Sat, Aug 28|
Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park
Sowell Brothers: A Friendly Discussion Group on the Works of Thomas Sowell (3rd Edition)
A friendly once per month reading and discussion group for the works of Economist and Cultural Critic, Thomas Sowell. The third book is "Black Rednecks and White Liberals."
Time & Location
Aug 28, 2021, 2:00 PM – 6:00 PM PDT
Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park, 335 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
About the event
Welcome Sowell Brothers!
Welcome to the second monthly get together for Sowell Brothers, a reading and discussion group for works by the author, Thomas Sowell. Thomas Sowell is an out of the box thinker, challenging public conceptions on race, politics and culture. He is currently a Senior Fellow of Public Policy at the Hoover Insitution and has published dozens of books. Many of these books are available on Audio and free through the public library system. Our first book will be "Black Rednecks and White Liberals."
Our discussion will take place in the Shakespeare Garden in Golden Gate Park. It's secluded and private which means it can be a bit tricky to find. I urge you to bring blankets for sitting on as well as drinks/snacks. We'll start with a brief introduction at 2 PM and get into a friendly discussion shortly afterward. Notes are lovely, but not needed. You're welcome to bring well behaved pets, friends and significant others. All perspectives are welcome on the condition of good faith and calm condition (good vibes).
Please be curtious to others in speech and distancing. For questions, reach out to Ari@AriZahav.com.
All the best,
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
This book challenges many assumptions about blacks, Jews, Germans, slavery, and education. Plainly written and backed with documented facts, it takes on not only the trendy intellectuals of our times but also such historic interpreters of American life as Alexis de Tocqueville and Frederick Law Olmsted. In a series of long essays, Sowell presents an in-depth look at key beliefs behind many mistaken and dangerous actions, policies, and trends, and presents insights into the historical development of the ghetto culture that is today wrongly seen as a unique black identity--a culture cheered on toward self-destruction by white liberals who consider themselves "friends" of blacks. One essay presents a jolting re-examination of the tragic institution of slavery and the narrow and distorted way it is too often seen today. Another explores the reasons for the venomous hatred of Jews, and of other groups like them in countries around the world. --From publisher description.
San Francisco Public Library access print and audio:


mailman.client - Python bindings for the Mailman 3 REST API¶
This package is called mailman.client.
The mailman.client library provides official Python bindings for the GNU Mailman 3 REST API.
Note that the test suite current requires that a Mailman 3 server be running. It should be running using a dummy or throw-away database, as this will make changes to the running system. TBD: mock the real Mailman engine so that it is not necessary in order to run these tests.
mailman.client requires Python 2.6 or newer.
You can also install it via easy_install or pip.:
% sudo easy_install mailman.client % sudo pip install mailman.client
See the Launchpad project page for access to the Bazaar branch, bug report, etc.
A simple guide to using the library is available within this package, in the form of doctests. The manual is also available online in the Cheeseshop at:
Many thanks to Florian Fuchs for his contribution of an initial REST client.
Table of Contents¶
- Mailman REST client
- The Mailman Command Line Shell
- The Mailman Command Line Tools
- Mailing List
- Backup and Restore
- Writing a new command
- Mailman Shell Parsers
- NEWS for mailman.client


Vincent Meessen contributed to Mosaic Journal’s Special Issue
The December Issue of Mosaic is a special issue on Roland Barthes’s Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography. Forty years after its publication, the book still garners attention. Responses to this short, elegant, and personal text range wildly from irrelevance, anger, and dismissal to constituting something of a recurrent trope in writing on the theory of photography. If artists and photographers have no time for the book and little or nothing to say, theorists of photography, and theorists more generally are a different story. And it has been this way since its publication in French in 1980 and in English in 1981. This special issue presents essays by Jeff Fort, Johnnie Gratton, Kathrin Yacavone, Bill Scalia, Kris Pint and Maria Gil Ulldemolins, and Thomas O’Grady. The issue opens with an interview with Vancouver-based photographer Ian Wallace, whose 1973 La Mélancolie de la Rue is featured on the cover, and ‘Corpus’, an archive of photographs of André Zoungrana curated by Vincent Meessen.
In 2006, while preparing to shoot his 2009 essay film Vita Nova, Vincent Meessen met a dozen former military cadets who were once based in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso; Bingerville, Ivory Coast; and Kati, Mali, three of four cities where France had instituted cadet corps programs and schools. Meessen was looking for a cadet named Diouf, who was featured on a Paris Match cover in 1955 and famously singled out in Mythologies by Roland Barthes. Amongst the personal photographic archives Meessen documented then were the portraits of André Zoungrana, one of the “enfants de troupe” who had visited France for the military parade of 1955. They offer a set of radical counterpoints to Walter Rizzo’s 1955 Paris Match cover shot.
Founded in 1967, the year of Canada’s centennial, Mosaic is an interdisciplinary journal devoted to publishing the very best critical work in literature and theory. The journal brings insights from a wide variety of disciplines to bear on literary texts, cultural climates, topical issues, divergent art forms, and modes of creative activity. Mosaic combines rigorous scholarship with cutting-edge exploration of theory and literary criticism. It publishes contributions from scholars around the world and it distributes to 25 countries. In North America, Mosaic is read by subscribers in almost every state and province. It can be found in 226 of the world’s major university and college libraries.
More information and orders here


This feature was included in the January broadcast.
The Feminist Library is a large archive collection of literature from the Women’s Liberation Movement, especially from the late 1960s to the 1990s. This February it celebrates its 35th anniversary.
Yula Burin spoke to women involved in the Feminist Library over the years about its history, difficulties overcome and plans for the future. Click on the link to listen.
~ The Feminist Library 35th anniversary – compiled by Yula Burin (10′ 41″ – MP3)
For more information about the Feminist Library, and about the 35th anniversary party on 19th February, please visit the website.


Its been a cold season so far and everything in the garden is delayed.
Before Eostre I went through an unprecedented two week flurry of editing activity with my editor Kel from Acorn Publishing regarding my upcoming book Pagan Religions: A Manual for Diversity Training. He assured me that was finishing the editing and this unusual level of activity for him seemed to indicate that he was serious. A few weeks later I noticed that the book had been posted on Indigo/Chapters for advance sales at: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Pagan-Religions-Manual-Diversity-Training-Kerr-Cuhulain/9780971005068-item.html?cookieCheck=1
This took me by surprise as I hadn’t been told about this. Now Litha is on the horizon and as far as I can tell we’re no further ahead. It has been a lengthy and frustrating process and I thank all of you that have been waiting for this book for your patience.
My new book Modern Knighthood: Unleashing Your Inner Power to Master Yourself and the World has been out on Smashwords.com since December as an e book, but now it is coming out as a print on demand book at Amazon.com. I’m just waiting for the review process to be completed. This book completes the cycle begun with my earlier Llewellyn books on Warrior philosophy, Wiccan Warrior, Full Contact Magick and Magickal Self Defense. This is the first and only book to relate the concept of Pagan knighthood, which is all about personal empowerment and self mastery. Modern Knighthood brings all of the philosophy of the warrior together into a new tradition that outlines the cycles of training that interlock with the cycles of the seasons that lead the student to each of these initiatory experiences. Modern Knighthood outlines the 13 Precepts and Code of Chivalry of knighthood, including seasonal cycles and rituals. If you’re tired of being the victim and want to take charge of your life, you need this book.
The other book, which is published under my mundane name, Charles Ennis, is Ancient Recipes for Modern Kitchens. This is a collection of ancient recipes adapted for the modern kitchen, organized into the 8 Sabbat seasons and presented with a brief description of their history. The oldest recipe in there is over 6,000 years old. If you’re looking for recipes for your Esbat or Sabbat, this is the book for you. This is a Smashwords e book.
Some of you are unfamiliar with e books and have been asking me if you need readers like Kindle, Koobo, etc to read it. Smashwords offers multiple download formats, so of course you can easily download these books to any available readers. If you don’t have a reader, you can also download these books to your computer as text files or PDF files to your computer, so you can print a hard copy if you so desire. Or you can download the reader software (free downloads) to your computer to download the other formats.
A few weeks ago I attended Write On Vancouver and submitted manuscripts to an editor: This is the first books in my swords and sorcery fantasy as well as the first book in a paranormal romance. I’m already 20,000 words into writing the second book of that paranormal trilogy and about 10,000 words into book two of the fantasy trilogy.
I’ve created a new blog for my fantasy writing which I invite you to check out: http://caennis.wordpress.com/ I’ve posted a lot of free information there for writer’s looking for information for their fiction, including police procedural information and a lexicon of the occult with over 13,000 entries. I’m now on Goodreads.com, so if you’re a reader and want to be part of that community, I invite you to check it out and see what I’ve got in my virtual “library”.
I will be coming to Ottawa, Ontario, on the Labour Day Weekend this year for InFest to teach classes and conduct an Armoring ritual. I will also be attending the Sacred Well Congregation Convention in Texas October 13 – 16 to teach, conduct an Armoring, and connect with military Pagans at Lackland AFB. I will be appearing on the Blogtalk “Pagans Tonight” hosted by Oberon Zell and Ariel Monserrat on Wednesday, June 15 at 10 PM EST: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/witchschool/2011/05/25/pagans-tonight
As I mentioned in my last note: Our Order of Scáthach has been approved as the sponsors/organizers of Vancouver Pagan Pride 2011. We’ve received approval of the Hawthorne Park site from the city of Surrey. The event will take place Saturday, August 13th at that location, between 9 AM and 6 PM. If you’re interested in participating by doing a ritual, lesson, performance or you intend to set up a merchant’s booth, please check out our web site at: http://vancouverpaganpride.wordpress.com/ You’ll find all of the contacts there to get you set up.
Just a reminder to anyone interested in studying with us in the Order of Scáthach: We’ve changed our mentoring system so people who want to study with us can check out our mentors on line at our training blog and choose one to work with. We’re also doing Skype conference calls for our on line students to improve their learning experience. Of course, if you're living here in British Columbia or in one of the other locations that we have preceptories, you can train with us face to face.
We’ve been taping lessons to put on the training blog and this led us to create our own YouTube channel. All of the lessons of the Order of Scathach’s training cycle have been uploaded as mini video lessons now: You can visit them through the links on our training blog or go direct to our new YouTube Channel, “Order of Scathach Videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/goibhniu13?feature=mhum
And finally, our youth group, Scathách Kids, is now fully operational. Please check it out at: http://scathachkids.wordpress.com/
Hope you have a wonderful Litha.
Order of Scathach
Order of Scathach


