train it should be called the Afghan Express.
Apparently the name proved popular and was adopted immediately, later being shortened to the 'Ghan Express, and then to the Ghan by which it was known to local railwaymen for a couple of years prior to the takeover by the Commonwealth Railways in 1926.
There are, of course, many other versions of how the Ghan received its name, but there is nevertheless a concensus of opinion confirming that the name was acquired in 1923 when the first sleeping car train worked on the Great Northern Railway. The “official” versions of the story have been more generic – that the name derived from an observation that the service, when extended to Alice Springs, had superseded the Afghans and their strings of camels. However this, and a commemorative plaque unveiled at the Alice Springs railway station in October 1980 ignores what should be by now a well known fact - the now famous Ghan train derived its name from the sleeping car service introduced between Quorn and Oodnadatta six years before a train steamed into Alice Springs.
Nevertheless it is fitting that the Ghan should serve to perpetuate the memory of that hardy band of tough but gentle men who provisioned the outback with their camel teams in early years.
Article text adapted from: Babbage, J & Barrington, R: "The History of Pichi Richi Railway"


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“The earth shook. The sea roared. And then… There is a small house solitary standing by the seaside. A young girl has been living there alone since that fateful day. Mail is no longer delivered, but even this morning, she’s hanging out the laundry as usual. She’s unaware that all around her, the clothes pegs are quarreling, the pillow argues with the umbrella about the outside world, and the new toothbrush is unsuccessfully trying to charm the grumpy older ones. Do objects exist to be used until they are consumed or broken? Are they afraid of being thrown away once their life cycle is complete? A delicate story of hope in a cruel and gentle world after an unnamed disaster.
Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss. The new responsibilities—and boys—are a lot to handle, like the crow demon masquerading as a gorgeous pop idol and the adorable snake spirit who’s chosen the newly minted god to be his bride. As the headstrong Tomoe tries to whip her into shape, Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title?
Kamisama Dolls is a manga by Hajime Yamamura. An anime adaptation started airing on July 6, 2011.
Kamisama Kazoku is an anime series based on a series of light novels by Yoshikazu Kuwashima, which premiered May 18, 2006 in Japan across the anime satellite television network Animax. The original light novel series has concluded with 8 volumes; however, a sequel light novel series titled Kamisama Kazoku Z was released on January 25, 2008.
Since 15 years ago, no new lives are born... and no one can die. Then, "gravekeepers" appeared in the world, with the ability to give rest to the living dead. Therefore the people said, "God abandoned the World". Ai who is 12 years old, one of "gravekeepers". Her life changes, when an immortal gunman named Hampnie Hambart murders the residents of her small village. She learns the "truth of the world" from him, and decides to travel in order to save the world.
Narumi Fujishima is an ordinary high school boy who remains isolated from his fellow classmates. One afternoon fellow classmate Ayaka Shinozaki invites Narumi to join the gardening club and introduces him to a reclusive detective named Alice. Alice hires Narumi as an assistant and puts him to work solving the strange mysteries of Angel fix, an illegal drug. Little does he know it could put him and Ayaka in serious trouble.
Satoshi Saigyouji worked in crisis management for General Electric in the USA and the Japanese government. He is known as a legend in crisis management and known as "The God of Risk." To deal with numerous problems and scandals, Sunrise, the largest general trading company, hires him.


I’ve been thinking a lot recently about contrasts and how much they reveal about ourselves and the societies in which we live. This could be because I just re-read one of my favorite books, Dickens’ A Tale of Two Cities, in which contrast is the crux upon which the story is built. The famous opening line “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…” sets the stage for the theme of contrast from the onset, but more than in any work of fiction, contrasts in our everyday lives can sometimes reveal some ugly truths. The vast contrast between rich and poor, for example, reveals the perverseness that we choose to live with on a daily basis. The contrast between the different ways the two sexes are treated is another that reveals some grave shortcomings in the society in which we live.
The contrast that moved me to write this was one I recently saw in a group of children in a village called Colón, about 20 mins upriver from Santo Domingo along the Onzole River, where I’m based, deep in Ecuador’s Northern province of Esmeraldas. I had made the short canoe ride upriver with a few other people who were going to help me run our first attempt at a travelling library. The idea came to me in May when we were in Colón running a day camp for the kids there. One of the stations in our camp was a reading activity and as I observed the kids it became evident there was a strong desire to listen to the stories and get engaged with the books. We were taking books, therefore, from our well-established library in Santo Domingo and bringing them to Colón where the lack of resources has left a large void. The idea was to spend a few hours with a small group of kids in hopes of making it a regular project, and, who knows, maybe even establish a full library there one day.
Colón is a village notorious for its struggles. Violence, alcoholism and drug abuse are all too prevalent and the kids who call it home have very much adopted its rough persona. Violence among the children in Colón can be quite disconcerting, with playful roughness quickly escalating to violent, malicious blows. Children are a product of the system around them and when this is understood it becomes easy to see how such sweet, affectionate, curious and energetic children can turn to violence so quickly as a way of expression.
With limited resources and space, the amount of children we could let into the small classroom was only about 20-25, which unfortunately left a very large number of kids outside, only able to occasionally peep through the high windows. With more resources we could have easily run the program for 100 kids.
As the next hour and a half unfolded, the level of engagement, attentiveness and responsiveness from the participating group was amazing. As they listened during a group reading time and answered questions and then as they diligently worked their way through stories during individual reading time, the contrast between what they were doing inside and what their friends were doing outside became quite evident. As the time came to an end and I stepped outside of the classroom it was impossible not to see the behavior of the the throng of kids who hadn’t been reading. Many of them were fighting, other were crying after a fight and the rest were running around uncontrollably.
Now I know reading for an hour and a half is far from the be all and end all of solutions, but I do know that for that short period of time, a small group of kids were presented with an alternative outlet. There was no fighting, no crying, no yelling, no worries, just reading and the learning that comes with it.
Contrasts and the truths they reveal should never be ignored. The contrast between a group of children who are each handed a book and a group of children who are not is no different. It reveals an undeniable truth that provides us with a way forward, a guide on how to proceed in our attempt at developing the contexts around us and helping every individual reach their full potential. I think that can happen one book at a time.


