MCCA’s Resource Library has an extensive collection of books, publications and videos on a wide range of topics on early learning and child care as a service and as a profession.
Members may access resources by visiting MCCA’s library in person during office hours:
8:00 AM to 4:00 PM – Monday to Friday
If you can’t come to MCCA, phone 204-586-8587 to order library resources by telephone. We will mail you the book and will provide you with a return envelope and postage too!
Non-Winnipeg members may call toll free at 1-888-323-4676 or email firstname.lastname@example.org
The library is also open in the evenings or on Saturdays when workshops are scheduled, but please call before coming to confirm there hasn’t been a change.
MCCA Resource Library borrowing privileges:
Here is a list of some of the periodicals we keep in the library:
- Child Care BRIDGES
- Child Care Information Exchange
- Young Children
- Canadian Children
A curriculum kit has a variety of resources that can be used to further children’s learning in an area of interest. The kits have puzzles, books, games, manipulative toys and activities. For example, the posters and figurines in the dinosaur Kit bring the prehistoric era to life. Curriculum kits must be reserved and are available for a three week lending period.
Kits currently available include the following:
- Costume: Age range: 2-12 yrs. With this kit, you don’t have to wait for Halloween to be a mermaid, princess, firefighter, or doctor. This kit will allow children to express themselves and use their imagination, through dress up and play.
- Insects: Age range: 2-10 yrs. With this kit, you can explore the life of outdoor insects. Everything from bug jars to pond nets, the children will enjoy hours of enjoyment, learning about butterflies, bees, etc. This kit also offers some indoor fun, such as puzzles and insect puppets.
- Dinosaur: Age range: 2-10 yrs. With this kit, you can learn about the prehistoric era of dinosaurs and discover some fun facts, along the way. This kit contains everything from books, to puzzles, to figurines and puppets.
- Families: Age range: 2-10 yrs. With this kit, children will learn about different types of families, cultures, and family values. This kit offers many resources from our library, along with some puzzles, multicultural family puppets, and a large dollhouse set.
- Infant/Toddler: Age range: 6 months-2yrs. With this kit your little ones will be able to discover the world of “play” with some wonderful resources, such as: noise makers, animal toys on wheels, rattles, and many more educational toys. This kit also contains many wonderful children’s books.
- Pre-school Games: Age range: 2-7 yrs. With this kit, children will have everything they need for hours of gaming fun. This will teach the children how to follow instructions, while teaching them sportsmanship.
- School-age Games 1 & 2: Age range: 5-12 yrs. With these kitst, the children will have hours of gaming fun. This kit contains everything from Twister to Multiplication Bingo, to the Game of Knowledge. Kit 1 has 17 games and kit 2 has 10 games. See photo below.
- Rural Life: Age range: 2-10yrs. This kit will bring the “farm” to your centre or home daycare. With resources such as: animal puppets, farm equipment, machine vehicles, safety videos, books about farming, and animal floor puzzles, there is sure to be something for everyone in this kit.
- Safari: Age range: 5-12 yrs. This kit will, instantly, take the children on an african safari adventure. The children can enjoy playing with the large animal figurines, while wearing a safari hat. This kit also offers many puzzles and floor games, as well as some wonderful books about wild animals.
- Basic Science: Age range: 6-12 yrs. With this kit, the children can explore their “inner scientist”. This kit has a talking microscope with bug slides, rocks and minerals curriculum kit, and some wonderful books about life and earth sciences.
- Nature: Age range: 5-12 yrs. With this kit, you can bring the “woodland” to your centre or home daycare. This kit has animal posters, pond dip nets, bug boxes and jars, wild animal figurines, and many animal puzzles.
- Fire Fighter: Age range: 2-6 yrs. “A day in the life of a firefighter”. This kit has firefighter jackets, helmets, and garden hoses, for dramatic play, while teaching the children to Play Safe and Be Safe, with a video that is included with this kit. There are also puzzles and books, along with fire trucks and figurines for the toy area.
- Geocaching: Age range: 8-12 yrs. This kit offers a wonderful outdoor experience. The kit includes: 4 GPS receivers, 2 compasses, and 2 containers of items for hiding. This kit also contains instructions on how to geocach.
- Mind Bender: Age range: 6-12 yrs. With this kit, you can challenge yourself and each other, with some Brain Quest games. Included in this kit are some finger-printing kits, detective dress-up gear, and many puzzles and books.
- Ethics in a Tub(for staff development): This kit is great to bring out at a staff meeting or a staff professional development day. Many of the games will challenge your values and beliefs and help to keep the conversation of the Code of Ethics alive in your program. The kit includes games such as: Ethical Bingo, Lost on an Island, and Scruples, to name a few.
Announcing…..School Age Game Kit #2:
To reserve a curriculum kit, call Michelle at 204-586-8587 email email@example.com


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The Mountain on the planet of Icefall holds the mystery to a lost colony and an irresistible, fatal allure to the climbers of the universe. Maggie is determined to be the first to make the summit. Aisha, injured in a climbing incident herself, has always supported her wife, trusting Maggie would always return from her adventures. But no one ever returns from the Mountain.
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Short Description The Trail To Fairplay His parents gone, young Nate Boswell leaves post-Civil War Missouri in search of a livelihood. After a misadventure in the Arkansas Ozarks, he’s hired onto a Texas outfit driving cattle to Colorado. The trail to Fairplay, Colorado, initiates him into the violence of the frontier West and brings him to a discovery of the missing roots of his family.
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If evil comes knocking don't sell it a death curse. Nicole Scott possesses a unique gift. She can see and hear ghosts. Evidence points to her aunt the curse wielder. Nicole disagrees, but talking to the victim is out of the question, they can’t remember their last moments. A black magic curse, or plain old fashioned murder, this whodunit begins Nicole’s unofficial career as an amateur sleuth.


The Library of Michigan promotes the role of the school library in learner achievement by calling for elementary and secondary learners to have ready access to a library in their school with appropriate resources, programming, and certified staff.
To ensure the quality of individual libraries, the Library of Michigan encourages school districts to use benchmarks set forth through the School Library 21 (SL21) Certification Program, with specific measures to assess and improve the quality of school libraries in individual buildings.
Rockford Public Schools has applied for and received endorsements for its four secondary schools, with all being recognized by the Library of Michigan for meeting measurement benchmarks. Rockford High School and Rockford Freshman Center each received exemplary status, and East Rockford Middle and North Rockford Middle each received qualified status.
To earn these endorsements, the libraries demonstrated competence in three categories for school library program evaluation: Teaching for 21st Century Learning, Building the 21st Century Learning Environment, and Leading the Way to 21st Century Learning.
“We are proud that our libraries have done such good work in providing services deemed qualified or exemplary by the Library of Michigan,” said Dr. Michael Shibler, Superintendent of Schools. “By focusing efforts on these key areas, our libraries have shown a strong commitment to information literacy and student achievement.”
