- What historical events influenced the American Revolution?
- What influenced the Atlantic revolutions?
- What if the British won the American Revolution?
- What was the most significant effect of the American Revolution?
- What were the major causes of the American Revolution quizlet?
- What were the most important outcomes of the Atlantic revolutions?
- What were the shared principles of the Atlantic revolutions?
- Did the colonists win the American Revolution?
- Could Britain have won the War of Independence?
- How did the Enlightenment lead to political revolutions?
- How did the American Revolution influence other revolutions?
- Who influenced the American Revolution?
- What is an important effect of the American Revolution on other countries?
- What if US lost war of 1812?
- What were the causes and influences on the American Revolution?
What historical events influenced the American Revolution?
Here are a few of the pivotal moments that led to the American Revolution.The Stamp Act (March 1765) …
The Townshend Acts (June-July 1767) …
The Boston Massacre (March 1770) …
The Boston Tea Party (December 1773) …
The Coercive Acts (March-June 1774) …
Lexington and Concord (April 1775)More items…•.
What influenced the Atlantic revolutions?
An era of revolutions Within 50 years, the European empires in the Americas would shrink and new nations would spread across the whole of the Americas. Revolutionaries were inspired by the ideals of the Enlightenment including individual freedom. But they also rejected the authority of distant aristocratic rulers.
What if the British won the American Revolution?
If the colonists had lost the war, there probably wouldn’t be a United States of America, period. A British victory in the Revolution probably would have prevented the colonists from settling into what is now the U.S. Midwest. … Additionally, there wouldn’t have been a U.S. war with Mexico in the 1840s, either.
What was the most significant effect of the American Revolution?
The Revolution opened new markets and new trade relationships. The Americans’ victory also opened the western territories for invasion and settlement, which created new domestic markets. Americans began to create their own manufacturers, no longer content to reply on those in Britain.
What were the major causes of the American Revolution quizlet?
What were the causes of the American Revolution? Proclamation of 1763, Intolerable Acts, Stamp Act, Mercantilism, Lack of Representation in Parliament, and British economic polocies following the French & Indian War.
What were the most important outcomes of the Atlantic revolutions?
What was the most important outcomes of the Atlantic revolutions, both immediately and in the century that followed? Following the revolutions, the common people began to gain more rights while the aristocracy and kings began to lose power in colonies.
What were the shared principles of the Atlantic revolutions?
With Spain tied down in European wars, the mainland Spanish colonies secured independence around 1820. In long-term perspective, the revolutions were mostly successful. They spread widely the ideals of liberalism, republicanism, the overthrow of aristocracies, kings and established churches.
Did the colonists win the American Revolution?
After French assistance helped the Continental Army force the British surrender at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781, the Americans had effectively won their independence, though fighting would not formally end until 1783.
Could Britain have won the War of Independence?
Once the revolutionary war was lost, some in Britain argued that it had been unwinnable. … In reality, Britain might well have won the war. The battle for New York in 1776 gave England an excellent opportunity for a decisive victory. France had not yet allied with the Americans.
How did the Enlightenment lead to political revolutions?
The Enlightenment ideas were the main influences for American Colonies to become their own nation. … Some of the leaders of the American Revolution were influenced by Enlightenment ideas which are, freedom of speech, equality, freedom of press, and religious tolerance.
How did the American Revolution influence other revolutions?
The American Revolution had a profound effect on the European psyche. It demonstrated that the ideas of Enlightenment were not mere utterances, and that it was possible to overthrow an oppressive government. “Be encouraged, all ye friends of freedom, and writers in its defense! The times are auspicious.
Who influenced the American Revolution?
John Locke (29 August 1632 – 28 October 1704) was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers, especially concerning the development of political philosophy. His writings influenced Voltaire and Rousseau, but most importantly, the American revolutionaries.
What is an important effect of the American Revolution on other countries?
To gain their freedom. Which is an important effect of the American Revolution on other countries? The American Revolution inspired revolutions around the world in years to come. After the Treaty of Paris was signed, about 90,000 Loyalists became refugees.
What if US lost war of 1812?
The United States did lose the war of 1812, the British just couldn’t do anything with a victory. … The United states did not win the war of 1812, the American invasion was turned back and the British and Canadian militias burned their way all the way to the whitehouse before they turned for home.
What were the causes and influences on the American Revolution?
The American Revolution was principally caused by colonial opposition to British attempts to impose greater control over the colonies and to make them repay the crown for its defense of them during the French and Indian War (1754–63). … Learn about the Boston Tea Party, the colonists’ radical response to a tax on tea.


Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Yesterday, Irwin Mayfield, who is the Chairman of the New Orleans Public Library Board, gave a presentation to the staff about the NOPL Master Plan, the library's long-term blueprint for recovery. Mostly he talked about "branding" the library, about NOPL core values that we can present and enact, like "preservation" and "celebration" (of New Orleans culture).
I liked his idea of the library as "information first responders" in times of crisis -- which is certainly true, as we saw during the Katrina evacuation and diaspora -- people went to the public libraries wherever they were to find information, contact FEMA, and email friends and family. And when people returned, the library was one of the first places they turned to -- for information, for diversion, for community.
But generally, I was hoping for something a little more concrete, like, "we are rebuilding this branch in 2008, that one in 2009, we have secured funding from these sources." Maybe they haven't gotten to that point in the masterplanning process.
I do think Irwin is a good ambassador for the library, as he is an internationally famous jazz musician, and he clearly takes the job seriously.
The library is holding a public forum on the Master Plan this coming Monday -- read more about it here. You can also take a survey or email the library with your suggestions.
If you have any interest in the library at all, I encourage you to take part in this process. The library is supposed to serve the community, after all. To serve, we need to know what you need.


Fill your Dungeons & Dragons games with deadly monsters from the Monster Manual. The Monster Manual teaches you how to how to fill your Dungeons & Dragons games with monsters--how to populate the game with pesky goblins and mighty dragons for players to battle or beguile, outwit or outrun.Monster Manual: Core Rulebook III v. 3.5 Epub Free | Free ...
Player's Handbook: Core Rulebook I (3.5) 1,399 copies, 6 reviews Player's Handbook: Core Rulebook I (3rd edition) 1,052 copies, 2 reviews Monster Manual: Core Rulebook III (3.5) 778 copies, 3 reviews Dungeon Master's Guide: Core Rulebook II (3.5) 773 copies, 3 reviews Dungeon Master's Guide: Core Rulebook II (3rd edition) 765 copies, 1 review Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (3rd Edition) 527 ...Comic books in 'Dungeons and Dragons d20 System'
Monster Manual . Monster Manual Core Rulebook Iii V.3.5 Dungeons And Dragons First Printing 2003. $29.97Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition Monster Manual - RPGnet RPG ...
The 4th Edition D&D rules offer the best possible play experience by presenting exciting character options, an elegant and robust rules system, and handy storytelling tools for the Dungeon Master.The Monster Manual presents more than 300 official Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game monsters for all levels of play, from aboleth to zombie.Monsters of Dungeons & Dragons (60 books)
Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, Richard Baker, and Peter Adkison. Except for the text on pages 220 and 221, this WIZARDS OF THE COAST® game product contains no Open Game Content. No portion of the remainder of this work may be reproduced in any form without written permission.
By Skip Williams Monster Manual Core Rulebook Iii V 35 Dungeons Dragons D20 System 1st Edition
The most popular ebook you must read is By Skip Williams Monster Manual Core Rulebook Iii V 35 Dungeons Dragons D20 System 1st Edition. I am sure you will love the By Skip Williams Monster Manual Core Rulebook Iii V 35 Dungeons Dragons D20 System 1st Edition. You can download it to your laptop through easy steps.


I can’t emphasize this patch enough. There is a MSVC, runtime library patch needed by SQL Server 2016 and without the patch the SQL Server service can simply terminate (crash.) This may not produce stack dumps and the SQL Server error log often looks like it simply terminates (no logging of shutdown.)
For complete instructions on applying this patch, read the Release Notes for SQL Server 2016 (look at section called “Install Patch Requirement (GA)”) If you have already installed SQL Server 2016 you have the option to just install the MSVC patch vs the complete SQL Server Critical Update. Furthermore, our Smart Setup technology can detect the SQL Server Critical Update when installing a new SQL Server 2016 instance and apply this automatically.
The root of the problem is a thread safety fix in handling strings in the runtime library. If you are like me your first thought is why would that impact SQL Server? The SQL Server strings (nvarchar, varchar, nchar, char, …) are not handled with the runtime library for the vast majority of processing. While this is true the communication paths to the client and logging are susceptible to the issue.
For example, when you log into the SQL Server the messages about default database and options are returned to the client. The messages can be built using the runtime library routines. If you encounter an error, duplicate primary key, invalid object, syntax error and such the runtime library can be used to build the message text.
The issue is detected as a memory corruption problem. Microsoft’s security policy is to terminate the processes as soon as memory corruption is detected, protecting you from attacks such as heap spray: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heap_spraying
Bob Dorr – Principal Software Engineer SQL Server
Uncategorized SetupSQL 2016


I Love Apples – Stories for Kids – 3D Animated Stories for Kids – Cartoon Stories for Children
A for Aeroplane – Kids Educational Videos – Cartoons for Kids – Learning videos for Toddlers
Johny Johny Yes Papa – Twinkle Twinkle – Mary Had a Little Lamb – Popular Nursery Rhymes Kids Songs
Early to Bed Early to Rise Good Manners for Kids – Educational Learning Videos for Toddlers
Kids making Robot at Home – Animated Stories for Kids – Cartoons for Kids – Educational Stories
Lazy Arju & Robot Moral Story – Animated Stories for Kids – Cartoons for Kids – Bedtime Stories
Babies pretend play making pizza in kitchen – Cartoons for Kids
Learn Planets of Solar System – Stars, Moons, Red Planet for Kids – Learning Videos for Toddlers.
Learn About Electricity – Save Power – Animated English Stories – Learning Videos for Kids
Funny Babies playing with Masks – Five little Monkeys Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs.
Dream Series – Traffic Signals for Kids – Learning Videos for Kids – EP03
The Wheels on The Bus Nursery Rhyme Songs for Kids from Bubble Bees
ABC Song + More Nursery Rhymes & Kids Songs from Bubble Bees
Nursery Rhymes Collection for Children Vol. 3 | Kids Rhymes and Baby Songs from Bubble Bees
Dream Series – Memories – Childhood Pics and Toys – EP02


