I've been an avid reader since I was a little girl. Books are still some of my most treasured possessions. When I visit someone's home for the first time, I love to look at their books. I feel like the books we keep and read are a great expression of our selves, which is one reason I hesitated to publish this post. It feels like opening the door to a private place and letting everyone in to see who I am. It's a vulnerable act, but this is who I am. This was my year in 2014, in books.
The Land of the Grasshopper Song – Mary Ellicott Arnold and Mabel Reed
A lovely book I picked up in a gift shop during our drive through California’s Redwoods. It’s the true story of two women from the East Coast, commissioned by the US government to, for lack of better words, culturally colonize the native people in California. But during their two years in the Land of the Grasshopper Song, these women grew to love the Karok Indians and advocated for their rights. In the time of the gold rush, they were the only 2 white women around and their humorous tales are a satisfying read for anyone who admires adventurers, who can relate to the hardships and the humor of living cross-culturally, and who appreciates the depth of female friendships.
Women Who Run With the Wolves – Clarissa Pinkola Estes
If there is one book I would suggest to any woman, this would be it. I went through this book slowly with a friend over a couple of years and now that we’re finished, we’ve decided to start over again! The author uses stories and myths she has collected from around the world to tap into the experiences and psyches of women. She somehow manages to always find the right words for a feeling or thought you could never describe. It’s a book I will always treasure and, if I have a girl, will pass on to her.
The Way to Love – Anthony Di Mello
Eric and I slowly work our way through this pocket-size book, packed with depth and insight into what love really means. We’ll read a chapter once in a while before we fall asleep or together at the breakfast table. Anthony Di Mello always finds a way to take an old verse to a new level and often the only thing you can do with his wisdom is let it sink in.
The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet – Benjamin Hoff
A splendid explanation of Taoism using one of our favorite childhood characters. Its simplicity and charm will draw you in quickly and you’ll see the wisdom of becoming more Pooh-like.
The First Muslim – Lesley Hazleton
Zealot – Reza Aslan
An American Agnostic Jewish woman wrote a biography about Mohammed, the Muslim Prophet, and an Iranian American man who grew up Muslim, converted to Christianity in his teens, and now calls himself simply a follower of Jesus wrote a biography about the savior to Christians. I had to read these books back-to-back and it was a fascinating comparison. Both writers are compelling and place their subjects in historical context, shedding new light on their lives that is often unconsidered and overlooked by their followers and skeptics. I highly recommend both of these books to anyone interested in religion and its relevance to our times.
In the Body of the World – Eve Ensler
Eve Ensler doesn’t tell us how our bodies, particularly as women, are connected with our Earth – she makes us feel it deep inside as she takes us on the journey of her cancer treatments and with the women of Eastern Congo. It’s a quick read, but you’ll often want to put the book down and just feel her words and cry or laugh with her on her journey.
Strength to Love – Martin Luther King Jr.
Coretta Scott King has said people tell her that this book, of all of the books written by or about MLK, has changed their life the most. It’s a compilation of some of King's best sermons and Eric and I have both marked up the whole book, underlining powerful quote after powerful quote.
Black Elk Speaks – John G. Neihardt
A classic of Native American spirituality, I found this biography of Black Elk, a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, simply fascinating. The recounting of his life dives deeply into a spirituality our world has largely lost, while also touching on key events in the history of the Sioux.
Trauma Stewardship – Laura van Dernoot Lipsky with Connie Burk
A great read for anyone working in the field of social work who has ever felt burnt out, cynical, tired, or has just lacked inspiration. You realize that you truly must care for yourself before you can adequately care and advocate for others.
Women’s Bodies, Women’s Wisdom – Christiane Northrup
I originally bought this book to refer to from time-to-time, but upon picking it up, I found it too fascinating not to read from cover-to-cover. I have kept it by my bedside for the last 2 years and was actually sad to finish it. Northrup takes a very holistic approach to women’s health and has made me love and appreciate my body for the wisdom it gives me, should I choose to listen, rather than wanting my body to look differently and being scared it will somehow rebel against me. This is another must for any woman and I have given out many copies to friends and family.
Hildegard of Bingen – Matthew Fox
This incredible nun from the 12th century, largely unknown, wrote the first opera of the West 300 years before any other, composed music anticipating Mozart 600 years before his birth, taught methods of healing and medicine that are still used today, and called out kings and religious leaders for hypocrisy, which got her interdicted at the age of 80. She was a painter, a poet, a musician, a prophetess, a reformer, a mystic, and a healer. She called for a reverence of nature and our Earth, called science a gift from God, and interwove the feminine into her worship of the Divine. She is recognized as a saint of the Roman Catholic Church and was recently named a Doctor of the Church in 2012, but, as the author points out, the Catholic Church doesn’t quite know what to do with her teachings that were way ahead of her time, and quite relevant to ours!
Illumination of a Skyrider – Eric Kreutter
I am now officially married to an author. My husband finished writing a book this year, and has even made significant progress in turning it into a trilogy! I was honored to be the first to set eyes on the very first draft! He has managed to use a chicken and a turtle as his main characters in this story to teach us deep life lessons. It is an outpouring of my husband’s depth and an expression of his truest self, but it’s still a light read and fun to follow along with the journey of Fenix, a chicken trying to find his way in life!
Moving Towards Balance: 8 Weeks of Yoga with Rodney Yee
If you’d love to practice yoga at home, but are like me and think the videos on the market are too cheesy and poorly-made, this is the perfect alternative. Rodney Yee takes you through 8 weeks of yoga, explaining every pose. Even if you’ve done yoga for a while, it will help to remind you what each pose should feel like, and you get to go at your own pace!
The Soul of Money – Lynne Twist
I wasn’t excited to read a book about finances, but I was required to for a class I’m taking, and I am so glad it was this book on finances. Lynne Twist challenges us to evaluate our deepest values and guides us on how to use our money to advance these values in our lives, making us richer in so many ways.
Invitation to Solitude and Silence – Ruth Haley Barton
Solitude and meditation have long been a part of Eastern traditions, but Ruth Haley Barton highlights how Western Christianity has become so frenzied, that we are missing out on the many spiritual, emotional, and physical benefits of solitude and silence. She makes her points gracefully and provides simple practices after each short reading to pull you into this special invitation.
The Hidden Face of Eve – Nawal El Saadawi
A powerful Egyptian author, all of Nawal El Saadawi’s books have a particular punch to them and this one is no exception. An overview of her experiences and perspective of women in the Muslim world, it is a compelling read, but one that I could only take in a little at a time due to the severity of the issues she addresses.
A Call to Action – Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter has called this the most important book he’s ever written. He brings our attention to the plight of women and girls across the world as well as within America, shedding light on issues many would prefer to ignore. It’s a nice summary of these compelling issues and it’s a relief to read such words from a powerful Western, white man.
More books I read in 2014:
Birthing from Within – Pam England and Rob Horowitz
The Untethered Soul – Michael A. Singer
When the Heart Waits – Sue Monk Kidd
Meeting the Shadow – Connie Zweig and Jeremiah Abrams
Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea – Mark Kurlansky
The Mists of Avalon - Marion Zimmer Bradley
The Gifts of Imperfection – Brene Brown
The Garden of Burning Sand – Corban Addison
Uncle Tom’s Cabin – Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Call of the Wild and White Fang – Jack London
Hobomok – Lydia Maria Child
A Woman’s Book of Life – Joan Borysenko
The Wisdom of the Enneagram – Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson
Wisdom of No Escape – Pema Chodron
The Abstinence Teacher – Tom Perrotta
Wise Women – Susan Cahill
Devotions: Wisdom from the Cradle of Civilization – Danielle and Oliver Follmi
Hard Decisions – Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Terrorist’s Son – Zak Ebrahim
Anna Karenina – Leo Tolstoy


