The sinking of the Titanic in 1912 is an event that has captured the imagination of people worldwide for over a century.
The opulence and grandeur of the luxurious ship have fascinated historians and enthusiasts alike, and one aspect of this grandeur was the range of beverages served on board.
While the Titanic was known for serving fine wines, spirits, teas, and cocktails, one particular beverage that stood out was the punch.
Read on below to learn all there is to know about what they were drinking that infamous evening, as well as all the alcohol that went down with the ship.
How Much Alcohol Was on Board the Titanic?
The exact amount of alcohol on board the Titanic is not known, as there were no detailed inventories kept of the ship’s provisions.
However, it is known that the Titanic was well-stocked with a variety of alcoholic beverages, ranging from beer and wine to more expensive spirits like whiskey and brandy.
According to historical accounts, the ship’s wine cellar alone contained over 12,000 bottles of wine, including some of the finest vintages from France and Italy.
In addition to this, there were numerous bars and lounges throughout the ship where passengers could order cocktails and other drinks.
What Kind of Alcohol Was on the Titanic?
The Titanic’s alcohol selection was extensive and varied, reflecting the ship’s status as a symbol of luxury and sophistication.
The ship was stocked with a large selection of spirits, including whiskey, gin, brandy, rum, cognac, bourbon, and liqueurs like Chartreuse and Curaçao.
Beer was also available, with a selection of British and American brews on offer. Of course, the Titanic would have also been well-stocked with fine champagne.
With a liquor selection like that, the Titanic’s numerous bars and lounges were able to serve a wide range of cocktails, including plenty of classic drinks that are still popular today.
What Cocktails Did They Serve on the Titanic?
Undoubtedly, the bartending staff aboard the Titanic would have been very knowledgeable and skilled enough to make whatever drink was requested of them, but there were some very popular cocktails at the time that the majority of passengers might have been drinking.
The Martini is a classic cocktail that has been popular for over a century, and it was certainly a well-known drink in the early 1900s when the Titanic sailed.
It is likely that passengers on the Titanic could have also ordered a Manhattan cocktail.
The Manhattan is a classic cocktail that has been popular since the late 1800s when it was invented by Dr. Iain Marshall.
The Champagne Cocktail is made by placing a sugar cube soaked in bitters at the bottom of a champagne flute, and then adding chilled champagne on top with a lemon twist garnish.
This would have been a very common drink of choice for first-class passengers on the Titanic.
Typically made with cognac, cointreau, and lemon juice, the Sidecar was a fashionable drink during the 1910s and 1920s.
It’s likely that the Titanic’s passengers, especially those in first class, would have been familiar with this cocktail and may have ordered it on board.
The old fashioned has been around for a long time, with origins tracing back to the early 1800s in Kentucky, so there is a good chance passengers on the Titanic were sipping on a classic bourbon old fashioned that fateful night.
The Titanic’s Punch Romaine
Punch Romaine is a legendary French recipe dating back to the early 1900s made from egg whites, white rum, simple syrup, fresh lemon juice, fresh orange juice, and champagne.
On the Titanic, Punch Romaine was served in a particularly extravagant manner. The punch was presented in a large silver bowl that was placed in a block of ice and decorated with flowers.
The bowl was then set on a silver tray and presented to the passengers by a white-gloved steward.
Passengers would ladle the punch into their glasses, taking care not to disturb the decorative ice block.
The presentation of Punch Romaine was a spectacle in and of itself, and was a popular attraction among the Titanic’s first-class passengers, who relished the opportunity to indulge in such luxurious experiences.
The drinks served on the Titanic offer a glimpse into the opulent and refined world of the early 1900s, and continue to inspire modern mixologists and cocktail enthusiasts today.
Whether you’re sipping on a classic martini or a modern interpretation of Punch Romaine, the drinks served on the Titanic remind us of the power of food and drink to bring people together and create lasting memories.


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The digital print portraits that we sell are part of “100 Most Influential People in the World History” project by artist Bekir Salim. All of our Original portraits are handmade oil paintings. Each portrait is electronically scanned and printed on high quality *Giclée Printing on Cotton-Based Canvas.
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Greek philosopher Socrates is considered the father of western philosophy. Plato was his most famous student and would teach Aristotle who would then tutor Alexander the Great. His “Socratic method,” laid the groundwork for Western systems of logic and philosophy.
Born circa 470 BC in Athens, Greece, Socrates’s life is chronicled through only a few sources—the dialogues of Plato and Xenophon and the plays of Aristophanes.
Socrates was the son of Sophroniscus, an Athenian stonemason and sculptor, and Phaenarete, a midwife. Because he wasn’t from a noble family, he most likely received a basic Greek education and learned his father’s craft at a young age. It is believed Socrates worked as mason for many years before he devoted his life to philosophy. He married Xanthippe, and they had three sons—Lamprocles, Sophroniscus and Menexenus.
Socrates’ mastery lies in the art of conversation, the proof of which can be found in the writings of his students Plato, Xenophan, Phaedo, Euclides, Antisthenes and Aeschines. Even though these works serve as an insight into Socrates’ philosophy, they cannot be credited word-for-word to Socrates, as they only contain the general idea of his teachings, and are not historical records of his philosophy.
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Monday, 26 October 2009
The Book Thief
I've just this morning finished this book - as the author says in the interview above, a 500 page novel set in Nazi Germany narrated by Death - who would read it?
I'm not sure how I came to chose it during one of my 3 for 2 visits to Waterstones, but I'm glad I did. I suppose it's in the tradition of the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as far as the context goes. It's equally absorbing; just longer.
The very ordinary language of the commentary portrays the grim reaper as a rather frail, human figure and may challenge some of your preconceptions about that other inevitability of life beside taxes. The challenge to find beauty in the horror of WWII seems to connect with the recent Lectionary texts about Job and his struggle with unmerited suffering.
A compelling read, if only for the point of view of the ordinary German family, reluctant to toe the party line.


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When Foley Russel is assigned a book report and to meet a character from that book, he hopes for someone interesting like a circus midget or a Formula One driver. He’s not anticipating a girl in a wheelchair, and he’s certainly not expecting to like her. After all, she’s not even normal, is she?
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Yesterday’s deadly school shooting in Florida has shaken the local community and made many people concerned for the well-being of students. It’s natural for parents to wonder about their own children’s coping skills and whether they need additional support. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) created this helpful infographic featuring Mental Health Facts about Children and Teens, along with tips for parents.
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This is the page for my PhD dissertation in economics and historical studies. I recieved the doctorate, along with several of my friends at the same time, in June 2015 at the New School for Social Research in New York City.
Dissertation Concerning a Political Economy of Art with Emphasis on the United States of America
This is the Dissertation Proposal, February 2014. This is the Dissertation Committee.
Here is the final dissertation (part of the public record), all five chapters, May 2015.
Here is the Abstract.
Here is the Power Point presentation for the dissertation defense.
Next, I completed a 3-day "take-home" exam in historical studies towards a dual doctorate in economics and history. Thank you to Oz Frankel and Julia Ott for being the readers for this and for the insightful and challenging question they wanted me to adress. There were two themes for the historical studies work.
This is the bibliography on Visual Art and Nationalism, where I look at the evolution of the nation-state in the West, and uses of art and art movements both towards gathering state-power and also art movements against the hegemony of state-funded art production.
This is the bibliography on the history of 1930's America, from WWI through the Great Depression and the New Deal, and into WWII, from whcih the US became the world's military and economic "super power."
The first exam question I answered was on the 1930's era in the United States, the world's nations retreating into nationalism from WWI through WWII. I evaluate which events and institutions of the 1930's period were carry-ons from previous periods of American history, and which were new and transformative and specific to the New Deal, effecting socio-economic life in the United States through today.
The second exam was on the historiograpjy (the history of the history) of the New Deal period, where I interpret the New Deal scholarship and create and periodization showing the major research interests into the New Deal, from view on the New Deal effects on the American enterprise system, to the effects on rights of groups and individuals, to the effects of the New Deal on women and blacks, and then how writers view the development of the welfare state. I also look at the evolution of the ideas of structure and agency in the history writing, and as related to the development of "people's" history or the history of everyday life, and cultural history where I was able to use my work in art and statism from my dissertation, as well as the art and nationalism project discussed above.
Here are some of the books I used for the exam. You can also see a pop art painting I did of Dennis Hopper when he was arrested in New Mexico in the 1970s.
In Spring 2008 for the historical methods and sources seminar at the New School I put together an exploratory essay on research into the Federal Art Project from the perspective of cultural economics. My dissertation is much more focused than this exploratory piece, nonetheless, it may be of interest.
In Spring 2009 I did an independent study with cultural sociologist Elzbieta Matynia which resulted in a critique of Hauser's Social History of Art (1951) and which includes some value theory.