Imani Mosley is a musicologist with a PhD from Duke University. After receiving two Masters degrees from Peabody (Bassoon Performance/Musicology), she began PhD work at Columbia where she received a Master of Arts in Musicology before attending Duke. Her dissertation is titled "'The queer things he said': British Identity, Social History, and Press Reception of Benjamin Britten's Postwar Operas." In addition to her work on Britten, she also specializes in contemporary opera, feminist and queer theory, masculinities studies, reception history, and British and American music from 1890 to 1945. She was the inaugural Harsha Murthy Fellow in Digital Scholarship (Duke University Libraries) where she created and curated projects and events in the digital humanities and was the Digital Humanities Coordinator for the Bass Connections project America’s Sacred Spaces. She has presented papers throughout the United States and the United Kingdom.
Research Interests: Benjamin Britten, English Musical Renaissance, Gender Studies, Masculinities Studies, Social History, Reception Theory/History, Twentieth-century Music, American music, Contemporary Opera, Sound Studies, Digital Humanities, Voice (Music), Lateness, Queer Theory, Media Studies, Contemporary British History
download my full resume here


In 1997 and 1998 Dr. Miskovich and his colleague Frank Tolaro, M.D., participated in a clinical research study examining the effects of the non-surgical VAX-D therapy in reduction of sensory nerve dysfunction in patients with low back pain and radiculopathy.
In this study Drs. Miskovich and Tolaro demonstrated that up to 64% of patients showing abnormal dysfunction secondary to a compressive radiculopathy returned to normal function after a therapeutic course of VAX-D®.
The results of this clinical study were published in the Canadian Journal of Clinical Medicine, in 1999:
Tilaro F, Miskovich D. The Effects of Vertebral Axial Decompression in Sensory Nerve Dysfunction in Patients with Low Back Pain and Radiculopathy. Canadian Journal of Clinical Medicine Vol.6, No. 1, January 1999.
To obtain a reprint of this research article please call our office at 1-888-222-8293.


I've sorely neglected Canadian literature in the past, and ever since I stumbled across this reading challenge (not too long ago), I decided that this would be the perfect opportunity to read the unopened Canadian books on my shelves. To start off, I picked up a book - Divisadero - by a very talented writer that I know I ought to pay more attention to: Michael Ondaatje. As the winner of the 2007 Governor General's Literary Awards, I thought that this would be an excellent way to begin catching up on my Canadian reading.
I could go on and on about what I found interesting in the plot, setting, etc., because on those kinds of scores, there are plenty of things I could say in the book's favour. However, what I found most interesting was actually a quote that Ondaatje includes twice: once on the first page, and once a few pages away from the end. It is from Friedrich Nietzsche, and it reads, "We have art so that we shall not be destroyed by the truth." Indeed, the truth threatens to destroy the lives of many of the novel's characters. It is a constant reminder of their shortcomings and their mistakes; their personal truths are things to be escaped, not embraced. The best-adjusted character in the novel - in the spirit of the Nietzsche quote - is the writer Lucien Segura, whose story takes up most of the third part of the novel (it is written in 3 parts). His complicated attraction to the married woman living next door, while trying to maintain good relations with her husband, is a force that does not destroy him, because by the end of the novel, it becomes the source of some of his most brilliant work. By contrast, the three main characters of the first half of the novel - Anna, Claire, and Coop - are transient, eager to escape their own pasts in whatever ways they can. However, I don't think that any of them ever fully come to terms with the tragic event that shattered their youth (I won't give it away in case you haven't read the book). Because they are not artists, they cannot manipulate the past events of their lives in ways that make sense to them.
Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this novel; it was an excellent way to begin my return to the wonderful world of Canadian books.


THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES BY GRADY HENDRIX ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ A sweet little book club of proper southern ladies are faced with their own adventure when a real life vampire moves into and begins terrorizing their gated community. Pros: a wonderful story of friendship, heroism, trusting your gut and the intrinsic strength inside of a bookish southern belle. Cons: Edward Cullen did not make an appearance.
A few months ago, my friend Paige sent me this book as a gift. She said “I really think you will enjoy it” plus the title has the word “vampires” in it, so I was excited to read it and it did not disappoint. First of all, I love the cover. I know you technically aren’t supposed to judge a book by its cover, I am aware. I am also aware that as an artist, good illustrations and/or design aesthetic mean a lot to me. It is what it is. I loved the artwork and even the book interior was beautiful. The title had me on the fence though because when titles tend to be too long, I am unsure. I can’t explain that one, I just know myself and I know that they tend to turn me off to the book. I am glad it didn’t deter me this time because the title is perfect, truly. Paige sent me the physical copy of the book but I recently reinstated my subscription to audible and have been on a roll with it, so I listened to it on audiobook while I worked during the day. It was an easy listen and I immediately was invested in the story within the first few chapters. The main character, Patricia Campbell, tries her best to be a good southern housewife. Her kids are kind of to themselves, her husband is a workaholic and her mother in law has dementia and is frequently argumentative and therefore requires round the clock care. Her life isn’t perfect but she does have one thing that she loves: her book club. The book club starts out reading boring, banal books, but then a few of the members splinter off from the main group and form a book club that they insist is not a book club. In this non book club, they get to read the really good stuff like The Stranger Beside Me and not have to tell their husbands about it. Scandalous. However, and not to directly quote Bella Swan but things were getting a little… strange. One night, Patricia goes outside to take out the garbage and is viciously attacked by one of her neighbors. THE NERVE. The old lady is a snarling mess and lunges at her in the darkness, biting a piece of her ear off in the process. She later dies in the hospital and Patricia is left stunned and with only 1.5 ears. That is just the tip of the iceberg though. I do not want to give away any more spoilers. This book is an incredibly enjoyable read and has many emotional, suspenseful and downright shocking twists and turns that you deserve to get to experience for yourself. I will note a few moments that had me shook though and you can skip ahead if you’d prefer to stay blissfully unaware until you can get yourself a copy.
I audibly gasped at one part when Dracula is referenced and the puzzle pieces kind of fit together. Which I found to be amazing seeing as I knew from the moment I read the title that vampires would be in this book. That is quite a feat to still shock me even though I know what I am getting myself into. Bravo.
The classism and white privilege in this book are as relevant as ever. As a southern lady myself, all of these takes felt authentic and familiar and I loved the camaraderie across city limits, skin color and circumstance.
The sexism is also palpable and enraged me as always. Her husband is a prick and Patricia isn’t about the bullshit though, even if she remains complacent for a time. She eventually comes into her own and realizes who she is, what she is worth and where she stands. Honestly, we love this for her and I physically cheered her on as I listened along.
The friendship and the girl power had me up in arms. I love a good story of heroism and I love it even more when it comes in forms you least expect it to. These women were bored with their books so they changed it up, they knew there was a vampire in the town and they took care of it, no man necessary. They got shit done and that is the kind of energy I am always trying to have.
All in all, I highly recommend this book. It combines all of my favorite things into one story. True crime, female friendships, discovering your own power, etc. This book was great and I can’t wait to read it again.


Drawing of a guinbri. Reproduced from Georg Hjersing Høst, Reports on Morocco and Fes (Efterretninger om Marokos og Fes: Samlede der i Landene fra ao. 1760 til 1768). Copenhagen: N. Möller, 1779. Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, DT308.H83 1779. Photograph by Clare Britt
From at least the 19th century, the word “Gnawa” has been used in Morocco to refer to the descendants of enslaved people from the Western Sudan. The term is now associated with “black” Moroccans who entertain in public squares and on concert stages. The guinbri is the most prestigious of all Gnawa musical instruments. This 18th-century account by Georg Høst of his travels in Morocco is the first known mention of a guinbri in European literature. The instrument may derive from one that the 14th-century Muslim traveler Ibn Battuta described as being played at the court of the Mali Empire, which he called the gunburi.


This small book was designed to reflect the creative collaboration of artist Brigid Collins, jewellery designer Teena Ramsay and poet Larry Butler. The concertina form represents Collins, the project’s instigator, and carries images and text that have been printed full colour on an uncoated stock. In this structure nestle two distinct book forms, representing Ramsay and Butler, with the images and text printed in duotone on a coated stock. The precious nature of collaboration is subtly suggested through the combination of the structure and the materials.
"Working with Tim is a process that brings with it many unexpected surprises. He has selected materials and imagery - often from my sketchbook, rather than from more 'finished' pieces - and chosen to foreground these, giving them a status I had not envisaged but which works brilliantly, every time. That he can appreciate the beauty of what to the untrained eye might appear to be mere ephemera is a rare and welcome gift and one that Tim has brought to each of the book projects on which we have worked together."
Brigid's sketchbooks provided a wealth of potential content for the booklet.
More enticing images from Brigid's sketchbooks for inspirational content for the booklet
Photography of the sculptures on display in the exhibition was taken for inclusion in the booklet. Photograph: Angus Bremner
The artists book in concertina form. The book opens from either side to access the two poems with photography and illustrations.


