A London Landmark Immortalised
New book brings to life the history of the London Hippodrome
A new book is now available which tells the incredible history of The Hippodrome.
The Hippodrome: an entertainment of unexampled brilliance covers the entire story of the Hippodrome which, since opening in 1900, has been central to the evolution of the theatre scene in London’s West End…and of course is now the home of the Hippodrome Casino.
Hard back and 180 pages in length, it is sumptuously illustrated with hundreds of original theatrical prints and photography. There are also numerous break-out sections dealing with momentous and historically important events down the years.
The book covers every era and includes details of the shows, the stars that appeared and looks at the Hippodrome’s place in the theatrical firmament of central London. The chapters are entitled: The Circus of Variety (1900 – 1909); Ragtime & Revue (1909 – 1919); The Comedy Musical (1920 – 1939); From Blackout to Rock ‘n’ Roll (1939 – 1958); The Talk of the Town (1958 – 1982); The Greatest Disco in the World (the Peter Stringfellow years followed by La Clique); The Hippodrome Casino (2012 – present day).
“I felt it was time to create a fitting tribute to the Hippodrome’s incredible history which has made it one of London’s best-known entertainment landmarks,” said Simon Thomas, CEO of the Hippodrome Casino.
The Hippodrome: an entertainment of unexampled brilliance retails for £30 and is available to buy at the Hippodrome’s main reception. Hippodrome members can also purchase the book using their points.


At the gates of the Bogotá Book Fair 2022, we as humanity can thank and honor literature, since the whole world has turned to this art during the most difficult times of recent years, as a sacred medicine to heal and calm the soul.
Today we know that people’s souls crave peace and consolation; In this sense, literature is this serene hiding place in which the mind takes refuge to escape so much raw reality.
Creators of books, stories, narratives, manuscripts and poetry, we are the photographers of the soul, for we capture in literature photographs of the feelings that reside in the heart, so that when we let’s touch another soul, it can be moved, feel caressed or shaken by our portrait.
To read is to heal is to remember is to cry again, to feel is to relive, those of us who dedicate ourselves to the art of writing, heal through every line we let’s create, with the aim of finding that reader who can feel that he is in our own skin.
Literature is medicine for the soul, because the human being throughout his history has been at the mercy of many events, some full of joy and illusion and others full of pain and melancholy, which is why books have always represented a way of liberation for the soul.
If each of us were to become the author of his own biography and write it little by little throughout his life, that would be the best legacy, the best legacy that he could give to his children, his grandchildren and the new generations. .
Nos hemos equivocado pensando que el propósito de nuestra vida es generar el sustento para cubrir las necesidades propias y las de nuestra familia, sin detenernos a pensar que lo único realmente eterno, es aquel espiritual legado y de traditions que vamos a pasarle a quienes continuaran escribiendo our history.
Money comes and goes, things are won and lost, for life is an endless collection of losses, that is why it is only through art and literature that mankind has been able share his story.
Imagine that we are walking through a museum or a library and that we stop in front of a work, we enter it to let our mind melt into its essence, it is life itself, your life and my life, a work of art, a sacred manuscript that captures in history the experiences of a unique and unrepeatable existence.
For it we are all poets and authors, if we stop to reflect on our own history and make it the most precious historyfor by our fruits they will know us.
If you started writing your biography today, where would you start? What would you say? What would be the most valuable thing in your story? What would you like your great-grandchildren or nephews to know and hide from you?
Think for a moment about what meant the most to you in your favorite book and save that value to bring it into your life and thus build your legacy, your book, your story.
Life gives you a blank page every day and you have the freedom to write it, what kind of author do you choose to be?
Many remain paralyzed and find nothing new to write, others become mechanical typewriters without thought or feeling, but instead there are authors who leave their soul on every page, every day and write it and live it knowing that once this page is written and that day is lived, they will be inscribed in time with an indelible and perpetual ink that will make each page and each day their most beautiful story.
There are souls who had to write their last page in advance and finish their book on a high, there are others who bravely decided to change their story and give it a happy ending, there are others who have been trapped in the sadness and disaster of an unfortunate history…
What you need to know today is that absolutely all books come with blank pages, God does not give anyone a book that has already been written, he gives all of us a magic pen called free will, with where we have the freedom to choose the story we want to tell and the most important thing we want to tell ourselves.
My invitation today is that you dare to be the author of your book, choose the title of this book that would tell your story, as Frankl did when he wrote “Man’s Search for Meaning”. What are you looking for?
Your book, your life, your story will be a source of inspiration for those who after you will continue to write the rest of your book, so as not to interrupt your story, the best way to be immortal and mark the world is through a book, because when we no longer walk around in this world, our book can sit on a shelf waiting to enrich other souls like yours, which has surely been nurtured by the generosity of someone else who dared to tell their most precious experiences.
Where would we be without William Shakespeare and Ernest Hemingway?
What would become of your successors without the legacy of your history?
What would become of the children if their grandmother did not read them a story?
Make your biography a story that can hug and kiss another soul when it encounters your most intimate stories, pick up that forgotten pen and dare to write the story you want to live and leave as the best legacy to those who follow in your footsteps in The road of life…
my soul pill
Every day you wake up there is a book of blank pages waiting for you, so you can write the most beautiful story anyone has ever read, it would be a shame not to write anything or let others write and define your story, remember that you are the author of your own book! write it with autonomy and transcendence, it’s the best way to leave your mark on the world!
And go to the Book Fair to feed your spirit!!!


This documents an area of YARP that is in flux: runtime plugins. Subject to change during early 2013.
For examples in this section, we assume a Linux environment.
Historically, YARP plugins have been selected at compile-time, and linked with the YARP_init library. At the time of writing, this remains the default. However, it is now also possible to load YARP plugins at runtime.
If you are a USER of YARP, rather than a PACKAGER of YARP then consider sticking with the default operation of plugins rather than runtime loading. Runtime loading adds extra ways for things to go wrong, and more paths to keep track of.
For runtime loading of plugins, it is important to enable the following CMake flag when compiling those plugins:
Only shared libraries (.so/.dll/.dylib) can be loaded at runtime. To compile YARP device and carrier plugins respectively, select:
This will bring up a list of possible devices and carriers to choose from, for example:
This would give us a device called "fakebot" (that generates visual imagery from a simple simulated pan/tilt camera) and a carrier called "human" (a test carrier that actually requires a human agent to pass on messages from one port to another).
To list all plugins available at runtime, use "yarp plugin". Once YARP is compiled with the settings given in The basics, the list should include a carrier called "human" and a device called "fakebot":
$ ./bin/yarp plugin List of runtime plugins: carrier human human (type carrier) (name human) (library yarp_human) (part human_carrier) (code HUMANITY) found by linking to /.../yarp2/build/lib/libyarp_human.so device fakebot fakebot (type device) (name fakebot) (library yarp_fakebot) (part fakebot) found by linking to /.../yarp2/build/lib/libyarp_fakebot.so
In fact, those plugins are also "compiled in" to YARP, as normal.
If we now recompile yarp with ENABLE_yarpmod_fakebot and ENABLE_yarpcar_human_carrier turned OFF, these plugins are no longer compiled into YARP. But unless we have actually removed the library files we already built (libyarp_fakebot.so and libyarp_human.so), YARP will still be able to find them and load them at runtime. Running
./bin/yarp plugin should give the same results as before.
To load a plugin, YARP needs to know three things:
However, at the point where a plugin is needed, YARP will know just one of the following:
YARP_PREPARE_DEVICE(devicename ...)call, OR
To get from this point to activating the right plugin, YARP uses a set of "fingerprint" files. For a carrier they look like this:
code line can have single byte wildcards with the following slightly odd syntax (subject to revision):
That would represent
/..\0\0..\0\0/ in regular expression syntax.
For a device, the fingerprint files are similar, but don't need the code line:
It is fine for a fingerprint file to contain more than one plugin section. The name of the fingerprint is arbitrary, but the extension should be
.ini. Examples can be found in the YARP source code, in subdirectories of the
YARP is configured to aggregate
plugin.ini files in a directory called
ini files are collected in this directory irrespective of whether the corresponding plugins are compiled or not. To add plugins not included with YARP, an
ini file may be placed in
YARP looks for
etc/yarp/plugins using a yarp::os::ResourceFinder. If you don't already use configuration files with YARP, one way to get going would be to create a file in your home directory called
yarp\plugins.ini on Windows) containing:
and then set a
YARP_POLICY environment variable to
plugins (matching the name of the ini file you placed in the
Each operating system has a convention for finding library files which YARP will also use (
LD_LIBRARY_PATH etc), with one addition. Once the configuration files in
etc/yarp/plugins can be found, YARP will also use any "search" blocks it finds there. They look like this:
By default, YARP will add a search block in a file called
path.ini which gives the path to where YARP libraries have been placed after compilation (or installation).