7-5. Texts, Instructional Materials and Supplies Distribution and Collection
Teacher-editions of texts, instructional materials, curriculum guides for each subject area and supplies shall be available for distribution to teachers and an assigned classroom with a teacher desk on the first day of teacher attendance of the regular school year and the summer school session. Student texts shall be distributed no later than the end of the first week of student attendance. School principals shall confer with the Professional Problems Committee on ways to expedite the distribution of texts to students. Collection and inventory of texts shall not be required before the last week of school. Teachers shall keep an accurate account of the educational equipment and materials issued to them for instruction of their classes. The principal shall consult with grade level representatives and/or department chairs (including a special education representative) and PPLC to determine the selection of texts and instructional materials. To the extent possible, each school shall ensure that staff is provided adequate and appropriate technology, current and culturally relevant curriculum guides and materials, both physical and digital copies for their classrooms. All decorations or educational items required by administration for the school classrooms shall be paid for and provided by the school administration.


Archery, a sport of focus, precision, and tenacity, is capturing the hearts of children across the United States, and its popularity is on a steady incline.
For the young archer-in-the-making or the child who's merely archery-curious, the world of children's literature and movies is a perfect gateway to introduce them to the sport and kindle their interest further. It's through these captivating tales and adventures featuring archery that they can visualize the excitement firsthand.
Kids’ Adventure Movies
In the realm of children's movies, archery has swiftly captured the pop culture limelight, playing a key role in a number of beloved movie franchises. From animated adventures to superhero sagas, there's an abundance of archery-centric films to fuel your child's fascination with the sport. Here are a few of our favorites that effectively weave in the art of archery.
The Hunger Games
No discussion of archery in pop culture is complete without mentioning The Hunger Games. Originally a riveting young adult book series, it later evolved into a four-part film saga. The narrative centers around the brave teenager turned heroine, Katniss Everdeen, known for her remarkable archery abilities and her spirited defiance.
Both Katniss and her trusty bow and arrow emerge as potent symbols of rebellion, freedom, and the insurrection she incites within the poverty-stricken, Capitol-dominated districts. Her expert use of the bow to disrupt the games underscores her strength, courage, and relentless pursuit of justice for the defenseless. Katniss Everdeen sets an inspiring example of what an archer can achieve with determination and a steadfast spirit.
The 2012 Pixar film, "Brave," introduces us to the fiery Scottish princess Merida whose passion for archery, ignited on her sixth birthday, becomes an emblem of her unyielding spirit and her defiance of societal norms.
Merida’s mastery of archery is instrumental in changing her destiny. Her participation in the Highland Games, traditionally reserved for first-born sons, secures her freedom from an unwanted marriage. Amid impending clan conflict, her mother's endorsement of a firstborn's marital choice disrupts age-old customs. Here, Merida's archery evolves from a sport to a profound symbol of her independence and personal convictions.
Hawkeye, portrayed by Jeremy Renner, is a significant character in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, making appearances in several films such as Thor, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America, and Avengers: Endgame, in addition to his self-titled 2021 Disney+ miniseries.
What sets Hawkeye apart from other superheroes is the absence of any true superpowers. His exceptional ability relies solely on his extraordinary archery skills (and his specialized arrows.) This character's portrayal presents archery as a formidable tool of justice and a way for an ordinary individual to feel empowered, almost like a superhero.
Nurturing Young Minds with Archery in Classic Children's Books
Promoting the sport of archery is not just confined to the physical world; children's literature plays a massive role in sparking and nurturing a love for archery. Among the abundance of books available, we've chosen two classics that perfectly represent the spirit of archery and embody the adventurous and resilient character that archery instills in children.
The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe
This 1950 children’s book written by C.S. Lewis has withstood the test of time, becoming a perennial classic for generations of children. In the fantasy world of Narnia, archery is commonly used as a method of hunting, as well as a form of defense.
Venturing into Narnia, young Susan Pevensie transforms into a skilled archer, Queen Susan the Gentle, renowned for her infallible precision. Endowed with a bow and arrow by the benevolent King Aslan, her narrative encapsulates kindness, virtue, and exceptional skills, painting a beautiful picture of how archery transcends sport.
There aren’t many stories more classic than Robin Hood. This enduring tale from 1883 has continued to enthrall generations with its riveting narrative and iconic character.
Robin Hood, the hero of the people, employs his trusty bow and arrow to uphold justice by redistributing wealth from the rich to the poor. His story is a perfect demonstration of how archery can be a metaphor for social justice, reflecting the courage to stand up for one's beliefs and wielding the bow and arrow as a catalyst for change.
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Final Year Project
My final year project was the creation of a hypothetical Black Cultural Archive and Cultural Centre of Scotland. The mission of this archive was to promote the collection and preservation of records which document the lives of the Black diaspora across Scotland. The archive was to serve as a resource where people can learn about the work of Black people within Scotland, also, a series of spaces where the community can preserve their current works to cement it into the fabric of Scottish history. The series od spaces focussed on orality and the history of oral traditions of storytelling, parables and history across the African diaspora.
The main space in this project was the Storytelling Centre. Throughout the African diaspora oral storytelling is a vital means of sharing histories, passing on traditions and passing down proverbs. From the griots of West Africa to Calypso music of Trinidad. Oral traditions are prevalent throughout the African diaspora. Much of this storytelling is oral and accompanied by music. Inspired by the National Centre for Arts and Culture in The Gambia this space where, objects are used to generate stories of Black Scottish people, their works, stories and passions.
The proposed plans.
My design solution was a 'hidden cabinetry wall' and this is where my interest in joinery and material specification grew immensely.


“Reading books is an essential guide to our understanding of what we are and may become.”