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I have worked in freelance writing and editing for a number of years. This has included interviews with musicians, celebrities, artists and craftspeople (all based in Japan). In addition, I have written about Japanese culture, history, media and crafts.
As part of the above work I have completed translations from Japanese to English, for example interviews with craftspeople, such as a Washi Paper artist, press releases for a Tokyo based art gallery and more.
Examples of past completed projects:
-Grand Prize winner JFTC Essay Competition 2012
-Translation of special artist exhibition and interview from Japanese to English 2013
-Factory visit, interview and translation English into Japanese 2014
-Co-ordination of Graphic Design Award 2015 (overseas promotion)
-Factory visit, interview and translation English into Japanese 2016
-Translation of technical manual from Japanese into English 2017
-Voiceover recording for English textbook to be published in Japan 2017


Two previously established premises are reaffirmed: that Kabbalah is not the mystical part of any religion, and that it is a knowledge, discipline, wisdom, or teaching. Next, another term that is not Kabbalah is explored, mysticism or esotericism, and it is clarified that Kabbalah is not associated with magic or divination. It is emphasized that Kabbalah is a universal language that explains how the universe works and how the inner workings of each individual function. The connection between Kabbalah and Sacred Geometry is mentioned, especially through the Tree of Life. It is concluded that Kabbalah is one of the languages or structures of knowledge that provides an explanation of the universe and the human interior. Readers are invited to question, reflect, and engage in a moment of silence to connect with the presented reflections. In summary, Kabbalah is introduced as a universal language that provides understanding of the functioning of the universe and the interior of each person.


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Twelve years after the closure of Fair Mile Hospital, this new book is the first to offer a detailed account of how the old asylum came to be built, how it operated and how it weathered a roller-coaster of national crisis and variable fortune over its 133-year life span. Fair Mile Hospital: a Victorian Asylum portrays a typical example of the nation’s network of county asylums, drawing on official archives, local knowledge and the author’s fourth-generation connections with the hospital.
Written by local historian, Ian Wheeler, this extensively illustrated account details the legislative platform that underpinned the former asylum’s creation, traces its construction, expansion and operational progress, examines the conditions under which patients and staff interacted and describes all manner of day-to-day functions that allowed the hospital—as Cholsey’s major employer—to serve the counties of Berkshire and Oxfordshire over its 133-year lifespan. Copies are available from the author (details below) or through your favourite book store.
Four generations of Ian’s family worked at Fair Mile and he also offers illustrated talks on Fair Mile’s past and guided walks around the revitalised Fair Mile site for interested groups.
For further details contact the author, Ian Wheeler, on 01491-652295 or email@example.com


