There is a further topic that hasn't been covered that I’d like to address during this “launch and book tour week” – the illustration process and the fabulous illustrations in the book.
When you partner publish through Little Steps Publishing, the author is able to view the work of Little Steps illustrators and choose whom they would like to illustrate their book. Little Steps then approach the illustrator to see if they are available and interested. I selected a Portrait Illustrator, a young Australian man who was living overseas at the time and very talented. I wanted illustrations that were life-like. The three of us entered into a contract in 2017. The deposit was paid.
The author is able to suggest ideas for the illustrations and I provided photos by email from the various research books I had read. The publisher set the time frame for the illustrator and in the case of this book that’s when things fell apart.
For whatever reasons, the illustrator did not produce any illustrations nor did he meet any milestones, not even the first one. Little Steps were mortified and advised me that they had never had an illustrator not deliver after payment of the deposit. They were not prepared for this precedent. And, I cannot tell you the upset and angst this caused me. It took two years of delays for the contractual side of things to be sorted out and I began to think that my book was never going to be published.
In September 2019 Little Steps suggested a second illustrator that met my requirements, Anastasia Popp. I have to admit I was reticent at first because Anastasia is not Australian. Why was this important to me? Because of my associations with The Children’s Book Council of Australia and my previous involvement with The CBCA Book of The Year Award as a member of the CBCA Board.
I knew that with a foreign illustrator my book would be ineligible for entry and I also knew that this book was special. I was disheartened. But, Little Steps persuaded me to look at Anastasia’s work on the internet. I must say that when I saw her illustrations I recognized that she is brilliant. I’ve always believed that when God closes a door he opens a window and what is meant to be will be. And, I now regard accepting Anastasia as my illustrator for this book as one of the best decisions I have ever made.
The internet says that Anastasia Popp lives in Russia and describes herself as liking watercolours, coffee and cats. As a child she loved drawing so her parents sent her to art school. Five years later she graduated and since then hasn’t stopped creating!
I can tell you she undersells herself. Anastasia is professional, easy-going and a breeze to work with, organised, fast and has an eye for design. Her palette is extraordinary. The illustrations in my book are stunning. I can’t praise Anastasia’s work enough.
It had been my experience with my two picture books published through Little Steps that their design team places the illustrations in their books. Well, Anastasia complimented that and she was the one who decided to carry across illustrations to a double page and to draw out a timeline of Patrick White’s publications. Anastasia decided to highlight the timeline with little pictures to make it look interesting and decided on the colour palette. All her illustrations are remarkable but I particularly like how on pages 40 and 41 where I talk about Patrick White’s love of giving small dinner parties, Anastasia used a double-page spread with the text as the ‘dinner table’ and the guests ‘seated’ at the top and the bottom of the pages. And, when Little Steps changed their Design Manager mid-process (OMG – another problem), Anastasia didn’t miss a beat. All her work was handed in well before time AND she provided many more illustrations than originally contracted without asking for an additional fee.
My favourite illustrations are the shearing shed on pages 16 to 17 and the Cover. Little Steps contracts that two designs will be provided to the author – a choice has to be made. Anastasia had some great ideas and provided: (1) “pages flying like gulls” (the idea being that his words took flight)(now the illustration on Page 36); and, (2) Patrick’s work with sheep and trucks in the country. I didn’t like either of the two designs. For me, the book is about Patrick White the man and I wanted the focus on the cover illustration to be of him predominantly.
Anastasia and I collaborated i.e. she asked me what I wanted. She drew the empathetic Patrick White, power-house author, with a pen in his pocket and papers under his arm. She wrapped the illustration, front and back, chose the colours and came up with something so much better than I had imagined. I think her cover is spectacular.
Anastasia hasn’t seen the finished product in print. I am so upset about this. I promised to send her copies on behalf of and at the request of Little Steps whose staff in Sydney are working from home because of COVID-19, and I wanted to send her extra copies from me, but when I went to the Post Office in July 2020 they told me that they were not accepting mail to Russia. Okay, I thought I could send Anastasia the books by courier, but DHL wasn’t accepting either – because of COVID-19. On 14th August 2020, Australia started accepting mail to go to Russia by sea and then rail only. It will take 3 months for delivery! So the books are on the way. When I explained this to Anastasia she said, “Well, that’s the world we live in now.”
Please check out Anastasia Popp’s Instagram page to see what a beautiful human being she is.
Patrick White by Toni Brisland, Illustrated by Anastasia Popp, is available from Booktopia.


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Exploring the Medieval Close
Thu 14 April 2016, 10:30 am to 4:30 pm
For almost 800 years the Cathedral Close has been a place of prayer, worship and scholarship.
During this day we will explore how this reflects the learning, liturgy and spirituality of the Middle Ages. This course will give you the opportunity to learn something about the history of the medieval close and to experience first hand some of its treasures.
The course will be divided between teaching sessions and visits to the Cathedral and its library, where students will be able to see some of the medieval manuscripts that it houses and which they will have learnt about.


If you’re trying to move toward a healthier lifestyle, reading books about people who have cut their sugar intake or revamped their diets can give an extra dose of motivation to get through the hard days. Here are three worth checking out: Year of No Sugar
You can guess what this one is about just from the title. Author Eve O. Schaub vowed to spend a year consuming zero added sugar. What’s more, she convinced her husband and two school-aged children to join her on her journey, proving that with enough determination even families with young kids can kick their sugar habits. Schaub’s book includes insights from obesity specialists and her own research into the role of sugar in cancer and other illnesses. You’ll enjoy following along with her story while also learning about the science behind sugar cravings. Best of all, the book includes tips, tricks and recipes that Schaub and her family compiled over the year to help keep sugar cravings at bay. The Diet Detox
Is it possible to have a diet book that’s anti-diet? Nutritionist Brooke Alpert, co-author of The Sugar Detox
has done it. She knows that diets don’t work. Instead, she helps her clients follow 10 simple rules that may seem like common sense, but result in a serious lifestyle overhaul. Rule #5 is to watch the sugar (“Cliff’s Notes version: Sugar makes you fat and ages you prematurely.”), and she helps makes the rule do-able. For example, if you like drinking alcohol, she gives the option of either setting the maximum number of drinks you can have a week or you can drink only two nights a week (with a limit on how much per night). Plus she has a meal section with guidelines, menus, and dead-simple recipes. The How Not to Die Cookbook
How’s that for an attention-grabbing title? This cookbook is an accompaniment to How Not to Die
, the 2015 bestseller in which Dr. Michael Greger, a nutrition expert and physician, examines the 15 most common causes of death in America and explains how proper nutrition can keep them at bay. The cookbook contains 120 nutritionally-sound recipes, covering snacks, meals and (healthy) indulgences, all of which are plant-based. The book will teach you how to prep base ingredients like broth and almond milk and even gives samples of two-week menus, which are a great way to kickstart a new lifestyle. The Obesity Code
These days it seems that everyone has an explanation for the obesity epidemic gripping the United States. In The Obesity Code, the diabetes and obesity specialist Dr. Jason Fung lays out the way that insulin resistance is contributing to obesity and the accompany health ailments that are plaguing many of us. The book sets out five steps that readers can take to improve their nutrition and better control their insulin levels, so that their bodies are better able to process the sugar they eat. If you’re interested in learning more about the complex role that sugars play in our body, this is a must-read. Kick off your healthy habits by reading one of these books—or even better, listening to the audio version while you exercise or run errands. You’ll be happy you did!


Frederique Constant pays tribute to the Middle Eastern market by launching its first book in Dubai
“Live your passion – Building a watch manufacture” documents the principles of success for Frederique Constant
Dubai, UAE: Frederique Constant has emerged as a leading retailer of Swiss timepieces that encourages one to “live your passion” and also share that passion with others. In line with this motto, Drs Peter C. Stas, CEO of Frederic Constant was in Dubai to unveil the first book that documents the journey and legacy that has enabled Frederique Constant to become a successful and internationally-recognized name in affordable luxury timepieces.
Entitled “Live your passion – Building a watch manufacture”, the book is a mix between a coffee table and business book that tells the story of how Frederique Constant came to be and the people who were instrumental in its success, juxtaposed with never before seen photos and images. “Accessible luxury” is a concept that has been the basis of the creation of Frederique Constant over twenty years ago, and the book is a testament to the value proposition of the company and an answer for all those who ask, “Tell me, what is the single most important success factor?”
With the emerging importance of the United Arab Emirates as a hub for tourists, retail and luxury in the Middle East, the book was launched in collaboration with Ahmed Seddiqi & Sons, who are the sole retailer for Frederique Constant in the Middle East.


