This is a powerful piece of literature (along with the rest of the series) that rattled my mindset in all the right places.
Sistah Souljah has done it again. Midnight’s 3rd installment, A Moment of Silence, follows Midnight’s trials related to juggling his first wife, babies on the way, his second wife, and the protection of his mother and younger sister.
If you never thought that you could love, respect, and admire a murderer, you’re in for a rude awakening.
The entire series of books is a fantastic read for adults and teens alike. Even as a grown woman, I found myself reexamining some of my perceptions about humanity, masculinity, and even self-respect as I was able to view the world through the lens of a character like Midnight.
I felt shamed by the level of discipline in various areas of life that this 16 “years young” boy displayed that I don’t think I could ever exhibit and was inspired by the depths of the love he felt–and openly expressed–for his loved ones.
I think that, were there more teenagers (not just Black, not just Muslim, not just male) in general who carried themselves half as responsibly as Midnight does (owning a business, supporting his family emotionally and financially, protecting his privacy, maintaining his personal boundaries, etc.) the world might be in much better shape than we see it in today.
I commend Midnight, and Sistah Souljah for creating him, and will be sure to strive to be more like him in the future. That’s how this book has changed me. Don’t miss out on a chance to have your spirit opened as well!


Dear art friends,
We hope you support the 25 local artists in a fabulous fall show
and sale at the Evans Branch Library and leave with a lovely treasure
(45 Cooper Road, near the corner of Titus).
It's more than paintings - there's seasonal floral pieces perfect for
the door or table, unique gift baskets, jewelry, hand-made aprons
and scarves, artists' cards, and more. All items are made by local
artists and reasonably priced.
The show runs one week, November 1-5, Mon-Fri, generally during
library hours (see below).
Monday, 10 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Wed., 10 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Thurs., 10 a.m. to 8:45 p.m.
Fri., 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.


Create a 3-5-page annotated bibliography and summary based on your research related to best practices addressing a current health care problem or issue of interest to you. In your professional life you will need to find credible evidence to support your decisions and your plans of action. You will want to keep abreast of best practices to help your organization adapt to the ever-changing health care environment. Being adept at research will help you find the information you need. For this assessment, you will select and research a current health care problem or issue faced by a health care organization. Demonstration of Proficiency By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: Competency 1: Apply information literacy and library research skills to obtain scholarly information in the field of health care. Identify academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to a health care problem or issue and describe the criteria used for the literature search. Competency 2: Apply scholarly information through critical thinking to solve problems in the field of health care. Assess the credibility and relevance of information sources. Summarize what was learned from developing an annotated bibliography. Analyze academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format. Competency 4: Communicate in a manner that is scholarly, professional, and respectful of the diversity, dignity, and integrity of others, and that is consistent with expectations for health care professionals. Summarize a health care problem or issue and describe a personal interest in it and experience with it. Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Write following APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references. Instructions Note: The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. For this assessment, you will research best practices related to a current health care problem. Your selected problem or issue will be utilized again in Assessment 3. To explore your chosen topic, you should use the first two steps of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach to aid your critical thinking. View the Assessment Topic Areas | Transcript media piece and select one of the health care problems or issues in the media piece to research. Write a brief overview of the selected topic. In your overview: Describe the health care problem or issue. Describe your interest in the topic. Describe any professional experience you have with this topic. Conduct a search for scholarly or academic peer-reviewed literature related to the topic and describe the criteria you used to search for articles, including the names of the databases you used. You will want to access the applicable Undergraduate Library Research Guide related to your degree (found at the NHS Learner Success Lab) for tips to help you in your search. Use keywords related to the health care problem or issue you are researching to select relevant articles. Assess the credibility of the information sources you find. Determine if the source is from an academic peer-reviewed journal. Determine if the publication is current. Determine if information in the academic peer-reviewed journal article is still relevant. Select four current scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past three to five years that relate to your topic. Explain the relevance of the information sources. Describe how the health care problem or issue is addressed in each source. Discuss what kind of contribution each source provides on your selected topic. Analyze the scholarly literature or academic peer-reviewed journal articles using the annotated bibliography organizational format. The purpose of an annotated bibliography is to document a list of references along with key information about each one. The detail about the reference is the annotation. Developing this annotated bibliography will create a foundation of knowledge about the selected topic. List the full reference for the source in APA format (author, date, title, publisher, et cetera) and use APA format for the annotated bibliography. Make sure the references are listed in alphabetical order, are double-spaced, and use hanging indents. Follow the reference with the annotation. In your annotation: Identify the purpose of the article. Summarize the source: What are the main arguments? What topics are covered? Include the conclusions and findings of the article. Write your annotation in a paragraph form. The annotation should be approximately 150 words (1 to 3 paragraphs) in length. In a separate paragraph or two at the end of the paper, summarize what you learned from your research. List the main points you learned from your research. Summarize the main contributions of the sources you chose and how they enhanced your knowledge about the topic. Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like: Assessment 2 Example [PDF]. Additional Requirements Length: At least 35 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference page. Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. APA Template: Use the APA template linked in the resources. Use the APA Style Paper Template [DOCX] as the paper format and the APA Style Paper Tutorial [DOCX] for guidance. Written communication: Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Content: Provide a title page and reference page following APA style. References: Use at least four scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles. APA format: Follow current APA guidelines for in-text citation of outside sources in the body of your paper and also on the reference page. Note: Review the Applying Research Skills Scoring Guide for the grading criteria applied to this assessment. If you would like assistance in organizing your assessment, or if you simply have a question about your assessment, please do not hesitate to ask faculty or the teaching assistants in the NHS Learner Success Labfor guidance and suggestions.
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Wednesday, August 6, 2008
Warm Water under a red bridge / Akai hashi no shita no nurui mizu (Shohei Imamura, 2001)
Without a job when his firm goes bankrupt, a man in his 40s looks unsuccessfully for work, talks on his mobile phone to his distant wife who’s moved away, and hangs out with a derelict, a homeless philosopher in a blue tent, who counsels him to live in such a way that he will not have regrets—and when the old man dies the man decides to go seek the treasure the old man used to tell him about, in an old house covered with trumpet vines, by a red bridge. The man goes there and sees a beautiful young woman. Shortly afterwards he sees her shoplifting cheese in a store; she is standing in a pool of water. He goes to the house, and the granny gives him a paper with a prophecy of good fortune written on it.
The girl tells him somehow water builds up inside her and she has to do something wicked to vent it. And when they make love she becomes an ecstatic fountain. So the man takes a job on a fishing boat, and he hurries back to her whenever she signals him from the shore with a mirror. After a while, though, the constancy of the relationship starts to “cure” her, and the water diminishes. The man is not happy, and he becomes unreasonable and jealous. The poor woman is miserably unhappy, too, because whenever she has taken a lover they have all have been that way when the water subsides. The fountain seems to be just exotic sex to them, while the water seems like a curse to her.
When the man confesses he’d initially come for the treasure, she laughs bitterly—the treasure was in her grandmother’s “pot.” At last, the man realizes the old philosopher had tricked him into discovering this wonder, and that he himself had been the man the grandmother had always waited for. The girl retreats sadly, accepting defeat and preparing herself for his departure. But he tells her he’s staying, and the she she tells him she loves him—and out of the seashore grotto where they are making love, a fountain of water emerges, and a rainbow.