Still Me is the third book in Jojo Moyes Me Before You trilogy. If you haven’t read the books, you likely know the story from the incredible (acting, and to look at, let’s be real) casting of the movie adaptation for Me Before You. From a mixture of Game of Thrones, Hunger Games and Harry Potter — with Emilia Clarke at the helm as Louisa Clark, we watch as she falls in love with her client Will Traynor, played by Sam Claflin. (And then some cheeky appearances by Neville Longbottom, aka. Matthew Lewis as Louisa’s boyfriend).
Still Me follows Louisa Clark through moving across the seas to, nothing but, New York City (because how else are you supposed to find yourself unless it’s on the other side of the world, in a big city? Duh). She leaves her wonderful, beautiful paramedic boyfriend back in London, so naturally that throws a few curveballs into the mix; especially when she meets a Wall Street social climber who looks awfully like someone from her past. Moyes has an incredible way of painting New York through Louisa’s eyes, the socialite parties with her employer, the extravagance of living on Fifth Avenue, as though you almost feel like you’re there… I could picture the exact buildings she was talking about, and imagine myself running (struggling) through Central Park alongside Lou.
I devoured this in almost on entire sitting. In less than 24 hours, I went along the ride with Louisa Clark for (I assume) the last time, and one of much self-discovery. I think it’s underestimated how much one can lose themselves in the midst of grief, and just how important it is to be able to get back to yourself – let alone to define what yourself really is. For me, it was one of those books that you go to put down so you can go about your daily routine, but you pick it back up immediately, thinking just another chapter…
In reviews, you can see that people often come back to the idea that Moyes shouldn’t have written another book. That her protagonist, Lou, didn’t need her story to be continued after the heartbreak of the first story. But who are we to say where a character’s story should end? And if an author thinks there is more to tell, then there is… It’s their world, after all. As with the character of Lou, life continues on after the shittiest times of our lives, and perhaps Moyes wanted to gift her readers’ the happy ending; which is entirely her prerogative.
If you decide to go into it, go into it lightly. It is not as heart wrenching as it’s predecessor, and arguably that is one of the best things about it. This was a light, easy read and painted a picture for those who decide to live boldly and *find* themselves in the process. While the narrative jumped, it was occasionally corny, and it definitely pulled in some very well-used tropes; I still highly recommend it.
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What if you could combine your child’s favorite Bible stories with lessons that show how they can use those character skills in today’s world? Guess what?! Tommy Nelson has done it for you in the new God’s Love for You Bible Storybook! Tommy Nelson sent us a copy of this new storybook to check out, and it has been such a blessing. The God’s Love for You Bible Storybook features classic Bible stories and real life stories of how these lessons are being implemented around the world by believers of today.
Traditional Bible favorites and faith stories from children show kids that God’s love reaches all the way around the globe!
God’s Love for You Bible Storybook teaches favorite Bible stories followed by real stories of people sharing God’s love. Kids will see how they can learn from and help people all over the world. This book will help raise up a generation of generous, global Christians who are active in their communities and their world.
The illustrations by Martina Peluso are bold and whimsical and the colors cover the entire page. The artwork drew my children in right away, and the stories kept their attention. With 272 pages, God’s Love for You Bible Storybook features over 70 Bible events and stories of faith.
Scattered throughout the book (after almost every or every other story), you will find full color photos of children and believers from around the world attached to stories of mission work, individuals who have given of themselves and shown God’s love to people everywhere. World Vision® CEO Richard Stearns and his wife, Reneé, put these stories together sharing about children they’ve met through World Vision, what life is like in their corner of the world, and how God is working through their lives.
The stories are inspiring, and motivating for children. Add to that the fun facts about the different countries featured in the book, and you’ve got an all around educating experience!
Geared for ages 4-9, God’s Love for You Bible Storybook retails for $19.99 (hardcover/272 pages). Proceeds of this book will be donated to World Vision. Click HERE to see a digital preview. Find more faith-based products like this for children and families online at www.tommynelson.com. Be sure to visit Tommy Nelson on Facebook, and follow @TommyNelson on Twitter!
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We especially love fairies for their strong ties with nature. Connecting with fairies helps us form a deeper connection with the garden and Mother Earth. At Austin Children's Garden, we love to use the Herb Fairies stories to learn all about the magical world of medicinal herbs. To learn more about Herb Fairies check out their website: https://learningherbs.com/herb-fairies/
Fairy play can inspire creativity, imagination, and storytelling! When playing make-believe, kids get a chance to explore an entire new world where real life constraints don't apply. (They can fly! Govern a kingdom! Cast spells!) This enhances children's capacity for cognitive flexibility and, ultimately, problem solving and inventive thinking. Make-believe with friends also allows kids to experiment with social and emotional roles by provoking empathy and cooperation. Furthermore, playing pretend allows children to learn about themselves and work out their inner narratives while developing language skills.
Fairies also connect us to the past and give us insight into another time. Recorded folktales of fairies (though then they were often referred to as Hidden People or Little People) date back to as early as the 13th century. During that time, stories were a bit darker; particularly the stories of fairies. Some fairies were kind and helpful, but most were feared as they could appear at any time to cast an evil spell or curse on the helpless mortals!
As we observed the kids' natural interest in fairies, a folklore theme blossomed! This is an example of emergent curriculum where we take a topic that the children are naturally intrigued by and encourage this interest to expand so that they learn organically and holistically; children's interest in fairies opens up an organic opportunity to explore folktales.
A folktale tells a story based on oral traditions that have been passed down for many generations. Learning about folklore has many benefits for children. It improves communication and memory, encourages creativity and imagination, and provides a foundation for literacy development by introducing basic elements of stories. Fables teach social skills and can be a great starting point for many conversations about core values and ethics. Folklore, by nature, also celebrates diversity! By exploring various folktales from around the world, children are able to appreciate different cultures' values, beliefs, history, practices, and customs.
Check out below how we learned all about fairies, folklore, and fables... Oh my!
Into the World of Fairies
"My potion helps the fairies fly!"
"The fairies eat my potion!"
"The magic potion gives them their magic!"
We start with dancer's pose dancing at the fairy ball! On to locust when we swim through the beautiful waterfalls. Next is butterfly pose while we flutter around the garden. We then do warrior pose as we fly high in the sky. We end with child pose, resting peacefully at the fairy palace.
After reading Coyote and the Sky, we compared and contrasted day and night through art!
We were inspired by the vibrant colors and abstract shapes featured in Cuckoo!
Motivated by the power of sharing and working together, the kids made a collective soup from individual (and imaginary) vegetables!
This folktale features small, mischievous, and heroic spiders. Getting into the spooky spirit, we made some spiders of our own!
The story began with the usual introduction of "once upon a time..." with a boy named John, but then took many twists and turns with a trip to the lake during a terrible storm and ending with a rainbow-eating worm!!
Día de los Muertos and Halloween Celebrations!
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup pumpkin puree
- 1/3 cup honey
- 4 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 1/2 tsp pumpkin spice
- 1/2 cup almond milk
- 1/4 cup pumpkin seeds
- 1/4 cup soaked flax seeds
- 2 1/2 cups almond flour
- 1/2 cup dried cranberries
- 1/2 cup raisins
- Preheat oven to 325.
- Grease a muffin pan with coconut oil.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine all ingredients EXCEPT almond flour, cranberries, and raisins.
- Stir in almond flour until well combined.
- Stir in cranberries and raisins.
- Spoon batter into muffin cups, using wet fingers to press down any bumps on the tops before baking (makes 24 mini muffins).
- Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown and a toothpick comes out clean


Champ - children's book
Champ - The little plesiosaur
Champ - The little plesiosaur is a children’s book that tells the story of Champ, the sea creature who lives in Lake Champlain.The story begins with a young Champ finding himself alone and then his adventures along the Adirondack coast as he matures. The book is a combination of photos that I’ve taken and watercolors I created and merged to show a visual representation of our beloved Champ. Although the book reflects endless hours of work, I loved combining two passions, photography and watercolors.The story is based on stories I heard growing up, documented history and of course, a dollop of folk lore.I hope that you enjoy this endearing story of Champ and the art that I created to make our favorite lake creature come to life.
Janet A - I just purchased and read this children’s book about Champ. Thank you, Pam for writing and illustrating a beautiful story
Jeana B- I also got a copy of Pam’s new children’s book for Lily. So WELL done.
Cindy C - Got my books today!! Love them. Great job Pam!
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Celebrity and Youth anthology (editor). Mediated Youth series, Sharon R. Mazzarella (series editor) Peter Lang Publishing, Inc.
“Snatched: Constructions of Child Abductions in U.S. News,” with Leigh Moscowitz. 2016 in
Mediated Youth series, Sharon R. Mazzarella (series editor) Peter Lang Publishing.
Duvall, Spring-Serenity. (2011). Celebrity Travels: Media Spectacles and the Construction of a Transnational Politics of Care. In Radha S. Hegde (Ed.) Circuits of Visibility: Gender and Transnational Media Cultures (140-158). NYU Press.
Duvall, Spring-Serenity. (2009). Dying for our sins: Christian rhetoric in celebrity colonialism. In Robert Clarke (Ed.) Celebrity colonialism: Fame, power, and representation in colonial and postcolonial cultures (81-106). Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
“Cultural Politics”; “Textual Analysis”; “John Fiske”; “Joshua Gamson”; “MMORPG’s”; “Patriarchy”; “Children’s Programming in Television & Film: Cartoons,” Encyclopedia entries in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Gender in Media, Mary Kosut and J. Geoffrey Golson (Eds.), Thousand Oaks: Sage, forthcoming 2012.