The Butterfly and Life Span Nutrition
A compelling book that calls dieting a myth and gives original and innovative solutions to the problem of nutrition, health, and obesity.Geared to repeat dieters who have dieted their way into poor health. This book also highlights Dr. Ali's theory on oxidation as the cause of aging! Chapter include On the Nature of Obesity; Stress, Obesity and the Language of Silence. Why Dieting Does Not Work; The Catabolic Maladaptation; Life Span Food Choices; On Limbic Eating!
"If there were only a way to ensure that every medical student and resident had access to this material, it would be a great boon to the health of mankind. For ourselves we will be honored to have, to show, to learn, to teach and to practice from these texts."
Jerrold Finnie, M.D. and Dolores Finnie, R.N.
"...is a masterly blend of the intuitive wisdom of the ancients with the basic chemistry of life. The result is an enormously valuable book for those interested in nutrition and fitness."
Hueston King, M.D.,
Past President, American Academy of Otolaryngic Allergy
If you are going to read but one book about your health this year, please make it The Butterfly and Life Span Nutrition."
Francis Waickman, M.D.,
Past President, American Academy of Environmental Medicine
The Ghoraa and Limbic Exercise
This book is about some ancient universal concepts that can be applied in everyday life. Ali's outstanding book combines the "limbic" language of silence with physical exercise. Read and try it, you'll like it!
Doris Rapp, M.D., Author, Is This Your Child?
"At last a book that helps you discover the exhilaration of motion for motion's sake."
Robert C. Atkins, M.D., Author, Health Revolution
"Clearly this book teaches us how to listen and tap into our inner self, letting it be the guide to life. Excellent book."
William J. Rea, M.D., Author, Chemical Sensitivity
"A wonderful book about the joys of fitness without the burden of goals."
J. Katona, M.D., Chief of Staff, Holy Name Hospital, Teaneck, N.J.
Rats Drugs and Assumptions
A book that challenges most of the cherished assumptions of drug medicine. It lays bare many of the deceptions in medical statistics - most of them intended, it seems. It shows how results of valid medical research are deliberately distorted to promote long-term use of drugs of dubious value. It exposes the deep prejudice of practitioners of drug medicine against natural, non-toxic drug therapies.
This book clearly delineates the scientific basis of energetic-molecular events that cause disease, and shows how accelerated oxidative injury to human enzyme systems - comprised of energy, detoxification and digestive enzymes - is the cause of all disease processes. Furthermore, it describes how oxidative enzyme injury leads to disruptions of the bowel, blood and other body organ ecosystems.


|Hemp, C: Aerotegmina shengenae, a new species of Listroscelidinae (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae) from the Eastern Arc mountains of East Africa., Journal of Orthoptera Research, 15(1), 99-103 (2006)|
Aerotegmina shengenae is described from the montane forests of the South Pare Mts of Tanzania. A habitat description is given and co-occurring Saltatoria registered. By the morphology of the acoustical chamber, A. shengenae is more primitive than A. kilimandjarica. Speciation processes are discussed for Aerotegmina species.


This page contains the resources that I have found useful in my personal and professional life. Admittedly, it is an eclectic list. It contains everything from quotes and books that I like to podcasts, videos, and slideshows.
If you don’t want to scroll through the entire list, you can click on one of the links below and filter the resources by specific category.
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Whenever the power that is put in any hands for the government of the people, and the protection of our properties, is applied to other ends, and made use of to impoverish, harass or subdue them to the arbitrary and irregular commands of those that have it; there it presently becomes tyranny, whether those that thus use it are one or many.
Second Treatise, Chapter 18
Leadership is a combination of strategy and character. If you must be without one, be without the strategy.
Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand.
At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.