The Houston Asian American Archive (HAAA) comes alive in a new exhibition at the Julia Ideson Building in the downtown Houston Public Library.
The exhibit, “Our Vibrant AAPI Community: Selections from the Houston Asian American Archive,” tells personal stories that reflect the deep and varied contributions of the Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) community to the fabric of Houston. The exhibit is accompanied by monthly programs and together they highlight the advocacy work of the AAPI community leaders, the immense creativity of the Asian artists, and the innovation and courage of the early immigrants.
Included in the exhibition are a wooden boat, a Chinese opera costume, a replica of a congressional gold medal, an original band T-shirt, newspaper clippings, letters, awards and old photos.
Several themes highlight the exhibit — art, food, music, politics, religion and civic engagement. Also included are three documentary videos, featuring Houston’s AAPI-owned eateries, musicians of different genres, and artistic performances ranging from ballet to traditional ethnic dances to the Miss Chinatown beauty pageant.
Four monthly events have accompanied the exhibit, starting this past February with a musical concert featuring two Taiwanese musicians, who played Chinese instruments, the pipa and sheng. They performed both traditional Chinese and contemporary music to a standing-room only audience in the building’s auditorium. The concert was organized by HAAA interviewee Shih-hui Chen, a composer and professor at Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music.
The second event, “Dancing Across Asian America!,” took place in March, featuring two dance groups and an individual dancer from the HAAA community. This was followed by “Exploring the World of Asian American Poets” in April, a poetry reading panel consisting of an East Asian, South Asian and Southeast Asian poet. Ariana Lee, the 2022–2023 Youth Poet Laureate, opened the program by reading one of her poems. It was moderated by renowned poet Robin Davidson, who was the 2015 Poet Laureate.
The final program will feature a fashion show in May, showcasing the work of renowned local Asian American designer Chloe Dao, Tina Zulu and Anthony Pabillano.
The exhibition, which will run until June, was made possible thanks to the help of the Houston Public Library, Rice University’s Multicultural Community Relations Office, and Rice’s Woodson Research Center and HAAA. Many of these artists and performers are former HAAA interviewees.
“I am grateful that the Houston Public Library, together with Rice University’s Houston Asian American Archive, has brought to light the enormous vitality and contribution that the AAPI community has added to Houston,” Anne Chao, HAAA’s program manager and adjunct lecturer in humanities, said.
Founded in 2010, HAAA fulfills the Greater Houston AAPI community’s need to record and preserve its history. Its first interview with retired newspaper publisher, Gene Lee, was met with great approbation from the community. Interviewee referrals poured in following that interview, and in 13 years, more than 450 interviews have been collected. Each semester, around 10 to 20 interns conduct new interviews and manage the transcripts.
The mission of HAAA is to offer a source of primary materials to deepen our knowledge of history. We invite everyone to view our collection at the Houston Public Library exhibit, and to visit our website at https://haaa.rice.edu. More details on visiting the exhibit and the events can be found here.
— Sarah Kong
Houston Asian American Archive


Books: Anthro Ling/History of Ling/Typology: Reid, Ridruejo, Stolz (Eds)
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Title: Philippine and Chamorro Linguistics Before the Advent of Structuralism
Series Title: Koloniale und Postkoloniale Linguistik / Colonial and Postcolonial Linguistics (KPL/CPL)
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The papers assembled in this collection deal with the early linguistic sources on the languages of the Philippines and Micronesia. Tagalog, Bikol, Cebuano, Iloko, Chamorro and sundry languages of the area and beyond are featured in the papers. The focus is on the first descriptive work devoted to these languages and subsequent early treatments and their potential interdependency. Several papers also address the issue of how "modern" the early grammarians of Philippine languages were and to what extent they did typological linguistics avant la lettre.
The collection is a pioneer contribution to the history of descriptive linguistics in Southeast Asia and the West Pacific. Moreover it offers a window to the past for the interested members of the modern speech communities of the languages covered by the papers.
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This book is written in memory of my best friend, Jason Smith.
This book is dedicated to anyone who has faced failure and has initially thought, "I can’t," then defiantly stood back up and said, "Yes I can." My best friend Jason was initially given only months to live, but courageously, he and his wife and friends teamed up and said, "We can beat this." And we did, for over 7 years. If you:
- Are battling cancer
- Have vascular disease such as heart disease or stroke
- Have high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or type 2 diabetes
- Struggle with obesity and metabolic syndromes
- Have depression and/or anxiety
- Are an athlete aspiring for the next level
- Suffer from a broken relationship
...you can win.
This book is not just about health-related conditions, it’s about choosing to be a victor and not a victim. This book is dedicated to the champion and challenger alike because every champion will face defeat and every challenger has a champion inside.
When you say, "Look at all my failures and/or all the adversity in front of me," then I say, "Perfect." Failures and adversity are the secret ingredients to success. You just need to know how to properly use them for future success. This book can help. This book is dedicated to YOU!


As Bachelor Nation awaits, more or less impatiently, for the “tell all” book by season 16’s villain Courtney Roberston, titled “I Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends: Confessions of a Reality Show Villain” (due June 2014… and YES you can pre-order!)…
…I wanted to provide you all with one place to find all the books published by some of our favourites contestants and leads.
Let’s start with the original bachelorette, gorgeous Trista Sutter.
Her book Happily Ever After: The Life-Changing Power of a Grateful Heart is her look back over the last 10 years, her marriage with Ryan, and more importantly family, friendship, and how powerfully gratitude can transform your life. Here is what long-time host and friend Chris Harrison has to say about the book:
“We call Trista the ‘godmother’ of the Bachelor franchise for a reason. She stands for everything that’s good about our show and life—and that shines through in her book. After reading Happily Ever After, I’m even more proud to call her my friend.”
Onto the other end of the spectrum, one of the most recent Bachelor-related book to grace the shelves of bookstores everywhere is of course “Diamonds + Hearts: A Poetic Memoir” by Bachelorette Desiree Hartsock and her fiancé Chris Siegfried:
- “Diamonds and Hearts is your inside look into the heart of Chris as he pushed through professional baseball and through his recent journey to find love on national television. Each poem not only has a written synopsis explaining where Chris’ heart was at the time of writing, but also has the original piece from his journal!” (amazon.com)
Take your mind back to the worst ever dumping on TV, also known as Jason switching from Melissa Rycroft to (his now wife) Molly during a very special “After The Final Rose” episode back in 2010. Obviously Melissa has more than moved on since, as “the star of The Bachelor, Dancing With The Stars, and special correspondent for Good Morning America shares her story with warmth, enthusiasm, and humor” in her book My Reality published in 2012.
Another behind the scenes look and autobiography, this time from a contestant in Brad Womack’s second time as The Bachelor, funeral director Shawntel Newton. In Final Rose, Shawntel shares stories of love and death, inspiration and commitment to a vocation that is often misunderstood.
It seems the Bachelorettes are very prolific! After breaking off her engagement with Bachelor number 3 Andrew Firestone, Jen Schefft went on to star in The Bachelorette (season 3) but rejected the final two bachelors. Guess she figured she was better alone than with the wrong guy… and she wrote Better Single Than Sorry: A No-Regrets Guide to Loving Yourself and Never Settling to prove it.
- “We live in a country that places an unhealthy emphasis on relationships, yet nearly 50 percent of all American women are single. But does being alone mean you have to be lonely and miserable? Absolutely not.
Nobody knows that better than Jen Schefft, who got engaged to a rich and handsome man on TV’s The Bachelor […] But even though she was reviled in the tabloid press and on the Internet, Jen believes it would be a far worse fate to commit to a relationship that was wrong for her.” (amazon.com)
Time for a guy’s point of view, and 4th Bachelor Bob Guiney‘s 2003 What a difference a year makes:
or even his music… (I know, I am going off-subject!):
Also out there, Dave Good’s “The Man Code”, Gwen and Helene (of Aaron’s season)’s “Nobody’s Perfect” or Trista’s ex Jamie Blyth’s personal retelling of his struggles against social anxiety and panic disorder in “Fear Is No Longer My Reality”.
For something really different, you only need look toward season 2 Bachelorette Meredith Philips‘ “The Date Night Cookbook: Romantic Recipes for the Busy Couple.
- “Combining her expertise on relationships with her lifelong love of cooking, this celebrity author brings to the table 25 three-course menus that are simple enough for a weeknight yet elegant enough for a candlelit dinner for two. Urging couples with jobs, children, and endless to-do lists to set aside one night of the week to dine together without distractions… “(amazon.com)
Moving even further from any reality TV related topic, bachelor number 8 Dr. Travis Stork has published several wellness and health books, the most successful being The Lean Belly Prescription and A 7-Step Prescription for Optimal Wellness
But… Travis also used his experience as the Bachelor and a real-life serial monogamist to pen this little gem for us ladies:
One of the rare pieces of pure (official) fiction in the list, Prince Lorenzo Borghese’s novel The Princess of Nowhere. Our 9th bachelor is a descendant of the brother-in-law of Napoleon Bonaparte and this first is described on Amazon.com as “a captivating and richly atmospheric re-imagining of the life of the author’s famous ancestor, Princess Pauline Bonaparte Borghese.”
Onto children books, and there again Bachelor nation is becoming quite prolific!
What a year 2012 was for Holly Durst who found love on the 2nd edition of Bachelor Pad with now husband Blake Julian. She even won the show with ex Michael Stagliano. She married Blake in June 2012, 3 short months after her first book Chocolate Socks was finally published.
Just released in January 2014 (only a few days before I write this!), another children book, this time published and co-written (with his sister Brittany Rose) by Bachelorette season 9’s Zack “K” Kalter, called Cosie’s Closet and The Magical Bakery Store (Volume 1)
- “This story has quickly become a nighttime fave at our house. My almost-3 year old LadyP is in LOVE with it, and my 1.5 year old LilMiss likes to ‘turn’ the ‘pages’ (screen) over and over. […] the fact that “Cosie’s Closet” is a fun, family-creation makes it all the more fab.
See more at The Fab Mom…”
Did I miss anything? Do you have more? Leave me a comment!