It’s a fable about desire, isn’t it? But there’s more than just a succession of ebbing and endings. There's the promise of renewal and constancy. Sweetly optimistic magic realism.


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http://www.archive.org/ An exploration into the www past
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html A guide to finding info on the Internet
http://www.irt.org/ Many topics on Internet related technologies
http://discover.npr.org/rundowns/rundown.jhtml?prgId=5&prgDate=November/1/2002 Real player story on www and other computer matters.
http://www.cs.indiana.edu/docproject/zen/zen%2d1%2e0%2ehtml A beginners guide to the Internet
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/intldlhome.html Links to electronic resources around the world
http://www.slyck.com/index.php All about file sharing/p2p
http://www.cyberjournalist.net/cyberjournalists.html Tips and talk from the wired world
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/bold/devel03/modules/andrew.html Harvard University lectures on the development of the Internet
http://www.sofweb.vic.edu.au/internet/index.htm A complete guide to using the Internet from the folks "down under."
http://www.let.leidenuniv.nl/history/ivh/frame_theorie.html A complete history of the Internet
http://www.pewinternet.org/ Internet effects on American culture and society
http://webstyleguide.com/ Web Style Guide 2nd edition
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/html/index.shtml An interactive HTML tutor for beginners.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/%7Ewebstyle/contents.html Advice on website building
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/index.html A web-developers resource
http://hotwired.lycos.com/webmonkey/design/site_building/tutorials/tutorial3.html Lessons for how to build a website.
http://www.davesite.com/webstation/ Much of what you will need to know about the web, including a beginner's guide and web site building.
http://www.themeatrix.com/ A must see! Great example of how Flash can turn you into a movie producer--be sure to download Flashplayer (free)
http://www.tripod.lycos.com/ A free website and blog builder provider (this site's)
http://www.electricteacher.com/tutorial2.htm FrontPage tutorial
http://www.uwm.edu/~vkuhn/mastructure.html Thoughts on hypertext structure
http://www.sitenavigation.net/snguide.html Advice on html navigation structure
Imaging Websites -- for the artists among you
Foto Datenbank - Lizenzfreie Bilder
Fotos-Direkt.de: Lizenzfreie Bilder und Fotos
GOgraph - Web Graphics
Image Scene - Mio's Homepage
Internet Foto Services
Viking's Web Animation
Animation Library - Free animations
Animation Factory - Free animations
Eye For You
Flash Arcade - Flash Games
http://www.mediachannel.org/ Global Network for Democratic Media
http://www.oecd.org/home/ Official web site of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
http://www.intel.com/education/teachtech/learning/mpuworks/intro.htm Find out how a microprocessor works
http://intel.com/ebusiness/pdf/prod/related_mobile/wp030401.pdf "White paper" Intel: Untethered Computing: Feasible , Economic , and Desirable
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/ How computer devices work -- Thanks Colin!
http://www.g4techtv.com/screensavers/index.html Lots of shareware and general PC advice
http://infocenter.cramsession.com An incredible wealth of technical information
http://download.com.com/2001-20-0.html All sorts of freeware and shareware downloads
http://www.softpanorama.org/People/index.shtml A critical history of open-source code. Be sure to check out Chapter 4 on Linus Torvalds
http://www.jasc.com/learncenter.asp tips and tricks with digital graphics
http://www.sdmagazine.com/ A magazine devoted to software development
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/opensources/book/toc.html Open Sources: Voices from the Open Source Revolution, a free e-book
http://www.sfgate.com/technology/ Latest news from the "capital" of IT—San Francisco
http://www.wired.com The latest in business and technology
http://hotwired.lycos.com/ Beyond the news
http://www.ncdm.uic.edu/index.htm A resource for high performance and distributed data mining
http://www.zmag.org/ZNET.htm Z Magazine's IT web page (the politics of the web)
http://www.december.com/ Much about IT, computing, web, and communication
http://slashdot.org/ News for Nerds
http://wfs.org/index.htm Home page of the World Future Society with many resources for those with a future
http://itpapers.cnet.com/whitepapers/default.asp?supercategoryID=4 About 20 gazillion "white papers" on all aspects of technology
http://www.mobitopia.com/ News and views of mobile and wireless technologies
http://www.internetwk.com/ News and info about all aspects of IT
http://www.newsfactor.com/ In-depth IT news
http://news.com.com/ CNET's e-business e-zine
http://www.itquadrant.com The insiders guide to e-business integration
http://www.zdnet.com Everything about the IT world
http://www.fortune.com/home_channel/ Home site Of Fortune Magazine (Business & Technology)
http://www.business2.com Web focused business and technology
http://www.businessweek.com/technology/ US business magazine's technology reports
http://www.forbes.com/technology/ Another famous US business magazine's tech reports.
http://www.bibalex.org The web site of the library of Alexandria, Egypt
http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ A good example of a university library on the Internet
http://www.pacificnet.net/~sperling/eslcafe.html The granddaddy of ESL/EFL site
http://www.webfoot.com/advice/estyle.html?Author A guide to e-mail
http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html How to cite electronic sources
http://www.sussex.ac.uk/langc/CALL.html Many free language learning programs
http://snow.utoronto.ca/learn2/intro.html About learning to learn
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/ Purdue University's Writing Lab site
http://www.gpc.edu/~lawowl/esl.htm Another good ESL/EFL resource
http://www.edict.com.hk/vlc/preps/preptable.htm Full discussion of preposition usage
http://www.number2.com/ Free test preparation: SAT, ACT, GRE, Vocabulary building
http://a4esl.org/q/h/idioms.html For self tests on multi-word (phrasal) verbs, idioms, etc.
http://www.loc.gov/ Library of Congress (USA central library)
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/xwords/index.html Bi-monthly, on-line crossword puzzles to help you build your vocabulary
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com An "edutainment" cyber-playground
http://www.quinion.com/words/ Much about British English
http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/index.htm All of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social research methods
http://dannyreviews.com/index.html Recommendations and reviews on reading beyond the canon.
http://www.dcosmic.com/beyond/index.htm Cyber rap (poetry to a hip-hop beat)
http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/semiotic.html Semiotics for beginners
http://itemsoft.psih.uaic.ro/index.php?newlang=english Computer based psychology and all the areas related to human behaviors and social sciences
http://www.cybersmartcurriculum.org/home/ Elementary Web safety and ethics teaching curriculum
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/IntellectualProperty/cprtindx.htm#top Good explanation of copyright and fair use rules & regulations
http://aresearchguide.com/1steps.html How to write an A+ research paper
http://eslbee.com Advanced composition for non-native speakers
http://teenwriting.about.com/ A site specifically for and about young writers
http://www.netlingo.com/ An Internet dictionary and more
http://www.webopedia.com/ A full resource web encyclopedia and more
http://infocomp.csuchico.edu/metis/fundamental/misc/Jargon_01.htm Computer terms
http://www.intel.com/education/teachtech/learning/glossary.htm More Terms
http://www.vlib.org/ A virtual library of many subjects
http://www.csupomona.edu/~jasanders/slang/project.html College Slang Research Project—huge database of real talk
http://www.freevocabulary.com/ List of 5000 essential English words with meanings
http://www.krysstal.com/borrow.html Borrowed (from other languages) words in English
http://onlinenewspapers.com An incredible site connecting you to newspapers all over the world
http://www.cdtl.nus.edu.sg/wrg/brit-amer.htm Differences between British and American English
http://www.yourdictionary.com The last word on words
http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp "World's largest on-line library."
http://www.country-data.com/ Information about many nations
http://www.theodora.com/wfb/ Another source of geographic information
Collections by profession, region, era
CIA World Factbook
Internet Public Library Reference
Librarians' Index to the Internet
Nueva's Library Catalog
Pitscos' Ask an Expert
Tiger Map Service
The Amazing Picture Machine
The Quotations Page
WWW Virtual Library
A Beauty Lover
Personal blog by Arif, a 'lonely Indonesian geek'. Wide-ranging and well designed.