Parenting little ones doesn’t have to feel like you’ve been dumped in a foreign country with no idea how to speak the language. The Intentional Bookshelf explains just how to do that without all of the fuss. You will never think about buying children’s books in the same way again.
This blog post contains affiliate links. I only recommend things I believe in and love. Learn more.
I became a mom at a much younger age than I would have imagined. At a mere 20 years old my first daughter came blazing into the world changing my life forever. As a mom, I have faced some of the most perplexing moments in my life. It’s a challenge, unlike anything I’ve ever experienced before and no one tells you the reality of this new big role. However, I always wanted to be an intentional mother.
From a very young age, my little Nat loved books. We were slow collecting books with our first daughter until she showed us how much she enjoyed them. As time went on we have welcomed many more into our collection. Little did I know that books could be such a great resource for life’s little moments. Then our second daughter blazed her own trail into our hearts and lives forever. Both of our girls are little book lovers and you will often find one of them dragging a book out for us to read to them.
Then I met Sam from Addison Reads. She was writing this wonderful book called The Intentional Bookshelf: Parent with Literature and Build Your Unique Child’s Perfect Little Library.
Photo courtesy of Samantha Munoz
The Shift in My Thought Process
Little did I know my entire way of thinking about children’s books would change over the course of the few hours it took to read her book. I honestly had never thought about children’s books in the way she had taught me. We had taken time occasionally to visit our local library or bookstore and browse the shelves. We bought books for our girls on numerous occasions from new to used to heavily discounted at closeout sales. Our collection has grown to over 100 books but never had I thought to use those books as a companion to my parenting.
The Intentional Bookshelf gives you actionable tips to build the unique library for your family based on your values and beliefs. Sam laid it out so thoroughly that you could start with a new baby or with your young children. She encourages you to start before they are born, but if you have children already then don’t fret! Get them involved with the continuation of building those shelves out with the books they will benefit from the most.
- Determine the purpose of the library
- Set a budget
- Add books continually
- Evaluate as you add more
She even gives you thoughtful ways to organize the collection that you are building. She goes into great detail about the types of books and their place in the collection.
The Books We Love & Why
For me, as a mom, I love that the books we have chosen are ones that inspire imagination. Some of our favorite books that inspire imagination include:
- How I Became a Pirate by Melinda Long
- We’re Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
- The Nowhere Box by Sam Zuppardi
We’ve even chosen books that teach our girls life lessons. This has been the biggest change in our family reading time since I’ve read Sam’s book. Some of our favorites in this category include:
- How Do Dinosaurs Play with Their Friends by Jane Yolen
- The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson
- Red: A Crayon’s Story by Michael Hall
Lastly, I love books that spark curiosity and thinking. I love getting questions from the little minds I’m attempting to groom. Some of our favorites include:
- A Wolf’s Tale by Eva Montanari
- The Littlest Family’s Big Day by Emily Winfield Martin
- The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson
RELATED: Christmas Books for Kids
One of the points Sam makes in her book is to continually add to the shelves if and when possible. As busy working parents sometimes it’s hard to dedicate time to go look for books in stores.
So my little girls and I routinely shop from our Scholastic catalog that comes home from school each month. We set a budget of $10-$15, and that will get us several nice books each month. We also ask for books as gifts as well as pick them up from clearance racks when we find them.
We’ve found many new interests from going to book fairs with both of our girls. Our oldest adores Pete the Cat books, and our youngest loves dinosaur books. As they get older their interests will change, but for now, I’m enjoying the moment and reading with them as much as possible.
Don’t forget to pick up a copy of Sam’s book The Intentional Bookshelf: Parent with Literature and Build Your Unique Child’s Perfect Little Library today! And if you want to take her way of thinking a step further join her book club. This is the perfect book for any parent on your list. If they are new or seasoned, they will love it. No parent should ever feel alone on this journey and what a better way than bringing in a parenting companion to help along the way.
Affirmations for Motherhood
Breathe life into your journey through motherhood with these affirmations.


A few weeks ago, Cal Poly OCF had their first book study of the Christ at Work books we received earlier in the year.
Since not everyone had a copy, we all shared the books and worked together so that all could read the first chapter before we met.
We discussed vocation and specifically the Old Testament's examples of vocation.
We were able to have a very thoughtful and meaningful talk amongst us.
Hopefully Chapter 2 Study will be coming up sometime soon!
May 19, 2011 12:35 PM


Egypt Agreement with Israel
Egypt Agreement with Israel: A Historic Peace Treaty
On March 26, 1979, Egypt and Israel signed a historic peace treaty, known as the Camp David Accords, ending decades of conflict and war in the region. The signing of the treaty was a significant achievement, not only for the two nations involved but also for the world at large. The agreement was seen as a crucial step towards peace in the Middle East, and it paved the way for further negotiations and agreements between other countries in the region.
The Camp David Accords were signed by the leaders of Egypt and Israel, President Anwar Sadat and Prime Minister Menachem Begin, respectively, with the help of President Jimmy Carter of the United States. The negotiations took place over a period of 12 days at the presidential retreat at Camp David in Maryland, USA. The treaty included provisions for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from the Sinai Peninsula, the establishment of full diplomatic relations between the two nations, and the recognition of each other`s sovereignty and territorial integrity.
The agreement was significant for several reasons. Firstly, it ended decades of hostility and conflict between Egypt and Israel. The two nations had fought four wars since 1948, with the last being the Yom Kippur War in 1973. The signing of the peace treaty was a turning point in the relationship between the two nations, and it ushered in a new era of cooperation and peaceful coexistence.
Secondly, the treaty had wider implications for the region. It paved the way for further negotiations between other countries in the Middle East, leading to the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and other nations such as Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The treaty also had a significant impact on the overall stability of the region, reducing tensions and the risk of conflict.
Lastly, the signing of the treaty was a significant achievement for international diplomacy. It demonstrated that even the most intractable conflicts can be resolved through negotiations and diplomacy. The Camp David Accords showed that nations could put aside their differences and work towards a common goal of peace and stability.
In conclusion, the Egypt Agreement with Israel was a historic peace treaty that ended decades of conflict and hostility in the Middle East. The Accord was a significant achievement for the two nations involved and for international diplomacy. The treaty paved the way for further negotiations and agreements, leading to the establishment of diplomatic relations between Israel and other nations in the region. The Camp David Accords remain a testament to the power of diplomacy and the possibility of peace, even in the most intractable conflicts.


Christmas Message from Bishop Michael Curry
Presiding Bishop Michael Curry Christmas Message 2017
In 2 Corinthians, the Apostle Paul says,
If anyone is in Christ, there is a new creation. The old has passed away, behold, the new is come.
At a point in that passage, St. Paul says, “God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself,” and he also says at another point in the same passage, “and we have been given the ministry of reconciliation.”
Have you ever gone to the movies or read a story or a novel, and the novel starts with the end, so you know where the story ends, but then the rest of the story or the novel is actually the story behind the story. We know about Christmas. We know about Mary. We know about Joseph. We know about the angels singing Gloria in excelsis deo. We know from our childhood the animals in the stable. We know of the magi who come from afar, arriving around Epiphany, bearing gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. We know of the angels singing in the heavens, and the star that shown above them. Therein is the story.
But the story behind the story is what St. Paul was talking about. God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, and Jesus has now given us that same ministry of reconciliation. God was reconciling the world to himself by becoming one of us. The divine became human. God entered history. Eternity became part of time. God was reconciling the world to himself by actually living it himself. In Jesus, God came among us to show us the way, to be reconciled with the God who has created us all and everything that is. And God has likewise come in the person of Jesus, to show us how to be reconciled with each other, as children of the one God who is the Creator of us all. That’s the story behind Christmas.
God is showing us the Way to become God’s children, and as God’s children, brothers and sisters of each other. God is showing us in Jesus how to become God’s family and how to change, and build, and make a world where everybody is a part of that family. Where children don’t go to bed hungry. Where no one has to be lonely. Where justice is real for all and where love is the ultimate law.
Know there is a story behind the story, and it’s a story worth singing about, and giving thanks for, and then living.
One of my favorite writers, the late Howard Thurman, composed a poem many years ago about Christmas, and he says it probably better than I:
When the song of the angels is stilled, When the star in the sky is gone, When the kings and the princes are home, When the shepherds are back with their flocks, Then the work of Christmas begins: To find the lost, To heal the broken, To feed the hungry, To release the prisoner, To rebuild the nations, To bring peace to others, And alas, to make music in the heart.
The story behind the story is that God so loved the world, and so loves you, and so loves me.
Have a blessed Christmas, a wonderful New Year, and go out and make music in the heart of the world.
The Most Rev. Michael B. Curry Presiding Bishop and Primate The Episcopal Church


This is a virtual book club for children ages 8-13. Our third meeting will be in early-June and this month's book is 'City Spies' by James Ponti. This amazing spy thriller is one of our favorites and we're so excited to share and discuss this super fun book with a diverse cast of characters with you guys!
We've already had over 120 signups from all around the world for our first 2 meetings and we're look forward to seeing you at this next one!
As always, a portion of proceeds will be donated to Charity!


Learn How to Build a Successful Business!
Alain Hernandez Specializes in Helping you Learn How to Build a Successful Business when you follow my Digital Education Content.
Access the Following
Inside you will Access a PowerPoint Video Presentation Walking you through the Education Content.
Inside you will Access a Step by Step eBook Walking you through the 7 Topics Covered on the Education Content.
Inside you will Access and be able to Download the Audio Series Walking you through the eBook Education Content.
Inside you will be able to Schedule a Free Phone Consultation for me to Guide you through the Education Content.


