Wildlife Documentary on the Remarkable Journey to Adapt and Survive in the Wild.
The Luangwa Valley is a remote and isolated region where animal dynamics are complex and ever changing.
The Luangwa Valley, nestled in the heart of Africa, stands as a testament to the resilience of its inhabitants. This remote and isolated region, marked by a rhythm of harsh seasons, creates an environment where survival is a constant struggle. When the rains cease, the once flourishing plains transform into arid deserts, and the lifeline of the valleys dwindles to a mere trickle. Amidst this challenging landscape, a unique group of baboons emerges as unlikely rulers. Their adaptability and shrewd behaviour have allowed them to establish dominance, making the Luangwa Valley their kingdom.
In the face of adversity, the Luangwa baboons showcase a remarkable resilience that has allowed them to thrive where many others falter. Their uncharacteristic and shrewd behaviour sets them apart, enabling them to navigate the challenges of their environment with cunning that belies their playful appearance. These primates have evolved to become true masters of adaptation, carving out a niche in a land ruled by bloodthirsty predators.
The dry seasons may desiccate the landscape, but the Luangwa baboons persist. Their survival hinges on exploiting every available resource, from foraging for scarce food to utilizing the trickling water sources that sustain life in the valley. The troop's adaptability is not just a trait but a necessity, a skill honed through generations as they contend with the unforgiving cycle of nature.
Within the Luangwa Baboon Troop, a complex social structure governs their interactions. As the chief and troop commander lead, internal strife simmers, threatening the very fabric of their society. The struggle for dominance isn't just against external predators; it's an internal battle that can shake the foundations of the troop.
Adversaries from within seek to depose the leaders, creating a war that brews beneath the surface of the troop's seemingly idyllic existence. The consequences of these power struggles extend beyond the troop's dynamics, echoing through the entire Luangwa baboon dynasty. Loss, struggle, and survival are etched into the very essence of their journey, making each chapter of their saga a poignant testament to the challenges faced by these remarkable creatures.
In the vastness of Luangwa Valley, the Luangwa baboons are not alone in their quest for survival. Predators lurk in the shadows, posing a constant threat to the troop's existence. Lions, leopards, and hyenas, each a formidable adversary, present a clear and present danger to the baboons as they navigate their daily lives.
The valley's unforgiving nature extends beyond internal power struggles, as these primates must remain vigilant against external threats. The troop's ability to survive hinges on their collective awareness and strategic responses to the presence of predators. This delicate balance between internal and external challenges is a testament to the intricate dance of life in the wild.
To truly appreciate the complexities of life in Luangwa Valley, immerse yourself in the wild through breathtaking videos capturing the daily struggles and triumphs of the Luangwa baboons. Witness their uncanny ability to adapt, the intricacies of troop dynamics, and the constant threat of predators that shape their existence. These visuals provide a rare glimpse into the raw beauty and harsh realities of the Luangwa Troop's journey, bringing their epic saga to life.
The Luangwa baboons, born to adapt and born to survive, epitomize the indomitable spirit of life in the wild. Their saga unfolds in a land where every day is a battle, not only against external predators but also against the internal strife that threatens the very fabric of their society. As we delve into the intricacies of their existence, we gain a profound appreciation for the delicate balance that sustains life in Luangwa Valley. In their struggle for survival, the Luangwa baboons teach us invaluable lessons about resilience, adaptation, and the unyielding force of nature.
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Corsicana Daily Sun
Winna Weeks Jones, 86, passed away Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012, at Oak Hollow Memory Care Unit in Bedford.
She was born Sept. 15, 1925 in Huntington, Texas and was raised in Kilgore. Mrs. Jones was valedictorian of her Kilgore High Class and held degrees from Kilgore College, Baylor University and a Masters in Library Science from Vanderbilt/Peabody in Nashville, Tenn.
She moved to Corsicana in 1956 when her husband, Dr. Ben W. Jones, was chosen president of Navarro College. Mrs. Jones was active in civic affairs and served as president of Bowie P.T.O., Thalian Literary Club, the Navarro Regional Auxiliary, and on the board of Kinsloe House.
She was a member of First Baptist Church where she taught in the nursery for 28 years, served on various committees and sang in the choir for almost 50 years.
She was employed as a librarian at University of Texas and Baylor University. She became librarian at Corsicana High School in 1967 until her retirement 1994. After retirement, she worked as a volunteer with the Navarro Regional Hospital Auxiliary and the Pearce Museum at Navarro College, and served on the board of Corsicana Public Library.
Mrs. Jones was preceded in death by her husband, Dr. Ben Jones; and parents, Dimp and D.W. Weeks.
Survivors include her sons, Chris Jones and wife Gail of Bedford, and Kevin Jones of Carrollton; granddaughter, Rayden; grandson, Caleb of San Angelo; and great-granddaughter, Alyvia Grace Weeks Diaz of San Angelo.
Services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, at First Baptist Church with the Rev. B.F. Risinger Jr. and Dr. Danny Reeves officiating. Interment will be in Kilgore City Cemetery at 3 p.m. with the Rev. David Hampton officiating.
An online guest book is available at www.corleyfuneralhome.com by selecting the Winna Jones obituary.
Arrangements by Corley Funeral Home, Corsicana.


Strange Occurrences In A Small Irish Village
Feature documentary on the extraordinary village of Knock, Co. Mayo.
"Seeing is believing"
I wrote the score for this feature documentary on the town of Knock, a place built on the story of an apparition of Holy Mary in 1879. The film captures everything that makes up this quirky little village where religion is everywhere - from a main street shop owner competing with his seven other siblings in seven other main street shops selling religious statues and holy water, to the Knock Marriage Bureau dating agency run by the unlikely duo of a local woman and an elderly priest, these characters and stories pop up as the charismatic parish priest, Fr Richard, goes about executing his ambitious plans for renovating the basilica and expanding the appeal of Knock to transatlantic shores.
The score is quirky, playful and at times magical, using ecclesiastic instruments like bells, chimes, or church organ but all in a contemporary non-religious way. At other times it sets a more contemplative tone, underscoring the plight of the sick who come to Knock in search of a miracle. It features beautiful violin and viola performances by Cora Venus Lunny and an a cappella version of Aisling Gheal by Iarla Ó Lionáird in the closing credits.
The film was on general release in Ireland during September/October 2016, receiving excellent reviews, and was broadcast on RTÉ One in December 2016, trending #1 on Twitter at the time of airing.
Director Aoife Kelleher
Producers Rachel Lysaght, Lindsay Campbell
Editor Adelina Bischis
DOP Cathal Watters
Composer Hugh Rodgers
The Irish Independent
The Irish Examiner