This web-page gives a potted history of Brenell: the company and their
many domestic and professional models, as well as that of Soundcraft Magnetics, created by former Brenell staff.
The book, Brenell - True to life performance fully records
the history of these two companies and their influence on the development of the British tape recorder / home studio
/ studio recording industries.
The site also looks at their competitors, such as Truvox
and Thermionic Products whose histories have also been recorded in A Truvox Product
and of those 100+ other British companies recorded in, A
Guide to British tape-recorders.
It is hoped
that those who worked for Brenell/S-M, or used them professionally in studios, industry, the MoD or indeed have specialist
knowledge of them and their many competitors, such as TRD, RGD, EMI, Truvox and Collaro etc. will continue to contribute to
this record of a much neglected part of British audio engineering history.
B O O K S
Brenell - True
to Life Performance
detailed history of both Brenell and Soundcraft Magnetics is told in this well researched book, written with the help
of former Brenell directors, engineers and archive material. It presents more than just a glimpse of the company and the people.
Every known model and many prototypes, are discussed in detail.
(The history and development of the tape recorder since Valdemar Poulsen, as well as analysis of the British domestic
and studio tape recorder industries from the first edition is now in the greatly expanded 'Guide to British taperecorders').
in the industry will be delighted with this book" - Alex Nicholas: former MD, Brenell
"Brilliant! The detail uncovered is awesome. I learnt more about Brenell in
a few pages than ever I did when I worked there!" - M.A
"It is a truly remarkable piece
of research... I would recommend this to any reel-to-reel enthusiast or 'child' of the 60s" - R (Mk.5 owner)
Over 200 black and white illustrations.
140 pages plus. A4 Soft back.
2nd edition: £15.00 plus £3.00 p&p UK (Air Mail, please ask).
See last page for address and payment instructions.
|Brenell - True to life performance
|A Guide to British tape-recorders
A Truvox Product
Truvox / Thermionic Products / Racal
tape recorder history
3rd edition OUT NOW
Barry M Jones
A major competitor to Brenell's domestic models, this well researched book reveals the fascinating history
of Daniel Dan Prenn and his Truvox Engineering business which brought Celestion loudspeakers and then
BCC, Airmec, Vectron and Thermionic Products, later
merging with Racal Electronics. Each were specialists in their own field; Truvox with loudspeakers, tape decks and language
laboratories; Thermionic Products with the British made Recordon and Soundmirror and as pioneers in airport recorders;
and Racal for their military electronics. Racal-Thermionic were world leaders in analogue and digital
voice logging and instrumentation recording such as the Store 4, Storehorse, V-Store etc. Racal also bought the Zonal
tape company, whose history is also recorded.
Truvox also made the Wembley cameras, and floor
cleaners! But this book is more than an industrial history, it also records the engineering talents of many European engineers
who escaped Nazi and Soviet tyrany. The book also covers the history of the Ship Yard site, Hythe and its association with
the British Power Boat Company, Lawrence of Arabia and Imperial Airways.
"(the) book is amazing - a
great thrill to read" (D.E ex-Truvox)
"a superb job - most impressive" (P.W ex Racal-Thermionic)
greatest story never told" (A.B ex Racal-Thermionic)
Revised and updated Third edition with
much new information on Thermionic Products' early days
160 pages A4 paperback, 200+ B&W illustrations
£15.00 + £3.00 p&p UK
"A Guide to British tape-recorders"Barry
- 4th edition NOW OUT -
This illustrated softback
is a major work and has been fully revised to double the size and content. It presents a comprehensive history of magnetic
recording from the pioneering work by Valdemar Poulsen, through pre-war wire recorders and the development of plastic tape
by BASF in the 1930s, before concentrating on the British taperecorder industry and the development of the many British
models with histories of the 100+ domestic, studio and scientific tape deck manufacturers, plus potted histories of
the many component and tape manufacturers.
Based on interviews with those who formed, worked in and intimately
knew the industry, as well as contemporary records and company archives, it is also intended as a foundation for others
to fully research individual companies of choice, before it is too late, just as I have done on Brenell, Truvox and Thermionics
and Terry Martini has now done on Wright & Weaire and Ferrograph in his excellent Built
like a battleship - see links page.
The A-Z section covers over 100 British companies
and their models from 1949-1990:
ACE, ACES, Alba, Amplion, Ariel Sound, Astronic, Baird, Bias, Bradmatic, Brenell,
Bristol Cine, BAFC, BSR, Bush, Cadey, Casian, Cape, Chilton, Chitnis, Clarke & Smith, Collaro, Dansette, Dynatron, Editor
(TRE), EKCO, Electromechs, Elizabethan, Elpico, EMI, Epsylon, EWA, Excel, Ferranti, Ferguson, Ferrograph, FiCord,
Fidelity, Garrard, Gaumont-British, GBC, Gramdeck, Hartley, HMV, ITAM, JSR, Kenton, Kurland, Lane, Leevers-Rich,
Lorlin, Magnavox, Marconiphone, Minivox, Motek, MSS, Murphy, Pamphonic, Penny & Giles, Perdio, Planet,
Plessey, Portagram, PYE, Qualtape, Racal-Thermionic, RGD, Reflectograph, Reps, Regentone, Robuk, Scoptronics,
SE Labs, Simon, Soundcraft Magnetics, Sound Master, Spectone, Studio Magnetics, TRD, TRE, Thermionic Products, Thorn
Group, Trix, Trusound, Truvox, Ultra, Unitrack, Van der Molen, Verdik, Veritone, Vortexion, Walter, Winstone, Wright
& Weaire, Wayne Kerr, Wyndsor and many, many others.
Plus, related histories of head and component producers such as: Branch & Appleby, Marriotts, Phi-Magnetronics, Ilford-Zonal
Foreword to first edition by Terry Martini (BVWS):
"... a useful and practical guide that no serious collector of British audio tape recorders or historian can
really do without. The history of the British tape recorder in all its glory".
"I congratulate you on a terrific job." Peter Lindsley, Director Bias/Leevers-Rich
"I have been a tape recorder enthusiast for 50 years, but I was amazed at
what I learnt from these (three) books. Still impressed with the amount of research you have done; these must be the
best of their kind anywhere." George West (ferrograph.info)
370+ A4 pages, 300+ B&W illustrations, softback. £30 + £5 p&p UK
Information still wanted:
I am keen to learn more of Boosey & Hawkes and Wirek
as well as histories of tape head, microphone and other accessory companies, so that this subject may be fully
recorded before such intimate information is lost forever.
Serial numbers wanted
Brenell - Thermionic
Products - Truvox
In the absence of surviving factory ledgers, I am particularly
keen to collate Brenell, Thermionic Products and Truvox serial numbers to determine dates of specification changes
and production levels.
In common with
most industries, serial numbers were designed to mislead competitors! Early Brenell models, including the 'gold with
ivory head cover' Mk.5 and the Type 19, appear not to have serial number stamped on them, but occasionally
they survive as paper labels under the head cover and on the despatch boxes. From the 'gold with black head cover'
Papst motor Mk.5 (Srs 1) the number is stamped under the front edge of the deck plate and from the 'grey'
Mk.5 Srs 2 it also appears in the lid on the manufacturer's label, often with a suffix number which is the pre-amplifier
Please note: There are four variants of the 'gold' Mk.5 motor arrangement: 3 x BT-H 1103;
2 x BT-H 1103 + BT-H 1303 capstan (alloy spider frame); 3 x all AEI; 2 x AEI 1303 + Papst capstan. Which one? And does
it also have the Mk.IV back-tension arm fitted on the take up spool side (this should be on the BT-H variants) and is it connected
mechanically to the feed spool, or electric switch?
Thermionic Products' Recordons are in two versions: round
knobs London/Hythe TP503 and 4-lobe knobs, Hythe TP504. Soundmirrors, flat fronted lid, sculptured lid, half track and if
ERRATA + UPDATES
A free errata and update slip is available for these books on ad hoc basis. Simply send me an SAE or
contact me on email@example.com
The final batch of Quantegy analogue
recording tape was made in early spring 2007. RMGI (formerly EMTEC) has now begun to offer the BASF/Agfa range.
For suppliers of tape, please see the Links page. Remember, if you don't
support these suppliers, it is unlikely there will ever be furthur production runs of analogue tape. You have been warned!
(c) Colour photographs and text
Barry M Jones - May 2003
Major revision + Truvox/T-P pages - February 2008
Last updated - 24th
(Please note: For some obscure
reason certains sections of these web-pages have lost their justification and correct font. Its a software problem
beyond my control! Oh the joys of modern technology.)
introducing the " Diamond
What better way of enjoying your quality recordings on your professional British tape recorder than through a hand-made
British, integrated valve amplifier?
recently introduced Diamond from Proteus Audio Development Ltd is designed and built to order
by Geoff Kremer of ServiceSound fame, using a twin cascade triode phono stage, free from microphony, with a twin triode output
stage offering unparalleled sound quality, right up to a full 20Watt RMS power output. Diamond uses
transformers hand made to the original "Williamson" specification.
'Hi-fidelity' is the faithful reproduction of sound, in its most natural
elements. The test of a good hi-fi system is one you can listen to all day long in total comfort and absorb the intricacies
of the music, rather than be bamboozled by the electronics. I thought my Armstrong amp and Mordaunt-Short Pageants were
'good', but the Proteus Audio Development Diamond integrated valve amplifier is truly stunning.
This is what Hi-Fi Critic said of it in a three-way comparison:
"Familiar, interesting, unforced, detailed, dynamic, pleasant, realistic... a high end sound that is remarkably
uncontrived always doing the best to reveal the essence of the music without sign of stress. It draws you in and makes you
want to listen" Hi-Fi Critic
... and it sounds superb too! (Barry M Jones)
Full details from:
Proteus Audio Development Ltd
31, Turkey Road, Bexhill, East Sussex
and please mention this web-site!
|Proteus " Diamond" valve-amplifier
Modern instrumentation taperecording
3rd edition - 1986
We have several copies of this fascinating,
technical Engineering Handbook on non-audio Instrumentation and data recorders. Written by a Senior Thorn-EMI engineer,
it also covers the EMI-SE Labs models (both of whose histories are recorded in the Guide to British tape-recorders
book!) 130pp A5 NEW (but old stock) and in good condition. £5 + £1.50


