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10 curiosities about literature
1. The longest book in the world is ‘En busca del tiempo perdido’, of Marcel Proust. Written between 1908 and 1922, it holds the Guinness World Records for the longest book in the world with 3,031 pages. However, the real 'winner' is Artamène ou le Grand Cyrus, published in the 17th century. 13,095 pages of nothing, contained in 10 volumes.
2. Winnie The Pooh, Mrs Piggle-Wiggle and El Hobbit were written by their respective authors as cuentos infantiles para sus hijos. Nothing to do with the first with the last, really.
3. The world's best-selling novel is El Quijote by Miguel de Cervantes, which has sold more than 500 million copies. The book world's best selling is The Bible.
4. The most expensive book in the world is a copy of Códice Leicester , of Leonardo DaVinci. Paid for him $ 30.8 million, and the lucky buyer was Bill Gates, in 1994.
5. Ernest Hemingway hated the cover of El Gran Gatsby , by F. Scott Fitzgerald, and so he wrote in his memoirs, published in 1964. To his surprise, Fitzgerald basically told him that "you cannot judge a book by its cover."
6. Do you know the name of the Frankenstein monster? No, it is not Frankenstein, although many think it is. She is never given a name within the novel, although during a public reading, Mary Shelley referred to her as “Adam”.
7. The most coveted book from the Harry Potter saga is, curiously, Los cuentos de Beedle, el bardo . They are looking specifically for seven copies that the author of the saga, J.K. Rowling, wrote by hand, and whose covers are encrusted with jewels. Six of those copies belong to part of Rowling's team and the seventh was auctioned, fetching a whopping $ 4 million, destined entirely for an orphanage in Romania.
8. The book Farenheit 451 , by Ray Bradbury, owes its title to la temperatura en la que las páginas de un libro arde. The book tells the story of a firefighter who burns forbidden books because they cause discord and suffering in a Western civilization enslaved by the media.
9. The character that has been played by the most actors has been Sherlock Holmes. Ian McKellen, Buster Keaton, Peter Cushing, Roger Moore, Christopher Plummer, Michael Caine, Charlton Heston, Jeremy Irons, Rupert Everett, Benedict Cumberbatch and Robert Downey Jr., among others, have been in his shoes. 21, only on screen.
10. In 1955, only one publisher was willing to publish Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, since the novel had sown controversy in literary circles. Only after G.P became a hit in the United States did Putnam change his mind about publishing it.s


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Continuing the successful mission of previous MTSR Conferences (MTSR’05, MTSR’07, MTSR’09, MTSR’10, MTSR’11 and MTSR’12), the seventh International Conference on Metadata and Semantics Research (MTSR’13) aims to bring together scholars and practitioners that share a common interest in the interdisciplinary field of metadata, linked data and ontologies. Participants will share novel knowledge and best practice in the implementation of these semantic technologies across diverse types of Information Environments and applications. These include Cultural Informatics; Open Access Repositories & Digital Libraries; E-learning applications; Search Engine Optimization & Information Retrieval; Research Information Systems and Infrastructures; e-Science and e-Social Science applications; Agriculture, Food and Environment; Bio-Health & Medical Information Systems.
The conference welcomes the organization of special tracks focusing on particular domains or topics. Proposals for special tracks are welcome. Papers submitted to tracks undergo the same review procedures and are published in the same proceedings as those accepted for the main track. Tracks currently being organized:
- Metadata & Semantics for Open Access Repositories, Research Information Systems and Infrastructures
- Metadata & Semantics for Cultural Collections & Applications
- Metadata & Semantics for Agriculture, Food & Environment
- Metadata & Semantics for Learning Infrastructures
- Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies for Health Information Systems and Digital Libraries


The journal Studies of Prehistory is edited starting from 2001 by the Romanian Association of Archaeology (ARA), a non profit and non governmental organization. This journal is annual and is structured on chapters dedicated especially to prehistoric archaeology, but also on related inter- and pluridisciplinary studies (sedimentology, micromorphology, archaeozoology, anthropology etc.), to which book presentations and reviews are added. The authors publishing in the journal Studies of Prehistory are specialists from the academic world and the museums network, from our country and from abroad. The majority of the articles are drawn up in integrum in a foreign international language and those in Romanian language have consistent abstracts in a foreign language (English, French or German). Thus, prestigious researchers (e.g. Douglass W. Bailey, Richard I. Macphail, Vincent Ollivier, Lolita Nikolova, David Pecreaux, Laurent Carozza, Marcel Otte etc.) from the national and international archaeology published important contributions in the pages of this journal.
In 2009 the journal Studies of Prehistory was indexed in the international database Central and Eastern European Online Library - C. E. E. O. L., and in 2010 was accepted in the evaluation program by Thomson Reuters - ISI. In 2012 our journal was indexed in the international database SCOPUS and started with no. 12 the Studies of Prehistory was selected for coverage in Elsevier product(s).
Also, Studies of Prehistory is indexed in the online databases Dyabola and Donau-Archäologie (Germany). The articles are available free download on the webpage of Romanian Association of Archaeology and also on the webpage C. E. E. O. L.
The outline of the international prestige of the journal is certificated by its presence in the libraries of famous museums, research institutes and universities from our country and from abroad (United Kingdom, France, USA, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Hungary, Czech Republic, Canada, Republic of Moldova, Greece, Belgium, Germany etc.).
The journal Studies of Prehistory occupy a special place for the scientific national and international community, by the authors professionalism, and by the value of the published article sand studies, being a landmark in the prehistoric archaeological research from the South East European space.
Studii de Preistorie is an academic open access journal and it is indexed in European Reference Index for the Humanities (ERIH PLUS) and Central and Eastern European Online Library (CEEOL).


According to Fidelity Investments, 86% of all millionaires were self made. Meaning they were not born with a silver spoon in their mouth. So how on earth did they do it?
What do the rich do that is so different than what the average 9-5’er does? They shifted their mind frame from that of an employee to one of a business owner or investor and kept on learning.
But how? You guest it, they read! The average American reads about 1 book per year, while the average self-made millionaire and billionaire read about 2 books per Month.
Thomas Corley author of, “Rich Habits: The Daily Success Habits of Wealthy Individuals” spent 5 years researching the habits of 233 rich people and poor people and found:
11% of rich people read for entertainment, compared to 79% of poor.
85% of rich people read two or more education, career-related, or self-improvement books per month, compared to 15% of poor.
94% of rich people read news publications including newspapers and blogs, compared to 11% of poor people.
So, what’s on their night stand? The books typically chosen are career related, how-to, history, biographies of successful people, self-help, health related, current events, memory improvement and learning, psychology, leadership, science books, and new age books.
Here are a 11 books to fire up on your kindle, or if you are old school like me and enjoy curling up with a good book then check these recommendations out.
- Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber
Awaken the Giant Within by Anthony Robbins
Good to Great by Jim Collins
The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferris
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield
The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
Margin of Safety by Seth Klarman
How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Most self-made millionaires read on average 30 minutes per day to deepen their knowledge and build skills. Do you find yourself enthralled in a good book are you running into traffic playing Pokemon Go? Are you reading for entertainment or self improvement? Let a sista know, I’m curious.