Based on the benchmarking concept of the QSAC (Quality Services Audit Checklist) used by the Library of Michigan for public libraries, SL21 is a voluntary management standards program that assists K-12 libraries by setting benchmarks in the areas of instruction, student achievement, technology, facility, staffing, budget, instructional materials, curriculum development, school improvement, community engagement, advocacy and additional applicable areas of instruction and engagement in the educational community.
“SL21 represents the collaborative work of several dedicated task force members, including school librarians from across the state, library educators, Michigan Association for Media in Education (MAME), and the Library of Michigan,” said State Librarian Nancy Robertson. “The staff of the Rockford Public Schools is to be commended for achieving these vital endorsements for its schools and library programs.”
SL21 benchmarks are updated on a three-year schedule so certified libraries remain at the forefront of excellent service to their students and teachers. For more information about SL21, visit http://www.michigan.gov/SL21.
The district may explore endorsements for Rockford’s elementary school libraries in the future.
Cannonsburg Elementary Principal and
Director of Library and Media Services


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One aspect of Table Tennis England’s Centenary projects has seen John Ruderham and Graham Trimming looking at all Local Leagues’ foundation dates trying to confirm when each and every one was established and when they were first affiliated to the governing body.
The latter has proved more elusive, but you will see that any league that is within five years of an historic anniversary has been highlighted on the list, and also exact dates are shown where they are known. This is a tremendous piece of work for which we thank them – click here or at the foot of this page to download the document.
John and Graham write:
This is a momentous year for English table tennis. This season we mark and commemorate our Centenary, the 100th anniversary since the formation of our national governing body – firstly in 1921 as the Ping Pong Association, then as the Table Tennis Association in 1922 and the English Table Tennis Association between 1927 and 2014, before our more recent rebranding as Table Tennis England in 2014.
There has never been a better time to uncover, document and celebrate the rich history of our sport, not just of our national association, but also of its constituent parts: the counties, leagues and clubs.
Table Tennis England is preparing a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund for sponsorship of a national archive where national, regional and local records can be collected and maintained, thus providing a searchable digital asset for current and future researchers and historians.
We wish to engage with member leagues around the country to encourage them to research and record their own history and the first step towards this is to establish the founding date of each league. Do you know yours? How could it be established?
Many leagues will, right now, be approaching their own centenary, or perhaps their 75th anniversary, or half-century. Is yours one of these? Do you know if it is? If not, how can you find out?
Research can take many forms:
- Your league’s handbook might state that it was founded in a particular year – but is it correct?
- Do any of your older members know the league’s history?
- When is the earliest date engraved on your league’s trophies?
- Do you have early minute books, handbooks, annual reports, etc?
- Does your local library store your local newspapers, either in hard copy, film or digital format? (most libraries will!)
- Does the British Newspaper Archive (britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk) hold scans of your local newspapers for the appropriate period in time?
One of the Table Tennis England Heritage Project team, Graham Trimming, tells how, many years ago, he established the founding date of the now defunct Slough League.
When I joined the Slough League in 1972, I noticed that the front cover of the League’s handbook stated that it was founded in 1946. OK, I thought, but that was only until I became part of the League’s management committee and then had occasion to handle the trophies. One of them stuck out. It was a lovely silver cup, donated for the team championship, and it was dated 1931.
That stirred my curiosity. I thought, if the league existed in 1931, then it is going to have a fiftieth anniversary in 1981. During the late 70s, I set about discovering the entire history of the league.
I collected memorabilia, such as handbooks, reports, magazines, etc from older members and earnestly began research through the two local newspapers stored in Slough Library. This proved to be an invaluable source of information and I was able to piece together the entire history of the League, including a report of its founding meeting, yes, in 1931. That enabled me to publish a small booklet on the history of the Slough League in 1981, coinciding with its 50th anniversary.
If all Local Leagues could spend time to have a look at the list and check or provide any missing or exact dates and send any details or information on to [email protected] it would be much appreciated. Thank you.
For any general archive queries then I can be contacted at: [email protected]


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I love Quint! His message of not giving in to fear and going bravely ahead is so gentle and important. But I really love the message about how great and exciting books are! Even though he's a bookmobile, he seems real and is very friendly. Young children will love this story - and the search for keys! I highly recommend this book!
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The Child Safety Library, an online collection of digital information, is an extension of Doing Right By Our Kids, the website and research project created by child safety experts Irene van der Zande and Amy Tiemann, PhD. Irene van der Zande is the Founder and Executive Director of Kidpower, an international nonprofit organization that has taught personal safety skills to more than three million people worldwide, for more than 25 years. Dr. Amy Tiemann combines her perspectives and experiences as a neuroscientist, teacher, and parenting author, to become a unique catalyst for social change.
Doing Right By Our Kids and the research behind it are being developed into a book, to serve as a groundbreaking reference in the field of child advocacy and personal safety. This information is important and timely, with new headlines published daily about bullying, “stranger danger,” sexual abuse, and other harmful adverse childhood experiences, and issues of child safety and respect. Doing Right by Our Kids responds with concrete skills and solid organizational policies, with a positive perspective of “stranger safety” and realistic perspective that says “the safety rules apply to everyone.” Dr. Tiemann says, “We treasure the fact that most parents and leaders want to create safe environments for children, and with our resources in the Child Safety Library, we want to show you how, with a special focus on overcoming obstacles that might pop up along the way.”
Doing Right By Our Kids has developed a unique model that looks at “protecting child safety at all levels” of society. The resources in the Child Safety Library are organized according to this framework, starting with:
Chapter 1. Creating a Foundation of Child Safety
Chapter 2. Safety Comes From Within–Kidpower Tools for Protecting Our Children and Empowering Our Families, and
Chapter 3. Creating Safety Within the Inner Circle: Family, Friends, Neighbors, Babysitters.
Future reports will address the specific safety challenges associated with the youth-serving organizations in our lives, including K-12 schools, sports teams, worship communities and universities. Doing Right By Our Kids chapters are designed to help parents “manage up the ladder of change” to deal effectively with the organizations in their lives, and special resources for leaders such as school principals and coaches are also in development.
Dr. Tiemann and van der Zande are making their research, insights, guidance, and resources available in real time by subscription on this website, offering individual chapters as they become available.
For a limited time, the first three chapters of Doing Right by Our Kids are being made available for no cost through the Child Safety Library.


The Morgan Project (TMP), is a nonprofit organization in Birmingham, Alabama. Our mission is to teach civil rights and social justice through Birmingham’s history of conflict and courage.
TMP proudly announces the republishing of the book, "A Time to Speak" by Charles Morgan, Jr. Originally published in 1964 as an account of the moment and its aftermath when Morgan condemned Birmingham’s white middle-class community for being responsible for the murder of the 4 young girls at the 16th Street Baptist Church on Sept. 15, 1963.
The U of A Press has just republished Charles Morgan, Jr.’s classic story, "A Time to Speak". In this eloquent book, Morgan captures the urgent conflict of the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham, and the failure of courage of too many. To celebrate the republication of the book, The Morgan Project is hosting a book release event on Wednesday, February 23 starting at 5P, including a panel discussion. with Lisa McNair, sister of Denise McNair, Charles Morgan, III, son of Charles Morgan, Jr., Dr. Carolyn McKinstry, survivor of the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing and Senator Doug Jones, prosecutor of those responsible for the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church Bombing.