This structure represents the Inner World part of the spiritual journey. A kind of map. There are three pillars within this tree. The left Pillar is the Feminine (Passive), the right Pillar is the Masculine (action), and the middle Pillar balances both. There is a Tarot card for each node. The Fool represents the totality of the soul, not a node.
Below is a brief description of each Tarot Card in relation to each Sephiroth from bottom to top:
0 The Fool: The Soul.
10 The Wheel of Fortune: The Material Plane.
9 The Hermit: Desire for change.
8 Strength: Conquering of fear.
7 The Chariot: Willpower to act.
6 The Lovers: Care for others.
5 The Hierophant: Self Control.
4 The Emperor: Influence on others.
3 The Empress: What is known.
2 The High Priestess: True Wisdom.
1 The Magician: Illuminated Self.


Getting your hands on some great self improvement books is a great way to develop your brain and maximize your potential in order to achieve your goals and reach a point of abundance and self-actualization. Here are a couple of great self help and self development books on how to go about changing things. Both books absolutely brilliant and are among the top ten best sellers of all time. They are also representative of the self improvement ideas that a large chunk Improve-The-Self.com is based upon. The below two self help books are guaranteed to be life changing and cannot be recommended enough:
1) Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill. Some people consider this the beginning of the self improvement industry. The basic philosophy of the book is that anybody can literally think their way to a life of abundance and that success is only limited by one's imagination. This is truly a must read and a starting point for anybody that is new to the wonderful and exiting world of self development and self improvement.
2) The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Dr. Stephen R. Covey is a must have on your ipad, or in your book collection. The seven habits (as seen below) are truly indispensable for anybody that is looking to become a better person.
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Salute – Anzac Centenary commemorative magazine
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Our Anzacs – stories and remembrance
The Queensland Government’s Anzac Centenary program (2014-2018) is of special significance to our state. It marks 100 years since our nation’s involvement in the First World War, and encompasses all wars, conflicts, and peacekeeping operations in which Australians have been involved. The program honours the service and dedication of our servicemen and servicewomen through events, exhibitions, re-enactments and legacy projects—giving all Queenslanders the opportunity to reflect upon and learn more about our history, and those who made the supreme sacrifice.
Thought Bubble was commissioned to write Salute, a publication that captures major commemorative events of the past 18 months through a collection of stories showcasing highlights of Queensland’s Anzac Centenary commemorative program. Thought Bubble devised the content framework, developed story angles and key messages, conducted interviews, sourced images and wrote all the stories.
Content covers major events, legacy projects, community grants projects and government initiatives.
Editorial team: Nyree McKenzie, Natasha Stevenson, Heather Swinson, Leith Wood.
Image curation: Erin Deutrom.


How do you think, feel and live better? We all need support to move through life’s challenges. There are many sources for depression. Finding a source to overcome that depression shouldn’t be difficult. Take a look at these people to identify ways depression can enter your life:
Liz was exercising, losing excessive weight and enjoying life. However, she experienced some major setbacks that didn’t have much to do with her exercise or nutrition.
For years Nadia had a persistent feeling that something was wrong. Ever since childhood she tried to make big changes in her life to make things better. She discovered that small changes made a difference in her overall mood.
Clinical depression was a longtime diagnosis for Greg. He found that a series of antidepressant medications left him without energy and regularly sleepy. He was looking for ways to manage his depression and achieve overall wellness.
Michael used alcohol and food as self-medication for his depression. But when his doctor gave him a surprising health diagnosis, Michael got a wake-up call that it was time to find other solutions.
From her early-childhood experiences Ada had a home life of abuse and trauma. Nonetheless, once she was an adult she married, had children, and got a job. Her struggles continued and led her to a stay at a mental health hospital.
As a child, Dawn wondered why everyone else seemed so happy all the time. At eighteen years old, she skipped school and made her first suicide attempt. Going to church was a step toward recovery but she needed more.
The 40 Days To Better Living series of books offers clear, manageable steps to life-changing attitudes and actions in a contest of understanding and grace for all people at all points on the journey to optimal health. The books offer practical advice, spiritual encouragement and real stories of those who have found a better life. The books help readers to customize their own path to wellness by using the 7-Step Model for Healthy Living as a guide:
7-STEP MODEL FOR HEALTHY LIVING
- NUTRITION: pursuing smarter food choices and eating habits
- FRIENDS AND FAMILY: giving and receiving support through relationships
- EMOTIONAL LIFE: understanding feelings and managing stress to better care for yourself
- WORK: appreciating your skills, talents and gifts
- MOVEMENT: discovering ways to enjoy physical activity
- MEDICAL CARE: partnering with health care providers to optimize medical care
- FAITH LIFE: building a relationship with God, neighbors and self
Along with tips from the Model for Healthy Living, the easy-to-read format features a Morning Reflection and an Evening Wrap-Up as well as a place for documenting plans, progress and perspectives. Targeted scriptures and prayers undergird the focus of each day’s message. As Doctor Morris says, “True health is grounded in the spiritual life that embraces the physical bodies God gives us. Finding balance by nurturing our spiritual, mental, emotional and physical needs is essential to the real health of the whole person.”
These companion pages in Faith & Fitness Magazine share the real life stories from the 40 Days To Better Living – DEPRESSION book, offer follow-up thoughts for individual reflection or group discussion, provide links to additional related content in Faith & Fitness Magazine and provide a space for you to post your on COMMENTS and interact with others.
Faith & Fitness Magazine OVERCOME DEPRESSION pages:
How Do I Think, Feel, And Live Better? - 7 PRACTICES TO OVERCOME DEPRESSION
How Do I Think, Feel, And Live Better? - LIZ’S STORY
How Do I Think, Feel, And Live Better? - NADIA’S STORY
How Do I Think, Feel, And Live Better? - GREG’S STORY
How Do I Think, Feel, And Live Better? - MICHAEL’S STORY
How Do I Think, Feel, And Live Better? - ADA’S STORY
How Do I Think, Feel, And Live Better? - DAWN’S STORY


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Hugh the Archer, from the New York Times selling best novel Urshurak published in 1979, illustrated by Greg and Tim Hildebrandt. Written by Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt and Jerry Nichols.
This is a finished published piece created by Greg and Tim for their fantasy novel, URSHURAK. Hugh Oxine is the main character in the story. He leads the quest to save Cryslandon.
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Prototyping and testing are among the most important, yet most ignored phases of the product development cycle. This is especially true when less experienced product managers work on non graphical interfaces, as it is easier to think of visual prototypes than it is of APIs.
Here is a complete guide for product managers, to produce a simple API prototype that can be used for user testing and as a precious artefact to express requirements to the development team. Let’s start!
- Browse files via Terminal
- JSON/YAML editing
- Swagger Open API specification
- Some basic knowledge of Python development
Step 1: Document your API
Head towards the Swagger web editor and create your API docs with YAML or JSON, respecting the Open API spec. You can start off with the example doc of the Petstore, and work your changes from this skeleton API towards your desired behaviour. Make sure to always add examples to the properties of your definitions, and to describe error responses.
Once the doc is ready and valid select File > Download JSON.
Step 2: Generate a Flask API
Flask is a lightweight Python micro-framework that allows you to create microsites and applications quite easily. The following steps are for Ubuntu, for other operating systems, check out how to set up your Virtualenv for Windows and Mac OS.
Create your virtual environment with Miniconda and install requirements
- Download and install Miniconda for Python 2.7
- Open your Terminal
- Create your virtual environment with conda
- Activate your virtual environment
source activate <yourenvname>
4. Install the codegen library Swagger-py-Codegen
pip install swagger-py-codegen
Generate the API
- Navigate to the folder where you saved your API.json specification and follow the instructions from guokr to generate a Flask API.
- You may run into problems with the library, especially from the parser: the library unlike Swagger 2.0 does not support circular references and may have glitches when working with unicode JSON. You can overcome these problems by removing circular references from the JSON and if you get ‘Failure with: TypeError: descriptor ‘capitalize’ requires a ‘str’ object but received a ‘unicode’, consider installing the Issue-100 branch in your environment with:
To install a python package from a local folder, where you saved the Issue-100 branch, you can:
pip install /pathtopackage
Test the API locally
- With your virtual environment still active, navigate to the first subfolder of the generated api and run __init__.py as per instructions.
- Open the host URL returned in your terminal, most likely it will be:
Add more data to your prototype
There is only so much that the prototyping can do: there is no specific business logic defined and also objects returned are very simple. You can add some more depth to your mock responses with additional data.
In the ‘Users.py’ file for example, you can return an array of two mock users, rather than an array of 1 user.
Once you are happy with your prototype on your local machine, you are ready to deploy it and share it with the rest of the world.
Step 3: Deploy on Python Anywhere
- Signup to Python Anywhere for a free account.
- Create a new repository on Github for your API.
- Start a Bash console in your Python Anywhere account and add your Github repository as a remote.
- Still in Python Anywhere set up your virtual environment, activate it and navigate to where you uploaded your requirements.txt file (available in your Flask API folder). Then run a standard:
pip install -r requirements.txt
5. Now you can pull your api files from Github. Run:
git pull origin master
All the files of your repository should now have been imported in your Python Anywhere file folders.
6. To make Python Anywhere correctly locate the file to execute, you will have to edit the WSGY file that you can reach from the ‘WEB’ tab. In particular you may need to change this file to look like this:
Change the __init__.py file under /<account_name>/<first_folder>/<second_folder> as follows
7. Go to the ‘WEB’ tab and Reload your application.
The API is now available on https://<account_name.pythonanywhere.com> for you and anyone else to test.