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Belarusian still holds a prominent position in Belarusian society as a symbol of Belarusian identity. Many government documents are printed only in Belarusian and most street signs are in Belarusian. Every schoolchild is required to learn the language, and almost all Belarusians can speak it at least to some extent. Knowledge of Belarusian is valuable to anyone who spends any amount of time in Belarus or takes a keen interest in its literature and culture. Our lessons are not going to be confined to lexical-grammar material only, but together with this you’ll have the opportunity to get acquainted with Belarusian traditions and customs, listen to the shortcuts of Belarusian literary masterpieces and what not… Moreover, you can download our audio-lessons from this site!
Do you know anything about Belarus and Belarusian? To tell the truth, the language of Belarus reflects, in part, the complicated history of Belarus.
Belarusian is an Indo-European language, one of the East Slavic languages, along with Russian and Ukrainian. For historical reasons, it can be written with either the Cyrillic (kirylica) or accented Latin (Latsinka) alphabets. Since Belarusian religious literature shared its origins with Russian and Ukrainian in the 11th through 14th centuries (when the common language was what is often called Church Slavonic), Belarusian literature, and thus the written language, only came into its own in the 15th century. To the beginning of the 17-th century Old Belarusian came to its top being used in all spheres of social and cultural life of the country. But since the end of the 17-th century up to the end of the 19-th century Belarusian was officially banned and outnumbered firstly by Polish and then by Russian. No wonder that the revitalization of Belarusian in the 20-th century was such a long and painful process. Although there have been periodic efforts to strengthen the use of the Belarusian language in Belarus by a relatively small but well educated minority, many people still consider Belarusian as the language of the village and the countryside. But in spite of this, there are thousands of Belarusians in Belarus who work to keep it alive!
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“The outback was like a vast, beaten plate of copper stretching out around them, shimmering in the distance where the heat warped the fierce light…”
Uluru, the sacred Aboriginal rock in the heart of Australia, gets its first mention in The City of Light, when Lizzie discovers her great-uncle’s journal and reads about the inma, or initiation ceremony, of David Maturwarra’s son. But it’s not until the most recent book, The Lady in the Moon Moth Mask, that any action takes place there, when Ashlyn activates a garden portal and finds David and his friends. There she discovers the harrowing events that have taken place following the arrival of the terrifying Liru Snake Woman.
In 2001 I visited my Dad who was living in Sydney and subsequently travelled around Australia. I was stunned by the beauty of the country, from the vibrant cities of Sydney and Perth, to the grand walking country of the Grampian mountains, and the fabulous coasts of Cairns and New South Wales.
But above all, I was in awe of Uluru and the outback. I loved the way the legendary rock changed its colour gradually throughout the day. How its smooth and chiselled escarpment tugged images out of your head. And the contrast of the austere outback with the intimate, scrubby paths that encircled the rock.
It was stunning. All the pictures in this post I took then (on print film). The descriptions are from The Lady in the Moon Moth Mask.
“Uluru’s massive terracotta flank loomed up beside them, seeming to throb with a life of its own…”
“The rock was mostly smooth like the brow of a giant’s head, but in places it was punctured with scars and pits. One section looked like a giant spoon had gouged through it, exposing a honey-combed, chocolate-orange mousse below…”
“‘This is where Kuniya Python Woman fought the Liru Snake Woman,’ said David. ‘That crack is the Liru’s head wound, made by the Python Woman’s digging stick. If only she had killed her for good…’
From a distance, the place where the Python Woman and the Snake Woman fought looked to Ashlyn like a giant barracuda’s head, with a long gash almost three-quarters of the height of the rock for its slanted eye, and a large broken cavern at its base for its gaping maw. That was one mean fish.”
“Even the trees were desiccated, standing like straps of parched, twisted bone in the pulsating landscape…”


Dear Beatles Hardcover Book (1966)
- Item #: #2477
- Manufacturer: Wonder Books
- Condition: Used
"Here they are! The best, funniest, and wildest of the thousands of letters received by George, Ringo, John, and Paul - the one and only Beatles - from their dedicated and loyal fans from Maine to California." Now here's a time piece from the 1960s! Dear Beatles, compiled by Bill Adler and published by Wonder Books in 1966. Overall this 8.5" x 5.5" hardcover book is in good to very good condition. Besides the corner and edge wear and yellowing pages, typical of vintage used books, it has "30" marked in dark pencil on the upper-right corner of the cover and previous owner "Bonnie Nicholson" signed her name in blue ink on the inside title page.


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In his second sketch collection, a follow up to 'Lockdown Sketchbook 2020', Dan picks up where he left off by developing an ever evolving take on the human form in motion. Each piece is accompanied by a rationale sharing insight and aims, so an in-depth explanation from the artist is always at hand, allowing a front row seat as the search for a style continues.
The book is split into two chapters, the first concentrates on artwork of a single subject and the second concentrates on ever fuller pages of my sketchbook. The sketchbook pages have a looser, improvisational feel and include much more notes on what's happening on the page. They provide a real insight into the process and are absolutely crammed with work.
- 132 pages
- 100+ pieces of artwork
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- Cover: 200GSM Silk + matt lam outer
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Online Counseling records from sessions completed within past 36 months available
April 24, 2012
Many schools will be undergoing audits in the coming months and schools need to make sure they have proper documentation to show they are complying with regulations, including meeting counseling requirements.
Online Counseling records completed within the last six months are accessible through your Access Area. Records of counseling sessions that are six to 36 months old are accessible through an archived records request.
Schools have three options to access records of counseling sessions completed within the past six months:
- Mouse over the Retrieve records link, Download/print counseling records, and choose:
- One day
- Date range
- Specific criteria
- Use the Search link to search for a record by confirmation number (if completed within the last 14 days), Social Security number, or last name. If the student completed counseling more than six months ago, you may still see the counseling date, confirmation number, and student name and click the “Archives link” to request the date (if it was six to 36 months ago).
- Mouse over the Retrieve records and click on "Download electronic counseling records" to retrieve records in TXT, CSV, or XML formats.
The Archives link provides an online form to request a date range of records that are six to 36 months old for a specific counseling type. Files are available in the printable RTF, CSV (that opens in Excel), TXT, WDDX, and XML formats.
Once the form is submitted Mapping Your Future staff will contact you within two business days to confirm the request. Once the counseling file is available, you will receive an e-mail notification indicating you can retrieve the record as follows.
- Login to the Access Area and click “Archives”.
- Right-click on the file name and "Save Target As” where you would like to save the link in your documents.
- Go to the file where you saved the link, open the file, and print as needed.
Archived reports are only available for 10 calendar days. It is important to retrieve the data once it is available.
Since archive files are generated by date range and not for a specific borrower, you can use a commonly-known keyboard shortcut to search for a record in your archived records file. To search for a record, open the archive file, hold down the Control key on your keyboard, and type the letter "f" (for find). A search box will appear where you can search for a last name, Social Security Number, confirmation number, or other field.
More information about retrieving records can be found in the Online Counseling User's Guide in the Resources section on the home page of your Access Area. For questions about retrieving records, contact the Mapping Your Future customer care staff at email@example.com.