— Ursula K. Le Guin
All of the following books have been sourced from Amazon Canada. To see the full listing click on the pink text.
by Julia Cameron (Nov 8 2016)
Since it was first published twenty-five years ago, The Artist’s Way has inspired millions to overcome the limiting beliefs and fears that inhibit the creative process. The Artist’s Way is the seminal book on the subject of creativity. Perhaps even more vital in today’s cultural climate than when it was first published, The Artist’s Way is a powerfully provocative and inspiring work. In it, Julia Cameron takes readers on an amazing twelve-week journey to discover the inextricable link between their spiritual and creative selves. This groundbreaking program includes:
– Introductions to two of Cameron’s most vital tools for creative recovery–The Morning Pages and The Artist Date
– Hundreds of highly effective exercises and activities
– Guidance on starting a “Creative Cluster” of fellow artists who will support you in your creative endeavors
A revolutionary program for artistic renewal from the world’s foremost authority on the creative process, The Artist’s Way is a life-changing book. This 25th anniversary edition includes a new introduction from the author.
by Peter A. Levine Ph.D. and Bessel A. van der Kolk M.D. (Oct 27 2015)
In Trauma and Memory, bestselling author Dr. Peter Levine (creator of the Somatic Experiencing approach) tackles one of the most difficult and controversial questions of PTSD/trauma therapy: Can we trust our memories? While some argue that traumatic memories are unreliable and not useful, others insist that we absolutely must rely on memory to make sense of past experience. Building on his 45 years of successful treatment of trauma and utilizing case studies from his own practice, Dr. Levine suggests that there are elements of truth in both camps. While acknowledging that memory can be trusted, he argues that the only truly useful memories are those that might initially seem to be the least reliable: memories stored in the body and not necessarily accessible by our conscious mind.
by David Emerson and Jennifer West (Feb 3 2015)
When treating a client who has suffered from interpersonal trauma—whether chronic childhood abuse or domestic violence, for example—talk therapy isn’t always the most effective course. For these individuals, the trauma and its effects are so entrenched, so complex, that reducing their experience to a set of symptoms or suggesting a change in cognitive frame or behavioral pattern ignores a very basic but critical player: the body.
by Brené Brown (Aug 25 2015)
Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the willingness to show up and be seen with no guarantee of outcome—is the only path to more love, belonging, creativity, and joy. But living a brave life is not always easy: We are, inevitably, going to stumble and fall.
It is the rise from falling that Brown takes as her subject in Rising Strong. As a grounded theory researcher, Brown has listened as a range of people—from leaders in Fortune 500 companies and the military to artists, couples in long-term relationships, teachers, and parents—shared their stories of being brave, falling, and getting back up. She asked herself, What do these people with strong and loving relationships, leaders nurturing creativity, artists pushing innovation, and clergy walking with people through faith and mystery have in common? The answer was clear: They recognize the power of emotion and they’re not afraid to lean in to discomfort.
by Bessel van der Kolk M.D. (Sep 25 2014)
by Tara Brach (Jan 22 2013)
How do you cope when facing life-threatening illness, family conflict, faltering relationships, old trauma, obsessive thinking, overwhelming emotion, or inevitable loss? If you’re like most people, chances are you react with fear and confusion, falling back on timeworn strategies: anger, self-judgment, and addictive behaviors. Though these old, conditioned attempts to control our life may offer fleeting relief, ultimately they leave us feeling isolated and mired in pain.
There is another way. Beneath the turbulence of our thoughts and emotions exists a profound stillness, a silent awareness capable of limitless love. Tara Brach, author of the award-winning Radical Acceptance, calls this awareness our true refuge, because it is available to every one of us, at any moment, no exceptions. In this book, Brach offers a practical guide to finding our inner sanctuary of peace and wisdom in the midst of difficulty.
by Allie Brosh (Oct 29 2013)
Who among us has not, in moments that sometimes bleed through years, even decades, felt weird, desperate, and absurd–wishing we could turn all the lamest, most shameful episodes in our lives into hilarious illustrated anecdotes? If you’re one of the millions hanging on Allie Brosh’s every blog post, you already know you’ll love Hyperbole and a Half in book form, especially since half its hyper-boles are new. If you’re suspicious of books because you live in a world of the INTERNET FOREVER, this is where you make an exception. If you just stumbled across Brosh and can’t yet grasp the allure of a Web comic illustrated by rudimentary MS Paint figures, believe the hype. Brosh has a genius for allowing us to channel her weird childhood and the fits and starts of her adulthood through the manic eyes, gaping mouths, and stick-like arms in the panels that masterfully advance her stories, and she delivers her relentless commentary with deadpan hilarity. Neurosis has rarely been so relatable and entertaining. —Mari Malcolm
by Susan Cain (Jan 24 2012)
At least one-third of the people we know are introverts. They are the ones who prefer listening to speaking; who innovate and create but dislike self-promotion; who favor working on their own over working in teams. It is to introverts—Rosa Parks, Chopin, Dr. Seuss, Steve Wozniak—that we owe many of the great contributions to society.
In Quiet, Susan Cain argues that we dramatically undervalue introverts and shows how much we lose in doing so. She charts the rise of the Extrovert Ideal throughout the twentieth century and explores how deeply it has come to permeate our culture. She also introduces us to successful introverts—from a witty, high-octane public speaker who recharges in solitude after his talks, to a record-breaking salesman who quietly taps into the power of questions. Passionately argued, superbly researched, and filled with indelible stories of real people, Quiet has the power to permanently change how we see introverts and, equally important, how they see themselves.
by Brené Brown (Sep 11 2012)
Every day we experience the uncertainty, risks, and emotional exposure that define what it means to be vulnerable or to dare greatly. Based on twelve years of pioneering research, Dr. Brené Brown dispels the cultural myth that vulnerability is weakness and argues that it is, in truth, our most accurate measure of courage.
Brown explains how vulnerability is both the core of difficult emotions like fear, grief, and disappointment, and the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, empathy, innovation, and creativity. She writes: “When we shut ourselves off from vulnerability, we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.”
by David Emerson and Elizabeth Hopper Ph.D. (Apr 19 2011)
Survivors of trauma—whether abuse, accidents, or war—can end up profoundly wounded, betrayed by their bodies that failed to get them to safety and that are a source of pain. In order to fully heal from trauma, a connection must be made with oneself, including one’s body. The trauma-sensitive yoga described in this book moves beyond traditional talk therapies that focus on the mind, by bringing the body actively into the healing process. This allows trauma survivors to cultivate a more positive relationship to their body through gentle breath, mindfulness, and movement practices.
by Kristin Neff (Apr 19 2011)
Kristin Neff, Ph.D., says that it’s time to “stop beating yourself up and leave insecurity behind.”Self-Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind offers expert advice on how to limit self-criticism and offset its negative effects, enabling you to achieve your highest potential and a more contented, fulfilled life.