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History of Guide Books
The first comprehensive travel guide book published in Europe was Rheinreise von Mainz bis Köln by Fr. Röhling in 1828, which was written in German. A year earlier, Karl Baedeker (1801-1859) had set up a book publishing business in Colbence (Koblenz), and in 1832 he took over the Röhling book publishing business and later that year, published the above book in French, titled, Voyage du Rhin de Mayence à Coblence. In 1836, John Murray (1808-1892) an English book publisher, published his first travel guide titled, A Handbook for Travelers on the Continent. This book was to have inspired Karl Baedeker so much, that he started to publish more travel guides.
According to the book, Baedeker's Reisehandbücher by Alex W. Hinrichsen (1832-1990), apart from the above mention French title, Karl Baedeker published four German titles, Rheinreise, Moselreise, Holland and Belgien in the 1830's. From 1840, both Karl Baedeker and John Murray began to publish more travel guide titles for the continental Europe travel market, but in the respective language, and for Karl Baedeker, also in French. There was much collaboration between in Murray and Baedeker, and from the Murray's Handbooks archives can be found many letters to Murray from Baedeker. Much of the earliest Baedekers were German translations of Murray's titles published in English.
From the 1850's the relationship between the two began to deteriorate. Baedeker was feeling that Murray's titles were not being kept up to date. Baedeker was also receiving demands in many quarters to produce his guides in English, but held back because of a prior agreement with Murray that they would not compete with each other in each others language for guides in the same region.
After Karl Baedeker's death in 1859, his son Ernst Baedeker (?-1861) took over the business. Ernst Baedeker wrote to Murray concerning the publication for English language editions for The Rhine and Paris. Murray wrote back saying that he was happy about the The Rhine being published since this was Karl Baedeker work, but wanted to jointly work on a guide for Paris. So in 1861 came The Rhine, the first Baedeker publish in English and the only Baedeker jointly publish by Baedeker and Murray. John Kirkpatrick (1835-1926) was the editor for The Rhine and all other English language editions until 1881.
After the death of Ernst Baedeker, his younger brother, Karl Baedeker Jnr. took over the business and started competing against Murray by publishing a English language series of Baedekers. In the late 1860's, Karl Jnr. was joined by his younger brother Fritz as a junior partner. From this time and into the 1870's, both the Baedeker brothers and Murray expanded their titles. In 1878 Baedeker published their first title for the English travel market, it being London and it's Environs.
In the mid 1880's Fritz took over the business and under his leadership, took Baedeker to the top of the travel guide market for English language series. A major part of this success was due to James Findlay Muirhead (1853-1934), who took over from Kirkpatrick in 1881 as the editor of the English language editions of Baedekers, and worked for Baedeker until 1914. It was in this period that the name Baedeker became synonymous with the term travel guide. Even though Murray Handbooks lost out with the battle with Baedeker, they were able to add titles for the far East of Asia, which Baedeker never covered.
In the early 1890's Ernst Baedeker published his first Guides for the American travel market travel The guides were for the Untied States and Canada. America had been for a long time the domain for the Appleton publishing company. Daniel Appleton ( - ) had published his first travel guide in the mid 1840's.
In the 1880's Thomas Cook entered the European travel market and Baddeley Thorough Guides entered the Great Britain travel market. Before the century was out Ward, Lock and Co. entered the fray. Baedeker dominated the travel guide market right up to WW1. After the war, one more publisher of note entered the travel market. This was James Findlay Muirhead (1853-1934), the pervious editor for the Baedeker English language editions and his son Findlay Muirhead (1860-1935) with their Blue Guide. In 1915 the Muirheads' acquired the rights to John Murray's Handbooks
Listing of Guide Books
Below are featured the Guide Books that I consider the best. There are others Guide Books of note, that I will add at a later date, by they have only a few titles at most.
Author: Appleton (Daniel) - Publisher: Appleton, Philadelphia (1846) and New York
- Appleton's American Guide, from 1846
- Appleton's Railway & Steam Navigation Guide, from 1858
- Appleton's European Guide Book, from 1872
- Appleton's Handbook of American Travel, from 1873
- Appleton's General Guide, from 1879
Author: William Wellington - Publisher: Appleton, New York
- Appleton Railroad & Steamboat Companion, from 1848
- Appleton Southern & Western Travelers, from 1850
- Appleton Northern & Eastern Travelers, from 1852
- Appleton Eastern & Middle States, from 1861
Author: Karl Baedeker - Publisher: Karl Baedeker, Coblence
Author: Fritz Baedeker - Publisher: Karl Baedeker, Coblence
Author: Karl Baedeker - Publisher: Karl Baedeker, Coblence & Liepzig (1872)
Author: Ernzt Baedeker - Publisher: Karl Baedeker, Liepzig
- Baedeker's Guide, from 1832.
For listings, please see the sites below
Baedeker Datenbank und Kenner-Referenz which is the ultimate online reference for the pre WW2 Baedeker series.
Baedeker's Old Guide Books which features a full listing of the English language editions and old maps from some of these editions.
Black's Guide Guides
Author: Adam & Charles Black - Publisher: A. & C. Black, Edinburgh & London (1889)
- Black's Picturesque Tourist of England & Wales, from 1847
- Black's Picturesque Guide to Wales & Monmouthshire, from 1851
- Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland, from 1859
- Picturesque guide to Wales, 1870
- Black's Guide (English counties)
- Black's Guide (European countries & regions)
Author: James & Findlay Muirhead - Publisher: Macmillan, London (Hachette, Paris) & Ernest Benn Limited, London (1930)
- Blue Guide, from 1918
Cooperation existed between Blue Guide and Guides Blues by Hachette, between 1918 and 1930.
Author: Thomas Cook - Publisher: Thos. Cook & Simpkin Marshall, London
- Cook's Guide, from 1879
Publisher: Hachette, Paris
- Guides Bleus
- Guides Joanne
Cooperation existed between Guides Blues and Blue Guide by Macmillan, between 1918 and 1930.
Author: John Murray - Publisher: J. Murray, London
Publisher: Edward Stanford
- Murray's Handbooks, from 1836
From 1915 James & Findlay Muirhead (Blue Guide) acquired the rights
Ward, Lock's Guides
Publisher: Ward & Lock, London
Publisher: Ward, Lock & Bowden, London (c.1896)
- Ward Lock's Guides, from 1893
For listings, please see the site below
Ward Lock Red Travel Guides which is online reference for the pre WW2 Ward Lock series.
The information presented on this page could not have been written without referring to information found on the following websites or book.
Baedeker Datenbank und Kenner-Referenz: I would like to acknowledge the author of this site, as the main source for the introduction found on this page. He contacted me in 2004, after I had launched my map site, Baedeker Old Guide Books. He made me aware of Hinrichsen's Baedeker's reference book and the Hinrichsen numbering system.
Baedeker's Guidebooks - A Checklist of English Language Editions 1861-1939: Written by John R. Gretton, Published, 1994, Dereham Books, Dereham, NFK, England. I would like to acknowledge the author of this book, as a source of information about the Baedeker's Guides and Murray's Handbooks, and the relationship between these two publishing houses in the mid 19th century.
Baedeker Verlag: The modern Baedeker publishing house.