Students enrolled in the bachelor course can find information concerning their studies here.
General study information #
Exchange platform: the forum #
FSEI-Hub: The forum for all electrical and computer engineering students at the TUM. You can find summaries of taught subjects and other students to discuss with on the FSEI-Hub. Please note that the forum is available only in german.
Moodle: Official Learning Management System for most (if not all) subjects taught at the TUM. Organisation
Student advisory service: Counselling service for issues like examination planning, general study guidance, international exchange programs and post-university career.
Student Services office: First instance for problems and issues of all kind concerning the electrical and computer engineering studies. You can find a list of their services on their site.
TUM portal: Online portal for students and university employees of the Technical University of Munich, providing services like a discussion forum, document templates, a calendar or job advertisements. Studenten- und Mitarbeiterportal der TU München, Mailbox, Diskussionsforen, Termine, Vorlesungsverzeichnis, elektronischer Notenaushang, etc.
School portal: Information concerning the electrical and computer engineering studies, current research, software downloads, request forms, contacts of professors and other employees and an overview of all chairs.
TUMonline: Campus Management Systems: a large part of the studies is managed from here. Services include an online grade overview, a mailbox, a calendar and important documents like the certificate of enrolment. Library
Diversity at CIT: Information concerning parent-children rooms, gender equality officer and other related services.
TUM university library: Homepage of the library
TUM OPAC: Online catalogue of the main campus library. Interlibrary loan can also be done from this portal.
eAccess: Online access to an archive of scientific journals. Service is managed by the TUM university library.
EIKON: EIKON homepage, for services concerning the EIKON tower (computer rooms for electrical and computer engineering students). Services include the registering of the student card for access to the rooms, information about WLAN and an introduction to UNIX.
Microsoft Dreamspark / StudiSoft: Software download of Microsoft products available with the TUM membership
MathWorks (links to a TUM wiki page, needs a login): Download of Matlab, Simulink and toolboxes with the TUM license
LRZ: Student page of the Leibniz Supercomputing Centre (LRZ) Student life / Housing:
Munich Student Union: Information and services concerning student housing, financial aids, etc.
www.wg-gesucht.de: helpful site for finding a room in a shared apartment
www.studenten-wg.de (available only in german): helpful site for finding a room in a shared apartment
https://www.immowelt.de (available only in german): helpful site for finding a room in a shared apartment


THE RIFLEMAN – EPISODE INDEX(episodes highlighted below are viewable in this page at right)
77. Trail of Hate
78. The Woman from Hog Ridge
80. The Pitchmen
81. Strange Town
83. The Martinet
84. Miss Milly
85. Dead Cold Cash
86. The Schoolmaster
87. The Promoter
88. The Illustrator
89. The Silent Knife
90. Miss Bertie
91. Six Years --- and a Day
92. Flowers By the Door
93. The Long Trek
94. The Actress
95. Face of Yesterday
96. The Wyoming Story, Part I
97. The Wyoming Story, Part II
98. Closer Than a Brother
99. The Lost Treasure of Canyon Town
100. Dark Day at North Fork
101. The Prisoner
103. Short Rope for a Tall Man
104. The Clarence Bibs Story
105. The Score Is Even
106. The Mescalero Curse
108. The Lonesome Bride
109. Death Trap
110. The Queue
|78||Woman from Hog Ridge||25:30||10/04/1960|
When Lucas shoots a horse thief, the thief's wife declares a feud.
Seven prisoners break free from the gallows and take the people of North Fork hostage.
A fast talking con-man and his teenage son try to deal Lucas out of the mineral rights to his ranch.
Lucas goes on the trail after a bandit who is notorious for shooting people in the back.
Lucas helps a young minister to teach his militaristic father a lesson in humility and forgiveness.
A new store owner upsets the town when she demands they pay off all their accounts before she sells them any more goods.
|85||Dead Cold Cash||25:29||11/22/1960|
The widow of a bandit whom Lucas previously killed has plotted grotesque revenge against him.
Lucas and Mark must convince a man that he is doing the wrong things by scamming people with a cunning con-man.
|89||The Silent Knife||25:26||12/20/1960|
Lucas and Mark must convince a young mute to give back the money he stole when he was called a freak by the townspeople.
A lively old lady arrives in North Fork to capture a notorious bandit and collect the reward which she desperately needs.
|91||Six Years --- and a Day||25:29||1/3/1961|
Lucas must dissuade a doctor from seeking revenge on the man he believes destroyed his practice.
|93||The Long Trek||25:29||1/17/1961|
Lucas and Marshal Torrance are beset by difficulties while transporting a captured killer back to North Fork for trial.
|95||Face of Yesterday||25:28||1/31/1961|
Lucas thinks that he has seen a ghost when a young man with an uncanny resemblance to a man he killed in the Civil War challenges him to a gunfight.


Description of Ear to the Ground:
Packed full of the best bits of the last 19 years it also features interviews with the three presenters and examines the very positive role that agriculture and the food industry are playing to help dig Ireland out of recession. At a time when innovation is key, it will show how many of the fantastic rural entrepreneurs featured on the programme are getting on. It goes behind the scenes with the crew and brings to life the work involved in creating this wonderful programme. Cover price €4.95 + €1.90 postage.


Our friends at Hudson Park Library in SoHo helped us compile a sustainability-themed reading list for the month of April, with selections focusing on renewable energy, water, conservation, and climate change. Check out a book from your local library and set up a cozy spot in the park!
Energy Island: How One Community Harnessed the Wind and Changed Their World written and illustrated by Allan Drummond
It’s windy on the Danish island of Samsø. Meet the environmentally-friendly folks who, in a few short years, worked together for energy independence, and who now proudly call their home Energy Island.
The many different animals that live in a great kapok tree in the Brazilian rainforest try to convince a man with an axe of the importance of not cutting down their home.
When Jane was little, her father gave her a toy chimpanzee named Jubilee. This inspired her lifelong love of animals, and she went to study them in the wild as soon as she could.
A beautifully simple book for small children where transforming pages reveal ten things that everyone can do to help conserve their world.
Water’s Children: Celebrating the Resource That Unites Us All written Angèle Delaunois and illustrated by Gérard Frischeteau
Around the world, 12 young people describe what water means to them. The descriptions are as varied as the landscapes the speakers inhabit, but each of them also expresses, in their own language, a universal truth: Water is life.
Pictured: Untitled by Chris Barbieri, USA. Part of CMA’s Permanent Collection.


The Faculty of Law, University of Delhi has achieved the distinction of being a premier institution in the field of legal education not only in India but also in field of South-East Asia. The Faculty has the privilege of constant interaction with the Bench and the Bar, including the Supreme Court of India and being consulted by the Law Commission, Government of India and different Ministries on various important legal issues. The Faculty compromises some of the best legal academicians of the country and it has the unique distinction of having collaboration with the finest legal institutions of France, Germany and USA. Established in 1924, the Faculty has been premier in introducing 3 years LL.B. degree course as well ‘Case Law Method’ of teaching in India as early as in 1966-67. Law Faculty is the largest law school of the country and its library is also among the largest law libraries in the country.


his art print was inspired by Stephen King’s The Gunslinger, the first book in The Dark Tower series. This alternative movie poster / book cover features a minimalist illustration. A great gift for any fan or lover of Stephen King, the Gunslinger, or The Dark Tower series. This poster looks good in any room where a bookworm lives.
ALL PRINTS ARE:
– Printed on high-quality archival papers using 100-year inks.
– Available in custom sizes (please contact us for details)
– Ready to frame. You will receive just the print.
– Packed and shipped with care.


Managing a content library is different – more involved – than creating a single manual, policy, or guidebook.
And to effectively manage a library – an intranet, a website, fileshare, knowledge base, c: drive, or whatever – you need to incorporate some skills beyond simply being an excellent writer. You’ve got to consider more than just the tree, you have to think about the whole forest and how users will find the individual trees.
So while an author thinks about things like
- audience and objective
- writing quality
- and channel (or distribution)
A library manager needs to think about how users can reference information months or years later, how to keep it around, keep it updated, and make it easy to find. You have to manage it. And to manage it – and keep your intranet, fileshare, or knowledge base organized – you need a larger toolkit of best practices.
9 Content Practices to Manage a Document Library
A good document library consists of useful information that is easy to find and readily consumable by someone in a hurry.
It’s also made up of a bunch of individual documents created by individual people and accumulated over time. Some clients refer to it as “Content Chaos”.
These 9 Content Practices help ensure your documents are useful, findable, and consumable/easy to absorb, and keep them that way over time.
- Content Strategy – who is this for, and what do I want to accomplish?
- Writing – tone and voice; speaks to users in their own language
- Content Modeling – consistency in presentation improves learning and retention, makes creating new documents faster
- Distribution – what channels, which formats; is information pushed to users (as in email), or requested by users (from an intranet)?
- Content Architecture – where do documents ‘live’, how are they related to each other, and how do they work together?
- Content Engineering – re-use information across documents, localize policies, facilitate translation; use meta data for easier search
- Measurement – who is using the document, how are they finding it, and what channels work best.
- Content Design – words, charts, images; headings, lists, callouts; good design aids skimming
- Content Operations – who can make changes, how often can they make them, and how are they approved; how to retire old documents and introduce new ones
Each one of these content practices works with the others to keep documents relevant and accurate. Some items are more art than science, some provide a framework for groups of documents to work together, and some matter more than others.
But each of these content practices exists – to some degree – in every good document. The more documents you have, the more important these 9 content practices are to your library.


In this assignment, students work individually to explore images as a form of data representation. To achieve this, students create a program which 'recovers' a number of images from a corrupted file by identifying the start of the image header files in a large string of data. The goal of this resource is to demonstrate how programming can be useful - both for data recovery and for data representation. This resource is most applicable for students who have previously worked with substantive code databases.
This resource Addresses Misconceptions about CS by having students photograph a number of CS students around campus and using the storage media as part of the assignment. This resource Incorporates Student Choice by allowing students to choose between the 'hacker' and normal versions of the problem set specification. This resource Employs Meaningful and Relevant Content as it demonstrates data recovery as well as data representation as images. This resource encourages Student-Faculty Interaction by embedding a number of "shorts" or mini-lectures by current Harvard students.