Visit Rolf Knight's YouTube Channel to view five other videos: East End Pictorial I (Beside the No. 20 Line); East End Pictorial II; Beach Avenue, Fairview, Capitol Hill; Greenwood BC, New Westminster and Campbell Avenue; and Pictures From Around BC.
To download any of these files, (for Windows) right mouse click and select "save link as" or (for MAC) hold down the control key and press the mouse, and then select "save link as".
Not a Philosophical Atheism (2012; 158 pp) (pdf)
A brief, argumentative commentary on Christianity and its Jewish antecedent which includes some caustic overviews of the Old and New Testaments as well as chapters discussing rationales for the existence of a god. It also presents comparable commentary on other world religions and tribal polytheism which suggests such beliefs are generally as anti-human as Christianity. Comments on the alleged functions of religion and assorted claims about morality, justice, the soul and an afterlife critically examined
Fascism, Jewish Chauvinism and the Holocaust Revival (2007; 447 pp) (pdf)
This account begins with a brief overview of the rise and fall of fascism between 1918 and 1945, as well as the casualties of world war 2 and in its aftermath. It is suggested that charges of anti-Semitism are now made against whoever does not support Jewish demands sufficiently. Such is exemplified by the charges against a wide array of individuals and institutions as well as the resurrection of accounts of the Holocaust over the past forty years. It is suggested that these endeavors approach witch hunting and are not primarily about righting past injustices but are rather a mechanism to garner support for current Jewish and Israeli interests. The final portions deal with Israeli arms production and sales, its invasion and occupation of Lebanon during the 1980s and the drawn out repression of the Palestinian Intifada.
Nativism and Americanism: A critical account of Native claims and fantasies in Canada and the United States (2014; original 2006; 248 pp) (pdf)
A revised, tightened and amplified version of the original manuscript.
Nativism and Americanism (2009; 259 pp) (pdf)
Subtitled “Reactionary Elements in ‘Native Appreciation’ this book surveys some three dozen authors from the late 19th to the late 20th centuries which focus on their reactionary biases and anti-working class sentiments. It deals with conditions arising in Canada, the United States and Mexico and includes a critique of the sentiments entailed.
No Redeeming Qualities. Reviews of a tawdry new age (2002; 116 pp) (pdf)
A set of reviews by an imaginary author who sardonically reviews the contemporary issues as allegedly dealt with in a number of largely, but not exclusively, imaginary titles. Knight’s bitter satires picture a herd of ravenous sheep grazing in an environment of wondrous boobocracy.
Indians at Work: An Informal History of Native Labour in British Columbia 1858-1930 (1996; 261 pp) (pdf)
A massively documented history of Native Indian wage labour in British Columbia from initial European settlement in the mid 19th century to the beginning of the great depression. The first and as yet only historical study of Native Indian workers in Canada, it challenges many of the romantic misconceptions which have developed over the years. An expanded version of a title originally published in 1978.
Homer Stevens. A life in fishing (1992; 200 pp) (pdf)
A biography of the charismatic leader of the United Fishermen and Allied Workers Union in British Columbia from 1948 to 1987. A social as well as a political history, it begins with Stevens’ background within a native-immigrant fisherman’s family on the lower Fraser River in the 1930s and continues through the twists and turns of the union throughout the following fifty years. An appreciation of a left-wing union leader’s life and work.
Voyage Through the Midcentury (1988; 179 pp) (pdf)
An autobiography dealing with repressive public schools in BC during the 1940-50s and the liberating quality of camp work. Relates some of the subject’s later voyages around the world from a quasi ethnographic perspective as well as a brief account of anthropological field work among Cree hunters and trappers during the final period of their existence. It contains a lengthy appreciation of New York during the 1960s, where he earned a PhD and of his return to Canada. He left university teaching to write and wound up driving a cab back in Vancouver. The account is partially a tribute to the ethos of the migrant camp workers from which he sprang. Republished in 2013 as Voyage Through the Past Century.
Traces of Magma. An annotated bibliography of left literature (1983; 356 pp) (pdf )
An annotated bibliography mainly of left-wing novels dealing with the lives of working people during the 20th century. It includes some collections of poetry, drama and short stories as well as a smattering of non-fictional material such as oral history, but basically it is a compendium of novels. It provides brief synopses of more than 3,000 titles originally in some 50 languages by circa 1500 authors from over 90 countries. The survey is an introduction of left fiction for those who for whatever reason have become interested in what this literature has to say about events and peoples throughout the world but who have only a vague notion of which authors and titles exist and where to begin.
Along the No. 20 Line. Reminiscences of the Vancouver Waterfront (1980; 167 pp) (pdf)
An evocative social geography and reminiscence of growing up along the industrial waterfront of Vancouver during the 1940s. The account is threaded around the No.20 streetcar line which ran from the eastern city boundary, along the waterfront, to the city core.It includes oral accounts of work on the docks, shipyards, canneries and life in the loggers’ quarters and in retired camp worker cabins of that city on the eve of its transformation from a working class seaport into an American megalopolis.
Stump Ranch Chronicles and Other Narratives (1977; 115 pp) (pdf)
Reminiscences of homesteading, railway construction, logging, mining and life in the farming and resource communities of western Canada in the years since1912 by two populist/socialist participants. Accounts markedly different from the usual picture of rural conservatism and quiescence.
A Man of Our Times. The life-history of a Japanese-Canadian fisherman (1976, 105 pp) (pdf)
A brief life history of a Japanese-Canadian fisherman, logger, socialist union organizer and editor from his arrival in British Columbia in 1910 to the early 1970s. Includes an overview of Japanese-Canadian labour history and is unique in its account of the internal class struggles within that community as well as the struggle against racism.
Harvey Murphy, Reminiscences 1918-1943 (2014; 81 pp) (pdf)
From taped interviews done in November and December of 1976, with some brief additions in the spring of 1977. Mary Murphy's foreword to the transcripts were also taped in early 1977.
John Smith: Life History Fragment (2014; 48 pp) (pdf)
Recorded on South Pender Island, August 1975, and early 1980.
Three Men (2015; 158 pp) (pdf)
Three radical Canadian voices from W.W.1 to the 1980s.
A Very Ordinary Life (1974; 264 pp) (pdf)
A life history of a working class woman from the socialist milieu of WW I Berlin, accounts of that world and of emigration to and life in the resource frontier of western Canada from the 1930s to 1970. An underground classic of Canadian and immigrant history which ran through four printings in original.
Eleven Columbian Voices (2014; orig. 1968, 65 pp) (pdf)
Colombian interviews done in1964 during research for a Columbia University Doctoral Thesis, Sugar Plantations and Labor Patterns in the Cauca Valley, Colombia (1968)
Fascism in Chile: The First Forty Days (2014; orig. 1973, 74 pp) (pdf)
As compiled from reports in the "reputable" Western press.
Sugar Plantations and Labour Patterns in the Cauca Valley, Columbia (1972; 215 pp) (pdf)
A doctoral dissertation dealing with a region which claimed to retain labour conditions different from those obtaining in other sugar cane producing regions but which on analysis proved to be substantially similar to those existing elsewhere, despite certain unique ecological conditions.
Work Camps and Single Enterprise Communities in Canada and the United States; A Working Bibliography (1972; 90 pp) (pdf)
An annotated bibliography of about 290 items ranging from books to articles in popular journals intended as an introductory guide for student research of this topic.
"A Re-examination of Hunting, Trapping, and Territoriality Among the Northeastern Algonkian Indians" (1965; 19 pp) (pdf)
Article in Man, Culture, and Animals, edited by Anthony Leeds and Andrew P. Vayda.
Articles and Reviews (2014; 22 pp) (pdf)
Three reviews by me, and seven reviews of four of my earlier books.
Ecological factors in changing economy and social organization among the Rupert House Cree (1968; 131 pp) (pdf)
A brief ethnographic study done for the National Museum of Canada in 1961-62 focusing on the then continuing economic importance of hunting and trapping for the native people of the region.
Vancouver Speaking: An Autobiography (2015; 159 pp) (pdf)
Accounts of people and places in Vancouver, 1886-1986
Mordecai Briemberg: A Life History Fragment, 1930s to 2000 (2015; 88 pp) (pdf)
Mort Briemberg is a radical socialist intellectual and was a teacher for most of his life. He was also an organizer and an activist who focused on issues such as antiwar and peace work, people’s rights and Palestine support work. He advanced views which were challenging to the ways many Canadians had been led to understand these issues. For more than thirty years he was a member of a collective who presented a weekly program on Vancouver alternative radio to spread information and his ideas on these issues to other Canadians.


