Erotic literature refers to a wide range of literary, poetic and artistic works that deal with sexual topics. While erotic books can be explicit, they are often thought-provoking, philosophical and evocative.
One of the most popular examples is EL James’ Fifty Shades trilogy and its sequels, as well as Sylvia Day’s Crossfire novels and Anna Todd’s After-series. However, many readers have mixed feelings about the category.
Sex isn’t just sex.
While erotic literature may have the reputation of being low-brow and racy, its writers have long sought to explore and challenge ideas of sexuality and desire. They might be seeking to arouse the same feelings as their readers, or they might be writing satire and social criticism. Some erotic literary works have even been banned throughout history.
More recently, erotic literature has become more accessible than ever with the advent of the modern novel. The genre can be found in a wide variety of forms, from the ancient and quasi-sacred Kama Sutra, to more modern works like Fifty Shades of Grey and Syliva Days’ Crossfire series. In addition to sex, erotic literature often deals with other topics that are often taboo, such as mental illness and addiction.
Despite their controversial content, these novels have enjoyed an unprecedented surge in popularity over the past decade. As such, a new online study by the authors reported here sought to investigate the reasons behind this phenomenon. The researchers asked two straightforward empirical questions with an exclusive focus on contemporary readership: who reads these erotic novels, and why do they enjoy reading them? The majority of respondents were heterosexual women in committed relationships who identified themselves as avid readers. They were from a wide range of age groups, and they often shared their reading experiences with others. Respondents also characterized their enjoyment of these novels as a means of distraction and feelings of ease. The authors interpreted these findings as suggesting that the erotic novels are not only read for pleasure, but also as a means of self-discovery and empowerment.
Characters don’t have to be simple.
Unlike pornography, which often describes carnal pleasures without much narrative context, erotic literature is full of erotic stories that humanize sexual experience. It offers a view of the world through the eyes of those who have experienced it, and provides a safe way to explore fantasies that would be taboo in real life.
The recent popularity of erotic novels has prompted researchers to investigate how readers perceive these texts. In one study, participants were asked to rate how important various features of a book seemed to them using a scale from 1-5. The results were used to construct a principal components analysis (PCA) with oblique rotation. The component loadings shown in Table S1 (Supplemental Information) show how the items clustered together in different ways.
While erotic literature can provide sexual stimulation, it is not without its limitations. The authors of the study suggest that future research should focus on more complex analyses to investigate the nuances of this genre, such as exploring a larger pool of participants from different cultures with distinct values and norms.
It’s also possible that erotic books, stories and poems may serve as a powerful tool for building intimacy among couples. As Placeres points out, “Just as reading erotic novels can help individuals discover their own inhibitions and preferences, it can also be useful for helping couples to identify and verbalize intimate concerns, or to overcome low levels of sexual desire.”
Conflict is key.
Erotic literature fosters playful discourse that mobilizes fantasies, evokes the pleasure of seduction and appeals to all the senses to excite the reader’s imagination. However, it also challenges societal conventions and raises questions about how sexual desires are expressed, interpreted and regulated. The genre of erotic literature has evolved to address a variety of issues, including the relationship between fantasy and reality, the impact of social norms on sexual expression and the dynamics of intimate relationships.
While the popularity of Fifty Shades of Grey has led some to call for the term erotica to be removed from books that depict sexual activity, the genre remains popular and continues to have a strong following. A recent online survey found that most erotic readers are heterosexual women in committed relationships who enjoy sharing their reading experiences with others. They report that sexy stories make them feel seductive and distract them from feelings of psychological discomfort.
One of the best ways to learn to write erotica is by reading as much in your chosen subgenre as possible. This includes not only contemporary bestsellers, but older works as well. The more you read, the more you’ll see the patterns and the techniques that work. For example, you can experiment with different types of openings by reading the first pages of ten bestsellers in your chosen subgenre. Then, select the one that works best for your story.
Showing is key.
When writing erotic literature, it is important to show instead of tell. The key to the genre is to show that there is a real connection between two characters (whether they be male or female) and to build anticipation and excitement for sex. It is also necessary to include a level of character development and growth (and not just sexy growth). This is what sets apart high-quality erotic fiction from the basement or bargain bin erotica that is merely a series of sex scenes with interchangeable characters.
A lot of the criticism against erotic fiction (as well as the media coverage of Fifty Shades of Grey) has quickly dismissed its readers without considering their motivations or reading experiences in any depth. This has lead to a misunderstanding of the nature of erotic fiction and its role in readers’ lives.
Previous research suggests that erotic novels are used by their primarily female readership as a form of non-threatening literary pornography. They are designed to exalt carnal pleasures and provide sexual stimulation yet enter what Lawrence and Herold call women’s “sexual scripts”. This makes them very different from pornography which is a direct description of sexual pleasure and has no narrative structure. Our analyses show that a key aspect of erotic fiction is its ability to stimulate feelings of anticipation, arousal and euphoria in the context of an engaging story.