About Dasmesh Girls College
Dasmesh Girls College, an eternal link in the immortal chain of Sri Guru Gobind Singh Educational Trust, Chak Alla Baksh, Mukerian was established in December, 2000. It is an institution where learning is a religious habit. It aims at imparting value-based education. This seat of learning has been enunciating the gospels of Guru Gobind Singh in particular and the message of humanity in general.
The custodians in the field of education and the great philanthropists of the area got their dream materalised when they came forward with their mission of establishing the institution in the cradle of nature. The growth of the college became phenomenal when they contributed their might along with S. Prakash Singh Badal, the then Chief Minister, who showered his bounteous blessings on it on December 21, 2000. Since then this institution is inculcating the code of discipline and morality among students.
Dasmesh Girls College is housed in spacious pollution-free, picturesque and lush-green campus at a convenient distance from the town. A sense of splendour, beauty, discipline and academic excellence pervades the corridors of the campus.
At present, the college is having three triple-storeyed blocks, viz., Arts cum Administrative Block and the newly constructed Mata Gujri Block. The college has three sophisticated computer labs with all modern infrastructure required for extending quality-education to the students.
College library is the life and soul of this institution. It is fully computerized for various operations viz., Acquisition of books, cataloguing, classification, transaction (issue and return), enquiry etc. This Year the College spent Rs.150000 on the purchase of new books of different subjects i.e Commerce, English, History.
This college is being managed by the experienced members of the committee. Under the innovative leadership of its Principal Dr. (Mrs.) Ravinder Chadha, herself a dazzling luminary in the field of education, this college is marching from strength to strength.
The Trust feels beholden to Sardar Varinder Singh Ji, the honorable Secretary of the College, who gave Rs 40,000 for the payment of five Students and track suits for the ethletes. His blessing in the shape of financial assistance will encourage the moral of the other students as well.
Sardar Amitpal Singh , NRI,denoted a mammoth sum of Rs.2 lac.in the memory of his late father Sardar Surinder Singh (Indian Oil Pump) on his death anniversary. We are thankful for his generosity.


Classroom Activity to Accompany the Supply and Demand Infographic
The concept of supply and demand is often considered the heart and soul of economics. It is the foundation for much of what is studied in the field, and understanding how supply and demand affect the economy can help us to recognize economics everywhere in our daily lives. (The British classical economist J.R. McCulloch is attributed with the famous saying that you can make a parrot an economist if you only teach it to say "supply and demand.") The supply and demand infographic highlights basic concepts such as the laws of supply and demand, changes in demand and supply versus changes in the quantity demanded and the quantity supplied, the determinants of demand and supply, and market equilibrium.


The real truth of the book "bans"
I don’t (and won’t) allow my young boys to read All Boys Aren’t Blue in the same way I won’t allow them to watch episodes of The Sopranos. They are too young and not capable of consuming sexual or violent content. What more parents need to do is parent, not be their child’s best friend. At the very least, a public school or library should shield children in the same way. And if not, parents and like-minded politicians should speak up.
My favorite part is the beginning when, yet again, adults have to shut down the public reading of books they want available to children because they’re inappropriate to read in public.


Tony Scotti has written two books with another on its way. Both of these books are NOT police driving books.
Professional Driving Techniques, and is used as the textbook in our training and workshops. The book has evolved over the years from a book for the police community (written in 1984) to what it is now a book for the driving public. Professional Driving Techniques is heavy on Vehicle Dynamics, in fact, there is a section titled “The Science and Techniques of Everyday Driving”.
Learn to Drive Like a Pro – is a shorter, more reader-friendly version of Professional Driving Techniques. It is written in an inviting conversational style and filled with an abundance of easy access bullet lists, driving scenarios, diagrams, and illustrations, it is a book that you can flip through, and no matter what page you land on finding a useful tip. The book was written for the driving public and was not intended for the law enforcement community.


Available Now “The Game of Life: it’s almost over” By Linda C. Dipman
God talked to me and this is what He said! We are in a great “Game of Life and It’s almost
over!” Now for the first time, what everyone ever thought about or decided was true, is forced
open for all to see!
“The Game of Life, it’s almost over”, is unlike anything you have ever read or seen before,
exposing the world as a multi-faceted game surrounding every persons life. We are at War!
Battling forces of evil versus good. Linda Dipman uses her own life story and the very words of
God to unveil the darkness and reveal the bright shining truth for all people to understand.
Today people are searching to find the answers for their existence. They want God to talk to them
and tell them why their child died. They want to gain revelations as to why there is war, famine
and disease. They question if God is love then why did my wife get cancer?
Like most people Linda Dipman believed that if she was a good Christian she would be free from
pain and of course, God would bless her in everything she did! She was envied from how she
served in church to how perfect an example she was as a wife and mother. Little did she know
that in an instant all of this would be taken away and God would reveal Himself to her in a big way.
God took her life, changed her thinking and thrust her into a world where she was despised and
hated. Over the past twenty years God opened up her eyes to revelations and insights that no
man has ever revealed before!
Take this challenge and learn how “The Game of Life” is played. You will clearly see how you are
the hero, battling spiritual forces of evil for good. All questions about pain and suffering is
exposed for all people to understand. There is something for everyone in the chapters of “The
Game of Life“, young and old, married and single, rich and poor, gay and straight. This book will
speak to you on a personal level, and give you a glimpse into your own past, present, and future.


If you’re looking for a gift idea for the foodie in your life, but you’re pretty sure they already have every cookbook and kitchen gadget under the sun, then this list is for you. It’s my collection of the best books for foodies!
Lately, I’ve been on such a reading kick. Perhaps it’s because I set a goal of reading 40 books this year, and it’s already autumn so I have some catching up to do. But I also love curling up with a cup of tea and a good story while listening to the end-of-summer thunderstorms we’ve been experiencing.
A few of these recommendations are new reads I discovered this year, and others are old favorites on my bookshelf that I love going back to read. Here’s a list of the best books for foodies – for gifts, your coffee table, or your own inspiration!
Best Books For Foodies
The Food Explorer – This was my favorite book of 2018 and one of my top book recommendations for food lovers. As a food explorer myself, I just couldn’t put it down. It tells the real life story of David Fairchild, a botanist in the nineteenth century that traveled the world overland to introduce new crops to the United States. Author Daniel Stone made this biography about plants a page-turner, sharing adventurous tales of what travel was like at the time, but also taking readers on a journey to imagine what it must have been like to taste bananas, mangos or avocados for the very first time. On Amazon: The Food Explorer
The Hundred-Foot Journey – Yes, this is also a popular movie with Helen Miran and Manish Dayal. But the book is so worth the read! With the enticing descriptions of Indian and French cuisine, plus the heart-warming story of making new friends and learning about different cultures, it will put you in a good mood and inspire you to cook. On Amazon: The Hundred-Foot Journey
Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany – This is a fun little coffee table book and a great conversation starter over cocktails with friends. Schott’s is not a book you read cover-to-cover, but one you thumb through when you’re in the mood for an intellectual adventure. In the cover, the book’s purpose is descibed as “to sweep up the crumbs strewn carelessly across the converastional tablecloth.” In it, you’ll find fun random food facts (in no particular order) such as unusual pizza toppings in sixty countries, the etiquette for Japanese tea ceremonies, menus for historic events, and more. Truly, one of the best books for foodies. On Amazon: Schott’s Food & Drink Miscellany
Food Lover’s Companion – This reference book should be in every cook’s kitchen. Google, after all, doesn’t know everything. Organized like a dictionary from A-to-Z, the Food Lover’s Companion describes everything from French food terms to different types of cooking techniques. If there is something in a recipe you’re unsure of, this book will have the answer. There’s also handy charts in the back for measurement conversions, cuts of meat, pan size volume, and more. On Amazon: The Food Lover’s Companion
My Life In France by Julia Child – A wonderful read about one of the most loved chefs of all time, Julia Child. With the help of Alex Prud’homme, Julia shares her story about life in France and how she became enchanted with food and cooking. It’s truly a love story about her marriage and her work, and it’s almost as if you can hear her voice reading it to you. On Amazon: My Life In France
Cooked – Michael Pollan has quite a few wonderful books on food, but this one is my favorite. In it, the traces the history and traditions of cooking methods using he four classical elements—fire, water, air, and earth. And there’s a recipe included for each one! Throughout his journey of researching food — from North Carolina barbecue pit masters to fascinating alchemists in the kitchen — he also weaves an underlying theory that I wholeheartedly agree with, that cooking food from scratch nurtures our bodies, our relationships, and our soul.
On Amazon: Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
The Widow Clicquot – I always say a wine tastes even better when you know it’s story, and this fascinating biography is a must-read for anyone with an interest in champagne! It’s the story of widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot and how she built an empire producing Champagne at a time when women typically didn’t work and especially didn’t run an international business. On Amazon: The Widow Clicquot.
Food Journey’s Of A Lifetime – This is one I recommend getting in hardcover and proudly displaying on your coffee table. Food Journey’s Of A Lifetime is beautifully illustrated with gorgeous photography and stories from around the world. It’s the kind of book you pick up on a rainy day, pour a glass of wine, and daydream about your next vacation. This book can be your own personal foodie bucket list. On Amazon: Food Journey’s Of A Lifetime.
The Lost Vintage – This novel was an enjoyable page-turner. Immersed in the Burgundy wine region of France, the story is about a woman who returns to France to visit family while studying to become a Master Somm. While there, she finds a lost journal that uncovers a few family secrets. If you love wine, food, and France, you’ll enjoy this story.
The Flavor Thesaurus – Pretty much a go-to guide for any foodie’s kitchen. It includes a wheel of the best food pairings to help cooks get creative in the kitchen.
The Art Of Eating Well – First published in 1891, Pellegrino Artusi’s La scienza in cucina e l’arte di mangier bene has come to be recognized as the most significant Italian cookbook of modern times. It’s actually the very first Italian cookbook … recipes collected by a businessman during his travels throughout Italy before it became a unified country. There’s even a Casa Artusi cooking school in Forlimpopoli if you’d like to add that to your culinary travel bucket list.
Julie and Julia: The bestselling memoir-turned-movie in which one of the very first food bloggers, Julie Powell, resolves to reclaim her life by cooking in the span of a single year, every one of the 524 recipes in Julia Child’s legendary Mastering the Art of French Cooking.
What Food Books Do You Love?
Are there any other great books for food lovers that you’ve read? Tell me in the comments below! I’d love to add a few new ones to my reading list.