1. Write Benefits of Reusable objects and code?
• Increases productivity
• Decreases maintenance
• Increases modularity
• Maintains standards
• Improves application performance
2. What is property class?
A property class is a named object that contains a list of properties and their settings.
3. Why use property classes?
Use property classes to:
• Increase productivity by setting standard or frequently used values for common properties and associating them with several Forms Builder objects.
• Improve network performance by increasing the efficiency of message diffing.
4. What is an Inherited property?
An inherited property is one that takes its value from the property class that you associated with the object. An inherited property is displayed with an arrow to the left of the property name.
5. What is a Variant property?
A variant property is one whose value has been modified from the inherited value that comes from the property class associated with the object.
6. What are object groups?
An object group is a logical container for a set of Forms Builder objects.
7. Why use object groups?
• Package related objects for copying or sub classing in another module
• Bundle numerous objects into higher-level building blocks that you can use again in another application.
8. What are object libraries?
Object libraries are convenient containers of objects for reuse. They simplify reuse in complex environments, and they support corporate, project, and personal standards.
9. Why object libraries Instead of object groups?
• Object libraries are external to the form, so are easily shared among form modules.
• Object libraries can contain individual items (for example, iconic buttons). The smallest unit accepted in an object group is a block.
• Object libraries accept PL/SQL program units.
• If you change an object in an object library, all forms that contain the sub-classed object reflect the change.
10. Write the benefits of the object library?
• Simplifies the sharing and reuse of objects
•Provides control and enforcement of standards
•Promotes increased network performance
•Eliminates the need to maintain multiple referenced forms
11. What are smart-classes?
A Smart-class is a special member of an object library. It can be used to easily subclass existing objects in a form using the Smart Class option from the shortcut menu.
12. What are PL/SQL libraries?
A Library is a collection of PL/SQL program units that can include procedures, functions, and packages.


What do we ask of our characters? What do we want them to be?
The answers to those questions aren’t nearly as simple as human. Or flawed. Or loving. We need them to breathe.
The arena in which we play out their lives is a fascinating one, when you think about it. Having 300 pages (less, actually, if you subtract the space required for plot and for other characters)to express what is essential, notable and memorable in 30, 40, 50 years of a created person—and to do it with such limited space—is a remarkable demand made upon the writer.
Many writers take shortcuts. One of the first I learned about is the convention of how the character is described. This description is offered, to often, in excessive detail, jammed into a single page or a couple of paragraphs. Worse, and lazier, is the observation of the character him/herself in a mirror. Awkward, graceless devices, these. They announce to the reader an unconfident impatience to get on with it. Seeing passages like these is enough to make me put the book down and never pick it up again.
The art of character is the art of complexity—and of presenting that complexity effortlessly. “After Joe’s wife died, he was never the same” is too little and too obvious. Complexity in character is like quirkiness in humans: It pervades everything. It may be carried on the shoulders of a trait or a habit or an action or a tendency, but it is a lifetime that reveals itself over the life of the work, the life lived between title page and postscript.
How well we know our character going in determines how vibrant that character will be on the pages. This is not to say that characters don’t open secrets to us as we transcribe them…McGill in The Spiritkeeper, in her final choices, was a total surprise to me. Terry Marsh in Everything had no idea who he was at the start of the book, which made the challenge of making the journey through not-ness an intriguing one.
Characters have journeys—call them arcs. As writer, we unwind the gifts of those journeys through the tale, even if the many of a character’s stations of the cross never make it to the page. Characters are a kind of haiku. They are distillations that draw crystal clarity from muddiest thinking. They are a kind of unique-yet-universal shorthand.
They are the embodiments and examples of the complex simplicity that makes us us.
Any wonder that great characters are so tough to reveal?


Libraries and Archives Market Size 2022 Development Strategies, Top Manufacturers Insights, Industry Share, Growth Rate Analysis by Regions Forecast to 2029
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The report covers extensive analysis of the key market players in the market, along with their business overview, expansion plans, and strategies. The key players studied in the report include:
- National Archives of Australia
- German National Library
- Library of Congress
- New York Public Library
- British Library
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The report focuses on the Libraries and Archives market size, segment size (mainly covering product type, application, and geography), competitor landscape, recent status, and development trends. Furthermore, the report provides detailed cost analysis, supply chain. Technological innovation and advancement will further optimize the performance of the product, making it more widely used in downstream applications. Moreover, Consumer behavior analysis and market dynamics (drivers, restraints, opportunities) provides crucial information for knowing the Libraries and Archives market.
Based on types, the Libraries and Archives market from 2017 to 2029 is primarily split into:
Based on applications, the Libraries and Archives market from 2017 to 2029 covers:
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- Global Libraries and Archives Market size and growth projections, 2020- 2029
- Libraries and Archives Market size, share, and growth projections across regions and countries, 2022- 2029
- Libraries and Archives market size and CAGR of key products, applications, and end-user verticals, 2022- 2029
- Short and long term Libraries and Archives Market trends, drivers, restraints, and opportunities
- Porter’s Five forces analysis
- Profiles of 5 leading companies in the industry- overview, key strategies, financials, and products
- Latest market news and developments
Geographically, the report includes the research on production, consumption, revenue, market share and growth rate, and forecast (2017 -2029) of the following regions:
- United States
- Europe (Germany, UK, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Poland)
- Southeast Asia (Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam)
- Latin America (Brazil, Mexico, Colombia)
- Middle East and Africa (Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Egypt, South Africa, Nigeria)
- Other Regions
Following Chapter Covered in the Libraries and Archives Market Research:
Chapter 1 provides an overview of Libraries and Archives market, containing global revenue and CAGR. The forecast and analysis of Libraries and Archives market by type, application, and region are also presented in this chapter.
Chapter 2 is about the market landscape and major players. It provides competitive situation and market concentration status along with the basic information of these players.
Chapter 3 introduces the industrial chain of Libraries and Archives. Industrial chain analysis, raw material (suppliers, price, supply and demand, market concentration rate) and downstream buyers are analyzed in this chapter.
Chapter 4 concentrates on manufacturing analysis, including cost structure analysis and process analysis, making up a comprehensive analysis of manufacturing cost.
Chapter 5 provides clear insights into market dynamics, the influence of COVID-19 in Libraries and Archives industry, consumer behavior analysis.
Chapter 6 provides a full-scale analysis of major players in Libraries and Archives industry. The basic information, as well as the profiles, applications and specifications of products market performance along with Business Overview are offered.
Chapter 7 pays attention to the sales, revenue, price and gross margin of Libraries and Archives in markets of different regions. The analysis on sales, revenue, price and gross margin of the global market is covered in this part.
Chapter 8 gives a worldwide view of Libraries and Archives market. It includes sales, revenue, price, market share and the growth rate by type.
Chapter 9 focuses on the application of Libraries and Archives, by analyzing the consumption and its growth rate of each application.
Chapter 10 prospects the whole Libraries and Archives market, including the global sales and revenue forecast, regional forecast. It also foresees the Libraries and Archives market by type and application.
Years considered for this report:
- Historical Years: 2017-2021
- Base Year: 2021
- Estimated Year: 2022
- Forecast Period: 2022-2029
Some of the key questions answered in this report:
- Which are the five top players of the Libraries and Archives market?
- How will the Libraries and Archives market change in the upcoming years?
- Which product and application will take a share of the Libraries and Archives market?
- What are the drivers and restraints of the Libraries and Archives market?
- Which regional market will show the highest growth?
- What will be the CAGR and size of the Libraries and Archives market throughout the forecast period?
- What is the current market size, what will the market size be in 2029 and what will the growth rate be?
- What are the challenges to grow in the market?
- What are the market opportunities and challenges faced by the key vendors?
- Who are the major competitors and what is their strategy?
- What are the barriers to entry for new players in the market?
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Detailed TOC of Libraries and Archives Market Forecast Report 2022-2029:
1 Libraries and Archives Market Overview
1.1 Product Overview and Scope of Libraries and Archives
1.2 Segment by Type
1.3 Global Segment by Application
1.4 Global Market, Region Wise (2017-2022)
1.5 Global Market Size of Libraries and Archives (2017-2029)
2 Global Libraries and Archives Market Landscape by Player
2.1 Global Libraries and Archives Sales and Share by Player (2017-2022)
2.2 Global Revenue and Market Share by Player (2017-2022)
2.3 Global Average Price by Player (2017-2022)
2.4 Global Gross Margin by Player (2017-2022)
2.5 Manufacturing Base Distribution, Sales Area and Product Type by Player
2.6 Market Competitive Situation and Trends
3 Libraries and Archives Upstream and Downstream Analysis
3.1 Industrial Chain Analysis
3.2 Key Raw Materials Suppliers and Price Analysis
3.3 Key Raw Materials Supply and Demand Analysis
3.4 Manufacturing Process Analysis
3.5 Market Concentration Rate of Raw Materials
3.6 Downstream Buyers
3.7 Value Chain Status Under COVID-19
4 Libraries and Archives Manufacturing Cost Analysis
4.1 Manufacturing Cost Structure Analysis
4.2 Libraries and Archives Key Raw Materials Cost Analysis
4.3 Labor Cost Analysis
4.4 Energy Costs Analysis
4.5 R&D Costs Analysis
5 Market Dynamics
5.2 Restraints and Challenges
5.3.1 Advances in Innovation and Technology for Libraries and Archives
5.3.2 Increased Demand in Emerging Markets
5.4 Libraries and Archives Industry Development Trends under COVID-19 Outbreak
5.4.1 Global COVID-19 Status Overview
5.4.2 Influence of COVID-19 Outbreak on Libraries and Archives Industry Development
5.5 Consumer Behavior Analysis
6 Players Profiles
6.1 Company A
6.1.1 Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Competitors
6.1.2 Libraries and Archives Product Profiles, Application and Specification
6.1.3 Libraries and Archives Market Performance (2017-2022)
6.1.4 Business Overview
6.2 Company B
6.2.1 Basic Information, Manufacturing Base, Sales Area and Competitors
6.2.2 Libraries and Archives Product Profiles, Application and Specification
6.2.3 Libraries and Archives Market Performance (2017-2022)
6.2.4 Business Overview
7 Global Libraries and Archives Sales and Revenue Region Wise (2017-2022)
7.1 Global Sales and Market Share, Region Wise (2017-2022)
7.2 Global Revenue (Revenue) and Market Share, Region Wise (2017-2022)
7.3 Global Sales, Revenue, Price and Gross Margin (2017-2022)
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8.1 Global Sales and Market Share by Type (2017-2022)
8.2 Global Revenue and Market Share by Type (2017-2022)
8.3 Global Price by Type (2017-2022)
8.4 Global Sales Growth Rate by Type (2017-2022)
9 Global Libraries and Archives Market Analysis by Application
9.1 Global Consumption and Market Share by Application (2017-2022)
9.2 Global Consumption Growth Rate by Application (2017-2022)
10 Global Libraries and Archives Market Forecast (2022-2029)
10.1 Global Sales, Revenue Forecast (2022-2029)
10.2 Global Sales and Revenue Forecast, Region Wise (2022-2029)
10.3 Global Sales, Revenue and Price Forecast by Type (2022-2029)
10.4 Global Consumption Forecast by Application (2022-2029)
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The Future Of These Books
One of the big goals of this book series is to continue to create books that address all of the issues and challenges that this population encounters on a daily level. There are many challenges that could serve as the focus of the next Puzling story. Parents have brought to my attention the following challenges as relevant topics for the continuation of the Puzling series: paying attention, wearing clothing, participating in gym class, falling asleep, being a picky eater, and tolerating loud noises. I hope to address as many of these challenges as possible and more as this book series grows.
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Advice for Self Isolating Students
Maintaining a work routine and continuation of your education.
Whilst you are absent from school it is important that you try to maintain some sort of routine and a continuation of your education. To this effect we will be posting some work for you to do and suggest some websites and books that you could use.
In the first instance you should spend an hour a day reading. This could be your school book, a book you have at home, a book you have got from the library or a book you read online.
You should also spend an hour a day on maths practice. If you are in year 7 or 8 this would be using MyMaths, for students in years 9,10 and 11 you would use Hegarty Maths
Over time your teachers will start to post work for other subjects on Show My Homework. You can access this using your school gmail login.
Students in years 9,10 and 11 also have access to GCSEPOD. Short videos for most subjects can be found here. You are free to access whichever you would like but you may also be set some specific ones to watch by your teachers. A parent’s introduction to GCSEPOD can be found here.
- If you have trouble logging in to MyMaths or Hegarty Maths please email Mrs Evans email@example.com
If you have trouble logging onto Show My Homework please email firstname.lastname@example.org
If you have trouble logging onto GCSEPod please email email@example.com
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Revision guides, Workbooks and Resources
For Key Stage 4 students your teachers have recommended some revision guides, workbooks and resources that will be of use. Information about these will be posted here.
GCSEpod, is a web based tool to support learning and revision. Our students have access to this resource and information on how to log in can be found here.