Book Title: The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Ascendancy, and the Making of Muslim State
Authored by Iza R. Hussin
Publishers: University of Chicago Press; Illustrated edition
Year of Publication: 2016
The Politics of Islamic Law: Local Elites, Colonial Ascendancy, is a great source to understand the history of Islamic law and its transformation by Britain and other European and Asian ascendant entities. It gives an insight into the history and keeps its readers incentivized to read more about the impact of colonization and British alteration of Islamic Laws on Muslim lives. Islamic principles and Islamic laws have been established on the substratum of Muslims’ Holy book Quran, which avails the individuals to better understand the Sharia and guides them the right way to live a life. The author defined these Islamic laws “as a contingent and constructed political space”. Thus, for every single issue, the Muslims depend on Quran and resolve their matters accordingly. The Holy Book contains the set of rules and principles regarding humanity, ethics, veracity, politics, relationships, rights, and others that is consequential. Thus, the Muslim world is governed on the substructure of cognations between God and man, between Muslims and non-Muslims, Individuals and society, and other things that are a component of Allah’s engendering.
Thus, the author resplendently highlighted how the Islamic principles and laws brought tranquility in the society and engendered civilized nations, who were vigilant of humanity, ethics, rights, sustainability, and other gregarious is consequential. Even it worked as great guidance in economics is consequential, which further gave the concept of GDP, revenue, and other financial regulations. Thus, these laws became a magnetization for the British colonialism in Malaya, Egypt, and India, who then struggled hard to break the Muslims and alter the Islamic principles. The book is a great interdisciplinary research of colonial and postcolonial Islamic law and gives an insight into analytical categories to understand the politics of Islamic Laws.
The field of Islamic studies is not incipient; instead, it has been tardy in the state of a renaissance. Thus, the scholars’ interest to study several subfields of Islamic studies is found to be very high. The adolescent philomaths prefer to emerge in virtual subfields, such as Islamic laws and lifestyle of Muslims in past and present. The same is the case with the author, who wants to study the Muslim world’s past and present with reverence to the study of Islamic laws and history. The study of Islamic law, politics, art, history, and anthropology is additionally of great consequential to better understand the key to prosperity or the issues in the political system to evaluate how these practices were prevalent and why the vicissitudes were implemented in different scenarios.
This book discusses different Islamic law-associated matters in a single book, including politics, art, history, and anthropology, with reference to Local Elites, Colonial Authority, and the Making of the Muslim State. The study presented a comparison of the political and legal systems of the Islamic States with Malaya, Egypt, and India. Though the language of the book is challenging due to the usage of socio-political and anthro-political jargon, however, the author adopted the pluralistic analysis of the law with an indication of the unity of thought in arguments. However, the book structure is fascinated with the reflection of treaties and jurisdictional issues before the implications of Islamic laws in institutions.
The author adopted the comparative work with a brilliant analysis of transmarine and marginalization of Muslim life in the colonized states with those in Muslim states under Islamic laws. This makes it clear that legal and constitutional development in the Malaya, Egypt, and India is remarkable but actually it is more based on alteration of Islamic principles. The colonized states not only renamed and transformed the Islamic laws but also changed the language and terminologies, which contributed to severe challenges to the Muslim life in such regions. Specifically, this led to emotional torture for the Muslims, as they had an emotional attachment to their religion and family matters.
The study did not only derive the comparison based on laws, but also it worked on the political and institutional roles of the selected countries; Malaya, Egypt, and India. The major purpose of this comparison was to evaluate how Islamic laws worked as best principles to establish peace in Muslim lives, which after alteration brought great challenges to them. Postcolonial studies also reveal the violence with jurispathic and jurisgenerative approaches, which simply means the destruction of old principles with the introduction of new meanings of law. As stated, “Islamic law was marginalized during the colonial period and, at the same time, Islam and Islamic law became central components of the power of both state and social actors”. Thus, changing the language, terminologies, and alteration in principles worked as great destruction to the Muslim Laws, which also worked as a great source of emotional grief to the Muslims and affected their lives afterward.
The author did not only work on general rules; instead, she derived an in-depth analysis of some specific Islamic Laws to evaluate how the British involvement affected Muslim lives. For this purpose, the author discussed and analyzed the remarkable Anglo-Muhammad law, which was an amalgamation of the British common law principles. The purpose of Anglo-Muhammad Law was to analyze the cases in detail and make decisions on the basis of guidance provided by Muhammad (PBUH) and the Islamic book, Quran. However, this led to several British disputes because they were not satisfied with Islamic implications, and thus in 1875; it was repealed and replaced by British law. As stated; “As we attempt to make sense of Muslim politics in the world today, closer attention to colonial processes and the meanings Muslims make of them, and through them, will no doubt continue to be of critical importance”.
The study also included the scholarly analysis of several other authors to evaluate how the colonized system has contributed to the transformation of Islamic laws and its impact on the Muslims’ lives. The book highlighted that colonial attempts to alter the Islamic Laws created both; opportunities and challenges for the Muslims. Though the opportunities are minor analysis of some specific studies makes it clear that colonized principles did not aim to destruct the Islamic practices; instead, they wanted to bring some advancement in the system. Thus, the Deoband in India, Qadri Pasha and Muhammad Abduh in Egypt, and some other ulema took these changes as an opportunity. This helped them to generate a concept of ‘Muslim Private Life’ through which they guided Muslims about how to transform their personal lives as per the guidance of Muhammad (PBUH) and the Holy Book Quran. They presented the vision of women in Muslim society, through which they encouraged the females to participate well in the construction of society and convinced them to prove their worth as Muslim daughters.
The author did not only focus on the impact of Islamic Laws on politics; instead, she also worked on the Muslim Personal Law to reference the family relationships. The book reflects the analysis of how the Muslim Laws kept their major focus on family relationships and ethics, which contributed well to the establishment and development of a better society. The greatest example of such laws is Sir Dinshah Fardunji Mulla’s Principles, based on the life of Prophet Muhammad and the guidance from the Quran. These principles did not only provide benefits to the communities but also the scholars studied them to establish new legal frameworks and provide benefits to the communities in the future. These principles were also published in a book in 1905, through which these frameworks gained widespread popularity amongst researchers. As Mulla wrote it in the legal statute, this worked as original source of Islamic law and it is still used to study the main objectives of Muslim Personal Law and its impact on Muslim lives.
However, the author could have worked more to enhance the credibility of the book, as a reference to a limited number of cases remained a major shortcoming. The credibility of the resource is highly based on its citations and references to the case laws, which adds more value and depth to the discussed content and enhances authenticity. In some places, the author used authentic resources to defend her arguments. For example, when highlighting Lina Joy and Nyonya Tahir’s issues due to colonial alteration in Muslim Laws worked well to elaborate why the situation occur and what were the circumstances. It helps the reader to further understand the problems faced by Muslim People and get more data from the references if required. On the other hand, some points are left incomplete, such as the discussion of how the British version of Islamic Law worked against the interests of Muslim women. Though the author highlighted how British Law brought several problems for Muslim women no citation or elaboration is being used to explain how British alteration was conservative and patriarchal against the interests of Muslim women.
Also, Hussin failed to completely elaborate the term ‘Muslim Personal Law’ and defend it with proper citations. The author only focused to discuss this term to highlight how colonized alterations brought challenges for the Muslims, but she contributed to severe confusion in jurisdictions of courts of India, Egypt, and Malaya. When analyzing the term ‘Muslim Personal Law’ from a jurisdictional point of view, it has two definitions. The first meaning conceptualizes Muslim Personal Law as the divine law for Muslims, governing their responsibilities from their social and religious perspectives. On the other hand, the second meaning of the term is extremely applicable to the religious Muslim Community of Pakistan which states “the personal law of each sect of Muslims based on the interpretation of Quran and Sunnah by the sect.”
Conclusively, the author has beautifully highlighted how the Islamic principles and laws brought peace in the society and generated civilized nations, who were aware of humanity, ethics, rights, sustainability, and other social matters. She adopted the comparative work with a brilliant analysis of transmarine and marginalization of Muslim life in the colonized states with those in Muslim states under Islamic laws. This makes it clear that legal and constitutional development in the Malaya, Egypt, and India is remarkable but actually it is more based on alteration of Islamic principles. However, the book highlighted that colonial attempts to alter the Islamic Laws created both; opportunities and challenges for the Muslims. The Deoband in India, Qadri Pasha and Muhammad Abduh in Egypt, and some other ulema took these changes as an opportunity. This helped them to generate a concept of ‘Muslim Private Life’ through which they guided Muslims about how to transform their personal lives as per the guidance of Muhammad and the Holy Book Quran. However, the author failed to completely elaborate the term ‘Muslim Personal Law’ and defend it with proper citations. Thus further research to check the credibility and expansion of concepts will work as great contributions to the readers. Else, the researchers can study the Muslim Personal Law with a proper definition of the term and compare it with the post-colonized British Law to check how alterations occurred and why it affected the Muslim lives. Overall, the study has worked as a great source of knowledge to understand the impact of colonization and British alteration of Islamic Laws on Muslim lives.


Check out the new chapter “Nematode Chromosomes” in WormBook, GENETICS, by Peter Carlton, Richard Davis and Shawn Ahmed.
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Kindly, Dr. Itai Antoine Toker made us aware of the paper Uyar et al. Genome Research 2012 (PMID: 22772596/ WBPaper00041271), which contains a genome-wide set of operon predictions for C. briggsae. The data was mapped forward to the current gene set using the Sequence IDs supplied. 1034 operons were captured from the publication, but because of the time between publication and extensive re-annotation of C. briggsae only 709 of these operons had enough information to allow us to map them precisely onto the genome and supplement the C. briggsae operon JBrowse track. If you find some interesting dataset you’d like WormBase to curate, please let us know at email@example.com