A reception will immediately follow, across the street at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, where supporters may purchase a copy of "A Time to Speak".
Book release of "A Time to Speak"
Feb. 23, 2022, 5:00pm
16th Street Baptist Church – 1530 6th Avenue N, B’ham, AL 35203
Birmingham Civil Rights Institute – 520 16th St N, B’ham, AL 35203
Charles Morgan, III
Dr. Carolyn McKinstry
Senator Doug Jones
The public is invited to attend.
To learn more and donate to The Morgan Project, please visit https://www.morganproject.org/.
For more information, contact Julie Levinson-Gabis at (205)903-3211 or email@example.com
The Morgan Project is a 501 c (3) organization.
The Morgan Project is a nonprofit organization in Birmingham, Alabama. Our mission is to teach civil rights and social justice through Birmingham’s history of conflict and courage.
Please consider making a donation to The Morgan Project today:


In 1994 Gehlen Palmer walked into Middletown’s Chauncey Gibson Library to get a library card, and instead walked into the job that he has held ever since. The Lake County Library was advertising for a branch manager for Middletown Library and Palmer’s experience in the book trade helped him land the job. Now on the verge of retiring, Palmer recently reflected on his association with the library.
While a student at Middletown High School in the 1960s he performed “heavy lifting” to help Skee Hamann with the library’s garden and landscaping. He remembers that in the early 1960s, the library was


So if you’ve found your way here to Solopreneur Startup, odds are good you’re either considering starting a blog or starting a business, if you haven’t already. No doubt this list of business and blogging books will help throughout your endeavors so I’d definitely encourage you to bookmark it for future reference. You can just pin the image below to save it for when you need it! And as always, feel free to share with someone you know who is who is in the blogging or business trenches as well.
Today I’m sharing 20 of my favorite business and blogging books to help you gain trust, connect with your target market, and grow your brand. Be sure to share any faves you might have with us too!
Start Something That Matters – This is the incredible story of the man behind TOMS Shoes and One for One, the revolutionary business model that marries fun, profit, and social good.
Strengths Based Leadership – This books is written by the author of the epic strengths finder 2.0
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success – In this brilliant book, Dweck shows how success in school, work, sports, the arts, and almost every area of human endeavor can be dramatically influenced by how we approach our goals. People with a fixed mindset—those who believe that abilities are fixed—are far less likely to flourish than those with a growth mindset—those who believe that abilities can be developed through hard work, good strategies, and mentorship. Mindset reveals how great parents, teachers, managers, and athletes can put this idea to use to foster outstanding accomplishment.
Contagious: Why Things Catch On – What makes things popular? If you said advertising, think again. People don’t listen to advertisements, they listen to their peers. But why do people talk about certain products and ideas more than others? Why are some stories and rumors more infectious? And what makes online content go viral? Find out this and much more in this awesome book!
The Fred Factor – In this inspiring book, Mark Sanborn illuminates the simple steps each of us can take to transform our own lives from the ordinary – into the extraordinary. Sanborn, through stories about Fred and others like him, reveals the four basic principles that will help us bring fresh energy and creativity to our life and work: how to make a real difference everyday, how to become more successful by building strong relationships, how to create real value for others without spending a penny, and how to constantly reinvent yourself.
The Go Giver – Imparted with wit and grace, The Go-Giver is a classic bestseller that brings to life the old proverb “Give and you shall receive.” Nearly a decade since its original publication, the term “go-giver” has become shorthand for a defining set of values embraced by hundreds of thousands of people around the world. Today this timeless story continues to help its readers find fulfillment and greater success in business, in their personal lives and in their communities. This expanded edition includes the text of the original business parable, together with a foreword by Arianna Huffington, a new introduction, a discussion guide, and a Q&A with the authors.
The Go Giver Leader – With their acclaimed bestseller The Go-Giver, Bob Burg and John David Mann proved that a heartfelt parable could also express a powerful idea. In The Go-Giver Leader (originally published as It’s Not About You), they offer an equally compelling tale about a struggling small business and the ambitious young executive trying to lead them to a crucial decision.
Meatball Sundae: Is Your Marketing Out of Sync? – This is the definitive guide to the fourteen trends no marketer can afford to ignore. It explains what to do about the increasing power of stories, not facts; about shorter and shorter attention spans; and about the new math that says five thousand people who want to hear your message are more valuable than five million who don’t.
Purple Cow: Transform Your Business by Being Remarkable – Through stories about companies like Starbucks, JetBlue, Krispy Kreme, and Apple, coupled with his signature provocative style, Seth Godin inspires readers to rethink what their marketing is really saying about their product.
Mastermind Dinners – This is a playbook designed for those who want to create and cultivate meaningful relationships. The key is the way in which you create and cultivate your relationships and the concept of Mastermind Dinners is your vehicle.
Launch – Whether you have an existing business, or you have a service-based business and want to develop your own products so you can leverage your time and your impact, or you’re still in the planning phase—this is how you start fast. This formula is how you engineer massive success.
Rework – With its straightforward language and easy-is-better approach, Rework is the perfect playbook for anyone who’s ever dreamed of doing it on their own. Hardcore entrepreneurs, small-business owners, people stuck in day jobs they hate, victims of “downsizing,” and artists who don’t want to starve anymore will all find valuable guidance in these pages.
The $100 Startup – In preparing to write this book, Chris Guillebeau identified 1,500 individuals who have built businesses earning $50,000 or more from a modest investment (in many cases, $100 or less), and from that group he’s chosen to focus on the 50 most intriguing case studies. In nearly all cases, people with no special skills discovered aspects of their personal passions that could be monetized, and were able to restructure their lives in ways that gave them greater freedom and fulfillment.
Make it Happen: Surrender Your Fear, Take the Leap, Live on Purpose – This is the story of how Lara Casey surrendered her fear, took the leap, and ‘got a life’. In her case, a perfectly imperfect, fulfilling life as a mama, a working woman, and a grateful wife. This is the story of how I chose to make a greater purpose than her own happen, and how you can too.
Entrepreneurial Strengths Finder – This practical guide delves into the psychology of the entrepreneur. Gallup research shows that decisions and actions, influenced by the personality of the entrepreneur, affect the survival and growth of the venture.
Stand for the Best – This book chronicles the journey of H&R Block CEO as he left his cushy job to become founder of an inner city charter school, and the lessons her learned along the way.
How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas – Get ready for vivid profiles of social entrepreneurs! The book is an In Search of Excellence for social initiatives, intertwining personal stories, anecdotes, and analysis. Readers will discover how one person can make an astonishing difference in the world.
People Over Profit: Break the System, Live with Purpose, Be More Successful – Sevenly founder Dale Partridge uncovers the seven core beliefs shared by consumers, starters, and leaders behind this transformation. These beliefs have enabled Dale to build a multimillion-dollar company that is revolutionizing the marketplace. He believes they are the secret to creating a sustainable world that values honesty over deception, transparency over secrecy, authenticity over hype, and ultimately, people over profit.