In no particular order and with no set number per category, here is a list of my picks for the Best Books/Novellas that I read (and were released) in 2007:
The Terror by Dan Simmons
The Missing by Sarah Langhan
The Hollower by Mary San Giovanni
Homeplace by Elizabeth Massie
The Queen of Bedlam by Robert R. McCammon
Fools Rush In: A Sam McCain Mystery by Ed Gorman
The Memory Tree by John R. Little
The Servantsby Michael Marshall Smith
Dawn by Tim Lebbon
The Dust of Wonderland by Lee Thomas
The Midnight Road by Tom Piccirilli
Mister B. Gone by Clive Barker
Baltimore: or, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden
Unbroken by A.J. Matthews
The Everlasting by Tim Lebbon
Placeholders by John R. Little
Frayed by Tom Piccirilli
The Peabody-Ozymandias Traveling Circus & Oddity Emporium by F. Paul Wilson
Dead Earth: The Green Dawn by Mark Justice & David T. Wilbanks
Under My Roof by Nick Mamatas
General Slocum's Gold by Nicholas Kaufmann
Somewhere a Band is Playing by Ray Bradbury
Temple: Incarnations by Steve Saville
Sparks and Shadows by Lucy A. Snyder
Portable Childhoods by Ellen Klages
Hart & Boot & Other Stories by Tim Pratt
M is for Magic by Neil Gaiman
Installing Linux on a Dead Badger and Other Oddities by Lucy A. Snyder
Proverbs for Monsters by Michael A. Arnzen
Darker Loves by James Dorr
Mary Falls: Requiem for Mrs. Surratt by Christopher Conlon (Poetry collection)
Legends of the Mountain State: Ghostly Tales from the State of West Virginia Edited by Michael Knost
Inferno Edited by Ellen Datlow
Thrillers 2 Edited by Robert Morrish
Midnight Premiere Edited by Tom Piccirilli
A Dark and Deadly Valley Edited by Mike Heffernen
Dark Delicacies 2: Fear Edited by Del Howison and Jeff Gelb
Gratia Placenti Edited by Jason Sizemore and Gill Ainsworth
Gary's "Kickass Writer of the Year" Award:
Tom Piccirilli. The guy's reaching the height of his power, and his work throughout 2007 hasn't hit one sour note. Mystery, horror, suspense, he's everywhere, and well on his way to becoming a Very Serious Deal. Could not happen to a more deserving writer.
Gary's "Kickass Small Press Publisher of the Year" Award:
A Tie: Creeping Hemlock Press and Necessary Evil Press. Despite having been wiped out not once, but twice in the wake of Hurricane Katrina and the storms that followed it, R.J. and Julia Seven not only managed to bring out CH's first book, Corpse Blossoms only a month-and-a-half later than announced, they have gone on to publish several more beautifully-produced books on a regular basis, the latest of which is The Fever Kill by some upstart named Piccirilli.
Necessary Evil Press, after winning the Bram Stoker Specialty Press Award a few years ago, has continued to not only publish excellent-quality books on a regular basis, but have recently raised its own bar for quality. Don Koish and company continue to publish first-rate material, but the physical production of NEP's books -- like those of Paul Miller's Earthling Publications (last year's "Kickass" winner) -- has gotten even more detailed and beautiful.
Gary's "Kickass New Publisher of the Year" Award:
Tasmaniac Publications: http://tasmaniacpublications.com/
This brand-spanking new publisher from way Down Under has already proven its chops with its release of Paul Kane's The Lazarus Condition, and made my jaw hit the floor when they released my own In the Midnight Museum late last year (featuring a wonderful introduction by none other than Terry Dowling). The care and craftsmanship that goes into each of Tasmaniac's books is remarkable, and when Tasmaniac says "Limited Edition"...oooh, boy, are they not kidding. 300 softcovers and 26 lettered hardcovers -- and that's it. Publisher Steve Clark is here and he means business. Tasmaniac publishes novellas, period. Aside from Mr. Kane and myself, Steve has lined up Steve Gerlach, Steve Saville, Simon Clark, and Tom Piccirilli for 2008 releases. I will also be releasing a brand-new Cedar Hill novella with them. Remember the name: Tasmaniac Publications. It's going to be on everyone's lips come this time 2009.
And Coming Soon...
One of the perks I enjoy about my professional life is that I now more than ever have the opportunity to read new books months -- if not a full year -- before their publication, so I know what's in store for readers come such-and-such date.
Here's a trio of books that are going to be knocking your socks off later this year:
Miranda by John R. Little: another mind-bending time-travel novella from the author of The Memory Tree and Placeholders.
The Devil's Marionette by Maurice Broaddus: the "Sinister" Minister's first foray into long fiction will be reason to cheer; it's the brilliance we've all been waiting for.
Orpheus and the Pearl by Kim Paffenroth: for those of you who, like myself, long for the days of the Gothic tales of Ray Russell, the wait is nearly over. The cobwebs and creeps are coming.
A Shameless Plug:
Hank Schwaeble, my co-editor on the just-released anthology Five Strokes to Midnight, would kill me if I didn't mention this new anthology. Both Hank and myself have stories in the book, but so do Deborah LeBlanc, Christopher Golden, and that Piccirilli guy, and all of them are at the top of their game. For more information on this anthology, please go to: http://www.hauntedpelicanpress.com
That is all.
No thanks necessary, Lee -- you know how much I admire you and your work, and WONDERLAND is the best thing you've yet written (not that I can keep up with your output -- you signed, what? Thirty new contracts since making your post here?).
Now we all wait with jitters for the announcement of the preliminary ballot -- and this is arguably the strongest year we've seen in a while.
Thank you, my friend, for the nice words. We're still swinging, thanks to guys like you, that upstart Pic fellow, and the other mega-talented authors we've published/will be publishing in the years to come.
Without your fine words, we'd have nothing.


Our goal is to make sequence data rapidly and broadly available to the scientific community as a community resource. It is our intention to publish the work of this project in a timely fashion, and we welcome collaborative interaction on the project and analyses. However, considerable investment was made in generating these data and we ask that you respect rights of first publication and acknowledgment as outlined in the Toronto agreement (Toronto International Data Release Workshop Authors. Prepublication data sharing. Nature. 2009 Sep 10;461(7261):168-70). By accessing these data, you agree not to publish any articles containing analyses of genes, cell types or transcriptomic data on a whole atlas or tissue scale prior to initial publication by the Tabula Microcebus Consortium and its collaborating scientists. If you wish to make use of restricted data for publication or are interested in collaborating on the analyses of these data, please use the contact form. Redistribution of these data should include the full text of the data use policy.
We provide in Figshare the cell by gene count data for the Tabula Microcebus mouse lemur scRNAseq cell atlas in Python’s h5ad and Matlab’s mat formats, as well as scripts to export the files to R’s Seurat format. Data is organized as described below. To explore and reannotate the data interactively using the browser, view the Organs Tab.
The h5ad file contains the following groups:
A mat file of the complete lemur cell atlas dataset converted from the h5ad file is provided in the Figshare files. We also provide a Matlab script to import the h5ad file to mat file: please download the h5ad file of interest, Matlab script “LCA_h5ad2Mat.m” and Matlab function “read_csmatrix.m” to the same folder, and run “LCA_h5ad2Mat.m”.
We provide Python and R scripts to convert a Python h5ad file into an R Seurat file. Please download the h5ad file of interest and Python script “LCA_h5ad2csv.py” to the same folder, and run in Python << python LCA_h5ad2csv.py -i input.h5ad -o output_folder -c layer_id >>, where input.h5ad is the h5ad file of interest, output_folder is the folder where the csv files will be exported, and layer_id is the gene count matrix to export (if layer_id = raw_counts, then the raw data is exported (adata.layers[‘raw_counts’]); if layer_id = log, then the log transformed data is exported (adata.X)). Then run “LCA_csv2seurat.R” in R to create a Seurat object from the csv files.
The mat file contains a single variable named “rawData”, a Matlab structure variable with the following fields:


How To Speak Emoji by Fred Benenson
For anyone who doesn’t know a smiley from a big red heart, a thumbs-up from a toilet symbol, a poo from two blonde girls dancing - this is the first book that will teach you HOW TO SPEAK EMOJI.
With a collection of useful phrases and a handy dictionary to demonstrate what the emojis really mean, you’ll never feel out of your depth again - or make the embarrassing mistake of putting an aubergine symbol next to a peach.
Including sections like: everyday greetings, in the workplace, in relationships and asking for help and directions, as well as how to translate song titles and film quotes, this is your complete guide to the bright new world of the emoji.
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"Her uncommon drive and motivation; her belief in self; and her sheer determination to survive and succeed; is the very example she sets for us all to follow. What an extraordinary personal success story! And what a true 'woman of the world'!"
~ M. Stanton
From the intrigue that preceded the dawning of the state of Israel to starting a family and many businesses in America, Miki Z. Bell has lived a life of challenge, adventure and intrigue. She weaves her way through some of the most significant events of the 20th century, living life on the edge, occasionally doing the impossible, but ultimately dancing through the adversity to where she is now able to reveal her inspiring tale of living life to the fullest, at any age!
Due to circumstances beyond her control, Miki at age 12 had to grow up quick,but with a creative and innovative approach to her life and business, coupled with hard work and a positive attitude, Miki succeeded beyond her wildest dreams in spite of the many challenges she faced along the way. Her life experience spans from the dawning of the State of Israel all the way to America, with captivating stories of intrigue, betrayal, survival and ultimately, achieving the successful outcome she worked so to achieve.
This is an inspiring autobiography told by a 79-years-young Miki and a must read for young and old! Miki Bell intimately shares her success story from rags to riches with the world to show that anything is possible, even under the most strenuous and challenging times.
You'll walk the Sinai Desert with Miki and Moshe Dayan; you'll travel to Mexico with Miki and live lavishly! You'll find your head spinning with excitement as she tackles new adventures, one-by-one and always with great joy!
Miki & husband Luc (Homeopath) at ground breaking for


Anubadok in Brief:
You can download a brief document, "A brief introduction to Anubadok" as a PDF file
It describes the internal working and the algorithm used in the Anubadok system by
considering specific example sentence.
To see the current level of feature implenetation in Anubadok system please
The Anubadok system can be run locally from the package directory without installation.
For example, after downloading source code from SVN repository you can do
the following to run anubadok:
You should see translated output in Unicode Bengali.
- cd anubadok
- echo "I love you." | ./bin/anubadok
There exists couple of online interaces for accessing Anubadok system. You
do not need to download any source code. You can access Anubadok system online


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Read our Back to School Plan for the 2020/2021 school year! Jessie Duncan Back To School Plan
We are excited to welcome your child into our Chinook’s Edge School community! General online registration for the 2021-2022 school year is now open! It is helpful to have your supporting documents…
Are you interested in running for CESD's Trustee? Visit the Chinook's Edge website for more information!


Kirsten Pleasant Company Boxed Book Set 1 to 6 American Girl
Pleasant Company Collectibles: Kirsten An American Girl 1854
Set of 6 AG collection includes:
1 Meet Kirsten,
2 Kirsten Learns a Lesson, 3 Kirsten's Surprise,
4 Happy Birthday, Kirsten,
5 Kirsten Saves the Day,
6 Changes for Kirsten, Volumes 1-6
This collection sells upwards of $249.
This set is in Excellent Collectors condition. Books were collected and unused. Some minor scratches on paper cover. Please view photos
All six of Kirsten's adventures are available in one volume in this keepsake edition featuring exquisite covers, vellum dust jackets, full-color illustrations, gilded pages.
- American Girl
- • Pleasant Company
- • Kirsten
- • Books 1-6
Title:Kirsten: An American Girl : 1854 (The American Girls Collection/Boxed Set)
Authors:Shaw, Janet Beeler
Publisher:Amer Girl Pub
Release Date:September 1990
Weight: 3 lbs.


Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs (New American Commentary) Short Description
THE NEW AMERICAN COMMENTARY is for the minister or Bible student who wants to understand and expound the Scriptures. Notable features include: * commentary based on THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION; * the NIV text printed in the body of the commentary; * sound scholarly methodology that reflects capable research in the original languages; * interpretation that emphasizes the theological unity of each book and of Scripture as a whole; * readable and applicable exposition.
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If you want to go to the Netherlands, study and end with a degree in your hand, this book is for you! It is a guide filled with:
- Real stories of students and former students
- Information about the Dutch language and culture
- A Checklist for the first month in the Netherlands
- Tips on how to deal with money, homesickness and loneliness
- A Bucket list to enjoy in the Netherlands
With this book as your guide, you will start to prepare on time, you will take control of your life and you will be satisfied with the life you will create as a student. If you go for it, go for it all the way!
“I hope that this book will serve to help students to prepare to immigrate to the Netherlands and get the most out of their stay. My dream is to have more and more successful island children return to help and proudly work on the prosperity of our island.”


Sacrifice - The Road to Obscurity
Pradeep Shrivastava is a Bengaluru based author and blogger. Sacrifice - The Road to Obscurity is his debut novel and first part of trilogy. It is set in the central region of India and in the year 1996. A compelling story of human will for self-preservation against all odds. It brings to light the pitiable state of human rights, a biased legal system and superstitions still prevalent in our society. The novel brings forth the struggles, aspirations and angst of a lower-middle-class family, and how one day and a decision changes everything.
Narayan Keer is a humble lower middle-class man, whose life revolves around his family. He and his wife work hard so that their children can have a better life than they did. However, their dreams come crashing down when an influential builder decides to construct a sports complex upon their colony, and asks the residents to vacate the land.
The Keers, along with their neighbours, face the prospect of losing their home. The fear brings to the fore superstition, greed, anger and mistrust among the residents of the colony. In the grip of these emotions, they take decisions that will have far-reaching consequences.
Can a moment’s anger unleash the hidden violence in a person? Do families really get destroyed in a day? Can hope and happiness spring from tragedy?
About Pradeep Shrivastava
Pradeep Shrivastava has a Master's degree in computer applications. He was born in Jabalpur and did most of his schooling at Christ Church Boys' Senior Secondary School, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. He graduated from Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. The search for better career prospects compelled him to move to Bengaluru, where he currently resides.
Pradeep worked at different IT companies before penning his first novel, Sacrifice – The Road to Obscurity, a realistic fiction set in the central region of India.


Stephen Massil, book cataloguer, describes 575 as a house in which we can sense ‘the overwhelming personality of one occupant’. All the books and records in the house belonged to its creator-owner, Khadambi Asalache, and Stephen has therefore gained unique insight into the artist’s cultural interests and possible influences on his work.
Stephen has been making his way through glossy art books, English and American literature, modern poetry and a collection of East African literature, of which he has catalogued more here than at any other property. Khadambi, a poet, kept copies of publications in which he was interviewed or his poetry was published. Stephen explains that one gets knowledge not only of his career but also of his contacts and friends, as, for example, there are books containing dedications from poets with whom Khadambi was clearly acquainted.
Stephen has also been cataloguing vinyl and 78 records, including a lot of jazz and African music, as well as Beethoven, Bach, Handel and Mozart. One item he recently came across that caught his interest was a vinyl record of Beethoven’s Mass in C, a record he owns himself, which contains inside the sleeve a Christmas concert programme of the choir of the Treasury, Khadambi’s employer, which one can assume he attended.
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Royal Navy Memories - S S Empire Patrol - The Rescue - Report by J J Gower of HMS Trouncer
Rescue of Refugees - Recollections of Leading Seaman Herbert Bunting Part 1 - Rescue of Refugees from the Sinking of the Empire Patrol.
Fire On Board the Empire Patrol - Publication 'The Naval Review' (PDF File and Large)
The Story of the SS Misr arrival to Australia - Many Castellorizian refugees were on this migrant ship in 1947.
Poem - Empire Patrol - Author unknown - Supplied by Leading Seaman Herbert Bunting of HMS Trouncer
Castellorizo History - A great site directed at providing a forum to exchange information, share photographs, submit genealogical information and to connect people worldwide who have Castellorizian heritage.
Kastellorizian Assn of Victoria - A wonderful site with many items of interest including their great newsletter online.
Castellorizo Genealogy Website - A site dedicated to the compiling and recording of genealogical family trees for Castellorizians and their associated families. The editor is me.
Castellorizian Assn of WA -Newsletter - The editor is me (Allan Cresswell). Hope you enjoy.
Australian Friends of Kastellorizo (AFK) - "The AFK was established to help create a positive future for Kastellorizo recognising our proud heritage and giving something back to the island of our forebears."


Microfluidics for Biological Applications Book Description
Microfluidics for Biological Applications provides researchers and scientists in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and life science industries with an introduction to the basics of microfluidics and also discusses how to link these technologies to various biological applications at the industrial and academic level. Readers will gain insight into a wide variety of biological applications for microfluidics.
The material presented here is divided into four parts, Part I gives perspective on the history and development of microfluidic technologies, Part II presents overviews on how microfluidic systems have been used to study and manipulate specific classes of components, Part III focuses on specific biological applications of microfluidics: biodefense, diagnostics, high throughput screening, and tissue engineering and finally Part IV concludes with a discussion of emerging trends in the microfluidics field and the current challenges to the growth and continuing success of the field.
Author: Wei Cheng Tian, Erin Finehout
No. of Pages: 416
Publish Date: 2008-09-30


The Thirteenth Edition is now available and for twenty years: Busted by the Feds The Book for defendants arrested on federal charges.
Welcome to the most important book ever written for the Federal defendant. Busted By The Feds is the classic source for the help you need with your defense. It covers everything from the time of your arrest, through bail, plea bargaining, going to trial or pleading out, and sentencing. It also includes essential material on the Bureau of Prisons policies that will affect you if you are eventually incarcerated.
Busted also includes the Federal Sentencing Guidelines for all federal offenses. Plus in depth explanations of how the guidelines work in specific cases: the base offense levels, as well as aggravating and mitigating factors and possible upward or downward departures. Finally, there is extensive consideration of the now-advisory nature of the Guidelines since the Booker case in 2005 and the subsequent decisions by the Supreme Court in Rita, Kimbrough, Gall and Nelson. These subjects, which can be of great importance in obtaining a lesser sentence, are explained in a clear and easy-to-understand way.
The new Thirteenth Edition of Busted contains the most up-to-date information, including the new sentencing guidelines and the November 2012 amendments to the guidelines. It also contains a new chapter on the Fast Track Program for deportable aliens, as well as a new chapter on The Bureau of Prisons and how to do your time when incarcerated.
If you are a defendant or the family member of a defendant, or a defense lawyer in the federal system, you need this book. Continue through this site to see the wealth of material Busted contains and the new information in this Thirteenth Edition.
- The 600 pages of Federal Sentencing Guidelines summarized in easy to read tables
- A comprehensive index for finding exactly the information you need (expanded in new 13th edition)
- An in-depth chapter on Booker/Fanfan, and the implications for possible sentence reductions
- Chapters on Crack Cocaine Laws, Plea Agreements, Computers in the B.O.P., and Early Termination of Supervised Release.
- Case studies and real life examples
- Easy instructions for calculating a likely sentence on ANY Federal charge, with all the mitigating and aggravating factors
- Guidance on when to cop a plea and when to fight the charge
- Advice on how to choose and instruct defense counsel
- Information on post-sentencing appeals, motions and writs
- How to send money to an inmate


As an open source product, Mautic has a comprehensive documentation on the official website. It covers all topics related to successfully running Mautic. Sometimes, however, browsing multiple documents to find specific pieces of information can be troublesome and time-consuming. This is why we decided to compile all the documentation-related content into a one PDF file that we are sharing in this post below.
Click here to view Mautic Documentation all in one PDF file
Ease of use
Using that file makes it a lot easier to search for a particular help topic. A detailed table of contents will help you navigate through the document to find the information you need. In case you want to narrow down your search even further, all you need to do is to use CTRL+F (search in the document) and look up the information you require in the context you need at any given moment.
Share and access the documentation anytime
The PDF format makes it also easier to use the documentation regardless of the quality of your Internet connection. Download the file to your computer or a mobile device to reference it at all times and share it with your colleagues if needed. You can also print it and keep it in a paper format for a more comfortable reading experience. In that way, you can treat it as a self-study manual to help you learn all there is to know about the Mautic platform when you are away from the computer.
Hopefully, it will help you as it is helping us.
Keep Calm and Do Mautic


Did you know one of the many things the Norwalk PTO funds are teacher grants? Twice a year – fall and spring – Norwalk PTO offers $2,500 to Oviatt and Lakewood Elementary Schools in the forms of grants to teachers. Teachers were able to apply for grants ranging from $50 to $500. Five members of the PTO Board served as the grant committee.
Over $10,000 was awarded to Oviatt and Lakewood teachers through this process. One grant funded purchasing books for Title I Reading students. Karen Porter, Oviatt Elementary Reading Specialist, explains what this grant means to her:
Dear Norwalk PTO,
Thank you for granting me funds to purchase books for my Title I Reading students! It’s difficult to find quality literature to match the independent reading levels of my students that falls within my very limited school budget. Since the Title I budget was cut several years ago, I have not been able to make a significant purchase of leveled books to send home with my students for additional daily reading practice. Your gift allowed me to purchase 2 complete sets of non-fiction and fiction books to match the needs of my first and second grade students. The books have already made their way into many homes and several students have been very motivated to spend more time reading outside of the school day. There is now a waiting list to check out some of the favorites!
My ultimate goal for struggling readers is to help them become lifelong learners through a love of reading. Thanks for helping me achieve this goal!