Sacred Love: Erotic art in the temples of Nepal
- ADARSH BOOKS (INDIA)/ MANDALA PUBLICATIONS (NEPAL)
When one looks up at the roof struts of temples in the Kathmandu valley, a whimsical realm of amorous beings appear. Unlike the erotic art of the famous Khajuraho Temples of India, these explicit carvings in Nepal are relatively crude, made more with humour than dedication. Elephants turn missionary, beasts love men, and every taboo is violated. Time has forgotten the real reason for their existence although tour guides proclaim confidently that they serve to protect the temples from the goddess of lightning, a shy virgin.
Through extensive fieldwork with craftsmen, sociologists, historians, priests and even Maoist rationalists, the author explores the reasons behind their existence, the enduring beliefs of the culture that gave birth to them, the principles of Nepalese temple architecture, the lives of the craftsmen who carve these images, the attitude of Nepalese society towards them, and the reconstruction efforts underway following the tragic earthquake of 2015. The book also presents an extensive collection of captivating images of the erotic carvings from all around Nepal and comparable art in other cultures.
It is both entertaining and insightful. Even from the very first pages, as the author plans his trip and corners his boss in the bathroom, it is all quite interesting.
The book is a wonderful confluence of scholarly investigation, interviews and observations.
Sandesh Ghimire, Kathmandu Post (Book Review of Sacred Love) Full Review
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It took me 26 years to publish a sequel to my classic YA hockey book Face-Off. How crazy is it that the sequel, Offsides, just came out this fall? Bizarre, right?
It’s even crazier when you consider that I wrote Face-Off when I was a teenager. I got really obsessed with pro hockey during the late 1980s and early 1990s. It started with the 1988 Olympics, which featured hockey players like Brian Leetch, Craig Janney, and Tony Granato. Once it ended, I started following the Boston Bruins. The Bruins were awesome, playing the Edmonton Oilers in the 1988 Stanley Cup Finals. They lost, but they were still awesome. Soon, I had posters of Cam Neely, Ray Bourque, Craig Janney, and Bob Joyce hanging on my wall. Even though Wayne Gretzky was a rival, he was amazing to watch, and I even had him on my wall. Plus he was marrying actress Janet Jones, who I loved in the gymnastics movie American Anthem. So, I could forgive him for not being a Bruin.
In high school, I kept painstaking records of the Boston Bruins’ wins and losses. An avid reader, I also read any magazines and books about hockey I could get my hands on. I had a subscription to Hockey Digest and I’d pick up copies of Hockey Illustrated at the store. My dad took me to Bruins games and I’d buy various publications at Boston Garden. I read Gretky’s autobiography, and biographies of Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito. But I couldn’t find any YA hockey books at the library or in bookstores. Since I liked to write, I decided to write my own hockey books for teens – partly to entertain myself and partly on a whim. I’d seen an ad in Tiger Beat magazine for a young adult novel competition, open to teenagers, and I decided to write a YA hockey book and enter it in the competition.
I had a blast writing my hockey story of two brothers, T.J. and Brad McKendrick, who battle on and off the ice. I wrote in a notebook during high school study hall (and ahem, during boring classes when the teacher wasn’t looking) and my friend Joanne would give me feedback. I typed it at home on a Brother word processor. (remember those?)
To my shock, I got a telegram during my freshman year in college, notifying me that I had won. I received a contract from a major New York publisher and it was a whirlwhind of local newspaper publicity and booksignings. I received fan letters like this one asking for a sequel:
“This is, by far, one of the best books I have ever read. Face-Off has an excellent climax and a superb plot . . . This is one book I think every hockey fan should read. Your book shows how in hockey, it’s not a one-man show and it takes a whole team to win. I know a sequel to Face-Off would be great. I couldn’t change any part of this story to make it better if I tried.”
– Adam from Ohio
Behind the Scenes of a YA Hockey Book
So, in 1993, I decided to write a sequel. I finished the first draft of Offsides when I was twenty, a college sophomore. But when I submitted it to the publisher, there had been a major restructuring and my editor was gone. No one there remembered Face-Off as I got rejected with a form letter. Then I sent the story to other publishers. They weren’t interested in a sequel to a novel published by another company. Since no one would publish it, I put the book in a drawer.
Fast forward to 2011. After years of working as a reporter and continuing to write fiction, I was back in the publishing game with two adult mystery novels Twenty-Five Years Ago Today and Sink or Swim, and my young adult supernatural thriller Dark Before Dawn. Thanks to the growth of ebooks, there were many more opportunities for authors than there had been in the 1990s.
Since Face-Off was only available from used bookstores, I self-published a second edition in ebook, paperback, and Audible formats. It immediately started selling, and I vowed to publish Offsides also. I hired a company to scan my old manuscript into a computer so I could work with it again.
The book needed a lot of rewriting. I began researching junior hockey and Division 1 scholarships, but when my daughter was diagosed with Type 1 Diabetes in 2013, it hit me hard, and I stopped writing. When the words finally started flowing again, my muse was directing me to write my Storybook Valley romantic comedy series for adults. I needed to write something light and funny.
But I couldn’t stop thinking about my old friends Brad, T.J., Chris, and Jory, especially since mothers and grandmothers kept emailing me to ask about a sequel. Suddenly, I was inspired to go back to it before another generation outgrew the book.
This was one of the strangest, most rewarding, projects I’ve ever undertaken as I had such a unique collaborator–my teenage self. Once I got going, writing in the voices of the McKendrick boys felt totally natural to me. The twenty-five year wall disappeared and it was as if no time had passed. Over the next six months, I rewrote every single word. I’m grateful to my teenage self though, as she provided the basic outline. My adult self fleshed it out and improved the writing. I have to admit, it was fun giving the boys cell phones and showing them texting and on social media.
It was also interesting as my original “outline” was penned by a teenager, but when I was rewriting it, I had a parent’s perspective. Part of Face-Off‘s charm is that it was written by a teen for teens. With Offsides, it was neat to have my teenage self collaborate with my adult self and to blend both perspectives.
Here is the blurb for the sequel. Twin hockey stars Brad and T.J. have finally resolved their differences and forged a friendship on and off the ice. What should have been the best year ever takes a nasty hit when the boys’ parents announce their divorce, and Brad makes a mistake that could impact his game eligibility. Meanwhile, T.J. faces off against their father, who opposes his decision to delay college and pursue junior hockey.
Adding to the tension are a rebellious kid brother, girlfriend trouble, and recruiting pressure. The turmoil threatens to drive the twins apart just when they need to work together the most. With a championship title and their futures at stake, T.J. and Brad must fight to keep from going offsides.
This YA hockey book is available in paperback and e-book formats.
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Recommended Reading Lists
I have re-branded the novels as being part of the Hockey Rivals series. Face-Off was listed in Best Books for Young Readers Grades 7-10, was recommended on the reading list of the Hockey Hall of Fame Junior Education Program, and is still selling as strongly today as it was in the early 1990s. Here is the Face-Off blurb:
Brad’s twin brother T.J. has gotten himself out of the fancy prep school his father picked for him and into the public high school Brad attends. Now T.J. is a shining new star on the hockey team where Brad once held the spotlight. And he’s testing his popularity with Brad’s friends, eyeing Brad’s girl and competing to be captain of the team. Meanwhile, the twins must also cope with problems at home, including divorcing parents and a troubled younger brother. The whole school is rooting for a big double-strength win…not knowing that their twin hockey stars are heating up the ice for a winner takes all face-off.
If you know any teens or tweens who love sports, especially ice hockey, please consider getting them a copy of the Hockey Rivals books. They are targeted at ages 12-18, but I’ve had 9-year-olds write to me about Face-Off. Adult hockey fans have told me that they enjoy the books also.
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Introducing redux-nakshatra (STAR)
With the clarity that redux brings about app state, it also brings in a lot of boilerplate. There have been a lot of libraries (ex: redux-box, redux-modules, Kea)that have tried to address this. redux-nakshatra is yet another attempt in this space trying to reduce redux boilerplate, based on certain opinions. The opinions take form as a configuration object that this library takes and based on which all redux boilerplate are automatically generated. This library relies on redux-saga for managing side effects. redux-saga has been one of my favourite redux libraries. It is the conductor that handles complex orchestration in an elegant way. There comes first letter of STAR i.e. Sagas. The rest of the abbreviation stand for Types, Actions and Reducer which are basic blocks of a redux app.
In effect STARs (aka nakshatra) form the basic building blocks of this library. The library exposes a function called createStar.
Let’s say you want to fetch a list of items through a HTTP GET call, you can do something like
which internally generates the boilerplate as shown below(some details omitted for brevity).
You wont be seeing the above boilerplate code as part of your app code and hence keeps it DRY, concise and clean.
Once you have configured the store say something like
the state should look like
Lets say you add more endpoints like POST, UPDATE, DELETE, PATCH and PUT like
You can imagine the amount of code you would have to write for this.
A even more handy property that you can provide is
generateDefault: true and if you follow the REST pluralized conventions such as
GET: 'http://localhost:5000/users' //returns all users
GET: 'http://localhost:5000/users/:id' //returns a user
POST: 'http://localhost:5000/users' // creates a new user
DELETE: 'http://localhost:5000/users/:id' // deletes a user
PATCH: 'http://localhost:5000/users/:id' // patches a user
PUT: 'http://localhost:5000/users/:id' // replaces a user
you can just use the following configuration
Not all APIs follow the same convention and when you need to change something small, you can use the
You can also add more endpoints along with default.
Note: This library currently is dependent on axios for http requests. So the redux actions generated for http takes axios config parameters (Not all of them yet)
If you have a graphql backend, you can use
graphql property of config to define graphql mutations and queries. For example
This library currently depends on apollo-client for graphql.
And sometimes you need to write a fully custom saga may be aggregating data from different end points. In this case, you can do as shown below
If you need more low level control, you can add more actions, types, initialState, reducer, sagas separately as well. Example
Your app code now becomes a collection of STARs with all relevant parts i.e sagas, types, actions , reducer colocated thereby stripping away quite a lot of boilerplate
The documentation of the library is available at https://redux-nakshatra.js.org/
You can find source code of this project at https://github.com/agenthunt/redux-nakshatra
The project is currently under development. Feedback and contributions are welcome.


Bed Time Stories for Book Week
Our colleagues at Wimmera Southern Mallee LLEN worked with the presenters at ACE Radio to create a series of short videos to celebrate Book Week.
Each night, during Book Week, LLENs shared the Bed Time stories on social media.
The videos are great to watch with children and you can pick up some useful tips on reading to children.
You can watch all of the stories at https://www.youtube.com/user/WSMLLEN
Thanks to WSMLLEN and Ace Radio for sharing the videos with LLENs across Victoria.


