As I moved over to the hcommons.social server a bit of an #introduction. I am a cultural and media theorist working across the fields of (book) publishing and digital culture. My research explores the future of scholarly communications and experimental forms of knowledge production, incorporating processual and performative publishing, #radicalOA, scholarly poethics, media studies, book history, cultural studies, and critical theory. I am an Associate Professor at The Centre for Postdigital Cultures at Coventry University where I currently oversee the post-publishing research theme and co-lead on the COPIM project (Community-Led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs). I also support various publishing projects & collectives, including the Radical Open Access Collective, Open Humanities Press, the Open Book Collective, and Post Office Press. I also published an openly available monograph, Living Books. Experiments in the Posthumanities (MIT Press 2021) https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262046022/living-books/
Not being on anymore meant I missed the SHARP 2023 CfP "Affordances and Interfaces
Textual Interactions Past, Present and Future" which looks 100% right up my alley.
For others who may have also missed it 👇🏽
Implementing a Workflow for Combinatorial Books | Community-led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM) https://ift.tt/h8iSJdl
Reading 'The Paradox of Open' ...
... Now, this is exactly why I believe the work happening in COPIM to make the Open Book Collective (OBC) become reality is so important:
Not only does the OBC focus on making academic books available in an open way, it seeks to establish alternative support mechanisms for publishing #OAbooks differently, via community-owned and values-led socio-technical infrastructures.
See the intro post to the OBC's organisational model, which has been collaboratively penned by Eileen Joy, @openreflections and Team COPIM at:
Joy & Adema (2022). Open Book Collective: A Model for Open Community-led Governance. Community-Led Open Publication Infrastructures for Monographs (COPIM). https://doi.org/10.21428/785a6451.d1a7e0dd
Reading 'The Paradox of Open' ...
Reading Paul Keller's and @tarkowski 's 'The Paradox oft Open' - and am really grateful for their clear and succinct analysis:
"It is slowly time to admit that a multitude of small victories is not enough in face of the monopolistic power. [...]"
"We should expect these ecosystems [OA, OER, open data] to soon fall within the domain of platform logic. It is slowly becoming time to admit that a multitude of small victories is not enough in the face of the monopolistic power wielded by today’s platforms. The only sensible action is to invest in alternatives to these platforms – ones that respect openness and other democratic values." 👏
Hey Skeuomorph Press has a site https://skeuomorph.ischool.illinois.edu/ & I wrote about choosing our name https://skeuomorph.ischool.illinois.edu/2022/11/15/hello-world/
"[thinking] across time periods…helps us avoid a dangerous presentism, of limiting our imagination so that what exists seems to be the only thing that could exist"
It's out! All kudos to the many wonderful authors, only one of whose handles I know on Mastodon. And to coeditor extraordinaire Tony Alves, and editorial wünderkind Sarah Kearns at Commonplace. @roopikarisam
#introduction Hello hcommons.social! We're the Public Philosophy Journal, an open access, digital-only journal that offers an open forum for the curation and creation of accessible scholarship that deepens understanding of, deliberation about, and action concerning issues of public relevance.
We're passionate about open scholarship, working with communities, and fostering more sustainable and equitable scholarly publishing practices, especially around peer review. We're over at Michigan State University with @hcommons.social and @cplong.
All of our articles are open access and can be found on our website publicphilosophyjournal.org. We have some exciting stuff coming out in the near future.
Looking forward to the conversations we'll have with all of you here in the federated space. 👋
Cory Doctorow about the attack on US public libraries and librarians by ‘a small but vocal minority of people who’ve been hoaxed by deep-pocketed right-wing media barons, who have propagated a lie that libraries are full of “groomers” who expose children to “inappropriate” materials as part of a program of sexual abuse’:
Following our migration to Mastodon, it's time for a small #introduction:
Melusina Press is a Diamond #OpenAccess publisher at the University of Luxembourg. We mainly focus on open-access book publishing, but have issued #executablePaper, #dataPaper and #videoEssay in the past as well. Publications are normally available online, as #TEI XML, EPub, PDF and Print.
Proud: We at Utrecht University (Library) are making a structural financial contribution to essential open infrastructures supportive to #openaccess.
Directory of Open Access Books; Directory of Open Access Journals; ORCID; OAPEN Library; Public Knowledge Project; Openjournals.nl; DSpace, Arxiv, PsyArxiv and MediArXiv.
PhD opportunity (fully-funded) with myself, Dr Daniel Anderson, and Prof Patricia Phillippy: Experimental Book Formats Before the Printing Press: https://www.coventry.ac.uk/research/research-opportunities/research-students/research-studentships/experimental-book-formats-before-the-printing-press/ Application deadline: 15 February 2023
Announcing the CFP for the 2023 ELO Conference in Coimbra, Portugal!
(JAN 20; JULY 12-15, 2023)
Please, help circulate!
It occurs to me that I haven't done a proper #introduction on this new instance! My formal job title is Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at Michigan State University, but alongside that I also direct #MeshResearch, a lab focused on building open-source interoperable tools for new forms of scholarly communication. I'm also director of #HumanitiesCommons, a scholarly network serving something like 50,000 users across the humanities and around the world.* And of course I'm one of your friendly neighborhood hcommons.social admins.
My #research interests circulate around the future of #scholarlyCommunication, as one component of thinking about how #universities might become more #open, more #generous spaces for cultural and intellectual work. Of late, that interest has led me to thinking a lot about #leadership and #governance, and particularly ways that they can be more #collective and #collaborative.
#introductions I'm an #opensource developer currently working on the COPIM project (https://www.copim.ac.uk/) to enable #openaccess book publishing and experimental publishing. I'm also a #culturalstudies writer and #film critic: I've covered a range of film festivals and reviewed films for @TAKEONECinema and on podcasts. I've written academic work on #videogames like #OuterWilds and #KentuckyRouteZero, on #television like #TwinPeaks and #Yellowjackets, and on #memes.
Join us @CWTS this Friday at 15h CET for Laura Rovelli’s online talk on participatory, diverse and inclusive #ResearchAssessment reforms in Latin America and the Caribbean. Laura is Coordinator of the Latin American Forum for Research Assessment (FOLEC), Latin American Council of Social Sciences (CLACSO), Member of DORA’s executive board and researcher at CONICET, Argentina https://www.cwts.nl/seminars/announcements?article=n-s2w294
Heart full after reading @kanarinka 's forthcoming book on feminicide activists and counterdata science. I left my comments and you can leave yours too because it is open for community review on pubpub until Dec 22. https://mitpressonpubpub.mitpress.mit.edu/counting-feminicide
On November 17 (16.00-17.30h) the Research on Research Institute #RoRI organizes its next 'culture shift' seminar. In her talk Christen A. Smith will explore "the revolutionary possibilities and the political stakes of citation as a radical Black feminist praxis" and will consider how "we can redress inequality through a radical engagement with citation as not only intellectual practice but also as political intervention." Register now! https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cite-black-women-a-critical-praxis-the-cite-black-women-collective-tickets-432438052857
Associate Professor Digital Media ~ books, open access, critical theory, experimental publishing. She/her
hcommons.social is a microblogging network supporting scholars and practitioners across the humanities and around the world.


Scarcity and abundance (book)
From the book by Andrey Sokolov "Scarcity and abundance".
The purpose of the scarcity and abundance methodology is not to indicate specific steps and actions to reduce scarcity and achieve abundance. It is impossible to catch a fish that will suit everyone. Everyone loves a special fish. Scarcity and abundance is a fishing rod that anyone can use to fish their own fish. Of course, if you put in some effort.
But after all, a prescription written by a doctor does not lead to recovery. The recipe is the same rod. And in order to catch a fish called health, you need to go to the pharmacy, buy a medicine and take it as the doctor prescribed.
The reader can use this book to catch his goldfish. But you will need to do it yourself.
Scarcity and abundance
Control your destiny!
Personal chart of scarcity and abundance
Interference. Deficit elimination.