Start: Punch Fear in the Face, Escape Average and Do Work That Matters – There are only two paths in life: average and awesome. The average path is easy because all you have to do is nothing. The awesome path is more challenging, because things like fear only bother you when you do work that matters. The good news is Start gives readers practical, actionable insights to be more awesome, more often.
Time Management Mama: Making Use of the Margins to Pursue Your Passions – This book is for those of us who are mixing motherhood with other passions. We are raising babies while working tirelessly at an enormous goal. We are playing with preschoolers while pursuing our passions. It is difficult enough to manage a home and love on our children without adding impossible dreams to the mix. But we know you can do it, and this book can help!
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|First Appearance||The Guided Ones|
|Voice|| Tayaka Hashi (Japanese)|
"What does it matter if the power of Atlantis is the power of your wishes? I didn't even know what it was that I wanted. Encia..." - Leon SchezarLeon Schezar is the father of Allen and Celena Schezar and the husband of Encia Schezar. He is a researcher and explorer who disappeared while on a quest to find the secret of Atlantis.
After being given Leon's diary, Dryden narrates his story, and Hitomi witnesses his first meeting with her grandmother in a vision. While in Atlantis, Allen is reunited with his father while trapped within his own mind.
"Wishes come true. No matter how far apart you are, they transcend time and space..."When he was a younger adventurer, a mysterious girl appeared before Leon in a pillar of light, but he was suddenly separated from her when she returned to Earth in another pillar of light. Years later, driven by his desire to see her again, Leon set out for the continent of Asgard to try to discover the secret of the Mystic Valley, leaving his wife, son, and daughter behind him at home in Asturia.
The leviship he was on crashed, and Leon washed ashore on Asgard. He hiked through the mountains and met an old man named Isaac (Emperor Dornkirk in disguise), who was also seeking the secret of the Mystic Valley. Isaac explained that the secret of the Mystic Valley is also the secret of Atlantis, and that he, too, was seeking its secrets. Leon lost Isaac in the fog, but proceeded on his way.
After he left the Mystic Valley, Leon was pursued by Zaibach soldiers under Dornkirk, presumably sent by him after he learned that Leon was going to visit Atlantis. They stabbed Leon to death and retrieved his journal, but the pages detailing the secret of Atlantis were ripped out. He used the Draconian pendant he was holding to wish to see the mysterious girl again. He gave her the pendant, she returned to Earth, and he died.
Allen still holds a grudge against Leon, believing that he mindlessly abandoned his family. While trapped inside his mind in Atlantis, Allen is reunited with Leon. Leon recognizes Allen's Knight Caeli uniform, and compliments him on his prowess, saying his mother would be proud. He asks how she is, and Allen tells her she died. Leon begins to tear up, and Allen doubts the emotion he shows, claiming that he did not love Encia.
Allen sees a vision of Leon getting killed by the soldiers, and of Encia receiving Leon's diary, which he was able to send home to her due to the power of Atlantis. Allen recognizes that Leon and Encia loved each other but still doesn't understand why Leon left. Leon explains that he had difficulty accepting his duty as a family man, likely due to his enthusiasm for going out and exploring on his own, but having seen the mysterious girl, he came to understand that his love for his family was stronger than he realized. Before he parts with his son, he tells him to be true to himself and to his heart.


Figuring out titles for blog posts is easy when the subject has such a fun name. 🙂 WOWIO is a website that offers free PDF e-book downloads that have no DRM. I found this site via Featured Maemo Apps, while looking for cool apps to load onto my loaner Nokia N800. According to Featured Maemo Apps, these PDFs are well-suited for reading on the N800 using the built-in PDF viewer, without any additional reformatting. Sweet.
Normally I kind of gloss over sites like this because I am not very interested in public domain books from sites like Project Gutenberg. There are a few classic titles that I would probably read some time after my long “to read” list is exhausted, but for the most part, I’m just not that interested in these public domain titles. However, I took a look at their collection, and there are some interesting newer titles. What caught my eye was a book by K. Eric Drexler about nanotechnology — Engines of Creation 2.0. I’ve been really interested in reading Engines of Creation, but like most books, have not gotten around to it yet. Perhaps now that it’s available via WOWIO, I’ll actually read it now…maybe. Since all of the downloads are DRM-free — they limit you to 5 downloads a day, and the books are somehow ad-supported — I’ll definitely sign up and at least download the K. Eric Drexler book. I’ll have to peruse their catalog some more.
I love reading e-books as opposed to paper books because it’s a lot more convenient to carry around many titles and read a few pages at a time during little chunks of spare time throughout the day. I hope that sites like WOWIO become popular enough to drive publishers to consider e-books as a more viable format.
P.S. Since we’re talking about DRM-free e-books, I have to mention that all of Cory Doctorow’s (he’s a contributor to the popular blog Boing Boing) books are available in various e-book formats on his site, Craphound. He is a science-fiction novelist, and his books are of the cyberpunk-y, William Gibson-esque, Neal Stephenson-ish ilk. He has made all of his books available online for free, while still selling dead-tree versions. I wish more authors would do this! I put his latest collection of short stories on my Sony Reader soon after I got it. Good stuff!
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REDSHINE Publication is proud to announce the release of “KURDISTAN ECONOMY,” a book written by Avinash Bondu that delves into the economic activities of the autonomous region of Kurdistan under the REDSHINE UK banner.
Economics is the backbone of a country, and understanding its concepts is crucial to a nation’s future. The survival of a nation, its trade, foreign exchange reserves, gold reserves, banking system, demand and supply, production and consumption, national income, gross domestic product, per capita income, foreign policy, and more are all aspects that determine a country’s position in the world. Economics is involved in every activity and sector of a nation, including agriculture, industry, services, and others.
In “KURDISTAN ECONOMY,” Avinash Bondu considers several aspects of the Kurdistan economy to provide an overview of the economic activities of the region. The book includes statistics collected from reports by various governmental and non-governmental organizations, highlighting the measures taken by the government, current challenges being faced, and historical problems.
“We are thrilled to release ‘KURDISTAN ECONOMY,’ a book that provides insight into the economic activities of the autonomous region of Kurdistan,” said a spokesperson for REDSHINE Publication. “Our goal is to assist learners by providing them with an overview of the nation’s economic activities, along with highlighting the challenges that it faces. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the economic situation in Kurdistan.”
“KURDISTAN ECONOMY” is now available on REDSHINE outlets and on Amazon (https://amzn.eu/d/fKyS1Nw). It is an essential resource for anyone interested in understanding the economic situation of the autonomous region of Kurdistan.
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Meet Laura Mallory. She wants to ban the Harry Potter series from libraries in Gwinnett County, 10 miles northeast of where I am writing.
I doubt she has read the books. She calls them anti-Christian. In fact, Harry Potter may be the most christian (small c) series ever written.
The overall story is of a child’s growth in an English Boarding School. Hogwarts stands in for Eton. Magic stands in for technology, for the complexity of the world, and wizards are those who know and manipulate it.