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This was such an interesting book! From his early childhood Alexander Graham Bell was fascinated by sounds, and ways to communicate with sound. He learned from his speech therapist father and his almost-deaf mother. As an adult he met Thomas Watson and together they invented the telephone, surely one of the greatest inventions to come out of the Age of Invention. But Alex didn't stop there, he went on to create the June Bug, the first plane to prove human beings could fly, and the hydrodome, the fastest boat of its time. His life wasn't always easy, but he often used hardship to inspire ways to improve the lives of others. The artwork is engaging and there are fascinating notes accompanying the story along the way. -- Susan (RBB Staff)
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Lee Ann Brown
Ann Brown's first full-length book, Polyverse won Sun
& Moon's New American Poetry Prize Competition and was published by
Sun & Moon Press in 1999. Her book The Sleep that Changed
Everything was published in 2003 by Wesleyan University
Press. She has performed her poetry and shown her films
internationally and has received fellowships from the New York
Foundation for the Arts, The Fund for Poetry, Yaddo, The MacDowell
Colony, Djerassi Artists Residency, and the Foundation Royaumont.
Last summer she was among five poets selected to attend a special
collaborative session between poets and musicians at The Virginia
Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, Virginia.
Brown's poetry has
appeared in numerous anthologies including An Anthology of New
(American) Poets, and Primary Trouble: An Anthology
of Contemporary American Poetry, (both from Talisman
House), Writing from the New Coast: (o.blek editions),
Fire Readings: A Collection of Contemporary Writing from the
Shakespeare & Company Benefit Readings, and Out of
This World: An Anthology of the St. Mark's Poetry Project.
Her poetry has appeared in numerous journals and periodicals
including "Java" (Paris), "How2" (Bucknell University), "Combo," "Capilano
Review" (Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, BC), "Fence Magazine,"
"The Boston Review," "Verse Magazine," "Shambala Sun," "6ix" and
Her long poem
"Crush," (the final poem in "Polyverse"), has been translated into
the French by Eric Giraud and has just been published as "Prise"
from Format Americain, Bordeaux, France, Spring 2000.
Lee Ann Brown
is also the editor and publisher of Tender Buttons, an award-winning
independent poetry press which features experimental poetry by
women. The first Tender Buttons book was Bernadette Mayer's
Sonnets (1989), followed by ten more full-length titles
including Harryette Mullen's Trimmings, Rosmarie
Waldrop's Lawn of Excluded Middle, Jennifer Moxley's
Imagination Verses and special editions of broadsides
Born in 1963 in
Saitama, Japan and raised in Charlotte, North Carolina, Brown now
lives in both New York City and Marshall, NC. She received a BA in
English and Women's Studies and an MFA in Creative Writing from
Brown University. She is Associate Professor of English at St.
John's University, and also teaches poetry at Naropa University's
Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics.