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That’s right. You never thought you’d see this day, did you? 2021, otherwise known as The Year Without A Gimmick for my annual Learn a Book! series.
We’ve come a long way, friends. It’s been years since I last successfully completed an annual Learn a Book! challenge. In 2015, we reproduced what I felt to be an adult version of elementary school reading commitments with a goal to read 30 books. Then, the very next year, you all got a glimpse into my madness for tracking page counts with the 20[16k] challenge. That one was a doozy, and we barely made it over the finish line.
What followed in the next four years was total and abject failure. Most of you probably never go back and check up on these posts, so let me summarize them for you. 20[Seven Teen Series]? We finished two. (And no, I didn’t end up reading all 62 original Goosebumps books.) 20[18 Authors] came to a screeching halt halfway through ‘The Brothers Karamazov’ (but, seriously, can you blame it?). My to-be-read shelves are chock full of firsts and lasts from the remaining authors, and I’ve been flirting with a return to Fyodor lately, so maybe this one will hobble across the finish line in the next few years…
2019 was one of the worst years of my life so far for a lot of reasons, which that definitely included forgetting that I set a goal of 30 in 2019 and therefore going ahead to read 19 instead because surely that was the gimmick, no? No, Cass. It was not. And leave Shirley out of this! (Are you having that?) Finally, our latest failure, 20[20 From To Be Read]. This should have been knocked out of the park. I read 54 books in 2020. The highest number I’ve read in one year probably ever. How many of those 54 were from my original to-be-read shelves? 13. And no, I will not be providing a comment on the current state of said shelves.
But, you know what I have to say to all of that failure? Not this year, buddy! You can’t fail at something that you never set criteria for in the first place. Fact.
In 2021, we’re just here to read. That’s it. So from the deepest of my heart to the deepest of yours, happy reading to you, my fair friends.
- ‘The Midnight Library’ by Matt Haig [288 pgs]
- ‘The Bear and the Nightingale’ by Katherine Arden [319 pgs]
- ‘Writers & Lovers’ by Lily King [324 pgs]
- ‘Cinderella is Dead’ by Kalynn Bayron [385 pgs]
- ‘Franny and Zooey’ by J.D. Salinger [170 pgs]
- ‘The Girl in the Tower’ by Katherine Arden [360 pgs]
- ‘The Winter of the Witch’ by Katherine Arden [356 pgs]
- ‘From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler’ by E.L. Konigsburg [162 pgs]
- ‘Troilus and Cressida’ by William Shakespeare [38 pgs]
- ‘The House in the Cerulean Sea’ by TJ Klune [396 pgs]
- ‘The Guest List’ by Lucy Foley [313 pgs]
- ‘Antony and Cleopatra’ by William Shakespeare [40 pgs]
- ‘Melmoth’ by Sarah Perry [271 pgs]
- ‘Romeo and Juliet’ by William Shakespeare [33 pgs]
- ‘Jo & Laurie’ by Margaret Stohl & Melissa de la Cruz [366 pgs]
- ‘Words in Deep Blue’ by Cath Crowley [ 269 pgs]
- ‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ by Taylor Jenkins Reid [385 pgs]
- ‘Clanlands’ by Sam Heughan & Graham McTavish [291 pgs]
- ‘The House on Vesper Sands’ by Paraic O’Donnell [403 pgs]
- ‘A Court of Thorns and Roses’ by Sarah J. Maas [419 pgs]
- ‘A Court of Mist and Fury’ by Sarah J. Maas [624 pgs]
- ‘A Court of Wings and Ruin’ by Sarah J. Maas [699 pgs]
- ‘A Court of Frost and Starlight’ by Sarah J. Maas [229 pgs]
- ‘Julius Caesar’ by William Shakespeare [28 pgs]
- ‘A Court of Silver Flames’ by Sarah J. Maas [751 pgs]
- ‘The Raven Cycle’ by Maggie Stiefvater [409 pgs]
- ‘The Dreams Thieves’ by Maggie Stiefvater [437 pgs]
- ‘Blue Lily, Lily Blue’ by Maggie Stiefvater [391 pgs]
- ‘The Raven King’ by Maggie Stiefvater [438 pgs]
- ‘Lillian Boxfish Takes A Walk’ by Kathleen Rooney [287 pgs]
- ‘Coriolanus’ by William Shakespeare [41 pgs]
- ‘Stairway to Heaven’ by Alison Hawthorne Deming [97 pgs]
- ‘The Middle of a Sentence’ by Various [129 pgs]
- ‘Heads of the Colored People’ by Nafissa Thompson-Spires [197 pgs]
- ‘House of Leaves’ by Mark Z. Danielewski [662 pgs]
- ‘Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold’ by Bolu Babalola [282 pgs]
- ‘A Poetry Handbook’ by Mary Oliver [122 pgs]
- ‘Sonnets to Orpheus’ by Ranier Maria Rilke [111 pgs]
- ‘Children of Virtue and Vengeance’ by Tomi Adeyemi [404 pgs]
Total Page Count: 11,926 pgs
Boldly go where the bolded books bid you.
As always, feel free to follow me on Goodreads. I’ll kindly ask those of you who have been around for this annual series since the 2015 days to inform any of our new friends about my review policy.
If we were to give the subject of reviews a single hair’s width amount of attention, then I may or may not have started a particular social media account for this particular hobby, and I may or may not post reviews and other bookish aesthetics there. So it goes, they say.


Faith Formation for Adults
St. Edmond Parish has a commitment to provide programs that will assist adults who seek to grow in faith and holiness throughout their adult life through on-going faith formation. Adult maturing faith is marked by a life of prayer and openness to God’s call; the ability to articulate one’s faith and to share it with others; a growing understanding and appreciation of theology, Scripture, and the liturgical life of the church; and the desire and ability to reach out to others in works of justice and mercy. To foster this life of faith, adult programs are offered at various times and days to accommodate as many people as possible. Click here or check our Parish Events tab for specific meeting dates, times, and locations. Or, contact the Director of Religious Education, Marie Kopf, at 302-227-4553, or [email protected]
Programs Offered Include:
Lectio Divina is Latin for divine reading, spiritual reading, or “holy reading”, and represents a traditional Christian practice of prayer and scriptural reading that dates back to the 12th century. It is a way of praying with the scripture that calls us to study, ponder, listen, and pray from God’s Word.
- Lectio (reading) – Slowly and prayerfully read aloud a brief Scripture passage, three times, pausing between each reading. Let a word or phrase speak to you in a special way.
- Meditatio (meditation) – Silently reflect upon the word or phrase that is speaking to you. Allow your thoughts to connect to the word or words.
- Oratio (prayer) – Enter into a silent dialogue with God for a few minutes. Speak to God as a friend speaks to a friend. Allow yourself to be touched and changed by God’s word.
- Contemplatio (contemplation) – Rest silently and prayerfully in God’s embrace. Let go, and let the word of God speak to your heart in silence.
This group meets on Mondays at 9:15 AM in the Religious Education Center.
Scripture Study groups meet to discuss the Books of the Old and New Testament, Church History, the lives of the Saints etc. The studies use engaging video presentations, to promote lively small-group discussions. Resources from Ascension Press and The Augustine Institute, among others, are used. Our programs help you come to a deeper understanding and appreciation of the Catholic Faith.
Saint Edmond’s Parish Library, in the Religious Education Center, contains a diverse collection of inspiring books, Scripture resources, historical references, books on the Saints, spirituality, etc. The library is generally open Monday-Friday 9:00-5:00 p.m.


How a 70-year-old national education nonprofit positioned itself for a bright future with media relations.
Since 1947, the Great Books Foundation and its Shared Inquiry method for discussing literature have been a mainstay in discussion groups and schools nationwide. However, as shifts in the political and technology climate began to transform the education landscape in the early 2000s, the organization’s long-term sustainability was called into question. While many educators knew and appreciated the Great Books Foundation for its approach to teaching students to discuss classic literature, some began to question the pertinence of its content to modern readers.
As 2016 approached, the Great Books Foundation knew it was time to make a change. The organization entered into the year with a refreshed brand identity and a renewed commitment to meeting the needs of today’s digital, connected learners.
There was just one important question left to answer: how would the Great Books Foundation bring its evolution to life and convince its stakeholders that its mission and approach are just as relevant today as ever?
The Answer: Media Relations
The Great Books Foundation recognized that a constant cadence of high-quality media coverage could be an effective tool for shifting brand perceptions and reinforcing their organization’s continued relevancy in the ever-changing education landscape. They asked Prosper Strategies to create a public relations strategy just as ambitious as their new approach.
A selection of the media outlets we work with frequently for clients like the Great Books Foundation.
Prosper Strategies began our work with the Great Books Foundation as we begin every engagement: with a Discover phase of intensive research and exploration. We conducted stakeholder interviews, materials and media audits and secondary research to determine the unique point of difference for the new Great Books brand and established a set of key messages for bringing it to life.
We then designed a public relations strategy focused on highlighting the continued importance of the Great Books Foundation’s Shared Inquiry methodology through the stories of the teachers, students and readers who are directly impacted by their work today. Beyond simply defining story angles, our strategy established persona profiles for the stakeholders we would aim to reach via media coverage, narrative arcs that would ensure the new Great Books message was developed logically over time, and more.
At the core of our strategy was one important goal: to establish the Great Books Foundation’s unique position as the only organization that teaches both students and adults to engage in respectful, insightful discussions around important topics (what they call civil discourse) and to highlight the importance of those discussions in today’s increasingly polarized world.
With our strategy in place, it was time to get to work developing timely pitches and conducting regular media outreach on the Great Books Foundation’s behalf. Our strategic plan made the assumption that we’d find the most success when we could link the importance of civil discourse and Shared Inquiry discussions to current events, such as the vicious 2016 presidential debates or the controversy in early 2017 around immigration and travel bans. In the Drive phase of our engagement, we found out we were right.
Pitches and contributed articles on topics like these resulted in quality stories on the Great Books Foundation from top-tier outlets like CBS and the Huffington Post, as well as education industry coverage in publications like The Hechinger Report and District Administrator. See select coverage we’ve secured for the Great Books Foundation below.
At Prosper Strategies, we believe media relations can and should have a measurable impact on our clients’ strategic business goals. The Deliver phase of our client engagements is all about measuring those results and using what we learn to make continual improvements to our campaigns. We measure media success based on metrics like potential impressions, social engagement, key message amplification, SEO impact and web traffic generation and eschew outdated metrics like ad equivalency value.
Our engagement with the Great Books Foundation has resulted in positive shifts in brand awareness, brand perception and even search rankings.
A few examples of outcomes to date include:
Potential Media Impressions
81% increase in non-branded web traffic from search
Increase in web referral traffic
Could Your Organization Benefit from Similar Results?
Contact us to tell us about your needs and learn how a partnership with Prosper Strategies can help your organization achieve its goals.