100 Years of Student Life
The 100 Years of Student Life project forms part of the 8 week MA Museum Studies work placement at the University of Leicester. The placement builds upon work completed as part of the MA’s Heritage Specialism module and is intended to compliment the University’s centenary preparations and the National Lottery Heritage Funded project titled ‘So that they may have life’.
Campus Walking Tour
One output of the 100 Years of Student Life project is the creation of a Campus Walking Tour, using the app Clio.
The app includes a map of the University campus in which users can undertake a self-guided tour. University buildings which feature on the app will include a brief overview of the building’s history and the opportunity to listen to embedded audio clips which provide a student experience of working or living in a specific building. The audio clips will act as anecdotes offering a variety of recollections of student life during up to and including 2020. All audio clips will be accompanied by a transcript accessible through the app.
The primary use of your recording will be contributing to the creation of the Campus Walking Tour, a vital asset which will enable users to gain a better understanding of University life, in particular the perspective of a student in the 21st century.
Your recording may be chosen by Archives & Special Collections to be accessioned into the University Archives for permanent preservation. This decision is at the discretion of the Archives & Special Collections staff.
If you would like your recording to be included in the project please ensure the following:
- The duration of the recording is a maximum of 1 minute.
- It has been recorded in a quiet environment
- It only includes your voice on the recording
- Where possible, it has been recorded as a .WAV (although MP3 will be accepted)
- You have not made reference to identifiable individuals in your recording or expressed opinion which may cause significant harm or distress to others*
- You have understand and signed the project consent form
*Please contact email@example.com if you are unsure about your recording’s content.
The recording will be managed in accordance with information legislation such as the Freedom of Information Act (2000), Data Protection Act (2018), and General Data Protection Regulation. This may involve anonymising sections of the interview or withholding public access to information supplied relating to identifiable living individuals.
For more information about the 100 Years of Student Life project please contact Dominic De Soissons at firstname.lastname@example.org.


Franciscan Sister Regina Rose Pearson shares her findings on the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity history of the 1980’s.
In 1880, after Mother Augustine’s term expired, Sr. Pancratia was chosen Superior General. The Sisters were overjoyed at her election but, for this humble woman, it was a cross. She gave herself wholeheartedly to the leadership of the Community, seeking strength many nights in front of the Blessed Sacrament.
The task of teacher education at this time was made more difficult because of the continuing demand for Sisters for the parish schools. Father Fessler collaborated with the Community leaders in creating an in-service plan for education, much like correspondence courses today, which would be carried out on the missions by the Sisters during the year. Father Fessler and Mother Odelia, then Mother Pancratia’s assistant, also laid plans for a new education endeavor at Holy Family Convent – Holy Family Institute, a boarding school for young ladies, patterned after St. Mary’s Institute in Milwaukee. The object of the institution was to impart to young ladies all the requisites of a thorough education in both the useful and ornamental branches of knowledge. The institute was conducted at the Convent from the early 1880’s until 1892.
At this time, the Sisters experienced a call to expand their service. During their years of work in the Manitowoc area, the Sisters had become aware of a need in the county- a facility for care of the sick. It seemed time to extend their works of mercy to the area of health care. On April 1, 1881, the twelve-bed St. Mary Hospital, staffed by three Sisters, opened its doors.
The new decade was off to a good start but suddenly the tide turned. About one o’clock in the morning during the night of August 31, 1881, a terrible thunderstorm accompanied by heavy damaging hail, raged over Manitowoc. One deadly bolt of lightning struck the east gable of the Convent, igniting wood between the ceiling and the roof. Everyone had worked desperately and mechanically all night but as morning broke, reality set in. As hard as the Sisters tried to save their beloved building, their efforts were fruitless. Mother Pancratia, on visitation of the Community missions when the fire struck, received the devastating news by telegram. Oral tradition has given her response, “Thank God. Now we can begin again, this time together.” The American built wing and the German built addition were gone. The new beginning called for magnanimous unity of every kind of human effort-spiritual, material, psychological. The future would be “ours.”


After seven years of helping Makers launch undiscovered products to the masses, the free ebook Makers Who Made It: 100 Stories of Starting a Business brings together The Grommets Co-founder & CEO Jules Pieri and Co-founder & Chief Discovery Officer Joanne Domeniconi, and interviews with 100 Makers, inventors, and entrepreneurs whose products have launched on The Grommet.
The Grommets community is sharing their wisdom and insights to help inspire others. Its an honest, revealing collection of advice, reality checks, what to expect, and what you should (and shouldnt) sweat when starting a small business. The ebook will help readers understand how to develop an idea for a new consumer product, prototype it, manufacture it, launch it, promote it, and build a sustainable and thriving business.
Check out Tonewood featured on pages 728-732
The book (as ePub and pdf files) is currently available at http://thegrommet.com/press/


Your donation is to Legacy 4 Korean War Veterans Foundation, 501 (c)(3) charity.
All donations are tax-deductible. Thank you!
Welcome, Fellow Patriots!
So glad you've found me, and thank you for your visit to KC's world.
Its been a long journey to be where I am, and I am ever so grateful for God's amazing grace and His abundant blessings. I pray your visit will bless you. Thank you!
My book endorsements:
No Matter where you're born and raised, to realize all the goodness that this nation has to offer is everyone's goal in life. Through hard work, devotion to duty, and love of country, KC has done just that. I am very proud to call her my friend, and I am honored to work with her in helping others enjoy this great miracle we call the American Dream. This book delivers KC's inspirational, moving and uplifting story.
-Dr. Joe Fitzgerald Civilian Aide to Secretary of the Army (N. AL)
KC has invited you to walk through her life's incredible journeys to the American Dream from her childhood. Her epic story of life's triumphant victory will inspire your heart and your children. KC is a delightful lady with a compelling and heartwarming story we can all enjoy and celebrate
-Brigadier General Robert Drolet US Army Retired
This incredible book will give you a heart full of love and pride in being an American. As a little girl who dreamed of living the American Dream from the faraway country of the Republic of Korea, KC tells the true beauty of the United States of America. - Command Sergeant Major Robert Whiteford US Army Retired -


MTG’s Revised edition of Objective NCERT at your Fingertips – Physics, is an unparalleled book to let you learn NCERT at your fingertips. This book is designed as per the fact that most of the questions asked in PMTs are from Physics NCERT books (11th and 12th). It gives chapter-wise, student-friendly synopses for quick-and-easy revision of important concepts, topic-wise MCQs aligned with NCERT content to check your progress, It possesses 100 MCQs chapter-wise on an average to guarantee the complete revision of NCERT Physics. This book also gives an advantage to gauze your progress with Preparation Meter.
Special features & details:-
- NCERT notes with additional, extra information relevant to previous year papers.
- Theory is supplemented with HD pages for better understanding of concepts
- Questions are strictly based on NCERT syllabus, figure & line diagrams
- Chapter consists of section wise exercise-
- MCQ Corner
- Solved NCERT Exemplar MCQ’s
- Assertion and Reason questions
- Thinking Corner : Updated HOTS section covering Numerical value based question
- Exam Archive- Previous years PMT, JEE Main Questions covered
- 6 Practice papers for self-assessment and Model Test Papers
- Exclusive access to Fingertips++ Achievers Package (5 mock test papers and chapter wise Practice questions)