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- Week 6: Of Beasts & Games: Grogan Stump
- Weeks 7 - 8: Race Relations with Muggles: Evangeline Orpington & Priscilla Dupont
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- Week 12: Coursework + Applying for Ministry Summer Placement
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Plagiarism Checker Online Free Tools: FAQs
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarism is a process of directly taking other’s work/words/content and/or ideas and pretending that it is his/her own work. In other words, it is the practice of using someone else’s content/idea & presenting that it is his own idea/content/work. The content without accurate citation or reference, or without any permission from the original author is considered as plagiarism. It is either an intentional or unintentional act. It is the most frequent offense in the Academic Code of Conduct because of no proper acknowledgment. plagiarism checker online free tools are available widely in W3.
What all can be considered as plagiarism?
The points mentioned below are considered as plagiarism:
- Presenting another person’s work as your own work
- copying content or sentences or words or ideas from others without giving due credit to the author or
failing to place a quotation in quotation marks
- giving incorrect citation/reference about the source of a quotation
- Altering words/sentences but copying the sentence structure from a source without no due credit
- copying so many words or ideas from a source to constitute the majority of your paperwork, whether you give credit or not
How do I avoid plagiarising?
One can avoid plagiarising by understanding & following the citation/reference conventions laid out for your chosen subject discipline.
Is it still plagiarism even if someone changes the words?
Yes, in short, it is still plagiarism. This is because it includes ideas as well as words. So you must ensure that ideas are your own as well as words.
What are the different types of plagiarism?
- Direct Plagiarism
- Self Plagiarism
- Mosaic Plagiarism
- Accidental Plagiarism
What is Direct Plagiarism?
Word by word coping words/content from an unacknowledged source, whether it is intentional or not.
What is Mosaic Plagiarism?
Mosaic plagiarism is a kind of plagiarism where an author reuses a mix of words, phrases, and ideas from a source without citing those words and ideas which have been borrowed from a source.
What is the difference between Direct & patchwork plagiarism?
Most free plagiarism checkers are only able to detect “direct plagiarism“, or instances where the sentences are exactly the same as in the original source. But, a paid plagiarism checker can able to detect “patchwork plagiarism” where some sentences or words are changed or likely used synonyms of it.
What is the difference between plagiarism and paraphrasing?
Plagiarism is the act of copying someone else’s work or ideas without giving due credit to the original author and thereby pretending that it is your own work.
Paraphrasing refers to the re-phrasing of the original text in your own words/sentences.
What results as plagiarism in real-life examples?
People either do deliberate plagiarism or unintentional plagiarism.
Usually, plagiarism may result from the following points:
- Incomplete Understanding of Original Material
- Errors of Citation
- Poor Note-Taking
How do I avoid plagiarism?
There are four main ways to avoid it. They are:
- Always a Build a Paper Trail
- Cite sources as You Write content for your articles, papers, thesis
- Always make sure you give due credits to Words and Ideas of a person/a source of it
- Always Use either plagiarism checkers or technology to avoid consequences of it for Peace of Mind
What are the consequences of Plagiarism?
The consequences of plagiarism may be either a personal, or professional, or ethical, and/or legal.
In the case of Students of the university, Those who plagiarize in academic dishonesty likely to face serious consequences. At times, Sanctions may also include but are not limited to, failure on an assignment, grade reduction or course failure, suspension, and possibly dismissal. There are some web sites that are designed to help you avoid these consequences.
What is a citation?
When a blogger /an author acknowledges words or ideas came from someone else & gives the original source its proper due credit is called as a citation. It must be cited in a proper way or in a standard format. It helps your visitors to know about original source of information.
What to cite while writing content?
Exact word by word or specific ideas/content from the following should be cited properly.
- Theses papers, Books, Project Papers, magazines, journals, movies, plays, TV, web pages, music, newspapers
- Personal conversations & correspondence between persons
- Presentations, speeches of a person
- Illustrations, diagrams, charts, pictures, etc from a presentation or a paper
- Collaboration with peers/classmates
When to Cite a source?
The basic types of sources that require citation are listed below. However, It is not an exclusive list of citations. Just take it a reference while citing it.
- Common Knowledge
A statement which is considered as very “common knowledge” & does not need to be referenced to a source.
- Paraphrasing and Quoting
Paraphrasing always enables the students to represent other people’s ideas in their own words.
Whenever anyone rewriting other’s work they must provide a proper citation to avoid it.
- Internet Sources
Any information drawn from the internet or electronic sources needs to be completely referenced.
It is to be done as one would any source that is not yours.
- Writing Computer Code
The unauthorized copying of computer codes is considered as plagiarism.
How to cite a source?
To answer this quetion you must ask yourself what form of citation is really appropriate for writing. Based on the type of paper or writing or thesis, You must follow appropriate citations.
If your source is really very important to your writing/paper/ideas, you must mention the name of the author and work in a sentence that introduces your citation. If you are only citing the source to make very minor point, you may consider using parenthetical references, footnotes, or endnotes.
What are the types of citation styles?
The Citation styles used in writing/paper/thesis are as follows.
- APA citation style
- MLA citation style