More and more, psychologists are turning away from an emphasis on self-esteem and moving toward self-compassion in the treatment of their patients—and Dr. Neff’s extraordinary book offers exercises and action plans for dealing with every emotionally debilitating struggle, be it parenting, weight loss, or any of the numerous trials of everyday living.
by Dr. Gabor Mate (Jan 1 2011)
In this accessible and groundbreaking book — filled with the moving stories of real people — medical doctor and bestselling author of Scattered Minds, Gabor Maté, shows that emotion and psychological stress play a powerful role in the onset of chronic illness.
Western medicine achieves spectacular triumphs when dealing with acute conditions such as fractured bones or life-threatening infections. It is less successful against ailments not susceptible to the quick ministrations of scalpel, antibiotic or miracle drug. Trained to consider mind and body separately, physicians are often helpless in arresting the advance of most of the chronic diseases, such as breast cancer, rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn’s disease, multiple sclerosis, fibromyalgia, and even Alzheimer’s disease.
Gabor Maté has found that in all of these chronic conditions, there is a common thread: people afflicted by these diseases have led lives of excessive stress, often invisible to the individuals themselves. From an early age, many of us develop a psychological coping style that keeps us out of touch with the signs of stress. So-called negative emotions, particularly anger, are suppressed. Dr. Maté writes with great conviction that knowledge of how stress and disease are connected is essential to prevent illness in the first place, or to facilitate healing.
by Peter A. Levine Ph.D. and Gabor Mate M.D. (Sep 28 2010)
In this culmination of his life’s work, Peter A. Levine draws on his broad experience as a clinician, a student of comparative brain research, a stress scientist and a keen observer of the naturalistic animal world to explain the nature and transformation of trauma in the body, brain and psyche. In an Unspoken Voice is based on the idea that trauma is neither a disease nor a disorder, but rather an injury caused by fright, helplessness and loss that can be healed by engaging our innate capacity to self-regulate high states of arousal and intense emotions. Enriched with a coherent theoretical framework and compelling case examples, the book elegantly blends the latest findings in biology, neuroscience and body-oriented psychotherapy to show that when we bring together animal instinct and reason, we can become more whole human beings.
by Nina Paley (2009)
Sita is a goddess separated from her beloved Lord and husband Rama. Nina Paley is an animator whose husband moves to India, then dumps her by email. Three hilarious shadow puppets narrate both ancient tragedy and modern comedy in this beautifully animated interpretation of the Ramayana. Set to the 1920’s jazz vocals of torch singer Annette Hanshaw, Sita Sings the Blues earns its tagline as “the Greatest Break-Up Story Ever Told.” It is written, directed, produced and animated by American artist Nina Paley.
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi (Oct 13 2009)
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi’s famous investigations of “optimal experience” have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives.
by John O’Donohue (Oct 13 2009)
by Susie Orbach (Mar 3 2009)
Throughout the Western world, people have come to believe that general dissatisfaction can be relieved by some change in their bodies. Here Susie Orbach explains the origins of this condition, and examines its implications for all of us. Challenging the Freudian view that bodily disorders originate and progress in the mind, Orbach argues that we should look at self-mutilation, obesity, anorexia, and plastic surgery on their own terms, through a reading of the body itself. Incorporating the latest research from neuropsychology, as well as case studies from her own practice, she traces many of these fixations back to the relationship between mothers and babies, to anxieties that are transferred unconsciously, at a very deep level, between the two. Orbach reveals how vulnerable our bodies are, how susceptible to every kind of negative stimulus–from a nursing infant sensing a mother’s discomfort to a grown man or woman feeling inadequate because of a model on a billboard. That vulnerability makes the stakes right now tremendously high.
In the past several decades, a globalized media has overwhelmed us with images of an idealized, westernized body, and conditioned us to see any exception to that ideal as a problem. The body has become an object, a site of production and commerce in and of itself. Instead of our bodies making things, we now make our bodies. Susie Orbach reveals the true dimensions of the crisis, and points the way toward healing and acceptance.
by John O’Donohue (Mar 1 2005)
Beauty is a gentle but urgent call to awaken. Bestselling author John O’Donohue opens our eyes, hearts, and minds to the wonder of our own relationship with beauty by exposing the infinity and mystery of its breadth. His words return us to the dignity of silence, profundity of stillness, power of thought and perception, and the eternal grace and generosity of beauty’s presence. In this masterful and revelatory work, O’Donohue encourages our greater intimacy with beauty and celebrates it for what it really is: a homecoming of the human spirit. As he focuses on the classical, medieval, and Celtic traditions of art, music, literature,nature, and language, O’Donohue reveals how beauty’s invisible embrace invites us toward new heights of passion and creativity even in these uncertain times of global conflict and crisis.
by Tara Brach (Nov 23 2004)
For many of us, feelings of deficiency are right around the corner. It doesn’t take much–just hearing of someone else’s accomplishments, being criticized, getting into an argument, making a mistake at work–to make us feel that we are not okay. Beginning to understand how our lives have become ensnared in this trance of unworthiness is our first step toward reconnecting with who we really are and what it means to live fully.
by Leonard Shlain (Sept 1 1999)
This groundbreaking book proposes that the rise of alphabetic literacy reconfigured the human brain and brought about profound changes in history, religion, and gender relations. Making remarkable connections across brain function, myth, and anthropology, Dr. Shlain shows why pre-literate cultures were principally informed by holistic, right-brain modes that venerated the Goddess, images, and feminine values. Writing drove cultures toward linear left-brain thinking and this shift upset the balance between men and women, initiating the decline of the feminine and ushering in patriarchal rule. Examining the cultures of the Israelites, Greeks, Christians, and Muslims, Shlain reinterprets ancient myths and parables in light of his theory. Provocative and inspiring, this book is a paradigm-shattering work that will transform your view of history and the mind.
by Peter A. Levine Ph.D. and Ann Frederick (Jul 7 1997)
Waking the Tiger offers a new and hopeful vision of trauma. It views the human animal as a unique being, endowed with an instinctual capacity. It asks and answers an intriguing question: why are animals in the wild, though threatened routinely, rarely traumatized? By understanding the dynamics that make wild animals virtually immune to traumatic symptoms, the mystery of human trauma is revealed.