♦ Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by thatartsyreadergirl! ♦
Welcome to my second ever T10T post, and one I’m really excited to make. I’m usually pretty terrible about making TBR lists as I’m a chronic mood reader, but I have quite a few books to read in the coming months because I requested them or purchased them instead of borrowing from the library. (I definitely feel much more pressure to read books as promptly as time allows when they’re ARCs.) So let’s get to listing – and in no particular order, since I want to read all of these pretty much right now.
Publish date: October 2, 2018
So, I have an ARC of this, and it’s already past mid-September. This book is definitely on the top of my next-to-read priority list. While I liked the prior book in this series/duology, I also had mixed feelings on it (which I dramatically agonized over in my review for it). Despite that, I have hope that this novel will be an improvement on its predecessor – I’ve mostly avoided spoilers, but I also heard whispers that one of my favorite side characters is going to get more nuance and development in this book. Yay! Plus, even if it occasionally frustrates me, Laini Taylor’s writing is truly unique; I can’t wait to see what creative turns of phrase and inventive descriptive passages she’s magicked into being for Muse of Nightmares.
Publish date: November 6, 2018
Also an ARC. Publishers have been really good to me these past few months. The hype for this is REAL, y’all. But you know what? I have a feeling that this book might be the one we need but don’t deserve. A sapphic asian high fantasy book that has a powerful narrative about abuse, justice, and revenge?
S I G N M E U P .
I honestly can’t wait to read this. What’s kept me from doing so immediately is the combination of schoolwork, sooner-to-be-published-than-this ARCs, and other family/social obligations I’ve got going on right now. But soon, I will get to read this fantastic-sounding book. SOON.
Publish date: October 2, 2018
Another ARC! 😲 I know, I’m surprised, too. The Edelweiss and NetGalley deities have been kind to me lately. If you’ve read my possibly (probably) extra-as-hell review for A Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, you’ll know that I absolutely loved it. While Felicity’s internalized homophobia (which, with the time this is set, made sense) was frustrating in that novel, she grew and learned over the course of its story. I am so excited to read about her and a gang of fellow girls having a madcap adventure on the open sea. Since this book and Muse of Nightmares are both going to be published in only a couple of weeks, they won’t remain on my unread list for long – which I’m definitely happy about.
Publish date: January 8, 2019
To be completely frank, nobody was more surprised than I was when I absolutely loved the first book in this series, The Cruel Prince. I was not at all prepared for it. My review was the word-salad equivalent to the image of me lounging on a velvet divan and wafting smelling salts into my nose because of how dramatic that book was. (I loved every minute of the drama.) While I didn’t think it was The Most Perfect Book of All Time, I thought it was a damn good ride and thoroughly entertaining, which is a totally valid type of experience to expect of a book. I can’t wait to see where Black takes readers in book two of this dramatic as fuck faerie soap opera.
Publish date: October 2, 2018
I’m very excited to see a book based around Japanese mythology and with an explicitly Japan-inspired setting by an author who is actually of Japanese descent. Some of my fellow white folks (*cough* Jay Kristoff *cough*) have done it before, to really cringe-worthy effect. The premise of this novel sounds super appealing, though, and I’m always a sucker for priestess/temple-raised protagonists, for some reason. I’m hoping it’s gonna be a great read that helps keep building the growing wave of authors of color getting their own voices-inspired stories published. (I have high hopes, too – a goodreads friend of mine had really positive things to say about it.)
Also, that cover is just…super nice. If I like the ARC, it’s a book I might try to fit into my very limited – like, minuscule – physical book purchase budget. (I cried the other day – in a not good way – when I got notified of what my financial aid from my college/the federal government would be for 2018-2019, y’all. I’m a working adult and have been for years now, but college basically takes all the money I’ve scrimped to save, sets in it a big pile, and gleefully lights it on fire while lecturing me about the personal responsibility of managing my money. FUN TIMES. 🙃)
Publish date: September 4, 2018
Oops, an ARC that I didn’t read on time. I really feel like a Garbage Person from Stinktown for not reading this prior to its publication date. While school has completely obliterated my former schedule, and I also somehow thought the publish date for this was in October (what), I’m still a dingus for not reading this earlier. Anyway, the blurb for it sounds super awesome:
“In a universe of capricious gods, dark moons, and kingdoms built on the backs of spaceships, a cursed queen sends her infant daughter away, a jealous uncle steals the throne of Kali from his nephew, and an exiled prince vows to take his crown back…Inspired by the Mahabharata and other ancient Indian stories, A Spark of White Fire is a lush, sweeping space opera about family, curses, and the endless battle between jealousy and love.”
Like…wow. This sounds like an utterly unique spin on YA sci-fi. I’m definitely gonna bump this one way up on my TBR list.
Publish date: November 27, 2018
The Huntresses of Artemis must obey two rules: never disobey the goddess, and never fall in love.
A debut novel about sapphic characters and inspired by Greek mythology, this is definitely a title that caught my eye. A couple of my goodreads friends have either slightly disliked it or had only lukewarm praise for it, but I’m hoping that I’ll be able to go into it with fresh eyes and enjoy it. At the very least, I’m always excited to see more fantasy and mythology-inspired LGBT+ novels being published.
Publish date: September 5, 2017
This is a novel from last year that I missed. I snagged a copy recently from a discount store, because that cover is divine. (I’m such a sucker for a good book cover.) Anyway, this doesn’t have mega-high reviews on goodreads, but I honestly don’t match up with super high reviews there, anyway (the entire ACOTAR series can attest to that). What appeals to be about this novel is that it seems like an introspective fairytale retelling with complex relationships between female characters – which I’m always down for. Plus, it was described in possibly the weirdest comparison I’ve ever heard of – “Frozen meets The Bloody Chamber.” Like…wow? That’s a very specific and interesting image. I’ll just have to take their word for it.
Publish date: July 5, 2016
Okay, another book I completely slept on. At this point, Schwab is one of those authors I feel like gets hyped on social media to the point that if her books don’t literally murder me as I read them due to how awesome and mind-blowing they are, it’ll be a letdown. The only novel of hers that I’ve read is (I think) her debut which doesn’t get discussed nearly as much, The Near Witch. I remember it being really atmospheric in a nice, spooky way, but otherwise just thinking it was okay. I gave it 3 stars in 2015, for whatever that’s worth (not much).
I like to reread authors as they publish more books, though, to see how their style has grown or changed. Hopefully this novel will be a pleasant surprise.
Publish date: September 29. 2015
I have also somehow managed to not read this titan of current YA fantasy. Like I said above about Schwab, Bardugo is one of those authors who is so heavily hyped-up that it kind of automatically makes me put my guard up a bit, simply because I’m a difficult and contrary grouch sometimes. (Also because I did not at all enjoy the series this book ties into, the Greg trilogy. I totally don’t begrudge folks liking it, but it hit all the wrong notes for me at the time I read it. I hope fans of that work respect a negative opinion on it.)
Anyway, I’m gonna do my best to not be silly when I read this and to go into reading it with an open mind. It has a lot of fans, and they’ve got to have some sort of reason to love it with such intensity, right?
So, there’s my (hopefully-to-be-completed) fall TBR list! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧
Do you set TBR lists? If you do, what are some of the reads you have planned for the coming months? Let me know, especially if you’ve read any of the books I listed. 💖
If you want to see more from me, I also post reviews and updates on goodreads, photos on instagram, and sometimes, tweets on twitter. 💕 (Supposedly there’s a bloglovin’ account somewhere in the ether as well, but it’s a bit confusing to navigate as a newbie.)


Inspired by Downton Abbey, the much-celebrated PBS examination of one family’s drama in Georgian England, HollyHedge Estate played host to a fundraiser for the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury this past Sunday, January 11. The fundraiser was organized by the Friends of the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury featured a dramatic reading by a period-inspired character, the Countess Dowager. The Countess also fielded questions in a participatory theater performance and hosted visiting guests to a British-inspired high tea. The performance helped raise funds for the library’s annual operating costs, in order to ensure local residents have access to free library resources in the New Hope, Solebury and Lambertville area. Those interested in supporting the Free Library of New Hope and Solebury, may click here.


One of the world's largest video sites, serving the best videos, funniest movies and clips. Bad blood the life and times of the horrell brothers by frederick nolan order from sunstone: (800) 243-5644 most of the men and women who inhabit this story set in texas and new mexico in the 1870s have been dead for more than a century. Joaquín furriel was born on august 26, 1974 in buenos aires, argentina he is an actor, known for jesús, el heredero (2004), cain y abel (2010) and cien años de perdón (2016. Collections from the palace of the governors photo archives the palace of the governors photo archives contains an estimated 1,000,000 items including historic photographic prints, cased photographs, glass plate negatives, film negatives, stereographs, photo postcards, panoramas, color transparencies, and lantern slides.
The geology of the moon (sometimes called selenology, (singular terra, from the latin for earth), and the darker plains are called maria (singular mare, from the latin for sea), after johannes kepler who introduced the name in the ages of the mare basalts have been determined both by direct radiometric dating and by the technique of. See what julio ranirez (julioranirez) has discovered on pinterest, the world's biggest collection of ideas valmora, capital of lyonesse once upon a timeshare i want to jump right into this picture large friends is the online bbw dating / plus size dating site with bbw dating personals for the bbw (big beautiful women) the bhm (the big. See what joshua michaely (jrbubcub) has discovered on pinterest, the world's biggest collection of ideas valmora, capital of lyonesse once upon a timeshare i want to jump right into this picture drawn to life: watersong see more black women dating white men- black men white women see more.
Recommend a local event - aarp in your member benefits health & wellness restaurants entertainment advocacy. The palace of the governors photo archives contains an estimated 1,000,000 items including historic photographic prints, cased photographs, glass plate negatives, film negatives, stereographs, photo postcards, panoramas, color transparencies, and lantern slides. New mexico digital collections is a central search portal for digital collections about new mexico a service of the university of new mexico libraries, we provide access to digitized photographs, manuscripts, posters, oral histories, videos, maps, and books from libraries, museums, and cultural centers across the state. There are lots of hot women dating on latinomeetup, soon you'll meet your perfect latin hot woman flirting you only have to join us now and begin having fun chatting with lots of hot women you only have to join us now and begin having fun chatting with lots of hot women.
Over 1300 collections, mostly dating from the 19th and 20th centuries, include the papers and records of politicians, historic and literary figures, activists, attorneys, local families, organizations, and businesses. Speed dating near downey ca fetish sex video speculum sex swingers in valmora new mexico speed dating london 45 55 videos of teen girls masterbating teen lesbian porn pics hot latin babes vids, erotic sex filled short stories lesbian makeout porn. The idea of up-dating members was agreed upon by all in attendance, and secretary, deborah geary will put together a mailer about february’s theme luncheon, as well as a reminder for members to. Search the history of over 334 billion web pages on the internet.
An archive of our own, a project of the organization for transformative works. La herencia vol 34: arte latino - kindle edition by ana pacheco download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading la herencia vol 34: arte latino. 101 men and women of new mexico 101 men and 101 women who contributed to new mexico's history by betty woods these 101 men and 101 women who made history in new mexico are people of adventure and challengers of destiny. See what april destinee (aprildestinee2) has discovered on pinterest, the world's biggest collection of ideas.
Matchcom, the leading online dating resource for singles search through thousands of personals and photos go ahead, it's free to look. Are you looking for a divorced or single mom in las vegas, nm local moms dating service at idating4youcom find single mothers incredibly easy & fast. Free online dating in ocate for all ages and ethnicities, including seniors, white, black women and black men, asian, latino, latina, and everyone else forget classified personals, speed dating, or other ocate dating sites or chat rooms, you've found the best. Clovis golf dating in new mexico long term relationship - i am patient,generous, kind, and loving woman i am always upbeat, have a positive attitude about most things and i like to have fun.
Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online easily share your publications and get them in front of issuu’s. Orlu peter peter is on facebook join facebook to connect with orlu peter peter and others you may know facebook gives people the power to share and. Bingo is clearly popular in new mexico don't miss the bland new mexico to try the bland new mexico, including a recent deal struck between the bland new mexico are early natives from spain and latin america which is why the bland new mexico, language, dressing and the bland new mexico a lot on historic air crafts of the bland new mexico a number of publishing houses, which discuss job.