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One Thousands Gifts by Ann Voskamp is a Christian biography about gratitude and overcoming pain. The author lost her sister when she was only a toddler. It tackles the age-old question, where is God when bad things happen? And her life experience throughout the book teach you some surprising revelations about God’s love.
Ann’s writing is really transparent and almost poetic at times. Sometimes she comes from a theological background and turns on “preacher-mode” but other than that, it’s still refreshing. At times she states opinions as facts. Her takes are insightful. I just wish she wrote it with a more honest and humble approach. But I feel her pain. I never went through her pain in life like she did at a very young age. I suffered a lot of anxiety in Elementary School for different reasons. Although the author’s path and mine are very different from one another, I feel like we connect together, Ann and I, through this book.
Here are some quotes from the book:
…”I enter the world like every person born enters the world: with clenched fists.” (Page 1).
“But from that Garden beginning, God has had a different purpose for us. His intent, since He bent low and breathed His life into the dust of our lungs, since He kissed us into being, has never been to slyly orchestrate our ruin.” (Page 17).
Here is a description in the back of the book:
I am only in the very beginning but I am enjoy it so far. Have you read it? What are your thoughts about it?
Happy reading everyone! 😀


『The Cycle of Women's Rebirth in the Pure Land Project: Vol. 1 "Patacara"』
Review by Ju Underwood April 2021
Ayumi Dakemoto's The Cycle of Women's Rebirth in the Pure Land Project Vol. 1 "Patacara"
I emerged from my encounter with the story of Patacara feeling moved, and activated by this magical, and compelling work. Dancer and actress Emi Nakae is an intensely inspiring performer, and it was no surprise to find out, via an internet search, that she is someone who lives for her practice.
Noh, even modern Noh, is such a mysterious art form. As I was watching I felt almost as if I was witnessing an activity that was not of this earth. The movements, sounds, and storyline are so disparate to the western tradition of theatre. It is these elements that make it so fascinating for a non-Japanese person.
Since the content is so multi-layered, I feel that western audiences have the opportunity to interpret it in diverse ways. Some may view it simply as an exotic example of art from a distant land, others may draw comparisons with other theatre traditions, and yet others, like myself, who are interested in, and perhaps have some knowledge of, the Japanese way of life, will find that it speaks to some of their unanswered questions about Japanese society. Recently, in discussions with Japanese friends, I have been speculating on why it is that Japanese women seem lacking in emancipation compared to women in the West, a somewhat unnerving observation I made during my first visit to Japan in 2017. My viewing of Patacara, and in particular Emi Nakae's impassioned performance, being as she is a modern day performer interpreting a historical story, gave me a glimpse of insight into this issue.
Side by side with the question of women's rights in the play, is the theme of Buddhism that emerges at the end of the plot. Buddhism is often regarded as a fringe religion in the West, and ideas about it are frequently sparse, or outdated. Using the story of Patacara's life as an analogy for the lives of contemporary women likewise brings the concept of a retreat into Buddhism into the modern arena. Being a practicing Buddhist myself, one who's beliefs run parallel with an ordinary, everyday existence, I was disconcerted by the notion presented by the play that the last available sanctuary for a woman is withdrawal from the material world to a life of religious piety. Surely in our present-day we have more to offer women, Buddhist or otherwise, than extreme choices, that, one way or another, limit our potential?
The tale of Patacara, coming down to us through the ages from ancient times, provokes this type of interrogation. It is apparent that there are still great strides to be made for women across the globe, before we will, all of us, be able to express ourselves freely and equally. How are we to continue to address the inhibiting tendencies that are so deeply embedded in society? It seems imperative that we do so.
This is the message I was left with after witnessing Patacara relinquishing the material Sahā world, the world of endurance, and, in measured steps, slowly leaving the stage.
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Written by Akiko Yanagisawa: Akiko Yanagisawa (Mu: Arts)
The Cycle of Women's Rebirth in the Pure Land Project
Vol. 1 - The Soundless Voices of Asian Women
by Ayumi Dakemoto
In the 21st century, when the Me Too (#MeToo) movement has sparked an outpouring of anger and solidarity among women across the globe, it may seem as if we have parted from the ancient tradition of suppressing the voices of women. Yet the fight against gendered violence and inequality continues, as evidenced in daily news headlines.
Ayumi Dakemoto, a multi-award-winning Japanese playwright and director, sheds light on the history of women's inequality in Asia. Her three-part theatre production The Cycle of Women's Rebirth in the Pure Land dramatizes women's lives in Asia, where religious rules and authority have traditionally impaired women's rights and freedoms.
The first part of the trilogy, "Patacara", is set in sixth-century India, where Patacara, the beautiful daughter of a wealthy merchant, endures intense hardships after escaping an arranged marriage. She runs away with a young servant of the lowest caste, with whom she later has two children. A series of tragic events follows, resulting in the dramatic deaths of her husband and children. In desperation, Patacara returns to her hometown, where she discovers that a fire has killed her family and burned their house to ground. Completely shattered and grief-stricken, she goes insane.
In search of salvation, Patacara travels thousands of miles over many years and, finally, in old age, encounters a Buddhist community (Sangha) in which she finds spiritual refuge, and she renounces her existence in the Sahā world to become the first female disciple of Buddhism. The story of Patacara illustrates the dominance of the Laws of Manu, ancient legal commandments that form part of the constitution of Hinduism, over the rights of women. The laws decree:
• A woman must obey her father, her husband and, in old age, her son.
• A woman has no right to independence.
• A woman must be patient, obedient, chaste and follow one husband only. Though he be bad, ugly, old, selfish and ill-tempered, she must respect and serve her husband as if he were a god.
Patacara goes against them and suffers unbearable ordeals because she is a woman of a rare beauty.
The Laws of Manu arrived in Japan, via China, Korea and Vietnam, in the form of culture such as music and religion. Their commandments have long been embedded in Japanese society.
Here, Patacara's tormented journey is illustrated exquisitely by actor and dancer Emi Nakae.
The drama is accompanied throughout by music based on the storytelling of the jiutai chorus and Noh music (shi-byoshi), which comprises nohkan flute, kotzuzumi shoulder drum, otsuzumi hip drum and taiko stick drum. Until very recently, women were banned from appearing in professional Noh performances. Gidayu shamisen playing merges with sounds from the Indian music scale, capturing the play's setting.
Today, are women still to experience such suffering? Where can women find refuge in parts of the world where they are still forbidden from self-discovery and self-expression? We need answers for modern women whose existence is still subdued or denied by traditional systems and rules. We hear their voices resonate in the drama of Patacara.
Written by Akiko Yanagisawa: Akiko Yanagisawa (Mu: Arts) is a London-based curator and producer of music and performing arts, encouraging genre-defying, cross-cultural collaborations by engaging with traditional Japanese artforms, including Noh.
上演記録 会場 座・高円寺２
舞台監督 逸見輝羊／今宮稜正（stage company）
制作協力 竹内洋(株)Hermann MacCartney
協力 光照山 西徳寺／銕仙会／月白亭 杉田 光照／劇舎カナリア／あるでばらん