Book Title : “ASEAN Statistical YearBook 2013”
The ASEAN Statistical Yearbook (ASYB) 2013 is a compilation of relevant economic and social statistics of the ASEAN Member States, which should foster better knowledge and understanding of the region’s journey towards the ASEAN Community in 2015.
It provides a picture of ASEAN’s performance in trade,foreign direct investment, transport and communication, tourism, and manufacturing sectors, in the backdrop of the region’s developments in demography, education, health, and employment.
The ASYB 2013 constitutes part of the continuing efforts of the ASEAN Community Statistical System to contribute to the realization of the ASEAN Community by providing the key statistics to support ASEAN’s
evidence-based policy making.
To our data users, may they find this as a useful reference as we continually seek their feedback to improve our statistics products and services.
Click on the Cover Book Image to download this eBook.


Bonny is a children's story being developed for Android that allows readers to choose their own paths through the narrative.
Make friends and fight pirates while searching for Bonny's stolen treasure map!
Similar to classic stories from the Choose Your Own Adventure brand, readers will make choices at the end of each "chapter" that determine the outcome. Bonny intends to bring the story alive with beautiful illustrations and music. An optional narrator helps children read and enjoy the story.
Available for Android now in the Play Store!


Palatine Illinois History
The United States of the early 19th century lived west of the Mississippi in the 1850s and in Illinois and Indiana in the early 20th century.
Early pioneers found their home in the lush groves of trees known as Plum Grovea, a plum grove in Illinois, and the Grove in Indiana. In the northwest was the stag grove, so called because it housed numerous deer. The English Groveas were to the west and the Alder Grove and Plum Grove to the west.
In 1835, the first settlers, George Ela, established a house in the Deer Grove area, and in 1836, Ben Porter and Ben Lincoln, who had traveled from Vermont, settled in an area near Plum Grove. After a short journey, they settled in DeerGrove in 1838 with their wives and children.
The local settlers wanted to call the new city Yankton, but the city of New York was adopted with the name Palatine Count. For this reason, it was decided that the area should be named after a city in New York, so people wanted to call it Yankston. In 1846, after the deaths of George Ela, Ben Porter and Ben Lincoln, they decided to name the area after their hometown, which was named Palatine in honor of their son.
The flourishing settlement grew under the leadership of Joel Wood, who surveyed and laid out the village of Palatin in 1855. At that time a considerable community had been formed with a city and its own Methodist church, which was incorporated in 1866. When it was incorporated, Palatsine was a parish the size of a Methodist church with over 1,000 inhabitants at the end of the 19th century.
Almost 20 years later, in 1853, the Illinois and Wisconsin railroads crossed the area and the Palatsine Branch of the Chicago, Milwaukee and Milwaukee - St. Louis railroads was built. In 1911, a new station was built at the intersection of Palatin Road and Lake Michigan Avenue, which opened passenger services to Wauconda, Illinois, in 1912. The new station on the west side of Lake Minnesota Avenue in Palatine was built in 1911 and will begin full passenger service from Waukesha, Wisconsin, to Lake Superior, Michigan, on July 1, 1913.
Kenosha County crossed the county line where Walworth County's KTH & U had crossed the line and became Walworth County's Cth & F. The early settlers who came to the area were mostly inhabited by residents of what is now the Palatinate area, who came mostly from the Chicago, Milwaukee and Milwaukee-St. Louis railroads. It served as a stop for the Palatsine Branch of the Illinois and Wisconsin Railroad and the Lake Superior Railroad Service.
The Germans were mainly farmers who brought their produce to the Palatinate depot together with the early settlers to transport them to Chicago. The influx of German settlers began after the first settlers in the area were Yankees, hence the deliberate name Yankton. Over the years, Al Capone's gang bought hundreds of barrels of beer a month from Touhy's to distribute in Chicago, but as the years passed, he became dissatisfied with the business relationship and decided to eliminate Tou Hy's to run an alcohol company in the northwest suburbs.
A second 40-acre lot was purchased at Quentin Road and Illinois Avenue, and a second annex was approved for Palatine High School.
The Building Society was founded as a non-profit organisation whose membership was limited to members of the two lodges. Frank G. Robinson donated the land to the Filbert Section in 1881 and Albert Olms to the Greendale Section in 1908. In November 2003, the lodge moved to its current location at the corner of Quentin Road and Illinois Avenue. The meetings took place in the new lodge on the second floor of a new building on Illinois Street.
The tornado crossed the central path of the Illinois Governor Highway south of Sauk Trail, continued east-northeast on Stimes Road and crossed the Boone-McHenry County border. The tornado passed through the town of Palatine, crossed the Boone and McHenry County lines, continued east and northeast along Stime's Road and finally crossed it on Hunter Road. Northwest Toll Road has been completed and is located at the intersection of Illinois Street and Illinois Avenue, north of St. Louis Avenue.
Palatine Weiler was to be the official seal and flag until Rolling Meadows and Zion developed a new seal by removing the crosses. Palatina, Illinois' largest city and village, is the second largest city in the state after Chicago and the third largest in Illinois.
In 2010, the population rose to 68,557, making it the state's second-largest city after Chicago and the third-largest in Illinois. The United States Department of Education recognized Palatine High School nationwide in 1991 and renamed it New American High School, one of only 10 schools in the country to receive the award. In 1999, Palatinate, Xenophon and Schaumburg high schools were named among the 99 best high schools in the country by the US News & World Report. Forbes has recognized High School District 211 as Illinois' fourth state by 2020.


Chennai Book Fair 2013 : 36th Chennai Book Fair begins at Nandanam, YMCA Ground
The 36th Chennai Book Fair was started at Nandanam, YMCA Ground on Friday 11th January, 2013. The exhibition will be held for thirteen days upto 23.1.2013. The Book Fair is conducted by the BAPASI (The Boooksellers and Publishers Association of South India). Nearly 800 stalls are exhibited by the various publishers and available books range from Rs.5 to 5,000.
In week days the exhibition will be open between 2.30 PM to 8.30 PM and 11 AM to 9 PM on weekends and holidays.
Rs.5 will be charged as ‘Entrance Fee’ (free for children below 12 years).


July 5th Long Run
Sunday July 5th, we will be leave the comfort and safety of the East Side, and venture to an entirely different county! This Sunday, Amy Owsley and Jenny Dew are taking us through Crockett Park in Brentwood. The run starts at 7:30 am, and you need to meet in the parking lot between the YMCA and the library on Concord road. One nice thing about this run is that there are several bathrooms and drinking fountains along the run; also there are many places where you could shorten the route if 11 miles is too much.
Here is the route.
Get out and try one of the 4th of July races the Saturday!
I run for the Party 5k/10k (Downtown)
Firecracker 5k (Maryland Farms)
Have a great weekend!


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Thursdays at 10 - Book Club
Time & Location
About the Event
Please RSVP to get the Zoom meeting link emailed to you. If this is your first time using Zoom, check out this simple YouTube tutorial that walks you through what to expect. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9isp3qPeQ0E
UHeights is hosting a Zoom meeting in order to continue our Thursdays at 10 meetings via video chat!
Book Club will be meeting as always, on the first Thursday of the month. Join us!
Here are the books that participants had talked about in our August meeting:
"Say Nothing: A True Story of Murder and Memory in Northern Ireland" by Patrick Radden Keefe
“The Flatey Enigma” by Viktor Ingolfsson
“Nutshell” by Ian McEwan
“Where the Forrest Meets the Stars” by Glendy Vanderah
“The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War" by Ben Macintyre
“The Water Dancer” by Ta Nehisi Coates
“Nine Folds Make a Paper Swan” by Ruth Gilligan
“Zoli” by Colum McCann
“See No Stranger: A Memoir and Manifesto of Revolutionary Love” by Valerie Kaur
“Apeirogon” by Colum McCann
“How to be an Anti-racist” by Ta Nehisi Coates
“Caste: The Origins of our Discontent” by Isobel Wilkerson
More about Thursdays at 10:
With more folks coming every week, bring whatever you're reading, want to read, have read, and get inspired.
Rotating topics every month and lively discussions on matters great and small.
STORIES OF OUR LIVES: MEMOIR WRITING
With new prompts and tips each month, come unleash your creative side and tell stories of your life.
Join knitters, crocheting, and stitching artisans for crafts and conversation.
Ticketing: Our Pay-What-You-Can model allows our events to be accessible to the entire community! We have no suggested amount, we simply ask you to pay what you can.
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Recipes from the Middle East to share, tasty, exotic and convivial.
With the 140 recipes in this book, easy to make at home and classified by type of dish, discover all the hospitality and diversity of Middle Eastern cuisine, from Lebanon to Iran, including Turkey and Syria. .. This book offers small dishes to share based on meat and vegetables, but also menu suggestions and a glossary of ingredients. Roasted cauliflower with tahini, smoked paprika, pistachio and pomegranate cakes ..., Mezze is full of traditional or contemporary recipes from a family and thousand-year-old gastronomy.re.