(WEB) Job 6:6 Can that which has no flavor be eaten without â¦ Within these sections it follows the form of Roget's Thesaurus, listing 99 popular ingredients alphabetically, and for each one suggesting flavour matchings that range from the classic to the bizarre. I could not study. In each chapter she explores how the chapters titular ingredient might play with the other 98. The Art of Flavor. How to use flavor in a sentence. A Compendium of Pairings, Recipes and Ideas for the Creative Cook. The Professional Chef The Culinary Instituteâ¦ 4.8 out of 5 stars 1,451. GAMES; BROWSE THESAURUS; WORD OF THE DAY; WORDS AT PLAY. . I'm going to put my notes here. This is my first one-star review. It has a section on every food type you can think of and tells you all the flavours that pair well with that food. What a superb idea for a book! £55.99. The "trigeminal senses", which detect chemical irritants in the mouth and throat, as well as temperature and texture, â¦ A career flavor scientist who has worked with such companies as Lindt, Coca-Cola and Cadbury organizes food flavors into 160 basic ingredients, explaining how to combine flavors for countless results, in a reference that also shares practical tips and whimsical observations. SINCE 1828. There is little about food that is not subjective. The answer is: C.) Flavor Flav. Find more ways to say flavor, along with related words, antonyms and example phrases at Thesaurus.com, the world's most trusted free thesaurus. Press J to jump to the feed. by Karen Page Photography by Andrew Dornenburg (Hachette Book Group / Little, Brown; 2014) Ranked one of âThe Five Best Cookbooks of 2014,â based on EatYourBooks.comâs amalgamation of 300+ year-end â¦ If you like food read this book! Publisher: ISBN: Category: Page: 576. Flavor is the not the same as taste. Bible > Topical > Flavor Flavor Jump to: Webster's â¢ Concordance â¢ Thesaurus â¢ Greek â¢ Hebrew â¢ Library â¢ Subtopics â¢ Terms â¢ Resources. Taste is restricted to five qualities detectable on the tongue and elsewhere in the mouth: sweetness, saltiness, sourness, bitterness and âumamiâ (or savoriness). I have the e-book versions of both. Find another word for flavors. so, unless you familiar with the book or if you have the ebook and can search a term, finding a specific ingredient will take a little longer. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the AskCulinary community. use single-volume reference of more than six hundred alphabetical entries listing modem-day compatible flavors, chronicling new flavor synergies in the new millennium. Based on that, The Flavor Bible is a little more to the point of matching flavor without much to say about why they work. Hardcover . I've seen multiple recommendations of the Flavour Bible here and elsewhere. Following the instructions in a recipe is like parroting pre-formed sentences from a phrasebook. 1. I tend to go to The Flavor Bible more often. Posted on February 21, 2011 by Alison Ashton â 1 Comment â Weâre big fans of recipes at NOURISH Evolution, and we invest a lot into developing recipes to inspire your time in the kitchen. Removing this book will also remove your associated ratings, reviews, and reading sessions. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. Synonyms: airs, ambiences, aromasâ¦ Find the right word. I had it checked out (from my library) but by page 25 I knew I needed to own it. GRAMMAR A-Z ; SPELLING ; PUNCTUATION ; WRITING TIPS ; â¦ ISBN: Category: Cooking. Definition of flavor in the Idioms Dictionary. Read The Flavor Bible: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity, Based on the Wisdom of America's Most Imaginative Chefs book reviews & author details and more at Amazon.in. 2. Flavor (American English) or flavour (British English; see spelling differences) is the sensory impression of food or other substance, and is determined primarily by the chemical senses of taste and smell. £14.48. The flavor of vengeance was hot in my mouth, and filled me with delirious satisfaction. Flavor, on the other hand, is detected mainly thanks to our sense of smell, by the olfactory bulb and, to a lesser extent, orally. The Flavor Thesaurus. THE VEGETARIAN FLAVOR BIBLE: The Essential Guide to Culinary Creativity with Vegetables, Fruits, Grains, Legumes, Nuts, Seeds, and More, Based on the Wisdom of Leading American Chefs. To see what your friends thought of this book, The Art of Flavor expands tools and concepts using a flavor 'compass' to find the way to transformative combinations of aromatic ingredients; pairing ingredient Free delivery on qualified orders. Flavors: a special quality or impression associated with something. A groundbreaking guide to modern flavor pairings that will revolutionize the way you cook. You weren't there, so would you quit commenting on my fight with Sue? On the plus side, if you trying to learn about why the flavors work well this book spends a little time on most of the flavor combinations listed. That being said, I adore the ever living hell out of my Flavor Bible. (n.) That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose. The Flavour Thesaurus is the first book to examine what goes with what, pair by pair.


Clearly, I am a bit behind the curve when it comes to the Harry Potter craze, but when they first came out I wasn't allowed to read them. I attended a very conservative Christian grade school, and if teachers caught even a whiff of "witchcraft" in any children's literature, game, or toy it was banned immediately. Notices were sent to all parents strictly prohibiting Harry Potter books being brought to school, as anything having to do with witchcraft or magic was a kin to Satanism (not kidding about this!).
But now having read the books, I have no idea how they could have come to that conclusion (although I am sure none of the teachers had read them). Every facet of Harry Potter speaks of moral responsibility, loyalty, family and making choices based not on what is convenient in the moment but rather what is good and right. Rowling's stories gracefully mature with the reader, taking on more trying subject matter as the characters age. There are such beautiful lessons to learn.
And they're just downright fun! I can hardly wait to read them to my own children, when that time comes!
J.K. Rowling is truly a remarkable woman, not only for the beautiful work that is Harry Potter, but for the person she is. What a gift to have lived a life like hers and still have all of this joy and fun and imagination to share..........


A sort-of review
The idea that one can describe Zen practice in a book is not really in the spirit of Zen: which is, after all, concerned with being so intimately engaged in the world that any act of mental abstraction probably takes ones out of the necessary state of consciousness. But to dismiss all books on Zen would be to deny that words and books are, currently, an integral part of human society: and that probably wouldn’t be in the spirit of Zen either!
Now this review gets particularly Zen-like: I had intended to include some quotes from one of my source texts to give you a flavour of what’s available. Last week I’d scribbled some notes down and took a photo of the relevant pages from which to extra the relevant lines. Now, as I come to write my piece, I cannot find those notes and, no matter how I try, I cannot transfer the pictures of the pages to my PC to use. Life, the Universe, the Tao, Zen has intervened to prevent me doing what I had intended. Zen 1: Plans 0.
Or maybe life is protecting me from infringing some copyright laws. In a Zen context, the reason is irrelevant; the timing of my loss of notes and technical problems probably says as much, if not more, about Zen, Tao and being in the flow as any number of quotes could.
So, I’ll content myself with sharing a few of the ways I have found these books helpful.
In most of the Zen texts I’ve looked at, I was pleasantly surprised to find a constant and constructive cross-referencing between Zen history and ideas and Taoist ones. Not surprising since they share much common ancestry, but how many books on Catholicism would offer insights on Anglicanism in a similarly positive way? Zen and Tao seek integration, mutual respect and harmonious flow of understanding. Thus, the better books will bring that out both in what’s written and in how its written. If the Zen books you’re looking at seek to highlight the differences and emphasises the distinction between Tao and Zen, you can tell that it’s been written by an academic, not a Zen practitioner!
Having said that, in one important area, these books all bring out one significant difference: between, on one hand, the Zen and Tao ideas that originated in the East and, on the other, conventional Western ways of thinking. To ‘understand’ Zen, first disengage your Western mind.
An example of this comes in the use, within Zen teaching, of koans, such as the famous one that most of your will have come across: what is the sound of one-hand clapping? Of course, the question is absurd and the (Western) rational mind cannot cope with that: surely there has to be an answer? Not to the Zen mind there doesn’t!
So, don’t expect to learn Zen from books: that can only come from years of personal practice. But what the best books about Zen can provide is some context, some stories, some explanations that can help our rational minds just begin to see where Zen comes from . . . and just how different from Western ways of thinking and engaging with the world it is.
As to which Zen book, that has to be a personal choice: or rather the decision of the highest mode of consciousness you can muster. And yes, if you had that transcendent, Zen-like state you wouldn’t need the book! Welcome to the paradoxical world of Zen.
Just for the record, the books I’ve recently been looking at (because I was intuitively drawn to them) are:
Brandon, D. (1976) Zen in the Art of Helping
Dumoulin, H. (1992) Zen Buddhism in the 20th Century
Herrigel, E. (1953) Zen in the Art of Archery
Preston, D.L. (1988) The Social Organization of Zen Practice
Watts, A.W. (1957) The Way of Zen
All of them provided, usually via random page choices, quotes that made me smile and ideas that called for some long reflection. Do not read a Zen book from cover to cover: that will, almost certainly, defeat its message.
Of the above, my preference would be Zen in the Art of Archery, if only because it’s by far the shortest and my eyes can’t cope with much reading these days. And, even if it isn’t a Zen saying, ‘short and sweet’ is probably in the spirit of Zen.


Monday, 26 January 2015
RK Laxman - A tribute to the original commonman
Born on 24 October 1921, he was the original author and illustrator of the common man who caught the fancy of the Nation since 1951. He passed today on 26 January 2015 and the Nation is saddened by the loss of a great Man who used subtly humour to convey complex and critical issues.
Goodbye dear Common Man - May you have a heavenly abode.
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At long last the new Winters Library will open its doors for everyone to see and enjoy on Saturday, November 14, 2009! I got to go to a “pre party” a few weeks ago. I was so impressed with how large the space is and what nice large windows it has to let in lots of natural light. There is a conference room, a children’s book room and several quite places to relax and read throughout the building. We are so lucky so many people have worked on this project and have not given up over the years inspite of several setbacks. We will all reap the benefits. Right now they have a campaign to “stock the shelves”. The library is collecting money to buy new books for the library. What a very worthy cause. Hope to see see you there. Happy reading. Thank you Margaret Parsons for helping make this happen.