Waking the Tiger normalizes the symptoms of trauma and the steps needed to heal them. People are often traumatized by seemingly ordinary experiences. The reader is taken on a guided tour of the subtle, yet powerful impulses that govern our responses to overwhelming life events. To do this, it employs a series of exercises that help us focus on bodily sensations. Through heightened awareness of these sensations trauma can be healed.
by Elaine N. Aron Phd (Jun 2 1997)
Do you have a keen imagination and vivid dreams? Is time alone each day as essential to you as food and water? Are you “too shy” or “too sensitive” according to others? Do noise and confusion quickly overwhelm you? If your answers are yes, you may be a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).
Most of us feel overstimulated every once in a while, but for the HSP, it’s a way of life. In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Elaine Aron, a clinical psychologist, workshop leader, and an HSP herself, shows you how to identify this trait in yourself and make the most of it in everyday situations. Drawing on her many years of research and hundreds of interviews, she shows how you can better understand yourself and your trait to create a fuller, richer life. Updated with a new Author’s Note, including the latest scientific research, and a fresh discussion of anti-depressants for HSPs.
by Kathleen Norris (Apr 1 1997)
Why would a married woman with a thoroughly Protestant background and often more doubt than faith be drawn to the ancient practice of monasticism, to a community of celibate men whose days are centered on a rigid schedule of prayer, work, and scripture? This is the question that poet Kathleen Norris asks us as, somewhat to her own surprise, she found herself on two extended residencies at St. John’s Abbey in Minnesota.
Part record of her time among the Benedictines, part meditation on various aspects of monastic life, The Cloister Walk demonstrates, from the rare perspective of someone who is both an insider and outsider, how immersion in the cloistered world– its liturgy, its ritual, its sense of community– can impart meaning to everyday events and deepen our secular lives. In this stirring and lyrical work, the monastery, often considered archaic or otherworldly, becomes immediate, accessible, and relevant to us, no matter what our faith may be.
by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estés (Nov 27 1996)


Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes
Twenty years after its premiere, Rent remains a tour de force. We examine its groundbreaking impact on the theater world and its continued influence on thespians, New Yorkers and its loyal legions of fans.
By Michael Zalta
No show in the history of musical theater revolutionized the culture of popular theater like Rent did. Jonathan Larson’s work, a seminal one, breathtaking, emotionally poignant, subverted conventional theater practice and ushered in overwhelming volumes of new audiences. Rent was a trailblazer, the cutting edge work of theater that appealed to the masses and illuminated the stories of regular people coping with poverty, AIDS, and heartache. Twenty years after its premiere, Rent remains a cultural phenomenon.
On January 26th, 1996, following the shocking death of playwright and composer Jonathan Larson, the rock opera Rent, inspired by the story of Puccini’s La Bohème and set in New York’s East Village around the time of the AIDS epidemic, played its first off-Broadway performance. “It took seven years of arguments, workshops and worry, but that show, Rent, finally opened last month at New York Theater Workshop to some of the most glowing reviews of the last decade,” wrote the New York Times’ Anthony Tommasini. It was an unparalleled success. A bidding war broke out amongst producers for the right to produce a reinvigorated $2 million production at the Nederlander Theater starting April 29th; soon after its opening, Rent was headed for the Great White Way. The show garnered four Tony Awards and received the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It played 5,123 performances on Broadway. It was made into two different major motion pictures. It was performed in over twenty five languages in countries worldwide. It was making history.
Larson’s heart-wrenching, titillating score redefined what music in theater could be; it was an unabashed rock-opera, alternating easily between lovelorn ballads and uptempo sing-a-longs. It wove the stories of real people and characters into a tapestry of song with a chorus of unlikely friends and HIV support group members. Songs like “I’ll Cover You,” “Seasons of Love,” “Take Me or Leave Me,” “La Vie Boheme” and “One Song Glory” became anthems. Larson’s characters, played by theater legends like Idina Menzel and Adam Pascal, sang about love, life, AIDS, politics and, of course, paying their rent.
Rent was not the first show to portray the AIDS epidemic, but it was the first to give the issue such widespread visibility. AIDS had been on stage since the early 1980s. In 1983, Jeff Hagedorn wrote One, a one-man show exploring its lead character’s fight with the disease, One paved the way for the theatricalization of AIDS on stage. What followed was a barrage of works that explored more intimately the issue and the gay community, oftentimes indicting governmental negligence and the ignorance of public discourse. Larry Kramer’s fiery The Normal Heart and Tony Kushner’s Angels in America emerged as paragons for the genre. Angels in particular: Kushner’s seven-hour tour de force explored intersectionality, politics and religion in a way few shows had managed before. Rent, which came shortly after, was a supercharged, outlandish work, exploring similar themes and adding to them the music of the theater. “Larson is certainly not the first composer to take aim at that elusive target,” wrote the critic John Lahr in The New Yorker, “But he may be the first to have hit it.” Rent is, first and foremost, a story about love, but it’s also about fear, pain, disease and the complexity of these matters when enmeshed in the rough milieu of turn-of-the-century Manhattan. Anthony Rapp, who played Mark Cohen in both the stage and movie versions, explains: “Rent is not about AIDS, it’s not about homosexuality, it’s not about homelessness — it’s about family.” Rent is a beacon of hope that proves that everyone can be a part of a family of their own; in fact, the show itself gave people a sense of family. After twenty years, Rent has not become outdated, for its themes are eternal. Rapp continues: “To me, part of what the story is saying is that in the face of these circumstances, you can still live your life as fully as possible.”
Not only do the themes of Larson’s piece still resonate today, the impact and legacy that Rent left in the theater world is embedded in today’s theater culture. Tommasini wrote, “The time had come to reclaim Broadway from stagnation and empty spectacle...To bring musical theater to the MTV generation.” This is precisely what Rent did. It transcended the confines of the theater, brought in new audiences, incited conversations both political and sociological and added to these conversations a soundtrack of larger-than-life songs. “This show celebrated the lives of the very people audiences stepped over outside as they made their way into the venues.”