The Father of Science Fiction Jules Verne
Jules Gabriel Verne is a French writer and traveler. Verne, with Hugo Gernsback and H. G. Wells, is often referred to as the "Father of Science Fiction". The inventions and machines he described in detail in his works are thought to have inspired European industry and technology, which was developing at that time. He especially wrote about space, aircraft, submarines. He is best known for his novels Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), Journey to the Center of the World (1864) and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873). He is the second most translated author of UNESCO's translation book database (Index Translationum). Jules Verne passed away in 1095.


Designing Social Interfaces: Principles, Patterns and Practices for Improving the User Experience. By Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone, O’Reilly Media, 2009.
This is an excellent book for anyone interested in understanding the various design decisions that go into creating an online social network.
I approached this title as from the perspective of an information architect wanting to know more about successfully designing social networking features into web sites. What I found was a very detailed overview of the entire social media world, the different types of social sites, social media, and communication tools (e.g. Twitter), and the different components that comprise these social networks. Every tool in the social interface toolbox (circa 2009) is explored in Designing Social Interfaces. The authors have collected examples of each tool in action and provided readers with a set of heuristics for their use: for whom a particular tool is best suited. When to use the tool. When not to use the tool. How to use the tool and how not to use the tool. In short, the book sets out best practices for the use design of a social interface and on the basis of this aspect alone, I recommend this book.
At slightly more than 500 pages, it is a lengthy read and could be treated as a reference book if one wished, but a reader would miss out on what makes this a thought provoking read by treating it solely as a reference book. The book includes many essays spread throughout the text which are excerpted from books, blogs, white papers, and articles. These essays often deal with the larger social (on and off-line) trends or habits that fuel the development of social interfaces. Some of these essays include topics such as: the etiquette of “friending” someone online and the need to be able to designate different types of friend relationships (e.g. real life friends, family members, colleagues, friends of friends, and strangers), and the ethics of good design.
If you are considering designing a site with social features, this book is a must read.
This title is available from O’Reilly Media in print and multiple electronic versions. I read an epub version of the book for this review.


Posted by Erin Schwartz on October 11, 2010
South Africa has officially launched its first tribute wall!
After creating the Maximize Life Tribute Wall in the Littleton Public Library situated in Centurion towards the South of Pretoria, my worries that we might not have participants immediately faded as the library administration and community members came forward asking questions about the Global Cancer Awareness Campaign. Even before the "official" opening of the tribute wall there were already messages posted!
Excitement grew as the head of the library and I served cake to the staff and the public while sharing the purpose of the wall and inviting them to both participate and spread the message of awareness to friends and neighbors.
The tribute wall opened up a beautiful dialogue among library congregants. One lady, full of emotion, approached a member of the library staff and thanked her for the opportunity to be able to deliver her message and to provide someone with some encouragement. Throughout the morning the messages kept coming and soon the tribute wall started to fill-up. Adults and children alike were interested in making a difference. Members of the public approached me with their own stories of surviving and they, more than anyone, wanted to see a change.
The Maximize Life Tribute Wall proudly displayed at the entrance of the Littleton Public Library is an act of courage. It is the decision of the community send a message to every library visitor: Cancer affects people in South Africa, cancer is treatable and we all need access to the very best treatment.


One of my students is in the process of reading the Chronicles of Narnia by C.S.Lewis on her iPad which led me to conduct a search on what is available for free. I found Dan Coleman’s blog which reads:“ Before the days of Harry Potter, generations of young readers let their imaginations take flight with The Chronicles of Narnia, a series of seven fantasy novels written by C. S. Lewis…Now, […]
KEEPVID allows you to download clips from YouTube in a range of file formats and it is simple to use. If you are downloading a YouTube clip and intend on inserting it into a SMART Notebook document the file format that you need is .flv. Below is a great video tutorial on how to use KEEPVID. Don’t forget to ask the creator of the video for permission to download […]
“This section contains a listing of Notebook activities and lessons that you can download and use in your classroom. Some of the files are also contained on the Smart Exchange so you’ll be directed there to download the files. The Notebook Files section is organized by Subject” (James Hollis).
Selena Woodward has compiled a list of iPad Apps that schools should have available for their students on a ‘class -set’. I don’t have access to iPads but I recommend you read this article if you do and post a comment.
Did you know that there is a YouTube for Schools? YouTube for Schools gives you a way to access educational videos from inside your school network. YouTube for Schools gives schools the ability to access a broad set of educational videos on YouTube EDU and to select the specific videos that are accessible from within your school network. For further information visit YouTube for Schools frequently asked questions.
Storyline online provides a range of stories suitable for Junior Primary students. You simply select a story, select read to me and then the site will navigate you to a YouTube clip where a person introduces themselves and then reads you the story. There are also activities related to the story which you can view or download. Awesome!
Free Interactive Sites: Interactive Shape Explorer: This site enables students to explore and compare area and perimeter measurements. Virtual Pin Board: You will need to scroll down to the virtual pin board. A Party is Being Planned: This is a higher order thinking site which requires students to design the floor plan for a party. Area and Perimeter of Polyanimal: Video based resources, cool. Free Notebooks to Download: Please note, […]
I bought an Apple iPad dock connection to VGA for $35 (AUS) and a set of speakers for $20 (AUS) which enabled me to connect my iPad to my data projector. This enabled clear visability and audio listening for all students. I just wish I had of done this sooner!
BYOD stands for bring , your, own, device? What do you think?
Recently at a conference I presented my latest edublog on 3D design using Google Sketchup 8 http://3design.edublogs.org/ . I also mentioned that this same activity could be created using Minecraft creative mode. Below is a video of a school which my son designed using Minecraft creative mode and isle of tune to create the music. Please note, we couldn’t find free recording software which would play the two simultaneously, hence, it […]


Starting with regular beauty makeup (far upper left), Bobbi demonstrates how she did this avante garde look using colored powder pigments while letting the reader unleash his or her own creativity.
Aside from makeup for everyday, Bobbi gives tips on how to do makeup for teenagers, older women, brides, and women of different races making this book a book for all ages and races.
However, makeup 101, skin care, and application is just a part of the book. Bobbi writes this book with startup makeup artists in mind. She answers questions on how to book work, career inquiries, and even gives a brief history on makeup. She illustrates that makeup differs on how you apply it - on a celebrity, model, or actress. Makeup for TV, HDTV, and photography are different and she shows you the different techniques for each of them. She even lists down short biographies of makeup industry icons as a source of inspiration to would-be makeup artists as well as addresses and websites of various agencies and makeup artist unions (However, this applies to makeup artists residing in the United States).
I like what Bobbi Brown said in her book to always be pleasant, that even if her work was just okay then, she got called back because people loved her. This is something that should really be imbibed in every makeup artist, to always be grounded and have a pleasant aura with no diva attitude. Maybe that's why Bobbi's so successful until now - her positive energy and neverending quest to share what she knows and even goes to the extent of listing beauty supply shops' addresses and websites for her readers - all good karma and positive vibes.
Although this book teaches the basics, I sure was able to pick up a thing or two. This is useful to makeup artists who are venturing life abroad. The makeup industry abroad is tougher since requirements are stricter, for example, in working for film, you need union membership. Some require training and certifications and a very strong portfolio. I recommend this book not just for makeup artists and makeup lovers, but for anyone who wants to learn a thing or two. This is a beauty book PLUS.