Tokyo-based blogger, with an eye for some of the best photography on the web.
US blogger Joanna Blackwell. Original design; concise writing; nice set of links.
Weblog by Hossein Derakhshan, an Iranian in Canada who also keeps a blog in Persian.
Probably the best online journal in Poland. Link-free.
'Fimoculous' means 'feeding on itself', apparently, which is an apt description of one of the pitfalls of weblogging. But this blog comes recommended for the quantity and quality of its links.
In the Gray
Nineteen-year-old American who has 'the worst luck with girls'. Should probably spend less time on his weblog, beautiful though it is.
Photo gallery/weblog with a current affairs bent; US-based.
A master of the form - and one of the US blogs we liked the look of when we were planning ours in early 2000. Its author, Rebecca Blood, has just published the Weblog Handbook - 'practical advice on creating and maintaining your blog'.
Beautiful and funny Hungarian weblog.
This Modern World
Intelligent weblog by US cartoonist Tom Tomorrow.
More than a wannabe. By Firda Beka, an Indonesian in her late twenties.
Not for the squeamish, but a good read on the American d-generation scene.
http://www.npr.org/ Accesses the files of National Public Radio, a wealth of information on how Americans think.
http://www.latimes.com/news/specials/enrique/ Not about IT, but a great example of multimedia web design--and a learning experience to boot.
http://dear_raed.blogspot.com/ A Blog from Baghdad: a blog from an young Iraqi male's perspective
http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/ Baghdad is Burning: a blog from an Iraqi Girl's perspective
http://www.theatlantic.com/ Good writing on many different subjects from the American liberal perspective.
http://www.deoxy.org/watts.htm#radio A complete resource for the writings, lectures, and thoughts of Alan Watts
http://ishi.lanl.gov/symintel.html Home of the symbiotic intelligence project
http://lchc.ucsd.edu/ Home of webperson's philosophical underpinnings
http://home.earthlink.net/~platter/index.html The home of "Stop Sleeping": the name says it all
http://www.hrw.org/ Human Rights Watch site source for Freedom of Information debate
http://myhero.com/myhero/go/directory/index.asp Heroes from all walks of life. Do you have a nominee?
http://www.thenation.com/ Unconventional wisdom since 1865
http://www.starcalliance.org/ Students transforming and resisting corporations
http://www.newsfactor.com/whitepapers/category.xhtml?category_id=5 A good source for "White Papers" (longer reports) on various topics in IT.
Note: Please inform "webperson" if you find any links extinct.


- What was Mr Van Daan like?
- What culture was Anne Frank?
- Why is Anne Frank still remembered today?
- Where did Mr Van Daan die?
- Is Mr Van Daan Dutch?
- How big was the attic Anne Frank lived in?
- What did Anne Frank name her diary?
- What is the diary of Anne Frank movie about?
- Is the diary of Anne Frank on Amazon Prime?
- How long is the diary of Anne Frank movie?
What was Mr Van Daan like?
Mr. van Daan in the diary. According to Anne, he is intelligent, opinionated, pragmatic, and somewhat egotistical. Mr. van Daan is temperamental, speaks his mind openly, and is not afraid to cause friction, especially with his wife, with whom he fights frequently and openly.
What culture was Anne Frank?
Anne Frank’s diary has become famous throughout the world. The diary provides a vivid and poignant glimpse into the world of a young Jewish girl living in Nazi occupied Holland. Anne wrote diary while hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam warehouse. She was just 13 when she and her family went into hiding.
Why is Anne Frank still remembered today?
Today, Anne Frank has become the most famous young author of all time, and The Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most widely read books in the world, translated into more than 65 languages. For educators, the diary provides a rare chance for students to learn about the Holocaust from someone their own age.
Where did Mr Van Daan die?
Auschwitz concentration camp, Oswiecim, Poland
Is Mr Van Daan Dutch?
Hermann van Pels was born in the German city of Osnabrück. His father’s family originally came from Groningen (the Netherlands).
How big was the attic Anne Frank lived in?
about 450 square feet
What did Anne Frank name her diary?
‘Dear Kitty’ is the fictional character Anne Frank addressed many of her diary letters to.
What is the diary of Anne Frank movie about?
In Nazi-occupied Holland in World War II, shopkeeper Kraler hides two Jewish families in his attic. Young Anne Frank (Millie Perkins) keeps a diary of everyday life for the Franks and the Van Daans, chronicling the Nazi threat as well as family dynamics. A romance with Peter Van Daan causes jealousy between Anne and her sister, Margot. Otto Frank (Joseph Schildkraut) returns to the attic many years after the eventual capture of both families and finds his late daughter’s diary.
Is the diary of Anne Frank on Amazon Prime?
Watch The Diary of Anne Frank | Prime Video.
How long is the diary of Anne Frank movie?


Welcome to the North Iredell High School Media Center
Media Specialist - Mickey Vestal
The North Iredell High School Library has over 6,000 volumes in present circulation, including a wide variety of research and reference material as well as current and historical information. The Destiny Library Catalog and the NCWiseOwl database are utilized for print and digital resources.
The mission of the North Iredell High School Media Center is to provide the best possible resources and services to insure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.
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This summer one of my favorite places to take Hudson on a super hot day was the library. Free, free, free, love it, love it, love it! I'm pretty sure we've checked out and read every single board book at our local branch. The summer reading program awards kids a free book once they've read (or had read to them) 15 books. We breezed through it and now we have a cute little record of some of the books we enjoyed during Hudson's first summer.
In addition to Hudson's favorites Ten Rubber Duckies and Curious George, I was able to read some really great and really awful grown-up books as well...
1. If Walls Could Talk: The History of the Home by Lucy Worsley
If you love history you will LOVE this book! This was hands down my favorite summer read and I was fascinated from the first page to the last; Worsley makes the history of the bathroom, living room, bedroom and kitchen entertaining and funny. I actually laughed out loud and was often pausing to say to Mr. Brady, "did you know that___insert some interesting tid-bit about toilets or prostitutes here____?" This was a fabulous book and I can't wait to read Worsley's other books: Courtiers and Cavalier.
2. The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Oh wow! I own the movie The Hours (one of my very faves) and have wanted to read the book for years...lets just say my high expectations for this book were absolutely exceeded...did I mention this book won the Pulitzer Prize? Being the quote junkie I am, I usually underline quotes that I want to return to in books, but because this was a library book, I restrained and turned down corners instead...when I was finished half the book was dogeared. Loved it!
3. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
I read this book in high school but I cared more about boys than literature at age 16...I appreciated it so much more this go around for 3 reasons. Twain had me laughing, reminiscing my own childhood, and imagining what Hudson will be like as he gets older.