Rent now celebrates twenty years and countless “Seasons of Love.” It is firmly embedded in the theater canon, and though Larson tragically never got to witness the phenomenon of his own making, his legacy, as does his show, lives on.
Originally published 12/09/15


HCSW Forth Internals Handbook
This is a work in progress of a book I am in the process of writing. Please bear with me while I get the content written, proofread the pages, and debug the forth code. Feel free to pass along any suggestions/comments to me here.
Forth is a beautiful language. It is beautiful because of its flexibility, extensibility, and simplicity. The largest barrier to forth programming is, however, learning how the language's internals work. In languages such as C, there is a large semantic gap between the programmer and the language. In many cases this is convenient and sometimes even highly desirable, but there are many instances when having complete understanding and control over a language can offer many very distinct advantages.
There are many tutorials and HOWTOs online about getting started with forth, but it is difficult to find a comprehensive resource on the internals of the forth language. I believe this is essential for proper programming in forth. This ignorance of the scope and applicability of forth is, in my opinion, one of the most frequent sources of misunderstanding regarding the language.
I attempt to explain the internals of the forth language in this handbook. It is assumed that the reader is vaguely familiar with forth usage. In particular, it is assumed the reader has grasped the basics of manipulating the stack and defining words. Advanced users will probably find the topics in Basic Forth Internals familiar and perhaps somewhat tedious, but even the most advanced users will probably gain a small piece of insight from the Advanced Forth Internals section. Even if it is just re-stating concepts in a manner you may not have thought of, this handbook should have something to offer you.
Basic Forth Internals
Advanced Forth Internals
All content is (C) Doug Hoyte, hcsw.org, and/or its respective owner.


- Escape and Evasion
- Everyday Carry
The Pointee Talkee™ and Survival Tips reference book by Hard Case Survival is a 44-page book that serves as a communication tool for individuals that have limited or no language skills for the area they are traveling or working. Printed in USA on SmartFlex paper (Water, Tear, Stain, and Heat Resistant), the small 4"x6" size allows the book to be easily carried for reference. Pointee Talkee™ covers 5 sections with graphics and titles for each picture in the following languages: English, Spanish, French, and Arabic.
By pointing to the included graphics, the user can communicate with locals in a quick and easy manner. Additionally, the Pointee Talkee™ provides basic survival reference for various scenarios one may encounter outdoors.


Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products [Paperback]
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Based on a Conservation International conference in Panama, “Sustainable Harvest and Marketing of Rain Forest Products” brings together the world’s leading experts on rain forest development and sustainability.
Serious and welcome!
“As someone involved in trying to help slash and burn farmers in Honduras try alternatives ( see [...]) this side of the rainforest issue is one I would dearly love to do more, when the slashing and burning susbsides a little. A great book, packed with all kinds of useful information. It has whetted my appetite for further reading.”
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Over the last three decades the world economy has grown strongly on the back of ‘globalization’ supported by the policies of free-trade, open markets and privatisation. Over a similar period support has been growing for the concept of ‘sustainability’ defined in terms of meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. In the first decade of the 21st century, as the Earth’s systems come under increasing strain, the inherent conflict between sustainability and globalization has been exposed. This book examines the shift in thinking required to reconcile these two important areas of policy. In this ground breaking book, Peter McManners has coined the term ‘Proximization’ to define a new policy framework. A new term ensures that the ideas do not get confused with existing concepts. For example the policies of proximization will lead to localising more activities, but this is not ‘localization’ as described by many green economists. The book argues that localization does not work as the prime focus of policy. There are many activities that operate best at a global scale and proximization allows this. The principles of Proximization put forward are: ‘sustainability’, ‘subsidiarity’, ‘primacy of the state’ and ‘market economics’. The application of these familiar concepts towards a sustainable globalised world is novel and different. It is argued that adherence to the principles of proximization will return world society to a stable natural order. This will mean in practice a number of changes. Global commodity flows will reduce and barriers to migration will increase. National governments will demand more control over their finances leading to restrictions on capital flows. Indeed, Peter McManners believes that an element of ‘selfish determination’ is needed. The new world order will be sustainable by design. Global organisations such as the UN, national governments and global corporations will have to understand and apply a different paradigm. The arguments in this book do not reflect the idealism or even naivety of some of the green movement. This book is about hard-edged reality presented by an author with huge experience and a deep understanding of the business perspective. It will, therefore appeal to a wide range of professionals involved in setting policy and future direction for businesses, governments, and non-governmental bodies, as well as to those with an academic interest in business, economics, social and environmental issues, and public policy.
‘This excellent book provides a unique perspective on sustainability and globalisation, two subjects which are usually viewed as inherently contradictory. The author argues convincingly that the two can be reconciled if we are willing to introduce some fundamental changes in the way we run our economy and society. He provides some powerful and bold insights into how to achieve this.’ – Professor Emilio Herbolzheimer, Henley Business School ‘In this ground-breaking book, Peter McManners shines a spotlight on some of the most intractable and important issues of the current age. He exposes the ‘dark underbelly’ of globalization and the problems that arise from the narrow pursuit of economic objectives. He is not alone in recognising the problems, but the strength of this book is the policy framework proposed to solve them…Green Outcomes in a Real World is published at a time when the world needs new ideas and a new direction. It defines that new direction and should be compulsory reading for policy makers and students of international affairs. It sets the framework that could support the greening of the economy and society.’ – Paul Taylor, Emeritus Professor of International Relations, London School of Economics
Beyond Intellectual Property: Toward Traditional Resource Rights for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities [Paperback]
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For indigenous peoples’ groups, activists and policymakers in intellectual property, and all those concerned with the preservation of our planet’s biological and cultural diversity, Beyond Intellectual Property provides an invaluable and eye-opening look into one of the most provocative and explosive issues of this century and likely the next: the patenting of life.