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Thursday, October 1, 2015
So whenever I go to watch Nightmare Before Christmas I always I this problem...
It also seems like I have that same problem when I go to my TBR pile. I'm quite indecisive.
Anyways what I did decide right away was that since it's the month of Halloween it's going to be a spooky reading month! October is the month I look forward to every year, and what better way to start it out by first reading Shadow and Bone by Leigh Bardugo!!The first book in the Grisha Trilogy. I'm planning on doing something special with her new book Six of Crows so stay tuned.
The next book that's apart of the R&R Challenge made by the lovely Jessica Therrien http://jessica-therrien.blogspot.com/p/welcome-to-indie-author-library-here.html is Becoming by Debra Kristi!
Shout out to Debra for sending me her lovely book with awesome book swag!
The third book in my October TBR tile is Beyond the Shadows by Brent Weeks. The third book in the Night Angel trilogy. So excited to see what happens in the end! I'm addicted to the series so far! Brent Weeks.. don't disappoint me!! Just kidding. :)
The forth book in my TBR pile is By These Ten Bones by Clare B. Dunkle. I've had this book on my shelf for about 2 years.. I think it's about time I should read it right?
The fifth book is The Whispers Of The Fallen by J.D. Netto. Book 1 in the Whispers Of The fallen series. I'm extremely excited about this novel! I've heard so many good things about this book!
And if I'm feeing extra feisty this month and somehow feel like reading two more books I'm going to pick Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas. I've heard so much hype of this book as well as her Throne of Glass series.
ANNDDD last by not least Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo!! Isee this book everywhere online right now! Something special is coming up for you guys to see!
Maybe a signing or giveaway? Or both? They may have no relation to my TBR. Or maybe they do?
Anyways I hope you all enjoyed my October TBR! What books are you reading this month? Anything spooky? Is someone reading one of these books above? If so comment below!
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Both Medieval Woman and Belle tagged me for the meme in which one lists five of the best books that one read in 2007. Luckily, 2007 was a year in which I reread several favorite novels, and I'm happy to promote them. So (in no particular order), here goes.
1. The Day on Fire, by James Ramsey Ullman. I know that I've mentioned this book at least once on this blog, but it's truly great, and I reread it with pleasure last winter. A fictionalized biography of Arthur Rimbaud, Ullman's novel is an engrossing account of the poet's wanderings (mostly on foot) through France, Italy, and North Africa; his time in Java; and his relationship with Verlaine. Of course, it's fiction, and Ullman fills in the blanks in creative ways, but it's really well written and just an absorbing book. Out of print, unfortunately, but readily available online.
2. Ada, or Ardor, by Nabokov. I reread this when I was in Europe last spring. I originally read it in about 1997, when I was a fresh young thing just finishing college, and I loved it--but I don't honestly think that I understood it all. Didn't think that I understood it, in fact. I confess that I picked it up again with a hint of trepidation: I barely remembered the novel, and I was afraid that it was going to be a lot of Nabokovian smoke and mirrors (although I've yet to meet the VN novel I didn't at least like). But no, it was terrific, and I loved it, and I highly recommend it. All kinds of weird musings on time and space, and it takes a really long time to figure out what world the novel is even set in, if that makes sense. And it's just incredibly satisfying to grasp it all, in the end.
3. Pride and Prejudice. I read this over the last week or two because I'm going to be teaching it next semester, and you know, I just think that Jane Austen is fun. I didn't used to like her much, but as I grow older I find myself appreciating her more and more.
4. The Time-Traveler's Wife, by Audrey Niffenegger. Two people gave me this book within the space of a couple of months. For a time-travel book, it's surprisingly satisfying. One thing that I particularly liked about it was the way in which the horror of time travel is evoked. Time travel always seems like such a neat idea--but I suspect that if spontaneous chronological displacement actually happened, it would be the way it's portrayed in this novel: suddenly finding yourself naked and afraid in an unknown place. Not too good.
5. The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. I first read McCarthy about 11 years ago, and I steered clear thereafter: Child of God freaked me out but good. Then, this fall, the student group of which I'm a sponsor decided to read the novel as a sort of book-club thing, so I read it, and it's pretty damn gripping. What I found most interesting about it was the way it made me think about the importance of human community and how, in the total absence of community, life itself would seem pretty close to meaningless. Definitely drives home the whole social-animal part of our makeup. Plus he's just a fantastic writer. I don't want to go see that new movie, though.
I'm not going to tag anyone in particular because I don't know whom to tag. But I'm interested in reading recommendations from everyone out there who reads this blog, so consider this a Blanket Tagging.
(By the way, the phone interview went fine. I think. As far as I could tell. Definitely better than the Interview of Doom, and I have a pretty good feeling about it. Of course, I've had pretty good feelings about interviews in the past, so I'm not putting too much stake in my subjective experience of the affair--but hey, at least I don't think I bombed.)


Reading materials abound for Waldorf education. Here are a few we've found valuable
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Work and Play in Early Childhood by Freya Jaffke (Anthroposophic Press) Classic look into kindergarten.
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Toymaking With Children by Freya Jaffke (Floris Books) Gives simple pictures of child development, describes appropriate toys by age, and is a really good craft book.
Ready to Learn: From Birth to School Readiness by Martyn Rawson and Michael Rose. This book is a good resource for understanding what is important to teachers when we look at school readiness.
Understanding Waldorf Education: Teaching from the Inside Out by Jack Petrash
Waldorf Education: A Family Guide by Pamela J. Fenner, et al
Your Baby and Child: From Birth to Age Five (Revised Edition)by Penelope Leach
In a nutshell (Dialogues with Parents at Acorn Hill)by Nancy Foster
Incarnating Child (Lifeways)by Joan Salter
A Child's Work: The Importance of Fantasy Play by Vivian Gussin Paley
Dear Parent: Caring for Infants With Respect (2nd Edition)by Magda Gerber
The Wonder of Boysby Michael Guran
The Serious Need for Play, by Melinda Wenner at http://www.allianceforchildhood.org/publications
The Importance of Play, in Pediatrics at http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/cgi/reprint/119/1/182
Babies Know: A Little Dirt Is Good for You, in New York Times, January 27, 2009, Personal Health at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/27/health/27brod.html?em
A helpful comparison of Waldorf and Montessori found at: http://educationinjapan.wordpress.com/of-methods-philosophies/ii-does-method-matter-montessori-vs-waldorf/
NYTimes writer, Peggy Orenstein, on the importance of play at http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/magazine/03wwln-lede-t.html
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, educator, and early leader
Ida B. Wells-Barnett was an American investigative journalist, educator and early leader in the civil rights movement. Born July 16, 1862 she dedicated most of her life combating prejudice and violence with the goal of achieving African-American equality. She researched and documented lynching in the United States in an attempt to bring awareness across the country and the world. Using data, she exposed the increasing use of lynching of African American men following the emancipation proclamation.
In the 1890’s, Wells-Barnett documented lynching in the United States in various articles and two notable pamphlets titled “Southern Horrors: Lynch Law in all its phases” (1892) and “The Red Record” (1895). In these works she exposed lynching as a barbaric practice of White Southerners used to intimidate and oppress African Americans who created economic and political competition. Her theory had been White Southerners feared a loss of power.
Her second pamphlet, “The Red Record”, had far-reaching influence in the debate about lynching. Wells-Barnett took a deep dive into the staggering rates of lynchings taking place in the United States. The pamphlet was 100 pages in length with 14 of those pages containing statistics related to lynching cases committed from 1892 to 1895. She researched the names of lynching victims using articles written by White correspondents and press bureaus. These stats included the names, date of execution and charges that resulted in lynching. I believe seeing this information in print had a profound effect on the audience. As you read Wells-Barnett’s report, you begin to tie these heinous acts to a person. You also begin to read the accusations that cost someone their life. These lives were taken without due process or a formal trial. Here is a snippet of how she presented the data below:


I love to read. Over the past few years I devoured a decent amount of books. Reading these books changed the way I live and how I see life. It is truly incredible how one book can change your perspective on life.
By reading books you expand your mind and your knowledge. It changes your opinion and worldview.
The following list contains books that changed my life and allowed me to see the world in a different way. They helped me to become the best version of myself and to live up to my full potential.
Here is my top 3 books that will change your life. Read them to break through your limits, to shape your thinking and to become unstoppable in every area of your life.
In this book Brian Tracey teaches us how to step out of our comfort zone and how to take risks without any guarantees. He explains how to live consistently with your values to become the best version of yourself, and how to set clear goals and accomplish them.
This book explains clearly how to approach your biggest challenges and opportunities of your life, completely unafraid and convinced of your ability to accomplish anything you put your mind to.
My favorite phrase from the book is:
‘Your thoughts are the most powerful forces in your universe, they are forming the world around you. As Shakespeare said, : “Nothing is, but thinking makes it so.” Your life is what your thoughts make it.’
I wrote a short blogpost about self-confidence inspired by this book. Check it out here
The book Sapiens discusses all the major questions in the history of humanity. Yuval Noah Harari takes the reader on a fascinating journey of humanity. He answers the questions; Who are we? Where are we from and How did we become who we are now?
He outlines the slow emergence of Humans and eventual the domination of the planet. This book is a must for your general development. After reading this you will see the world in a completely different way.
In this Book John C. Maxwell makes you doubt your limitations. What if our supposed limitations are just an illusion? It explains that no matter what level you are at, you will learn how to grow even more.
This book makes you realize that if you are aware of yourself and your ability to improve, you develop the abilities you already posses. And if you make the daily choices that help you improve, you will reach your full potential.
Each chapter is an easy read but packed with inspiration and thought provoking discussions. Each chapter ends with discussion questions.
Improve your mindset
The ideas in these books allowed me to see myself and the world the way it is. The stories provided me principles and foundations and taught me to ask better questions. Other than that, it made me more knowledgeable, confident, open-minded and interesting person.
Seeking knowledge and understanding things you never understood is the most exciting thing in the world.
The more you read the more curious you become.