In this book, written by our founder, Christine Marie Mason, and beautifully illustrated by the artist Ouvra, we look at our bodies, especially the usually ignored parts, and how we love and care for them.
We learn more about our parts and how they interact. We have a conversation on touch, relaxation, strengthening, nourishing and nurturing them. We look into how our intimate parts rest in the pelvic bowl, which rests in the body, which is infused with blood and all the good and bad materials circulating therein. Our bodies live harnessed to our thoughts, inextricably tied to our environment.
We hope this book will spark a deeper awakening to all the ways you might be in wonder at the miracle of your own body, and cherish yourself more.
Part 1: An Invitation to Reverence and Awakening
Part 2: Know Your Body Parts
The Bones and Musculature of the Pelvic Bowl
Strengthening and Opening the Pelvic Bowl
Complex Beauty: External Genitalia
Secret World: Internal Organs
Part 3: Life in Cycles
Part 4: Looking Inside Yourself
Part 5: The Journey into Conscious Sensuality
Sensuality isn’t the Same as Sexuality
Working with your Emotional Body
Part 6: Touch and Self Massage
The Importance of Touch
Touch: the Basics
Self-Massage Exercises and Rituals
Part 7: Caring for the Skin and Tissues
Part 8: Oral Supplements for Skin and Female Health
Part 9: Lowering the “Body Load”
Part 10: A Lifetime of Joy and Self Love


Introduction Engaging in physical activity and recreation are important aspects of health for children living with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). However, children with ASD experience higher levels of inactivity and obesity along with increased injury rates. Since parent support is key to children’s activity participation, their safety related perceptions are important to understand and address. This scoping review aimed to examine literature on parent-focussed interventions, supports and barriers for safe physical activity for children with ASD.
Methods The methodology was guided by Arksey and O’Malley’s framework for scoping reviews. Search procedures were developed collaboratively with a university librarian and included searches of five electronic databases, as well as grey literature and hand searching. Included abstracts were those reporting parent level measures related to physical or recreational activity for children 0–19 years living with ASD. Abstracts and articles were further examined for inclusion of concepts related to safety or injury prevention. Two reviewers examined each abstract and full text article and a third reviewer resolved any disagreements.
Results Library electronic database searches yielded 603 abstracts and grey literature and hand searching yielded 2049 titles. In total, 44 full text articles were reviewed, 21 met the inclusion criteria and eight addressed parental perspectives on safety for children with ASD. Study methods included quantitative (4), qualitative (2) and mixed methods (2). No intervention studies were found while descriptive studies reported parental safety concerns including: program staff ability to ensure safety; safety of outdoor environments, and children’s lack of safety awareness and skills.
Conclusions Research on parent views and experiences regarding safety-related factors influencing activity participation for children with ASD is currently limited. Additional research on this topic is needed to inform program and policy development and promote opportunities for children with ASD to engage safely in physical activity while also addressing parental perspectives.


Innovation is one of the most important elements in a successful business, it can also be one of the most challenging. If you're looking for the best books on innovation, here are my top 5 recommendations.
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This is Marketing summarizes several key learnings from Seth Godin’s career. It's more of a high-level marketing overview than a step-by-step guide, which I think improves its ability to be applied across a range of circumstances and industries. As you read through the lessons, you'll be able to envision multiple scenarios where you can apply the key takeaways.
This autobiography, by the co-founder of Pixar, shares the story of how the company rose to fame and it also provides a glimpse "behind-the-scenes" into some of the challenges they had to overcome along the journey.
Discover the leadership and management techniques as well as the practices and philosophies that helped Pixar grow to be such a successful business in the movie industry.
The leadership principles in Creativity Inc. are extremely valuable because they can be applied in any industry that involves leading or managing creative projects.
In this New York Times bestselling book, Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist, shares his research on how original thinkers are able to change the world by championing new ideas.
With stories spanning business, politics, sports, and entertainment, Adam describes how to:
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Adam also shares how parents and teachers can nurture originality in children and how leaders can build cultures where 'Originals' can thrive!
Before any innovation can grow at scale, it requires a period of successful execution and high performance. Learn about this and several other high-level topics (such as strategy, leadership, and management) in this classic book by Jim Collins.
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Cordel literature is called so because of how the pamphlets are sold, hanging from strings (cordão), at fairs, markets, plazas and newsstands, mainly in the countryside towns and in the suburbs of the big cities. This name was given by intellectuals and it is what appears in some dictionaries. The general population refers to cordel literature simply as folheto (pamphlet).
The tradition of these popular publications, usually in verse, comes from Europe. In the 18th century, the expression literatura de cego (blind man literature) was already common among the Portuguese because of a law declared in 1789 by Dom João V allowing the Irmandade dos Homens Cegos de Lisboa (Brotherhood of the Blind Men of Lisbon) to do business with this kind of publication.
This type of literature doesn’t only exist in Brazil, but also in Sicily (Italy), Spain, Mexico and Portugal. In Spain it is called pliego de cordel and pliegos sueltos (loose pamphlets). In all of these places there is popular literature in verse.
According to Luís da Câmara Cascudo, in the book Vaqueiros e cantadores (Cowboys and Singers) (Porto Alegre: Globo, 1939. p.16) the pamphlets were introduced to Brazil by singer Silvino Pirauá de Lima and later by the pair Leandro Gomes de Barros and Francisco das Chagas Batista. In the beginning of cordel literature publishing in the country, many authors were also singers who
improvised verses, travelling through the farms, villages and towns of the semi-arid region. With the creation of private presses in homes and poets’ tents, the system of distribution changed. The author of a pamphlet could remain in the same place for most of the time because his work was being sold by ‘folheteiros’ or ‘revendedores’ (those who sell cordel literature) employed by him.
The popular poet is a representative of the people, reporter of events of life in Northeast Brazil. There is no limit in the choice of themes to create a pamphlet. One can narrate the deeds of Lampião, the adventures of heroes like João Grilo or Cancão de Fogo, a love story or important events of interest to the public.
According to Ariano Suassuna, a scholar of the subject, the popular literature in verse of Northeast Brazil can be classified into the following categories: heroic, marvellous, religious or moral, satirical and historical.
Currently, cordel literature does not have as good a market in Brazil as it had in the 1950s, when two million pamphlets about the death of Getúlio Vargas were printed and sold in a total of 60 titles.
Today pamphlets can be found in some public markets, such as São José Market in Recife, some fairs, like that of Caruaru, and in second-hand bookstores. There is a collection of cordel pamphlets available for consultation in the archives of the Blanche Knopf Central Library at the Joaquim Nabuco Foundation.
Recife, 18 July 2003.
(Updated on 28 November 2009.)
Translated by Peter Leamy, February 2011.
Ilustration by Rosinha.
CURRAN, Mark J. A página editorial do poeta popular. Revista Brasileira de Folclore, Rio de Janeiro, a. 12, n.32, p.5-16, jan./abr. 1972.
VILA NOVA, Sebastião. Literatura de cordel. Recife: IJNPS. Instituto de Pesquisas Sociais, 1976. (Folclore 19).
HOW TO CITE THIS TEXT:
Source: GASPAR, Lúcia. Cordel Literature. Pesquisa Escolar On-Line, Joaquim Nabuco Foudation, Recife. Available at: <http://basilio.fundaj.gov.br/pesquisaescolar/>. Accessed: day month year. Exemple: 6 Aug. 2009.


The images below are presumed to be my father's great-grandparents and/or great-great- grandparents as well as other family members in 19th century Ukraine. It is believed that these represent the Tamaren family.
Immigration of Phillip and Chaie Esther Wexler's family to America from Ekatrinaslav, Ukraine during the Russian pogroms of 1904 resulted in near tragedy when the ship carrying Chaie Esther and their three children sank after hitting a reef west of the Scottish coast.
July 1904 Newspaper Accounts of the Sinking of the Norge:
Later Historical Accounts of the Tragedy:


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Dr. Osborn has authored two books, beginning with the Bioidentical Hormone Handbook in 2012. Within 2 years, the book had been published in a second edition and reprinted due to overwhelming popularity. Upon selling out of the second printing, Dr. Holdren revisited the book and teamed up with Dr. Linda Jeffrey. Together they expanded the contents and updated sections from expert contributors for a new revised and retitled book, Dr. Deanna's Healing Handbook, in 2013.
Health and Wellness Challenges Covered:
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Citations are a pain, let’s be honest. But they are also important. This isn’t just because they “show evidence you didn’t plagiarize,” as teachers like to tell students, frightening them out of their wits. Rather, knowing how to cite is worthwhile for several reasons all of which will help you become a more informed writer, reader, and human being. What follows are some tips on how to go about citing sources, whether you are a researcher, a student, a writer, or simply someone who wants to tell people where you got a fad, figure, or quote.
Citation’s Original Sources
Citation isn’t a new practice to make sure you didn’t copy your into from a Wikipedia page, but an old practice, invented by priests, philosophers and scholars to identify sources of information.
This was mainly for the purposes of location, not because certain sources carried more authority than others, although that was also a factor. Citations would help members of a learned audience get from one book to the next, or from one part of a book to another part. That’s right: the citation is no different than the internet hyperlink, really.
Biblical scholars used citation to distribute knowledge to the public more early, referring people to chapter and verse so they could remember where to consult in their Bibles. With the advent of the Protestant Reformation, citations became a crucial way to democratize the written word and increase the transparency of worship: if a priest claimed something, they made sure to say where it was from, so you could look it up yourself and consult your own conscience on the issue.
Why There Are So Many Formats
The secularization of institutions of higher learning during the Renaissance did not alter these practices: it only spread them wider, until they became the ubiquitous methods of citation we know today. But the standardization of citation by different colleges and organizations over the next few hundred years also led to the bewildering amount of formats for citation which crush us all and confuse us utterly. Oxford cited differently than the University of Chicago. The University of Chicago cited differently than the Modern Language Association. The Modem Language Association cited differently from the Associated Press… and so on. Some of these differences (as with the AP style) emerged out of techniques adapting to new practices of distributing information. Some developed as inventors tinkered with different cataloging systems for libraries in the 19th century.
No one seemed to care what the ultimate effect was everyone did whatever seemed best for them. The plethora of styles that confront us today is the result: while they all share the same basic function, nearly all of them look different from the others and follow different rules.
Confronting the Difficulties of Citation
The first step in simplifying your citation practices involves using this history for your benefit. Since the content that makes up most citations is easy to find, and it is only the formats that differ, start by gathering that basic information and noting it in whatever form feels comfortable to you. Only then begin to think about how to use that information. While you are reading note the essential elements name of the author, date and place of publication as well as the name of the publishing house or imprint. All of these are available, usually, on the inside cover of the book, in the Publication Information section.
If you are reading an article in a magazine or some other publication, note the issue number and the pages the article takes up. If you are dealing with an internet article, note when you accessed it and hunt around for the original publication date of the article, which will usually be underneath its title. You now have a base of information from which you can work when it comes time to choose your format.
Putting Together Your Citations
Next, find out what source your audience expects you to use. Print and online publications usually have style-sheets with this information readily available for you to consult: search on their website or send an email to an editor asking them for one. Getting a style-sheet is better than just finding out what format your venue prefers, since it will also be able to tell you any other formatting information that may come up in the process of composing your work. It also further acclimates you to the reasons publishers may go with one style rather than another—sometimes it is just for fashion reasons sometimes because they want to send a particular message with their magazine or journal about what they think constitutes intellectual authority.
If you are writing just for informal purposes, simply choose the style that is most useful to you. The Modem Language Association generally has the easiest form of citation to use and is the most portable form of citation across different media platforms. Whether it be email, print, or online article format, you probably won’t run into trouble if you use MLA.
Issues of Authority, Consensus, and Controversy
Once you become familiar with citation practices, you enter a world of dialogue and discussion that is wonderful to explore. But certain issues still remain as to whose voice speaks louder than others and more authoritatively. Citation is not about authority, in other words—except for when it is. Because citation leads readers to an author to allow them to further consult a piece of information for themselves, leading them to the right authors is not only good practice but a duty.
Taking Advantage of Citation Tools
Once you decide what format is right for you, take advantage of citation tools on the internet that can easily format the information you have for you. Certain tools allow you to simply enter the author’s name and the publication, and will even search this information for you and find it out—there’s no need even to rifle through the pages of the book. This should produce a handy, clean works cited document for you quickly and efficiently.


Manual for OpenEstate-ImmoTool
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Their Finest Hour Project
Published: 29 September 2023
The West Berkshire Culture Team has teamed up with Oxford University to be a part of a project called Their Finest Hour. The project launched in July 2022, and is funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Their Finest Hour is a digital history project coordinated by the University of Oxford and is delivered by local communities. The mission is to document the human story of the Second World War by recording personal histories and objects. Although most eyewitnesses of the conflict have sadly departed, we can still gather their stories and personal effects from their descendants to preserve them for future generations.
To accomplish this, West Berkshire Council are holding three digital collection days across in Theale, Hungerford, and Newbury. At a digital collection day original documents and artefacts and any keepsakes with a personal story or simply memories and stories passed down, will be photographed, and recorded. They will then be uploaded online to an archive which will be free to access from June 2024.
For more information about the project please click on the link https://theirfinesthour.english.ox.ac.uk/home or watch this short video which gives a brief summary of the project https://youtu.be/KIl83sUQktQ
The digital collection day details are:
West Berkshire Museum Wednesday 17th January 2024 10-2pm The Wharf Newbury RG14 5AS
Hungerford Library Thursday 30th November 2023 10-2pm Church Street Hungerford RG17 0JG
Theale Library Tuesday 14th November 2023 10-2pm Church Street Theale RG7 5BZ


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The Pueblo City-County Library District Digital Collections Program is dedicated to broadening access to unique historical materials contained within the PCCLD Special Collections through the acquisition/creation, maintenance, and preservation of these unique historical materials in digital format.
The PCCLD Digital Collections Program is a long-term project and new collections are added as they become available.
Early issues of the Colorado Daily Chieftain are available online.
June 1, 1868 - March 4, 1875 are avaiable here in the Historic Newspapers of Pueblo Collection.
April 28, 1872 - October 13, 1887 are avaiable through the Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection.
Colorado Historic Newspaper Collection


In 2018, to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War, the Society mounted an exhibition entitled South Ainsty at War. This was displayed at Copmanthorpe Library throughout November 2018 and also at Dringhouses Library early in 2019. The exhibition covered both world wars, as we have quite a lot of information relating to the Second World War, including Acaster Airfield. See the following downloadable document for further information:
- Wartime in the South Ainsty (PDF, 4.8MB)
Images of war memorials around South Ainsty villages are also presented below, alongside a downloadable document detailing memorial names and details.
- War Memorials in the South Ainsty (PDF, 900KB)