4. The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
I realized this summer that I had never read anything by Oscar Wilde and decided it was time to do something about it! This play was short, funny and sweet. Loved, loved it!
5. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
I'm actually a little embarrassed to say that I enjoyed this book. I didn't LOVE it, but I really liked it...especially the Eat and Pray chapters. What surprised me the most about this book was the fact that I could relate to Liz in her desire to find spirituality. After reading this book and deciding I need to do something to calm my own monkey mind, I start a meditation class in October.
6. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The overall message of this book is...follow your heart and dreams and what is meant to be will be...this book was dreadfully repetitive and condescending. Had it not been such a quick read I wouldn't have finished it...didn't like it!
7. Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
I should have heeded LeVar Burton's advise and not judged this book by it's cover...I had NO idea what it was about, but figured it was pretty, pink, and iconic so there must be something pretty special about it. The only thing is I couldn't make it past the first 50 pages of boring-ness...
8. Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James
I've read some awful books in my time, but this takes the prize as THE WORST book I have everrrrr read! I read it because I had to know what all the fuss was about...I was told it would make me feel empowered and sexy. But I ended up feeling sick, embarrassed and insulted. Insulted because I felt the author was shoving down my throat what she believes women want stirring up some anger for being labelled this way. According to this book, females want and should want...
Men who are very rich.
Men who are very powerful to the point of being controlling in their personal relationships.
Men who have private jets and penthouses.
Men who have never committed themselves to women before.
Men who are "bad boys" with issues.
Men we normal women would usually never be worthy of because we are not rich, skinny, blonde, nor well dressed.
The author made it clear that every woman's fantasy is to be THE ONE to change these men...mysteriously attract them, soften them, change their bad-boy ways, make them fall head over heels and eventually commit...whilst being spoiled with gifts like expensive computers and new cars; the woman's self respect and self esteem being built by the unexpected attention and praise of this MAN.
I CRINGED so often during this book...with the repetition of certain words such as "punish" and "down there". I could go on and on about my hatred for this book...but I have more Oscar Wilde waiting for me on my bedside table...Happy reading!


Alzheimer’s Association, 800.272.3900, www.alz.org
California Department of Aging, 800.510.2020, www.aging.ca.gov
National Center for Creative Aging, creativeaging.org
Early Stage Suggested Reading:
Living Your Best with Early Stage Alzheimer's: An Essential Guide
By Lisa Snyder, 2010
Today, when a person is diagnosed, they may have many years ahead with only mild symptoms. The result is that a growing number of people with early-stage Alzheimer's are seeking information about how to take charge of their lives, manage symptoms, and cope effectively with the disease.
Speaking Our Minds
By Lisa Snyder, 2009
Gain exceptional insight into the world of the person with Alzheimer's through this enlightening collection of first-hand accounts. Speaking Our Minds provides an unparalleled view into the day-to-day experience of Alzheimer's through the reflections of seven diverse individuals with the disease.
Alzheimer's Early Stages: First Steps for Family, Friends, and Caregivers
By Daniel Kuhn,
If someone you love has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, you may not know where to turn. The early stages can be the most difficult time for relatives and friends because they often don't know much about the disease, or how they can be of help. This compassionate and practical book fills the information gap. It is divided into sections on how Alzheimer's begins, how to help a loved one with the disease, and how families and caregivers can help themselves.
Alzheimer’s a Love Story, One Year in my Husband’s Journey
By Ann Davidson, 1997
The wife of a Stanford University medical professor shares personal vignettes of she and her husband’s ability to cope and live with early onset Alzheimer’s.
Partial View An Alzheimer's Journal
By Nancy Henderson, Cary S. Andrews, and Nancy Andrews (editor), 1998
A photographic journey of a retired history professor, Cary S. Henderson, who develops Alzheimer’s and shares personal and eloquent descriptions of his day to day struggles and triumphs that are part of his life.
Alzheimer’s from the Inside Out
By Richard Taylor, PhD, 2006
Offers a glimpse into the world of individuals living with Alzheimer's disease. The author, who was diagnosed at age 58, shares his account of his slow transformation and progression with the disease. Addresses complexity and emotions surrounding issues such as the loss of independence, unwanted personality shifts, struggle to communicate, and more.
Middle Stage Suggested Reading:
A Dignified Life: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer's Care, A Guide for Family Caregivers
By Virginia Bell, MSW & David Troxel, MPH, 2002
The keystone book describing the Best FriendsTM approach to Alzheimer’s care - using caring, heartfelt responses to daily situations, bringing dignity to the lives of people with dementia and their caregivers.
Connecting the Dots
By Judith London PhD, 2009
In more than sixteen years of work with Alzheimer's patients and their families, author Judith London has learned how to 'connect the dots' of scattered information offered by people with Alzheimer's so that loved ones can understand the depth of feeling still present in them.
Learning to Speak Alzheimer's
By Joanne Koenig Coste and Robert Butler, 2004
A practical approach to the emotional well-being of both individual living with memory loss and caregivers that emphasizes relating to persons with memory loss in their own reality. Her accessible and comprehensive method, which she calls habilitation, works to enhance communication between care partners and individuals with memory loss, and has proven successful with thousands of people living with dementia. Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s also offers hundreds of practical tips, including how to · cope with the diagnosis and adjust to the disease’s progression · help the patient talk about the illness · face the issue of driving · make meals and bath times as pleasant as possible · adjust room design for the individuals comfort · deal with wandering, paranoia, and aggression.
The Best Friends Book of Alzheimer's Activities, volume 1 and 2
By Virginia Bell, David Troxel, Tonya M. Cox, Robin Hamon, 2004
Bring out the best in each person with dementia each day with more than 140 versatile, easy-to-implement Best Friends activities. Thousands of caregivers around the world know that providing Best Friends' care improves the quality of life of people with dementia by building on the essential elements of friendship; respect, empathy, support, trust, humor, and sharing time together.
Understanding Difficult Behaviors: Some Practical Suggestions for coping with Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Illnesses
By Anne Robinson, MA, Beth Spencer, MSW, Laura White, MSW, 2007
This material is intended to help caregivers understand the many possible explanations for why challenging behaviors may occur. Practical coping strategies for responding to challenging situations such as agitation, wandering, incontinence and resistance to care are also offered.
The 36-Hour Day, sixth edition: The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss
By Nancy L. Mace MA and Peter V. Rabins, MD MPH
Now in its Fifth edition, The 36-Hour Day has been an essential resource for families who love and care for people with Alzheimer disease. Whether a person has Alzheimer disease or another form of dementia, he or she will face a host of problems. The 36-Hour Day will help family members and caregivers address these challenges and simultaneously cope with their own emotions and needs.
*This book is very comprehensive and my advice is to use it as a reference book, as you may encounter various concerns. Due to its thorough content, it may feel overwhelming to family members if read from beginning to end.
In a Tangled Wood: An Alzheimer's Journey
By Joyce Dyer, 1996
A touching yet painfully honest book about a daughter’s search for, and eventual decision to move her mother to a skilled nursing home. It shares day to day stories, and “in the moment” observations of resident interactions, expressions, and behaviors, as well as learning to embrace what cannot be changed.