The RightWay Foundation is partnering with the Los Angeles Public Library Studio City Branch in April for an awesome event. This “Book-to-Action” event will be two-part. The first day (April 22nd at Studio City Library) is a book club meeting, panel, and reading with the author for those who have read Vanessa Diffenbaugh’s bestselling novel The Language of Flowers. For more information, visit this website.
The second day (April 30th at RightWay), after learning more about foster care and discussing it with organizations and advocates for foster youth, volunteers from Studio City Library will bring food and games to The RightWay Foundation for a fun-filled potluck with RightWay youth.


Book....Self-Care for College Students: From Orientation to Grad...
Make the most out of your college experience with these manageable self-care tips that are easy to incorporate into your busy college lifestyle. As a student in college - you're dealing with a lot. At times this can be physically, mentally, and emotionally draining between classes, homework, activities, and building a new social life for yourself. But the secret to making sure these are the best years of your life is making time for self-care.


May 21st: AARP Age-Friendly Community Conversation in Pendleton
AARP is helping Oregon communities become great, livable places for people of all ages and abilities.AARP volunteers and staff are travelling across Oregon to listen to members and 50+ Oregonians. Come share your thoughts and priorities for your community and your ideas on making Oregon a great place for people of all ages. What we learn will inform our work to make Oregon an Age-Friendly State and will be shared with the Governor’s Commission on Senior Services and decision makers across the state.
What: Pendleton Age-Friendly Oregon Community Conversation
When: Monday, May 21st, 2018, 3:00pm to 5:00pm (check in and refreshments start at 2:30pm)
Where: Pendleton Center for the Arts, Bamboo Room, 214 North Main Street, Pendleton, OR 97801
Your voice matters! Join the Age-Friendly Oregon Movement!
|Start time:||3:00 PM|
|End time:||5:00 PM|
|Location:||Cook Memorial Library, La Grande|


From the press release:
ERS takes on The Supreme Court.
In Arguendo, ERS tackles Barnes v. Glen Theatre, a 1991 U.S. Supreme Court case. Brought by a group of go-go dancers who claimed a First Amendment right to dance totally nude, the case examines an Indiana law that banned public nudity. At oral argument, the Justices attempt to define dance, ponder nudity in opera houses vs. strip-clubs, and ask whether naked erotic dancing is artistic expression or immoral conduct.
Arguendo is a staging of Barnes v. Glen Theatre’s entire oral argument, verbatim, interspersed with bits of real interviews with the justices, the lawyers and an exotic dancer who traveled all the way from the Déja Vu Club in Saginaw, Michigan to listen to the argument at The Supreme Court.
Select performances feature conversations with ERS director John Collins joined by journalists, constitutional law experts and other special guests.


Commuting is a parody of travel; it is a bloodless, necessary chore that, because it involves motion, suggests the very freedom it denies. What better place, then, to begin a travel book than a commuter train? The journey becomes a kind of prison break.
This is precisely what Paul Theroux does in The Old Patagonian Express. In what is one of the great opening scenes in all travel literature, the prolific American writer describes being on board a packed local train in his home town of Boston. Winter storm clouds are gathered overheard, the faces of his fellow passengers are ashen or yellow grey because of the cold, but on his face he wears a “vagrant expression of smugness; he seems to have a secret in his mouth — he looks as if he is about to blow a bubble.”
Why? Because for him this is not the commuter train to Sullivan Square or Orient Heights, it is a train to Patagonia, for that is his final destination. Theroux will not stop at the end of this line, instead he plans to switch to another, and then another; and so on, until he leaves the icy cage of domestic North America behind, and is lost into tropical adventure. Already, we are aboard the Patagonian Express.
This beginning typifies much of what people look for in travel literature: escapism. With his pitch perfect evocation a “southbound train” Theroux invites us to share in his fantasy of adventure, only, it is an adventure that he is really about to take.
Fantasy, however, is not a word often associated with Theroux’s writing: curmudgeonly is the adjective more often reached for. In part, this is because of his refusal to provide the tourist board sanctioned version of the countries through which he travels.
Real travel, this book makes clear, is not sunsets over the Amazon, it is dirty Columbian side streets and rabid dogs on the pampas; it is diarrhea, loneliness, and flea-bitten hotel rooms you don’t have the energy to leave. This book is escapism, yes, but with the caveat that the world you are invited into is no less complicated than the one you leave behind.
Theroux, then, is no Chatwin or Kerouac, he has little time for the myth of the nomad or the road. Rather, he travels like we all do: with hope, certainly, but also with discomfort and irritation, acknowledging that what is part travel is part of life. If you do not simply wish to see the world from your armchair, but also experience what seeing the world is like, Theroux is the perfect guide.
But The Old Patagonian Express is not just a book about travelling. It is a book about Central and South America. Such an observation may seem flippant — how could the book not be about the countries Theroux passes through? Yet often travel books can be about little apart from their author: an amalgamation of loosely themed anecdotes sewn together with the prefabricated plot of a journey. Patagonian Express is not this.
Before he leaves, Theroux makes sure to take extensive Spanish language lessons and to read up fully on the countries he plans to visit: information that he dispenses in the form of short-essay like asides throughout the text.
He compares this in depth approach with the more casual one he took when writing The Great Railway Bazaar. Despite the latter book’s renown, Patagonian Express, for its more profound cultural observations, and its excellent articulation of how travel affects both space and time, is by far the superior work.
A Textured Account
This, too, is a storyteller’s book; Theroux travels with a novelist’s eye. Whereas journalists, or even to writers who work more exclusively within the confines of the travel genre, might produce fine pieces of reportage, Theroux is excellent at constructing further layers and extrapolating stories from what he sees.
A fine example of this can be seen in Theroux’s observations on the Mosquito Coast of Costa Rica. This place of derelict villages and ports, of massive ocean waves, and foliage, black before nightfall, Theroux imagines as the perfect refuge for a family of castaways, people fleeing the United States and all its consumerist, technological trappings. To the reader, the Mosquito Coast then takes on a literary quality: is it a paradise, or a heart of darkness?
The book’s climax comes not so much with Theroux’s arrival in Patagonia, but with his conversations with the Argentinian writer Jorge Luis Borges, who he meets in Buenos Aires. Theroux describes reading to Borges, who by that stage had gone blind, and of being taken by him arm in arm through the streets of the city.
“Patagonia is dreary,” Borges tells him, appealing for Theroux to stay longer in Buenos Aires; Theroux accepts: he can go to Patagonia the next week.
In this exchange we see one of the book’s central themes: by travelling slowly into the exotic, the exotic itself loses some of its mystery: what is Patagonia but someone else’s dreary commute? This, though, is thrown into relief by the scope of Theroux’s adventure as a whole. Travel is both transcendent and mundane; and anyone reading this book on their way to work will be left feeling an irresistible pull toward changing tracks.