The Lipa Apparition
It was in 1948, in a small Carmelite convent at Lipa, Batangas that the Blessed Virgin came to manifest her presence to her Filipino children through a young postulant Sister Teresita Castillo and she had some very important things to tell them. These heavenly appearances were authenticated with overwhelming and amazing miracles of conversion and physical cures, of visions and humanly unexplainable showers of rose petals inside and outside the Carmelite convent which according to Dr. Villanueva lasted seven months.
Early on, both Bishop Alfredo Verzosa and his auxiliary bishop Alfredo Ma. Obviar were favorable to the apparitions. However, in 1951, the Philippine Hierarchy issued a negative judgment officially declaring the absence of supernatural intervention in the reported extraordinary happenings including the showers of petals at Carmel, Lipa.
The apparitions, which were once at the center of attention of the nation, were all but forgotten. The image of Our Lady Mediatrix of All Grace, which earlier had received the prayers of the faithful at Lipa was ordered withdrawn from public veneration.
Soon the messages of Our Lady of Lipa eclipsed into oblivion. An entire generation of Filipinos has grown up unaware of the events of 1948 at Lipa, ignorant of the role of Mary as Mediatrix of All Grace, therefore failing to benefit from the tremendous graces to be secured by recourse to the Blessed Mother under the title by which She identified Herself.
Monsignor Mariano Gaviola who had been installed as Archbishop of Lipa in 1981 studied the case of the apparitions and in July 16, 1992 granted permission to expose once again the image of the Mediatrix of All Grace for public veneration. Then in February 1993, he publicly declared his personal conviction that the events at Lipa are worthy of belief thus paving the road wide open to a complete rehabilitation of Our Lady's apparitions at Lipa.
To derive grace from the apparitions of the Mediatrix it now becomes incumbent upon us to pay close attention to what the Blessed Mother had imparted to us at Lipa.
During those extraordinary days, Our Lady singled out a new saint-St. Louis Grignion de Montfort, who was canonized by Pope Pius XII in 1947, just a year before the apparition. She made reference to the Marian spirituality that this saint taught in his writings and asked that the nuns to consecrate themselves to Her in this manner.
From the brief account of the apparition written by Mother Mary Cecilia of Jesus, OCD the Mother Superior of Carmel, Lipa in the late 1940s we quote:
"One day the Apparition asked from the Community an individual consecration of its members to herself according to the spirit of St. Grignion de Montfort".
Indeed it can be said that mother knows best. As it is with a mother of a family, so is it with the Blessed Mother and all Her children in the world. In this case it is our very own Mother in heaven pointing out to us a blueprint for Christian living truly effective in serving the cause of Jesus and Mary and leading us safely to our last end. Her singling out of St. Louis de Montfort so shortly after his canonization shows Her desire for us to have this saint as our model and spiritual guide during these critical times for the Church and for the world.


Virtuoso Virtuell - 7.33 min – 2013 (Germany)
Abstract ink drawings seem to come out of nowhere. Following a secret choreography, they take on characteristics and moods of the music and narrate a story that appears to be laid out in the music. The interplay of timid encounters and dynamic pursuits, the agile
lightness and confrontation, awakens a multitude of associations e.g.
of birds, plants or the under-water world, which in turn stimulates
many different emotional impressions.
Thomas Stellmach and Maja Oschmann Bios
Thomas Stellmach (*1965 in Straubing, Germany) is animation director, producer, author and animator. Amongst many international awards for his independent productions, he received in 1997 the Academy award (Oscar®) for the stop-motion film QUEST. He studied animation at the Kassel Academy of Arts.
Maja Oschmann (*1975 in Kassel, Germany) is an artist and drawer. She studied at the Kassel Academy of Arts, was awarded the Otto-Braun scholarship, and sold her works at the Artothek Art Collection Kassel. She has focused her analysis on the relationship between drawing and music, founded a private school of drawing and gives lessons at the Academy. VIRTUOS VIRTUELL is her first film.


Here are some great things to do around Louisville this weekend
Whiskey in a Teacup Tour
The Kentucky Center
Reese Witherspoon will share personal stories about what growing up in the South taught her about life, love, and work, and fans will learn how she entertains, decorates her home, and makes holidays special for her family.
Moderator: Sheryl Crow
Friday & Saturday
OPEN Community Arts
The goal of Citrus Fest is to unite and empower the artists, visionaries, and musicians in Louisville to work together to create a city that fosters unending growth and compassion for each other’s craft. This event will include artwork for sale, food-trucks from local vendors, and live music from Louisville’s finest.
9:30 am – 12 pm
Floyd County Library
180 West Spring St.
All ages are welcome to attend this family-friendly event. Book-inspired costumes encouraged!
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom bean bag toss
The Cat in the Hat paper plate masks
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory scented slime making
A Wrinkle in Time sundial craft
Strawberry Girl strawberry DNA extraction activity
Frankenstein “spooky” green punch
Rainbow Blossom Farmers Market Celebration
12 pm – 4 pm
Rainbow Blossom St. Matthews
3738 Lexington Rd.
Featured vendors include local farmers and food artisans who bring the best in just-picked produce, pastured meats, fresh eggs, baked goods, preserves and ready-to-eat items. In addition to the regular weekly vendors, the Farmer’s Market Celebration will include food trucks, artisans, education, and live music.
FREE & open to the public


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The John Rylands Research Institute and Library is a very special place indeed. Founded through philanthropy over 120 years ago, the Rylands holds some of the most extraordinary rare books, manuscripts and archives in the world.
Home to collections spanning 4,500 years, the Rylands offers unique insights into diverse cultures, communities and religions across the globe. It’s a place where world-leading researchers, curators and library specialists collaborate to explore the human experience over five millennia and up to the present day.
But many of the collections are poorly documented and unknown to researchers. Many items are extremely fragile. They need urgent attention to digitize, catalogue and study them, and specialist treatment by expert conservators. This will ensure their long-term use by researchers and the wider public.
By supporting the Rylands, you’ll ensure that these incredible collections are preserved and made accessible to all. You’ll help to reveal their enormous cultural significance and safeguard them for generations to come. And you’ll give the brightest minds the tools they need to make incredible discoveries and to confront some of the world’s most compelling issues.
With so many secrets just waiting to be uncovered, who knows what they might find?


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Cardiac Surgery in the Adult by Lawrence H. Cohn (2007)http://cardiacsurgery.ctsnetbooks.org/
Operative Cardiac Surgery (Medicine) by Timothy Gardner and Thomas Spray ( 2004)
Operative Thoracic Surgery by Larry Kaiser and Glyn Jamieson (2006)
Cardiothoracic Surgery (Oxford Surgery Handbooks)
Key Topics in Cardiac Surgery (The Key Topics Series) by Sunil K. Ohri, Larry Stephenson, and
Augustine T.M. Tang (2004)
Key Topics in Thoracic Surgery
"The Evidence for Cardiothoracic Surgery"
"Current Therapy in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery" 2004
"Cardiac Surgery Secrets"
"Cardiac Surgery" Kirklin/Barratt-Boyes - Third edition


Love is blind, they say; sex is impervious to reason and mocks the power of all...– Ayn Rand
I don’t want to start thinking again. Not like I have this last week. I can’t...– Stephen Chbosky
Dear Fellow Readers
I know that it has taken me a long time to finish my books. I have been super busy recently and I hope that I will finish this week. I lost my copy of The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest, which is why I started Uncle Tom’s Cabin at the same time.
Libraries make me horny.
I’m in love with you, and I’m not in the business of denying myself the simple...– The Fault in Our Stars, John Green
Of course, in a novel, people’s hearts break, and they die and that is the...– Uncle Tom’s Cabin Harriet Beecher Stowe
Why date a bookworm?
If you ever have the opportunity to date a bookworm, do it! Book lovers who appreciate true literature are definitely a keeper as they display excellent and unique qualities which can provide for a happy and healthy relationship. Getting them gifts is easy. For any holiday, grab them a new book from their favorite author or other recommended books from the types of books he or she reads. They...
I walk around the school hallways and look at the people. I look at the teachers...– Stephen Chbosky The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Perhaps love cannot live anywhere but books.– William Faulkner
Is it not meant to be a coincidence that The Fault...
You know, with the significance it has in Looking for Alaska?
To love. To be loved. To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used...– Arundhati Roy
Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of...– Stephen King
I wasn’t actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.– F. Scott Fitzgerald
Anonymous asked: You haven't read many books on the 100 Books list, have you?
Part of me is made of glass, and also, I love you.– The History of Love Nicole Krauss
The Best of the Book Lists
randomhouse: One of our favorite things about the holiday season is the recap of the year in books! Publications, websites, and readers everywhere begin pulling together what they think is the cream of the crop — the best books of the year. Take a look below through some of the lists we’ve pulled together, and keep an eye here for additions to the list as we approach the end of this stellar...
There are no innocents. There are, however, different degrees of responsibility.– Stieg Larsson, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo


Moving Books to Change Your Life
If you’re looking for a new point of view on life, there are a few moving books read. One of the most popular is The Benefits of Positive Considering, written by Navy Seal Admiral William McRaven. The publication is a self-help information that helps you focus on good side of the books for teachers life. It emphasizes the importance of self-care and sets the stage to be successful throughout the remaining portion of the day.
A second popular book is Think and Grow Abundant by Napoleon Hill, that was published in 1937. By using historical figures to provide a message that is deemed the “Grandfather of Motivational Materials. ” Hill is known as a well-known instructor throughout the world, fantastic stories of great minds happen to be credited with inspiring a large number of.
The Alchemist is another basic book to boost your browsing list. This guide is very philosophical and has an enchanting design. It features hand-drawn pictures and simple however profound phrases. Its main message is to be passionate about what you are and where you want to look. The publication will make you with a perception of honor and ask yourself and drive to explore the destiny.
The benefits of reading educational books can adjust your life. Not only will you are more positive and assured, but you will in addition feel not as much isolated. Studying books on a regular basis can decrease the stress that you may feel because of your circumstances. Additionally, it helps you appreciate your feelings and emotions better. For example , if you are concerned with making a large mistake, studying inspirational books will make you’re certain that faults are unavoidable and are component to life.