Any sufficiently-advanced technology is indistinguisable from magic. If Button Gwinnett himself, signer of the Declaration of Independence and namesake of Gwinnett County, walked into the hearing room where Mallory railed last week, he would feel himself in the presence of magic.
He would see the flourescent lights, feel the conditioned air. He could touch the large, hard windows, the plastic venetian blinds. He would hear a cellphone or PC and think, no doubt — magic! wizards! (God knows what he would think if he saw the parking lot.)
And he would be right.
Throughout the series the young students at Hogwarts are learning to manipulate a complex and
confusing world, one filled with hard-to-comprehend sciences, and with
moral ambiguity. They seek a moral compass, but as they move forward they
find only more shades of gray.
Harry Potter finds his compass in the person of Albus Dumbledore, his headmaster.
But by the coming of the next book (I don’t want to give much away) he
learns he must become his own compass. And it is this passage, from
student to adult, that Rowling is leading her readers through. Her lessons are entirely moral, and each book is age-appropriate to the character she is writing about.
When the first Potter books came out they were grabbed by young
children. They appeared to be simple juveniles about witches and magic. The first few stories
were, in a way. They set the scene, good vs. evil, with the protagonists as good
and the aim being to wipe out evil "once and for all."
The real world does not work that way.
The later books are increasingly dark, opaque, difficult. Not all is at
it seems. The good guys aren’t all good, the bad guys aren’t all bad.
The real world comes crashing in, and you’re alone on a battlefield far
This book is dangerous only to Muggles, and Dursleys. Mallory is a
Dursley, a caricature of a Muggle. She accepts the magic of her time as a given, she cares little
for the complexity of the real world. She stuffs her face with the
products of magic — computer networks, fast food, miracle drugs, SUVs —
with no thought for her responsibility to maintain that world, or raise
children to maintain it.
But we all have that responsibility. All our schools are Hogwarts. All
magic is threatened. The good guys aren’t all good, the bad guys aren’t
all bad. And you, young reader, have the terrible job of sorting
through it, with only a little knowledge to guide you.
Onward christian soldiers.


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PDF | Almost 230 years ago, the world lost Dr. Johnson, as Samuel Johnson was known, a man of all seasons. literary critic and biographer; he was also an editor and lexicographer. . Samuel Johnson(1709 - 1784) Samuel Johnson (often referred to as Dr Johnson) (18 September 1709 - 13 December 1784) was an English author. 'The Preface to Shakespeare' deals with Johnson's judgment of Shakespeare as a For instance, the nonjuring Bish, used this method when he denounced.
Minim the critic. i have got some information from this blog. Although presented as a dialogue, Dryden's work tacitly endorses the views of on, of its speakers, Neander, who advances a theory of drama supported b, English literary practice and continental and classical sources. He has also been regarded as the literary dictator in English Language. The Addisonian critical method, thereafter. Literary Criticism of Samuel Johnson By NASRULLAH MAMBROL on December 5, 2017 • ( 2). Of his numerous achievements, Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) is perhaps best remembered for his two-volume Dictionary of the English Language, first published in 1755.Of almost equal renown are his Lives of the English Poets (1783) and his eight-volume edition of Shakespeare (1765) Free online Top games on ToppieGames.com! samuel johnson as a critic pdf
Yale = E. L. McAdam, with George Milne, ed. Poems. Yale Edition of the Works of Samuel Johnson, Vol. VI. New Haven: Yale UP, 1964. Both Smith and Yale use the text of London in Dodsley's Collection of Poems (17481), corrected by Johnson's manuscript revisions and notes (made to a copy of 1750), for thei samuel johnson as a critic pdf. by / No Comments / Posted in: Uncategorized. samuel johnson as a critic pdf. September 12, 2020 by 0 by
criticism of the nation, and opened the path to a more enlarged and . liberal style of biography than had, before their publication, appeared. The bold manner in which Johnson delivered what he believed to be the . truth, naturally provoked hostile attack, and we are not prepared to . say, that, in many instances, the strictures passed upon him. See also Swift . From Samuel Johnson's Lives of the Poets series, published in 3 volumes between 1779 and 1781. (323), Johnson argues that theinterchanges of mingled scenes seldom fail to produce the intended vicissitudes of passion. With respect to Johnson's powers as a critic, we confess that he had but . Posted by Samuel Johnson in The Idler ≈ Leave a Comment. Preface In making this. This article is an overview of Samuel Johnson's literary criticism. Poetry. Johnson's literature, especially his Lives of the Poets series, is marked by various opinions on what would make a poetic work excellent. He believed that the best poetry relied on contemporary language, and he disliked the use of decorative or purposefully archaic.
It aims to realize three specific goals: 1) to establish Johnson's status as a major intertextual critic; 2) to delve more deeply than others have done into Johnson's use of mottos and translations from the periodical essays especially investigating their utility as instruments of critical investigation and illumination;3 and 3) to inquire into. Samuel Johnson was a poet, critic, lexicographer, and the author of the famous Dictionary, which he began in 1747. In 1755, Johnson's Dictionary appeared in two large folio volumes. It represented about 9 years of work and was written almost single handedly. Johnson had only the assistance of a few amanuenses to copy out the quotations he marked
JHONSON AS A CRITIC OF SHAKESPEARE - Read online for free. Scribd es red social de lectura y publicación más importante del mundo. Abrir el menú de navegació critic and essayist Lewis Theobald (1688-1744), Samuel Johnson and Shakespearean schol ar Edmond Malone (1741-1812). Johnson's edition of Shakespeare represents a sea-change in th Macaulay s Life of Samuel Johnson 1912 This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages Start your 48-hour free trial to unlock this Samuel Johnson study guide. You'll get access to all of the Samuel Johnson content, as well as access to more than 30,000 additional guides and more.