The Future of Life [Paperback]
Edward O. Wilson (Author)
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One of the world’s most important scientists, Edward O. Wilson, is also an abundantly talented writer who has twice won the Pulitzer Prize. In this, his most personal and timely book to date, he assesses the precarious state of our environment, examining the mass extinctions occurring in our time and the natural treasures we are about to lose forever. Yet, rather than eschewing doomsday prophesies, he spells out a specific plan to save our world while there is still time. His vision is a hopeful one, as economically sound as it is environmentally necessary. Eloquent, practical and wise, this book should be read and studied by anyone concerned with the fate of the natural world.
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Legendary Harvard biologist Wilson (On Human Nature; The Ants; etc.) founded sociobiology, the controversial branch of evolutionary biology, and won the Pulitzer Prize twice. This volume, his manifesto to the public at large, is a meditation on the splendor of our biosphere and the dangers we pose to it. In graceful, expressive and vigorous prose, Wilson argues that the challenge of the new century will be “to raise the poor to a decent standard of living worldwide while preserving as much of the rest of life as possible.” For as America consumes and the Third World tries to keep up, we lose biological diversity at an alarming rate. But the “trajectory” of species loss depends on human choice. If current levels of consumption continue, half the planet’s remaining species will be gone by mid-century. Wilson argues that the “great dilemma of environmental reasoning” stems from the conflict between environmentalism and economics, between long-term and short-term values. Conservation, he writes, is necessary for our long-term health and prosperity. Loss of biodiversity translates into economic losses to agriculture, medicine and the biotech industries. But the “bottleneck” of overpopulation and overconsumption can be safely navigated: adequate resources exist, and in the end, success or failure depends upon an ethical decision. Global conservation will succeed or fail depending on the cooperation between government, science and the private sector, and on the interplay of biology, economics and diplomacy. “A civilization able to envision God and to embark on the colonization of space,” Wilson concludes, “will surely find the way to save the integrity of this planet and the magnificent life it harbors.”
The Future of Life
“I bought this book for a couple who felt that they were among a tiny minority who loved the beauty of this earth and were enraged at the criminally exploitative treatment of it. When I read the first chapter I could not put it down. This book is a must read for every sane person on the planet, a spectacularly clear and careful study of how things great and small fit together, interdepend on eachother. To disregard any part of it or abuse that living heritage, poses a threat to our very existence on the one hand and on the other, points to our interdependence. I was stunned to learn that most of the species have yet to be identified and catalogued. Wilson knows all the arguments of both extremes on environmental issues, and while he articulately addresses these with balance, reason, and knowledge that only a scientist of his calibre could do, he never looses the sense of joy and wonder over what he has discovered in his journey, nor the urgency to preserve and protect it. In the final chapter he offers realistic and visionary options for insuring a better world. This book is a masterpiece, a Virgilian guide away from the hell we are creating, the limbo we are in, and a view of the paradise we have been wontonly destroying.”
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For those looking for a way to make a difference while on vacation–simultaneously getting away and using their talents to improve the world–this guide shows you how a short-term volunteer stint can transform your life as much as the people, animals, and ecology you choose to help. This fully updated edition is filled with in-depth information and profiles of more than 150 select organizations running thousands of quality programs in the United States and around the world.
Each listing includes complete contact information with locations, costs, dates, and project details you won’t find anywhere else. In addition, it features some of the better established long-term projects as well as organizations specifically tailored for families, seniors, and people with disabilities. Stories from recent volunteers and a host of photographs help you further imagine your volunteer adventure.
“Anyone who can’t find a dozen projects here to get excited about just doesn’t have a traveler’s soul.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“Details thousands of opportunities for anyone wanting to see the world with a purpose.” —Westworld Magazine
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“Having spent the past seven years volunteer travelling around the world for my vacations, I can honestly attest to the fact that this extremely helpful reference book was my starting point for research into the culturally-enriching, service-oriented travel experiences which have changed my life. Provided inside this handy book are the names of the volunteer organizations which arrange and organize the travel, listings of the type of volunteer work and skills required and all of the necessary logistics. (Actually the only skill often required is a desire to serve and to learn.)
The second half of the book contains numerous brief volunteer journals where the reader can obtain a clearer picture of how this type of travel impacts the recipients of the service work and more importantly perhaps how these deeply moving and life-altering experiences greatly enhance the life of the volunteer.
I have met people of all ages and from all walks of life on these incredible journeys. If you have a bit of adventure in your blood and a desire to serve and especially to learn from another culture’s experience…investigate this book…it may open some brand new doors in your life.”


Barack the Anointed One: Children's Book I Illustrated
Just in time for Kwanza, Christmas and the Holiday Season,
This picture book I illustrated is published and available at the Publishers site as well as in Amazon.
Barack the Anointed One ( Book Description from Amazon)
"Barack Obama elected President of the United States fulfills the wishes of people all over the world, who would like to see a new global direction. This book explores the magical nature of his journey from birth to the presidency and will inspire children to seek broader ideals other than for only themselves."
You may see it in My Facebook Artist page as well.


V. del Amo, A. P. McGlone, J.-M. Soriano, A. P. Davis*
The screening of resin-bound combinatorial libraries with pairs of dye-tagged substrates is a powerful strategy for discovering selective receptors. However, implementation has been hampered by a lack of complementary but chemically similar dyes. We now show that the well-established Disperse Red 1 and the recently-introduced Bristol Blue 1 can be used in parallel to synthesise ‘pseudoenantiomeric’ analogues of N-acetyl-α-amino acids and of the anti-inflammatory drug Naproxen. A steroid-based receptor library has been prepared and screened with these substrates. Preliminary results suggest that some members may be highly enantioselective receptors for N-acetyl-α-amino acids.