Rutgers-Camden course looks at technology's impact on literacy.
For as long as they’ve been around, Dr. Seuss, Mother Goose, and other classics have been staples in teaching a child to read. But these days, they’re looking a little different.
E-readers like iPads and Kindles are not only changing how we read, they’re changing how we learn to read. Technology’s role in literary development is the topic of an undergraduate course being taught this summer at Rutgers–Camden.
The course, “Children’s Literacies,” considers the ways in which literacy has expanded beyond learning to read and write, as a child must negotiate traditional textual and visual formats such as picture books as well as websites and handheld devices.
“Today, the same traditional text exists in electronic form; it’s interactive, and you can find any book you want in electronic media,” says Patrick Cox, a Ph.D. candidate in Rutgers–Camden’s childhood studies program who is teaching the summer session course.
Cox says today’s technology has become an integral part of a child’s education.
“Literacy is becoming more and more interactive and more about technology,” he explains. “In class, we looked at a CD-ROM version of The Cat in the Hat, which is very interactive. It fits into children’s literacy and is no better or worse than the book version. If anything, there is more pressure to use that version to expose children to the technology because it serves as both a technology instruction tool and a learn-to-read tool.”
Cox says children are becoming more proficient in new technology while also developing their reading skills, which is why technology is being integrated into literacy curriculum.
The Rutgers–Camden Ph.D. student says he recognizes that many parents may find it difficult to incorporate technology into the learning process.
“Some educators would argue that you need the book first and a lot of the tech things aren’t that good for instruction because the bells and whistles and clickable things are distractions,” Cox says. “I understand people are very connected to books and the experience of reading in that way. It is different. But I don’t think a child reading a Kindle is any better or worse than a child reading a book.”
Cox draws parallels to the incorporation of television into children’s literacy.
“The negative aspect of television was always that the child is just going to sit down in front of the TV,” says Cox. “But if they’re going to be watching TV, they may as well watch ‘Sesame Street’ or ‘Super Why!’ Both have had a huge impact on literacy instruction outside of a school setting.”
Cox continues, “I’ve been of the opinion that as long as kids are reading, it doesn’t matter if it’s a paper book or electronic book.”
A Philadelphia resident, Cox earned his undergraduate degree in cultural studies and comparative literature from the University of Minnesota. His research interests include cultural history, children’s periodicals, and children’s uses of and interactions with literature in its varying forms.
Rutgers–Camden has the first Ph.D. program in childhood studies in the United States.
Source: News from Rutgers - http://goo.gl/aUHQK


Navigating the Learning Landscape for d3.js
Data Visualization Developer, ObservableHQ
Explore d3's API methods, open source examples, landmark learning resources and community spots
Join Ian at DataVizLive on 10 November, and get the chance to ask questions and learn more about how to learn d3.js – and how to incorporate ideas from other people’s work into your own.
Learn the techniques that lead to stunning and effective visuals
Navigating the Learning Landscape for d3.js - methods, resources and communities
Ian Johnson - observable HQ
WHY IT'S IMPORTANT
- d3.js has a large and vibrant ecosystem with 10s of thousands of open source examples, tutorials, books and courses that span several major versions.
- Knowing how to find what you’re looking for is an important challenge.
- Gaining a high-level understanding of what d3.js is and isn’t can save hours of frustrating google searches and fruitless console.log calls!
- d3.js can fit into projects, applications and workflows in different ways – knowing when and where to bring it in can make it a lot easier to use
- Copy-pasting code is different from copy-pasting knowledge; learning how to learn is key to flattening d3’s learning curve
WHAT IS COVERED
- A brief tour of compelling data visualisations built with d3.js
- An overview of the learning landscape, and how to orient yourself among the thousands of examples, hundreds of tutorials and dozens of great books.
- A tour of the d3 API – like a fully-stocked workshop, knowing what’s in it can save you a lot of time and effort when it’s time to build
- Introduction to a very welcoming and helpful community
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
- Be excited and unafraid to use d3 in your next visualisation project
- Have a good sense of where to find the resources you’ll need as you work with d3
- Find yourself in a community of helpful people trying to learn too!
AUDIENCE: People learning d3.js
SKILLS NEEDED: None
TAGS: Aesthetics, BI, Coding, Data Science, Information Design, Training, UX
Watch this session now on DataVizLive On Demand
Data Visualization Developer, Observable HQ
Oakland, CA (USA)
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Simeon Perkins (February 24, 1735 – May 9, 1812) came to Liverpool NS in May of 1762 from Norwich, Connecticut as part of the New England Planter migration. Perkins immediately began trading in fish and lumber, building ties with New England, Europe , Newfoundland and the West Indies. His diary, which he began in 1766, describes relentless American privateer attacks on shipping and an attempted American looting of Liverpool. Perkins led the outfitting of privateer ships against the Americans. Perkins privateering involvement, granted by the crown, was during the Napoleonic Wars. Simeon Perkins' diary was bequeathed to the town of Liverpool in 1896 and is now in the possession of Queens County Historical Society, as of 1932, where it remains in their possession and on permanent display in the Queens County Museum.
Perkins diary as “a mine of information for the study of economic, political, and social institutions, shedding light not only on the life of a community but also on a region occupying a significant place in the North Atlantic triangular trade and an important position in the evolution of the second British Empire.”
LIVERPOOL IS A HISTORICALLY RICH COMMUNITY.
LIVERPOOL ... for inexpensive, seaside, retirement/semi-retirement living


Henry George Jr.
- Born: 03 Nov 1862, Sacramento, Sacramento Co., CA
- Marriage (1): Marie Morel Septima Hitch on 02 Dec 1897 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL 4
- Died: Nov 1916 4
The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans: Volume IV G George, James Zachariah page 267 GEORGE, Henry, editor, was born in Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 3, 1862; son of Henry and Annie C. (Fox) George; and grandson of Richard Samuel Henry and Catharine Pratt (Vallance) George. He was educated in the public schools and when seventeen years old went to work as a printer. He was also amanuensis to his father, copying by hand almost the entire book manuscript of "Progress and Poverty." He was a reporter on the Brooklyn Eagle in 1881, and became a staff editor and special correspondent at Washington and London, of New York and other newspapers. On the sudden death of his father, Oct. 29, 1897, during the progress of the Greater [p.267] New York mayoralty campaign, he was unanimously chosen as his father's successor to the candidacy of the Jeffersonian Democratic party, but in the election he could not command his father's probable vote. He was married at Chicago, Ill., in 1897 to Marie Morel Hitch of that city. After his father's death he engaged in passing through the press a new and complete edition of his father's works and in writing the full story of his father's life, 1901.
Henry married Marie Morel Septima Hitch, daughter of Capt. Ebenezer Vose Hitch and Mary Beatrice Field, on 02 Dec 1897 in Chicago, Cook Co., IL.4 (Marie Morel Septima Hitch was born on 22 Jan 1879 in Orleans Parish, LA 1330.)