A Short History of Papago Lodge
In the early years of the Boy Scouts of America Summer Camp Honor Societies were popping up all over the country. By the 1920s there were nearly 100 of these honor societies. The Tribe of Papago was one such Honor Camper Society started at Camp Lawton in 1923. The society was created, and all the ceremonies written, by the Camp Director and Scout Executive Harry Ogle. The Tribe of Papago required advancement in Scout rank, leadership, and service hours at the camp and progressed through four increasingly difficult levels. The levels were: Hunter, Warrior, Medicine Man and Chief, and for adults who were not Chief, Elder and Squaw for men and women respectively. This society has continued to present time, although it began to diminish in the late 1960s when a Sioux System was used for a few years.
In 1948 Norman R. Horwitz, a 1938 Vigil member from Owasippi Lodge #7 in Chicago, moved to Tucson. In 1952, he asked the Scout Executive, Merle Kruiish, to form a committee to consider the formation of an Order of the Arrow Lodge. Horwitz chaired the committee, Kruiish served as Adviser, and Otis Chidester, Clinton Helbig, LeBaron Jones and Edward Ronstadt rounded out the committee. The committee’s appeal for an Order of the Arrow Lodge were accepted and a National Charter was granted on May 29, 1953 to Papago Lodge 494. As the first Papago Lodge Chief, Horwitz conducted the 1953 ceremonies single-handedly. The Lodge’s first Ordeal Ceremony produced eighty-four new Arrowmen. Elections followed, and David Zinder was selected the first youth Lodge Chief. The name Papago was chosen in honor of the Native Americans of the Papago Nation. The name Papago was given to the Nation by the Spanish and was changed to Tohono O’odham in 1986. The Tohono O’odham Nation asked that the Lodge not change its name, so Papago remains. The first totem of the Papago Lodge was an “Arrowhead inscribed with a Flying Bird.” This totem was never used on patches or other items during the first years of the Lodge. In May 1957, the Papago Lodge totem was changed to a steer skull entwined with a rattlesnake forming a “20”. It is thought that 1957 was the twentieth anniversary of Horwitz’s elevation to Vigil Honor. It was this totem that was used on the first Lodge pocket flap patch. In 1961 the totem was changed to the Hohokam conception of the Gambel’s quail. In 1964 the Victorio Lodge of the Cochise Council merged into the Papago Lodge, enhancing the history and traditions of both Lodges. Technically, since Lodges all count their age from their oldest component, 2010 was the 70th anniversary of this combined Lodge. The Victorio Lodge was founded in 1940 and was named after Bidu-ya, a warrior and chief of the Chihenne band of the Chiricahua Apaches who was known as Victorio to the Mexicans. The Victorio Lodge totem was the wild turkey. When the two Lodges merged they voted to retain the Gambel’s quail totem. In the ensuing years, several votes have been made to change the totem, but none have passed. The totem is known, affectionately, as “Papago Pete”.
In 2018, the Lodge elected to incorporate another totem to accompany Pete. This new totem is the bark scorpion. It may currently be seen on the new standard issue flap.
In 1986, the Lodge officially changed its Indian affiliation from Hopi to Hohokam, which was a tribe that split off from the pre-Aztec Toltec Civilization. Papago Ceremonialists were seen in Toltec style regalia decorated with brightly colored plumage and golden jewelry. In more recent years, the Lodge adopted a plains style regalia.
The proud accomplishments of the Papago Lodge span the whole history of the Lodge. From 1957 to 1961, the first 5 Area Conferences (Section Conclaves) were presided over by Papago members. In 1958 and again in 1966 the Papago Lodge had dance teams that were among the most outstanding in the nation. In 1965 Papago Lodge members helped in the formation of Salado Lodge #551. From 1968 to 1974 Carroll A. Edson, co-founder of the Order of the Arrow in 1915, was a member of Papago Lodge. In 1984, George Fell, retired Chairman of the National OA Committee, was a Papago Lodge member. Jack Stephens, a 1985 Papago Lodge Vice-Chief, moved to Chee Dodge Lodge #503, and in 1989 he was elected the National Chief while attending the University of Arizona in Tucson. In 1988 the Papago Lodge had one of the most outstanding Ceremony Teams in the Nation. Over the years the Papago Lodge has earned the right to honor over 200 Vigil members. Papago Lodge’s patches have been among some of the most sought-after patches for many years. The Lodge was the first to create two-part flaps and was among the first to use photochromic thread which changes color in sunlight. The popularity also has disadvantages; Papago patches are frequently faked. In the 1980s a “Papago Pete” costume was made for the Lodge by Arrowman Jeff Babis. Papago Lodge was among the first to have a totem costume as well. The original costume was retired in 2013, the Lodge’s 60th Anniversary, when a new costume was purchased. The original is on loan to the Otis Chidester Museum in Tucson. In addition, the Papago Lodge has provided individual recognition for about 5,000 honor campers of the Boy Scouts of America. These honor campers, in turn, have promoted camping, provided service, and exemplified the ideals of Scouting for hundreds of thousands of southern Arizona youth and adults.


Buskirk examines the globalised contemporary art world of the twenty-first century and describes it as a veritable arts industry. The role of the artist and the curator has become professionalised, she suggests. Art production is challenged by its own ‘corrosive success,’ and it is difficult she explains, to distinguish the marketing and promotion, which can establish artists as brands, from the genuinely radical or subversive practices. Despite its commercial success, Buskirk identifies the contradiction when art still claims to be exceptional. Closely scrutinising art institutions reveals their expanded role as entertainer and spectacle-maker that complicates its dedication to education. She describes the generative practice of these institutions as ‘museum production’ as they increasingly encourage artists to create art within the walls of the museum. This may be achieved by a variety of practices; producing exhibitions, re-imagining collection displays, or producing a commissioned artwork for display. Using numerous examples of artworks, installations, exhibitions and spectacles, Buskirk illuminates the blurring lines between established art roles and practices. She not only explores trends of contemporary curating, collecting, and creative practices, but also offers a critical perspective and places it within historical context.


Gheorghe I. Brătianu is the nephew of Ion C. Brătianu and the son of Ionel Brătianu and princess Maria Moruzi-Cuza. The future great historian Gheorghe Brătianu was born on January 28, 1898 in Ruginoasa, Iaşi county. After graduating from Iaşi National High School (class of 1916) he voluntarily enlisted with the army in order to participate in the war to reunite the country. In 1917 he registered with the Faculty of Law in Iași, which he graduated in 1920. Exhibiting a liking for history, he abandoned his legal career and registered with the Sorbone University in Paris, where he attended the classes of prestigious historians such as Ferdinand Lot and Charles Diehl, and where he acquired his Ph.D. in 1929. His vocation for history was exemplified from his very first work, entitled „A Moldavian Host Three Centuries Ago”.
His work was published by Nicolae Iorga and represented the historiography debut of a youth barely aged 16. In 1924 he became a university professor for the universal history department within the University of Iași, and in 1940 within the University of Bucharest. In 1942 he was admitted among the ranks of young tenurials of the Romanian Academy. Gheorghe I. Brătianu was appointed as Director of the Institute of Universal History in Iași (1935 – 1940) and then the „Nicolae Iorga” Institute of Universal History in Bucharest (1941 – 1947).
Gheorghe I. Brătianu signed up for the National Liberal Party in 1926, while on October 12, 1927, he went on to become head of the NLP organization in Iași. In 1930, Gheorghe I. Brătianu, the politician, decided to act on the recommendations made by King Charles the Second and break the unity of the NLP by creating a new political organization: Gehorghe Brătianu NLB. The behavior of King Charles the Second in the political arena determined the historian to return, in 1938, within the NLP. In terms of external politics, Gheorghe I. Brătianu was an astute adversary of an alliance with the USSR and was convinced that an alliance with Nazi Germany would prove beneficial to Romania.
King Charles the Second wrote in his journal that the historian Gheorghe I. Brătianu was „the great apostle for an agreement with Germany”. As a politician, Gheorghe I. Brătianu did not take part in the Crown Council meetings of June 27, 1940, when we conceded Basarabia, North Bucovina and the Herța region, only in the night meeting of August 30-31, 1940. He advocated for military resistance because the concession would bring „the collapse, collapse by demoralization, impotence and anarchy”. On June 22, 1941, he was mobilized within the 7th Infantry Division, where he served until July 12, 1941. Upon this date, he was transferred to the Cavalry Corps, until November 30, 1941, within the 2nd Intelligence-Counterintelligence Office, as a translator from German. During the 1 – 30 November period, captain Gheorghe I. Brătianu was detached to the General Headquarters, Section I, Studies-Laws Office.
The historian was again mobilized with the Cavalry Corps during July 16 and September 24 of 1942. He took part in the campaign of this great unit in the Crimean Peninsula and Caucasus. During the 1941 – 1942 period, he held a lecture entitled The Black Sea Issue with the University of Bucharest. On December 15, 1941, during the opening lecture of the history of the Black Sea, Gheorghe I. Brătianu spoke of Romania’s „safe space”, a geopolitical term which would eventually become the space which „included the regions and points in the absence of which a nation can neither fulfil its historical mission, nor the possibilities that make up its destiny”. He distinguished between the safe space, the ethnic space and the vital space. The ethnic spaces represented „the space inhabited by the same people, as a nation”, while the vital space was a „an account of force”, „the space which at any given point hosts the expansion of a force”. The safe space could be one and the same with the ethnic space – which could lead to a „strong position” – yet it could also exceed it. The safe space statement does not imply the will and desire to acquire the „vital space”, thus it is not an expression of an expanding force. The historian Gheorghe I. Brătianu identified two „key positions”, respectively decisive geopolitical positions Romania needed to mandatorily include in its strategic assessment:
„1. The Bosphorus entry point and, in general, the strait system which leads the waterway beyond this enclosed sea; and 2. Crimea, which, through its natural ports, its ancient fortresses and the high maritime bastion represented in the Black obviously represents a commanding position over the maritime complex in the area. Whomever holds Crimea can rule the Black Sea. Whomever fails to hold it, cannot rule. It is obvious that this issue is connected to our issues, because, when all comes to all, what else do the straits represent than the extension of the Danube inflows”.
He also added that „the notion of the safe space implies that we cannot remain indifferent to what is going on in these two key positions of a sea so closely tied to our existence”. The history of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is summarized by Gheorghe I. Brătianu as „a struggle for the Black Sea between Russia and Europe”. After August 23, 1944, Gheorghe I. Brătianu would suffer the consequences of his anti-Russian/Soviet political and scientific view. In 1947, he is suspended from the University and from the „Nicolae Iorga” Institute of Universal History. He is assigned to house arrest and is prohibited from having external contacts. During this period of house arrest, Gheorghe I. Brătianu finished a work on The History of the Black Sea. On June 9, 1948, along with the reorganization of the Romanian Academy, which changes its name to the Academy of the Popular Romanian Republic, Gheorghe I. Brătianu loses his capacity as an academic, along with another 97 Romanian scientific and cultural personalities. On the night of 7-8 May, 1950, he is arrested by the Department of State Security and sent to the Sighetul-Marmației prison, without trial or conviction. On the night of 23-24April, 1953,Gheorghe I. Brătianu died in prison at the age of 55, the reasons for whicha res till unclear. According to the testimony of other inmates, it seems he committed suicide by strangling, as he could no longer bear the tortures of detention. According to other sources, he was supposedly beaten to death by a guard. In October 1971, his family was authorized to unearth his grave in Sighet and rebury him in the Brătianu burial chamber in Florica/Ștefănești, Argeș county, in an alcove close to his uncle Constantin I. C. Brătianu. The following phrase is engraved above the alcove: „They died in Sighet, unyielding in their belief”. As a historian, Gheorghe I. Brătianu resolutely and rigorously supported the thesis of Romanian people continuity within the Carpathian – Danube – Black Sea space. His works on the Romanian presence in Basarabia epitomize the historian’s stature and the politician’s knowledge. Moreover, he was asked to denounce his theses on Basarabia, but he refused, rationally assuming responsibility for that which was written. „The truth endures, regardless of the fate of those who served it”, wrote Gheorghe I. Brătianu for eternity