Becoming reads like you’re sitting down with a close mentor for a cup of coffee. A lawyer, businesswoman, educator, wife and mother, the former first lady walks the reader through her life in an intimate portrait of an unsuspecting woman thrown into the political spotlight by her husband’s career. But don’t be confused about the subject: this book is about Michelle with a little bit of Barack sprinkled in. Michelle Obama has clearly found her voice and the power in her own story separate from Barack’s.
From the beginning of the book, Obama paints a portrait of beautiful, simple family life on the south side of Chicago. She traces her history carefully, pointing out tiny, but important, moments in her education like being pulled out of a miserable second-grade classroom. You can clearly see her personality start to develop in her early years and the impact that it has on her throughout the rest of the book. She explains her mentality well, especially the experience of being a young black woman in a sea of white faces at Princeton or in her job as a lawyer. Obama also talks about the losses that have shaped her, including her father and her college roommate. Her statement’s on grief are powerful. “It hurts to live after someone has died,” she writes. “It just does. It can hurt to walk down a hallway or open a fridge.” But most importantly, Obama allows her losses to shape her perspective on life. “Life is short and not to be wasted.”
Michelle does a good job of introducing Barack into the story as a side character instead of allowing his presence to take over the book. From the moment they meet, Michelle makes their differences clear while also giving insight into how they’ve made it work. She also does a wonderful job of laying out the realities of a work-life balance and the compromises that she had to make in order to start a family. It’s refreshing to have a woman be so open about the reality that sometimes the mythical work-life balance isn’t doable. Obama gives great relationship advice, writing about their sacred date nights and the importance of communication with your partner. As a young woman, I found this insight into building a lasting relationship really helpful.
Obama makes her priorities clear from the beginning and is always reluctant to allow her husband to enter the political realm. Starting in her youth with her friendship to Jesse Jackson’s daughter and moving into adulthood with Barack’s state senate loss, she clearly dislikes politics. She describes Barack’s speech at the 2004 National Democratic Convention that shot him to stardom in the Democratic field as a big wake up call. “Must’ve been a good speech,” she writes jokingly. This is a pretty good snapshot of Michelle’s mentality around her husband’s sudden rise in popularity, and she writes a lot about her struggle to maintain her families normal lives in the midst of the new political spotlight. When it finally comes to whether or not he’s going to run for president, the decision comes to her. While reluctant, she decides to let him run simply, “he would make a good president.” Throughout the book, Michelle makes clear compromises to share her husband with the rest of the country, but she seems to see the larger need and impact of what they could accomplish.
One of the most prominent themes of the novel is the power of having female friends and mentors. Throughout the book, she pays tribute to the women who have contributed to where she is today. It’s a beautiful thing to read and made me reflect on the women in my own life who have supported me from day one. Obama also takes on the stereotype of the “angry black woman” (265) and does a wonderful job of diving deep into racial stereotypes and issues of gender in the workplace. But most of all, Becoming is a love letter to her dedication to her daughters. Her passion and love for her girls in the midst of the chaos of the white house is beautiful and inspiring.
Becoming is a triumph of a memoir about what it means to create a path for yourself in life. Obama’s memories are filled with funny interactions with the Queen of England and special moments with Nelson Mandela. She takes us through her various initiatives as first lady and her passion for the family members of those serving in the military. Her words about consoling victims of tragedy brought me to tears and her comments about the opulence of white house life made me laugh out loud. In the last months of Barack’s presidency, Obama walks us through the emotions of saying goodbye and starting anew. Becoming is a memoir that embodies a full life, one that evolves before the reader’s eyes, leaving us all to wonder what Obama will become next.
Read This Book If You Liked: Educated, The Glass Castle, The Hate U Give & Books by Roxanne Gay, Zadie Smith, Ada Limon
Read This Book for/You Can Use This Book For: College Classes, Book Groups, Good Quotes, Good Conversation, Women interested in having a career, Politics/History
“Grief and resilience live together.” (343)
“With my soft power, I was finding I could be strong.” (373)
On the death of Hadiya Pendleton: “Put simply, I could have known her. I could have been her, once, even. And had she taken a different route home from school that day, or even moved six inches to the left instead of six inches to the right when the gunfire started, she could have been me.” (381)
“Must’ve been a good speech.” (214)
Other Notable Sections:
- On the Death of her College Roommate, 129
- On Her Father, 139
- On Death, 145
- On their Engagement, 157
- On Fertility, 187
- On her friends, 201
- On Barack’s 2004 Convention Speech, 214
- On Being an “Angry Black Woman,” 265
- On Being a First Lady, 283
- On Meeting the Queen of England, 318
- On the Students of Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, 320
- On Sandy Hook, 377
- On Moving Forward, 395
- On Bullies, 407
- On Hamilton, 415
NEXT: Vox by Christina Dalcher


Access to Care Taskforce publishes important article on treatment barriers for breast cancer patients in Vermont
We are excited to announce the publication of an article collaboratively written by members of the VTAAC, UVM, VDH, UVM Medical Center, and UVM Cancer Center community. Released in August of 2016 in the Journal of Oncology Practice, the article investigates what can delay the time from diagnosis to first systemic treatment for women in Vermont with breast cancer. Please take a moment to read about their research and findings here via PubMed. Full access to the article can be obtained from the journal under the “full text links” option in the top right corner of the PubMed page.
Congratulations and thank you to all who contributed!
Johnson, A., Shulman, L., Kachajian, J., Sprague, B.L., Khan, F., James, T., Cranmer, D., Young, P., & Heimann, R. (2016). Access to Care in Vermont: Factors Linked With Time to Chemotherapy for Women with Breast Cancer – A Retrospective Cohort Study. Journal of Oncology Practice. doi: 10.1200/JOP.2016.013409


Browns Mills, NJ
In the late ‘Nineties, the Pemberton Township Mayor and Council (rightfully) saw the construction of a new library as an anchor for their downtown revitalization efforts, and an engine for economic development. It was envisioned from the beginning to be a center for community activities and services: educational, cultural, social, and economic.
Their goal was to have a building that would set the architectural agenda, specifying an End-of-the-Last-Century period as historically appropriate. RYEBREAD Architects responded by designing a Craftsman-style exterior and interior. Low-slope metal roofs and battered columns grace the exterior, and auburn wood and autumn colors define the lofty interior. Its feel is smart, yet comfortable and practical.
Mayor T. C. Kay realized that a library could be much more than just a place to keep (and read) books. “We also saw it as an opportunity to educate people to be able to work,” says Kay. She made sure their new branch library had a computer room with internet access for job searches, and a meeting room with programming to serve economically and socially disadvantaged residents.
Upon completion, the branch library in Pemberton Township became not only an information and social hub; it became a vehicle to strengthen the community. It is a center for learning, passive recreation, personal improvement, technology, and the arts, both individually and in groups. It is a beautiful vessel, filled with the life of the town.
Client: Township of Pemberton; Pemberton, NJ
RYEBREAD Project Manager: Scott Charles England
Interior Design Consultant: Karen Milano; Merchantville, NJ
MPE Engineer: Kelter & Gilligo; Princeton Junction, NJ
Structural Engineer: Harrison-Hamnett; Pennington, NJ
Civil Engineer: Lord Worrell Richter; Burlington, NJ
General Contractor: Avila Construction Co.; Bordentown, NJ
Photographer: JMS Visual Communications; Tabernacle, NJ


HPXML Implementation Guide¶
The Home Performance Extensible Mark-Up Language (HPXML) Implementation Guide is designed to help program administrators, implementers, and software developers integrate HPXML into their operations and products. HPXML is an open data standard published by the Building Performance Institute (BPI) created to support a growing industry by facilitating communication and the exchange of information and data on residential buildings and energy performance.
HPXML is comprised of two standards:
- Data dictionary (BPI-2200) that defines terms and data formats related to the physical attributes and performance of buildings and measures, and
- Standard extensible mark-up language (XML) data transfer protocol (BPI-2100) that can be used to exchange data defined in the dictionary between different software systems.
If you are thinking about implementing HPXML, or just want to learn more about the data standard and how it may benefit your program or business, then this implementation guide will be a valuable resource. The guide is divided into two sections that are tailored to specific audiences.
- The Program Administrator Guide discusses the benefits of HPXML adoption and walks administrators through the process of goal setting, identifying data needs, data validation, testing, and quality management.
- The Software Developer Guide provides developers with information on versioning, document structure, XML element references, and use case validation. The section also provides links to sample HPXML files.
HPXML is periodically updated to reflect changes in the needs of the market and the stakeholders that are using the standard. Whenever a new version of HXPML is released, the Implementation Guide will be updated to reflect changes to the data standard and how it is being used in the market. If you have questions about HPXML or believe you can contribute to the overall success of its deployment, please email us at firstname.lastname@example.org. For more information on HPXML, visit http://www.hpxmlonline.com.
- Overview of HPXML
- Standard HPXML Datasets
- Program Administrator Guide
- Software Developer Guide
- Appendix A: HPXML Tools and Resources


Lua low level binding to libuv
lluv-ssl - SSL/TLS sockets for lluv library
lluv-websocket - Websocket sockets for lluv library
lluv-redis - Redis client for lluv library
lluv-memcached - Memcached client for lluv library
lluv-ftp - FTP client for lluv library
lluv-poll-zmq - ZMQ poller for lluv library
lluv-rs232 - Serial port communication library for lluv library
lluv-gsmmodem - Control GSM modem connected to serial port using AT commands.
lua-gntp - lluv connector to Growl notification system
lluv-esl - FreeSWITCH ESL implementation for lluv library
lluv-curl - Make asyncronus requests using libuv and libcurl
lluv-pg - PostgreSQL client for lluv library
lluv-busted - Support async tests for lluv library using busted
lluv-qless - Binding for qless - queue / pipeline management system
lluv-pegasus - Simple HTTP server based on pegasus.lua library
Cross-platform asynchronous I/O
Libuv is a multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O. It was primarily developed for use by Node.js, but it's also used by Luvit, Julia, pyuv, and others.
Luvit implements the same APIs as Node.js, but in Lua!
This helps teams migrate without having to learn a new way of programming.
A Lua client library for the redis key value storage system.
You can use following command to get a list of modules with
nginx -V 2>&1 | tr -- - '\n' | grep module
iOS 12 uses Lua code downloaded from Apple's servers (twitter.com)
Fun fact: some of the predictive stuff on iOS 12 is based on Lua code downloaded from Apple's servers, which means the behavior can be updated without the need for a full OS update
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17700894 - 45 comments
apt-get install libxml2-dev
apt-get install libxml2
luarocks install lua-xmlreader
typed up the script in the above stackoverflow.com post, but got the error:
lua: error loading module 'xmlreader' from file '/usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/xmlreader.so': /usr/local/lib/lua/5.3/xmlreader.so: undefined symbol: luaL_checkint
i think that xmlreader is not updated to work with lua 5.3.
ignore xmlreader and use expat to parse xml.
local lxp = require "lxp"
if the xml file is an rss or atom file, then use feedparser, since it's built for rss and atom files. generic xmls, then use lxp.
Aug 30, 2018
luarocks install lunatest
Lunatest is an xUnit-style, Lua-based unit testing framework with additional support for randomized testing (a la QuickCheck).
It's largely upwardly compatible from lunit, with the following changes:
Aug 30, 2018 - plan to make lua-memcached module work in lua 5.3.