|Eliza Bright Nicholls, |
the inspiration for Cytherea Graye?
Photo from the Beinecke Rare Book
and Manuscript Library, Yale University
Millgate points out in his Hardy biography that Cytherea Graye was based, at least in aspect, upon Eliza Nicholls, the elder of the two Nicholls sisters with whom Hardy had a long-standing "agreement" that did not end in marriage. However, it is very tempting to read some of his own sister, Mary Hardy into the character as well. She was visiting Hardy regularly in Weymouth during the time he was writing The Poor Man and the Lady, which would be cannibalized to some degree or another to create Remedies. The strong bond between Hardy and his sister can also be seen in the relationship between Cytherea and her brother, Owen.
Speaking of Owen, Hardy acknowledged that he had modeled that character upon himself but, when asked about Edward Springrove, he coyly responded that the character was modeled upon someone he met while working in the architectural office in Weymouth. I think it's pretty plain that Edward, an architect of limited means who was tangled up in a long-standing engagement he did not wish to fulfill and had literary aspirations, was also based on Hardy. The two characters (Owen and Edward) become very difficult to tell apart from one another, especially later in the novel when they are working together to prove Manston's guilt. Owen represented Hardy as he saw himself with Edward representing the soulful young architect who aspired to be a writer. To Hardy's credit, he lived out that aspiration more successfully than I imagine even he could have hoped.
Where shall we look to find the inspiration for our two more tortured characters, Miss Aldclyffe and Aeneas Manston? Those characters, I suspect, were mostly invented for the sake of the story. One could point to Julia Martin, the woman of some means who took a shine to Thomas when he was a boy and from whom he was separated by a feud she got into with Jemima Hardy over his education. Hardy infuses Miss Aldclyffe with a surprising degree of sensual energy for the role she plays in the book and she would have been of just the right age when he knew her best to serve as the eventual model for this dark maternal figure. As for Manston, there is no one adequately Byronic enough from Hardy's life prior to the writing of Remedies to have been the direct inspiration. Again, one might be tempted to consider Horace Moule but given Moule's known predilection for young men, it's just a poor fit.
Thomas Hardy's body of novels (and to some extent his poems) are known for their shared geography, the fictional Wessex standing in for the county of Dorset. While Hardy certainly drew upon familiar places to make the locations in Desperate Remedies seem real, he didn't imbue them with the same careful attention to detail that he would in later books. In fact, the Wessex towns that appear in Remedies didn't even bear the names that line up our current editions of the novels with the other Wessex novels in his body of work. He changed them later to import them into his Wessex universe.
Of the places that appear in the novel, only Budmouth (a stand in for the coastal city of Weymouth) comes across as a Wessex city proper. Hardy's inclusion of incidental details that he experienced while living there (and while writing the early draft of The Poor Man and the Lady) like boating and dancing probably have more to do with his trying to draw from lived experiences to give the novel a ring of authenticity. Otherwise, cities don't play the defining role that we'll see in later books.
In closing our examination of Desperate Remedies, I'd like to offer a few broad assessments of it that the reader might take away. Most importantly, it's a pretty good book, especially for a first published work. Several of the characters transcend their function in the twisting plot and inspire a degree of pathos from their suffering, not the least of which being the supposed villain, Aeneas Manston. Hardy's natural gifts for prose leavened by a poetic tone elevates important moments and even sections of the book unmistakably out of the pure genre fiction it is intended to be and up towards something resembling literature.
The book suffers to an extent from being overlong. There are sections, mostly towards the end, where it feels as if we are being asked to tread water in order to satisfy the structural expectations of the audience. The social aspects of the novel feel more successful but the suspenseful elements are leaned upon more heavily to justify the plot. The result is, at worst, mildly diffuse.
For this reader, though, the good in this novel outweighs the bad by a margin of about two-to-one and, on whatever plane we feel the need to record a success or a failure in regards to a work of art, Hardy notched a 'W' on his first published novel.


Relaxing on the beach can include a lot of different activities. If you’re not looking to get wet, diving into a novel is a great way to relax while the waves crash in the distance. Here are some of our favorite page-turners to read through during a quiet afternoon on the beach.
Peace Like a River
Awarded Time‘s “Top-Five Books of the Year,” Peace Like a River is Leif Enger’s best work to date. The novel is narrated by 11-year-old Reuben Land, who tells of his family’s travels to nowhere in particular through the 1950’s American midwest. While traveling in search of his runaway brother Davy, Land comments on the nature of miracles and their force in a society that has lost understanding of them: “They say miracles change you, but ignoring miracles can change you too.” Tales of cowboys and western themes dominate the landscape. Peace Like a River is an excellent tale for those looking to return to a simpler time.
Regarded as one of the greatest pillars of science fiction, Frank Herbert’s Dune will take you to a realm beyond imagination. Follow Paul Atreides and his adventure on the desert planet of Arrakis. Learn of the planet’s peoples, customs, and strange beasts, and watch Atreides as he grows up and adapts to the challenges of a desert planet where danger is always present. “Survival,” Atreides comments, “is being able to swim in strange waters.” Washington Post commented that Herbert paints an alien society “more complete and detailed than any other author in the field has managed.” Once you start, you’ll have a hard time putting this one down.
A classic of American literature, Walden is the story of Henry David Thoreau’s time in the great outdoors. Building his house at Walden Pond, Thoreau spent two years withdrawn from society and recorded his experiences in this book. Tucked away deep in the Massachusetts woods in 1845, Thoreau had time to consider many things we overlook in our busy lives. A calm novel, the book contains social commentary and descriptions of the beautiful woods surrounding him. Books allow us the opportunity to speak with some of humanity’s greatest minds, and this great mind reminds us that it is important to reflect and enjoy nature in an increasingly fast-paced world.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being is Milan Kundera’s brilliant piece on the nature of humans and love. The novel follows several characters, and their stories as some search for love and others have love thrust upon them. Kundera illustrates that some people are light while others are heavy—not physically, but rather in spirit. As the characters have varying “lightness of being,” they sometimes find serious meaning in things that other characters find to be quite trivial. This lightness can lead to beautiful romances and tragic heartbreak. This one is a page-turner; it is deeply engaging and may even have you reflecting on romantic situations in your own life.


Parafrasi del Christus
Sacred cantata for soprano, alto and strings (1844 version)
PDF sample pages
In June of 1842 Donizetti was appointed Court Composer and director of the Imperial Chapel at Vienna. Circumstances apparently not as rosy as they sound: “Written during six months of doing nothing and six more of resting” was the composer’s wry comment on his situation in a letter to his friend Dolci.
His duties were fulfilled with a few brief Offertories. The two longer works composed for the Chapel, the Miserere in G minor and the Parafrasi del Christus, are actually rearrangements of earlier compositions. In a letter to his brother-in-law Donizetti writes: “In ’29 I did it in Naples; in ’44, reworked, cleaned up and elegantly attired, it shines in the Imperial and Royal Library of Vienna”.
The only source for the work is the autograph score of this second version, entitled Parafrasi del Xtus - Per due voci Sop. e Contr. di Donizetti/1844. This manuscript is preserved at the library of San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples.
With text by Serafino Gatti, soprano and mezzo-soprano - perhaps personifying Mary and John beneath the Cross - meditate on the shameful sacrificial death of Christ and his glorious elevation. Donizetti pushes the limits of the customary sacred music of his time and creates a kind of religious opera, which on the one hand is linked to Bellini’s bel canto and on the other already anticipates the dramatic power of Verdi’s church compositions. The work is in four movements, opening - interestingly - in F minor, like Pergolesi’s “Stabat Mater”.
Dallas, Texas, October 2009
(recorded live at Cathedral Santuario de Guadalupe, Dallas,
Texas, on October 13, 2009
Lucy Creech, soprano, Natalie Arduino, Mezzo-soprano, Vesselin Demirev and Kurt Sprenger, violin, Norbert Gerl, viola,
Francesco Mastromatteo, violoncello, Chris Pike, bass)
- “Per pietà del peccatore”
2. Andante sostenuto - “E qual morte egli sostenne?”
3. Moderato - “Della gloria al seggio eterno”
4. Larghetto - Allegro vivace - “Diegli un nome assai possente”
Video clips are available here