Tuesday, September 14, 2010
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Laptime Books for Children, 0-5 years
Katha World Library
Sunday, September 12, 2010
Friday, June 15, 2007
Translated from the Marathi by Louis Menezes
Wednesday, March 07, 2007
A novelist, film writer, critic and editor, Kamleshwar wrote political, religious and ideological fixations . His writings depict the society in flux and build on fundamental verities such as circumstances and human affections. Jai Ratan, the translator, completed his masters from Foreman Christian College, Lahore. He was awarded the Divagish Award in 1991 and the Sahitya Akademi Award for translation in 1992. He is a founder member of the Writer’s Workshop, Kolkata.
Restive and moving, Kamleshwar’s stories resist all attempts to divide. The title story “These are not Flowers of Henna, Salima,” - which had set the stage for the celebrated novel Kitne Pakistan – affirms that Pakistan exists not on the map but in people’s minds. These tales are not fragrant flowers of henna, but intimations of the Pakistans that breed everywhere, every moment. The fifteen handpicked stories in this collection meld memory with experience. Subtly crafted and sensitively translated, these stories defy easy conclusions.
“Torchbearer of writing with a constructive approach and vision” – Sheila Dikshit
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Translated from the Tamil by Gita Rajan
A story of epic proportions spanning dynasties, Parthiban's Dream is realized on a landscape that resounds as much with heroic war cries as it is awash with the tenderness of familial and romantic love. Witness the times of the great Pallavas and Cholas, the royal intrigues and conspiracies and the exploits of the great Narasimha Verman that has inspired storytellers down the ages. A heady mix of history and legend, with Parthiban's Dream, Katha brings the inimitable Kalki for you.
Category: Young Adult/Historical Fiction
Translated from the Hindi by Raji Narasimhan
The saga of Alma Kabutari does not begin with Alma herself. It has its roots in centuries of social and sexual subjugation of the kabutaris by the upper-caste kajjas. Like Chittor's Rani Padmini of yore, from whom the kabutaris are descended, the onus of breaking the vicious circle and reclaiming human status for her people falls on young Alma. The engrossing story of young Alma's evolution from victim to survivor to tenacious rebel, Alma Kabutari opens a window to the suffering and exploitation of a tribe that teeters at the very fringes of society even today, and that urgently needs our concern and understanding.
Raji Narasimhan is a well-known writer and translator who lives in New Delhi.
Udaya Narayana Singh
Second Person Singular is the poetic expression of the epiphanic other-view of love and life that language presents to each individual. Udaya Narayana Singh’s original Maithili poems in this translation present the strange counterpoints that one gets from an involvement with language. They bring out the dialectical texture of the silent spaces in human relationships.
Shot through with ardour for the art of poetry and an exploration of the many moods of love in an unmistakably Indian idiom, the poet’s penchant for the miniature image and the powerful word endure in this volume.
Monday, October 02, 2006
Translated by Rubaica Jaliwala
A scintillating fusion of whodunit, postcolonial fable and historical romance, Cut! is a film in novel form. In her refreshingly subjective style, Merle Kröger portrays the tenous connections between reel and real life, the past and the present, and with chilling perception, depicts the clash of stark Hamburg reality with the Bollywood dream factory.


Future and Past Civilizations Collide in THE REVISIONARY.
I’m thrilled to introduce my young adult trilogy ROGUES with THE REVISIONARY. Nineteen-year-old Portia Abernathy plans to earn a Dome seat and rewrite the Codex rules to rescue her exiled brother. Her journey demands answers from the past civilization, but uncovering the truth means breaking the rules she set out to rewrite.
Where will the world be in 2149? If citizens forget their past, they will be lost in an identity crisis.
That’s exactly the state of the American Socialists United (ASU). This dystopian story opens in Cube 1519, a ghetto where the only use for obsolete cell phones is to throw them like rocks at mongrels. Portia and her father survive like many other citizens, with no electricity or technology and no expectation for a better life.
Yet Portia remembers her brother Darius—before he was taken. Now that’s she’s graduated, she determines to get him back. She thinks earning a Dome seat as a Revisionary candidate will be her ticket to rewriting the Codex and reversing his sentence. However, when she receives her draft and arrives at the Crystal Globe University for training, she discovers the world is very different outside her cube and that prisoners like Darius aren’t the only ones trapped by the system.
Written for young adults, The Revisionary offers a suspenseful plot, flashbacks to America’s Revolutionary era, and rediscovery of the founding values needed to rebuild Portia’s unraveling world.
In school, teens hear that if they don’t learn from history’s lessons, they’re destined to repeat them. Portia lives in a world where leaders wield ignorance to control citizens. Only when Portia sets out to rescue her brother does she realize the lie she’s been living and determines to break free.
Blockbuster novels like The Hunger Games, Divergent, and The Giver popularized the YA dystopian genre. The Revisionary is a dystopia of a different kind—one that looks backward to find wisdom to move forward.
I want my new trilogy to offer the same intensity as popular dystopian suspense books but with an underlying message of heritage and hope.
The Revisionary released June 6, 2017 through Write Integrity Press and is available in paperback and Kindle formats.
Founded in 2011, Write Integrity Press is a traditional publisher that specializes in providing clean, wholesome entertainment. More information is available at www.writeintegrity.com.


There are three documents at the Yale Law School, Avalon project, that seem to contain the mutual obligations of the USA and Cuba as regards Guantanamo Bay. These are
The texts of the Lease
1. The February 23, 1903 Lease part 1, the parcels
2. The July 2, 1903 Lease part 2, obligations
Treaty of International Relations between the two countries
3. The May 29, 1934 Treaty of Relations which modified and replaced the Treaty of Relations signed at Habana, May 22,1903.
Both mention the lease.


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In the Arizona Republic, obituaries are written about people who have passed away. One such person was Joseph Edgar LOGSDON, who died at the age of 81. Arrangements were made by Mortensen-Kings Funeral Home. The family is in Arizona f95forum.com.
The Arizona State Archives, which maintain the state’s largest collection of newspapers, are a valuable source for finding obituaries. The archive offers more than 70,000 obituaries. Users can search by name or text to locate a person’s obituary f95zone.blog.
If you live in Arizona, you can access a full list of deceased people in the state by using the Arizona Republic’s obituaries. The newspaper covers the metropolitan Phoenix area and the areas around Loop 202 South Mountain. In case you don’t have the newspaper, you can try other sources.
The Arizona Republic obituaries list the following people: Elizabeth Northcutt was born in California and married John Ely on June 6, 1886. He had previously been the editor of the Hutchinson Democrat and held several important public positions in Kansas. After the marriage, Ely settled in Arizona where he became the secretary-treasurer of the Hudson Reservoir Company, which owned the Roosevelt Dam site. He was also a special secretary to three governors f95zoneusa.org.


The Pre-Primary Division is composed of Pre-Kindergarten and Kindergarten.
The Pre-Kindergarten program is child-centered, emphasizing education of the whole child -- intellectual, emotional, and physical. Education is experience-based, interdisciplinary, and collaborative. Focus is on the process of learning rather than the product. We organize our classrooms and use teaching strategies that encourage children to interact with one another and their environment so that they learn to function as members of a community, make meaning of their discoveries, and become lifelong learners. In addition to their time in their regular classroom, Pre-Kindergarten students attend music, Spanish, and physical education twice a week each, and they visit the Bernet Library once a week to hear stories and check out books.
The Kindergarten program builds upon the foundation established in Pre-Kindergarten as academic skills are introduced more formally in a dynamic, rich and varied learning environment. Our small class size affords teachers the opportunity to meet each student's needs. Children are often provided with opportunities to integrate play and exploration into their learning. In addition to their academic classes, Kindergarten students library and drama once a week, music, art, and Spanish twice a week, and physical education four times a week.


News | Friday, 7 July 2023
Inspired by the spirit of the times, Etienne Krähenbühl's works offers a perspective on our current environmental situation: metal, recycled plastic and polymers derived from living matter.
This book highlights the collaboration with Rudy Koopmans, a scientist working with polymers. Current advances in the field of finite resources are addressed in texts by various authors who discuss our consumption habits and the often-disavowed waste that is destined for destruction.
What if, by becoming aware of our role in a generous nature, we could become actors in the essential respect for the 'waste' we produce?
Texts by : André Hoffmann, Catherine Valentini, Christian Patermann, Sandra Hofmann, Joseph Pisani, Rudy Koopmans, Franziska Mueller-Reissemann.
Format: 142x230 mm, 96 pages. Four-colour printing on 150g/m2 recycled paper. Wire binding. Cover screen-printed in transparent recycled polypropylene with a real hen's feather.
Publisher : Association of Friends of Étienne Krähenbühl
Price : The book costs CHF 30.