Born in Baie St. Paul, Quebec, 1920
Death : Chicoutimi, Quebec, 1973
A renowned folk painter, Marie-Cecile Bouchard was encouraged and guided in her work by her older sister, Simone-Mary, who showed her how to paint at 18. Like her sisters, the artist was a painter of genre scenes, traditional Québecois interiors and representations of rural life. Her work was shown in Brazil in 1945, where she was hailed as a great ‘primitive’ artist and her paintings celebrated for their unsophisticated technique and poignant, touching qualities. Collectors from all over the world acquired her canvasses. However, Marie-Cécile’s faith, evidenced by her frequent choice of religious subject matter, eventually overcame her desire to paint, and she entered the Sisters of Sainte-Antoniennes de Marie Convent in Chicoutimi in 1947. Her artistic activities ceased for 22 years until, in the last two years of her life, she made 30 copies of her own paintings. Following her death, an appeal was made to keep these copies together as a single collection.MédiasPaintingLieux de conservation des dossiers et archivesArt Gallery of Ontario – Edward P. Taylor Research Library and ArchivesMontreal Museum of Fine Arts / Musée des Beaux-Arts de Montréal, QCMusée d’art contemporain de Montréal, QC – Media CentreNational Gallery of Canada, ON – Library and ArchivesUniversity of British Columbia – Fine Arts LibraryVancouver Art Gallery, BC – LibraryMusée de Charlevoix, QCLeonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery, QCCanadian Museum of Civilization Archives, QCCanadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QCBIBLIOGRAPHIE
Canadian Art in Brazil : Press Reviews. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 1945.”Travaux de Sculpture au Salon du Printemps.” La Presse (Montreal) 31 Mar. 1924: 22.”Une exposition du plus grand intéret.” La Presse (Montreal) 6 Dec. 1941.Art Gallery of Toronto. P.E. Borduas, Marie Bouchard, Denyse Gadbois, Louise Gadbois, Alfred Pellan: Exhibition, February 1942. Toronto: Art Gallery of Toronto, 1942.Baker, Victoria, et al. Scenes of Charlevoix 1784-1950. Montreal: Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 1982.Bennett, Paul. “L’heritage artistique d’un couple villegiateurs.” Le Devoir (Montreal) Ottawa: 26 Aug. 2006: D4.Eber, Dorothy. “What Quebec’s ‘Primitives’ Don’t Know About Art is Making Them Rich.” Macleans 78.7 (3 April 1965): 17-19.Eber, Dorothy and Gilles Hénault. “La mode est aux peintres folkloriques.” Macleans 5.6 (Jun. 1965): 23-25.Gendreau, Andrée. Charlevoix, terre d’origine, lieu de l’autre. Quebec: Université Laval, 1982.Hubbard, R. H. Painters of Quebec: The Maurice and Andrée Corbeil Collection. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1973.Kobayashi, Terry and Michael Bird. A Compendium of Canadian Folk Artists. Erin, Ontario: Boston Mills Press, 1985.MacDonald, Colin S.. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009
.McKendry, Blake. Dictionary of Folk Artists in Canada: From the 17th Century to the Present. Elginburg: Blake McKendry, 1988.McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing. Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Formerly Art Association of Montreal: Spring Exhibitions, 1880-1970. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1988.Nixon, Virginia. “Gallery round-up: Humorous bronze sculptures and calm, alienated fantasy.” Gazette (Montreal) 3 May 1975: 52.Pageot, Edith-Anne. “Ambiguités de la réception critique de l’exposition ‘Canadian Women Artists’, Riverside Museum, New York, 1947.”RACAR 27.1-2 (2000): 123-34.Palardy, Jean. Peintres populaires de Charlevoix / Primitive Painters of Charlevoix. Montreal: National Film Board of Canada, 1947.Portal, Marcel. “La fille du Moulin César de Charlevoix.” Le Progrès régionale (Chicoutimi) 30 May 1973.Reference Division, McPherson Library, compilers. Creative Canada: A Biographical Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Creative and Performing Arts. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, University of Victoria, 1971.
ref.: Réseau d’étude sur l’histoire des artistes canadiennes


W. S. Long challenged me on Facebook to list ten books that have “stayed with me in some way.” I’m a sucker for memes about reading and writing, so I was definitely game to play. Then it occurred to me that this post would really go better here, where I might possibly point some people in the direction of fantastic books they’d not yet read. So here goes (in no particular order):
• American Gods by Neil Gaiman
• Up the Down Staircase by Bel Kaufman
• Mama Day by Gloria Naylor
• The Lord of the Rings series–yeah, I’ll just throw all of them in as one
• Ask the Passengers by A. S. King (Though I could just as easily throw Please Ignore Vera Dietz in instead)
• Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
• Speaker for the Dead, Ender’s Game, and Red Prophet by Orson Scott Card
• Ordinary People by Judith Guest
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• The Talisman by Stephen King and Peter Straub
I’ll tag people on Facebook, but if you feel like playing along, feel free to make your own list and ping me, either here or on Facebook or Twitter!
Aside: I’m conflicted about the fact that there aren’t any books by Latinos on that list. There are books I’ve read by Latinos that I was tempted to put on there, but it would have felt dishonest, because they were not among the top ten (or so) that had the biggest effect on me (that I could think of at this moment). There also aren’t, to the best of my knowledge, books by any sexual minorities on my list. It is what it is, but maybe this list tells me that I need to cast my net wider when looking for reading material.


Please join us in 2021 as we read through The Living Word!
This year our reading plan takes us through the Bible chronologically, which just means we'll be jumping around instead of reading in the order printed. You can begin with us at the start of the year or jump in at any time. The plan shows what to read each day of the year, so you always know where to begin. And don't worry about what you might have missed, you can always circle back!


What we believe in at AMIS is that while the rich tradition of the Hawza must be preserved which is what makes a hawza an actual one and not merely a name, some of the recent developments in the hawza program which have caused it to be less efficient as compared to the era of the mujtahids of the pre modern hawza must be transformed as we are in dire need for mujtahids and we need them fast and in large numbers. We believe the extensive study of the works of a few mujtahids to the point of memorization as opposed to the study of a variety of mujtahids with a critical approach along with more time on reading and studying the original sources (i.e. the Quran and Hadith) will yield much better results in a shorter period of time.
We believe the extensive study of only a few works with emphasis on the greatness of the scholars to the point of infallibility does not produce mujtahids who could only be mujtahids if they have their own independent understanding of Quran and Hadith.
Also, the focus on the works of scholars has marginalized the original sources and more time is spent on understanding what which scholar has said as opposed to studying what the Quran and hadith present as solutions and simply refer to the works of other scholars to observe what they have understood without making that the focal point.
This stems from an understanding we have that the Quran and hadith are themselves clear and they are what contain guidance and if the works of scholars have captured a part of that, there is still more to discover and we should not limit ourselves to the understanding of our precious scholars which naturally happens when more time is spent on their words. After all, the greatest of our scholars have been those who’ve introduced a new discovery from our sources. The fear of deviation if we change the focus from the works of the scholars to the original sources stems from an incorrect notion that the sources themselves are not clear and we need to rely on the works of scholars.
The purpose of studying the works of other scholars for a student striving to become a mujtahid is to match how a master of the art of ijtihad develops understanding from putting different clues together from the verses and sayings of the prophet and the ahlulbayt. Like any art, the student should learn and become independent. the material used in this art are Quran, Sunna, and aql. According to all Shia mujtahids, even the consensus of Shia scholars is not a source and point of reference unless we can conclude it states the view of the ahlulbayt.
Students will learn Arabic through studying morphology and syntax as well as Arabic literature to equip them with the skills necessary in the process of ijtihad.
USUL AL FIQH
The principles of developing legitimate opinion from the sources of Islamic thought namely, the Quran, Hadith, and the Aql or sound judgement.
A discipline that takes much time to master and allows one to learn how to use the principles learned in Usul al Fiqh
The Quran id the heart of Islam and so it flows throughout the various disciplines of Islamic studies. However, it must be studied independently in a discipline called Tafsir.
A student of Islamic studies will need to know the words of the Prophet and the Ahlulbayt and the compilations containing them. This discipline will allow a student to have access to the volumes of hadith books that contain these words.
The history of the Prophet and the Ahlulbayt is one of the major sources of learning Islamic teachings in action. Although some of this valuable information can be found in Hadith, history focuses on depiction a full picture of the lives of the Ahlulbayt.
The works of Islamic Philosophy and Muslim philosophers are composed of rational endeavors guided by understandings from religious references in an attempt to understand the most difficult of problems facing us as rational beings which is existence itself. A hawza student is required to learn the rational process as well as the answers presented by philosophers to these fundamental problems.
Studying the discipline of rijal which is increasingly referred to by academic circles and is understudied in traditional hawza circles is a necessary element in the study of hadith as knowing about the narrators and transmitters of hadith as well as compilers of hadith books gives us insight into their hadith and helps us understand the words of the Ahlulbayt.
A critical study of our beliefs is an absolute must for anyone who wishes to study Islam in order to believe in what’s right and not merely as an intellectual exercise.


May, June & July Book Talks & Signings
J. Moffett Walker has been busy speaking and book signing. She looks forward to the upcoming book talks and signings to meet, greet and share.
On May 11, 2013, she enjoyed sharing with readers in Sanatobia, Mississippi, at their May Fair Festival.
She read poetry at the book signing at Brandon, Mississippi's Cup's Coffee Shop on June 1, 2013, from 11:00 to 1:00 p.m.
That same day, June 1, 2013, Walker signed at Bay Window Books in Pearl, Mississippi, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The author will be presenting and signing at two locations in Indiana where she will be introducing her recent novel, Earth Angel. Her other six books will be available. They are,
1. Church Folk,
3. The Mississippi I Love,
4. Muh's Cookbook: Recipes before 1930,
5. The Powerful Web of Kinfolk, and
6. Blueprints of Sir Michael.
The Kennedy Library, 3953 Broadway, Gary, Indiana, is presenting this author on Saturday June 15, 2013, at 3:00 p.m.
The next day, Father's Day, June 16, 2013, Koinonia M. B. Church, 510 W. 13th Avenue, Gary, Indiana, will feature Walker in a book talk and signing at 1:30 p.m.
Her July schedule includes a three-day book signing sponsored by the All School Homecoming Committee in Corinth, Mississippi. The signings will be July 3rd, 4th and 5th during the homecoming activities.
Walker is excited about her past and upcoming schedules. She said: " I enjoy meeting, greeting and sharing with readers at book talks and signings"


CAPTURING THE BEAUTIFUL, THE MUNDANE, AND THE EXTRAORDINARY
IN THE CITY OF SUBDUED EXCITEMENT
Saturday, April 14, 2012
Children and Cherry Trees
The girls and I regularly enjoy story time at the Bellingham Public Library. This last week, story time was extra special-- Bellingham's sister city since 1958, Tateyama, Japan, sent a couple books from their library to ours. The kids got to hear the stories in Japanese and English, and then made cherry tree art to send back to Tateyama along with a couple books from our library.