Watch City Slickers II: The Legend of Curlys Gold Movie Online
Published 07 31, 2015
Year : 1994
Release date : 10 June 1994
Director : Paul Weiland,
Writers: Lowell Ganz, Babaloo Mandel, Billy Crystal,
Stars: Billy Crystal, Daniel Stern, Jon Lovitz, Jack Palance, Patricia Wettig,
Time: 116 min.
Keywords: Watch City Slickers II: The Legend of Curlys Gold Movie Online
City Slickers II: The Legend of Curly's Gold is a 1994 comedy film directed by Paul Weiland. It is the sequel to City Slickers (1991) and stars Billy Crystal, Jack Palance, Jon Lovitz and Daniel Stern.Although a mild financial success, the film did not reach the popularity of the first, receiving a generally negative response (a 19% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes). It was nominated for a Razzie Award for Worst Remake or Sequel.A year after the events of the first film, Mitch Robbins (Billy Crystal) is a much happier and livelier man, having moved out of the city and become station manager at the New York radio station where he works, where he has employed his best friend, Phil Berquist (Daniel Stern). However, he is being plagued with nightmares about his deceased friend, Curly, and comes to believe that he may still be alive. On his 40th birthday, Mitch sees a man resembling Curly on the train, which does nothing to placate his worries, and later finds a treasure map belonging to Lincoln Washburn hidden in Curly's old hat, albeit with a missing corner. Mitch and Phil investigate the contents of the map in the public library and learn that Lincoln Washburn, Curly's father, was a train robber in the Old West and in 1908 infamously stole and hid one million dollars in the deserts near Las Vegas. With an impending trip to Las Vegas for a convention, Mitch decides to venture out to find the gold (which would now be worth twenty million) along with Phil and his estranged younger brother, Glen (Jon Lovitz).


A Dose of Sanity: Mind, Medicine, and Misdiagnosis
Neuropsychiatrist Dr. Sydney Walker once again draws on his decades of experience to shine light on psychiatry’s over-reliance on psychiatric labels in this book. He explains how psychiatrists and mental health professionals have become accustomed to running down a list of symptoms and throwing a label on their patients. Instead, mental health professionals need to do further investigation to find if there are any underlying medical issues causing these symptoms, whether it’s hyperactivity, memory loss or depression. As a result of this over-reliance on psychiatric drugs, studies show that the rate of misdiagnosis is more than 4 in 10.
Beneath these symptoms that are all-too-quickly categorized as psychiatric disorders, are often medical conditions such as poor nutrition, Lyme disease, allergies or hypothyroidism. In A Dose of Sanity: Mind, Medicine, and Misdiagnosis, Dr. Walker teaches readers to take a step back and evaluate symptoms on a deeper, biological level to start understanding what they really mean. Dr. Walker believes that psychiatry is moving towards the hypothetical realm with the manner in which it diagnoses patients, and he offers an approach in this book that goes beyond this.
One of the useful tools included in A Dose of Sanity is the 24-hour profile that mental health consumers can use to track emotional and physical changes throughout the day to give their psychiatrist a more accurate picture of how they are feeling, and the patterns and causes surrounding their symptoms. For all mental health consumers, whether you are experiencing symptoms yourself and/or have been labelled, or if you have a loved one that has told you they have been labeled hyperactive, depression, dementia, etc., this book is a must-read.
About the Author
Sydney Walker III, M.D., is a board-certified neuropsychiatrist, Director of the Southern California Neuropsychiatric Institute, and founder of Behavioral Neurology International. His other books include Help for the Hyperactive Child, Psychiatric Signs and Symptoms Due to Medical Problems, and The Hyperactivity Hoax: How to Stop Drugging Your Child and Find Real Medical Help.
Charles B. Inlander – President, People’s Medical Society:
“Bravo to Dr. Sydney Walker. He has written a masterful book for current and prospective mental health consumers. Before filling a prescription for Prozac or Ritalin, make sure you get A Dose of Sanity.”


Continue reading “Spend Some Time at Dadeland Mall This Summer!”
Tag: Miami moms
Calling all mini book lovers! Mommies, join me for I Love You Stinky Face Storytime at Aventura Mall
…I’m taking a little break here from the fitness related topics because we all know that our mental health is just as important as our physical health — and reading is exercise for the brain. While there are tons of health benefits to reading, I read because I actually enjoy learning about new topics, or escaping to magical places I can only imagine in my brain. Once I became a mother, it was only natural for me to share my love for reading with my own girls.
They say children are made readers on the laps of their parents and I couldn’t agree more. I read stories aloud to my girls since they were infants and now they’ve each developed their own love for reading and books. Some of my most cherished memories are from the time they would snuggle up on my lap for stortytime and also, from when they were just learning to read. Oh how I miss these days but I’m also a proud mom for the exceptional readers they’ve become.
I like to say I’m raising bookworms. They get excited over new books, library trips and their own quiet reading time. The key is to make reading fun for them!
Miami-based mommies with little ones, this Valentine’s Day, Aventura Mall, in partnership with Miami-Dade Family Learning Partnership, is presenting I Love You Stinky Face Storytime, where award-winning author Lisa McCourt will be visiting to present her children’s book “I Love You, Stinky Face”. At the reading, children will get to make their own photo frame, enjoy treats by Shake Shack and Peppermint Park and will receive a special autographed copy of the book. The fun starts at 10 a.m. on the Upper Level of the New Wing, by Zara. I hope to see some of you there!
And mommies, I hope you too cultivate reading habits in your kids from an early start and open up their imaginations to a wild world of fiction. I hope you too get to experience the joy of hearing “just one more chapter”. These girls of mine have even gotten in trouble for reading past their bedtime and I (secretly) love that!


Presidential Instruction (PI) No. 10 2011, regarding the “Suspension of Granting New Licenses and Improvement of Natural Primary Forest and Peatland Governance”, was enacted in May 2011. Maps indicating the extent of the so-called “Moratorium” were published at that time, with agreement to be revised and updated every six months. On 9 December 2011, the first revision of the Indicative Map was published by the Ministry of Forestry, along with a new ministerial decree (SK 7416/Menhut-II/IPSDH/2011). In this report, Daemeter (a) outlines a preliminary set of observations pertaining to the revised maps and decree, and (b) highlights a broad suite of recommended actions to augment the Moratorium for purposes of helping Indonesia achieve its national emission reduction targets.
The report is featured in a mongabay article.


This edition, “The Baroque Musician’s Book of Grounds,” is a vastly amended, corrected, and expanded version of the previous PDF edition entitled, “The Continuo Players Book of Grounds.” Admittedly, there were some errors in the last PDF edition that I have corrected for this book. I have substantially expanded the content, and this publication is a completely transformed work.
It is the sincerest hope that all musicians may find this work to be useful and enjoyable. It may serve as an excellent resource for students, enthusiasts, seasoned professionals of Renaissance & Baroque music, as well as players of modern instruments alike.
This book is a reference & performance edition from which a soloist, duo, trio, or ensemble can take any ground bass to create marvelous improvisations. “Hey! I’ve never heard or seen this ground before, let’s try it!” This book is all about; expanding one’s musical vocabulary, the prospect of new possibilities, and the continued practice and reinforcement of old knowledge.
81/2" X 11"
Semigloss Heavy Card Stock Cover & Back