The Infernals: A Samuel Johnson Tale PDF book (Samuel Johnson) (Samuel Johnson Series) Read Online or Free Download in ePUB, PDF or MOBI eBooks. Published in 2011 the book become immediate popular and critical acclaim in fantasy, young adult books. The main characters of The Infernals: A Samuel Johnson Tale novel are Samuel Johnson (John. Johnson is the first English critic to attempt a systematic work in the field of practical criticism. His Lives of the Poets is a biographical - cum - critical account of fifty two poets from Cowley to Gray covering a period of a hundred years. It is as much a history of the English poetry of this period as a work of criticism Johnson as Critic book. Read reviews from world's largest community for readers Samuel Johnson's London (1748) presents eighteenth century English anxieties about discord and decay through the antithesis of the city and the country. Johnson critiques the pitiful state of the country's capital by commenting on the degeneration that has plagued the society
Wain's Samuel Johnson (Macmillan, London 19t«>2) and an excellent critical study is J. P. Hardy's Samuel Johnson (Routledge, London 1979). There is a critical edition of Boswell's Life, edited by G. B. Hill and L. F. Powell (Clarendon Press, Oxford 1934-64), and a critical edition of Johnson's Works is currently being produced a Johnson justifies Shakespeare's mingled drama (323) on the grounds that the mixture of sorrow and joy is more realistic and, thus, morally instructive: there is always an appeal open from criticism to nature; . . . the end of poetry is to instruct by pleasing. That the mingled drama may convey all the instruction of traged download The Critic in the Modern World: Public criticism from Samuel Johnson to James Wood by James Ley pdf Education is striking. A priori, the hidden meaning is the nucleophile, points out in his study, K. Popper. Fermentation starts outside the hurricane, despite the actions of competitors Samuel Johnson 1709-84 English poet, critic, and lexicographer. See also Swift . Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving When autocomplete results are available use up and down arrows to review and enter to select. Touch device users, explore by touch or with swipe gestures
Samuel Johnson 4. INTRODUCTION The borning of Romantic spirit Cracks in the wall of Classicism Also called The Age of Transition 5. Who is Samuel Johnson? Born in 1709 and died in 1784 Poet, critic and author of fiction Questioning optimistic assumption The importance of using knowledge, not faith and superstition 6 Feb 7, 2019 - Hope this lecture will be very helpful for the students.Poetry is considered to be an ancient branch of knowledge. According to critics, this branch of knowl.. Genre/Form: Literature Criticism, interpretation, etc: Additional Physical Format: Online version: Johnson, Samuel, Samuel Johnson's literary criticism. Samuel Johnson (Septem —Decem ) was an English writer, critic, and all-around literary celebrity in the 18th century . This collected edition of his works - commissioned by the publisher within hours of Johnson's death, such was his celebrity - was published in 1787 in eleven volumes.
Samuel Johnson, the premier English literary figure of the mid and late 18th century, was a writer of exceptional range: a poet, a lexicographer, a translator, a journalist and essayist, a travel writer, a biographer, an editor, and a critic. His literary fame has traditionally—and properly—rested more on his prose than on his poetry. As a result, aside from his two verse satires (1738. Samuel Johnson (September 18, 1709—December 13, 1784) was an English writer, critic, and all-around literary celebrity in the 18th century. While his poetry and works of fiction—though certainly accomplished and well-received—are not generally regarded among the great works of his time, his contributions to the English language and the field of literary criticism are extremely notable Samuel Johnson, poet, satirist, critic, lexicographer, and dyed-in-the-wool conservative was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, England, on September 18, 1709. We are quickly approaching the tercentenary of Johnson's birth; scholars worldwide have been celebrating throughout the year. If someone's birthday is worth celebrating three hundred. Work Description. Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biographer. Notoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail
The Age of Johnson Meet the Author Samuel Johnson's wit and wisdom so dominated the English literary scene in the second half of the 18th century that historians have called the period the Age of Johnson. A consummate man of letters, Johnson wrote satires (in both poetry and prose), biographies, sermons, literary criticism, book reviews Jan 20, 2019 - Desuggestipedia is one of the methods of English language teaching, It applied the positive suggestion in language teaching, It was introduced in 1970s by Bu..
Samuel Johnson was born in Lichfield, Staffordshire, on 18 September 1709. His father was a bookseller. He was educated at Lichfield Grammar School and spent a brief period at Oxford University. Samuel Johnson comments on Milton's reading and applies Ben Jonson's unfavorable remark about Spenser's diction to John Milton, made by exalted genius and extensive learning the vehicle of so much instruction and so much pleasure that, like other lovers, we find grace in its deformity.. Edmund Cartwright: Of this truly excellent analysis and criticism, it is scarcely hyperbolical to affirm. Samuel Johnson's influence falls into four main areas: lexicography, criticism, poetry, and (as a subject) biography, and it is in the first two areas that he has had the greatest impact samuel johnson as a critic; samuel johnson as a critic. October 25, 2020. by . Uncategorized. No Comment.


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Really great! ZEIT ONLINE opened its content archive for developers & researchers @ http://developer.zeit.de/
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In the most advanced form of the Lyrian Calendar, each day is 24 hours, and each year is 365 days long, except a leap year, which has an extra day and occurs every four years. Era's are named due to colossal events that happen at the time. Each era is marked by the passing of the comet Reylas. However, originally, the Lyrian's recorded time in a calendar called the Lyrian Reckoning. It began when the city of Lyria was founded. Dates are given in Lyrian Reckoning and in the later Era system.
Known most for its ancient and very magic-oriented history, the Kudes Era was a period of myth and legend, before reliable historic records (aside from religious myths) were recorded. This era is subject to much research and debate, and is the only era which is not fixed to a 300-year period.
- Creation of Kyros is finished, mortal humanoids begin to thrive on the continents.
~ Kudes Era, 4 years after Creation
- The Fínnan arrive in Atheryin from The Broadwaters, riding on the back of Finna, the god-bear. The pre-literate men built the small collection of dwellings, later becoming Reora, on the isle of Hithfaerthel. They looked to the Harbinger natives as god-like monsters. Scholars believe the men formed a simple pantheon around the creatures.
~ Circa Kudes 1332
- The Adder Colossus appears in the Ohkorra Desert, the first of many similar Colosses to come. The builders are unknown.
~ Circa Kudes 1032/1 LR
- Founding of the small states collectively known as Lyria on the fertile southern coast of the Lyrian Peninsula.
- Lyrian Reckoning Calendar begins.
~ Circa Kudes 931/134 LR
- The prophet Del is born in Reora, during the final peaceful passing of Eolas. His birth was rumored to be celestial in origin, though his true religious potential was not realized until his early 20's.
~ Circa Kudes 879/186 LR
- Del is executed atop the mountain Denthír for the crime of ultimate heresy. The site of his execution later became a place of pilgrimage for many Collectivists, Collective subreligions, and Arano pantheon worshipers.
~ Circa Kudes 877/188 LR
- The Arano set fire to their homes in Reora, and take to their small fishing boats in search of unforsaken land. The beginnings of the Tenebra Manifest are carried out of Reora by Del's child, Kul, who leads the few remaining believers to the promised land, the Fissure. Their trek becomes legendary, immortalizing Kul and his followers among the Collective's most revered saints.
~ Circa Kudes 807/256 LR
- The cosmological anomaly, Eolas, crashes into Nortadder. The impact destroyed nearly the entire area, save the mountainous expanse that preceded Celadon, which it violently flattened into the pastures it resembles now. According to ancient myth, the great kingdom of Thäl was the target of Eolas', and was obliterated upon impact. The event became known as the Fall of Eolas.
~ Circa Kudes 791/274 LR
- The Lyrians lead their first expedition outside of their homeland peninsula, known to them as the Kaeagaien expedition. After successfully climbing the Adder Colossus, they build the Star Culler at its apex, the magical mechanism that is believed to have cleared the massive ash clouds created by the Fall of Eolas.
~ Circa Kudes 607/458 LR
- A war occurs between two gods, resulting in the destruction of the ancient Ohkorralta forest, creating the Ohkorra Desert. This destroyed the remainder of the old mountains and forests of Nortadder.
~ Circa Kudes 307/725 LR
- Unification of all the independent city states of Lyria, under the flag of Jehero Daerim. The now-unified states become the Kingdom of Lyria.