These are books that I have read since July 2015 (It’s not a large list, don’t hurt me) of books that I have read but might not be reviewed fully or be put in the Recommendations page.
Remix | Non Pratt
From the author of Trouble comes a new novel about boys, bands and best mates.
Kaz is still reeling from being dumped by the love of her life… Ruby is bored of hearing about it. Time to change the record.
Three days. Two best mates. One music festival. Zero chance of everything working out.
Image URL: https://thebookkatblog.files.wordpress.com/2015/07/9781406347708-remix-by-non-pratt.jpeg
Fortunately The Milk | Neil Gaiman
“I bought the milk,” said my father. “I walked out of the corner shop, and heard a noise like this: T h u m m t h u m m. I looked up and saw a huge silver disc hovering in the air above Marshall Road.”
“Hullo,” I said to myself. That’s not something you see every day.” And then something odd happened.
Find out just how odd things get in this hilarious story of time travel and breakfast cereal.
Image URL: http://static.mumsnet.com/cms/uploads/books/childrens-bookclub/childrens-bookclub-14/fortunatelythemilk250.jpg
Lighter than my Shadow | Katie Green
Like most kids, Katie was a picky eater. She’d sit at the table in silent protest, hide uneaten toast in her bedroom, listen to parental threats that she’d have to eat it for breakfast.
But in any life a set of circumstance can collide, and normal behavior might soon shade into something sinister, something deadly.
Lighter Than My Shadow is a hand-drawn story of struggle and recovery, a trip into the black heart of a taboo illness, an exposure of those who are so weak as to prey on the vulnerable, and an inspiration to anybody who believes in the human power to endure towards happiness.
The Odyssey of Homer
The Odyssey is literature’s grandest evocation of everyman’s journey through life.
Image URL: http://www.pagepulp.com/wp-content/41.jpg
The Penelopiad | Margaret Atwood
In a splendid contemporary twist to the ancient story, Margaret Atwood has chosen to give the telling of it to Penelope and to her twelve hanged maids, asking: “What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to?” In Atwood’s dazzling, playful retelling, the story becomes as wise and compassionate as it is haunting, and as wildly entertaining as it is disturbing. With wit and verve, drawing on the story-telling and poetic talent for which she herself is renowned, she gives Penelope new life and reality—and sets out to provide an answer to an ancient mystery.
Waiting for Godot | Samuel Beckett
A seminal work of twentieth century drama, Waiting for Godot was Samuel Beckett’s first professionally produced play. It opened in Paris in 1953 at the tiny Left Bank Theatre de Babylone, and has since become a cornerstone of twentieth-century theater. The story line revolves around two seemingly homeless men waiting for someone or something named Godot. Vladimir and Estragon wait near a tree on a barren stretch of road, inhabiting a drama spun from their own consciousness. The result is a comical wordplay of poetry, dreamscapes, and nonsense, which has been interpreted as a somber summation of mankind’s inexhaustible search for meaning. Beckett’s language pioneered an expressionistic minimalism that captured the existentialism of post-World War II Europe.
Image URL: http://static.cinemagia.ro/img/db/movie/02/52/33/waiting-for-godot-140948l.jpg
Slaughterhouse-Five | Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut’s absurdist classic Slaughterhouse-Five introduces us to Billy Pilgrim, a man who becomes unstuck in time after he is abducted by aliens from the planet Tralfamadore. In a plot-scrambling display of virtuosity, we follow Pilgrim simultaneously through all phases of his life, concentrating on his (and Vonnegut’s) shattering experience as an American prisoner of war who witnesses the firebombing of Dresden.
Image URL: http://static.fnac-static.com/multimedia/PT/images_produits/PT/ZoomPE/0/0/2/9780099800200.jpg
Hamlet | William Shakespeare
Hamlet is the story of the Prince of Denmark who learns of the death of his father at the hands of his uncle, Claudius. Claudius murders Hamlet’s father, his own brother, to take the throne of Denmark and to marry Hamlet’s widowed mother. Hamlet is sunk into a state of great despair as a result of discovering the murder of his father and the infidelity of his mother. Hamlet is torn between his great sadness and his desire for the revenge of his father’s murder.
Image URL: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81kcsL8xfsL.jpg
The Hive | Charles Burns
Much has happened since we last saw Doug, the Tintin-like hero from X’ed Out. Confessing his past to an unidentified woman, Doug struggles to recall the mysterious incident that left his life shattered, an incident that may have involved his disturbed and now-absent girlfriend, Sarah, and her menacing ex-boyfriend.
Doug warily seeks answers in a nightmarish alternate world that is a distorted mirror of our own, where he is a lowly employee that carts supplies around the Hive. The second part of Charles Burns’s riveting trilogy, this graphic narrative will delight and surpass the expectations of his fans.
Image URL: http://cdn.pastemagazine.com/www/articles/the%20hive.jpg
The House That Groaned | Karrie Fransman
Exploring bodies and the spaces they inhabit, this tale is set in an old Victorian tenement housing six lonely individuals who could only have stepped out of the pages of a comic book. There is the retoucher who cannot touch, a grandmother who literally blends into the background, and a 20-something guy who’s sexually attracted to diseased women. Yet, as we learn the stories behind these extreme characters, it becomes apparent that we may share similar issues—as individuals and as a society.
Image URL: http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51pa69DrPRL._SX326_BO1,204,203,200_.jpg
Girl on the Shore | Inio Asano
When Koume and Keisuke’s relationship begins to take shape, it is apparent that they are both searching for something. Maybe Keisuke wants something more than a kiss from the fair Koume. Maybe Koume is looking for someone better than Misaki, the local playboy. But what they find in each other over the course of a summer might be far greater than anything they were expecting.
Image URL: http://static.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/6/67663/4995258-01.jpg
Billy, Me and You | Nicola Streeten
Nicola Streeten’s little boy, Billy, was two years old when he died following heart surgery for problems diagnosed only 10 days earlier. Gut-wrenchingly sad at times, her graphic memoir is an unforgettable portrayal of trauma and our reaction to it – and, especially, the humor or absurdity so often involved in our responses. As Streeten’s story unfolds and we follow her and her partner’s heroic efforts to cope with well-meaning friends and day-to-day realities, we begin to understand what she means by her aim to create a “dead baby story that is funny.”
Image URL: http://www.myriadeditions.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Billy__Me___You_Streeten_cover_LR_4-680×1024.jpg
Science Tales: Lies, Hoaxes and Scams | Darryl Cunningham
A graphic milestone of investigative reporting, Science Tales takes on controversies surrounding climate change, electro-convulsive therapy, the moon landing, the MMR vaccine, homeopathy, chiropractic, evolution and science denialism.
Thouroughly researched and sourced, Cunningham’s clear narrative, graphic lines and photographic illustration explain complicated and controversial issues with deceptive ease and wit. Science Tales decodes the myths and lies that have shaped some of the most fiercely-debated issues of the past fifty years.
Image URL: https://www.qbd.com.au/img/products/1/9781908434364.jpg
Bad Doctor | Ian Williams
Incontinent old ladies, men with eagle tattoos, traumatised widowers – Iwan’s patients cause him both empathy and dismay, as he tries to do his best in a world of limited time and budgetary constraints, and in which there are no easy answers. His feelings for his partners also cause him grief: something more than friendship for the sympathetic Dr Lois Pritchard, and not a little frustration at the prankish and obstructive Dr Robert Smith.
Iwan’s cycling trips with his friend Arthur provide some welcome relief, but even the landscape is imbued with his patients’ distress. As we explore the phantoms from Iwan’s past, we too begin to feel compassion for The Bad Doctor, and ask what is the dividing line between patient and provider?
Image URL: http://www.myriadeditions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/00_BAD_DOCTOR_front_cover_RGB_1-712×1024.jpg
The Nao of Brown | Glyn Dillon
Twenty-eight-year-old Nao Brown, who’s hafu (half Japanese, half English), is not well. She’s suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and fighting violent urges to harm other people. But that’s not who she really wants to be. Nao has dreams. She wants to quiet her unruly mind; she wants to get her design and illustration career off the ground; and she wants to find love, perfect love.
Nao’s life continues to seesaw. Her boyfriend dumps her; a toy deal falls through. But she also meets Gregory, an interesting washing-machine repairman, and Ray, an art teacher at the Buddhist Center. She begins to draw and meditate to ease her mind and open her heart—and in doing so comes to a big realization: Life isn’t black-and-white after all . . . it’s much more like brown.
Image URL: http://www.naobrown.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/coverimage.jpg
Opus | Satoshi Kon
OPUS is Kon’s metafictional tale of Chikara Nagai, a creator under pressure to finish his latest graphic novel, Resonance, who finds that the harshest critic of the shock ending he’s got planned is the character who’ll have to die in it! Nagai’s stregths and weaknesses as a creator are tested beyond their limits as his present and his past, and the worlds of the manga and of reality, become the levels of a maze he may never escape… let alone get a chance to resolve the story!
Image URL: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-VUyqVWuLC5w/VMYOfTxlSiI/AAAAAAAAPoo/fn8DuwzoRkU/s1600/Satoshi_Kon’s_Opus_Nut_Ink_blogspot.jpg
Rumble Strip | Woodrow Pheonix
This is a powerful and darkly humorous graphic polemic by a leading British comics artist that investigates our increasingly dangerous relationship with cars. If you want to get away with murder, buy a car. Combining autobiography, statistics, case histories, advertising and reportage, Woodrow Phoenix draws a compelling picture of the warped psychology behind our need for speed.
Image URL: http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4LFyauNMmck/TywkzBa1vTI/AAAAAAAAA64/SOeHmvbYdc4/Rumble-Strip-Woodrow-Phoenix_thumb%25255B2%25255D.jpg?imgmax=800
Becoming Unbecoming | Una
A devastating personal account of gender violence told in comic book form, set against the backdrop of the 1970s Yorkshire Ripper man-hunt
Image URL: http://www.myriadeditions.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/BECOMING_UNBECOMING.jpg
Low Volume 1: The Delerium of Hope | Rick Remender & Greg Tocchini (Illustrator)
Millennia ago, mankind fled the earth’s surface into the bottomless depths of the darkest oceans. Shielded from a merciless sun’s scorching radiation, the human race tried to stave off certain extinction by sending robotic probes far into the galaxy to search for a new home among the stars. Generations later, one family is about to be torn apart in a conflict that will usher in the final race to save humanity from a world beyond hope. Dive into an aquatic fantasy like none you’ve ever seen before, as writer Rick Remender (Fear Agent, Uncanny Avengers) and artist Greg Tocchini (Last Days of American Crime) bring you a tale mankind’s final hour in the cold, deathly dark of the sea.
Image URL: http://media.senscritique.com/media/000009556857/source_big/Low_Volume_1_The_Delirium_of_Hope.jpg
Pentti & Deathgirl | Emma Rendel
‘Pentti’ is the story of two Finnish brothers, Juha and Pentti. When two men move in next to their farm, Pentti is convinced they must be gay. ‘So what?’ says Juha, but Pentti, full of drink and righteous anger, storms off into town looking for a fight.
‘Deathgirl’s Diary’ tells of Deathgirl, lonely and friendless, talking only to her diary, where she confides her obsessions: stabbing, beheading, poisoning…
Grandville Bête Noire | Bryan Talbot
The baffling murder of a famed Parisian artist in his locked and guarded studio takes the tenacious Detective Inspector LeBrock of Scotland Yard and his faithful adjunct, Detective Sargent Ratzi, into the cut-throat Grandville art scene to track the mysterious assassin. As the body count mounts and events spiral out of control, the investigation points to Toad Hall, where a cabal of industrialists and fat cats plot the overthrow of the French State
Image URL: http://ifanboy.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Grandville_BeteNoiresm.jpg
Nijigahara Holograph | Inio Asano
Butterflies ominously proliferate as children whisper rumors of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school. To appease its wrath, they decide to offer it a sacrifice–a human one. But this is only the beginning of Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Amahiko; Kohta, the lovestruck bully; their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors, and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another. Ten years later, all will have to face what they’ve done or suffered through–and maybe the end of the world.
Image URL: click here
Shortcomings | Adrian Tomine
Shortcomings, Adrian Tomine’s first long-form graphic novel, is the story of Ben Tanaka, a confused, obsessive Japanese American male in his late twenties, and his cross-country search for contentment (or at least the perfect girl). Along the way, Tomine tackles modern culture, sexual mores, and racial politics with brutal honesty and lacerating, irreverent humor, while deftly bringing to life a cast of painfully real antihero characters. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Tomine has acquired a cultlike fan following and has earned status as one of the most widely acclaimed cartoonists of our time.
Image URL: http://goodcomics.comicbookresources.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/shortcomings.jpg
Lafcadio Hearn’s The Faceless Ghost and Other Macabre Tale from Japan | Sean Michael Wilson & Michiru Morikawa (Illustrator)
Over one hundred years ago, the writer Lafcadio Hearn gathered and translated into English a selection of traditional Japanese ghost/mystery stories. They were published as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. In this new graphic novel, acclaimed manga creator Sean Michael Wilson retells six of these stories. All of them are very well known in Japan, where ghosts and demons are often called yokai, meaning “the mysterious and weird.” Today these stories find expression mostly in movies and manga, but they remain rooted in the traditional ghost stories of the Edo era known as kaidan, which means “recited narrative of strange, mysterious, rare, or bewitching apparitions.”
Image URL: http://static6.comicvine.com/uploads/scale_large/6/67663/4887907-01.jpg
Black Hole | Charles Burns
Suburban Seattle, the mid-1970s. We learn from the out-set that a strange plague has descended upon the area’s teenagers, transmitted by sexual contact. The disease is manifested in any number of ways — from the hideously grotesque to the subtle (and concealable) — but once you’ve got it, that’s it. There’s no turning back.
As we inhabit the heads of several key characters — some kids who have it, some who don’t, some who are about to get it — what unfolds isn’t the expected battle to fight the plague, or bring heightened awareness to it , or even to treat it. What we become witness to instead is a fascinating and eerie portrait of the nature of high school alienation itself — the savagery, the cruelty, the relentless anxiety and ennui, the longing for escape.
And then the murders start.
Image URL: http://media.boingboing.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Cover_Black-Hole.jpg
Feature Image URL: http://livingwelldementia.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/bookcase.jpg