Israel Internet Association believes it is pivotal that organizations, researchers, and individuals could learn about the unique qualities of the Israeli internet and its users. This kind of knowledge may drive technological, social, and public growth. Thus, ISOC-IL develops and maintains a database of all articles and quantitative studies conducted on the Israeli internet along with references to available source materials. We are striving to make this database an accessible and intuitive learning and research tool for everyone. We invite the public to use the database and send us any materials that can help improve and expand it.
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Ashes to Ashes is a film by Taylor Rees and Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker.
This film tells the story of avid Star Wars fan and master leatherwork artist, Winfred Rembert, who survived an attempted lynching in 1967. The film also brings to light the extraordinary friendship between Winfred and Dr. Shirley, while she is on a mission to memorialize the forgotten 4,000 African Americans lynched during the Jim Crow era through a special home-going ceremony.
To contact Shirley or Winfred, please email email@example.com
Winfred Rembert grew up in rural Georgia. Raised by his great-aunt, Rembert worked with her in the cotton fields during much of his childhood. As a teenager he got involved in the 1960s civil-rights movement. Jailed for fleeing for his life in a stolen car, nearly lynched and then cut down to serve as an example to others, Rembert was sentenced to 27 years in the Georgia Penal System. Despite the cruel prison circumstances, Rembert wrote letters to his would-be wife Patsy as well as to congressmen, with the hope of gaining early release. He also learned the craft of hand-tooling leather from a fellow-prisoner. After seven years, most of which was spent on chain gangs, Rembert was released from prison, but it wasn’t until 1997, at the age of 51, that he began to work more seriously with leather as his artistic medium, creating tooled and dyed canvases that tell the stories of his life. His paintings have been exhibited at galleries across the country. Rembert is the recipient of a 2017 USA Artists Fellowship, and in 2015 was an honoree of Bryan Stevenson’s Equal Justice Initiative. Rembert’s full-color memoir, CHASING ME TO MY GRAVE: An Artist’s Memoir of the Jim Crow South, is forthcoming with Bloomsbury in 2021. Further information at winfredrembert.com.
Shirley Jackson Whitaker, MD, MPH – Artist and Creator of Ashes to Ashes - Dr. Whitaker attended Yale University School of Medicine-Department of Public Health and obtained her medical degree form Emory University School of Medicine, the only female African American in her class. A kidney specialist by trade, an artist trained under Leonard Baskin, and a healer by passion, her Ashes to Ashes project was developed to provide hope for a better American future, one in which races of varying color and heritage can understand the importance of each other’s American history, empathize with each other’s sacrifices and tragedies, realize the legacy of impacts from suffered injustices and accept that healing is a process as much a cure. She is currently working on the second phase of A2A: The Noose: Thread of Hate and Resilience. This will center on American history through the lens of Lynching and will include an "International Speak My Name Day" to speak the names of the lynched. To support Shirley's work visit ashes2ashes4ever.com/


”This book is a treasure, not just as a resource for lovers and players of stringed instruments, but also as a fascinating and often very funny look at life through the eyes of a most remarkable man, David Fulton. It has my very highest recommendation.James Ehnes
One of the world’s premier dealers in fine stringed instruments, Peter Biddulph’s London shop serves an international clientele of musicians and investors.
Biddulph’s influential exhibition “The Violin Masterpieces of Guarneri del Gesù” at New York’s Metropolitan Museum was hailed as a major contribution to violin scholarship. This led to the publication of “Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù”, a ground-breaking study of Guarneri’s life and work. We have also published two important books about Antonio Stradivari, “The Stradivari Legacy” and “The Violin Forms of Antonio Stradviari”, as well as a collection of photographs of musicians by Clive Barda, entitled “Performance!”.
Recognised as a leader in violin expertise, Peter Biddulph’s certificates of authenticity are highly sought after by owners of fine violins worldwide. He also serves as a consultant expert to collectors and foundations, helping clients to buy and sell their fine antique stringed instruments.
To obtain a certificate for your instrument, please contact us to make an appointment.
Hailed as “the best historical CD label in the world” (Musical America), Biddulph Recordings was founded in London in 1989 by leading violin expert Peter Biddulph. With the advent of digital technology, he set out to create an archive of recordings to document the great string players of the past. Working in close collaboration with Eric Wen, the eminent musicologist and historian of string performance practice, Biddulph established the first label to specialize in the restoration and commercial reissue of historical string recordings.
The early Biddulph titles included the first digital reissues of recordings by violin legends Fritz Kreisler, Joseph Szigeti, Jacques Thibaud and Yehudi Menuhin. By the mid-1990s, Biddulph Recordings had also released complete editions of the work of such master string players as Bronisław Huberman, Mischa Elman, Jan Kubelík, Henri Temianka, Ossy Renardy, Toscha Seidel, Nathan Milstein, Ruggiero Ricci, Alfred Dubois, Lionel Tertis, William Primrose, Pablo Casals and Emanuel Feuermann. The label soon expanded to include historical piano recordings, with the first digital reissues of recordings by Alfred Cortot, Harold Bauer and Percy Grainger, followed by Myra Hess, Moriz Rosenthal, Raoul Koczalski, Wilhelm Backhaus and Shura Cherkassky. Biddulph subsequently branched into historical orchestral and chamber music, reissuing the work of conductors Willem Mengelberg, Serge Koussevitzky, Leopold Stokowski, Thomas Beecham, Max Fiedler and Hermann Abendroth, as well as such legendary chamber ensembles as the Budapest, Busch, Capet and Primrose String Quartets.
In tandem with historical reissues, Biddulph Recordings has also produced a number of important original recordings. The first of these was the landmark recital recording debut of superstar violinist Maxim Vengerov, then an unknown 14-year-old prodigy. This was followed by Ruggiero Ricci’s accounts of the Beethoven and Brahms Concertos featuring 16 and 14 different cadenzas respectively (both concerto albums were tracked to enable the listener to choose which cadenza to program into each performance). Other notable new recordings on the Biddulph label include the luminous Bach interpretations of pianist Edward Aldwell, and the masterly violin performances of Oscar Shumsky, Aaron Rosand and Arnold Steinhardt.
Biddulph Recordings’ numerous honours include the Gramophone 1999 ICRC (International Classical Record Collector) Historic award for “Historical Recording of the Year”.
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Active Digital Preservation
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In this webinar speakers Crown Records Management, digital archiving and preservation specialist Preservica, examine the challenges of ensuring long-term digital records can be easily found, used, read and trusted for compliance, legal and business value needs.
In addition, the session will cover some suggested next steps for developing a strategy for the governance of long-term digital information, and explore case studies of organizations that have already taken action to tackle this challenge.


Eshet Chayil/ Woman of Valor Cup
Eshet Chayil is a twenty-two verse poem with which King Solomon concludes the book of Proverbs. The poem describes the woman of valor as one who are is energetic, righteous, and capable.
This cup is a homage to this poem and all the great Jewish women.
Dimensions: 4.75" x 2.25" x 2.25"
Style # 227
PLEASE ALLOW 2-4 WEEKS FOR DELIVERY


Trials of Iapetus
Mythology and Gods
Myths and Legends have surrounded the gods from time immemorial. They change and flow, much like the mortals who dream them. Who can say what is truth, and what is nothing more that fantasy. Thousands of myths exist about the beginning times, and chronicled here are the most popular of the Fifth Age.
In the beginning …
The Soul Well is the heart of the universe. From it, all souls spill forth. The first soul to emerge from its depths was Larana. By the simple act of being conscious, space and time unfurled and revealed themselves. It is said that upon her birth, Larana’s first act was to dance and revel among the void. However, while she was the first, other souls were born from the Well. They spread out from the Well and inhabited the void. Larana went to them to embrace her siblings, but they were different somehow. Less vast than Larana, unable to see the uncountable possibilities of the void. They could not comprehend her, and shunned away.
Larana, seeing their reaction, felt a great emptiness within her. She then bent her will unto the Well so that she may have companions to celebrate with. The Well responded and soon after came Hathrane and Elben. She took these two beings and showed them the void, and taught them many secrets. However, they were still not as vast as Larana, and while they were good companions, Larana grew jealous of how her children could relate better to the other souls of the void, and went away in anger. She left them and traveled for a long time. Eventually, she found something that she had never seen before. She looked upon the globe with wonder, and cast her senses around to find out where it came from. Surprised, she found others like her children and herself. The Well had produced others, and they had fashioned this thing together. They were the siblings Shae, Ranthos, Ashwar, and Haman. Larana went to them and asked them many things about the matter they had created. When she had learned enough, she tried her own hand at creation, and she fashioned uncountable lights to place around the world.
However, her new skill only served to deepen her jealousy toward her children. So, with the help of the Four Siblings, she crafted a path from the Well to this new world, and forced souls into it. The Siblings crafted many containers for these souls, so they would be unable to return to the void. Hathrane and Elben pleaded with Larana, and begged her to release them, but she would not listen. The brothers went to the Siblings and spoke their case to them. The Siblings were more familiar with the containers of matter, and listened well to the brother’s words. They decided to help them. So, the Siblings created a container for Larana, and all six of them together forced her into it. And Larana knew suffering and pain. With a scream of horror, she broke free from her container and rushed to the path she created and with all her might, she tried to break it, for she wanted the love of her lesser siblings, not their pain. But, the Path was set, and even Larana’s efforts could not shake it loose.
Larana then allowed the souls to return from the world to the void. However, the containers of souls had to crumble first. There was no way to cause them to crumble without pain, so Larana withheld her hand from crushing the world. Instead, she chose to wait outside it, and welcome returning souls. She learned from her children the way of dealing with souls so they would not be frightened. And thus, souls would travel from the Well to the world, and death would free them from pain.
Larana had retreated from the concerns of the material world, and cared mostly for the souls that departed it. The Siblings looked after their domain, and cared little for the containers of souls. Hathrane and Elben considered the plight of those among the dust. Soon, they invented a means for the containers of souls to alleviate their own sufferings. Hathrane went to the containers and gave them the gift of Sense. With their new power, the containers could look beyond the present time to the past, and the wisest could even dream the future. They could see the world both as it was, and as it could be. However, they could do nothing until Elben came down and gave them Voice. With this power, the containers could make changes to the world to suit them. They Spoke with their hands and their voice and crafted many wonderful things. Hathrane and Elben were overjoyed and left them, confident that these new beings would use their new power to relax the suffering of the world.