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This week's Food for Thought is generated from visiting the new primary school library and noticing the number of students reading either on their own, with friends or parents. This made me think about the importance of reading for all our students at ISHCMC and whether we should build in more reading time for students across the school. I remember when I was teaching that I would regularly berate my students for not reading enough. Hence, with a new secondary library design being built to complement the feel of the primary library I thought it important to do some reading about the importance of reading and its connection with academic success.
What I discovered is not really surprising but I thought that I would share with you. Researchers have found that there is a strong correlation between reading and academic success. Parents reading with and to their children is an excellent way to encourage children to enjoy reading and become enthusiastic readers themselves. Having discussions about what has been read adds further value to the reading exercise.
Evidence shows that a student who is a good reader:
- is more likely to do well in school and pass exams than a student who is a weak reader.
- is able to learn to understand individual sentences and organizational structure of a piece of writing.
- is prepared to comprehend ideas, follow arguments and detect implications.
- can extract from the writing what is important for the particular task they are employed in and they can do it quickly.
- has a wider vocabulary.
Research also pointed to the obvious fact that the greater the vocabulary students have the more likely they are to succeed academically. Having a large vocabulary is especially important when crafting sentences that demonstrate higher order analysis for academic work related to the MYP and IB Diploma. Vocabulary also enables students to articulate their thinking at all levels of the learning process. In this essay, in the Huffington post the author asks the question whether modern media will take the place of reading. The conclusion suggest that we need to find a balance.
" Words conjure deeper, more creative possibilities of thought and interpretation than what is pre-packaged for our consideration. The heart of storytelling is the ultimate quest for “what happens next,” which motivates us to contemplate our mortality. It is the mystery of all human life, a necessary component of our existence. Where are we going? What is ahead? Is there anything beyond disintegration and the end of life? These are the primal questions behind the idea of storytelling. The imagination is indispensable to our existence and the speculations that reside in fiction, as presented in words, are the stimulant that facilitates that projection.
............................................. Of course, there are those who will present passionate arguments for the superiority of the moving image over the written word. Each has its place. My argument is for making the preservation of the art of the written word a priority and finding the right balance between it and the moving image."
The data on the correlation between reading and academic success is quite over powering and should stop and make us think about whether our students are doing enough reading everyday. The research for reading shows a wide range of positive additional academic outcomes related to spelling, verbal fluency and reading comprehension. This table drawn from the work of Adams, Anderson, Wilson and Fielding clearly shows the impact that independent reading has on Standardized Test scores like MAP.
Where would a Food for Thought be without a TED. This short TEDEd is an excellent example of why we need students to read if they are to reflect upon their own work and improve their own ability to hold a readers attention. The TED is about writing introductions that grab the attention of the reader. If you are not a reader then you would not understand this concept however, this concept applies equally to a fiction writing as it does to an academic literature or history essay.
This article, the Importance of Teaching Academic Reading Skills, "discusses some strategies, examples, and resources aimed at promoting students to take a deep approach to reading. The major tenet of this article is that if teachers explicitly teach students how to read academic texts in aligned courses where students have ample opportunities to engage in reading activities throughout the term, students are more likely to adopt a deep approach to reading. It begins with a discussion of the difference between a surface and a deep approach to reading. It then recounts an action research study conducted to analyze whether explicitly teaching academic reading skills, coupled with the introduction of teaching and learning activities designed to encourage students to actively engage in deep reading in aligned courses, makes a difference in the approach students take to reading. Then, the paper explores the categories of analysis needed to read academic texts and the importance of aligning courses. Finally, it discusses teaching and learning activities aimed at fostering students’ adoption of a deep approach to reading. "
The overwhelming conclusion from my search for information is that ensuring our students have a solid foundation for their reading is imperative. However, equally important are the needs to keep students motivated to read and the deliberate and sequenced development of academic reading skills that will enable students to access, interpret and use text for the rest of their lives. It is clear from the research that reading is vitally important for academic success, innovation and creativity because of the way it stimulates us to problem solve, be curious, imagine and empathize. There have also been links made recently to reading bringing benefits similar to meditation to our health and happiness to our lives.
Have a good evening,


Merhej, George Youssef passed away on January 21, 2021 at Windsor Regional Hospital - Ouellette Campus at the age of 80. Survived by brother Jean and Leila (nee Rachwan) Merhej and sisters Antoinette Estephan (nee Merhej), Siham (nee Merhej) and Samir Nahhal, Georgette (nee Merhej) and Abe Naklie.He is also survived by many nieces and nephews as well as great-nieces and great-nephews.George was a professor who loved to read and write articles about his beloved homeland of Lebanon.He was a humble soul who loved everything about life.He had a passion for his family and only wanted to see them happy.His infectious smile and his incredibly warm personality will be missed by everyone who knew him.He was well known within his community especially within the Italian community on Erie St. and the downtown core as he attended the Windsor Public Library almost daily.
The family would like to extend their heartfelt thanks and gratitude to the many Doctors and Nurses at Windsor Regional Hospital for taking such great care of George and reassuring them that he was in great hands.The family would also like to send thanks to all of George’s friends as well as family who took the time to continuously call and check up on George throughout these last few difficult weeks.
Arrangements have been entrusted by Janisse Funeral Home, there will be a private graveside ceremony Saturday January 23, 2021 at 1pm. There will also be a virtual Funeral Mass today at 6pm through St. Peter's Parish website please tune in time accordingly to view the service.
SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2021 AT 1PM PLEASE CLICK LIVESTREAM BLUE HYPERLINK TO VIEW GRAVESDIE COMMITTAL :
Our deepest sympathies to Jean, Antoinette, Siham and Georgette and your families for the loss of your dear brother George.
Our thoughts are with you during this difficult time. May He Rest in Peace!! God bless you all. Your cousins from Boston Amina Sarkes and son Michael.
My Condolences to the Family George was a smart and kind man who was always wanting and had a belief in equality in his home land ...George always laughing and smiling bringing light to our family. George u will be greatly missed but never forgotten


The Ramón Pané Foundation takes its name from one of the greatest figures in America’s Evangelization. Ramón Pané was a Brother of the order of St. Jerome originally from Catalunia, that arrives as part of the contingent that accompanied Columbus in his second voyage in 1494.
He is present at the First Mass celebrated at La Isabela on the Feast day of Kings in 1494. He is a curious and observant in what he experiences. He arrives in a place where the natives appeared to be all equal, but these were in constant evolution and spoke diverse dialects, had different cultures, beliefs, and local habits. Outside of our speculation, this was the situation that Fray Ramón Pané had to adapt too.
Christopher Columbus puts him in charge by of gathering the “oral antiquities” of the natives.
Ramón Pané gathers, for us as well, information about the mythological beliefs and religious ceremonias of the Taino people, their habits and the sense of many of the words of their language. All of the descriptions of his Works are characterized by his religious interests: illnesses, medical care, medication, food, the sea, the dead, myths and beliefs.
With regard to his work as a Catechist, he is the one that brings about the “coexistence.” He learns at least two languages, that of the Macorix territory and that of the Taino people, doing this while living among the natives. First with the Macorix for about two months; then for almost two years with Guarionex, a Taino chief (Cacique); and finally with Mabiatue, another Cacique, for three years.
This is one of great feats: to integrate himself to the native communities through the knowledge of their language, communicating with them, understanding their reality, their cultural world and, at the same time, allow them to know him and to catechize. Thus, he was the first missionary in american soil.
He considers all natives to be human beings and it is impossible to find in his Works any derogatory or discriminatory terms used toward them. He proposes a voluntary acceptance of the faith. Perhaps as a layman he wasn’t as knowledgeable, but he had great experience in evangelical principles. In fact, he was a very peaceful catechizer.
This is why, in honor and memory of Ramón Pané, first catechizer and evangelist, this Foundation was created in his name in 1994.
WE ARE AN INTERNATIONAL TEAM OF CATHOLICS, that truly believe in the GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, and in the ROMAN CATHOLIC AND APOSTOLIC CHURCH, guided by the Successor of Peter and the Apostles (the Pope and our legitimate Bishops), and that we must put in the languages of the different cultures the One Gospel, the One Good News, through all the different means available. We use the current media, especially the internet and the arts (music, painting, graffity, theatre, dance, computer assisted designs, websites, and apps). We sponsor Lectio Divina workshops and support the spirituality of those who evangelize.
We desire to help each and every Diocesis, Espiscopal Conference, Catholic Ecclesial Movements, in their catechetical, missionary, and spiritual formation.
We are also a PUBLIC ASSOCIATION OF FAITHFUL, in accordance with the Catholic Church’s Canon Law. And all those that are interested in evangelizing through this institution may become part of it.
We have our headquarters at the Archdiocesis of Tegucigalpa, Hondures, and the President General is Cardinal Oscar Rodríguez Maradiaga, S.D.B., and also a working office in the Archdiocesis of Miami, United States, where Brother Ricardo Grzona,frp presides.
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The Academy of Certified Archivists invites members to participate in a three-hour, Item-Writing Workshop being held Thursday, August 4 at the Society of American Archivists’ Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA. Participants will learn the procedures governing test development and will have the opportunity to write and review questions of their own. Questions resulting from the workshop will be reviewed by the Exam Development Committee for potential addition to the ACA item bank. The questions you create could appear on a future exam!
This year’s item-writing workshop will focus on digital preservation policy. Workshop participants are encouraged to use the following readings for reference:
Brocks, Holger, Alfred Kranstedt, Gerald Jaschke, and Matthias Hemmje. “Modeling Context for Digital Preservation.” In Smart Information and Knowledge Management, edited by Edward Szczerbicki and Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, 197-226. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2010. Knies, Jennie Levine and Robin C. Pike. “Catching Up: Creating a Digital Preservation Policy after the Fact.” Archival Practice 1.1 (2014): http://libjournal.uncg.edu/ap/article/view/870/532
Lavoie, Brian. “Thirteen Ways of Looking at … Digital Preservation.” D-Lib Magazine 10.7/8 (July/August 2004): http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july04/lavoie/07lavoie.html
The National Archives (UK), “Digital Preservation Policies: Guidance for Archives.” http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/documents/information-management/digital-preservation-policies-guidance-draft-v4.2.pdf
Sheldon, Madeline. “Analysis of Current Digital Preservation Policies: Archives, Libraries and Museums.” Library of Congress, http://blogs.loc.gov/digitalpreservation/2013/08/analysis-of-current-digital-preservation-policies-archives-libraries-and-museums/.
SAA DAS Curriculum Suggested Readings List, January 2016: http://www2.archivists.org/prof-education/das/suggested-DAS-pre-readings
Registration is limited to 10 participants. There is no cost to participate. Successful completion of the workshop is valued at five (5) archival recertification credits.
To sign up, please contact the ACA Regent for Examination Development by June 27, 2016 – Tomaro Taylor, at email@example.com.