Re-enactment of the First Ascent
Napes Needle - 29th June 1886
For a recount of the first climb in 1886 by W P Haskett Smith see here
The following photographic record covers the reconstruction of the first ascent of Napes Needle 116 years ago. Paul Cook and Stephen Walter, both members of the Wasdale mountain Rescue Team, decided to follow in Haskett Smith's footsteps as a way of recognising his major achievement and raise funds to replace the ageing rescue vehicles.
this page was updated 1 July 2002 and is currently awaiting further hard copies of the photographs to be scanned in.
|Stephen Walter (left) in
traditional victorian hobnailed climbing boots (tricuni nails on the sides
Paul Cook (right) who climbed along with Stephen, providing necessary safety cover. Paul leading the route on the 29th.
|Napes Needle clear of the low
cloud on the 29th June, 116 years after that first ascent.
Paul and Stephen in the Valley bottom with Great Gable in the background. The Needle is 2/3 along the base of the crags from the left of the picture


In a recent incident, a number of fake academic papers, which were computer-generated gibberish, got published (and then withdrawn when the problem was spotted). Nature's account is here:
It is all very entertaining. It is also not surprising that there should be occasional incidents like this, when so much gets published, and appropriate peer reviewers may be in short supply. At least we can hope that when a paper is gibberish, as opposed to merely bad, even a first year student would be able to see that it was gibberish. That is, there should be an effective control at the point of reading.
But is this a problem that could be solved, at least partially, by the purest form of the open access approach to academic publishing, an approach that is in any case gaining ground?
I have in mind the free publication of papers on websites, in ways that make them freely accessible, rather than in traditional journals. This is happening anyway. The arXiv, http://arxiv.org/ , sets a particularly high standard of organization and ease of use, including the tracking of revisions of papers, but there are other worthy sites too. Such sites do need funding: the arXiv is funded by Cornell University Library and others. But the expense must be modest, compared to the immense value of the service.
Often, a paper published in this way is a draft, not the final version, which will typically appear in a traditional journal and will be the version of record, the version for others to cite. Publication in a traditional journal creates expense, either for the author, or for libraries or individual readers. Some of that expense is justified, because the selection of papers, the organization of peer review and the checking of formatting takes effort - although reviewers themselves are not likely to be paid, and the rise of LaTeX and stylesheets to use with it means that formatting, and the checking of it, involves much less work than it used to require. But some publishers exploit the prestige of their journals, and the ability to deny online access to past years' editions if one stops paying the subscription, in order to make very large profits, at the expense of university libraries who could otherwise use the money elsewhere.
The obvious solution would be to move to free online publication of the version of record of each paper, and to buy permanent open access to past years' editions of journals with one-off payments to publishers.
But what would then happen to quality control?
It could be imposed by all who read papers - and open access would greatly increase the pool of potential readers, improving the effectiveness of this form of quality control. A well-organized website could allow readers to rate papers on a simple scale, and to leave comments. Ideally, the raters and commentators should be identified, and should be allowed to rate one another, so that expert commentators (as identified by the ratings of others) found that their ratings and comments carried more weight than those of people without such recognition. Indeed, people who were highly rated should have their ratings of other commentators given more weight than the ratings of commentators that were given by those who were not themselves highly rated.
There would be interesting problems here in the design of voting systems. How could the risk of conspiracies to distort the voting be minimized? (The risk could not be eliminated, unless an authority imposed weights by reference to a list of approved academics.) But something that was good enough should be possible.
But what about the academic job market, the allocation of research grants, and so on? Lists of publications in prestigious journals currently form important parts of applications. Here, I think there is not much difficulty. An application would include links to papers, and to the comments on them. Those who allocated jobs and grants would know whose comments were most worthy of note. They would then have the advantage of often having more than one opinion on the applicant's work. And one would also eliminate the unfairness that springs from the current element of luck in publication. Luck arises because each journal can publish far fewer papers than are submitted, and is therefore likely to reject papers that were just as worthy of publication as the accepted ones. Finally, any papers by an applicant that had not been exposed to open comment in this way would be treated with suspicion by the allocators of jobs and of grants, encouraging a fairly rapid shift to the system.
So how would this solve the problem of fake papers? The first people to look at such a paper would simply leave comments to the effect that it was gibberish. It would then be ignored by the academic community.
Finally, why should we cut out commercial publishers? Why is the purest form of open access publishing the most desirable form in this context, apart from the obvious point that it would allow universities to make better use of their funds? The answer is that if there is no commercial interest, there is no reason to design a system that would be any other than the best system for the academic purposes of honest appraisal and the encouragement of good work. A commercial publisher would always have an urge to control adverse comment on papers that it had published, and to solicit favourable comment from prestigious commentators. Good publishers would resist the urge, but it would be safer to take money out of the system altogether.


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Search for Well-Being meditation, acupuncture, yoga, herbal medicine and therapeutic massage). It highlights a patient-practitioner relationship that offers personalized, participatory care. University of Maryland Medical Center.
INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE BEST PRACTICES University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine 2 UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE University of Maryland Medical School, Baltimore, Maryland compmed.umm.edu
A Member of the University of Maryland Medical System In Partnership with the University of Maryland School of Medicine PATIENTS & VISITORS CENTERS AND Ernst E. Interactions between herbal medicines and prescribed drugs: a systematic review. Drugs University of Maryland Medical Center.
Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine. August 2010. English-Language Sites. General. Aetna InteliHealth. University of Maryland Medical Center. Developed by the Department of Integrative Medicine . at Beth Israel Medical Center, these multimedia online modules (text,
CAHCIM Implementation Guide for Curriculum in Integrative Medicine 1 CURRICULUM IN University of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine Herbal medicine module Page 77 e. Case study:
Exercises (66%), herbal medicine prescribing (61%), meditation Stanford University Center for Integrative Medicine stanfordhospital.org/clinicsmedServices/ Univ of Maryland Center for Integrative Medicine compmed.umn.edu 1991
Ginseng and Diabetes *Tang Center for Herbal Medicine Research, University of Chicago Medical Center, 5841 S. Maryland Avenue, MC 4028, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.org 00300.indd 397 6/21/2005 2:30:28 PM. 398 J.-T. XIE et al.
Folk Medicine and Traditional Healing Basics Folk medicine is the mixture of traditional healing practices and beliefs that involve herbal medicine, 22 University of Maryland Medical Center. Herbal Medicine. 2009. Available online:
Chinese Herbal Medicine for Cancer Pain Ling Xu, MD, Li Xing Lao, PhD, Adeline Ge, Military Medical University, Shanghai, China. LXL is at the Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore. AG is at the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Clinical Center,
Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 520 W. Lombard St., East Hall, Baltimore, Maryland, 21201 USA L. Susan Wieland, PhD [Research Associate], Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland School of (e.g., Chinese herbal medicine
Combining Western and Chinese Medicine Practice Synergy with CUHK/PWH Medical Center . Role in research and Center for Integrative Medicine, University of Maryland Baltimore, USA National Institute of Complementary Medicine, Australia.
Internet Herbal Databases from NIH and UMM University of Maryland Medical Center: http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed Master of Science in Therapeutic Herbalism & Prince George’s County Master Gardener, Maryland Institute of Integrative Health
University of Maryland School of Medicine University of Maryland. Medical Center, Supervising up to 4 Pediatric Residents, 4+ hours weekly August 2001-Present. Preceptor, University of Maryland, “An Introduction to Herbal Medicine for the Pediatrician,” April 22,
December 2013 Volume 47, Number 3 GHANA MEDICAL JOURNAL 100 EDITORIAL HERBAL herbal medicines less attractive to funding agencies as University of Maryland Medical Center


Parker is really into space these days, so what better way to satisfy his curiosity than with a few new books. These three have become our favorites, so of course we wanted to share!
Space Lift-the-Flap by Susie Brooks and Anthony Lewis
The lift and flap feature is not only informative but keeps Parker engaged, interested, and curious at the same time. It is also a great way to teach kids to come up with educated guesses as to what might be under the flap before taking a peek, as well as recalling the information once the book has been read a few times.
Information Graphics: Space by Simon Rogers and Jennifer Daniel
This book is modern, illustrated beautifully, and full of examples that help relate to the scope of space. Some things are a little beyond my five year old, but it will grow with him over the years. I have seriously learned so much from this book and want to buy each book included in the Information Graphics series.
I want to Be an Astronaut by Byron Barton
Simple and straightforward, this is a perfect bedtime book to get children dreaming about what they might be and what they might explore. Parker has this one memorized and loves to name each of the astronauts.
In addition to books, Parker has a few space-themed Lego sets that he can't get enough of, so we made him a shirt to celebrate this moment in his childhood for his Kindergarten year at school. We used the Cricut Explore and followed the same instructions from the school shirts we made last year. But you could very easily cut it out and paint your design on using these instructions, too. We have made it extra easy for you with this free download.