Creating Moments of Joy for the Person with Alzheimer's or Dementia
By Jolene Brackey, 2000
Jolene Brackey has a vision. A vision that will soon look beyond the challenges of Alzheimer's disease and focus more of our energy on creating moments of joy.
Chicken Soup for the Soul Living with Alzheimer's & Other Dementias
By Amy Newmark, 2014
With 101 encouraging and inspiring stories by others like you, this book is a source of support and encouragement throughout your caregiving journey.
Alzheimer’s Activities that Stimulate the Mind
By Emilia Bazan-Salazar, 2005
Based on its author's four-year study and 15 years of experience in Alzheimer's and dementia-related care, Alzheimer's Activities That Stimulate the Mind is the only book offering exercises appropriate to each of the four stages of the disease. It features hundreds of exercises across an array of areas and disciplines, including arts and crafts, community outings, physical activity, religion and spirituality, grooming, gardening, music, and many more.
Late Stage Suggested Reading:
The End of Life Namaste Care Program for People with Dementia
By Joyce Simard MSW
This innovative care program blends nursing care and meaningful activities to promote peaceful and relaxing end-of-life experiences for older adults with late-stage dementia. The first program created specifically for this hardest-to-serve population, Namaste care also meets the latest regulatory guidelines for person-centered activity programming. With this practical guide, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living settings, memory care communities, and hospices can easily and affordably implement a Namaste Care program to not only improve resident quality of life but also to increase family involvement and strengthen staff morale.
“Other” Related Dementia Books:
A Caregiver's Guide to Lewy Body Dementia
by Helen Buell Whitworth MS BSN, 2010
This is the ideal resource for caregivers, family members, and friends of individuals seeking to understand Lewy Body Dementia.
by Gary Radin and Lisa Radin, 2014
Although the public most often associates dementia with Alzheimer’s disease, the medical profession now distinguishes various types of “other” dementias. This book is the first and only comprehensive guide dealing with fronto-temporal degeneration (FTD), one of the largest groups of non-Alzheimer’s dementias. The contributors are either specialists in their fields or have exceptional hands-on experience with FTD sufferers.
PLEASE NOTE: The majority of these resources can be found on amazon.com or may be available for loan via your local Alzheimer's Association. If you don’t see what you’re looking for, there are many more resources available than are listed here.. If you have a personal favorite, email me with a few lines of review as to why you like it and I’ll consider sharing it with others.
Thankfully, there are far more books and resources available than when I started 30 years ago!


Talking Lapa - A Local Aboriginal Community History of La Perouse
A study following the process of a particular school class as it researches and explores the history of an Aboriginal community. The focus is a cultural and social history of the Aboriginal community of La Perouse. The history is presented in a photocollage format, with pictures of the students and community and visuals of original source material. Emphasis is placed on oral histories and personal life stories.
Order your copy of Talking Lapa today!
Please download, print and complete the order form below and fax back to us on
02 4925 2185.
- Publisher: NSW Board of Studies, NSW Board of Studies
- ISBN-10: 0 7310 3370 1
- Pages: 52 pages
- Price: $25.00


Book Club Issue 6 is available to purchase books, maybe for some early Christmas shopping!
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Written by Rachel Klucewicz, based on an interview with Rebecca Newburn of the Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library
In May of 2010, spearheaded by Rebecca Newburn, the Richmond Rivets Transition Initiative opened the Richmond Grows Seed Lending Library. Located inside of the Richmond Public Library in Richmond, California, the seed library consists of three self-serve cabinets filled with close to 100% locally grown seeds, free to anyone who needs them for their home garden. Community members are encouraged to save some seeds at the end of the growing season and offer them back to the library for others.
Newburn saw this project as an opportunity to cultivate connection, biodiversity, food security, and climate-adapted seeds within her community and the world at large. In the long list of important needs to address on our rapidly changing planet, as Newburn says of the seed library: “It checks off a lot of boxes.” The group offers a variety of classes on gardening and seed-saving as well as information on how to start a seed library. Richmond Grows was the seventh seed library in the world and has served as a vibrant, replicable model for many other libraries. Since their inception, the number of worldwide seed libraries has grown to 700.
During the pandemic, with public spaces such as the Richmond Library closing, Richmond Grows was forced to re-envision the seed library and open seed pickup locations in 12 different community spaces including community markets, community centers, the Richmond Latino Center, a worker-owned bike shop, and several urban farms. They simplified their number of seed offerings to minimize contact. Demand for seeds was so high that the group did a commercial purchase of seeds to replenish their stocks for the first time in years. The process of pivoting during the pandemic broadened their reach into different parts of the community, bringing seeds and knowledge further into the commons. Moving their classes online also increased their reach, and allowed them to offer a greater variety of classes such as “Seed Saving in a Time of Crisis.”
The positive impact the Richmond Grows Seed Library continues to create within its community is manifold. In addition to providing locally grown seeds and knowledge of gardening and seed saving practices, the library builds community through the act of sharing and storytelling. Newburn says, “You become a seed saver and you just automatically want to share because you have so much.” With the seeds come stories, recipes and connections. Newburn shared a memory of receiving Nepalese pepper seeds from a friend which she then grew and reshared with Nepalese friends in her community, allowing them to enjoy a culturally familiar taste of home and continue the cultivation of such seeds.
Newburn reflects that, overall, the project ran smoothly from its inception, quickly gaining a lot of traction, energy and support. Though the group doesn’t have a lot of money to work with, that hasn’t been a barrier to success. “We always think of ourselves as a low-budget, high-impact organization,” Newburn says. Being the 7th seed library in the world, they had the advantage of easily securing their initial donation of commercial seeds. With hundreds of seed libraries popping up worldwide, that initial donation to get started can be more difficult to come by now and is an important consideration for groups setting out to start their own seed library.
Newburn encourages groups seeking to start a seed library to get creative in figuring out who they can partner with for securing the initial seed donation. She suggests reaching out to local farmers, urban agriculture groups, permaculture guilds and university horticulture departments–anyone who grows food on a larger scale and could potentially dedicate a plot to saving and donating seeds.
Newburn also advises aspiring groups to have a reasonable plan, and remember that not everything needs to happen in the first year. Richmond Grows started simply: offering seeds and one class in their first year, expanding class offerings the second year, and focusing on engaging more seed-savers the third year. It takes time to find and build relationships with the people who are interested in or already saving seeds and to get people educated and engaged in the process of seed saving. Once a group takes the time to build relationships and educate people, it only takes a handful of seed-savers in a community to fill an entire library.
Newburn encourages aspiring seed-savers to contemplate their particular areas of interest and explore that question within their communities. By understanding what really inspires different people, groups can sustain volunteer interest and potentially develop unique seed collections, such as local natives, butterfly plants, medicinals, or natural dye plants. Some seed libraries take the approach of focusing on one genre of seed-saving. Two passionate volunteers built an impressive collection of California native seeds for the Richmond Grows Seed Library. When setting out to start a seed library, it’s important to explore the inspiration and interest within each unique community.
For more information on Richmond Grows Seed Library and for information on starting a seed library in your community visit:


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Practice the Duhawk Fight Song to prepare for the first ever, world-wide Duhawk Day! This inaugural day has been designated to celebrate the many reasons we all love Loras College.