This FMF-funded project explores current social media research and usage among other industries to identify the most effective social media techniques that have the greatest applicability to today’s floral industry businesses.
The individual chapters of the Social Media Guide are listed below. When you click on the name of each chapter, you will be taken to a landing page for that chapter. Most chapter landing pages contain a downloadable PDF document as well as relevant links to documents and videos.
Table of Contents:
|Reader’s Note: This is a comprehensive guide with several downloadable PDF documents as well as external links and video links. As your one-stop destination for all things social media, it is meant to be browsed over a long period of time. Some videos make take a few minutes to download and some are more than 30 minutes in length. Feel free to browse chapter contents at your leisure and keep in mind that several sessions may be required to complete your reading of the full guide!
- Understanding Social Media – The Big Picture
- Successful Case Studies of Social Media Implementation
- Social Media Channels, Tools, and Techniques
- Social Marketing
- Optimizing for Mobile Technologies
- Glossary of Social Media Terminology
- Recommended Sites
- Other Social Media Guides
- Dr. Charlie Hall (Holder of the Ellison Chair of International Floriculture at Texas A&M University)
- Jeff Korhan (Global Digital Marketing Speaker, Author, Syndicated Publisher, and Consultant for the green industry)
- Dr. Bridget Behe (Professor of Horticulture Marketing at Michigan State University)
- Dr. Chengyan Yue (Holder of the·Todd and Barbara Bachman Endowed Chair in Horticultural Science at the University of Minnesota)
For more information contact, Dr. Charlie Hall.


As far as we know, there has not been a comprehensive study comparing all test methods for clothes wathers, but we do have some references on the various procedures. Some of the widely referenced procedures are:
Japan - JIS 9606
US - DOE 10 CFR 430 Appendix J and J1
Canada CSA C360-03 (closely aligned with US procedure)
International (Europe) IEC 60456
Additionally, an archive of documents used in developing clothes washer standards for Thailand. These were prepared by Chris Stone, Director of US Programs and Chief Technical Advisor for Testing at CLASP. We think you may find these useful, because they give a highly summarized overview of the characteristics of each procedure, which will give you an idea of the important factors, and key differences. Also included is a presentation that offers a step-by-step walk through of the test procedure.
Please click to download at CLASPOnline WasherFinalDraft


This is one of a series of posts for readers interested in the MARC Solid Waste Management District’s grant program.
The Rehabilitation Institute of Kansas City (RIKC) received a grant from the MARC Solid Waste Management District to provide recycling services for discarded books. Although they are made mostly of paper, books can be difficult to recycle because of the adhesives used in their bindings. With District grant funds, RIKC was able to purchase a high speed book debinder. The debinder removes the glued spine from both hard and soft cover books, allowing workers to remove the recyclable pages, which are baled and sold to paper brokers.
RIKC collects unwanted books from school districts, colleges, universities and libraries. Since the start of the program, the institute has diverted more than 300 tons of books from landfill disposal. Not all collected books are recycled, however. Popular titles, rare and antique books are separated and resold online or at the RIKC Bookstore. Another benefit to the program is that participants in the sheltered workshop program develop skills in sorting various types of books and learn to use the book debinding and paper baling equipment. To learn more about the book project, please visit RIKC’s website or stop by in person at 3010 Main St. to browse the books offered for resale.


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This article focuses on linguistic autobiographies written by Italian-American students. Based on a small corpus of short linguistic biographies written in Italian linguistics courses, it aims at studying perceptions of evolving linguistic identities among Italian-American youth, with an emphasis on the second generation. The texts address changing linguistic behavior and attitudes, from childhood through adulthood, pondering exposure to Italian dialects, standard Italian, English and other languages. Despite differences among dynamically evolving individual identities, second-generation Italian-American youth tends to value non-standard varieties, particularly through the memory of their childhood dialects. They also appear to value multilingualism in the urban environment. Writing short linguistic autobiographies was considered a challenge by their authors and, despite their approximations, deliberate omissions and memory lapses, valued as a step toward greater language awareness.


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Aby M. Warburg
b 1866 in Hamburg (D) – died 1929 in Hamburg; 1886 studies at the universities in Bonn, Munich and Straßburg (F); 1891 Ph.D. in Straßburg on Botticelli; 1893-1895 archival studies in Florence (I); following Jakob Burckhardt, he came increasingly to feel the limitations of a predominantly stylistic approach to the history of art, and sought contact with the emerging Kulturwissenschaft of the anthropologists; 1900 foundation of the «Warburg-Library for Cultural Science»; 1912 appointed Professor at the newly established University of Hamburg.