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_Philosophy of Language_ introduces the student to the main issues and theories in twentieth-century philosophy of language. Topics are structured in three parts in the book. Part I, Reference and Referring Expressions, includes topics such as Russell's Theory of Desciptions, Donnellan's distinction, problems of anaphora, the description theory of proper names, Searle's cluster theory, and the causal-historical theory. Part II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic meaning and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, (...) Pragmatics and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics, includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force and surveys approaches to metaphor. Unique features of the text: * chapter overviews and summaries * clear supportive examples * study questions * annotated further reading * glossary. (shrink)
This collection of fourteen original essays addresses the seminal contribution of Franz Brentano and his heirs, to philosophy of language. Despite the great interest provoked by the Brentanian tradition and its multiple connections with early analytic philosophy, precious little is known about the Brentanian contribution to philosophy of language. The aim of this new collection is to fill this gap by providing the reader with a more thorough understanding of the legacy of Brentano and his (...) school, in their pursuit of a unique research programme according to which the analysis of meaning is inseparable from philosophical inquiries into what goes on in the mind and what there is in the world. In three parts, the volume first reconstructs Brentano’s pathbreaking thoughts on meaning and grammatical illusions, exploring their strong connections with the Austro-German tradition and analytic philosophy. It then addresses the multifaceted debates on the objectivity of meaning in the Brentano School and its aftermath. Finally, part three explores Brentano’s wider legacy, namely: Husserl’s theory of modification and typicality, Bühler’s theory of linguistic and non-linguistic expressions, and Wittgenstein’s thoughts on guidance and rule-following. The result is a unique collection of essays which shows the significance, originality and timely character of the Brentanian philosophy of language. (shrink)
This engaging and accessible introduction to the philosophy of language provides an important guide to one of the liveliest and most challenging areas of study in philosophy. Interweaving the historical development of the subject with a thematic overview of the different approaches to meaning, the book provides students with the tools necessary to understand contemporary analytical philosophy.
Starting with Gottlob Frege's foundational theories of sense and reference, Miller provides a useful introduction to the formal logic used in all subsequent philosophy of language. He communicates a sense of active philosophical debate by confronting the views of the early theorists concerned with building systematic theories - such as Frege, Bertrand Russell, and the logical positivists - with the attacks mounted by sceptics - such as W.O. Quine, Saul Kripke, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. This leads to important excursions (...) into related areas of metaphysics, philosophy of mind, and cognitive science that present the more recent attempts to save the notions of sense and meaning by philosophers such as Paul Grice, John Searle, Jerry Fodor, Colin McGinn, and Crispin Wright. Miller then returns to the systematic program by examining the formal theories of Donald Davidson, concluding with a chapter surveying the relevance of philosophy of language to the broader metaphysical debates between realists and anti-realists. Miller's clear, engaged, and coherently structured approach makes Philosophy of Language an ideal text for undergraduate courses. The guides to further reading provided in each chapter help the reader pursue interesting topics further and facilitate using the book in conjunction with primary sources. (shrink)
This engaging and accessible introduction to the philosophy of language provides an important guide to one of the liveliest and most challenging areas of study in philosophy. Interweaving the historical development of the subject with a thematic overview of the different approaches to meaning, the book provides students with the tools necessary to understand contemporary analytical philosophy. The second edition includes new material on: Chomsky, Wittgenstein and Davidson as well as new chapters on the causal theory (...) of reference, possible worlds semantics and semantic externalism. (shrink)
What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language, considered the essential text in its field, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions. This revised edition collects forty-six of the most important articles in the field, making it the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the subject. Revised to address changing trends and contemporary (...) developments, the fifth edition features seven new articles including influential work by Mark Crimmins, Gottlob Frege, David Kaplan, Frederick Kroon, W. V. Quine, and Robert Stalnaker (two essays). Other selections include classic articles by such distinguished philosophers as J. L. Austin, John Stuart Mill, Hilary Putnam, Bertrand Russell, John R. Searle, and P. F. Strawson. The selections represent evolving and varying approaches to the philosophy of language, with many articles building upon earlier ones or critically discussing them. Eight sections cover the central issues: Truth and Meaning; Speech Acts; Reference and Descriptions; Names and Demonstratives; Propositional Attitudes; Metaphor and Pretense; Interpretation and Translation; and The Nature of Language. A general introduction and introductions to each section give students background to the issues and explain the connections between them. A list of suggested further reading follows each section. (shrink)
What is meaning? How is linguistic communication possible? What is the nature of language? What is the relationship between language and the world? How do metaphors work? The Philosophy of Language, Sixth Edition, is an excellent introduction to such fundamental questions. Incorporating insights from new coeditor David Sosa, the sixth edition collects forty-eight of the most important articles in the field, making it the most up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the subject. Revised to address changing trends (...) and contemporary developments, the sixth edition features eighteen new articles, including influential work by Kent Bach, Paul Boghossian, M. A. E. Dummett, Delia Graff Fara, Hartry Field, H. P. Grice and P.F. Strawson, Carl G. Hempel, Saul Kripke, Benson Mates, Hilary Putnam, Diana Raffman, Nathan Salmon, Stephen Schiffer, John R. Searle, Roy Sorenson, David Sosa, Dennis Stampe, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. A general introduction and introductions to each section give students background to the issues and explain the connections between them. A bibliography of suggested further reading follows each section. (shrink)
This volume provides a survey of contemporary philosophy of language. As well as providing a synoptic view of the key issues, figures, concepts and debates, each essay makes new and original contributions to ongoing debate.
This book draws on recent developments in research on Ferdinand de Saussure's general linguistics to challenge the structuralist doctrine associated with the Course in General Linguistics and to propose a phenomenological interpretation of Saussure's study of language.
In this book Christopher Norris develops the case for scientific realism by tackling various adversary arguments from a range of anti-realist positions. Through a close critical reading he shows how they fail to make adequate sense on any rational, consistent and scientifically informed survey of the evidence. Along the way he incorporates a number of detailed case-studies from the history and philosophy of science. Norris devotes much of his discussion to some of the most prominent and widely influential source-texts (...) of anti-realism. Also included are the sophisticated versions of verificationism developed by thinkers such as Michael Dummett and Bas van Fraassen. Central to Norris's argument is a prolonged engagement with the once highly influential but nowadays neglected work of Norwood Russell Hanson. This book will be welcomed especially by readers who possess some knowledge of the background debate and who wish to deepen and extend their understanding of these issues beyond an introductory level. (shrink)
In this textbook, Michael Morris offers a critical introduction to the central issues of the philosophy of language. Each chapter focusses on one or two texts which have had a seminal influence on work in the subject, and uses these as a way of approaching both the central topics and the various traditions of dealing with them. Texts include classic writings by Frege, Russell, Kripke, Quine, Davidson, Austin, Grice and Wittgenstein. Theoretical jargon is kept to a minimum and (...) is fully explained whenever it is introduced. The range of topics covered includes sense and reference, definite descriptions, proper names, natural-kind terms, de re and de dicto necessity, propositional attitudes, truth-theoretical approaches to meaning, radical interpretation, indeterminacy of translation, speech acts, intentional theories of meaning, and scepticism about meaning. The book will be invaluable to students and to all readers who are interested in the nature of linguistic meaning. (shrink)
This book offers the first full account of Continental contributions to the philosophy of language. It includes coverage of a range of key figures including Heidegger, Gadamer, Blanchot and Kristeva and is designed to engage advanced students with a range of literary references and case studies.
From the vantage point of doing philosophy of language comparatively, _Philosophy of Language, Chinese Language, Chinese Philosophy_ explores how reflective elaboration of some distinct features of Chinese and of relevant resources in Chinese philosophy and the development of philosophy of language can contribute to each other.
This unique textbook introduces linguists to key issues in the philosophy of language. Accessible to students who have taken only a single course in linguistics, yet sophisticated enough to be used at the graduate level, the book provides an overview of the central issues in philosophy of language, a key topic in educating the next generation of researchers in semantics and pragmatics. Thoroughly grounded in contemporary linguistic theory, the book focus on the core foundational and philosophical (...) issues in semantics and pragmatics, richly illustrated with historical case studies to show how linguistic questions are related to philosophical problems in areas such as metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics. Students are introduced in Part I to the issues at the core of semantics, including compositionality, reference and intentionality. Part II looks at pragmatics: context, conversational update, implicature and speech acts; whilst Part III discusses foundational questions about meaning. The book will encourage future collaboration and development between philosophy of language and linguistics. (shrink)
This book is an introduction to and interpretation of the philosophy of language devised by Donald Davidson over the past 25 years. The guiding intuition is that Davidson's work is best understood as an ongoing attempt to purge semantics of theoretical reifications. Seen in this light the recent attack on the notion of language itself emerges as a natural development of his Quinian scepticism towards "meanings" and his rejections of reference-based semantic theories. Linguistic understanding is, for Davidson, (...) essentially dynamic, arising only through a continuous process of theory construction and reconstruction. The result is a conception of semantics in which the notion of interpretation and not the notion of knowing a language is fundamental. In the course of his book Bjorn Ramberg provides a critical discussion of reference-based semantic theories, challenging the standard accounts of the principle of charity and elucidating the notion of radical interpretation. The final chapter on incommensurability ties in with the discussions of Kuhn's work in the philosophy of science and suggests certain links between Davidson's analytic semantics and hermeneutic theory. (shrink)
This anthology brings together a diversity of readings in the philosophy of language from the ancient Greeks to contemporary analytic, feminist, and multicultural perspectives. The emphasis is on issues that have a direct bearing on concerns about knowledge, reality, meaning, and understanding. A general introduction and introductions to each group of readings identify both the continuities and differences in the way "big" questions in philosophy of language have been addressed by philosophers of different historical periods, institutional (...) affiliations, races, and genders. (shrink)
This book has arisen out of lectures I gave in recent years at the Uni versities of Munich and Regensburg, and it is intended to serve as a textbook for courses in the Philosophy of Language. In my lectures I was able to presuppose that the students had taken an introductory course in logic. Some knowledge of logic will also be helpful in studying this book - as it is almost everywhere else in philosophy -, especially in (...) Section 3. 2, but it is no prerequisite. I would like to give my sincere thanks to Prof. Terrell for his excellent translation of the book, which is based on the second, revised and en larged German edition. Regensburg, May 1975 FRANZ VON KUTSCHERA INTRODUCTION Language has become one of philosophy's most important and pressing themes during this century. This preoccupation with language has its ori gins in the most diverse areas of philosophical inquiry. (shrink)
Designed for readers new to the subject,_ Reading Philosophy of Language_ presents key texts in the philosophy of language together with helpful editorial guidance. A concise collection of key texts in the philosophy of language Ideal for readers new to the subject. Features seminal texts by leading figures in the field, such as Austin, Chomsky, Davidson, Dummett and Searle. Presents three texts on each of five key topics: speech and performance; meaning and truth; knowledge of (...)language; meaning and compositionality; and non-literal meaning. A volume introduction from the editors outlines the subject’s principal concerns. Introductions to each chapter locate the pieces in context and explain relevant terminology and theories. Interactive commentaries help readers to engage with the texts. (shrink)
This book develops the general theory of language implicitly contained in the writings of G.W.F. Hegel. It offers novel readings of Hegel's central works in order to explain his views on some long neglected topics and as such demonstrates that his accounts of representation, the concept and the speculative sentence can be used to create sophisticated theories of language acquisition, universal grammar and linguistic practice. Hegel's defence of a scientific philosophy that is necessary and universal seems to (...) eliminate the need for a philosophical linguistics. Since thought is demonstrably objective in itself, questions about the language through which it is expressed appear to be external to philosophy. This has caused many commentators to neglect the real problems that the historical and cultural associations of language pose for the adequate expression of universal thought. Others, exploiting this apparent inadequacy, have argued that the lack of rigorous linguistic analysis in Hegel's philosophy is its greatest, and perhaps fatal, flaw. Although the very idea of a Hegelian linguistics is controversial, this book argues that there are resources within the texts of Hegel for developing a general theory of language as the reciprocal grounding of a universal grammatical form and a particular lexical content. Moreover, it uses this theory to resolve the apparent tension between the necessity of Hegelian philosophy and the contingency of its linguistic expression. In the light of Hegel's critical relation to contemporary debates in Continental and Anglo-American philosophy, coupled with the central role that philosophy of language plays in both streams, this important new study offers the first comprehensive, integrated and fully developed analysis of Hegel's theory of language. (shrink)
In this book one of the world's foremost philosophers of language presents his unifying vision of the field--its principal achievements, its most pressing current questions, and its most promising future directions. In addition to explaining the progress philosophers have made toward creating a theoretical framework for the study of language, Scott Soames investigates foundational concepts--such as truth, reference, and meaning--that are central to the philosophy of language and important to philosophy as a whole. The first (...) part of the book describes how philosophers from Frege, Russell, Tarski, and Carnap to Kripke, Kaplan, and Montague developed precise techniques for understanding the languages of logic and mathematics, and how these techniques have been refined and extended to the study of natural human languages. The book then builds on this account, exploring new thinking about propositions, possibility, and the relationship between meaning, assertion, and other aspects of language use. An invaluable overview of the philosophy of language by one of its most important practitioners, this book will be essential reading for all serious students of philosophy. (shrink)
Completely revised and updated in its Second Edition, _Language and Reality_ provides students, philosophers and cognitive scientists with a lucid and provocative introduction to the philosophy of language.
This book examines John Locke's claims about the nature and workings of language. Walter Ott proposes an interpretation of Locke's thesis in which words signify ideas in the mind of the speaker, and argues that rather than employing such notions as sense or reference, Locke relies on an ancient tradition that understands signification as reliable indication. He then uses this interpretation to explain crucial areas of Locke's metaphysics and epistemology, including essence, abstraction, knowledge and mental representation. His discussion challenges (...) many of the orthodox readings of Locke, and will be of interest to historians of philosophy and philosophers of language alike. (shrink)
This is a volume of original essays on key aspects of John Searle's philosophy of language. It examines Searle's work in relation to current issues of central significance, including internalism versus externalism about mental and linguistic content, truth-conditional versus non-truth-conditional conceptions of content, the relative priorities of thought and language in the explanation of intentionality, the status of the distinction between force and sense in the theory of meaning, the issue of meaning scepticism in relation to rule-following, (...) and the proper characterization of ‘what is said’ in relation to the semantics/pragmatics distinction. Written by a distinguished team of contemporary philosophers, and prefaced by an illuminating essay by Searle, the volume aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of Searle's work in philosophy of language, and to suggest innovative approaches to fundamental questions in that area. (shrink)
It is a near truism of philosophy of language that sentences are prior to words--that they are the only things that fundamentally have meaning. Robert's Stainton's study interrogates this idea, drawing on a wide body of evidence to argue that speakers can and do use mere words, not sentences, to communicate complex thoughts.
The Book Is The First Of Its Kind To Study The Purvamimamsa System From The Point Of View Of Philosophy Of Language. It Contains Three Lectures On The Subject-Theory Of Language, Function Of Grammar And The Role Of Speaker`S Intention In Verbal Understanding.
The Philosophy ofLanguage belongs to the foundations of philosophical reflexion. In this volume, its central problems and strategies are explained, and the nature of sentences and other elements of language are analysed. The didactical exposition of the most important schools and thinkers makes the volume particularly interesting for readers new to the subject.
Lewis never saw philosophy of language as foundational in the way that many have. One of the most distinctive features of his work is the robust confidence that questions in metaphysics or mind can be addressed head on, and not through the lens of language.
This is the first of a three-volume anthology intended as a companion to The Cambridge History of Later Medieval Philosophy. Volume 1 is concerned with the logic and the philosophy of language, and comprises fifteen important texts on questions of meaning and inference that formed the basis of Medieval philosophy. As far as is practicable, complete works or topically complete segments of larger works have been selected. The editors have provided a full introduction to the volume (...) and detailed introductory headnotes to each text; the volume is also indexed comprehensively. (shrink)
Experimental philosophy of language uses experimental methods developed in the cognitive sciences to investigate topics of interest to philosophers of language. This article describes the methodological background for the development of experimental approaches to topics in philosophy of language, distinguishes negative and positive projects in experimental philosophy of language, and evaluates experimental work on the reference of proper names and natural kind terms. The reliability of expert judgments vs. the judgments of ordinary speakers, (...) the role that ambiguity plays in influencing responses to experiments, and the reliability of metalinguistic judgments are also assessed. (shrink)