Hail Loras Varsity
Cheer them along the way
Onward to victory
We will win this game today
Let's hear a cheer for the varsity
Long may they reign supreme
Fight 'til the echoes ring
For the glory of the team
Click to play the Fight Song
Send in a video of you and your fellow Duhawks singing the Loras Fight Song on 5.23! You can also share pictures by emailing them to email@example.com, posting them to the Alumni Facebook Page or sharing them via Instagram or Twitter using the hashtag #DuhawkDay.
Learn more about Duhawk Day 5.23: alumni.loras.edu/DuhawkDay
GUEST AUTHOR DAVID FALDET VISITS LORAS COLLEGE
|Luther College professor and author David Faldet reads from his book, Oneota Flow.
By Anders Carlson (’12)
Guest author David Faldet visited Loras on October 28th to read from his new book, Oneota Flow: The Upper Iowa River and Its People, published by the University of Iowa Press. His book centers on the interconnectedness of the land and people in upper Iowa over hundreds of years. The title gets its name from the Oneota River (an older name for the Upper Iowa River) which runs through northeast Iowa. Being the sixth generation of his family to live in the region, Faldet “felt called to write the book.” Faldet did his undergraduate studies at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, before studying Victorian literature in graduate school at the University of Iowa—where he met his wife. He returned to Decorah to teach at Luther College, focusing on English and environmental studies.
In one of his chapters, “The Juice,” Faldet writes about his aunt and uncle farming in the region around the time of the green revolution and chemical farming with DDT. He recounts his aunt and uncle’s reaction to their child’s death which—by their calculation—was caused by the spraying of DDT. Other than the effects by a loss of a child, the land also suffered. The toxins that polluted the soil damaged the area Faldet writes about.
In the later chapters and in his Q&A, Faldet takes on an environmentalist view. The interconnectedness that the people have to land should—in his view—be preserved by taking care of the land, particularly in the upper Iowa region. His passion spills over into his book, Oneota Flow: The Upper Iowa River and Its People, which can be found on Amazon.com for $20.90.
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ON THE MARCH. “On the March” was the only Gold Anvil awardee in the publications category which was also cited with a Gold Platinum Award. Supplied photo.
Multi-awarded boutique publishing house Media Wise Communications (Muse Books) marked yet another milestone in its publishing journey after it was awarded the Platinum Anvil award for its coffee table book On the March: The Jesuits in the Philippines Since the Restoration.
The Platinum Anvil is given only to outstanding entries that stand out among Anvil “Gold” winners. On the Marchchronicles the journey of the Jesuits as they bring the Catholic faith to the remotest corners of the Philippines.
The Platinum citation reads: “For recognizing the vital role of Jesuits in the country, the book highlights their mission and achievements, including their evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity, and obedience.”
The project was conceived so that practical, sustainable aid could be channeled to the Jesuit community. To do that, a beneficiary institution was chosen, the Philippine Jesuit Aid Association Inc (PJAA), which is dedicated to providing for the healthcare needs of infirm priests.
Presented annually by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) the ANVIL is the symbol of excellence in public relations. It is awarded to outstanding PR programs, tools, and practitioners. On the March bagged the Platinum Anvil for PR Tools, under the Publications category, the only one so cited in this category.
Unless a reader of this book reads the publication credits in its opening pages, he would not know how a group of dedicated alumni from Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan (Xavier Ateneo) contributed their hearts and souls to its publication.
Foremost among them are executive publishers Manuel Paras Engwa and Ramoncito Ocampo Cruz, fondly known as Manny and Monching, respectively.
Manny graduated from Xavier Ateneo (Class Salutatorian – XU High School 1966; and AB Economics 1969). He attended the Industrial Economics program of the University of Asia and the Pacific. On the March is his personal tribute to the Jesuits who have dedicated their lives to the Philippines.
Manny Engwa’s professional experience encompasses investment, agribusiness, property, and pharmaceuticals. He has worked for a prestigious multinational since 1981 and has served as country manager in Indonesia, head of Southeast Asian operations.
WINNERS. Pictured here are Many Engwa, John Nery, and Monching Cruz. Supplied photo.
On the other hand, Ramoncito Ocampo Cruz began his first eight years of education at Xavier Ateneo in 1959 (Grade School, 1967). He moved to St Andrew’s School in Parañaque City (High School, 1971) and graduated from the University of Santo Tomas with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, major in painting in 1976.
Monching was part of an influential group of six artists, Hidden Lines, which included Jose Tence Ruiz. In 2017, he received an Anderson Centennial Award from St Andrew’s and an Outstanding Alumnus for Professional Service from Xavier Ateneo.
After a stint with Sining Makulay CATV (a cable television company) and The Manila Chronicle, he established his own graphic design and publishing company, Media Wise Communications Inc in 1993.
A visual artist, advertising and publishing professional, Monching is a multi-awarded publisher and artist. He won his first Catholic Mass Media (CMM) citation as well as a Philippine Quill award for publishing MUSE, a magazine dedicated to art, culture, and travel. He has had three one-man art exhibits.
Joining them on the editorial team are two Jesuits who previously served at Xavier Ateneo and two graduates who are now journalists.
Fr Jose S Arcilla SJ was the book’s principal writer, aided by journalist John Nery, who also served as the book’s editor, and Mike Baños, (also a journalist) who rounded up the writers’ pool.
Fr Rene Javellana SJ, currently the archivist of the Archives of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus, bolstered the team with photos and documents related to the topics presented in the book.
Fr Arcilla did his Jesuit regency at Xavier Ateneo in 1954. After his MA in History at the Loyola University in Chicago he was assigned in Xavier Ateneo from 1965-68, serving as a college professor, XU Grade School student counselor and Glee Club moderator.
He was a professor of history at the Ateneo de Manila University and served as Archivist of the Philippine Province of the Society of Jesus. Among his many published works are An Introduction to Philippine History, Rizal: A Tribute, and Formation of Philippine Society.
Similarly, Fr Rene Javellana SJ served as a regent at Xavier Ateneo from 1971-1973 teaching mostly juniors and seniors at the high school when Timoteo Butalid was principal. He was also the moderator of the High School Yearbook, taught in the English Dept in College with Fr Al Nudas as his chair.
He was also active in XU college theater, and worked with Fr Al in the production of Antigone, with Mario Francisco in Foursome and other absurd plays by Eugene Ionesco. For two years, he was also involved in XU and Barangay 40’s Holy Week Passion plays.
And last, but not the least, he participated in an archeological dig at Huluga led by Museo de Oro then headed by Fr Francisco Demetrio SJ.
ON THE MARCH. Media Wise Communications’ coffee table book “On the March” wins the Platinum Anvil in the Publication Category at the 54th Anvil Awards held 30 Jan 2019 at the Marriot Hotel, Pasay City. Supplied photo.
Journalist John Nery was formerly the online editor and currently writes a column for the Philippine Daily Inquirer. His Revolutionary Spirit: Jose Rizal in Southeast Asia was published by Singapore’s Institute of Southeast Asian Studies and by the Ateneo de Manila University Press in 2011.
John studied Philosophy in Ateneo de Manila. He also went to Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan and Ateneo de Davao. After finishing his AB Philosophy degree at AdMU, he taught at the Xavier Ateneo High School.
He has received awards for his journalism; his book editing has been recognized with two National Book Awards. He was a Nieman Fellow in Journalism at Harvard University in 2011-2012 and the Jaime V Ongpin Memorial Lecturer in 2013.