Len @ Maria Bakker
|First name||Len @ Maria|
|Country of Origin||Netherlands|
|Date of Birth||Len 26/06/1928 Maria 12/07/1932|
|Year of Arrival in Australia||1952|
|Submitted by||Margaret Hunt|
Len Bakker and Maria Kuiper were both from South Holland; Len from Dezilk a small farming village and Maria from Heemstede. Both farming families. Len was the middle son of 8 siblings and Maria was the oldest of 5. Len’s family was very poor and during the war he was employed by his father to help on the farm. Len’s father became very ill and he almost starved to death during the war years. It was up to Len and 2 of his brothers to go out and find food for the family, which wasn’t easy. Maria’s family was better off than Len’s as Maria’s father painted pictures and played some musical instruments which gave the family some money, although Maria also had to go out in search of food and firewood with her father.
In 1949 Len and Maria met although Maria’s father was not so keen on Len when he first met him as Len was at that time in his life a heavy drinker and smoker something he gave up to go out with Maria, that must have pleased Maria’s parents as they married in 1952 and they emigrated out to Australia that year. Len did not like the direction in which Holland was going and he did not like the cold weather – he wanted to find a warmer place.
They sailed out to Australia on the “Johan van Oldenbarnevelt” a Dutch migrant ship. It was a nice ship, the quarters were 15 people to a room, men with men and women and children together. The food was quite good, and to relieve the boredom they played card games, had dancing nights, and they all had a guessing game of who would see land first. It took them 4 weeks to arrive in Australia, where they docked at Fremantle and they were put on a bus to Northam, where they were to stay for the next 6 weeks.
It was night time when they finally arrived at the Northam Holden Camp. Not being able to understand English was a hardship for Len and Maria. All they wanted to do was go to sleep. When they finally were taken to their rooms they did not know what the beds were, to them they looked like a wire gate on four legs, they all laughed when they worked out that these were their beds. They had never seen such a strange bed. The next 6 weeks were spent learning English and getting to know the other people. Maria did not like the large spiders and the snakes, and the flies used to drive them crazy. After 6 weeks Len and Maria set out on their own, Len found work on farms and Maria worked as a cleaner and shearer’s cook. They both really enjoyed this time of their lives as they treated it as an adventure. Maria always wrote letters to her family in Holland and Len’s family as they had no family in Australia. They travelled through Western Australia, and into South Australia where they both settled down in the mid north in a small town of Burra.
Their first daughter Marianne was born in 1954 and their second daughter Margaret was born in 1958. Len worked on a sheep station in Burra for 11 years and Maria worked at the primary school as a cleaner. In 1971 Len moved his family to Adelaide as the two girls were getting older and work in Burra was hard to find. Len found work on the roads, which he really enjoyed and Maria found work in a factory. In Len’s later years he worked at a school as groundsmen which he stayed until he retired in 1993. Maria also worked at the school as the cleaner until 1990.
Len and Maria went back to Holland on 3 occasions but Len would always go under protest as his heart was in Australia and he hated leaving it. They had many trips to Queensland and they were avid members of the Dutch Club in Adelaide. Len passed away in 1995, and Maria lived by herself for the next 15 years. She went back to Holland for the last time in 2002 and she lived in the same house the shared together until her death in June 2010. They had a wonderful life together, they never regretted immigrating to Australia they gave their 2 daughters wonderful childhoods.


Synopsis: The spine-tingling horror of Stephen King meets an eerie mystery worthy of Sara Shepard's Pretty Little Liars series in Kate Karyus Quinn's haunting debut.
On a cool autumn night, Annaliese Rose Gordon stumbled out of the woods and into a high school party. She was screaming. Drenched in blood. Then she vanished.
A year later, Annaliese is found wandering down a road hundreds of miles away. She doesn't know who she is. She doesn't know how she got there. She only knows one thing: She is not the real Annaliese Rose Gordon.
Now Annaliese is haunted by strange visions and broken memories. Memories of a reckless, desperate wish . . . a bloody razor . . . and the faces of other girls who disappeared. Piece by piece, Annaliese's fractured memories come together to reveal a violent, endless cycle that she will never escape—unless she can unlock the twisted secrets of her past.
Review: Another Little Piece by Kate Karyus Quinn is not for the faint of heart. If Pretty Little Liars has you on the edge of your seat, prepare to be gasping for breath with this one.
Kate Karyus Quinn knows how to write a horror novel. What makes horror novels, and horror movies, for the matter, scary? Here’s your answer: the unknown. And Another Little Piece is all about the unknown. When readers enter not just Annaliese’s world but her mind, they enter a mind that has no idea who it is, no idea where it was for the past year, and no idea who it was before it disappeared. Quinn’s structure also adds to the unknown. Whereas chapters usually ground a reader, Quinn fills her chapters with subchapters that jump to different time periods. This jars the reader, making him or her feel just as lost as Annaliese at times.
Forcing the reader to feel what Annaliese feels is particularly important to this novel. Authors usually pull readers into their characters by making their characters relatable. Annaliese is not a relatable character. She is certain that she is not a normal teenager girl. She believes she lives other girls’ lives for three years before she is forced to take another girl’s life in order to survive herself. Many people in the story view Annaliese as crazy, and they might be right to do so, but Quinn keeps her readers from accepting the crazy explanation and moving. She keeps us turning the pages, desperate for more information on exactly who—or what—Annaliese is. And when that information is finally revealed, albeit with not all questions answered, readers will be shocked. This is a book that readers simply cannot predict the ending to.
I do have to include a warning here, though. This book is gruesome. If you don’t want to read about a girl cutting out another girl’s heart in startling detail, then you should probably venture back into the much safer territory of contemporary YA. Although I enjoyed changing it up a bit with Another Little Piece, that’s where I’ll be headed.
Reviewed by: Stephanie


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Full-length ethnographic expositions of American society and culture by non-Western foreigners are uncommon. This dissertation is a look through Asian Indian eyes at some aspects of the American lifeway (and its implications for India). Arranged as a series of framing backdrops, the reader is taken through a discussion of the Western social paradigm, of its circumscription of mainstream ethnography, and of its ripening as the American way of life. The focus is deliberately and solely on the dark side of America as that about which almost nothing is generally known in India and, comprehensively, even in America. The opening discus sion becomes a backdrop for a commentary on competition (and its corollary of violence) as the core value of contemporary America. Then this becomes a backdrop for a description of some areas of the American natural and cultural environment, and this, in turn, serves as a backdrop for accounts of some major cultural myths, including that of equality. TheAmerican proneness to illusion is shown through portrayals of television culture and other pursuits of fantasy, of the family, of Mr. Ronald Reagan as the representative character for Americans, and through a detailed analysis of the theory of the American philosopher, G.H.Mead for the construction of the self through human interactions. Set before this is the way many Americans actually conceive of their selves, and of the significant American interaction with non-human entities (animals, machines). The final metonymic juxtapo sition through this perspective and against all these back drops is a presentation of the cultural creature known as the American.
This study also brings to the fore some dilemmas facing a non-Westerner doing fieldwork in America and then report ing on that work to an audience of native informants. It attempts to refute the prevailing prerequisite of Otherness for ethnographic consideration by demonstrating that this is culturally bound, and it attempts to extend the present lim it of discourse in the anthropology of emotions by introduc ing to it an application from the Hindu theory of aesthet ics. Finally, it draws on a Hindu narrative genre to arrange its textual presentation in a manner more represen tative of the thought-world from which the researcher has derived his authority.
The scene is a small crowded room at the Freedom House in New York City. It is the Dalai Lama’s first press conference in the United States. A voice somewhere in the back of the room asks, “Your Holiness, do you have a message for the United States?”
“Compassion,” replies His Holiness the Dalai Lama XIV, emanating a happy and powerful radiance.
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us the “universe,” a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from the rest — a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty. – Albert Einstein
Who sees the variety
and not the unity,
wanders on from death
– Katha Upanishad