March is a wrap!
Our GLAM Blog Club theme for March was What I Wish They Taught Me in GLAM School. I think all GLAM professionals have a strong opinion on this and ranting may be therapeutic. GLAM Blog Club ranting! I hope all of the major universities with GLAM degrees are reading these blogs and listening to this ranting. We need university course coordinators to read these blogs, take these suggestions and feedback onboard, and make changes to aspects of university GLAM courses. Also, take note of what’s working in degrees - and do more of this to improve the overall effectiveness of GLAM degrees in making graduates ready for their GLAM careers ahead.
I really enjoyed reading everyone’s blogs. First cab off the rank is Danielle’s blog, Tradition and technology - a librarian’s education by Danielle: https://silenceinthelibraryweb.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/tradition-and-technology-a-librarians-education/
“It’s a truth universally acknowledged that librarians love dissing their formal library education.” Danielle notes the importance of practical elements of the degree, as well as the theory of the profession - giving us the standards and ethics we need to qualify as professionals. She also noted that she studied online, and that perhaps studying face-to-face would have improved some of the practical skills she needs to be a librarian.
Tech skills are also regarded as important for librarians, and better understanding library systems would remove barriers. If all librarians were taught tech programming, a Google-like catalogue designed to improve access to library collections, currently years away from development, Danielle argues that if all librarians were involved in the development, perhaps that would speed up the process.
What I Wish They Taught Me in GLAM School by Sarah Treweek: https://greatlibraryexpectations.wordpress.com/2017/03/22/what-i-wish-they-taught-me-in-glam-school/
Sarah is still in GLAM school, currently completing a Bachelor of Information Studies, so doesn’t have the perspective yet of graduating and then working in the industry. One important point Sarah makes is that librarians can’t know everything: “”I’m aware that there’s a very real danger in coveting the fabled unicorn librarian when we have this discussion about what I wish they taught me in GLAM school”.
Sarah feels like she’s only scratched the surface of many important aspects of the librarian profession. She goes on to note: “However I feel like the course has done an excellent job of providing a basic overview of the industry and profession”. She notes: “More specialist knowledge requires practical experience, continuing professional development and post-grad qualifications… or a specialised degree from the outset if you know that’s what you want!” Sarah had the option of selecting one of three streams - Librarianship, Records and Archive Management, or Information and Knowledge Management - but was unable to choose, so went with an overview.
Sarah astutely notes that whatever she studies in her degree, she will still face a steep learning curve when she begins working in the industry. Finding gaps in your own knowledge and skills related to specific job requirements is also a necessary skill of graduates. The practical element of the course, a three week industry placement, is also argued as not enough. Sarah recommends: “smaller and more frequent practicums into the qualification."
What I Wish They Taught Me in GLAM School About How to Be Happier by Anne Reddacliff: https://happierlibrarian.wordpress.com/2017/03/24/what-i-wish-they-taught-me-in-glam-school-about-how-to-be-happier-%EF%BB%BF/
Ten years after GLAM School Anne states that constructing a thesaurus was the most useless thing she learnt, and the most useful was change management. Anne has three main points to make about what she wishes she was taught: '(1) A second language and an understanding of Indigenous languages; (2) Coding and open data; (3) Resilience strategies’.
What I Wish They Taught Me in GLAM School by Nik McGrath (cardi core): https://musingsofableedingheart.tumblr.com/post/158771044949/what-i-wish-they-taught-me-in-glam-school
I’m one of the few in GLAM Blog Club not talking about libraries - so for the archivists out there, please join in with GLAM Blog Club! We’d love to read your blogs. We would also love to see more galleries and museum professionals joining the club! I’m not going to summarise my own blog here, but please feel free to read my blog and comment here on Discourse - your feedback and comments are always welcome.
The Rule of GLAM by Andrew Kelly (cardi core): https://shaddowland.net/2017/03/26/the-rule-of-glam/
Andrew learns by doing, and has self-taught in many areas that he now needs as a librarian. Coding and developing websites, and becoming a guru in many technical skills has allowed Andrew to problem solve and create the best possible solutions for specific projects at work.
“… most of the practical skills we use every day aren’t restricted to the GLAM profession”, Andrew states. It boils down to our degrees can’t teach us everything, but we can teach ourselves. Professional development on the job, and teaching ourselves, “as a member of the GLAM profession you can certainly encourage it in others”.
What I WishThey Taught Me in GLAM School by Matthew Burgess: http://blog.matthewburgess.net/2017/03/what-i-wish-they-taught-me-in-glam.html
Matthew emphasises the importance of working in the GLAM industry while studying, because of the practical elements are so important to understanding the theory. He also has three main points to make about what he wishes he learnt in his Graduate Diploma in Information Management: ‘(1) Project management; (2) Less of an emphasis on becoming an academic or librarian; (3) How to engage with workplace and GLAM communities’.
What I Wish They Taught Me in GLAM School for #GLAMBlogClub by Ellen Forsyth: http://readplayparticipate.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/what-i-wish-they-taught-me-in-glam.html
Ellen qualified many years ago as a librarian, and from her experience notes that she learnt about cataloguing at the time, and her first job was as a cataloguer, but she wishes to learnt more broadly about metadata, local studies, readers’ advisory work and programs. As a public librarian these are important aspects of her work. She also notes lifelong learning is important, as we all have different areas of interest and we need to be proactive learners.
Mama, don’t taaaake my MIS awaaaay by Alissa: http://lissertations.net/post/243
Alissa is also in the middle of her studies, and is now working in a public library cataloguing amongst other duties. She argues that “a practical appreciation of metadata ought to be an integral part of all LIS courses”. She also notes that: “Introductory scripting and coding courses should be offered as electives in all LIS courses”. She goes on to point out that “there is a huge need for tech-literate librarians. LIS courses are, for the most part, not filling this need”. Alissa also notes she would have “appreciated practical training in library applications and technologies”. She ends the blog with a great statement which made me smile: “Theory won’t pay the rent. But practical knowledge just might”.
March GLAM Blog Club: What I Wish They Taught Me in GLAM School (business process improvement) by Sam Searle: http://www.samsearle.net/2017/03/glam-blog-club-march.html
Thank you Sam for calling newCardigan lovely, and contributing to GLAM Blog Club. Sam feels to be a better librarian learning about business process improvement would have been applicable to every job he’s worked in. “Library processes are full of unnecessary manual handling, duplication, kludges and workarounds (often but not always due to crappy technical systems) that over time morph into ‘but we’ve always done it that way’”.
What I Wish They Taught in GLAM School by Sally Turbitt: http://www.sallyturbitt.com/what-i-wish-they-taught-in-glam-school/
Sally states that she wishes her degree included practical hands-on experience with library management systems, change management skills, but notes that the course cannot prepare you for every job type out there. Also don’t get complacent when you land the job, and be active in your profession and consider moving on to a new role every few years. A very insightful point, GLAM careers “the path isn’t straight” and “ the only person who can make your GLAM career happen is you”.
What I Wish They Taught Me in Library School by Justine Hanna (card core): https://medium.com/@justinethelibrarian/what-i-wish-they-taught-me-in-library-school-d83118d4408b
Justine did a Grad Dip in Information and Knowledge Management and a Master of Information Studies (Community Informatics) and has used some of what she learned in these degrees throughout her 9 year career. Speaking to her colleagues in the Shared Leadership Program 2017, Justine has compiled a very practical and useful list of what a public librarian needs to do their job and should be taught in a library degree. I highly suggest reading Justine’s blog, as it includes conflict management, audience bases approach, change management and a range of other practical skills. Justine concludes: “I feel like there is really no end to this list, the true story is that experience is the only education one can rely on when you are working in a public space”.
Gaiman Quotes and Reverse-Engineering Philosophy: What I Wish I Learned in GLAM School by Hugh Rundle (cardi core): https://www.hughrundle.net/2017/04/02/gaiman-quotes-and-reverse-engineering-philosophy-what-i-wish-i-learned-in-glam-school-2/
Completing a Graduate Diploma in 2003, Hugh now wishes his course had more theory and less practical. “Practical, technical skills are best learned on the job, using real life examples”. Hugh goes on to make a very strong point: “Librarianship isn’t about finding answers. … But librarianship is, as Shannon Mattern so eloquently explains in Public In/Formation, valuable because of the questions it poses”. Hugh points out that GLAM School doesn’t provide the answers, but as a profession we can come together “to work it out”.