Here are the Top 5 Books to Learn About Blockchain
Here are 5 books that excel in teaching the blockchain technology and its applications. Read about them and learn the technology from A-Z.
The New Rage That Is Blockchain
In the context of innovative blockchain technology, it works without the need for a central authority where blockchain is the underlying technological foundation of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereum with dozens of leading financial firms including the like of Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan are investing heavily in developing the technology as for the people who want to learn more about blockchain technology and its applications, here are the best books on the subject.
1. Cryptoassets by Chris Burniske and Jack Tatar
In this book, Burniske and Tatar look at the blockchain from a financial perspective as they cover key technological concepts along the way. Crypto assets are written for investors rather than programmers or Bitcoin enthusiasts. Here it keeps most of their explanations relevant and comprehensible as they start with the origins of Bitcoin during the 2008 financial crisis and cover the basics, therefore, explaining the crucial differences between Bitcoin and broader blockchain technology. It then goes into detail on the types of crypto assets that have risen such as crypto tokens and crypto commodities.
Further on the book goes far beyond most of the rest of the literature, attempting to define crypto assets as an asset class as there is even a chapter that takes on the difficult task of developing a valuation framework for crypto assets. While the market is still too young, for any framework, to be definitive, they deserve praise for laying the necessary foundations, and finally they also deal with the practical details of blockchain investing. There are blockchain wallets, cryptocurrency exchanges, and initial coin offering covered.
2. Blockchain Revolution by Don and Alex Tapscott
Thereby the father and son team of Don and Alex Tapscott has written the book to explain the impact of cryptocurrencies as the fully open platform of blockchain technology expanding and transforming what we can do online the way we do it, and who can participate. Thereafter according to them, blockchain technology will immensely improve the delivery of expanding financial services and the safeguarding of personal identity information. Here there are benefits for business contracts and the development of the Internet of Things.
It further discusses the various ways that technology is changing the future of money, transactions, and businesses with an expert carefully explaining the technology. They observe it as a simple but transformative protocol enabling financial transactions to be both anonymous and secure through the distributed ledger. Hereafter the authors recognize that the technology is still in its infancy. Here they do an excellent job of separating what the technology can deliver now from its vast potential for the future.
3. The Book of Satoshi by Phil Champagne
The next is about blockchain technology and Bitcoin that are linked because blockchain made cryptocurrencies are possible, where this book offers the writings of the mysterious creator of Bitcoin known as Satoshi Nakamoto and the general public still did not know the true identity of Nakamoto. Whereas the Nakamoto persona has only a virtual existence, much like its cryptocurrency creation as the persona presents only in the online publications as Nakamoto offers to explain Bitcoin during the earlier days of its introduction. Here comes a definitive collection of Nakamoto’s essential writings that include the original paper detailing the idea of Bitcoin. It is in this book that Nakamoto’s explanation of Bitcoins is widely written.
4. The Basics of Bitcoins and the Blockchain written by Antony Lewis
Another one comes from Antony Lewis who was formerly of early cryptocurrency exchange itBit which has been an expert in the cryptocurrency and blockchain spaces for nearly a decade as Lewis clearly and concisely breaks down technical aspects of blockchain technology in a way that is digestible and understandable for those within and outside of the space. This is while it covers the fundamentals of cryptocurrencies as well as it is also a useful guide for those particularly interested in blockchain technology and its many applications.
5. The Blockchain Developer by EladElrom
Finally while other books on this list provide a general overview of blockchain technology, here it is written with developers in mind as such the developer does not shy away from the technical discussion and granular detailed information. Thereafter the introductions to the technology and its structure, the author discusses the process of creating the blockchain, building dApps, and more. Here this is a specialized section of the book relating to popular existing blockchain for developers interested in creating apps for preexisting networks as well as a portion of the book about blockchain applications outside of cryptocurrency.


A Scottish Currency? – 5 Lessons from the Design Flaws of Pound Sterling
Report, 10 pages
If an independent Scotland wished to establish its own currency, there is little sense in modelling the currency on a design that has already spectacularly failed many times in the UK, Europe and the US.
There is a better way which would give Scotland a safer banking system and an economy that is more stable and far less dependent on debt, a system where badly-run banks could be allowed to fail.
Sovereign Money: Paving the Way for a Sustainable Recovery
Modernising Money: Why Our Monetary System is Broken, and How it Can Be Fixed
(Book, 336 pages)
The book explains, in more detail than ever before, exactly how the monetary system can be fixed. The product of three years of research and development, these proposals offer one of the few hopes of escaping from our current dysfunctional monetary system. It is detailed but accessible to non-economists. (2013)
Where Does Money Come From?
(Book, 140 pages)
What is money? How is it created? How does it enter into circulation? These are simple and vital questions it might seem, but the answers remain contested and often muddled. This book, published by the New Economics Foundation, provides a comprehensive overview of how the system actually works in non-technical language, and has already replaced the usual banking textbooks in some UK universities. (2011)
The Positive Money System (In Plain English)
A shorter, plain English explanation of how we can fix our money system, written for people with no background in economics or banking. It explains how we can prevent commercial banks from being able to create money, and move this power to create money into the hands of a transparent and accountable body, who would create money in line with the needs of the economy and grant it to government to be spent into the economy. (2013)
The Positive Money System (Technical)
A more technical presentation of our reforms, for economists and those with some background in money and banking. This document presents a plan for monetary reform, based on a proposal initially put forward by Frederick Soddy in the 1920s, and then subsequently by Irving Fisher and Henry Simons in the aftermath of the Great Depression. Variations of these ideas have since been proposed by Milton Friedman (1960), James Tobin (1987), John Kay (2009) and Laurence Kotlikoff (2010). While inspired by Irving Fisher’s original work and variants on it, the proposals in this paper have some significant differences. The starting point was the work of Joseph Huber and James Robertson in their book Creating New Money (2000), which updated and modified Fisher’s proposals to take account of the fact that money, the payments system and banking in general is now electronic, rather than paper-based. (2013)
Banking, Finance and Income Inequality
Inequality has increased continuously over the last thirty years. Many factors contribute to this growing gap, but one of the most significant is least understood: the role of money creation by banks. The evidence compiled in this paper suggests that there are several factors contributing to the growth of inequality, but at the heart is the operation of the banking system.
This study presents a framework mechanism for understanding how two potentially self-reinforcing circuits of money and wealth on the one hand and debt and hardship on the other are linked, through behaviour motivated by envy and the desire to emulate peers, to exacerbate inequality, and how the resulting anxiety and fear feeds through to policy choices which can mitigate or magnify the problem.
(Report, 16 pages, 2013)
Banking vs Democracy
This report asks if power has shifted from Westminster down the river to the City of London. What we find is a banking system that has more ‘spending power’ than the democratically elected government, no accountability to the people, and massive concentration of power in the hands of a few individuals. (2012)


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Journey to the center of the earth
India ink drawing, colored in computer
114 x 87,4 cm
This illustration was conceived as an allegorical map of the science fiction novel Journey to the Center of the Earth from Jules Verne. The map presents a summary of the main events of the story, arrangend according to the diferent stations of the journey. It follows the protagonists in their journey from Hambug to Iceland, to the center of the earth and back to the surface.