The Prophecy of the Group
Raised by wolves, destined for war.
A gruff Shifter with a furry grey beard and hair, standing at around 5’ 10" and weighing 185 pounds.
Orphaned and alone, with no memory of his parents, Ash’s first memory is a peaceful one, following his adopted mother through the underbrush of the Coastal Mountains to a small meadow, filled with berry bushes. Ash was adopted by a family of wolves, a mother and her cub and she raised them both carefully, making sure that both the Razorclaw and the young wolf were fed and safe. Ash lived with his small family throughout his childhood and soon his mother started to ensure that he could watch the habits of the local hunters, to learn common tongue and the crafts that would keep Ash self-sustained.
Patiently constructing his own knife and bow, Ash began to hunt in the ways that he quietly observed the human hunters, while his adopted brother would chase prey and bring down larger wounded targets. Together the two became a proficient hunting team, journeying up and down the coastal mountains. Eventually Ash began to sell hides and furs in the trading villages and towns scattered throughout the mountains, he was careful, yet persistently personable, blundering through social conventions that he could not entirely understand, yet believing that his good-naturedness would make up for his gracelessness. The traders and hunters that he encountered took to taking the young shifter Ash, after the furry grey stubble across the hunters neck and chin.
Ash and Kafka continued to hunt and trade all through the mountains, becoming more and more infamous for the quality of goods and size of the beasts that they would hunt together. They were approached by farmers looking to get rid of bears or drakes on their land, and even took small contracts from an adventuring guild in Orifeil when looking for treasures or foes throughout the mountain passes. But despite the growing independence of the pair of hunters they always returned to the meadows in the Eastern foothills of the mountains, where their mother roamed in peace and quiet.
On one such return trip they found strange symbols drawn in blood throughout the meadow, and in the middle of the symbol a small hex-shaped bronze token. No sign of the pairs mother was to be seen except for the horrifying scene and the scent of her spilt blood. The two began searching the foothills for a corpse, or an enemy to avenge themselves upon, but they found none. As their search took the pair farther afield they learned that the hex token belonged to a specific clan of Warlocks known to roam through the mountains and the valley, and that in fact, these warlocks typically did not kill their prey, but bedeviled them and forced them under their will.
And so, Ash and Kafka ventured on, with gentle and trusting dispositions, but hardened and grieving hearts, looking for the mother that had been enslaved and yearning for the chance for revenge. Their quest took them ever further north and west, until one day they entered the city of Cotte…


A new player has entered the complex world of contemporary finance, and they are shaking up long-held ideas about money, transactions, and economic systems. The original cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, and the blockchain technology that underpins it are at the vanguard of this transformation. An in-depth look at how Bitcoin and blockchain technology have changed the financial world, “Navigating the Blockchain: Bitcoin’s Impact on Finance” reveals how this distributed ledger is changing our perception of and interactions with money.
Part 1: Where Blockchain and Bitcoin Came From
One must investigate Bitcoin’s origins and the groundbreaking technology that underpins it, blockchain, in order to comprehend the influence of Bitcoin on the financial sector. This chapter delves into the origins of Bitcoin, examining the enigmatic Satoshi Nakamoto and explaining the basic concepts of blockchain technology. The technology’s decentralized nature, consensus procedures, and cryptography’s function in transaction security will all be explained to readers.
Section 2: Blockchain Fundamentals
Bitcoin and several other cryptocurrencies rely on blockchain technology. In this chapter, the inner workings of blockchain are examined, revealing the steps taken to validate transactions, add them to the ledger, and ensure their security using cryptographic concepts. Readers will come to value the security and transparency that blockchain brings to the financial sector as they understand how this distributed and immutable ledger operates.
Bitcoin, the Third Chapter: A Digital Gold Store with a Limited Supply
Bitcoin, with its limited quantity and decentralized character, arises as a digital alternative to traditional assets like gold, which have long been considered as store of value. This chapter delves into the story of Bitcoin as “digital gold,” examining its decentralization, longevity, and role as a protection against inflation. Learn how Bitcoin stands out from the crowd and why it could be a hedge against economic uncertainty by delving into its distinctive qualities.
Part 4: How Bitcoin is Changing the Face of Conventional Banking
Conventional financial institutions face threats and opportunities from the growing popularity of Bitcoin. In this chapter, we will explore how Bitcoin’s decentralized structure poses a threat to conventional institutions. Readers will delve into the ways Bitcoin challenges conventional banking models and promotes financial inclusion by giving those without or with limited access to traditional banking services a chance to participate, covering topics such as disintermediation and the possible transformation of the remittance business.
Chapter 5: Opening Doors to the Crypto World: Cryptocurrency Exchanges
To find your way around the blockchain, you need to be familiar with the exchanges, which are the entry points to the bitcoin world. This chapter delves into the history of cryptocurrency exchanges, how they work to facilitate Bitcoin transactions, and the advantages and disadvantages of these platforms. Readers will acquire knowledge about the inner workings of various platforms, both central and decentralised, and how they affect the accessibility and liquidity of Bitcoin.
The Uncertainty of the Regulatory Landscape (Chapter 6)
As Bitcoin continues to gain popularity, authorities worldwide are faced with the difficult task of developing regulations that can effectively combine innovation with the need to safeguard investors. From nations that are enthusiastic about and actively using cryptocurrency to those that are skeptical and have implemented stringent laws, this chapter looks at the changing regulatory landscape. In this article, readers will learn about the possibilities and threats that Bitcoin faces in the intricate global financial system from a legal perspective.
Section 7: Bitcoin and the Development of Modern Payment Methods
Beyond its use as a store of money, Bitcoin has far-reaching implications in the payment system. In this chapter, we trace the history of money from its origins in conventional fiat currency to its eventual digital replacement, Bitcoin. Learn about the pros and cons of Bitcoin transactions, the latest innovations in digital currencies issued by central banks (CBDCs), and payment methods in general.
Section 8: Decentralized Finance (DeFi) and Smart Contracts
Bitcoin’s influence on the financial sector is far-reaching, touching not just the domain of digital currency but also that of smart contracts and decentralized financing (DeFi). In this chapter, we will explore the ways in which blockchain technology facilitates decentralized financial applications and programmable contracts. As a result of this article, readers will have a better understanding of how DeFi may eliminate middlemen from financial transactions and so transform borrowing, lending, and trading.
Section 9: Bitcoin and the Spread to Institutions
Institutional investors are flooding into the Bitcoin market as it develops. In this chapter, we’ll look at how Bitcoin is becoming more widely used by institutions, from large companies including Coinbase and Square to new investment products like Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). The credibility of Bitcoin and its incorporation into conventional financial portfolios are affected by institutional involvement, which readers will learn about.
Section 10: Bitcoin’s Unknown Future Vedic Paths
Exploring new territory and possible routes is an integral part of learning the blockchain. Taking into account aspects like scalability, technical progress, and social acceptability, this chapter makes predictions about the future of blockchain technology and Bitcoin. The potential for Bitcoin to become a widely used currency, the use of blockchain technology in different sectors, and the far-reaching effects on the future of money are all things that readers will think about.
The article “Navigating the Blockchain: Bitcoin’s Impact on Finance” gives evidence of how blockchain technology and Bitcoin can revolutionize the financial sector. Given the ongoing decentralized revolution, readers who have read this extensive examination will be more ready to deal with the ever-changing world of cryptocurrencies, blockchain applications, and the significant developments that will impact global finance in the future. Bitcoin is having an effect on the world of finance now, but it is also inspiring people to think about what the future holds.