PERMIAN PERIOD 295 - 249 Million Years Ago EditThe Permian Period was a time of great change. Climate patterns swung erratically over the duration of the Period, and despite being well-adapted for the changes, many Reptiles and especially Amphibians, could not cope with them. However, Reptiles were the best suited, and their losses were small in comparison with others; the Amphibians, animals that had thrived in the much wetter and much cooler Carboniferous Period, declined rapidly. Even more badly effected, were the Giant Arthropods and Insects of the Carboniferous Period – whole swamps turned to desert, and the monster-creepy-crawlies, simply perished. As for the Marine-Life, it to suffered. As the sea levels fell, coral reefs were exposed, and the living space for the once abundant waters of the Carboniferous began to empty. Ultimately, this Period represents a time of drying, and as the volcanic activity across the globe increased, the levels of greenhouse gases also increased. Sadly, this Period is best known for one event that almost finished off all complex life-forms on the planet. At the very end of the Period, the Great Permian Mass Extinction event took hold, and wiped out over 96-97% of all life on earth, including some of the Palaeozoic Eras’ most iconic groups. The last of the Sea-Scorpions, the last of the Trilobites, the last of the Therapsids (such as the Gorgonopsids on the background image) and the last of the many other forms of life, such as older types of corals, sponges and fish, all vanished from the pages of Prehistory. Not only did this event mark the end of the Permian Period, but also the prestigious Palaeozoic Era altogether. The Age of the Dinosaurs had a clean slate to find itself in command of, just 10-20 million years after the end of the Permian.
The Precambrian Super-Eon The Hadean Eon The Archaean Eon The Proterozoic Eon The Phanerozoic Eon The Palaeozoic Era The Cambrian Period The Ordovician Period The Silurian Period The Devonian Period The Carboniferous Period The Permian Period The Mesozoic Era The Triassic Period The Jurassic Period The Cretaceous Period The Cenozoic Era The Tertiary Period The Palaeocene Epoch The Eocene Epoch The Oligocene Epoch The Miocene Epoch The Pliocene Epoch The Quaternary Period The Pleistocene Epoch The Holocene Epoch


McDonald, Jack (Forthcoming - 2016) Enemies Known and Unknown: Targeted Killings in America’s Transnational War, Hurst & Co./OUP.
Gearson, John; Dover, Robert; McDonald, Jack; Ingham, Sarah; Shaw, Andrew and Stephenson, Alexander (2011) “The HERO Review: Harnessing Efficiencies, Rethinking Outcomes: The Future of the Defence Estate” London: The Centre for Defence Studies
McDonald, Jack (2010) “Conceptualising post-NATO counternarcotics operations in Afghanistan” World Defence Systems, 2010 – Vol. 2, p. 48
McDonald, Jack (2010) “’Any Victory is Relative’ – Narcotics, Conflict and Criminality in Mexico” World Defence Systems, 2010 – Vol. 1, p. 205
McDonald, Jack (2009) “Globalisation and ungoverned space: Risks, threats and state responses” World Defence Systems, 2009 – Vol. 2.
Dover, Rob and McDonald, Jack (Article) “Homes for Heroes? Assessing the Impact of the UK’s Military Covenant”
McDonald, Jack (Article) “Targeted Killings, International Law and the Constitution of War”
McDonald, Jack (Book Chapter) “Autonomous Weapons or Autonomous Agents? Distributed Agency and Military Ethics”
McDonald, Jack (Book Chapter) “Blind Justice? The Problem of Distinction in Electronic Attacks”
McDonald, Jack, “A Very British Killing: Anglo-American Justifications for Targeted Killings”
McDonald, Jack, “Individuated Warfare and Permissible Patterns of Life”
RCUK Global Uncertainties Science and Security Programme Grant: SNT Really Makes Reality: Technological Innovation, Non-Obvious Warfare and the Challenges to International Law (ESRC Ref: ES/K011413/1).
“The ‘Drone Debate’ and Autonomy” Marine Autonomous Systems Conference, QinetiQ Portsmouth, Oct. 2014
“Cyber and Ambiguous Warfare” Foreign & Commonwealth Academic Seminar, London, Sept. 2014
“Law and the British Armed Forces” Armed Forces & Society Seminar, Bristol, Sept 2014
“Innovation, Intelligence and Challenges to International Law” International Intelligence Director’s Course, Shrivenham, July 2014
“Autonomous Weapons: Agency and State Obligations” International Law Association, British Branch Conference, April 2014
“Innovation, Law & Society” Executive Development Programme, Brunei, October 2013
“Technology and Targeted Killings” International Intelligence Director’s Course, London, July 2014
McDonald Jack (2013) Review of Mark Mazzetti “The Way of the Knife: The CIA, a Secret Army, and a War at the Ends of the Earth” and Jeremy Scahill “Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield”, The RUSI Journal, Vol. 158, Issue 6, pp. 103-4.


Thomas Cawthron 1833 – 1915
Founder of The Cawthron Institute
“Its establishment was not only of great value to agriculture but it also stimulated scientific research throughout the whole of New Zealand.”
Sir Theodore Rigg, former Cawthron director, Encyclopaedia of New Zealand 1966
Many fortunes were made and lost in New Zealand’s 19th Century gold rushes. Canny merchant Thomas Cawthron amassed his pile of wealth from offices in the beached hulk of a ship at Port Nelson, but most of his money came through the hunt for coal and copper and from sending supplies to gold miners in Golden Bay and Hokitika.
Over a hundred years later the name of this retiring but generous man lives on in one of New Zealand’s leading scientific research organisations, Nelson’s Cawthron.
Thomas Cawthron was born at Newington, Surrey, on 25 May 1833 and was 15 years old when his parents and family set out for Nelson in the sailing ship Mary. He worked in Wellington, then followed the gold miners to Australia, spending several years as a contractor for miscellaneous goods on the goldfields of Bendigo and Ballarat. Returning to Nelson in the mid 1850s when his father became ill, he won a contract to dig the test drives for copper deposits on the Dun Mountain, going on to contract for the supply of food and stores for the copper-mining project and for the Jenkins Hill coal mine.
Described as tall and slow of speech, he was also strong and fit enough to cope with delivering supplies to miners in the rough Mineral Belt country, around 20km by a mountainous track from the Nelson township. He was a shrewd investor in property, shares, local bodies, war loans and mortgages and seemed to have a ‘golden touch’ in all his business transactions. By the time of his retirement in the late 1880s he had amassed a considerable fortune.
After his retirement he lived quietly and frugally with his sister Mrs Wright. He seemed to have few interests other than the investment and care of his money. However, behind the scenes he helped out in many individual cases of hardship and distress and contributed to causes such as relief funds, church organisations and educational and recreational schemes. In his later years, he made larger and more public gifts, including the Cathedral steps, the Rocks Road chains, Cawthron Park (in the hills to the east of the city), contributions towards a public hospital and nurses' home, and smaller donations to the Nelson Institute (which used to run the Nelson library), the Nelson School of Music and its pipe organ.
Thomas Cawthron died on 8 October 1915. He bequeathed £231,000, practically the whole of his estate, for the development of an Industrial and Technical School, Institute and Museum to be called the Cawthron Institute. This was officially opened in 1921 with Thomas Easterfield, emeritus professor of chemistry at Victoria University College, as its first director. The early work of the Cawthron Institute included major research in the areas of soils, agriculture and biochemistry, and it played an important role in stimulating government scientific research. In the Cawthron Institute, the legacy lives on in a reputation for enterprise and excellence in scientific consultancy and research.
Sources: Margareta Gee, Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, 2007; Theodore Rigg, Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. 1966; Karen Stade, www.theprow.org.nz 2009.


n 1905, a prominent Manhattan physician was reading his morning mail when he opened a disturbing letter. Written in spidery handwriting and signed cryptically from someone calling themselves "Justice," it read, "Mrs. Margaretta Todd was murdered—she did not meet her death by accident. The crime was plotted in New York and carried out in Philadelphia, to which city she was lured."
The physician reading this mysterious letter was no ordinary doctor. He was the Honorable Gustav Scholer, head Coroner for the city of New York, and one of the era's leading alienists—an arcane term for specialists who studied the mental pathology of those deemed "alienated" from society.
This article explores the boxes of case files lying unread in the archives of the New York Public Library. Originally published in Atlas Obscura.