Ideas for blog posts come from many sources. While I was travelling back from a recent meeting I happened to listen to the lunchtime current affairs programme which had a discussion on the plans of the Manchester Central Library to use the £60m refurbishment programme as an opportunity to review its collection of about 1m books. Depending on which side of the debate you sat it seemed that the review would probably result in a reduction of between 20 and 50% of the books. Emotions were evidently running high on the issue in certain quarters and it was good to hear debate on the issue, however, it got me thinking about the business model of a traditional ‘central library’.
When most of us think of a library we think of our local library where people go largely to borrow books for pleasure or education and we expect to be able to borrow from a reasonably current selection of material. The role of a central library is different, in that it is more of a research facility where people expect to be able to call on a much deeper and wider selection of material.
We are lucky in the UK that we have a world leading asset in the British Library, however, the argument given was that to get a seat at the British Library you have to spend £200+ on a train ticket to get there in time. A valid point I thought. I found myself swaying from siding with one side of the debate to the other. Both had valid strands to their arguments, however, neither really brought out the potential impact of new technology which may over time help bridge the gap.
As we have moved towards a more digital age, the British Library has been following a digitisation strategy that is at the leading edge of the area. They have been cutting deals with a wide spectrum of partners such as Google, Microsoft, and brightsolid. To date it has digitised less than 1% of their collection, however, as we continue to move forward this will likely increase. If we can then get the access model right this could allow for central libraries as we know them today to move towards being access points to a much wider and deeper selection of digital material. There will always be the need or desire for a minority of research to need a physical cost which would likely require a trip to the British Library, however, for the majority it would enhance the access.
For this to become reality then in parallel with the physical work to digitise content there needs to be a continuing work on the business models that will facilitate access to a wider population.


Two books that eloquently and poignantly communicate the human cost of social breakdown and political failure have won top prizes at this year’s An Post Irish Book Awards, held at the Dublin Convention Center this evening.
Sally Hayden’s My Fourth Time, We Drowned, an investigation into the migrant crisis in North Africa and Western complicity in the mistreatment of refugees, was named non-fiction book of the year. Sally Rooney called the book, which has also won the Orwell Prize and the Michael Déon Prize and was a finalist for the Baillie Gifford Prize, “the most important work of contemporary reporting I have ever read”.
Sally Hayden’s moving account of the plight of contemporary refugees is both a compelling epic and an intimate encounter with accurate personal experience.
“Sally Hayden’s moving account of the plight of contemporary refugees is both a compelling epic and an intimate encounter with accurate personal experience. It achieves what all great writing hopes to do: restore humanity to those who they have been deprived,” said Irish Times columnist Fintan O’Toole, also an Orwell Prize winner. Hayden reports from Africa for The Irish Times. My fourth time, we drowned is his first book.
Louise Kennedy’s Trespasses, a shattering and blistering portrait of Northern Ireland at the height of the Troubles, with at its heart the doomed, tender and erotic love story of Cushla, a young Catholic teacher, and Michael, a married man , they left. -Protestant lawyer, winner of novel of the year. Kennedy’s debut short story collection The End of the World Is a Cul-de-Sac won the John McGahern Award for Debut Irish Fiction earlier this year. Trespasses is the first novel by Kennedy, a former chef who lives in Sligo and is originally from Holywood, Co Down.
“There are shades of John McGahern in the surgical breakdown of the Kennedy coincidence and its deadly operations, and of Ciaran Carson, the laureate of the otherwise invisible cities of Belfast,” wrote Nicholas Allen in his review of Irish Times. “And it’s also hard not to think of Anna Burns’ masterpiece Milkman as the nervous system of Kennedy’s bodily intrusions.”
Alice Ryan won the Newcomer of the Year award for her novel, There’s been a Little Incident. She is the daughter of the late Irish Times literary editor Caroline Walsh and the writer James Ryan. Arts journalist Edel Coffey won crime fiction book of the year for her debut novel, Breaking Point, while Marian Keyes won popular fiction book of the year for Again, Rachel, the sequel to her bestseller Rachel’s Holiday.
Olympic boxing champion Kellie Harrington won sports book of the year for her memoir, Kellie, written with Roddy Doyle. RTÉ reporter Charlie Bird, with Ray Burke, won biography of the year for Time and Tide. Gutter Bookstore owner Bob Johnston won Children’s Book of the Year for Our Big Day, illustrated by Michael Emberley. Footballer-turned-psychotherapist Richie Sadlier won the Young People’s Book of the Year award for Let’s Talk.
Anne Enright, the inaugural Irish Fiction Laureate from 2015 to 2018, received the Bob Hughes Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of a literary career that spans seven novels, three collections of short stories, a memoir of motherhood and the Booker Prize 2007. which he won for his fourth novel, The Gathering.
“Books represent the best of us as a nation,” said David McRedmond, chief executive of An Post: “An Post is very proud to be associated with the Irish Book Awards. It’s wonderful to celebrate these great writers, illustrators , poets and booksellers from across the island. Congratulations to the winners and all those who were shortlisted.”
Some wonderful books have been published this year, many by established literary stars, but also by a surprising number of talented newcomers who seem to fully form themselves on the Irish literary scene each year.
Brendan Corbett, chair of the awards, said: “Our industry has worked very hard to take the awards from something very small to the behemoth it has become today, and we are immensely proud of what we have achieved through a broad coalition of readers, writers, publishers, sponsors, booksellers and librarians.
“Some wonderful books have been published this year, many by established literary stars, but also by a surprising number of talented newcomers who seem to be fully formed on the Irish literary scene every year.”
The overall award for Irish Book of the Year 2022 will be revealed in a one-hour special, presented by Oliver Callan, on RTÉ One on December 7.
An Post Irish Book Awards 2022: The winners
Novel of the year
Intrusions by Louise Kennedy
Best book of the year published in Ireland
A Treasury of Irish Folklore by John Creedon
Non-fiction book of the year
My fourth time, we choked on Sally Hayden
Lifestyle Book of the Year
An Irish Atlantic Rainforest: A Personal Journey into the Magic of the Wilderness by Eoghan Daltun
Cookbook of the year
Daly’s Dish: Bold food done right by Gina and Karol Daly
Sports Book of the Year
Kellie by Kellie Harrington, with Roddy Doyle
Biography of the year
Time and Tide by Charlie Bird, with Ray Burke
Children’s Book of the Year: Junior
Our Big Day by Bob Johnston, illustrated by Michael Emberley
Children’s Book of the Year: Senior
Girls Who Slay Monsters by Ellen Ryan, illustrated by Shona Shirley Macdonald
Book of the year for teenagers and young adults
Let’s talk about Richie Sadlier
Irish Bookstore of the Year
Bridge Street Books, Wicklow
Irish language book of the year
Thaddeus Ó Buachalla’s
Poem of the year
Wedding dress by Martina Dalton
Brief history of the year
This Spiny Little Life by Nuala O’Connor
Crime Fiction Book of the Year
Breaking Point by Edel Coffey
Popular Fiction Book of the Year
Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes
Newcomer of the year
There’s been a little Alice Ryan incident
Author of the year


BOOKS to help young people improve their health and happiness areavailable on a Books on Prescription scheme.
The initiative, co-ordinated by Somerset Libraries and Somerset County Council’s public health team, enables health care workers to prescribe self-help books.
Patients can then borrow the books recommended from their local public library.
A list of 24 books has been carefully selected by mental health experts, covering subjects such as depression, bullying, managing anger and dealing with stress.
Cllr Christine Lawrence, Somerset County Council’s cabinet member for health and wellbeing, said: “The Books On Prescription scheme has proven successful with adults and I’m pleased to see there are now specialist titles for young people too.”