Food for FinesThe Saugus Public Library is again hosting our Food for Fines Program. Patrons may bring in non-perishable food items that are equal to the amount of their fines.
All food collected will be donated to the Saugus Food Bank. Donations will be acceped Nov. 1 thru Dec. 31.
Holiday Giving TreePlease consider donating an item of warm clothing to local families in need. There is a donation box near the tree on the first floor where you can leave hats, scarves, gloves and mittens for adults and children.
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Meet Our New Children's LibrarianAlthough we were sad to say goodbye to Bethany, we extend a warm welcome to Martha Morgan, our new children's librarian. If you haven't already met her, stop by the Children's Room to say hello!
Celebrate the New Year at Noon!Come celebrate the New Year on Tue, December 31, 11:30am – 12:30pm. For all ages! Music, fun and sparkling cider!
Check the calendar to find out about more activities in the Children's Department this month.
Resume AssistanceAre you looking for a job? If you would like some help in making your resume look more attractive to potential employees, draft a cover letter or just want someone to proofread your resume and cover letter, you can schedule an hour with a staff member at the Saugus Public Library on Monday or Tuesday evenings, 4-7 to help you.
Call the Reference Department at 781-231-4168 ext. 16 to schedule a time. Please bring your resume with you at the time of your appointment. We look forward to assisting you in your job search!
New Friends of the Saugus Public LibraryThe New Friends of the Saugus Public Library meet the first Wednesday of every month, September through June. Please join the New Friends to share your ideas for the library.
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This is the third story involving the characters of Major Sam Call (retired), and David Lytle, former military and private investigator. Set in Highlands, North Carolina, Honor For Sale, is a story of the peaceful life of a small, resort town in the Smokey Mountains, the sometimes-cutthroat Real Estate business, and lastly the power of money and its effects on even the most honorable.
Set in the year 2000, Sam Call is shocked when his daughter is found murdered along with her much older live-in boy friend, of whom Sam does not approve. The nature of the crime, and the unaccounted for behavior of the murdered man, leads the local police to determine the murders were drug related. Sam and Mary are devastated by the death of their daughter, but unbelieving of the police chief’s findings in the case. Calling on his old friend and business partner, Sam sets out to find the truth. What he finds is that money, sex, and loneliness can take even an honorable person to places they would have never dreamed possible of going.
The story Honor For Sale explores Highlands North Carolina. It provides an intimate view of real people and the real life goings on of a resort town, including the infighting and struggle between those trying to keep it a ‘small town’ and those who want to make it the “Aspen of the East.’ This story again explores the true and powerful relationship between Sam and his wife. The many years together have not dimmed the passion or the banter between these two lovers. What is new is the heartbreak and vengeance brought on by this murder tragedy. Honor For Sale brings together the military team from Tenth Man and Very Public Data , to investigate, discover and extract an accounting of the crimes committed upon Sam’s family. The military team shows its loyalty and life-long commitment to each other, and how the bond of honor among soldiers and their families transcends time, position, and status. Honor For Sale shows not only the sinister side of life that has become all too common, but also the joys of life as developed through comradely, love, and respect as given by people of character and honor.


Book a Room:
The Sligo Education Centre has a number of rooms for training purposes and for meetings .
All rooms are equipped with Digital Projection and Internet Access.
Interactive whiteboards are available in our Lecture room and ICT Suite.
Tea , coffee and lunches can be provided for those attending seminars or meetings by prior arrangement.
For further details on availability please firstname.lastname@example.org
The library holds a substantial collection of books of use to teachers either for research or for practical help in the classroom.
A full list of the books is available on request.
The Centre intends to continue to develop this resource and is willing to take suggestions for books and journals that teachers can recommend from personal experience.
A wide range of software is available for teachers .
Photocopying, laminating and binding are available. Costs of these are available from the office.
Attached please find a list of teachers who have submitted their CV's to the Sligo Education Centre for inclusion on our substitute list for the benefit of schools in the Sligo region.
Sligo Education Centre is not responsible for the accuracy of the CV's.
Substitute Teachers Lists


The year is 1868 and Tommy is a volunteer recruit for the Union army in the waning days of a re-imagined Civil War. The Confederacy, armed with a powerful new invention dubbed the Water Engine, has won at Antietam and Gettysburg and pushed the Union back. Washington is surrounded and Baltimore is under siege. Should the great port city fall, all hope for Washington to remain in Union hands will be gone. While Tommy and his friends fight and die in the trenches around the beleaguered city, the Union and Confederacy meet to talk of possible peace.
This is not a story about glory and heroism on the battlefield, but of a simpler glory, the glory won through the bond between friends and staying alive for another hour.
Length: Novella – 28,833 words.
Listed below are the subsequent chapter posts for 36 Hours.


Introduction to Day Four
By Michael Meere
Day Four begins quite comically. Parlamente and Hircan are running a bit late to join the assembly because they have been lazy in bed, fulfilling their marital duties. At the end of the day, the storytellers stay up late debating happily yet intensely about the nature of marriage and the roles of wives and husbands. This framing of Day Four sums up the kinds of stories that the storytellers will tell and the discussions that they will have. Despite the humorous opening to Day Four, however, many of the stories broach rather morose and troubling topics, including adultery, incest, domestic abuse, abduction, and murder.
One of the most striking images comes in Story 32, when we watch—through the eyes of the French visitor Bernage—a mysterious German lady with a shorn head drink from the skull of her murdered lover. The lady’s shaved head recalls the previous story in which a Franciscan friar abducts his master’s wife and forces her to cut off her hair. Other vivid tableaus appear throughout the day, such as the burning at the stake in Story 33 of an incestuous priest and his pregnant sister in the village of Cherves. Marguerite’s father, Count Charles of Angoulême, discovers their crime, as he listens judiciously to the sister’s words as she takes communion. We also encounter a lady from Pamplona in Story 35 who falls for her Franciscan friar but who is then beaten by her husband disguised as the friar himself. And we would be remiss not to mention the affair between a servant and the young wife of an elderly president of the Grenoble Parlement in Story 36. To save face, the clever husband does not kill the lover or expose his wife’s adultery, but he does eventually poison his wife with herbs from their garden—without ever being a murder suspect!
Some stories, however, do have happier endings than the ones described so far. In spite of their tribulations, several protagonists reflect “the virtue and long-suffering of ladies in the winning over of their husbands,” such as Madame de Loué (Story 37) and the woman from Tours (Story 38). We also hear the amusing Story 39 about a ghost who is terrorizing the Seigneur de Grignol’s household and who turns out to be a servant who has been disturbing the household in order to have a love affair in peace with another servant. Story 34, though, is certainly the most farcical, and it provides some much-needed comic relief for the storytellers (and us!). In a village named Gript, a couple of Franciscan friars eavesdrop on their host, who is also a butcher, only for the plump friar to end up in a pigsty the next morning, thinking he’s about to be slaughtered.
The final story of Day Four is a continuation of Parlamente’s tale from the previous day (Story 21), providing the backstory of the castle in which Rolandine was kept. Story 40 sets up both a thematic and a symmetrical connection between the two days, highlighting the Heptameron’s complex narrative structure and, along with many of the stories in Day Four, raising questions about the legality of marriage, women’s agency in choosing a husband, and the patriarchal structures at play in determining a woman’s happiness and personal fulfilment.
As usual, the storytellers discuss the meaning of each story, yet they rarely agree on how to interpret them. Even the silly story of the two friars leads to a serious, philosophical argument on the nature of laughter, faith, reason, and the passions (emotions). In general, though, questions about fidelity, adultery, and marital obligations dominate the discussions, while other important themes such as hypocrisy and superstition also emerge.
In the end, as we ourselves eavesdrop on the storytellers, not only are we invited to listen carefully—unlike the two ridiculous friars in Gript—but we are also encouraged to imitate (if we can) the good judgment of Marguerite’s father during his visit to Cherves. May we all be so wise as we continue to read, enjoy, and reflect on these stories!