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When Tiffany Vandermeer’s adoptive parents’ Cessna 52 crashes on Christmas Eve morning, she is devastated. Shocked, she wanders around the Big Apple discovering a discarded infant. This find leads her into the arms of handsome pediatrician, Jason Prescott. The chemistry between them is palpable. She doesn’t want to deceive him, but she’s bonded with the helpless baby and can’t bear to see him placed in an orphanage the way she’d been. Will her deceit destroy their budding romance? Read this story of deceit, forgiveness and triumphant love, as Jason, a man of unusual faith shows her how He can use the baby discovery and her loss to catapult her into a new level of faith and a glorious future with him. Will God and his miraculous timing allow her to retrieve the baby if she relinquishes him to authorities?
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Originally written for Folks Journal, Issue No. 1, 2018
I was nine years old the first time I fell in love with the camera. I was playing in the attic when I came across a large, imposing trunk, one of those sturdy, military types. Technically, I was snooping in the attic against my mother’s explicit instructions, but I couldn’t worry about reprimands as dust billowed when I slammed open the lid of that trunk. The scent of old papers and leather filled the air. Perched atop of a mountain of black and white photographs, and encased in warm calfskin, sat a 35mm Minolta camera and several lenses that my father had purchased in Korea during the Vietnam war.
You know that moment when Harry Potter finds out he’s a wizard? Well, that’s precisely what that moment was for me, even as my mother screeched downstairs for me to get out of the attic. To this day, almost thirty years later, I still feel that sense of wonder and amazement whenever I pick up an old camera and load it with film.
I wonder if Bayard Wootten felt the same the first time she was given a box of light-capturing-magic. Or when she opened her studio in 1904 on East Front Street.
While researching Wootten, I came across a man named Anthony Lilly, a New Bern native who is now a filmmaker living in Seattle. Lilly is currently working on a film and book all about Wootten, both titled “The Big Stride.” It has been Lilly’s diligent digging into Wootten’s past that has proven that she was not just an artist and photographer, but New Bern’s very own female pioneer.
I was able to catch up with Lilly on the heels of an interview he had just given to the New York Times where he described his own “big strides” in uncovering Wootten’s story. Here’s what he had to say:
“During the research for my script, I was saddled with several monumental tasks, and the evidence took years to confirm. Ultimately, the proof had lain quietly in Wootten’s family archives and The North Carolina Collection at Wilson Library at UNC Chapel Hill.
“I found physical proof that Wootten was, in fact, the first woman in the National Guard with the rank of Adjutant General and Chief of Publicity. It turns out she played a crucial role in saving what is now Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, NC. I also found she was the first female to shoot aerial photography, and out of a Wright Brothers airplane no less.”
Lilly also discovered Wootten’s artistic contributions to “arguably the greatest soft drink company in the world.”
“For decades New Bernians and Wootten’s family gave credit to her for providing Pepsi-Cola its name and creating its iconic logo. I dug and dug, reading hundreds of her letters, and searched through every piece of paper at UNC, of which there are thousands. In Bayard’s home and her relatives home’s, I found several letters from 1909 describing her working relationship with Caleb Bradham, the founder of Pepsi-Cola.”
During this time, Lilly came into possession of Wootten’s “entire photographic studio from the early1900’s, including her cameras, cash register, studio lighting, a desk filled with her belongings, and three filing cabinets filled with tens of thousands of negatives and original prints. And it was in this cache where we found Wootten’s original drawings for the Pepsi-Cola logo.”
Lilly was able to prove Wootten’s many contributions to the world, and will soon be able to showcase a complete portrait of her life through his own artistic endeavors. I like to think I was channeling Bayard’s spirit at an early age when I broke my mom’s rules, broke into a dusty old trunk, and discovered a lifelong love for the photographic medium.