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It’s really hard to read a book by Osamu Tezuka knowing you are going to be reviewing it. It’s hard because how do you review the guy that set the standard for manga, hell not only manga but comics in general. The guy that is known as the God of manga!!!? Even though he passed away in 1989 we (U.S.) are still getting so much of his massive works in comics. This recent book by Vertical is Dororo originally published in the late 60s came out in a three volume set. Now you can just get one gigantic volume filled with gorgeous Tezuka art.
It is a story about Japan during the Sengoku (Warring States) period. During this time the 48 demons rule the land and they sense the birth of a powerful human who will grow to destroy all of demon kind. Daigo Kagemitsu promises to offer body parts of his unborn child for domination of the country and to become unbeatable in warfare. When the baby is born his parents put him in the river, but he manages to survive and now goes by the name; Hyakkimaru (One-hundred Ogre Boy). He is found by a doctor who takes him in as his own son and builds him an artificial body. He also develops telepathic powers to make up for his lack of senses and body parts. When he reaches adulthood he sets on a journey to vanquish the 48 demons and reclaim his body parts. This is when he encounters a young street urchin named Dororo. Together they form a pact to get rid of all the demons so that one day Hyakkimaru can be complete again. There were some touching moments in the book when Hyakkimaru is reunited with his parents and brother, of course things weren’t all Full House by then end when he killed his brother. There was a great fight scene with the legendary nine tailed fox and a great new ghoul with baby spirits that united to form him. The thing that I started noticing when reading the middle part was that the stories were starting to get repetitive. It’s quite amazing to see Dororo get out of every deadly situation. I swear the kid must have powers too, because he is always getting out in the nick of time. As it turns out Dororo was a girl the entire time and Hyakkimaru figured it out when he got his eyes back. The series ends with the two “bros” parting ways; Hyakkimaru on his was to find more demons and Dororo fighting along the farmers.
Although this is not Astroboy, Kimba, or Black Jack, this is still Tezuka at the top of his game. But has he really made a manga that wasn’t enjoyable to read? Each one of his works is unique, but they all deal with the same basic human existence theme. There is a reason why he is the master at his craft and why he is one of the pioneers in the form of sequential art. One look at his artwork in the book and you can see his understanding of visuals and dramatic effects certain frames and blocks take on figures. He wasn’t only an artist, but a phenomenal story teller, director, and editor. I can’t say enough about this man and if you’ve never read anything by him, do yourself a favor and let this book introduce you to the world that he created. You can’t have a manga collection without this book in your library. It was really weird to have a book just end there, but that’s all Tezuka ever wrote of the series. The series feels incomplete and that really saddens me because it was so entertaining. Some great panel layouts with awesome fighting sequences, I can’t believe this book was written and drawn in the 60’s. It was still a fun title to read with enough of a closure to keep most satisfied, but some wanting more. B+
Gantz! How quick this became my manga to read at the top of the pile when I get new manga. It’s a manga that combines some of my favorite genre and ideas together. Did I mention how the art is completely stunning as well? Gantz: If you die in this world you wake up not in Heaven or purgatory, but in a game. The Gantz sphere sends you on missions back in the real world, usually to destroy aliens. The people chosen to do the mission cannot return from the mission until all enemies have been killed, or their time limit has run out. If you survive the mission you are awarded points for killing aliens and allowed to leave, and live their lives until summoned by Gantz for their next mission. Once reaching 100 points you have the option of leaving the game and returning to life with your memory erased, bringing back someone that has died, or getting more weapons. So many things are different in the course of just two volumes. The new team witnesses the death of Kei. But Kato swears to bring him back once he achieves 100 points, just like Kei did for him. A couple of the assassins tag along with the team when they get their new orders. This is where things get interesting as they run into another team wearing similar suits, but with better weapons. Does this mean there is more than one ball out there giving orders? Who is running all of this? So many more questions are brought up in this volume. I love how some of the other team right away recognize Reika as the Pop star that she was. It also seems that people can see the team, so this might change their strategy in the future. I want them all to have happy endings, but I know better than that. This is a series that is beautifully crafted. You can’t go into the book thinking that it’s going to be your every day run of the mill sci-fi adventure story. It is very violent with tons of sexual connotation and some very unsettling parts. Don’t let that turn you away from this wonderful piece of work. A
I remember when volume 1 of this series came out my oldest daughter Lydia wasn’t old enough to crawl. But I would read it to her, just because I thought it was a cute story about a little girl and her dreams of being an astronaut. I never imagined that this series would make me cry, gasp, get angry and sigh thinking of my youth. Such a range of emotions is what this series brought out in me. From volume 1 to the final volume 12 Asumi changed so much. Who is Asumi you ask? Well, Asumi Kamogawa was accepted to the Tokyo National Space School, which gives their students the opportunity to become astronauts. Along with her friends she studies and trains to become a future astronaut and follow in her father’s footsteps. Along the way she made friends with two girls: Kei and Marika and reunited with a childhood friend Shinnosuke and made a new friend who happened to be a pretty boy named Shu. As we all know Shu died in volume 11 and his death impacted his peers till the very end. The series comes to a conclusion the way that I thought it would have Asumi gets to be the only one picked to go to space and her friends stay behind to make something of themselves on Earth. Mr. Lion doesn’t have any more lessons to teach the kids and just like Winnie the Pooh when Christopher Robin didn’t need him anymore, he says goodbye to Asumi. This is the part that moved me so much. It was like saying goodbye to a physical representation of your innocent childhood. That is the hardest thing for people to let go of sometimes. We will always have part of that with us, but the imagination, the dreams, the strive and the passion we had as children are all but gone. Sure a new imaginary friend appears at the end for a new generation, but our group has grown and find their own paths to follow. There is a beautiful after story where Yaginuma states that his wish is for someone to think of his manga as a time machine. Well Yaginuma-San; it was definitely one for me, because throughout the series I kept thinking of my childhood and if I am the person I wanted to be as a child! Soooo, the thing that I finally did was learn what Spica meant; turns out it’s a binary star in the constellation Virgo. It happens to be one of the brightest stars in the sky. That’s what I felt about this manga; it is one of the brightest books I have ever read and it outshines so many. Thank you Yaginuma and Vertical for bringing this story into my hands. By far my highest possible recommendation! A+


Thomas Quiney (baptised 26 February 1589 - c. 1662 or 1663) was the husband of William Shakespeare's daughter Judith Shakespeare, and a vintner and tobacconist in. William Shakespeare Biography - His Children and Grandchildren. Shakespeare Biography - Sir William Davenant, actor - Godson and rumoured to be the Bard's. Shakespeare's Children William and Anne Shakespeare had three children. Their first child was Susanna, born a mere six months after the wedding of her parents . Ungeachtet der Frage, ob Shakespeare wirklich der Verfasser der ihm zugeschriebenen Werke war, ist zumindest.
Judith was William Shakespeare's second daughter and Hamnet's twin sister. She was named after Judith Sadler, a friend of the Shakespeare family William Shakespeare has stood the test of time so well that even now as we approach the millennium, more than four hundred years after his birth, he is held in the. Tidlig liv. William Shakespeare var sønn av John Shakespeare, en suksessfull hanskemaker og alderman (bystyremedlem) fra Snitterfield, og Mary Arden, datteren av en. An overview of Shakespeare's life from the Folger Shakespeare Library Henri V (The Chronicle History of Henry the Fifth, en français : Chronique de l'Histoire d'Henry V) est une pièce de théâtre de William Shakespeare écrite.
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Judith was William Shakespeare's second daughter and Hamnet's twin sister. She was named after Judith Sadler, a friend of the Shakespeare family


In the United States, hearing loss to some extent affects 20 percent of the overall population, or 48 million people. On average, therefore, one out of every five people you encounter will have hearing loss.
For those of you who sincerely want to understand the condition—or that deal with hearing loss themselves and would like some personal perspective—there’s no better resource than learning from those currently living with diminished hearing.
Below is our list of the best personal blogs on life with hearing loss.
Sarah, the writer of the blog, is a librarian wanting to create a more easily accessible, communication-friendly world. In her blog, she recounts her experience of coming to terms with hearing loss and adapting to living with hearing aids. Using humor and personal narratives, her goal is that individuals can learn about hearing loss while benefiting from some of the resources she’s discovered over the years.
Grand Piano Passion is “an online oasis of articles, essays, and original videos for studying the piano as an adult, making music despite hearing loss, and claiming your passion, whatever it may be.”
This blog is dedicated to assisting people to deal with hearing loss at work. Tracey, the creator of Hear 2 Work, has been working with increasing hearing loss for the past 20 years. Along the way, she’s picked up several ideas that she’s passing on to her readers.
Shari Eberts, the author of Living With Hearing Loss, is a hearing health promoter, frequently writing and speaking on the subject and striving to end the stigma associated with hearing loss and using hearing aids.
She established the blog to serve as an outlet for her own experiences with hearing loss as well as to create a community for those coping with comparable issues.
The Invisible Disability and Me
The Invisible Disability and Me is a blog about the author’s individual experiences with significant hearing loss. The blog is attempting to increase awareness of hearing loss, describe how to recognize the early signs and symptoms, and reveal the charities and organizations that can help.
What did we miss? If you have any personal blogs or hearing-related websites you’d like to recommend, include them in a comment below.