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Raymond Pettibon A Reader [Softcover] -First edition
Raymond Pettibon, Raymond Foye, Benjamin H D Buchloh. Raymond Pettibon is famed for the breadth and depth of his reading: his art draws on it (excuse pun) at every turn. This anthology of Pettibon's favorite authors assembles an eclectic mix, from Charles Baudelaire to Borges, and Charles Manson to Mickey Spillane. Pettibon's choice of literary resources opens up interesting angles on his work, and his transformation of those resources is fascinating. "There is something in my storyteller's art that wants to put the reader and the writer on equal footing in the role of the creator," Pettibon says; the "Pettibon Reader" assists his fans in that endeavor. It intersperses the artist's drawings amongst his own selection of texts by Saint Augustine, Francis Bacon, Charles Baudelaire, Samuel Beckett, Walter Benjamin, William Blake, Jorge Luis Borges, Sir Richard Burton, Catullus, Hart Crane, Mary Baker Eddy, Sergei Eisenstein, Gustave Flaubert, Martin Heidegger, Heloise, William Irish, Alice James, Henry James, Saint John the Divine, Samuel Johnson, Ring Lardner, T.E. Lawrence, Stephane Mallarme, Osip Mandelstam, Charles Manson, Milton "Mezz" Mezzrow, Marcel Proust, Rainer Maria Rilke, George Santayana, Mickey Spillane, Jonathan Swift, Carl Van Vechten, and Ludwig Wittgenstein, amongst others. Also included are essays regarding Pettibon and his work by critics Benjamin Buchloh, Peter Schjeldahl, Ann Temkin, Hamza Walker, and Bernard Welt.
Condition: New. Sealed.
Publisher: Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2002
Dimensions: 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches


Imagine uncovering a personal journal that belongs to an icon, pages filled with raw emotions and thoughts, giving you an unfiltered look into their life. This is precisely the treasure trove that the Marilyn Monroe diary represents. The writings within offer a rare glimpse into the mind of one of Hollywood’s most enduring and enigmatic figures, revealing a side of Monroe that was often overshadowed by her public persona.
You might think of Marilyn Monroe as the quintessential blonde bombshell, yet these diary entries paint a portrait of a complex, sensitive individual with deep thoughts and feelings. The notes and jottings found in her diary provide evidence of her intelligence and introspection, considerations that defy the reductive stereotypes often associated with the actress. Through the pages of her diary, Monroe’s vulnerability and reflective nature come to light, allowing admirers and scholars alike to gain a better understanding of her inner life.
Discovery and Insight
In exploring the life of Marilyn Monroe, the uncovering of her personal diary has been a pivotal moment, providing unique perspectives on her inner thoughts and feelings.
Unveiling Marilyn’s Diary
You might find it fascinating that Marilyn Monroe’s diary was not publicly known until many years after her death. A discovery that shed light on Marilyn’s contemplative side was brought to attention through various publications, including Vanity Fair, enhancing our understanding of the iconic figure behind the glamour.
Initial Contents Overview
Upon examining the contents of the diary, you would encounter a range of emotions and reflections. It was not merely a log of events, but rather a personal space where Marilyn jotted down her thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Her writings include poignant passages that resonate with her complexity, from poetic expressions of insecurity to candid accounts of her dreams and fears.
How was her life really like?
Marilyn Monroe’s diary offers a unique look into the life of one of Hollywood’s most iconic figures. Your understanding of her life is about to deepen as you explore her personal writings.
Interpretations and Theories
Reading through her diary, you find revelations that suggest Marilyn Monroe’s life was a complex tapestry of emotions and experiences. Her writings, full of introspection and poetic expression, unveil a sensitive and cerebral character. Accounts of her psychological struggles sit alongside reflections on her famed persona, portraying the stark contrast between her public glamour and private battles.
Theories about her inner life, drawn from these intimate entries, hint at the loneliness and desire for genuine connection that lingered behind her public smile. Her notes convey a person seeking to reconcile her private self with her public image, a recurring theme backed by her candid revelations found in her collection. Monroe’s own writings present a more poignant and contemplative version of herself than the one the world often saw.
Here is a rare interview of Marilyn Monroe`s last relationship with Arthur Miller. There you can see how he viewed Marilyn Monroe.
Despite what people may think, Marilyn wasn’t perfect no one is but regardless of that, she was evidently too pure and precious for this world. She was the embodiment of beauty, grace, love, talent and elegance but most of them couldn’t see beyond her blinding beauty, sensuality and charm. If only she was surrounded by people who truly loved her, not as Marilyn Monroe but for who she was, a genuine, kind soul.
With this short youtube reel you can assume that Marilyn Monroe hated it to be judged over her looks. She is often seen as the “Dumb Blonde” that is making her personality about her looks, but many missed her achievements and her kind personality .
In this short clip she explains how often women get judged for being a “gold digger”, and she opened a new era with her mindset that it is right for a woman to be financial secure. She also said, that you would want your daughter to be treated the best, so you wish her the most wonderful things in the world.
So she asked herself: “Why is it so wrong to want these things?”. When a woman is pretty nobody assumes that she is be taken advantage of, but if a man cares after a woman it is suddenly a woman that is egoistical and is adding no value to its man life. So don`t forget that being a woman in this world can be also frightening. Only a woman body can create life, so only she has the right to say what she does with it. Marilyn Monroe can not be forgotten because of her iconic speeches like: ” I can be smart when it`s important, but most men don`t like it”
What did Marilyn Monroe write in her diary?
On notepaper of the Waldorf Astoria hotel she writes that she must “not make commitments or tie myself down to engagements”, and that she should “remember there is nothing you lack – nothing to be self conscious about yourself – you have everything but the discipline and technique which you are learning and seeking on.
What is Marilyn Monroe’s trauma?
The first major trauma viewers see is Monroe’s mother trying to drown her in a bathtub; other traumas include being abandoned by her father, being placed in orphanages and foster homes as a child, and being raped as a young adult
Did Marilyn Monroe read a lot?
Marilyn Monroe – Throughout her life, Marilyn was a devoted reader. She had a library of over 400 books.
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Title: Winter, the Dolphin that Can
Director: David Yates
Cast: Cozi Zuehlsdorff
Runtime: 94Plot: A baby dolphin caught in a crab trap rope is rescued, beginning a series of events that has become one of the most inspiring stories of our generation. Travel behind the scenes of Winter’s amazing story. See footage of the rescue, and follow her through the trials of losing her tail, learning to swim without a tail, and the miracle of swimming again with her new prosthetic tail. Learn how the tail research is now helping human amputees. Hear from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium team, and experience the joy of children and wounded soldiers who have found her to be a life-changing role model.