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“To my knowledge, no one has ever taken such investigative extremes to reconstruct a small unit action in World War II. I’m also convinced that this is the only small unit profile ever written on the 1944 Campaign for Southern France. With the sands of time running very low for those few remaining veterans of the fight, this book may prove to be the last of its’ kind…” Jeff Danby
Fight with the American Tankers!
The 756th Tank Battalion (Light) was activated at Fort Lewis, Washington State, on 1 June 1941 as part of a new, ambitious, and rapidly expanding U.S. Armored Force. B Company was one of three tank companies forming this new “independent” tank battalion. At the time, American tanks were so scarce that the crews field trained for several months by carrying around wooden frames as surrogates. Eventually, the outfit was equipped with M3 lights, then M5 lights before upgrading to M-4 “Sherman” medium tanks. This unique multi-volume history covers the full spectrum of experiences of the men in one company—B Company of the 756th Tank Battalion—from inception in June 1941 through the occupation of Germany in 1945. An American tank company in WWII consisted of only five officers and approximately 100 enlisted men—all living, traveling, and fighting in seventeen tanks, two jeeps, one truck, one half-track, and one tank retriever. Uniting the official record with the rich, personal accounts of the participants, the reader is swept along a highly detailed and shocking journey chronicling the evolution of American armor doctrine and tank design from June 1941 through VE-Day. The B Company tankers often fought at a disadvantage—struggling to survive a myriad of battlefield challenges and triumph against enemy armor better armed and better protected. What was once envisioned as a warfare of sweeping armored formations managed by West Point lieutenant colonels and ROTC captains quickly devolved into small unit street fights relying more and more on the initiative, resourcefulness, and cunning of lowly OCS lieutenants and combat-seasoned sergeants. The journey is long, unforgiving, and brutal. Forty-seven fellow tankers will be lost along the way…
The most comprehensive history of an American World War II tank company ever written.
Follow of the ambitions, trials, and destinies of Charles M. Wilkinson, David D. Redle, and fellow tankers of B Company, 756th Tank Battalion in World War II—a Sherman tank outfit comprised of seventeen tanks, five officers, and roughly 100 enlisted men. Learn how these newly-trained “Men of Armor” struggle, fight and adapt—first in light tanks, and later, medium tanks—upon everchanging, ever-challenging, and often brutal battlefields across North Africa, Italy, France, and Germany. In the course of nearly two years of combat, forty-seven company members will be lost—with survivors left forever scarred and altered. Their history is stark, honest, and personal—sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic—while delivering timeless human lessons in sacrifice, resourcefulness, practicality, the fickleness of fate—and above all, the power of perseverance.
World War II – told from the unique perspective of the American tanker.
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THE BIBLE The Inerrant, Inspired Word of God
This book is written specifically for the churchgoer, which means you do not need to know Greek, technical terms are defined, and many unfamiliar words have footnotes with background information. The author does not assume you are familiar with these subjects. Therefore, while easy to understand, it is deep enough for seminary students as well.
Why pen another book that examines the Bible? How did the Bible come down to us? Is the Bible really God’s Word? How can we know there are not more than sixty-six books that make up the Bible? What does it actually mean that the Bible is the inerrant inspired Word of God? Are we naïve to believe that the Bible is inerrant? Did the copyists preserve the manuscripts with care? Is what we have today in our English Translations actually reflective of the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek in which they were penned?


The Major & Minor Prophets are 17 books of the Bible at the end of the Old Testament that tell the stories of the prophets of Israel. What is a prophet? (A prophet is called by God to speak for Him. The prophets warned the people of Israel when they began to stray from God.)
The Israelites sometimes didn’t listen to the prophets, and God asked the prophets to do crazy things to get Israel’s attention. Ezekiel had to draw on a brick and Daniel had to sleep in a den of lions! What do you think it would have been like to be a prophet in Israel?
Prophets heard from God in all kinds of ways. Do you think God can still speak to us today? He does! Through prayers, reading the Bible, and listening to our pastors, friends and family. Do you have a favorite verse or passage from the Bible that means a lot to you?
Isaiah is one of the most famous prophets. His name means “The Lord is Salvation.” Isaiah prophesied about the coming of the Messiah. Who was the Messiah and how did he save us? (Jesus is the Messiah and He saved us by dying on the cross. Watch Volume 6 to learn more!)
After hearing about the prophets, what book, story or prophet did you like the most? Why?


Didi was born 1988 in Bratislava, but has lived in Vienna (Austria) for the longest time. She grew up in both countries and also completed her education in Vienna as well as in Bratislava. She studied Communication and German literature at the University of Vienna.
Her literary work has been awarded with several scholarships and literary prizes. Her first book "Zwischen Schaumstoff" was selected to be the book of the campaign "Innsbruck liest" in 2016. Most recently she recieved a screenplay award and the Mira Lobe scholarship for childrens literature. From 2018 to 2019 she taught at the University of Applied Arts. Her new book "Als die Kirche den Fluss überquerte" was published by PIPER in 2018.
In her day job she heads the Communication & Press for an IT research center.
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B05(a) - Topics in Muslim Societies
Date: Jun 4 | Time: 01:30pm to 03:00pm | Location: SWING 207
Chair/Président/Présidente : Amir Abdul Reda (University of Toronto)
Discussant/Commentateur/Commentatrice : Mojtaba Mahdavi (University of Alberta)
A New Roadmap to Culture: Mapping Political Culture with Network Algorithms & Graph Theory: Amir Abdul Reda (University of Toronto)
Abstract: How can we map political culture in a manner sensible both to diverse worldviews and the need for parsimonious categories of analysis? To do so, I introduce a new method for the study of political culture which I base on some recent advances in the study of network algorithms and graph theory. In a nutshell, it safeguards parsimony by using elites as a priori categories of analyses and secures diversity by using network algorithms to outline additional patterns in the data. I demonstrate the usefulness of my method and its theoretical foundations by analyzing the political culture of the Arab world between 2010 and 2014 based on 22,785 observations from the Carnegie Middle East Governance and Islam Dataset (CMEGID).
Iran, 40 Years On: Is a Post-Islamist Democracy Possible?: Mojtaba Mahdavi (University of Alberta)
Abstract: This year marks the 40th anniversary of the 1979 Iranian Revolution, but the postrevolutionary polity has yet to materialize Iran’s long quest for democracy. Drawing on social movements/democratization literature and using a “dialectics of structure and agency,” this paper asks what structural and agential factors contributed to this crisis, and under what conditions they may facilitate the rise of a post-Islamist democracy? The paper is divided into two sections: the first section historicizes modern Iran’s long march towards democracy from the Constitutional Revolution (1906-1911), the democratic parliamentary nationalism under Mosaddegh (1951-1953), the anti-despotic and Islamic revolutionary change (1977-1979), to the current “post-Islamist” social movement – the Green Movement and the aftermath (2009-). The second section conceptualizes and contextualize Iran’s multiple voices of post-Islamist movement and examines whether it is capable of materializing Iran’s quest for democracy. Moreover, it problematizes what socio-political actors, and structural and agential factors contributed to the current crisis, and under what conditions social-political agents may transform structural obstacles into opportunities for Iran’s post-Islamist democracy. The structural factors are assessed by the structure of the Iranian state (political level), the status of societal development (socio-economic level), and the global structure of power (international level). The agential factors are examined by the leadership skill (individual level), the organizational strength (institutional level), and the intellectual discourse (cultural/ideological level). The conclusion suggests that the current post-Islamist “social” condition is surrounded by domestic and international obstacles, but it has a great potential to establish a post-Islamist “polity”.


If you like to cook, you may already own a few cookbooks. But if you’re looking to start or expand your collection, where do you begin? Walk into any book store, and you’ll find hundreds of cookbooks to choose from. So how do you sift through them all to find the cookbooks that you really need? You should see these Cookbooks that Every Cook Should Own first.
Here are five great cookbooks that every cook should own:
The Joy of Cooking by Irma Rombauer:
This thick volume has been around for decades and it has become a must-have for any beginning cook. More than just a collection of recipes (although it contains thousands of them) this book goes into detail about almost every cooking procedure. It is the one book that you, without question, must have on your cookbook shelf.
Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child:
Many famous cooks, such as Martha Stewart, got their start by practicing the recipes in this classic book. While some of the procedures may seem a bit complicated, they can be mastered over time. Indisputably the most important book ever written on French cooking, this Julia Child classic is required reading for all serious chefs.
Entertaining by Martha Stewart:
This book gave Stewart her big break in the early 1980s (before becoming a celebrity she owned and operated her own catering business). At the time of its publication. “Entertaining” was considered over the top and expensive, but it was still a must-have. Filled with lavish photographs, menus, and recipes, it has set the gold standard for books on entertaining. Although Stewart has had personal troubles in recent years, her books are still important and are still highly recommended.
Betty Crocker’s Cookbook by Betty Crocker:
If French cuisine and high-end entertaining aren’t your things, then settle in with this homey, classic book. Betty Crocker taught our moms how to cook and the recipes contained in this book have been around for generations. Updated to accommodate today’s busy families, this book has changed with the times– but you can still find recipes for things as simple as scrambled eggs or macaroni and cheese.
The Barefoot Contessa Cookbook by Ina Garten:
I love Ina Garten’s cookbooks and this is the one that started at all. Based on recipes from her famous, now defunct, East Hampton specialty shop (also named the Barefoot Contessa), this book contains recipes for gourmet chicken salad, guacamole, and the most delicious sun-dried tomato dip you will ever eat. Gorgeous color photos and Ina’s unique, easy-going style make this book a winner. Well, For the gourmet chicken salads, you can pick one of the grills between Weber 310 or 315, since they both are best for gourmet cooking and BBQing.
Depending on your needs, there are many other types of cookbooks that you may want to own. There are many cookbooks that address healthy eating, low fat, and vegetarian cooking. If you love Italian food, look for books by the wonderful Italian cook, Marcella Hazan.
Aaron Franklin is a BBQ master, check out his work if you’re looking for some great smoking cookbooks, or have a peek at this web-site for more info. If you’re serious about cooking then it is important that you, over time, try to build a great cookbook collection full of classics and modern-day gems.


Elks Community Baby Shower to focus on importance of reading
STEVE SMITH • email@example.com
Literacy will be one of the focuses for a free community baby shower that will be held from 1 until 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lebanon-Laclede County Library.
The event is being held courtesy of the Lebanon Elks Lodge 2557 and is open to Laclede County women pregnant or with a baby nine months or younger.
The event will include refreshments, prizes, speakers, games, diapers, wipes and more. This is a family event. Participants can also register for stroller drawings.
For more on this story, see Wednesday's LCR.