Following her B.Ed. degree, Lucy worked for 30 years in primary education with a variety of responsibilities. She has extensive experience in the role of art and music within the world of education, and as part of her degree in Fine Art at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, University of Dundee, she undertook a research-based investigation into the role of art in the education curriculum in the English school system. This culminated in the submission of a dissertation detailing her literature review, her investigations, interviews with other experts and practitioners in this topic area, her analysis and the conclusions to be drawn from them.
A copy of the abstract for this dissertation is presented below. A full copy of the dissertation can be viewed here.
The Arts in the Curriculum: Exploring Links Between Creativity and Improved Literacy
This dissertation makes a case for and presents evidence to support a more arts-based curriculum in primary schools across the UK.
An overview of the current findings about the educational system in England is given. Learning is defined and explored, and ways in which students can maximise their learning opportunities are analysed.
Similarly, literacy, art and music is explored. How we convey and receive meaning is discussed.
Case studies are examined, conducted through interview, conversation and research, selected due to their current excellent practice in primary schools. Some of these studies are from schools of varied demographic in numbers on roll and cultural diversity. Others are from a county education service where children’s skills in literacy have been shown to have improved through learning, teaching and engaging with art and music directly, and where an arts-centred curriculum is central. Ofsted judgements, national tests, external assessments and increased uptake in approaches evidence this excellent practice and successful outcomes.
In conclusion, arguments are detailed for an arts-centred curriculum that embraces specific approaches to learning and teaching. These are demonstrated as being necessary in order to maximise the potential of all students, and particularly to improve skills in literacy.


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That goes to show that the images on the books should be simple to relate with and identify. In addition, stick to books that have easy coloring pages, which have well-spaced images for sample coloring and ensure you have enough crayon and coloring pencils to for all. You can have two kids on a book each taking a turn to color an image. It is a great way of teaching them the values of sharing. Walt Disney, both the man himself and the founding legacy he then left, was an extremely shrewd businessman and he knew straight away what a phenomenal success the Winnie the Pooh series would be. Translated into different languages from across the globe, it was first translated into Latin in 1958 and has Winnie has appeared in a number of film adaptations all of which have been significant commercial successes. Winnie the Pooh is the children's book character that has captured the imagination as well as the heart of young children and indeed their parents as well, across the world. Initially drafted in 1926 as the creative brain child of the world renowned children's literalist and author A.A. Milne, one of the most remarkable feats that the Winnie the Pooh series has managed to achieve is how relevant and fresh it has stayed to the modern audience. Written almost a century ago, Winnie the Pooh and his collection of his lovable friends still delight people even to this very day, being favoured in favour of other more modern offerings. You can seriously find some pretty cool SpongeBob coloring pages by simply typing that phrase into a search box and following the links wherever they happen to lead. Do you realize that you can actually make your SpongeBob Squarepants coloring book by saving and printing out SpongeBob printable coloring pages? Can you imagine the sheer delight on their faces when they watch you printing out those coloring pages? This is something that you can actually turn into a craft project with your kids if you really want to. Imagine the delight and excitement that the kids will feel when they are helping you to put together their coloring books.
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The Homework Centre
In the Library every Tuesday and Thursday 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
What is it for?
· Homework and completing class work.
· Research and completing re sits.
· Assistance – from teachers and senior students.
· Using computers for research and accessing study sites.
· Reading through your notes from the days lessons.
· The preparation and planning you do now, will make a difference to how well you do in assessments and class work.
· Completion of homework and class work will help your understanding.
· How well you do this year will affect your future years.
· Start good habits NOW.


Have a Nice Day, World!
Happy Birthday World
by Name: Tobin Mueller
Song License Creative Commons License: Attribution-ShareAlike 1.0 Generic (CC BY-SA 1.0)<> http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0/
Northern Africa has a long and distinguished history. It is a tale full of deeds great and terrible, of long marches, and mighty battles, of courageous heroes and abhorable villains, of great fortresses and great disasters, of high adventure and excitement, and of horrible deaths. It is a great story, a story for the ages. A story that generations have enjoyed.
This is not that story.
Nor does this story have anything to do with Africa; much less the northern part. Nor does it have anything to do with deeds, neither great, nor terrible, nor with marches nor battles nor with heroes nor villains, and especially not fortresses.
This is not that story, and anybody who says otherwise is itching for a fight.
The world is changing.
Human procreation has reached pandemic proportions. Over 8 billion humans now populate a small class-M planet in the SOL system, along with tens-even hundreds-of billions of other species and races.
Over 30 percent of the world population lives in abject destitution and poverty. Impoverished farmers in third world countries and nations are destroying what very precious little is left of the natural rainforests, Which contain a majority of the world’s exotic, and endangered species, and over one-third of all life on earth.
Even now, the balance of world power is shifting.
The Earth is on the verge of self-annihilation. Our entire human society is on the edge of climactic, final, all-encompassing, deadly confrontation, with it’s greatest adversary-itself.
Television is reality, and reality is TV. FOX News, CBS, The New York Times, and, of course, the Tabloids are all people know of the outside world around them. Free will and individuality are being suppressed, over whelmed, crushed, by an ever growing nonconformist and anti-establishment counter-society that all conforms to one thing, being different from everyone else.
But not all is yet lost, the fire and light of creativity, individuality, and above all optimism, is still flickering in the world. It lives on in a select group of young men and women, who fight every day, against overwhelming, astronomical odds, against the overbearing powers-that-be, to keep that light, that flame, from going out forever.


Richard II (6 January 1367 – ca. 14 February 1400) was King of England from 1377 until he was deposed on 30 September 1399. Richard was a son of Edward, “the Black Prince” and was born while his grandfather, Edward III, was ruler. Richard was born third in line to the throne but on the death of his elder brother, Edward of Angoulême, at four years of age, he became second in succession after his father. Richard’s father died before King Edward III, making Richard first in line for the throne. With Edward III’s death the following year, Richard succeeded to the throne, aged just ten.
Because of Richard’s young age, during his first years as king, government was run by a series of councils. The political community preferred this situation tothe country being led by the king’s uncle, John of Gaunt, yet Gaunt remained highly influential. Just three year’s into the young King’s rule came the Peasants’ Revolt in 1381. Richard took a major role in the successful suppression of this crisis, however, in the years following, the king’s continued dependence on a few selected courtiers created discontent in the political community. In 1387 governmental control was taken over by a group of noblemen known as the Lords Appellant. By 1389 Richard had regained control and for the next eight years governed in relative harmony with his former opponents.
Isabelle of France (1389-1409), oldest daughter of King Charles VI, was not quite seven years old when she married Richard II as his second wife in 1396. Then, in 1397, he took his revenge on the appellants, many of whom were executed or exiled. The next two years are widely regarded by historians as Richard’s “tyranny”. After John of Gaunt died in 1399, the king disinherited Gaunt’s son, Henry of Bolingbroke, whom he had previously exiled. From his exile, Henry invaded England in June 1399 with a small force that quickly grew in numbers, claiming initially that his only goal was to reclaim his patrimony, but it soon became clear that he intended to stake a claim for the throne. Facing little resistance, Bolingbroke deposed Richard and had himself crowned as King Henry IV. Early the next year, Richard died in captivity and was probably murdered.
As a person, Richard was said to have been tall, intelligent and good-looking. Earlier historians used to believe he was insane but it is more likely that towards the end of his reign, he may have suffered from a personality disorder. He was less of a warrior than his father or his grandfather but he he sought to end the Hundred Years’ War that Edward III had started. He strongly believed in the royal prerogative, which was something that led him to restrain the power of his nobility, and to rely on a private retinue for military protection instead. He also developed a courtly atmosphere in which the king was regarded as an elevated figure, and culture and art were at the centre, which was in stark contrast to the fraternal, martial court of his grandfather. Posthumously, Richard’s reputation has to a great extent been shaped by Shakespeare, whose play Richard II presents Richard’s misrule and his deposition by Bolingbroke as being responsible for the fifteenth-century Wars of the Roses. The consensus of present day historians do not accept this interpretation, although they do not exonerate Richard from responsibility for his own deposition. Most authorities agree that, even though his policies were not unprecedented or entirely unrealistic, the way in which he carried them out was unacceptable to the political establishment, and this led to his downfall.
For further listening http://historyofengland.typepad.com
Mark King on Richard II: landlord, not king?


MLVTEC provides 24 hrs. Internet facilities is available for all the students and faculty members.
The Local Intranet Website is developed to facilitate Students and Faculty Members. Intranet is accessible only to students & faculty in the college premises .
Following are some of the features of the MLVTEC intranet-
- Student Profile (General , Examination Performance etc.)
- Time Tables (Class wise, Faculty wise, Room wise)
- Courseware (Lecture Screens, Quizes, Monograms developed by faculty members)
- Online Tutorials.
- Software Distribution
- Online Library