Welcome to this comprehensive guide on common rail diesel diagnostics! Common rail diesel engines are becoming increasingly more common in the automotive industry, and diagnostics are necessary to keep them running properly and efficiently. This guide will provide you with an overview of common rail diesel technology, explain the importance of diagnostics, and give you step-by-step instructions for diagnosing problems. Whether you are a professional mechanic or a DIY enthusiast, you will find the information here helpful and informative. Let’s get started!
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Experimental Filmmaking and the Motion Picture Camera
BY JOEL SCHLEMOWITZ
Experimental Filmmaking and the Motion Picture Camera: An Introductory Guide for Artists and Filmmakers, is an introductory guide to experimental filmmaking, surveying the practical methods of experimental film production as well as the history, theory, and aesthetics of experimental approaches. The book explains the basic mechanism of the camera before going on to discuss slow and fast motion filming, single-frame time lapse, the long take, camera movement, workings of the lens, and the use of in-camera effects such as double-exposure. A comprehensive guide to using the 16mm Bolex camera is provided. Strategies for making films edited in camera are covered. A range of equipment beyond the basic non-sync camera is surveyed. The movie diary and film portrait are examined, along with the work of a range of experimental filmmakers including Stan Brakhage, Rudy Burckhardt, Paul Clipson, Christopher Harris, Peter Hutton, Takahiko Iimura, Marie Losier, Rose Lowder, Jonas Mekas, Marie Menken, Margaret Rorison, Guy Sherwin, and Tomonari Nishikawa.
Joel is an experimental filmmaker who works with 16mm film, shadowplay, magic lanterns, and stereographic media. His short works have been shown at the Ann Arbor Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and Tribeca Film Festival and have received awards from the Chicago Underground Film Festival, The Dallas Video Festival, and elsewhere. Shows of installation artworks include Anthology Film Archives, and Microscope Gallery. He also teaches experimental film-making at The New School and was the Resident Film Programmer and Arcane Media Specialist at the Morbid Anatomy Museum.


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Kevin in a previous comment had asked me for a list of books I’ve read that have influenced my desire to come into Orthodoxy. I certainly didn’t mean to be shy, actually it just seemed like a big task. But, I have completed the reading list for the books that have most influenced me regarding Orthodoxy over the last 2 years. I left off The Abolition of Man, Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer, and Mere Christianity, although they contributed as well.
I put these books pretty close to the order in which I read them. I also have read countless articles on the internet as well, so it is hard to quantify just how many other things I have read, but it probably easily doubles what is presented here. I may find time to collect some of the best of these websites later. I’ve included URLs to summaries of the books, since they will cover subject matter better than I in my comments. My comments are a mere capsule of what I thought. Note that Amazon reader comments can be helpful too.
I know I have left out a few books, but I couldn’t remember them.
Mathews-Green, Frederica. At the Corner of East and Now: A Modern Life in Ancient Christian Orthodoxy. New York: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1999.
Comment: I found this book very enjoyable, and it introduced me to what life in Orthodoxy is/could be like. My library had it.
Ware, Timothy (Bishop Kallistos). The Orthodox Church, 2nd ed. Penguin Books, 1993.
Comment: This is really where I started learning about the Orthodox Church, and I highly recommend it. Fr. S. probably has it, my library had it.
Mathews-Green, Frederica. Facing East: A Pilgrim’s Journey into the Mysteries of Orthodoxy. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1997.
Comment: After reading the former book, and though a bit of other study, I became convince that it was highly likely that many if not all of the claims of the Orthodox Church were true, and began to realize that I agree with most of her theology already. As I read the preface to this book, I burst into tears at the pure truth of what Frederica was saying, and starting at this point was the strong conviction that Orthodoxy was incredibly desireable to me. My library had it.
Gillquist, Peter E. Becoming Orthodox: A Journey to the Ancient Christian Faith. Conciliar Press, 2002.
Comment: An interesting read about a former Campus Crusade leader and his and 2,500 other Christians quest for the early church which led them all into the Antiochian Orthodox Church. Not incredibly deep arguements here, but a decent, quick read. Also obtained via the library system.
Markides, Kyriacos C. The Mountain of Silence : A Search for Orthodox Spirituality. Image Books, 2002.
Comment: This book is simply awesome. I want a spiritual father like Fr. Maximos!
Ware, Kallistos. The Orthodox Way. New York: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1995.
Comment: An excellent book that begins to get more into theology and experience of the Orthodox Church. Did you know that this was the book the Fr. S. and I used for the catechism in our confirmation class last spring? He probably still has some. I imagine that +Rob would not have approved.
Nouwen, Henry J. M. The Way of the Heart : Desert Spirituality and Contemporary Ministry. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Comment: Nice readings from the Desert Fathers. I love this stuff. I love the idea of being in their same tradition.
French, R. M. (Translator). The Way of a Pilgrim: And the Pilgrim Continues His Way. San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1991.
Comment: A classic from Russia. This little book has taught me a great deal about prayer, and will continue to do so. I highly recommend it, no matter what your christian background, even if you become uninterested with the other books on this list.
Schaeffer, Frank. Dancing Alone: The Quest for Orthodox Faith in the Age of False Religion. Holy Cross Orthodox Press, 1994.
Comment: I didn’t read all of this one. Frank is the son of the famous evangelist Francis Schaeffer, and is an Orthodox Convert. But although he is certain he has found the truth, he seems angry. Interesting and great in places, but he can also be somewhat polemic. One comment here – he is the ONLY convert I have read, and I have read many now, who sounded this way. Still worth reading some of this one.
Mathews-Green, Frederica. The Illumined Heart: The Ancient Christian Path of Transformation. Boston: Paraclete Press, 2001.
Comment: I liked it, although it was not nearly so deep as most of the others on this list. FMG uses a fictional family in the early church and follows them throughout some of their experiences with the church. This may or may not work for you as a concept.
Behr-Sigel, Elisabeth. The Place of the Heart: An Introduction to Orthodox Spirituality. Oakwood Publications, 1992.
Comment: A good book, although a bit academic. I borrowed it from Fr. S. It includes at the end a great little essay on prayer by Bishop Kallistos Ware, The Way of the Heart. This was particularly good.
Mathews-Green, Frederica. The Open Door: Entering the Sanctuary of Icons and Prayer. Boston: Paraclete Press, 2003.
Comment: A great introduction to icons. I had a very interesting experience while reading this one – I was sitting in a ‘huddle’ room at work reading over lunch (1st chapter) and an intense smell of incense came over me – I got up went smelling around the room, and couldn’t explain it. I sat and continued to read, becoming more and more spiritually effected, and eventually the words in the book and the incense had me in tears. This continued for about 20 minutes, and then I went back to work. I couldn’t help myself and went back about 15 minutes later, and it was just and ordinary, stale smelling room. I sat and thanked God for the experience. I can’t claim to understand it fully, but it weas quite a blessing.
I’ve read bits of the following, but they are too meaty to read more than a little bit and then reflect upon them:
Myendorff, John. Living Tradition: Orthodox Witness in the Contemporary World. New York: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997.
Comment: A collection of essays from Fr. Meyendorf of St. Vlad’s Seminary, and very academically dense in writing style in places. The book is very good. I borrowed it from Fr. S, and have yet to return it, I have another 2 essays to finish.
Palmer, G. H. E; Sherrard, Philip; Ware, Kallistos (Translators) The Philokalia, Volume 1 : The Complete Text; Compiled by St. Nikodimos of the Holy Mountain & St. Markarios of Corinth (Philokalia Vol. I). Faber & Faber, 1983.
Summary (from Amazon):
The Philokalia is a collection of texts written between the fourth and the fifteenth centuries by spiritual masters of the Orthodox Christian tradition. First published in Greek in 1782, then translated into Slavonic and later into Russian, The Philokalia has exercised an influence in the recent history of the Orthodox Church far greater than that of any book apart from the Bible. It is concerned with themes of universal importance: how man may develop his inner powers and awake from illusion; how he may overcome fragmentation and achieve spiritual wholeness; how he may attain the life of contemplative stillness and union with God.
Comment: Wow. Amazing stuff!
Books still want to read, and other inquirers have found helpful:
Gallatin, Matthew. Thirsting For God in a Land of Shallow Wells Conciliar Press, 2002.
Schmemann, Alexander. For the Life of the World: Sacraments and Orthodoxy, 2nd ed. New York: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1997.