Webinars, training, and other events related to Generative AI
ChatGPT and AI Literacy: How Can I Use ChatGPT in Engineering Research? (University Library)
Graduate assistants Laurel Darling and Benjamin Eskin Shapson will teach this session in-person from 1:00 pm to 1:50 pm at the Grainger Engineering Library Information Center, Rooms 233/235. This workshop will address the capabilities of ChatGPT and identify appropriate and effective ways participants can integrate this tool into their academic, research, and pedagogical pursuits in engineering disciplines. The event is free, but registration is required.
Deepfakes: How Computers Mimic Us (University Library)
This hybrid session will be taught by Mary Ton, Digital Humanities Librarian, in-person from 12:00 pm to 12:50 pm in Room 220 at the Main Library and on Zoom (registration and reminder emails will include the Zoom link and passcode). This workshop will provide a beginner-friendly overview of how artificial intelligent tools interpret pictures and sound to generate new images, video, and voices, discuss how these techniques are being used for research, in the film industry, and across campus to support new scholarship and creative works, and identify strategies for recognizing deepfakes and tools that you can use to protect your own image and voice. The event is free, but registration is required.
Generative AI Training and Consultation (CITL)
Mondays & Tuesdays
Walk-ins or scheduled appointments on Mondays and Tuesdays from 12-4 pm in the CITL Innovation Studio (Armory 172) or virtually. Computer stations with easy access to the latest versions of key GenAI tools (including Adobe Firefly, Midjourney, DALL-E2, ChatGPT 4.5, Bard, Stable Diffusion, and more). Teaching and learning specialists, media and IT professionals will be available to answer any questions about how to apply these solutions.
AI for Science using Delta (NCSA)
NCSA is dedicated to advancing AI’s transformative potential and as part of the Delta Project will present a comprehensive AI training program offering basic to advanced AI topics. No prior AI or supercomputing knowledge is necessary. Sessions conducted by AI experts include ready-to-use software and access to Delta. Completion of all sessions earns participants a certificate. Register for this series with the registration form linked above. Sessions will be held every Thursday from 1 to 2:30 PM CT via Zoom.
Past Event Recordings
A Gentle Introduction to AI, Art, and Copyright (University Library)
March 19 (recording)
This was a hybrid behind-the-scenes look at how AI tools are built and the ways that people are using AI generated images to create new bodies of work, streamline their research processes, and beautifully muddy current and future copyright waters. Taught by Mary Ton, Digital Humanities Librarian, Siobhan McKissic, Visiting Design & Materials Research Librarian, and Cadence Cordell, Graduate Assistant.
AI for Data Analysis (University Library)
March 6 (recording)
This was a hands-on workshop over exploring ways to use AI to clean your data, generate code, and analyze information followed by a discussion on ethics, data privacy, and commonly used AI-powered tools. Taught by Mary Ton, Digital Humanities Librarian, Jess Hagman, Social Sciences Research Librarian, and Cadence Cordell, Graduate Assistant.
A Gentle Introduction to ChatGPT, Copyright, and AI (University Library)
January 31 (recording)
This was an in-person, behind-the-scenes look at; how AI generates text, AI’s limitations, an examination of possible ways to incorporate AI it into the writing process, AI copyright considerations + publisher’s AI policies. Taught by Mary Ton, Digital Humanities Librarian, and Sara Benson, Copyright Librarian.
Generative AI in the Workplace (Panel Discussion – Gies)
December 11 (recording)
A Gies College of Business discussion including multiple perspectives on the impact of generative AI in the workplace.
Teaching Writing Assignments in the Age of Generative AI (CITL)
December 8 (recording)
An interactive presentation on the challenges and benefits of incorporating AI into writing assignments for a range of disciplines.
C3.ai DTI Generative AI Workshop (NCSA)
October 25-27 (recording)
The goal of the workshop was to bring together experts to discuss the fundamental science and technology behind the myriad of tools collectively known as Generative AI, as well as to discuss their societal applications and challenges.
Faculty Forum: Generative AI (Academy for Excellence in Engineering Education (AE3))
Monday, October 23 (recording)
Speakers discussed faculty productivity, instructional impact and student usage, the future of generative AI, and our campus role.
Through the Faculty Ranks Series: Iron Chef – the Secret Ingredient of Generative AI in Education (Provost’s Office)
Thursday, October 19 (recording)
Presenters explored the possibilities of generative AI for the education of the future, discussed some of the latest trends and concerns among those in academia, and highlighted campus resources to support faculty on this topic.
Generating The Future of Education with AI (AI x Education Conference)
August 6, 2023 (recording)
The AI in Education conference brought together stakeholders to discuss how to best leverage AI to transform learning, with a special emphasis on elevating student voices to guide innovations. The goal was to explore solutions to current challenges and potentials for AI to improve educational outcomes.
Gies Generative AI Webinar Series
News stories from UIUC related to Generative AI
Innovation: Using Faculty Avatars & AI In An MBA Classroom
November 1, 2023
How ChatGPT can be embraced — not feared — in the classroom
February 24. 2023


Links that I have found useful:
I am grateful to the armies of researchers and transcribers who have published vital information on the internet – the secondary sources that helped me when I got stuck and prompted me where to look next. They have opened up doors I never knew were there.With special thanks to Linda Davison and Deb Walker, who generously shared their research on our Sheard family history with me…also to Elizabeth Gardiner, whose help with the Archer line has been invaluable and also for the friendship of a newly found cousin.
In some cases I have been hugely lucky to find a "one-name study". The Sheard and Hemingway lines have been widely researched by an army of enthusiastic people before me, who were willing to share. I was lucky to find, through my own research, a distant cousin who had been researching the Archer line for many years and was willing to share much of what she has found from parish records and send me copies of wills that I had not tapped into. The Ellis line of Ossett has been the most difficult. There is still opportunity there, but it will mean some diligent searching of original records. There is an Ellis of Ossett pedigree lodged with the College of Arms and I looked into the possibility of having a copy of that, but the fee to buy a copy was huge, so I didn't pursue that one – it may not contain my direct ancestors! So, if anyone out there is researching Ellis of Ossett, and think they are related, please get in touch!


Alphonsus was born into a wealthy and learned family in an entirely human realm. Dragons, fairies, and elves were all considered mere fantasy by the educated, and Alphonsus grew up quite sure and proud of his scientific and “enlightened” education.
Being well known for his mathematical prowess, as a young man Alphonsus was approached by the royal guard and asked if he would help tutor someone. Alphonsus of course agreed, and he was escorted to the top of the palace tower, where he found a heavily guarded door. Alphonsus gazed in wonderment as the door was opened and the room on the other side was among the most luxuriously decorated he had ever seen.
And then he met the young woman he was to tutor. She was beautiful beyond compare, with pale skin and long flowing red hair. Alphonsus and the woman quickly got too their lessons, and he found her to be remarkably intelligent. Over several days, they gradually learned that the people guarding them were dumb as rocks, and they were able to slip into other, non-mathematical topics such as philosophy, without the guards being any the wiser. They challenged each other in their discussion, and Alphonsus found himself falling hopelessly in love with the young woman.
On the day that the queen of the realm died, the visits came to an abrupt stop. There was some disruption and fighting on the palace grounds, and Alphonsus dared not approach. It was finally announced that the queen’s sister, who lived in a nearby realm, would come and take the throne. Once the coronation was completed Alphonsus tried to return to the tower, only to be told by palace guards that he was not allowed on the premises and that the tower was now empty. He then realized that he had never even learned the name of the woman whom he had tutored.
Desperately worried, Alphonsus decided to approach the new queen and try to learn of the fate of the young woman in the tower. Time after time he was rebuffed, but once he happened upon one of the old tower guards, who took pity on him, and said he would see what he could do.Days later, the royal guard again appeared at his door, and demanded that he come with them. Fearfully, he obeyed, and found himself taken into the palace himself. He was roughly shoved into a plain room and told to wait. After several minutes, the door opened, and he found himself again gazing upon the lovely face of the woman in the tower.
“M’lady, has the new queen released you from captivity?” stammered the surprised Alphonsus.
“My dear Alphonsus, I AM the new queen,” she smiled.
She explained that her queen sister had had her locked into the tower to prevent her from becoming a rallying point for rebellion.Alphonsus stayed long into the evening talking to the queen that he loved. Wanting to serve her in some way, he agreed to take a carpentry job in the city and report to her the feelings and sentiments of the general population.
Many years passed, and one day war came to the shores of their land. Knowing that the battle was going poorly, Alphonsus grabbed his sword and rushed to the castle, using the secret passageway he had always , used to enter the queen’s chamber. Upon entering he saw an amazing site. A child like woman with broad wings floated in the middle of the room. The child woman looked to him and asked him to please leave, and that the queen was being kept safe.
Alphonsus scoffed, knowing that trickery must be involved, and quickly spotted some movement behind the curtains. Ignoring the winged woman, he dashed across the room, and simultaneously pulled aside the drapes as he thrust his sword into the chest of the person hiding behind them…
…only to see the face of his beloved queen as his sword passed through her heart.
He immediately pulled his sword back and caught the queen in his arms. With love and understanding in her eyes, her last words to him were, “Alphonsus…my love…escape…live…this is…my final command…”
She then went limp in his arms.
Numb with unimaginable grief, Alphonsus had little knowledge of what happened over the next few days. When his mind returned to partial sanity, he found himself alone in the woods, with a small sack of mushrooms and bluebells for him to eat. He returned to his home to gather up what gold he could find, learning that the city had fallen completely to the invaders, and escaped the city never to return again.
Alphonsus wandered aimlessly through forests and cities for the next several years, keeping himself alive only because he could not bear to disobey the queens last orders. He drank heavily, but even then he could not escape the unbearable guilt over what he had done.
After much time, Alphonsus stumbled into Everwind, where he saw wonders that defied all of the learning and science he had ever been taught. In that place he decided to live, to really live, again. For the most part, Alphonsus has become a wiser version of the man he once was, turning to Castan for comfort and a reminder that truth is not always what they teach in school. While mostly cheerful, he is still vulnerable to almost random moments of extreme grief, and still finds it very difficult to avoid the attraction of alcohol to help forget the anguish of his soul. In his heart, he is still hopelessly devoted to the beloved queen of his memories, and while he may occasionally be tempted by other women, his spirit would never allow him to fall in love again.