|Billy and Bobby Mauch, twin brothers playing the title roles.|
Friday, December 28, 2012
Prince and the Pauper, The (1937)
Director: William Keighley
A common “A” picture from the major Hollywood studios in the 1930s would be adaptations of popular literary works including the classics. 1937’s The Prince and the Pauper would be First National Pictures’, a Warner Bros. owned studio, film that adapts the classic Mark Twain penned tale of switched places. Part comedy and part drama, while at the same time being a coming of age story, and children’s tale, the picture stays true to the heart of the novel by Samuel Clemens under his famous pen name. It allows audiences to see a visual telling of a story many Americans would have been familiar with.
The Prince and the Pauper is an adaptation of the Mark Twain classic about two children, one a prince, the other a poor peasant of the kingdom, who accidentally switch places due to their similar appearances. When Prince Edward (Bobby Mauch) changes cloths with a pauper named Tom Canty (Billy Mauch) while playing he is accidentally thrown out of the royal palace by his own guards. Tom, believed to be Edward, is set to be king at the passing of King Henry VIII (Montagu Love), while the real Edmund tries desperately to push is sovereignty on the poorer classes of the kingdom who believe him to be merely Tom Canty. Edmund finds a protector in Miles Hendon (Errol Flynn), a swordsman amused by the boy’s story. Meanwhile Tom begins to be manipulated by the Earl of Hetford (Claude Rains) as he attempts to use the boy’s new found dominion to empower his own dominance in the kingdom, until the two boys are able to reunite and prove who the true future King of England is.
The pictures keeps true to the heart of the story originally assembled by the famous Mark Twain, and provides an entertaining adaptation that amused audiences of the late 1930s as well as brought to life the story for those wishing to view it for years to follow. For the time of its release many would see the classic adaption in a routine visit to the local movie house, while decades later children would be introduced to the motion picture as a classroom style movie in order to bring literature to life for school children.
For the most part the film would be directed by William Keighley, maker of such pictures as the anti-gangster movie G Men, and the politically incorrect adaptation of Bible stories in Green Pastures. Keighley would only give up the reigns of the film m for a short period due to William Dieterle while fighting the flu. The larger budget and set decoration of this period piece would add to semi-epic size of the film. Though Keighley’s camerawork tended to be rather simple, following the simple rules of cinematography, like the “rule of 180,” his pace tends to stay just above too slow. The film has some action, but nothing that seems to draw one to the edge of their seats. But with the success of The Prince and the Pauper as a literary period piece Keighley would get a chance to direct a far larger endeavor the following year in 1938’s adventure picture The Adventures of Robin Hood, also to star Errol Flynn.
Flynn would be the featured star of The Prince and the Pauper, ever rising on the list of A-list stars in Warner Bros. cast of actors, especially in the genre of adventure films. For the role of the two boys of which the story would center around producers considered the largest child star of the time Freddie Bartholomew, famed from his work on David Copperfield and Anna Karenina. It was considered that Bartholomew would star in both roles, but he studio decided to go with Billy and Bobby Mauch, twin brothers with some acting in major films in the recent past. Billy was cast as the younger version of the title character in Anthony Adverse while Bobby sometimes stood in for him. With more acting to his record Billy would supply the meatier and multi-dimensional role of Tom Canty. The twins with their acting in such a major picture would land a cover story for Time Magazine in 1937.
Not to be overlooked is the performance of Claude Rain playing the Earl of Hertford, the primary antagonist of the picture. Rains had broken into the mainstream without even being seen in the horror classic by Universal, The Invisible Man. Since then he would move to Warner Bros. where he would pushed towards being a regular villain with the aid of his overbearing English accent. He too would work with Flynn and Keighley again in the Technicolor film The Adventures of Robin Hood.
This version of The Prince and the Pauper would prove to be a classic adaptation of the characteristic piece of literature. That would be its legacy. Flynn and Rains would keep rising in star stature, while the Mauch boys would not see much in film that would even come close to this picture. But as one must measure this picture it must be said that this film creates a very good representation of the story from the famed American author of the 19th century, and stands well even years after its original release.
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Your children will be mesmerized by the quirky Mr. B and his exciting classroom adventures. Each story has a message for children and adult readers alike. The first book focuses on overcoming nervousness, learning to relax and using your imagination.
“Principal Finley was in quite a bind:
She needed a teacher, only one came to mind.
So she called Mr. Bruce and told of her need.
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He gathered his lunch and his top hat, too,
And he kissed his wife but she just said, “Shoo!”
He wanted the kids to think he was cool
But he felt somewhat nervous his first day of school.”
What people are saying about The Fabulous Feats of Mr. B
“Who is this fabulous Mr. B? This man full of fun, charisma, and creativity? As these young students will soon see, he might change the path of their life’s trajectory. As a man who’s lived and learned from the Real Mr. B, this book is a gift to children who will live their dreams from his encouragement and positivity. I’m captivated and curious by “The Fabulous Feats of Mr. B,” and anxiously awaiting the next chapter of fun on this magical and educational journey.”
– Jeremy Rabe – Former Student and Television Host
“The Fabulous Feats of Mr. B is a creative story about a wacky new teacher at school that teaches the students to use their imagination. The story contains unique, silly illustrations and creative ideas. I enjoyed the imaginative twists and turns, leaving you to wonder the next page of Mr. B’s adventure!”
– Isaiah Stannard – Actor on NBC Good Girls
“I found The Fabulous Feats of Mr. B to be a delightful story with the charming rhyme, adorable illustrations, and humor to get lots of laughs from youngsters. A perfect tale to help ease a child’s anxiety about being new at school, to show them that even teachers (or adults in other situations) can be a little apprehensive about new experiences and how a little creativity helps ease nerves. I love that Mr. B taught the kids to visualize and find their creative side… a great way to relax and loosen up those first day jitters. I think this story opens up the opportunity for kids and adults to talk afterward about what experiences scare them, how they overcome their fear or nervousness, etc., how to show compassion to new kids at school etc.”
– Jill Gallner – Administrative Coordinator, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) Alvin Sherman Library
Bruce P. Weinberg is a retired school teacher of more than 30 years. He lives in South Florida with his wife, Amy, and dog, Fluffy. He has two “kids”, Evan and Francie, who are off having their own adventures. Always having a flair for creativity and a passion for drama (some might say he’s dramatic), the “Mr. B” books are a perfect channel for his excitement, energy, and love of story-telling. He’d love to hear from you!