What am I Lego-loving?May 20, 2015
A Scottish software engineer created this beautiful digital Lego model of the Geisel Library (Dr. Seuss). The model includes 117000 individual lego pieces (It’d cost tens of thousands of dollars to make in real life).
This post is re-blogged from The Library blog of the University of San Diego.
With thanks to HMS Defiant for the reference.
Here is the library, in life. We did not get there the last time we were in San Diego, but maybe next time!
I am particularly charmed (get it?) by the snake path leading up to the library – here is a drone view.


Cockpit is the modern Linux admin interface. We release regularly.
Here are the release notes from Cockpit 286, Cockpit-machines 284, and Cockpit-podman 63:
Metrics: Toggle visibility of resource usage graphs
On the Metrics page, which can be found by following the link from the Overview, you can see a historical graph of CPU, memory, storage IO, and network. This release adds the ability to toggle the visibility of individual types of resources in the graph.
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Cockpit 286 is available now:
Cockpit-machines 284 is available now:
Cockpit-podman 63 is available now:


Simon Orpana is an artist and educator who uses comics to explore social, political and historical realities. His writing has appeared in collections such as Zombie Theory: A Reader and in journals such as TOPIA. With Rob Kristofferson he made Showdown! Making Modern Unions, a graphic history of the role Hamilton workers played in establishing industrial unionism in Canada. His new book, Gasoline Dreams: Waking Up from Petroculture, a graphic narrative exploring the cultural barriers to more just and equitable relationships to energy, will be available from Fordham University Press in September 2021. He lives in Hamilton, Ontario.


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Kindle thenCan still be improved significantly.
|1.You must now separately touch the screen in order to have the (place and time) orientation information present. Some readers do not care of it, but some would rather have the orientation information continuously present. It is questionable, whether everybody would like to 'lose oneself in reading'. Some do not.||The feature of having orientation information visible or not visible should be an option in settings. We are so firmly oriented to reading books by pages that page markings in addition to locations (what is a location? a pargraph? entry from enter to enter? why not exlain it to the reader?) are a necessity. If paper version page numbering is not available, a fictitious unit of 2000 characters, which is the size of a normal page, could be used.|
|2. View my notes & marks (clippings) file is a product of my needs and efforts, therefore my property. It seems very strange that I can only see, but not touch it. It is as if big Amazon were confiscating a small reader's private property.||View my notes & marks file should be downloadable for writing book reviews and for any further elaboration. (Here my suggestion for a a better notes and marks file: http://www.askokorpela.fi/Kindle/KindleNotes.txt ).|
|3. Clipboard is available only in the PC version of Kindle.||Clipboard should be available for the reader in all versions of Kindle as it is in the PC version. The main use of Clipboard would be in formulating the Notes.|
|4. Kindle entries to the Clippings file are lacking timestamp, the second important coordinate of human activity. Only place coordinate in form of Location is present.||Reading is timeconsuming activity. Therefore Kindle should attach timestamp in all entries (bookmarks, notes, highlights) to the clippings file. The best form of it is 'yyyymmddhhmm', but any regular form would do.|
|5. Many Kindle books have no table of contents, which severely disturbs reader's orientation to the text. There are books which have it at the end of the text, but no access to it!!||All Kindle books should include at the beginning an active table of contents, toc. No toc should be without location or page numbers, because these help the reader to relate himself to the structure of the book. How far is the next suitable stop? How much time I need to reach that point?|
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The following articles were published in The Latrobe Historical Gazette summer 2012 issue.
Frequently seen around Latrobe are banners and ads proclaiming Latrobe as the “Birthplace of Professional Football.” But there are also those who criticize us for being uninformed or even dishonest for making false claims.
The truth falls somewhere between these contrasting claims.
In 1934 Dr. Harry March, a member of the NFL Executive Committee, wrote one of the first books on the history of the professional game: Pro Football: Its Ups and Downs. It earned him a reputation as the leading U.S. authority on professional football history for the next several decades. In it he identified Brallier as the first paid player.
Even after this publication, none of the other early pros stepped forward to dispute the title..
Today, Brallier is still the first player openly admitting to pay to play, but is ranked no higher than seventh in line among the early day players accepting pay to play.
Nevertheless, he is still regarded as one of the most talented athletes in the early years of football.
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Since 2009, Central Tablelands and Central West Local Land Services have been a proud supporter of the Enviro-Stories Education Program, publishing 35 books written by students about our region. Created by PeeKdesigns, Enviro-Stories has provided an educational experience in the Local Land Service regions for the purpose of creating school readers that have been written about local issues, by local kids, for local kids.
Over the years, many of our local students have had the opportunity to participate in this program. Students have learnt about their local environment and connected with their cultural heritage. They have written and illustrated a wide range of stories, both fictional and non-fictional, about their experiences and incorporating what they have learnt into their stories. This have been a great achievement for the students and the schools involved and we thank them all for being a part of this program.
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2015 Feral Animals - Central West and Central Tablelands Local Land Services partnered with Invasive Animals CRC to roll out the “Feral Animals” program. Student participants had the opportunity to learn about and create stories that focus on feral animals and the problems they are causing to the environment in their local area. Stories


As an avid reader and a bookstore lover myself, my heart also skips a beat or two when I am surrounded by new books with crisp pages and brightly colored illustrations. And children's books are something special. I love the creativity put into these books, and many also have a sweet message. As a teacher, I also see first hand what a difference reading at home makes for my kiddos. So today I thought I'd share a few books that have caught my eye recently at the book fair or Barnes and Noble, and a couple of my favorites that I consider must haves. Happy reading with your little ones!
This is a new book about a sweet little boy named Liam and his garden. Very cute!
Always a true classic. I love the illustrations in this one!
My mom bought me this at the beginning of the year and it's so sweet. My kids love to read it!
This is another new one I saw at the book fair that has a simple message about liking your unique self.
I saw this in Barnes and Noble and thought it was too cute. I was the little girl who was always complaining about it being too tight, too itchy, too uncomfortable, etc. So I can relate! :)
Max Lucado is an amazing story teller, and I especially love his children's books, starting with You Are Special. This is his latest, sharing a message to kids about how much they matter, just the way they are.
This book is just hilarious to me, and so cute. And as a girl who doesn't always succeed in being the first to say "sorry," I can appreciate this one! I'm sure it will come in handy when I have my own little mini-me running around as well!
I learned about this book when I was in school to be a teacher, and it is simple but wonderful. Especially if you have a little one who struggles to see the beauty in his or her own abilities and gifts.
An obvious classic for my family. My mom loved reading this to us when we were young. So fun!
Finally, one my most favorite authors wrote this one. It is a sweet story about how we often celebrate the "firsts" in life but many times we forget to notice the "lasts" before little kids grow up. Love it!(All these books can be found at amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com)


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The Edmonds Cookery Book has been a New Zealand institution for four generations. My mother, my grandmother and my great grandmother before me all used this recipe book that has remained in New Zealand kitchens as a timeless classic and surely one of the most successful branding exercises in NZ history! (Edmonds, for those who are non-NewZealanders is a baking brand, originally comprising baking powder only but now a large number of baking products.) Gone are the days when a couple announcing their engagement received their free copy, but we still buy this cookbook in droves making it the best selling book ever published in New Zealand.


Barton is the author of 5 highly regarded books. For Cod and Country: Simple, Delicious, Sustainable Cooking introduces the idea of seasonal eating to seafood. Where There’s Smoke highlights the art of cooking over fire. He is also the author of two books in his role as a fellow with the National Geographic Society. The National Geographic Kid’s Cookbook and Foods for Health, a science-based guide to healthy, everyday eating. His most recent work, Superfood Seagreens: A Guide to Cooking with Power-packed Seaweed explores the health benefits of this emerging player in the superfood realm. His second sustainable seafood-centric cookbook entitled Two if by Sea publishes in May 2016. He is currently writing From Sea to Shining Sea, a compendium of history, culture, science and culinary notes. Part cookbook, part historical archive, it will document every commercially available species harvested in the US to date. It is slated for release in the Fall of 2017.
Highlights of his culinary career include three Rising Culinary Star awards, twice earning Best New Restaurant awards, and being honored in 2009 by Esquire magazine as Chef of the Year. His restaurant Hook was named by Bon Appétit magazine as one of the top ten eco-friendly restaurants in America. chef into his leadership of the Sustainable Seafood and Health Initiative at the Center for Health and the Global Environment at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.