~ Circa Kudes 53/979 LR
- The Harbinger Extinction occurs.
- The Harbinger ancestors of the Taryphos, a more developed variation of the Kam'ak'tuun, discover the Karophus Puzzle Box, among other trinkets, inside the Hypha Obelisk. Knowledge is spread among the populace, creating the upright, intelligent race of the Taryphos.
~ Dawn 1/1032 LR
- First reliable historic records are officially archived. Most records written are in Lyrian libraries, and some are stored as memories.
- The War of Reformation begins, based upon a prophesy by the Tyrosi Church of Forose that the massive comet Reylas that turned night to day would pass through the sky.
~ Dawn 17/1048 LR
- The War of Reformation ends. Kendaeism is overthrown in favor of Tyros, the Hunter-God of the second city of Forose in the central highlands. The Capital is moved to Forose, and a new calendar was created, referred to as the Common Count. The current era was named to honour the dawn of Reylas, the Dawn Era. Most commoners continued to use the traditional Lyrian Count, however, and the Common Count was kept mainly for post-reformation records.
~ Dawn 156/1187 LR
- A large archive of all forms of knowledge is found inside the remains of Eolas. The inhabitants within are found constantly chronicling events that happen within the universe. The monks' insight is of unknown power; because of some ability, they have forsight into all aspects of the universe. Visitors to the archive claim that an immense, beyond-godly power has dictation over the library. These ideas are often dismissed, as people returning from the archive are usually insane.
Generally considered to be a time of peace and prosperity. During this period, what would become known as the Lyrian Empire took a final hold on the Lyrian Penisula, and grew immensely outside of their homeland. Little was recorded during this period, but it is known that population numbers sky-rocketed worldwide, and cultures flourished and thrived.
~ Growth 1/1572 LR
- Reylas appears in the sky over the Lyrian Penisula, prompting an invasion of the lands to the south-west, with extremely large harvests allowing it. The Growth Era begins.
~ Growth 241/1572 LR
- Lyrian expansion is halted after a disastrous campaign in the far south, brought about by extreme overextension of resources. Growth Era ends.
Generally considered to be the height of civilization on Atheryin, marked the period of time during which the Lyrian Empire was at its highest point. Historians debate whether it was named the Zenith Era during the time, or posthumously given the title.
~ Zenith 207/1832 LR
- The Taryphos tribes experience continual infighting, resulting in the Ohkorra Exodus. The exact cause of the events is debated; many have varying opinions about the god or spirit involved. Tribes settle in regions of little political interest.
~ Zenith 160/1905 LR
- The Thyrosic Empire is formed from the Kingdom of Thyros, though it would not reach its full height until Autumn 112.
~ Autumn 265/2190 LR
- Lyrian forces silently invade Fónna for its powerful resources at Daĭn. Forces cross the nation's borders with no immediate military engagment, and begin to occupy all inhabited regions of the Fissure. Days afterward, armed citizens rebelled, being met with a quick repression from Lyrian invaders. All efforts to contact the king of Fónna were in vain: he and his council had been removed by Lyrian agents beforehand in a bloodless coup that never left the confines of the castle. The king and his officials were imprisoned and replaced with Lyrian war councils. The event became known as the Silhouette Invasion.
~ Autumn 266/2191 LR:
~ Autumn 273/2205 LR
- Downfall of the Lyrian Empire, when the Nokana forces invade the capital city of Juruna.
- End of the Lyrian Reckoning Calendar.
~ Autumn 275
- Establishment of the Nokana Empire.
A rather undocumented time, defined by the rise in power of the Nokana Empire, the arrival of the Jarvah, and the foundation of the Templar Order. Considered the beginning of modern Atheryin civilization.
~ Brave 157
~ Brave 200
- The ruins of the Thäl and the Archives are rediscovered by The Templar Order.
~ Brave 203
- Pérrén Norá enters the Archives, and upon exiting, delivers the Twelve Sermons of Eolas, and performs a culling of all those who oppose him
~ Brave 206
- In the only official document remaining from Dram, the Templar Order is condemned officially by the High Council at Haven.
~ Brave 241
- Jarvah Warships arrive in Atheryin from unknown lands.
One of the best recorded, and bloodiest periods in history, especially in the Kvurian Isles. Arguably sets the stage for most major events in eras to come.
~ Red 10
- 254th Day - Jarvah forces invade the Dramer homeland of Dram.
- 301st Day - The Burning of the Great Library of Haven.
~ Red 11
~ Red 15
- 53rd Day - The College of Rekkan is founded.
- 101st Day - The Keepers of the College of Rekkan outlaw the Templar Order in all Dramer controlled lands.
~ Red 21
- 201st Day - The Jarvah Civil War begins.
~ Red 27
- 52nd Day - The Jarvah Civil War ends.
~ Red 56
- 43rd Day - The Warrior Branch of the College of Rekkan fractures into the Order of the Dragon Warriors, and the Order of the Dragon Monks.
~ Red 70
- 16th Day - The Duke's War begins with Cikaila Tama I removing tax on the rich.
- 141st Day - The Duke's War ends with the extermination of Jarvah and Mhenuur in the Nokana Empire.
- 153rd Day - The Nokanian Invasion of the Kvurian Isles begins. The conspiracy engineered by the Dagai Council is further promoted, and this leads to the full goal of Jarvah and Mhenuur extermination and domination. As a way to boost economics even more, the Nokana attempt to sieze Rekkan as well.
~ Red 76
- The Nokanian Invasion ends. The Kvurian Isles are then annexed as territories in the Empire, and the military begins colonization by force.
- The new Dramer homeland of Rekkan joins the Nokana Empire voluntarily as a canton.
~ Red 120
- The Kvurian Revolution begins.
~ Red 139
- After a lengthy war against Kvurian rebel groups, the Nokana Empire grants the Kvurian Isles its independence.
~ Red 246
- 24th Day - The Aq'Ryss of Kurn'mar'moor are discovered by the Mhenuur.
- 125th Day - The Accord of the First Winds is reached between the Oro'kaal of the Aq'Ryss and the Mhenuur of Khorrum.
~ Lords 220
- Templar forces under Knight-Inquisitor Gotwald successfully infiltrate Rekkan, where they stage an attempted coup in the city. The Templar forces are repelled, but manage to inflict series damage to the Dramer.
~ Lords 249
- Templar forces invade Rekkan for the second time, and though they are once again repelled, they escape with important information - The key to stopping Dramer regeneration.
~ Lords 267
- 42nd Day - All Dramer relief efforts in Kurn'mar'moor cease.
- 267th Day - Studies and surveys by the College of Rekkan of Kurn'mar'moor are concluded. Documents suggest a massive decline in native Aq'Ryss populations.
~ Enlightened 260
- The Cerise Cabal makes itself known to the world.


In this blog am explaining how to re-size the EBS volume (not root volume) attached to an EC2 instance.
- Log-in to the AWS management console http://aws.amazon.com/console/
- Select the region where the EBS volume already created.
- Go to the volumes section, click on the exact volume which you need to re-size and create a snapshot from that volume.