Lyle Luther Rathbun
Lyle Luther Rathbuns family moved to Los Angeles from Eaton, Indiana in 1918. After Lyle Luther Rathbun graduated from Manual Arts High School, he managed a grocery store for a year before entering the College of Dentistry at the University of Southern California. Upon graduation, he set up practice in Ontario in 1925 and was inducted into Kiwanis June 18, 1926, and was 41 years perfect attendance. Lyle served as Vice President of our club in 1933 and President in 1935. Many of the programs which Kiwanis carried out in those depression days, such as providing milk for school children too poor to provide their own, were later taken on by the Federal Government. Other club activities that Lyle recalls were the staging of Kiwanis Kapers, (a minstral show) and publishing a razz edition of the newspaper titled “The Dailey Repeat” with the motto “Not a Word of Truth on Any Page.” Lyle’s wife Betty, also an S.C. graduate, was a librarian before they were married. Their daughter, Betty, graduated from Oxy, and obtained her masters degree at U,S,C, Son Bob recently graduated from Cal Poly and is now a Health Officer for Los Angeles County. Lyle is a life member of the American Dental Association.
Excerpt taken from a pamphlet Elizabeth Ensley Rathbun had received from the Kiwanis Club. Unknown Author and publication but may be a news letter from the club.


|SocialismToday Socialist Party magazine|
A rich seam of working-class art
Pitmen Painters: The Ashington Group 1934-1984
By William Feaver
Published by Ashington Group Trustees, 2009, £12.95
Reviewed by Bill Hopwood
MOST PICTURES in art galleries are not painted or drawn by the working class. Usually, their lives are not the subject or, if so, they are observed from the outside. The Ashington Group is a rare exception.
Pitmen Painters tells the story of the group of men who worked in the collieries of Ashington, Northumberland, and became well-known painters. Their story starts in the 1930s when they joined a Workers’ Education Association (WEA) art class. The tutor, Robert Lyon, who lived in Newcastle and taught at Durham University, started by giving lectures. The miners, however, did not want to be talked to about art, they wanted to experience making it. So, rapidly, the class changed and the miners became painters.
The group continued after the end of the WEA classes, meeting regularly and renting their own hut in the 1940s which become a studio and gallery. Over the years their paintings were displayed at various exhibitions. They visited artists and art galleries in London, and were impressed and influenced by other painters. Most importantly, however, they painted pictures of the life and work of the mines and the colliery workshops, the streets, homes and the town of Ashington.
The paintings show their detailed knowledge and awareness born of experience. One of the group, Oliver Kilbourn, commented on Henry Moore’s drawings of miners: "He misses part out… his drawings are not of real miners because he did not understand what it was about". One painting, Open Drawer, by Frank Laidler, shows a carpenter’s drawer with tools. But this is no ordinary still life. Looking at it you understand that he knows every tool, its use and its feel – he was, after all, a colliery joiner.
The Ashington Group was unusual in art circles as being proudly working class. At times, their work was treated with condescension, a common view of England’s elite to the working class in general. But one of the striking features of the book is the sense of how strong progressive ideas were in the 1930s, 40s and 50s, with its influence reaching into art and culture.
One of the group’s paintings was displayed by the Artists International Association which used art to campaign for left-wing causes, such as supporting the Spanish republic, and for peace. The Left Book Club was started in 1936 and Pelican Books (part of Penguin) was launched in 1937 to publish affordable good books, many of them with progressive sympathies. The WEA was going strong. The British Institute of Adult Education (established in 1921 with the involvement by Albert Mansbridge who had helped set up the WEA in 1903) held ‘Art for the People’ exhibits. During the second world war it became the government-supported Council for the Encouragement of Music and Arts – later, the Arts Council.
The Ashington Group participated in the ‘Unprofessional Painting’ exhibition, held in Gateshead in 1938. This included the debate, ‘Anyone Can Paint’, which was chaired and reported on by Tom Driberg (left-wing Labour MP) – in his ‘William Hickey’ column in the Daily Express. Although the painters were in left-wing art circles, some were members of the Independent Labour Party in the1930s and Kilbourn painted the banner for the Ellington Miners’ branch, there is no open politics in the paintings. The paintings are of life, and that is the politics.
The book has many colour photographs, as well as commentary on some of the paintings. However, if readers get the opportunity, go to the Woodhorn Museum, Ashington, as many are on display there. The museum is also an excellent reminder of mining life including the strike of 1984-85.
Over the last few decades, the neo-liberal agenda has pushed back many of the improvements that the working class won in earlier decades. Alongside these material attacks, there has also been a cultural and ideological attack on the working class, its outlook, ideas, traditions and cultural features. Although Pitmen Painters makes little reference to the wider political context, the contrast with today’s demonisation of the working class is evident.
Alongside the struggles on economic issues, the struggle on the ideological, cultural, and artistic side is also important. Rebuilding class confidence, solidarity and self respect involves ideology and culture, as well as decent wages and conditions.


Hecate in myth: a synopsis
HEKATE (or Hecate) was the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy. She was the only child of the Titans Perses and Asteria from whom she received her power over heaven, earth, and sea.
Hekate assisted Demeter in her search for Persephone, guiding her through the night with flaming torches. After their reunion she became Persephone's minister and companion in Hades.
Two metamorphosis myths describe the origins of her animal familiars: the black she-dog and the polecat (a mustelid house pet kept to hunt vermin). The bitch was originally the Trojan Queen Hekabe, who leapt into the sea after the fall of Troy and was transformed by the goddess into her familiar. The polecat was originally the witch Gale who was transformed into the beast to punish her for her incontinence. Other say it was Galinthias, the nurse of Alkmene, transformed by the angry Eileithyia, but received by Hecate as her animal.
Hecate was usually depicted in Greek vase painting as a woman holding twin torches. Sometimes she was dressed in a knee-length maiden's skirt and hunting boots, much like Artemis. In statuary Hecate was often depicted in triple form as a goddess of crossroads.
Hecate was identified with a number of other goddesses, including Artemis and Selene (Moon).
From the Library of Halexandria
The Hecate archetype is my own discovery but she shares a lot with Artemis, with whom she's been lumped up until now. When I draw on others' observations on the archetypes, I'm going to retain the parts that apply to Hecate (or vice versa - in the posts on Artemis, I'll remove parts that don't belong to Artemis.)
Another of the virgin goddesses. Hecate was independent, nonrelational, untouched by the heat of emotion or passion, not moved by love, sexuality, or infatuation, one-in-herself, belonging to no man, with an active, focused consciousness and little apparent need to become vulnerable (to give and receive love and comfort and support growth in others).
Hecate is capable of feeling whole without a man, seeking her own goals on terrain of her own choosing, the ability to concentrate intensely on whatever was important to her and to be undistracted (either by the needs of others or by competition from others), competent, capable of achievement, concerned for victimized and powerless women, “moonlight vision,” felt strongly about her causes and principles, interests of no or limited commercial value, individualist, could be very vengeful, needed to develop “the Far-Seeing Hecate.” Outrage at wrongs done and the strength to express a point of view are positive characteristics of Hecate.
Each archetype has two corresponding Tarot cards: one from the Minor Arcana, which shows the archetype at it's healthiest - it's the way we can manifest their power and energy. The corresponding card from the Major Arcana, on the other hand, is the divine gift of the spiritual realm that they're seeking to manifest through us.
Queen of Swords
Her ability to perceive the truth is valuable in untangling complex issues, or cutting through deceit. Tapping the power of the Queen of Swords will help you see what is hidden. Her wisdom and ability to be stoic in the face of suffering come from seeing painful experiences as opportunities to learn - developing your own ability to do the same will go far in reducing your suffering, and also the likelihood of repeating your mistakes. She learns a little from everything she does and from everyone she meets, and everyone who talks with her goes away a little wiser - whether they realize it or not!
High Priestess (II)
While the Magician focuses his powers outward, to achieve a meaningful effect on the world, the High Priestess shows us that we can also use these powers on an inner level, to enrich and transform ourselves and our world. She is often a sign of the Shadow, the repressed aspects of yourself or society. If you accept the Shadow within you, its powers will be open to you if you wish to use them.
Other Hecate Pages
The Hecate archetype: a deeper look
Hecate in myth
Musings on Hecate
Further reading on Hecate
Again, much of the above descriptions comes from The American Tarot Association, Goddess Power, The Library of Halexandria and from Wikipedia pages on the various tarot cards. All credit goes to them for their brilliant explorations of the archetypes and tarot cards. Make sure you check them out yourself and get their wisdom first hand (links are over there to the right.)