But not hacking at tulips. The farm would rather you buy them pre-cut.
On Sunday I went to the tulip festival at Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm with my mom.
The fields are just gorgeous. Flowers everywhere.
They had four steam engines out, all fired up, working their way around the fields.
Tractor rides in little carts shaped like wooden shoes, too.
This was a welcome break from my main extracurricular activity of the past week—fixing timezone support on Calagator. See, vpim, the library that we’ve been using to import and export iCalendar data, simply doesn’t support timezones. It says so in the code comments. And timezones are kind of important in getting your events in the right places on the calendar. We had a number of hacks in our code that made things mostly work, but the export process was dependent on other calendars handling our timezone-less events a certain way, and then Google Calendar quit doing that—so I switched everything to a new library called RiCal that does support timezones, and all is peachy-keen. Mostly. I rebuilt the import process to use this new library, too, but that needs more testing before we push it out into the world.
Anyhow, I think the moral is: even if all the libraries for doing a certain task really, really suck, and you don’t have time/resources to write your own, maybe someone else will get fed up and help you out, so keep looking. Then go look at some pretty flowers until you’re over the resentment that a well-designed library didn’t exist in the first place. And drink a toast to the magic of open source.


Dirty Science will put everything you think you know about modern science into question. Bob Gebelein believes that we, as a society, are ignoring an entire field of scientific research because it has been deemed unworthy by popular science. Parapsychology has been ignored by all major education establishments and universities for years, yet Gebelein says there is evidence to prove it’s scientific value.
To be clear, this is not an anti-science book. Rather, Dirty Science is meant to be read as a commentary on the politics of the current state of affairs in the field of science. Gebelein states at the beginning of the book that he has the utmost respect for science. He even goes as far to say, “Science has so greatly increased the scope and accuracy of our cultural knowledge that I have no words powerful enough to describe it.” He is trying to create a better world by widening what is acceptable as science.
Gebelein feels very strongly that we need to change our current societal rejection for Parapsychology or we will never truly advance in scientific or spiritual research. That if the current science “leaders” in our country continue to dismiss entire scientific fields, we are surely headed for another Dark Age.
He has spent the last twenty years as an advocate for Parapsychology and his expertise on the subject shows in the well documented research presented in this book. To the average non-fiction reader, this topic may seem dense but Bob Gebelein’s writing is fluid and easy to understand, making it very readable to anyone who picks it up. This book puts the last one hundred years of scientific advancement under the microscope, and forces you to ask— What if he’s right? And what does that mean for the future as we know it?


I would be amiss if I didn’t follow the last article up with Venerable Augustus Tolton’s namesake. He is the most important Church Father, highly respected by Catholics and Protestants. He’s kinda a big deal. And no one acknowledges that he was Black.
He is whitewashed in every. stinkin. depiction.
St. Augustine of Hippo (13 November 354-28 August 430) was born to a Christian mom and a pagan dad. To say his dad was a jerk is kind of an understatement. He slept around and beat his mom. They were part of the upper class though. They were freedmen and wealthy. They were full Roman citizens. He probably grew up speaking Latin and got the best in education. He grew up Christian, but he was very familiar with paganism.
He went to college in Carthage through the help of friends because it was above his family’s means. While in school, he lived a hedonistic lifestyle and became a Manichean. He discovered a love for philosophy and embarked on a search for truth.
He moved around teaching and learning until he reached Milan, where his next big milestone was met. He met St. Ambrose and became friends. St. Ambrose adopted him as a spiritual son. Between St. Ambrose, the constant intercession of his mother St. Monica, and his own search for truth, Augustine became a Christian at last. He renounced his mistresses and eventually broke off the engagement his mother had arranged in order to become a priest. He and his son from one of his mistresses were baptized in 387. His son and his mother died soon after. Augustine became a priest in 391. In 395, he was made Bishop of Hippo.
St. Augustine wrote some of the most influential books in the history of Christian thought. His autobiography, his Confessions, is considered a masterpiece even by non-Christians. Here is just a taste:
Belatedly I loved thee, O Beauty so ancient and so new, belatedly I loved thee. For see, thou wast within and I was without, and I sought thee out there. Unlovely, I rushed heedlessly among the lovely things thou hast made. Thou wast with me, but I was not with thee. These things kept me far from thee; even though they were not at all unless they were in thee. Thou didst call and cry aloud, and didst force open my deafness. Thou didst gleam and shine, and didst chase away my blindness. Thou didst breathe fragrant odors and I drew in my breath; and now I pant for thee. I tasted, and now I hunger and thirst. Thou didst touch me, and I burned for thy peace.
Like many early leaders of the Church, he was canonized by popular acclaim. That means, unlike today where people must go through a process to be canonized, St. Augustine was canonized because the Christians at the time generally agreed that he was a saint. He was declared a Doctor of the Church in 1298. He is popularly called “the Doctor of Grace.”
As one historian says, “Augustine’s impact on Western Christian thought can hardly be overstated; only his beloved example Paul of Tarsus, has been more influential, and Westerners have generally seen Paul through Augustine’s eyes.”
I encourage you to read more of him and by him. It’s horrible that such a huge, huge, HUGE figure in Christian thought has been continuously whitewashed. St. Augustine, pray for us.
Here is a good article to read to learn more about him and the issues surrounding his ethnicity: https://face2faceafrica.com/article/father-of-the-catholic-church-st-augustine-was-an-african-and-this-is-why-you-must-know