Whether you’re an old hand at filmmaking or a rank beginner you’ll find much to inform you in Steven Ascher and Edward Pincus’s tome, nearly two inches thick, The Filmmaker’s Handbook: A Comprehensive Guide for the Digital Age. Having posted several dozen videos at YouTube I came to realize how pitifully little I knew about the art and craft of filmmaking, so I was delighted to find this resource.
The authors write cogently, and in a clear style fortunately, for there are many details to absorb. There is so much breadth to the work that readers will want to browse and study just what speaks to their own needs and interests. Although the title mentions the digital age, there’s a surprising amount of material here for filmmakers who still shoot and edit film. I found those sections interesting from an historical standpoint, but skimmed them, because all my eggs are in the digital basket.
Here are a few specific and valuable things I learned from Ascher and Pincus:
- I learned what NLE means: non linear editor. Filmmakers using celluloid edited linearly, splicing one piece of film to the next. However, with a digital, non-linear editor one can experiment with many possibilities of combining the source material. The source files themselves are not changed by one’s editing choices. The editor merely gives directions about which portions of the source files are to be played, when, and how.
- One’s editing application (the NLE) will run faster if one stores the source files on a hard disk other than the one where the NLE is installed. I put an extra internal disk in my computer and keep nothing there but my video resource files. Fewer crashes now when I edit. Hooray!
- I learned that to make editing easier one can down-convert high definition video files to standard definition ones. Standard definition files aren’t so severely compressed, so they can be edited more easily on average computers that don’t have adequate power to decompress files quickly. I haven’t tried this, but the authors say that the look of down-converted HD files is not appreciably worsened.
- I learned how complex and important sound editing is. A good way to mix sound, the book notes, is to lay down many tracks, “checker boarding” the content so that one can see the texture of the mix just by looking at the layout of tracks.
- I learned some tips for getting good sound in my videos, even without spending a lot. Having learned about “dead cats,” those furry wind jackets that one slips over the end of a video microphone, I went to the crafts store, bought some fake fur, and made one myself. It works!
- I learned how to use long shots, medium shots, and close shots to situate my stories, introduce subjects and interview them capably.
Well, that’s just a small sampling of the treasures in this book. Because it’s so detailed, I found it made for great bedtime reading. A few pages and I was out. Think of the things I could have learned from it reading wide awake!


Last weekend my granddaughter London — middle name Kathryn — came to stay with us for a couple of days. I was well-supplied with crayons and juice, and had baby-proofed the house as well as I could. After all, we haven't had a real live baby living here in almost 25 years. I also had a copy of "Hop on Pop," one of the easiest Dr. Seuss books, which London adored when she wasn't running around the house like a one-very-small-person wrecking crew.
My prediction is that she'll come along when she learns to sit still and become as big a bookworm as the rest of her family.
I can't imagine not living in a home full of books, or of a day without reading. A lot. But many children in this county have few if any books and live in households where no one reads much. According to Anderson District 5 Superintendent of Education Thomas Wilson, a child learns to read until they complete third grade. After that, they have to be able to read to learn. If they don't, there is trouble ahead in both their education and in life.
So it is no wonder that early reading is the target of all sorts of community programs. My favorite is one is operated by the United Way of Anderson County, directed by my friend Tammie Willmore-Collins. It's a partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library that puts a free hardcover, quality book into the mail each month for children from birth until they turn five. The first book they receive is Dolly's favorite, "The Little Engine That Could." After that, the books are appropriate to their age.
I expect Dolly's thinking is the adults in the child's household could use the little engine's positive message of "I think I can."
The cost of this marvel? Just $30 per year per child. That's just $2.50 per book, including postage.
You would think people would be storming the United Way with checkbooks in hand to support this program, but there are a lot of good causes needing donations, so the United Way has to hold fundraisers. Tammie has one coming up Saturday, Feb. 22, called the Storybook Breakfast. It will be held at Boulevard Baptist Church's Christian Activities Center from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Tickets are $12 each.
If London lived close by, I would certainly have her there, for she would get to have her picture made with such life-size characters as Pete the Cat, Clifford the Big Red Dog, the Wild Thing from the book by Maurice Sendak (her father's favorite as a little boy) and Madeline. Also, a certain member of my household who shall remain nameless has volunteered to wear the Curious George costume. (OK, I volunteered him, but he said he would do it. I am going to the grocery store for extra bananas today to get him in the mood.)
Guest readers will share their favorite stories with the audience, and Tammie has lined up half a dozen local authors to sell and sign their books, with part of their sales going to the Imagination Library project. Beth Batson and Scott Foster will be on hand to sign the City of Anderson's signature book "Little Wren Lost and the Tea-kettle Call." My mother Dot Yandle will be there with her book "Three Baby Wrens Who Went for a Ride" and I will have a new edition of my book "Red Riding Hood: A Tale in Quilts." Jay Wright with "Where'd the Sun Go?" is another of the local authors. I forgot to read this great go-to-sleep book to London, but she was pretty pooped by bedtime anyway, and so was I!
For tickets to the breakfast, call the United Way at 864-226-3438 or email tammie.willmore@unay andersoncty.com.
Bibliophile Kathryn Smith writes books reviews regularly for the Independent Mail.
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With the hundreds of books for real estate agents on the market it’s hard to know where to start. To save you the time, I’ve put together a list of the Top 10 Books for Real Estate agents.
Let’s get started!
1. The Millionaire Real Estate Agent by Gary Keller
Probably the most recommended book for new and experienced real estate agents. Information-packed, practical guide to building a successful real estate business.This book gives new agents much needed direction and experienced agents insights into growing a thriving team. Gary Keller’s approach is analytical, offering a systematic approach in an easy-to-read writing style. You’ll get great advice about lead generation, budgeting, marketing and how to prospect for listings. Overall, this is the most recommended book for real estate agents for good reason; it’s a recipe for success! Buy now
2. Trump: The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump
A quick, easy read. Trump tells about himself, his successful negotiations and gives insight into how the real estate industry really works and the grit and boldness required to make an impact. If you’re a fan of Trump you will like it and get a glimpse into his mindset and the incredible scope of his vision. Also a great book for anyone with an entrepreneur mindset, with great lessons from Trump’s life that have allowed him to rise above expectations. Buy now
3. How To Become a Power Agent in Real Estate by Darryl Davis
Get focused, get to work and make money. This book digs into real specific advice, including sample dialogues with buyers and sellers, how to get more listings, how to manage your time effectively and focus on the right prospects. Learn skills for lead generation, direct marketing and prospecting. This is a fantastic book for a new agent to learn the fundamentals and a book that an experienced agent could read again and again to stay sharp. Buy now
4. Shift: How Top Real Estate Agents Tackle Tough Times by Gary Keller
Inevitably the market will shift and you need to be prepared to succeed in any scenario. Keller outlines a mindset of success. Don’t just survive a tough market, take these 12 tactics and actually build your market share. This book teaches you how to work with buyers and sellers in any market, focusing on both their goals and your own. The good thing about the strategies, considering they are to help you succeed in tough times, is that they don’t require much money to implement. Buy now
5. Mastering the Art of Selling Real Estate by Tom Hopkins
Great book for anyone in any sales position. Hopkins is a well-known sales trainer and provides actionable tips throughout. Listen more, get out there and meet more people, learn when and how to react to your customer’s demands. There’s also cold-calling scripts for FSBOs and rebuttals to common objections such as “It costs too much”. So many conversations end before they even start and they don’t have to! Learn how to overcome these common objections and position yourself to get your next listing or close your next big deal. Buy now
6. Your First Year in Real Estate by Dirk Zeller
An excellent book for a brand new agent wanting to jump start their real estate career. Zeller discusses how to choose the right company, how to develop mentor and client relationships, how to use the internet and social networking to stay ahead of the competition, and how to set and achieve realistic goals at the start of your real estate career. You won’t find much specific advice in this book, but it’s a good overview for new agents. Buy now
7. Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
A significant book that will influence how you think about personal achievement and the power of your mind. Thought-proking and motivational at the same time, you’ll learn how to grow your wealth from Napoleon Hill, who interviewed 500 of the world’s wealthiest and successful people, including Andrew Carnegie, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. Just get this book and do what it says. You won’t regret it. Buy Now
8. How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
This book has over 3000 reviews on Amazon now and 93% are either 4/5 or 5/5, so I don’t need to tell you it’s good. A truly timeless book, with fundamentals that resonate in life, in business, in sales, in real estate and just about any other endeavor. Smile, be excited to see people, be polite, remember people’s names (and use them), don’t argue with people and, if you want someone to like you, talk about what they want…and then help them get it. Get this book and watch your relationships improve. It’s that simple. Buy now
9. The 4-Hour Workweek by Timothy Ferriss
Learn how to work less and make more money. That’s the dream of many real estate agents who thought that would be the case, only to find out that real estate can be a real grind. Tim outlines how to define what you want, eliminate distractions, automate your work wherever possible take control of your time. Real estate agents will benefit from learning how to work with a purpose instead of being busy just to be busy and understanding how to set expectations for a meeting and execute the plan on time. Increase your productivity, take effective action, leverage your time and abilities and ultimately improve your work-life balance. Buy now
10. David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell
Can you win if you’re the underdog? Does having an initial disadvantage give you long-term benefits? Gladwell’s books are very easy reads. In this book he details many situations where being the underdog was a strength because you must develop better strategies or work harder. Great read for new real estate agents who are competing against 10+ year veteran agents with more market share and experience. What are their weaknesses? Do they have outdated systems and strategies? What’s your advantage? Buy now
BONUS BOOK: Linchpin: Are You Indispensable? by Seth Godin
I had to include a book by Seth Godin. His ideas are relevant in sales, marketing and relationship building, three of the cornerstones of real estate success. He asks thought-provoking questions such as, “How am I affecting the lives of people I do business with?” and “Will it matter when I leave?” Don’t just go through motions and be a cog in the system. Seth challenges you to use your creativity and your passion to lead, to shape the future and to make a lasting impact. Buy now
Alright people…these books aren’t going to read themselves!
Action Plan: How to Get Started
1. BUY one book right now!
2. READ it within the next 2 weeks.
3. TAKE ACTION on one idea from your book in the next 30 days.
4. Share your results!
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Use the comments below or visit Twitter (@homesellingzone) and share the book you’re going to get. Then come back and share the idea you implemented and your results.
Greg Libby is an Account Executive with Top Producer and Realtor.com providing software tools and business development consulting for Realtors who want to grow their business.