In cooperation with Kirsten
Kiser and ArcSpace.com, Study Group from Space Creation has
prepared this digital catalogue for an exhibition of the
works of the world famous architect Santiago Calatrava.
Study Group has designed and
developed the catalogue with selected buildings from the
world famous Spanish architect and Dr. Techn. Civil Engineer Santiago Calatrava, the catalogue being a supplement to the Henry Art
gallery exhibition catalogue.
The catalogue has been
produced in collaboration with ArcSpace.com and Kirsten
Kiser, who is curator for the Santiago Calatrava
exhibition, which opened in July 2004 at the American art
museum Henry Art Gallery in Seattle, Washington.
Study Group at Space Creation
is made up of Anni Eifer, Joan Juvelli and Flemming
Kibsgaard, who together with Kirsten Kiser made the draft
design for the digital catalogue.
The catalogue was coded and
Architect, Engineer, BSc IT Diploma and Computer Science Flemming Kibsgaard, with the assistance of
Web-designer Anni Eifer.
Because of copyright
restrictions, this catalogue may not be distributed or
copied or used commercially, because the copyrights belong
to Henry Art Gallery and Santiago Calatrava.


|Dr. King mosaic in the lobby of MLK Elementary School in Providence created by mosaic artist Jess Regelson and MLK students. Image source: http://www.indigomoonmosaics.com/.|
Today, the kids and I are going to do three MLK Day-related activities:
1. We're going to the Providence Children's Museum for its annual MLK celebration with performances and special civil rights exhibits. We've never done this before, somehow, so today's the day.
2. As we have in the past, we're going to watch and listen to this video of Dr. King delivering the "I Have a Dream" speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial during the August 28, 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Of the various video versions available, I like this one from the National Archives' documentation of the March on Washington. It contextualizes the speech with video of the marchers and the scene in ways that provides hints of what it might have felt like to be there. Based on past years' experience, I am going to give the guys the option to color/draw during the speech; this version is only 10 minutes but that can be a lot of a four-year old to sit through. Some coloring to channel squirminess helps those of us who want to focus and I figure that hearing Dr. King's words is what matters. I have downloaded images of Dr. King ready for coloring from here, and you can find many more by Googling MLK + printable coloring.
This video of "I Have a Dream" is the third of three parts from the National Archives on the March. Maybe not today, but soon, I want to watch parts one and two with the kids, too, and get their thoughts on what they think the event was for and what it felt like to be there.
3. Inspired by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day of Service, and in particular the MLK 25 Challenge, we're going to make our own list of the ways we as individuals and a family want to help people around us. I am super-curious about what the boys will come up with and will share when we've made our list.
Other resources and ideas:
As in past years, Kidoinfo has links to local events and books on Dr. King's life and work. In addition to the three wonderful books that Kidoinfo suggests, Doreen Rappaport's Martin's Big Words: The Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., illustrated by Bryan Collier, is a wonderful resource.
The ProJo features a link to listings of MLK Day events around Rhode Island and south-eastern Massachusetts, some kid-oriented, some not, and the ProJo has an article on Rhode Island-based MLK Day events here.
Use today with your kids to honor and think about Dr. King, and please share how you're planning to spend the day, or what you did, in the comments.