Freelance writer and journalist Mike Baños started his preschool at Ateneo de Zamboanga in 1964 but later moved to Western Mindanao State University (formerly Zamboanga Normal College, and later Zamboanga State College) where he finished his Grade School and High School education. He got his AB Economics degree from Ateneo de Zamboanga (now a university) in 1978 (class salutatorian) and his Master in Business Administration in 2000 from Xavier Ateneo.
A dedicated community journalist, Mike has had a wide-ranging career which includes stints with the local government and chamber of commerce, academe, banking, retail, and broadcast and print media (ABS-CBN, FUBC, Business World, The Manila Chronicle, The Philippine Star, Today) but his heart remains with community journalism as he writes online and in local newspapers as a freelance writer and journalist. He was a pioneer fellow of the Dart Centre Asia Pacific (for Trauma Journalism) in 2009 and was recognized by the Rotary Club of Manila Journalism Awards as 2017 Provincial Reporter of the Year (Print).
Finally, and perhaps the most instrumental in giving meaning and purpose to On the March, is Fr Jose VC Quilongquilong SJ STD, who succeeded Fr Herbert Schneider SJ as president and executive director of the Philippine Jesuit Aid Association Inc (PJAA).
Fr Joe studied AB Sociology at Xavier Ateneo before joining the Society of Jesus. He completed formation in philosophy (Ateneo de Manila University), Bachelor in Sacred Theology and Master of Arts in Theology (Loyola School of Theology) before his ordination to the priesthood in 1993. He is also concurrently the president of Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo de Manila University.
Fr Joe was already actively part of the team last year and was primarily responsible for facilitating the book launch last September 29, 2018, at the Arete. All proceeds from the sale of On the March will be donated to PJAA for the benefit of elderly, retired and infirm Jesuits, and the promotion of Jesuit vocations in the Philippine province.
Perhaps it was only fitting that Monching and Fr Joe received the Platinum Anvil for On the March during at the 54thAnvil Awards Gabi ng Parangal at the Marriot Grand Ballroom held 30 January 2019 in Pasay City. ∎ (From Media Wise Communications)
PLATINUM AWARD. Monching Cruz and Fr Joe Quilongquilong receive the Platinum Award for Media Wise’s “On the March” coffee table book 30 Jan 2019 at the Marriot Hotel, Pasay City. Supplied photo.


FX-FJ Holden Club of Queensland Inc.
Established late 1976 with the first official club run in January 1977
Want to become a member?*
Membership* available to any persons owning or with an interest in Holden models 1948 (FX) to 1956 (FJ) series.
Then print off the membership form
Or email us for further information
MEETINGS are held on the 2nd Monday of each month in the Rocklea Showground’s.
Enter via Goburra Street, starting at 7.30 pm sharp.
All members and guests are welcome to attend.
The promotion, preservation, restoration and use of early model Holden’s from 1948 (FX) to 1956 (FJ) models.
To organise and promote car runs, barbecues and to assist fellow club members.
To host swap meets of benefit to all model cars, as well as club vehicles.
To build a library, dealing with as many aspects of early Holden’s as possible, for use by club members.
To promote closer relations between fellow members and other clubs by holding club car runs and functions in association with these clubs.


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COVID-19 is the name of a pathogen — a disease-causing microbe — but if it is a “newly emerging infection,” it is also a newly emerging, though familiar, story: the latest version of “the outbreak narrative.”
Accounts of newly surfacing diseases appeared in scientific publications and the mainstream media in the Global North with increasing frequency following the introduction of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in the mid-1980s. They put the vocabulary of disease outbreaks into circulation, and they introduced the concept of "emerging infections." The repetition of particular phrases, images and story lines produced a formula that quickly became conventional as it formed the plot of the popular novels and films in the mid-1990s. These stories have consequences. As they disseminate information, they affect survival rates and contagion routes. They promote or mitigate the stigmatizing of individuals, groups, populations, spaces and locales (regional and global), behaviors and lifestyles, and they change economies. They also influence how both scientists and the lay public understand the nature and consequences of infection, how we imagine the threat and why we react so fearfully, and which problems merit our attention and resources.
Priscilla Wald is R. Florence Brinkley professor of English and professor of gender, sexuality and feminist studies at Duke University. She is the author of "Contagious: Cultures, Carriers, and the Outbreak Narrative" (Duke University Press 2008) and "Constituting Americans: Cultural Anxiety and Narrative Form" (Duke University Press 1995). She is currently at work on a monograph entitled "Human Being After Genocide."
The COVID-19 pandemic has begun to permanently reshape our world; it has thrown into sharp relief the networks of care that support human flourishing and those structures that are inadequate and unjust.
But it is not the first or the only disease outbreak that has threatened human health nor disproportionally affected those already disadvantaged by established institutions and networks of care. In this series, invited humanities scholars discuss their research in the context of the current COVID-19 crisis.
Featuring scholars whose focus is on the histories and representations of epidemics, this series will explore what can be learned from historical changes in the cultures of care that arose from those crises. Speakers will also address how histories of bias, racism and colonialism are intimately bound up in the history of epidemics.
These talks will address how we might draw lessons and envision equitable futures of care for our own local and global communities.
These online events are free and open to the public, but pre-registration is required.
Rebecca Totaro: Wednesday, Sept. 2, 12:30–1:30 p.m.
Jeffrey Ostler: Monday, Sept. 14, 3:30–4:30 p.m.
Rana Hogarth: Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2–3 p.m.
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Read and analyze the source #1 below. Remember that to do this effectively, you should read the history and use what you know to determine what you can about the historian. Consider the Origin, Purpose, Value, and Limitations of the source – and write a brief paragraph about each using what you know about the historian. If you get stuck, here is a source that helps remind you of what was in the powerpoint today.
Before you leave today, print and hand your writing to me. I’ll be in 2117. Thanks,


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The real history of females in colonial Latin America is a effective and exciting industry since the mid-1970s. The research of females within the colonial empires of Spain and Portugal started within the final quarter of this century that is 20th demonstrably influenced by the feminist motion and work by scholars in U.S. History. Although a minumum of one male scholar had currently produced a slim amount on the niche, their work, lacking a feminist viewpoint, tended become ignored. Initial focus on ladies was heavily politicized, presenting ladies due to the fact victims of sexism and patriarchy and assuming that gender created a common “sisterhood” that trumped competition and course. But throughout the 1980s, a far more balanced historiography started to appear as scholars started to explain that the ability of the white elite girl ended up being far not the same as, as an example, a rural woman that is indian. More over, historians became more responsive to the number of variation within any social or racial team. More work that is recent drawing to some extent through the work of subaltern studies, has tended to “empower” colonial ladies, seeing them much more in a position to over come the structural limits of these everyday lives than formerly thought. During the exact same time, as there have been alterations in interpretation of women’s actions, historians expanded conscious of brand new and much more diverse sources then originally thought. These sources include dowries, wills, probate records, parish records, Inquisition procedures, both civil and unlawful judicial situations, religious dowries, individual letters along with censuses, donor listings, and notary and Cabildo documents. While ladies of various financial and social strata have already been examined, as a whole elite ladies, native ladies, and feminine slaves have obtained the most attention. Nevertheless required is more focus on females from “middling groups, ” such as for example artisans and shop that is small, and on poor ladies, lots of whom had been of mixed competition. Whether women’s conditions improved as time passes is another presssing problem that calls to get more research. There was some suggestion that women’s roles were more fluid during the early colonial period, but few works have actually tried to methodically compare women’s power to mold their very own everyday lives throughout the colonial centuries. In addition it’s not clear whether Enlightenment reforms enhanced or worsened the situation that is female.