With an open and silent space, FPT University library in the Innovation building is the ideal choice for students who need to focus highly to study, improve knowledge, academic research or application. Or sometimes it’s just a quiet place to relax when in the stress of deadline.
FPT University Library has over 25,000 books, 80,000 online papers and thousands of graduation projects for students to access. Books are very diversified including textbooks, science, computer science, psychology, life skills etc. In order to adapt the needs of the book lovers, every month the library updates an average of 10 new titles as requested from the Training Department and readers’ suggestions. Especially, the newly released publications are often updated immediately to serve the staff and students at the university.
Inside the library, tables and chairs for readers are arranged clearly and comfortably while bookshelves are divided logically into categories for convenient search. Every visitor to the library has the right amount of time and space to read or study. The library also has its own regulations such as no play, no food and drink to ensure a suitable environment for studying and research. These things have brought more and more readers to the library, on average, the library receives thousands of visitors every month.
To attract more students to the library, Ms Pham Trong Phuong Tra – the librarian shared: “The library is always trying to create the best service to meet the needs of learning and entertainment of students. That is shown by the extension, borrow and return regulation as well as the update of new and valuable documents”. Ms. Tra also highly assessed the attitude of librarians as an important factors to attract people to come to the library. “At FPT University, we always welcome feedbacks from students to make timely and correct adjustments. Currently the library also organizes many contests to shorten the gap between students and libraries”.
These innovative efforts have been responded positively by students. “More and more students go to the library to make presentations because there is not only a suitable space but also available documentation for reference as needed,”- Ms. Phuong Tra happily said.
Source: FPT Education


The Lutheran Hymnal The Lutheran Hymnal Commissioned by Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America Approved for Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America, Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Released 1941 Publisher Concordia Publishing House Pages 858 No. of Hymns 668 Psalms Yes Service music Yes ← Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book Lutheran Worship (LCMS) Christian Worship (WELS) →
The Lutheran Hymnal (TLH) is one of the official hymnals of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod. Published in 1941 by Concordia Publishing House in St. Louis, Missouri, it was the LCMS' second official English-language hymnal, succeeding the 1912 Evangelical Lutheran Hymn-Book. Development of TLH began in 1929 as a collaborative effort of the churches of the Evangelical Lutheran Synodical Conference of North America and became the common hymnal for both the LCMS and the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod (WELS). Containing 668 chorales, hymns, carols, and chants, plus the liturgy for the Common Service, Matins, Vespers, the propers, collects and prayers, the suffrages, canticles, psalms, and miscellaneous tables, TLH became an extremely popular and beloved worship resource in the Lutheran church in North America, and attempts to succeed it in more recent years have often met with strong resistance.
The first attempt to replace TLH began in 1965, when the LCMS began work on the Lutheran Book of Worship and invited other Lutheran denominations in North America to participate in its creation. As a result of disagreement and compromise with the other churches involved in LBW's production, the LCMS objected to some of its content, and Lutheran Book of Worship was published in 1978 without the endorsement of the very church body that initiated its production.
An LCMS revision of LBW was quickly published in 1982 under the title Lutheran Worship. Lutheran Worship (LW) was intended to replace TLH as the official hymnal of the LCMS; however, many congregations were still unsatisfied with the final product, leading them to continue using TLH.
According to a 1999 survey by the LCMS' Commission on Worship, approximately 36% of the synod's congregations were still using TLH as their main hymnal, and even more were continuing to use it in combination with LW and/or other hymnals and hymnal supplements. An even newer hymnal, Lutheran Service Book (2006), has restored many of the former hymnal's features in the hope that more widespread use can be achieved. In the WELS, TLH was effectively replaced by Christian Worship: A Lutheran Hymnal in 1993, and few congregations continue to use it on a regular basis.
The Lutheran Hymnal is commonly referred to by many to as the "Red hymnal," in contrast with LW, the "Blue hymnal". However, the "Red hymnal" moniker is somewhat misleading. The initial editions of TLH were in fact bound in blue, and the hymnal has been simultaneously available in both red and blue cover versions for much of its history.
Although the red cover version is now more common, many congregations' pew racks are filled with blue-covered copies of the "red" hymnal. Generally, members of these congregations refer to TLH simply as "the old hymnal". The widespread use of Lutheran Service Book (LSB) has begun the process of resolving the LCMS' hymnal controversy, as initial reviews have been generally quite favorable.
Concordia Publishing House has announced that all TLH-related supplemental materials, including specialized accompaniment editions and the agenda, will go out of print when current supplies are depleted, but plans to continue to produce the pew edition for the foreseeable future. TLH remains an officially sanctioned hymnal of the synod, and it is unlikely that the synod will ever formally decommission it as an official hymnal.


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Grounded in Reform theology, drawing from every major Jewish movement and tradition, and curated for Jewish and non-Jewish people alike.
“The Sha’ar Zahav prayerbook was created as a community, to reflect our lives. We needed not just a siddur that spoke to us, but one that came from us.” – Michael Tyler
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“This book is not afraid to name the deepest human experiences” – Rabbi Camille Angel


You can add your favorite Spotify tunes to Capcut by following these simple steps. First, open the Spotify app and go to your library. Next, find the playlist you want to add and tap the three dots next to it. From the menu that appears, select “Share.” Then, choose “Copy Link.” Finally, open Capcut and go to the “Audio” tab. Tap the “+” icon and paste the link into the text box. Your Spotify tunes will now be added to Capcut!
Go to the Spotify website and create an account
In order to use Spotify with Capcut, you will need to create a Spotify account. You can do this by going to the Spotify website and clicking on the “Sign Up” button in the top-right corner.
Once you have created an account, you will need to log in and click on the “Access Spotify” button in Capcut. This will allow Capcut to access your Spotify account and play your music within the app.
If you do not have a Spotify account, you can still use Capcut by manually downloading songs from other sources and adding them to your project.
Download the Spotify app
If you haven’t already, download the Spotify app on your devices from either the App Store or the Google Play Store.
Log in to the Spotify app
In order to add Spotify music to your Capcut project, you will first need to log in to the Spotify app with your account. Once you have logged in, you will be able to browse through your available music and select the songs that you want to use.
To add a song from Spotify to your Capcut project, simply drag and drop the track into the timeline. You can also right-click on the track and select “Add to project” from the menu.
Capcut is a video editing app that is available on iOS and Android devices. You can use Capcut to edit your videos and add music to them. Spotify is a popular music streaming service that you can use to find music for your videos. In this article, we will show you how to add Spotify music to Capcut.
Download the Capcut app
To start, you’ll need to download the Capcut app on your mobile device. You can find the app in the App Store or Google Play Store. Once the app is installed, open it and sign in with your Spotify account.
Once you’re signed in, you’ll be able to browse your Spotify library and select the songs you want to use in your video. When you find a song you want to use, simply tap on it and then tap “Add to Capcut.” The song will be added to your Capcut project and will be available for use when editing your video.
If you want to add multiple songs to your Capcut project, simply repeat this process for each song. When you’re finished adding songs, you can begin editing your video.
Log in to the Capcut app
To add Spotify music to Capcut, you’ll need to log in to the app with your Spotify account. Once you’re logged in, you’ll be able to browse and search for music within the app. To add a song to your project, simply click on the track and hit “Add to project.”
Add Spotify music to Capcut
If you’re a fan of Spotify and want to add some of your favorite tunes to your Capcut videos, you’re in luck. You can easily add Spotify music to Capcut by following the steps below.
1) Log in to your Spotify account and go to the “Your Library” tab.
2) Click on the “Artists” tab and find the artist whose music you want to add to Capcut.
3) Select the album or song you want to use and click the “Share” button.
4) Select the “Copy URI” option and open Capcut.
5) Select the “Music” tab at the bottom of the screen and click the “Spotify” icon.
6) Paste the copied URI into the field and press enter.
7) Your selected song will now be added to Capcut!