As a next post in this series, I will explain the anatomy of a Creative Commons (CC) license, which build on copyright law. The licenses are used amongst others for Open Access publishing, which yields a lot of academic, economic, as well as social advantages. They include three layers, a legal code, a human readable layer, and a machine readable code. The legal code entails the terms and conditions and are legally enforceable in court. The human readable layer presents the main license terms in language understandable for non-lawyers. The machine readable code is a form of metadata attached to the work, which makes it search- and findable by search engines.
The creator of a work which is published with a CC license, also called licensor, has to make a two key decisions, regarding what other people are allowed to do with his or her work. Firstly, do they want to allow commercial use and secondly, do they allow derivative works/adaptations. Should a licensor allow derivative works, he or she can also require licensees to make their work available under the same license terms. Licensees, that is people, who reuse CC licensed works, always have to credit to the licensor.
The four different license elements are visualized by the following symbols or icons:
Attribution also called “BY”
NonCommercial also called “NC”
NoDerivatives also called “ND”
ShareAlike also called “SA”
These four elements can be combined to six licenses, which are presented in the picture “Creative Commons”.
As stated above, CC licenses build on copyright law, which means that all exceptions and limitations to copyright affect also affect CC licenses.
In addtion to the six licenses, Creative Commons also provides a tool for licensors who wish to disclaim their copyright entirely. In this situation, licensors can use the CC0 public domain dedication tool, which is also made up of the three layers described initially.


Many people who drive by Big Brain Comics on Washington Avenue in downtown Minneapolis near Open Book and the Metrodome may not even realize it is there. However, for lovers of comics and graphic novels it is an awesome destination spot… an independently owned local bookshop where the owner is an expert on comics who loves to share his expertise to help you find what you are looking for, even if you you don't know what that is!
I first heard about Big Brain Comics from our daughter-in-law nearly 10 years ago when she had a graphic novel on her Christmas list and indicated Big Brain was the place to get it. She is a K-8 librarian, and discovered Big Brain when she got a grant for developing the comics and graphic novel collections in her library. She was so impressed with owner Michael Drivas that he and his store have been her go-to source ever since.
They have something for everyone of all ages at Big Brain… from standard super hero comics… to indie/alternative comics… to Japanese Manga/anime… to graphic novels… to periodicals both comic and non-comic.
Although not all sections are kid friendly, the 'kid' section is set apart from the more 'adult' section and easily holds our grandsons' attention… enough there to keep them fascinated searching for just the right books to take home, as well as some good deals on their discount shelves. It's a great destination spot to search for books for reluctant readers… graphic novels not so easily found at traditional bookstores!
Big Brain Comics is open noon to 8 pm Monday-Saturday and Sunday noon to 5 at 1027 Washington Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55405… near the Guthrie Theater, Spill the Wine, Gold Medal Park and tons of Minneapolis riverfront lofts and condos.


Today, Richard Wilson and I launched a petition, with the help of a few other great people. Knowing the wealth of knowledge that is stored in the archives of the ICTY, we are concerned that insufficient attention is paid to its preservation.
Within hours, the petition was endorsed by renown experts in international law and many others who care about the region. The petition will be online for a while at http://ictylegacy.org and can be found below
Open the Archives of the Yugoslavia Tribunal!
The International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia holds a repository of over ten million unique items of immense value. It is of utmost importance that its preservation and accessibility are guaranteed.
The establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in 1993 was a milestone in the international community’s pursuit of global justice. While violence was raging in the former Yugoslav states of Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia, the UN Security Council made a commitment to punish those responsible for the atrocities committed by all parties to the conflict. Today, twenty-two years after its founding, it has completed 147 highly complex cases. Trials against four final high-profile suspects – including Bosnian Serb President Karadžić and Bosnian Serb Army General Mladić – are expected to be completed in the coming year. When the Tribunal closes its doors in 2017 its contribution to international justice will be undeniable.
The international prosecution of war criminals has relied on evidence found in official documents from political and military units, personal diaries and note books of the accused, meeting transcripts and witness statements. Further, the prosecution has made use of photographs, films, radio recordings and numerous other sources. All these unique materials are currently stored in the repository of the Tribunal’s Office of the Prosecutor. They form the key to understanding the dark pages of the region’s history that left over 100,000 people dead.
With the imminent closure of the Tribunal, it is essential that its guarantors commit to the development of this vast and unique collection of materials into a consolidated and easily accessible archive. There are three important reasons why this commitment should form a priority in the Tribunal’s completion strategy, all three related to the establishment of a historical record of the wars that tore apart the former Yugoslavia.
First of all, the repository contains information that could help victims’ relatives find out what happened to their loved ones. While most victims of the wars have been identified and buried, many relatives still search for information on the exact circumstances under which deaths have occurred. They deserve to have access to the Tribunal’s sources that could provide the answers they need to cope with their losses. That archives can provide such support to survivors is proven by the German Holocaust archive in Bad Arolsen, which performs a similar function for Holocaust survivors. More than 70 years after the end of the Second World War, the archive still responds to thousands of requests from victim-relatives every year.
Secondly, the materials represent an unrivalled source to historians of the region’s violent past, who attempt to establish the causes of the crimes. Establishing a baseline of historical truth about the violence is essential to learn the lessons of the past and prevent recurrence in the future. But the scientific value of the materials goes far beyond the particular region where the crimes occurred. Social scientific research on mass violence has increased our understanding of armed conflict and is gives us vital insights into identifying the political, societal, cultural and psychological factors that lead to these atrocious crimes.
Finally, the creation of an accessible archive is a matter of integrity and fulfilling institutional promises. When the Dayton Agreement put a formal end to the war in November 1995, the Tribunal’s then President Antonio Cassese stated that “justice is an indispensable ingredient of the process of national reconciliation.” Indeed, while the Dayton agreement brought peace in the strictest terms – the end of military confrontation – war-torn societies require a long-term process of reconciliation and healing in order to create peace in a broader and more sustainable sense. Reconciliation is aided by the type of historical records created through the Tribunal’s proceedings, which prevents denial of the atrocities committed and provides counter-balance to any attempt at political manipulation of history. To live up to its commitment to long-term peace through reconciliation, it only makes sense that the Tribunal makes its records available to support this process.
The records of the Tribunal thus carry major potential value to survivors of the wars, scientists concerned with understanding its causes and to the credibility of the Tribunal itself. In particular, the repository of the Prosecutor’s Office contains a vast amount of invaluable material, most of which has not even been fully utilized in the Tribunal’s many trials. To fulfill this potential, the repository needs to be structured into a full-fledged archive. Given that most of the materials have already been digitized, this should be a relatively straightforward and low-cost process. We fully respect the need to maintain confidentiality and are not seeking access to confidential items such as witness statements. Further, a rational mechanism must be developed to allow access to its sources, while respecting the confidentiality and sensitivity of documents. To do this successfully, the Tribunal will need to call in experts from existing archives that perform comparable functions, such as the aforementioned German Holocaust archive.
As the Tribunal prepares to close its doors and transfer its records to the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals in the next year, there is urgency to these tasks, as employees with valuable knowledge of the repository’s content are leaving the Tribunal. While a team of competent archivists is currently processing the archives, a well-articulated policy must still be developed to ensure the accessibility of the full archives for posterity. There is also a need to develop a user-friendly and powerful software interface to allow detailed and thorough searches of the electronic material. We recommend that the Tribunal call in experts from existing archives that perform comparable functions, such as the aforementioned German Holocaust archive. Further, we recommend the establishment of an external advisory committee made up of renowned archivists and ICTY research experts that would support the Tribunal in the development of its policies for the archive.
With the establishment of the Tribunal twenty two years ago the international community altered the course of history by making an unprecedented commitment to global justice. Now, it is time to make sure that the Tribunal’s legacy is preserved so that its history lives on.
- Dr. Saskia Baas, Lecturer, Universiteit van Amsterdam
- Prof. dr. Richard Ashby Wilson, Gladstein Chair of Human Rights, Professor of Law and Anthropology, University of Connecticut


Franklin Library Chair - Chestnut (Brown) - Carolina Chair and Table
Find Step Stools and Ladders at Target.com! With the Franklin Library Chair from Carolina Chair and Table at hand, you won't have to worry about trying to reach high places in your home. Small and compact, this 2-in-1 ladder chair makes the perfect chair to sit down when leafing through your favorite book — the lower step even doubles as a neat storage space for current reads or anything you want on display. When you require that added height to reach tall shelves, simply undo the hinge and flip over for a handy step ladder. Lightweight and foldable, it makes for easy carrying and can be used anywhere in your home from the library to the pantry to the living room. Color: Chestnut.
Browse all deals at
See more in
Ladders & Scaffolding
See more from Franklin
* This offer may contain time-sensitive information and offers. Please check with Target to confirm actual price & availability.