Dr Lim's book is intended as a resource to help you understand what your rheumatology team is thinking. It is a compilation of all of his best articles on Rheumatoid Arthritis. It will help you to gain a better understanding of all aspects of rheumatoid arthritis so you can have better conversations with family, friends and your health support team about the management of your condition
The first two chapters are available online by completing the form on the right.
Download your preview copy here.
If you would like to purchase the complete book, here are the links to the online store.


Aby Warburg: Metamorphosis and Memory (Wechsler, 2016)
I recently watched the documentary Aby Warburg: Metamorphosis and Memory (Wechsler, 2016) via Kanopy (for free using my local library’s gateway) and thought that others here interested in the ideas of memory in culture, history, and art history may appreciate it. While a broad biography of a seminal figure in the development of art history in the early 20th century, there are some interesting bits relating to art and memory as well as a mention of Frances A. Yates whose research on memory was influenced by Warburg’s library.
Of specific "note” is the fact that Aby Warburg (1866-1929) had a significant zettelkasten-based note taking practice and portions of his collection (both written as well as images) are featured within the hour long documentary. You'll see it in the opening scenes in the background during many of the interviews, but there's also a portion featured at the 30 minute mark which looks at a few of his zettels. Like several other zettelkasten practitioners he had a significant zettelkasten practice but did not publish much, but did lecture quite a lot and had outsized influence both during his life as well as posthumously and his zettelkasten and research remain as an archive for scholars who still study and extend his work.
Sadly, I'm unable to catch any screenshots from the film due to technical glitches, but if folks can figure out how to pull some out, I'd appreciate them.
Aby Warburg's extant zettelkasten at the Warburg Institute's Archive consists of ninety-six surviving boxes (of 104 or possibly more) which contain between 200-800 individually numbered index cards. Dividers and envelopes are used within the boxes to separate the cards into thematic sections.
The digitized version is transcribed in the original German and is not available translated into English (at least as of 2023). The digitized version maintains the structure of the dividers and consists of only about 3,200 items. It can be searched at https://wi-calm.sas.ac.uk/CalmView/Aboutcatalogue.aspx. As examples one can find the record for box 4a on "the Renaissance" at https://wi-calm.sas.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=WIA+III.2.1.+ZK/4a&pos=1 and the physical divider inside box 4a for "Jakob Burkhardt" with subsections listed at https://wi-calm.sas.ac.uk/CalmView/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=WIA+III.2.1.+ZK/4a/2&pos=1
The Warburg Institute archive had this sample photo of some of his decorative/colorful boxes:
Has anyone visited the Warburg archive in London before?


Throughout the year, United Way of North Idaho will share resources and information to help with nonprofit best practices, volunteer management, and grant writing skills.
What is the Foundation Center?
Whether you are an established nonprofit or just in the imaginative stages of a community service program, the Foundation Center can assist with the resources you need. The Foundation Center is the nation's leading authority on philanthropy, connecting nonprofits and grant makers, supporting you with trusted resources, tools, and information.
United Way of North Idaho has partnered with the Coeur d'Alene Public Library to provide more access to this great service! Free orientation sessions for using the Foundation Directory Online will be scheduled soon!
UPDATE: In 2018, Foundation Center and GuideStar joined forces to become Candid, a 501c3 nonprofit organization.
Other Internet Resources for Nonprofits


My latest full-length album of original songs, The Road That I Must Take is available at popular download and streaming sites.
Song of the Month
This month’s featured song is a brand new one called “Dream a Mighty Dream”. It is an optimistic song for the new decade about dreaming big. Look for it on your favorite music download and streaming platforms on January 24th! In the meantime, you can pre-save it on Spotify so it shows up in your library on release day.
- New Single: “Steel” - "Steel", a new acoustic song of encouragement, dedicated to those who are going through hard times, was released on October 25, 2019. It now available at popular on-line music stores.
- New Single: “Come On Home” - A new single, Come On Home, was released on September 27, 2019. Please check the Store page for the latest list of stores carrying the recording.
- New Album: “The Road That I Must Take” - My new pop-rock album, The Road That I Must Take, was released on August 2, 2019. it is now available in most popular on-line music stores.
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Recent Blog Entries
- Looking Back on a Decade - At the end of each year, typically on New Year’s Eve, I take a look back at the year gone by, ahead of refocusing on the new year shortly thereafter. Seeing we’re now entering the 2020s (Happy New Decade!), I thought it might also be interesting to take a look at the decade that just ... Read more Looking Back on a Decade
- Story Behind the Song: “Wishing You Well” - “Wishing You Well”, a song I wrote back in 2007 and recently included on my The Road That I Must Take album, came about as the result of a songwriting challenge. On June 18, 2007, the local Orange County chapter of Just Plain Folks picked two possible song titles, “Wishing You Well” and “The Last ... Read more Story Behind the Song: “Wishing You Well”
- Story Behind the Song: “Sweet, Sweet Color of Love” - On the last day of November 2011, TAXI, an organization that bills itself as helping “independent Songwriters, Artists, and Composers get their music to Record Labels, Film & TV Music Supervisors, Music Libraries, Music Publishers, Music Licensing Companies, Ad Agencies, and Video Game Companies”, published a listing that started out, “NY Ad Agency URGENTLY needs ... Read more Story Behind the Song: “Sweet, Sweet Color of Love”
For more blog entries, please visit the Blog.
Updated: January 18, 2020


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It’s a new month….what are the two new manga series that Viz Media will bring to the States in November?
On November 13, Record of Grancrest War hits shelves. If the name rings a bell, it’s because it’s created by Ryo Mizuno, who also wrote the iconic Record of Lodoss War. This time it’s a new story, with art by Makoto Yotsuba and designs by Miyuu.
The series is set in a world where the noble elite are supposed to fend off the threat of terrifying Chaos but instead engage in pointless, petty squabbles, young mage Siluca Meletes dreams of bringing justice to the land. In the series’ opening volume, when tragedy strikes during a wedding that would bring together the Fantasia Union and the Factory Alliance, Siluca finds herself with no choice but to forge a new future for the world. With the aid of Theo, a knight errant with great potential, she will go against the world’s order to achieve peace through the magical power of crests. And as Theo soon finds out, her methods are more than a little unorthodox!
One week later, on November 20, Viz will put out Ran and the Gray World, written and illustrated by Aki Irie. Ran lives in a world of magic, but unfortunately not the kind where kids get to use it. She’s so eager to grow up that she finds a way to temporarily accelerate the process (world of magic and all)…
Ran Uruma can’t wait to grow up and become a sorceress like her mother, so with the help of a magical pair of sneakers, she transforms into an adult and sets off! Her father and older brother Jin try to keep her home safe, but Ran is determined to advance her powers and have adventures of her own!
Record of Grancrest War and Ran and the Gray World will be available in both physical and digital formats. Watch for ’em this month.


CARMEN tells the story of the downfall of Don José, a naïve soldier who falls head over heels in love with Carmen, a seductive, free-spirited femme fatale.
The infatuated Don José abandons his childhood sweetheart and neglects his military duties, only to lose the fickle Carmen to the glamorous toreador scamillo.
The music of CARMEN has been widely acclaimed for the brilliance of its melodies, enthralling atmosphere and orchestration, as well as for the skill with which Bizet musically represented the emotions and suffering of his characters.
Running Time: TBC
Age Guidance: Recommended 12+


The Soviet Invasion of Manchuria, Part V —- Surrender
In case you missed: Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV
After the initial invasion of Manchuria, Soviet forces made short work of the Kwantung Army’s first line of defense. As per plan, the Kwantung Army withdrew to the interior of Manchuria to make their last stand. In the meantime Soviet forces stormed into Manchuria, capturing key cities and industrial complexes across the country. In addition, Soviet forces also invaded other Japanese held territories, such as Inner Mongolia, Korea, the Kuril Islands, and Sakhalin.
In the meantime, events were underway that would bring an eventual end to the war. On August 6th, 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped by the Americans on Hiroshima, almost completely incinerating the city. Three days later another was dropped on Nagasaki. Among many in the Japanese government, there was talking of accepting American unconditional surrender. A few days later, news of the Kwantung Army’s defeat in Manchuria pushed the government even further in the directions of surrender. On August 14th, Emperor Hirohito intervened and declared an end to the war. Although the Emperor had little official power, most refused to ignore the will of the Emperor, who was considered an earthly god.
In Manchuria the order to surrender wasn’t fully transmitted to all units of the Kwantung Army at once. Many Japanese soldiers surrendered, however many more continued fighting, either not receiving the order, ignoring it, or misinterpreting its vague message. Soviet forces continued their advance, simply maneuvering around Japanese units that continued to resist while capturing important cities such a Mukhden, Qiqihar, and Changchun.
On August 18th, the Kwantung Army officially stood down and surrendered to the Red Army. The last Japanese forces surrendered to the Soviets on August 25th. Overnight, the entire Kwantung Army became POW’s of the Soviet Union, altogether around 640,000 men. Soviet forces were heavy considering the operation only involved about a weeks worth of combat. Around 10,000 Soviets were killed in action during the campaign, as well as another 25,000 wounded. Japanese casualties, however, were disastrous, with almost 90,000 dead by the end of the invasion.
After World War II Soviet and American tensions grew as the Cold War came into full swing. Among the many bones of contention in the area were the division of Korea, the Soviet occupation of Japanese territories in Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands, and the Soviet Union’s support for Maoist guerrillas in China. The Soviet occupation of Manchuria lasted until May 3rd, 1946.