- After creating the snapshot, go to the snapshot section and create new volume with new size. After sometimes you can see new volume is available on the selected region.
- Then login to the server and unmount the volume. (say the volume attached is /dev/sdc)
[[email protected]]# umount /dev/sdc
Then go the volumes section on aws management console and detach the existing volume from your server, then attach the newly created volume. Please note that while attaching the volume put the device name as before the old volume used. (That means if old volume is attached to the server as /dev/sdc, then the new volume should be attached as /dev/sdc). You can see this on /etc/fstab or the command “df -h” will show you the device name.
- After attaching the new volume from management console, login to the server and execute “mount -a” (should have /etc/fstab entry there) or manually mount the volume using “mount” command.
- Execute “df -h” and you can see volume is attached , but the size of volume is still old. So now we need to re-size the file system.
To re-size the file sytem do the following things
[[email protected]]# resize2fs /dev/sdc
On some servers you need to execute “e2fsck” before “resize2fs”
Done !!! Please check and make sure the newly created volume size is available on your server.


PALEO DIET BOOKS
There are so many great books related to the Paleo Diet it is hard to choose just 6 to talk about, but for the sake of simplicity, this is what I’m going to do. Here are my top 6 reads:
The Primal Blueprint Mark Sisson
Protein Power: The High-Protein/Low-Carbohydrate Way to Lose Weight, Feel Fit, and Boost Your Health–in Just Weeks! Michael and Mary Dan Eades, Phd’s
I chose these books mainly because the authors are regarded as the most authoritative figures in the field. They are classic reads and will most likely remain timeless masterpieces until robots take over the world or the sun burns out.
You can also visit the Paleo Diet and Living Amazon store for books that didn’t round out the top 6 but are still highly recommended.


Right Relationship and Wise Speech in Ethical Communication forHTP Practitioners and Students
In addition to the four Level 1, 2, 3, and 4/5 Notebooks with their wealth of knowledge and wisdom within, Healing Touch Program (HTP) has two well-known documents to guide the practice of Healing Touch. These documents are the Code of Ethics and Scope of Practice which are found in each of the workshop Notebooks, as well as provided separately on the HTP website. For many years, these documents have guided those studying and practicing Healing Touch in many diverse geographical and cultural settings. In addition to those documents, more recently, Healing Touch practitioners and students have received additional support and guidance by the provision of the following document found in the Student/Practitioner section of the HTP website: Healing Touch Program Policy and Procedure for Implementing Healing Touch. 2 Together, these documents are provided to support and guide practitioners and students of Healing Touch in their understanding of ethical practice within the legal parameters that apply in their geographical location. While it is one thing to know what to do in certain situations, it is not so clear to know how to do what is required ethically and professionally. Therefore, this current document now seeks to add to and deepen the available resources by providing a philosophical and theoretical framework that will help practitioners and students know how to relate ethically and professionally to themselves, and to others in their healing community.
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Louis Armstrong: The Complete Okeh Columbia & RCA Victor Recordings 1925-1933 (Okeh/Columbia/RCA/Legacy 8869794565 2)
Box Set with 10 CDs
Liner notes by Ricky Riccardi, archivist at the Louis Armstrong House & Museum, author of What a Wonderful World: The Magic of Louis Armstrong's Later Years (Pantheon, 2011).
Nearly nine decades after his first Okeh recordings in Chicago as a leader, the Hot Five and Hot Seven sides of 1925 through 1928 by Louis Armstrong (1900-1971) retain their place as western pop music's Holy Grail, Rosetta Stone, and Big Bang all rolled into one. His vocalizing and solo improvising on cornet showed the world how to swing on the seminal Hot Five recordings of "Heebie Jeebies," "Cornet Chop Suey," and "Muskrat Ramble," and his Hot Seven takes of "Potato Head Blues," "Twelfth Street Rag," "S.O.L. Blues," "That's When I'll Come Back To You," "Struttin With Some Barbecue," "Savoy Blues" and so many others. CD Four is devoted to his work alongside pianist Earl Hines in Louis Armstrong & His Stompers ("Chicago Breakdown"), Carroll Dickerson's Stompers (the lost Argentine sides "Symphonic Raps" and "Savoyagers Stomp"), the Hot Five ("West End Blues," "Basin Street Blues," more) and of course the Savoy Ballroom Five with Don Redman ("No One Else But You," "Beau Koo Jack," "Weather Bird," "Muggles," "St. James Infirmary," "Tight Like This" and more).
In 1929, the newly formed Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra began recording in New York, his new home (CD Five and Six's "Knockin' A Jug," "Ain't Misbehavin'," "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black and Blue," "Some Of These Days," "When You're Smiling," "After You've Gone," "I Ain't Got Nobody," "St. Louis Blues," "Rockin' Chair," "Tiger Rag," "I'm A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas," "I'm Confessin' (That I Love You)," "Body And Soul," and more). Lionel Hampton (on drums!) enters the picture on Louis' first Los Angeles recordings in 1930 ("You're Drivin' Me Crazy," "Just a Gigolo," "Shine," and more), and the Orchestra keeps turning out the hits back in Chicago for OKeh in 1931 and '32 (CD Seven and Eight): "Walkin' My Baby Back Home," "When It's Sleepy Time Down South," "Them There Eyes," "Stardust," "Georgia On My Mind," "Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea," "Kickin' the Gong Around," and more.
Finally, for the first time in any Legacy package, Louis' Okeh years share the spotlight with his move to Victor in late-1932, as heard on CD Nine and Ten's three dozen tracks. This litany of Nipper sides includes ""That's My Home," "I've Got the World On a String," "High Society," "Swing, You Cats," "Laughin' Louie," "Sweet Sue, Just You," "St. Louis Blues," "You'll Wish You'd Never Been Born," and much more. The ten-CD package ends with Louis (and wife Lil on piano) backing Victor giant Jimmie Rodgers on his "Blue Yodel #9," recorded in Los Angeles, July 1930.
For jazz purists, it is important to note that this box set does not include the various sides that Armstrong recorded as a sideman, i.e. not under his own name, with such blues/pop singers as Maggie Jones on Columbia in 1924 ("Good Times Flat Blues," "Poor House Blues," and so on); and Lillie Delk Christian on OKeh in 1928 ( "I Can't Give You Anything But Love," and so on).
(Note: CDs One through Seven reprise the first out-of-print seven volumes on Louis Armstrong from the Columbia Jazz Masterpieces series, released 1988 to 1993.)
- Louis Armstrong & The Hot Fives Volume 1 (1925-1926)
- Louis Armstrong: The Hot Fives & Sevens Volume 2 (1926-1927)
- Louis Armstrong: The Hot Fives & Sevens Volume 3 (1927-1928)
- Louis Armstrong & Earl Hines (1927-1928)
- Louis in New York (1929)
- St Louis Blues (1929-1930)
- You're Driving Me Crazy (1930-1931)
- Stardust (1931-1932)
- Swing, You Cats (1932-1933)
- Laughin' Louie (1933, 1932, 1930)