- Did you know the Watchtower Society once taught that Jehovah lives in the
Pleiades cluster on its brightest star named Alcyone?
- Did you know that if Charles Taze Russell (founder of the Watchtower Society)
were alive today he would be disfellowshipped for some of his beliefs?
Although Russell was a bona fide false prophet, he once said some truth that
would get him taken in the back room with the elders:
Apparently after Rutherford's death, Jehovah shed "new light" to let
His followers know that it is unwise to speculate where he lives:
In the 1930's, Jehovah's Witnesses thought
Joseph Rutherford was receiving
information from Jehovah when he said
that God lives in the Pleiades cluster:
Bill Cetnar, former member of the Watchtower Society, exposed this
false accusation by writing a letter to the Rhodes Scholarship Trust:
- Did you know that Fred Franz (president of the Watchtower Society) testified
under oath that he was offered a Rhodes Scholarship when in fact he never did
receive such an offer?
Scottish Court of Sessions. November 1954.
The Watchtower Society (claimed as God's "channel of communication")
published this supposed truth within this publication:
Would Jehovah God really use an organization who states outright lies
while claiming to be the sole "channel of communication"?
|The Watchtower Society is masterful in preventing loyal followers from learning the
real truth behind the organization. The real history of Jehovah's Witnesses has been
whitewashed by their leaders to mask the origins of their ungodly doctrines and
embarrassing false predictions for the end. Loyal Jehovah's Witnesses are left unaware
of the whole truth behind the very organization they slavishly dedicate their lives to.
The Watchtower. 9/15/1895.pg.216.
Faith on the March. pg.181.
Jehovah's Witnesses Proclaimers of God's
Not surprisingly, the Proclaimers book does not entail the whole story. The real purpose
for the mansion was strictly for Rutherford's use (and his servants), to live high off the
hog through Watchtower funds during the Great Depression. Although Rutherford
knew the mansion was strictly for his own benefit, he had to fabricate this so-called
resurrection of the faithful men to keep his true intentions concealed and to maintain
the urgency of Armageddon for his own financial gain. How do we know this? Because
Rutherford already falsely predicted these men would return in 1925, four years prior to
the date of the mansion's deed (click here to see mansion deed):
It was alleged that Watchtower
officials were conspiring to cause
insubordination and refusal of duty in
the Armed forces of the United States
and they were conspiring to obstruct
the recruiting and enlisting of men
for such service when the Nation was
at war. The indictment made
particular mention of the publication
and distribution of the book "the
Beth-Sarim is the Watchtower mansion which was built in San Diego California in
1929. The Watchtower Society has never been clear in their explanations of the
purpose of the mansion. According to the 1975 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses, the
house was built for "for Br. Rutherford's use" because his doctor advised him to spend
his winters in a warmer climate away from New York. In contrast however, the 1939
Watchtower publication "Salvation" explains the house was built in the expectations
for the resurrection of the faithful men of old times. The Proclaimers book
ambiguously cites both reasons as the purpose for the mansion:
Rutherford clearly used this so-called resurrection of the "faithful ones of old" to
maintain his loyal followers and their financial contributions. These false
prophesies were not at all scriptural, and in no way would God Himself have any
connections with a man or an organization filled with outright lies and deceit. The
modern day Watchtower Society still utilizes the tricks that Rutherford used
through maintaining the urgency of Armageddon to gain recruits and retain loyal
followers along with their financial contributions.
Millions Now Living Will Never Die. 1920. pg.88
The Federal Law passed the Espionage Act in 1917 which made it a crime for a
person to convey information with intent to interfere with the operation or success of
the armed forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies. The
punishment was a maximum $10,000 fine and twenty years imprisonment. The
legislation was passed by the urging of President Wilson who feared any wide spread
dissent in time of war, constituted a real threat to an American victory. On May 7,
1918, Federal warrants were issued in the United States for the arrest of Joseph
Rutherford (2nd president of Watchtower Society) and some of his close associates
for violating the Espionage Act. Not surprisingly, the Proclaimers book falsely states
that Rutherford was involved in "unjust imprisonment". pg.46. See above regarding
Beth-Sarim. Let's continue to reveal more secrets from the Watchtower organization.
Studies in the Scriptures. Volume 7.pg.327.
- Did you know that the Watchtower publication entitled
"Jehovah's Witnesses Proclaimers of God's Kingdom" is a
whitewashed fabrication to conceal the real "truth" behind
the Watchtower Society's history? The "Proclaimers book"
was fabricated by the Watchtower Society in the efforts to
conceal truthful information which has made its way to
thousands of "apostate" books and critical websites such as
this one. The Society published this book with the intent to
tell some of the truth, but not all of it. Let's review some of
- Did you know seven pages were deliberately cut out from
"the Finished Mystery" (Volume Seven of the Watchtower
Society publications Studies in the Scriptures), for violation
of the Espionage Act?
Studies in the Scriptures. Volume 7.
The Watchtower Society intentionally concealed this information to deny the fact that
under the presidencies of both Russell and Rutherford the occult practice of
pyramidology was used to foretell future events.
(See Screen 1:1914, see also Screen 3:Pyramidology.)
- Did you know that the Proclaimers book deliberately omits the image which
proves Charles Taze Russell's involvement with the occult practice of
pyramidology? Here are the images the book displays of Russell's grave:
Charles Taze Russell's
grave. Cemetery Lane,
outskirts of Pittsburgh,
believed the pyramid to be
God's Stone Witness, they
fail to admit that the
pyramid teachings years
after Russell's death in
1916, well into the
second presidency of
Jehovah's Witnesses Proclaimers
of Jehovah's Kingdom. pg.201.
Not surprisingly, the Proclaimers book does not show this nine foot stone
pyramid with WATCH TOWER BIBLE AND TRACT SOCIETY and a Masonic
symbol engraved on its side. This serves as mute testimony to Russell's
involvement with pyramidology, regardless of what the book ambiguously states
about the Pyramid of Gizeh:
Jehovah's Witnesses Proclaimers of God's
In the efforts to conceal Russell's connections with pyramidology,
the book intentionally omits this:
Although there are many misrepresentations in
the publication we have been discussing
(Jehovah's Witnesses Proclaimers of God's
Kingdom) we will end with this bizarre but
true concealment. When Joseph Rutherford
(second president of the Watchtower) was in
office, his publications were collectively
known as Rutherford's rainbow. The bold
colors of his books no doubt commanded
attention, as well as the images of naked people.
Although the Watchtower Society blurs out the image on the cover of the book
Reconciliation (as seen above), we have taken the liberty to show it to you:
Most notably the image above is not the only publication during
Rutherford's time that portrayed strange poses by naked people.
Jehovah's Witnesses Proclaimers of God's
- Did you know Judge Joseph Rutherford (second president of the Watchtower) was
a bona fide alcoholic therefore furious about the United States liquor prohibition?
From 1920 to 1933, the United States made it illegal to manufacture, sell, or
transport any intoxicating liquors within the United States and its territories based
on Article 19 of the Constitution. According to M. James Penton in his book
Jehovah's Witnesses and the Third Reich:
- Did you know that the Watchtower Society was and still is involved with the
United Nations (which they refer to as the Great Harlot) claiming their
membership was for a library card when it wasn't?
"For example the Watchtower president railed constantly
against prohibition and his agents illegally imported
liquor from the Canadian branch offices of the
International Bible Association in Toronto to
Watchtower headquarters in Brooklyn without blinking
an eye, even though the U.S. constitution prohibited the
production or possession of alcoholic beverages." pg.115
|Secrets of the Watchtower


I’ve spent the last week or so reading and re-reading the writer C S Lewis, because last night I had to take part in a radio panel discussion about him on Newstalk . Given that Lewis was a good East Belfast Protestant, they’ve erected a statue to him somewhere on the Newtownards Road, complete with wardrobe as seen in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe’. There are so many aspects of the man you could talk about, such as his intelligence (three Firsts from Oxford), his courage (fought and wounded in the First World War but never dwells on it in his writing) or his relations with women (he lived with a woman 26 years his senior because he’d made a war-time pact with a fellow-soldier that if he survived and the fellow-soldier didn’t, he’d look after his mother).
But it’s his contradictory attitudes to England and the English that I find particularly intriguing. He went from Holywood, Co Down to England for the first time and he was not impressed by the natives or their landscape: “The strange English accents with which I was surrounded seemed like the voices of demons. But what was worse was the English landscape…I have made up the quarrel since; but at that moment I conceived a hatred for England which took many years to heal”.
Having like many another Irishman a heavily-Anglicised education, he came late to Irish writers, particularly W B Yeats. By this time he was an established don at Oxford: “I am often surprised to find how utterly ignored Yeats is among the men I have met: perhaps his appeal is purely Irish – if so, then thank the gods that I am Irish”.
And he’s particularly good on Irish people living in England: “Like all Irish people who meet in England we ended by criticisms on the invincible flippancy and dullness of the Anglo-Saxon race. After all there is not doubt that the Irish are the only people: with all their faults I would not gladly live or die among another folk”.
But of course that’s exactly what he didn’t do. He actually lived and died in England, and his friends were English academics like J R R Tolkein (yes, the Lord of the Rings man) and Neville Coghill. He’d been brought up in Holywood, he tells us, never to trust a Papist, and was happy to discover that one of his best friends at Oxford was just that.
He was a brilliant, kindly man, who wrote about everything - wonderful children’s books, science-fiction books, books about Christianity, books about why bad things happen (The Problem of Pain), books where he pretended to be the devil (The Screwtape Letters) and books where he described and analysed the loss of his wife (A Grief Observed). Reading him is like encountering a mind that’s going off like a Catherine wheel, ideas lighting up the sky in every direction. Sometimes as I read, it felt as if I was reading that other great Protestant Irishman, George Bernard Shaw. In my book, there’s no higher compliment.


A search of peer-reviewed and grey literature was conducted to summarize the evidence for retail interventions, particularly with regard to impact on purchasing behaviors among consumers. Articles were retrieved by searching the SNAP-Ed Toolkit and PubMed database to identify studies of retail interventions. Needs assessments, modeling studies, and clinical interventions were excluded from review. In addition, multiple publications for the same intervention were excluded if they did not contribute new information that was relevant to the review. The titles and abstracts of articles retrieved were reviewed to determine their relevance to the literature review. Included studies were reviewed in entirety to extract key information about the study design and outcomes, as summarized in the literature review matrix.
Read the full report describing the project: Healthy Retail Interventions: Full Literature Review


The development of the parton recombination model was driven by a series of observations, made by the RHIC experiments, which lacked a consistent explanation in the prevalent physics picture at that time. This primer will provide a brief overview of the recombination approach and guide the reader to references needed for a more extensive study.
The discovery of the “ridge” by the STAR Collaboration has proven stubbornly resistant to quantitative theoretical analysis. (See Berndt Mueller’s “Theorists Confront the Ridge” for a description of two recent attempts.) The discovery turns out to be nearly as resistant to historical analysis, at least for this outside observer. (more…)
The “ridge”, an elongated (in rapidity) structure in the two-particle correlations associated with a hard trigger hadron, keeps attracting the attention of theorists. [Stay tuned for a forthcoming review of the experimental status of the “ridge”.] Two recent preprints explore strikingly different explanations. (more…)