Guide To Wedding Planning To Help Us Plan Our Weddings
As we start thinking about the best way to arrange a wedding, guide to wedding planning may become something that comes in handy for this matter. It covers the guidelines that we should follow as we plan our wedding. Therefore, those guidelines can be useful in our wedding since they tell us what to do and what things to ignore in our wedding. The guide will surely give clear outlines regarding how to plan a wedding.
Guide to Wedding Planning and Things to Do in the Planning Process
In general, guide to wedding planning constitutes some essential things a couple has to do in planning their weddings. This is because not all people know what things to do as they plan their weddings. This guide is, of course, very useful since it offer guidelines that will lead to the success of a wedding. In essence, those guidelines consist of some things that a couple should do to prepare for their wedding.
For instance, guide to wedding planning involves step by step guide to wedding planning. The step by step guide requires the couple to undergo some preparation process such as discussing the funds used for the wedding with their parents, making invitations, ordering costumes, hiring a photographer, reserving a venue, contacting a caterer, and many others.
Guide to Wedding Planning for the Groom and the Bride
Apart from the fact that the guide to the planning of a wedding is aimed at providing a couple with information and guidelines, a wedding guide is actually available in the form of personal guides as well. Those personal wedding guides are called groom guide to wedding planning and bridal wedding planning guide. In summary, guide to wedding planning is something that is very useful for any couples who are currently planning their weddings.


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The Libertarian Mind
Anyone wanting to know more about libertarianism, or why I consider myself a libertarian, need look no further than David Boaz’s new book, The Libertarian Mind: A Manifesto for Freedom.
Boaz masterfully explains the philosophical underpinnings of libertarianism, in easy, accessible language, and applies that philosophy to contemporary policy issues in very practical ways.
Simply put, a must read, not just for libertarians, but for policy junkies everywhere.


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The practice of water treatment soon became mainstream and common, and the virtues of the system were made starkly apparent after the investigations of the physician John Snow during the 1854 Broad Street cholera outbreak. Snow was sceptical of the then-dominant miasma theory that stated that diseases were caused by noxious \"bad airs\". Although the germ theory of disease had not yet been developed, Snow's observations led him to discount the prevailing theory. His 1855 essay On the Mode of Communication of Cholera conclusively demonstrated the role of the water supply in spreading the cholera epidemic in Soho, with the use of a dot distribution map and statistical proof to illustrate the connection between the quality of the water source and cholera cases. His data convinced the local council to disable the water pump, which promptly ended the outbreak. 59ce067264


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Mitch Garwolinski was seven when the Nazis invaded his village of Baranowo in the old country of Poland. Over the next six years, his experiences stretch far beyond what any of us might imagine one child could survive. Abducted from his family, heMoreMitch Garwolinski was seven when the Nazis invaded his village of Baranowo in the old country of Poland. Over the next six years, his experiences stretch far beyond what any of us might imagine one child could survive. Abducted from his family, he was starved, tortured, and left for dead three times. This is the remarkable story of how a young boy managed to work with the Underground. He escaped from terrible places of extreme degradation only to be incarcerated in even worse camps. Later in the war, he was even placed in the Nazi Experimental Hospital for children. Mitchs story is an authentic documentation of what happened in these most heinous facilities. Through a childs eyes and a mans indelible memories, the devastating impact of the Third Reich on Poland is exposed in the pages of Silent Screams of a Survivor.In war years that took six million Jewish lives in unthinkable atrocities, this book reveals how Poland and her people were also caught in the path of the Nazi war machine. Mitchs perspective is unique: his family was not Jewish, but Catholic. He was not a Polish citizen, but an American. History is starkly personal, a reality we dont always grasp through academic means. Here, the experiences of one family offer us a broader perspective on the evil of the Nazi regime.Would we be strong enough to survive? Would we risk our lives to help our Jewish friends? After turning these pages, you may never see the Holocaust in the same way.The book is a strong affirmation of the best of human beings. Instead of being sad, this true story exults in the commonality and will to survive that all humans have somewhere deep within them. In the final analysis, hope and freedom are more compelling than even depravity or suffering.Regardless of age, nationality, or religion, readers will treasure Silent Screams of a Survivor as a classic story that challenges all of us to think again about the critical importance of history and the lessons it dares us to embrace.


We curate a range of cultural and community programmes at both sites, manage buildings and facilities, engage local communities, offer services and develop new partnerships, to ensure the continued success of both venues.
Top image shows the stairwell and foyer at Canada Water Library. Photo Roswitha Chesher.
Deptford Lounge is a cultural and community hub, which includes a library, a cafe and a range of community facilities shared with Tidemill School. We manage the building and work with the library and local partners to provide a year-round programme of events – ranging from Tai Chi in the foyer to networking events for creative business, and from family shows in the Children’s library to spectacular outdoor events in Giffin Square.
We also offer a variety of spaces for hire for community groups, local businesses and creative companies – from a rooftop ballcourt to the state-of-the-art rehearsal studio.
Canada Water Theatre
The Albany manages and programmes the Canada Water Theatre comprising a 150-seat theatre, a bustling ground-floor cafe and six education and meeting spaces at Canada Water Library. Through the partnership with the library, we’ve been able to take work from the page to the stage for young library goers with their families, provide the perfect setting for book launches and contribute to the night time economy in the area, adding to its vibrancy and variety.
The growing year round programme spans spoken-word, theatre, family shows, and music. The theatre and meeting rooms, several with beautiful views of Canada Water, are hugely popular with local businesses and community groups as well as theatre companies for meetings, conferences, public meetings, workshops and performances.


Icons are a visual representation of an application, a capability, a concept or a specific entity with meaning on an interface (e.g., a floppy disk to represent a save action). Icons help users to recognize and understand a concept or an action regardless of linguistic or cultural boundaries.
- To aid recognition and help users make choices by providing context (e.g., an office phone number vs cell phone number in contact information).
- When you need an interactive icon. Instead, use
Button(call to action, primary or secondary variant).
To import an individual icon from the icons package, use:
To import the
Icon component from the icons package for creating custom SVG icons, use:
Icons have a complementary icon style library for Figma, including icon design principles and creation guidelines. J.P. Morgan employees can enable the Salt Icons library from the Assets panel. External designers can install the library from the Salt community page.


Little Red Riding Hood
markcrug - el martes, 19 de junio de 2018 19:33
Though the story was probably intended as a warning for children to follow directions, the rebellious character of Little Red Riding Hood is the most modern of the fairy tale heroines we?ve met so far. Red sets off alone to visit her grandmother with instructions not to step off the forest path?advice she promptly disregards, attracting the attention of a talking wolf who sets out to eat and impersonate Grandma. What happens next depends on what you read. In the 17th-century French version recorded by Charles Perrault, Red gets gobbled up by the wolf. The End. In other tellings, across Europe, North America, China, Japan, and Ghana, she?s saved at the last minute by a guy with an axe, or the wolf chokes on her hood, or he eats both Grandma and Red but is forced to vomit them up unharmed.
Naturally, bold, independent Red has continued to attract fans: The 19th-century English novelist Charles Dickens called her his ?first love,? saying of his childhood, ?I felt if I could have married Little Red Riding-Hood, I should have known perfect bliss.? Of the many recent retellings on page and screen, our favorite is the animated film Hoodwinked! with Anne Hathaway voicing a wonderfully sassy, attitudinal Red.


The following articles are collected from various speakers who have presented talks at FARS meetings. They included here as a public service to the amateur radio community. Copyright is retained by the author unless stated otherwise in the article. FARS has permission to publish these articles on its web site. Permission to use articles for personal use is granted. Contact the author for permission for other uses.
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The Dillsburg Area Public Library (DAPL) was located in a downtown building which lacked full ADA access, future expansion and adequate parking. A parcel of land with a partially vacant 80’s-era building, located on the edge of town, was purchased for the library to relocate to. The 8,075 square foot building is fully accessible and had ample parking. The library decided to use 5,910 square feet of the building, while retaining an existing tenant in the remaining space. This aided the library with their financial situation while having additional space for future expansion.
The new plan was designed to maintain open flexible spaces, minimizing renovation costs and to ease future expansion. The new space contains a circulation desk, Adult Library, Children’s Library, a meeting room and offices for the staff. The Adult Library contains a majority of the traditional bookshelves, a seating area that can be easily rearranged for educational programs and meetings, and computer stations.
A whimsical tree sculpture, conceptualized by KD3 and hand-painted by John McNulty, an area artist, is featured at the entrance to the Children’s Library. A large open circle in the tree trunk is frequently used by children to enter the space. Many vivid colors were used for the wall paint and carpet tile to inspire and spark the children’s imaginations. The bright space has areas for storytelling, play, a computer/tablet counter, and movable bookshelves.
The exterior of the building was upgraded to provide a more appropriate color scheme and new integral signage.
Since its completion, the library has seen an increase in use by both adults and children.
KD3 worked in tandem with eci Construction of Dillsburg, PA, providing conceptual design, permit drawings, and interior design services.