The author :
Prof. Rolf Steininger studied English language, Literature and History at the universities of Marburg, Göttingen, Munich, Lancaster and Cardiff. He received his doctor's degree in 1971 and habilitated at Leibniz University Hannover in 1976. From 1984 until 2010 he was the head of the Department of Contemporary History at the University of Innsbruck.
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Happy Monday, Millennials! Since I can remember, I've always loved reading books. Short stories, poetry non-fiction, inspirational, business and marketing -- there's just so much you can learn from picking up a book. So get your library cards, Barnes & Noble gift cards or iTunes cards read, because you'll be wanting to get your hands on these ASAP!
As part of #Manifest365, I've challenged myself to read 15 books this year (with hopes of surpassing that mark, of course.) With a variety of book genres listed, I'm hoping to not only learn from the pages I flip (or swipe), but also get a few laughs and maybe shed a tear or two. Additionally, I thought that these books would be great of my fellow millennials to check out as well.
Take a look at the list below of the books I've picked, and send me a tweet to let me know know which books you have on your list for the new year. Happy reading!
1. Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy
2. Leave Your Mark by Aliza Licht
3. Make Your Mark: The Creative's Guide To Building A Business with Impact by Jocelyn K. Glei
4. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do In Life & Business by Charles Duhigg
5. Don't Waste Your Pretty: The Go-To Guide for Making Smarter Decisions in Life & Love by Demitria Lucas
6. Ask More, Get More: How To Earn More, Save More and Live More...Just by ASKING by Michael Alden
8. Instinct:The Power To Unleash Your Unborn Drive by T.D. Jakes
10. Crush It! Why NOW Is The Time To Cash In On Your Passion by Gary Vaynerchuk
11. Beloved by Toni Morrison
13. The Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
14. Bossypants by Tina Fey
15. Generation Earn: The Young Professional's Guide to Spending, Investing and Giving Back by Kimberly Palmer
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Do Cool Sh*t by Miki Agrawal
- What I Know Now: Letters To My Younger Self by Ellyn Spragins
- Promote Yourself: The New Rules For Career Success by Dan Schwaebel


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Even hardline conservatives are questioning the empirical ambitions of the Bush administration...
Over the last two years, I have found increasing numbers of conservatives deeply concerned by U.S. military intervention in Iraq. They voted for and admire President Bush, but were profoundly disturbed by his second inaugural address pledging to spread democracy worldwide. Now, there is an important new book that eloquently puts in perspective their alarms about America's course in the post-Cold War world.
Sands of Empire by Robert W. Merry, a respected Washington journalist, warns of the United States as the ''Crusader State'' transporting American exceptionalism around the world. The book, to be published this month, contends this crusade threatens ''the American Republic, the greatest civic achievement in the history of mankind.''


I recently read a blog posting about Sir Edward Elgar (http://luminousmuse.wordpress.com/2010/10/21/my-dad-and-elgar/
) that gave me pause and prompted me to seek out some of Sir Edward's material at my local library. Elgar is best known for the graduation staple, Pomp & Circumstance
but there's so much more to Elgar than that one piece. There's a lush beauty and a youthful innocence to his material. In some ways one might even argue that Sir Edward's innocence is to classical music what Brian Wilson's innocence was/is to pop music. I've been listening to his Wand of Youth
I & II and Nursery
So far I'm quite enjoying the material and will likely seek out more of Elgar's material in the future.


Definition of Categories
In an attempt to organize the ever-expanding literature related to the social scientific study of other animals we have developed and organized the Animal Studies Bibliography into the following substantive categories: animals as philosophical and ethical subjects; animals as reflexive thinkers; domestication and predation; animals as entertainment and spectacle; animals as symbols; animals as companions; animals in science, education and therapy; animals in history; animals as food; animals in literature, art and popular culture; animals in feminism and ecofeminism; animals in religion, myth, and folktales; and conservation and human/animal conflict. We have also included a miscellaneous category where we have placed those citations which did not readily fit into one of the substantive categories. Below are brief descriptions of the substantive categories as we have conceptualized them.
Criteria for Inclusion:
We welcome English-language published articles and essays on any aspect of the study of animals in society and from any discipline.
This category includes references that address the philosophical and ethical underpinnings regarding our treatment of animals.
The citations in this category address the use of language and other methods of communication among animals, including cross-species cooperation, as well as human perceptions of animal mindedness.
This category is comprised of references that deal with hunting and the domestication of animals, including discussions of animal economies such as the commodification of animals for their end products (note there is a separate Animals as Food category).
The citations included in this category address the historical and contemporary use of animals as entertainment and spectacle, such as in zoos, circuses and marine animal theme parks.
This category includes references that address the numerous issues related to the keeping of companion animals, such as the literature on the human-animal bond and the abuse of companion animals.
This category includes the various ways in which animals are used as symbols in human society. This includes animals as symbols of a nation, country or social group and a myriad of other instances of animals as representations of human culture.
The references in this section are related to the use of animals in science (both the natural and social scientific sciences), education and in human therapy and rehabilitation.
This category consists of all references regarding a specific time period or historical overviews of animals and the human-animal relationship.
These citations relate to the use and perception of animals as food as well as the numerous debates surrounding the practices required to consume animals.
The citations listed in this category includes both fictional and nonfictional citations regarding animals in literature, art and other forms of popular culture including advertisements and magazines.
This category is comprised of citations concerning ecofeminism, the interlinking of feminist and animal issues, and feminist perspectives on animals.
The citations in this category address animals in religion, myth and folktales from around the world. This category will include subjects such as animism, totemism, ritual and sacrifice, religious perceptions of animals, and mythologies.
This category's citations address wildlife issues, various conflicts that have occured or continue to take place between humans and animals, as well as international and local conservation efforts.
This section includes edited volumes, compilations and other works that fit into too many (or none) of our categories.


Encyclopedia Britannica opens to edits from the public
In order to better compete with Wikipedia, one of the top ten most visited sites in the world, the Encyclopedia Britannica is to open its online version up to edits from the public.
The new user-generated content, rolling out now on the encyclopedia's website, Britannica.com, will also let approved users add their own "creative input" to sit alongside authorised articles.
Changes proposed to the 241-year-old encyclopaedia will have to be vetted and approved by staff before going live, but could make it to the print edition.
Britannica's president, Jorge Cauz, said: "What we are trying to do is shifting ... to a much more proactive role for the user and reader where the reader is not only going to learn from reading the article but by modifying the article and - importantly - by maybe creating his own content or her own content".


Welcome to the Decatur Library!
Think – Create – Share – Grow
We intend to foster a love of reading by getting books into the hands of kids and providing reader’s advisory and recommendations.
Resources and activities may be found by accessing the tabs on this page. More specific library lessons by grade level are posted in Schoology and Seesaw. Remember to follow on your any of the below platforms to stay apprised of new information and content!
Our summer reading suggestions have been updated for 2021. During our last online library class we shared books with each other and those students should have a list of books they want to read to help with kickstarting the summer.
Stayed tuned! Due to Covid we are currently not accepting volunteers. Hoping that will change in the Fall of 2021.We love having volunteers in the library!
The library would love to have your help whether you can come once in a while or volunteer on a more consistent basis. A few areas where help is needed: checking in and shelving books, creating hold notices and updating displays. If you would like to help, we would love to have you! Please fill out and submit the form below to specify when you are available and what may interest you. Many, many thanks!
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On May 18, 1980, a major volcanic eruption occurred at Mount St.
Helens, a volcano located in Skamania County, in the state of Washington, United States.
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usually because it is a 'story' conceived and photographed as an interpretive unit." Often images from separate assignments are combined.
The eruption (a VEI 5 event) was the only significant volcanic eruption to occur in the contiguous 48 U. states since the 1915 eruption of Lassen Peak in California.
However, it has often been declared as the most disastrous volcanic eruption in United States history.
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