General Overviews. The works placed in this part offer a broad summary of the part of females in colonial Latin US culture while stressing different facets of this feminine expertise in colonial Latin America.
Pescatello 1976, the book that is first offer a synopsis of females in colonial Ibero-America, argued that patriarchy had been the overriding model for those communities. While Burkett 1977 would not challenge this model, it underlined the significance of competition and class in focusing on how sex worked within the society that is colonial. Soon thereafter, the path-breaking anthologies modified by Asuncion Lavrin (see Lavrin 1978 and Lavrin 1989) along with her share into the Cambridge History of Latin America (see Lavrin 1984) provided an even more vision that is complex of life of colonial females. Arrom 1985 focuses on Mexico City. The first twenty-first century produced Socolow 2000, a summary for the connection with feamales in colonial society, in addition to Powers 2005 and Kellogg 2005, two publications that focus on indigenous ladies.
Arrom, Silvia Marina. The ladies of Mexico City, 1790–1857. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 1985.
Provides a great summary of the ladies of Mexico City into the late colonial period and the wars of freedom.
A controversial article in its time that argues forcefully when it comes to significance of competition and social course in understanding women’s experiences.
Kellogg, Susan. Weaving the last: a past history of Latin America’s Indigenous ladies through the Prehispanic Period for this. Ny: Oxford University Press, 2005.
A brief history of native females with unique awareness of pre-Colombian and colonial communities.
Lavrin, Asuncion, ed. Latin American Women: Historical Perspectives. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1978.
A path-breaking anthology with solid articles on feamales in colonial Mexico, Peru, and Brazil along with other people on contemporary Latin America.
Lavrin, Asuncion. “Women in Spanish United States Colonial Community. ” Into The citation that is camE-mail »
A article that is thoughtful covers a number of important subjects (battle, wedding, kinship, status, professions, social mores and deviance, and training).
Lavrin, Asuncion, ed. Sex and Marriage in Colonial Latin America. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1989.
A good introduction by Lavrin is accompanied by five articles on sex, sexual witchcraft, and also the Church’s make an effort to control both; and four pieces on wedding and appropriate separation. Lots of the articles in this collection are becoming classics.
Pescatello, Ann M. Energy and Pawn: the feminine in Iberian Families, Societies and Cultures. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1976.
Responding resistant to the very first generation feminist indisputable fact that Hispanic women had been spiritually better than guys and managed their very own destiny, Pescatello stresses the importance of patriarchy throughout all regions affected by mylol.com Spain and Portugal along with pre-Colombian communities.
Powers, Karen Vieira. Ladies in the Crucible of Conquest: The Genesis that is gendered of American Society, 1500–1600. Albuquerque: University of the latest Mexico Press, 2005.
Stresses the victimization of native ladies who discovered their rights to home and access to resources curtailed by Spanish policies. Mestizas fared somewhat better, but also nuns had been intellectually exploited by their male confessors.
Socolow, Susan Migden. The ladies of Colonial Latin America. Nyc: CamE-mail Citation »
A brief history of colonial females that emphasizes the necessity of social place, race, and civil status on female functions and energy.
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During 2013, I began to read my backlog of novels. Started with Neil Gaiman’s American Gods and Anansi Boys, went into the past with The Book Thief, and plunged myself into the future of children commanders in Ender’s Game. While on my literature journey I was baffled by how many of these great works I had missed during my lifetime. I even missed epic fantasy novels like Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn series and Margaret Atwood’s science fiction novel Oryx and Crake. But enough about those older classics lets move into my favorite books in 2013.
#3 And the Mountains Echoed – Khaled Hosseini struck gold with his debut novel The Kite Runner, setting the scene of a war torn Afghanistan and a family’s struggle. The movie that ended up accompanying it was one of the best translation of a novel to date. Shortly after it was followed by A Thousand Splendid Suns which didn’t strike me as too interesting and left me wanting more from Mr. Hosseini. On May 21, And the Mountains Echoed was finally released and I relished every moment. He does a great job of opening the story with visual narrative of a father talking to his children. And from there the story unravels through different characters and their lives. Mr. Hosseini’s writing made me feel the same emotional tolls that hung unto each character as if they were my mother, father, friend, lover, or sibling. I’m glad Hosseini wrote another book, now I will patiently wait for his next.
#2 The Golem and the Jinni – There has been very few books that I have picked up just by the title alone. What I was looking for when I bought it was a crazy magical world where golems and jinnis coexisted and went on magic inducing trips. Alas I was wrong, it wasn’t a young adult novel where the characters were so cliche you want to pull your hair out. No, it was much more than that, it was a novel of self discovery and questions posed about the human life, the meanings of being free and restricted. The author of the book; Helene Wecker. Presents us with two characters; the golem and the jinni. The golem must be created by a Jewish rabbi and is always bonded to a master, as the golem travelled to America the master died and was bonded to no one, therefore being overwhelmed and having to think for itself. On the other side is the jinni, the magical creature of Arabian lore who roamed the Arabian deserts as free spirits and choose their own lives for themselves. In this novel we follow one who has been captured and it’s never ending will to break free once again. This novel is riddled with themes and questions that made you put the book down and ponder: What really is freedom?
#1 Eleanor and Park – I love, I LOVE THIS NOVEL. That could be my whole impression on this book. I honestly do not know what to say about this book besides that everyone should read it! Every single person I recommended this novel to has loved it greatly and read it within a few days. The past two years I have been reading more and more young adult novels, not the typically dystopian/fantasy/science fiction ones but the ones grounded more in real life. When I read the summary of Eleanor and Park and decided to dive into the young adult genre again. Three days later I found myself already finishing the novel and wanting more. Rainbow Rowell made a novel that depicted teenage love in such vivid writing. Throughout the story we switch from Eleanor and Park’s perceptive, they were rarely ever the same scenes just from a different view. Mrs. Rowell always kept it moving forward, so I always felt at the edge of my seat. I could go on and on about it but I don’t want to waste your time by having you read this instead of reading the actual book. Now GO!


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The Declaration of Independence
The Declaration of Independence:
The first thing I have observed is it is a shorter read than I expected. The 13 colonies of America represented in creation of the document. I remember now these dates and topics being covered in high school but the teacher was not gifted nor knew how to exude his passion for history to engage us further than read the book, a small lecture a day, and read the paper while we did our classwork. I must have reflected non-interest that probably comes with being a rebellious teenager, and not necessarily a lack of trying on the part of the school.
John Hancock is president of Congress, in total 56 delegates.
The American Revolutionary War had already begun, yet the political development of America was not deterred. The 56 delegates of the colonies, was the second congress of representatives. The duties included managing the war and declaring independence from Britain. The amount of details and history surrounding this event is a busy time. The second congress performing as the defacto government of the United States, the participants having responsibilities elsewhere and replaced, and the late arrival of Georgia included after the initial convening in May 10, 1775. Known as the 2nd Continental Congress had no legal authority to raise money through taxes and performed many of their duties without support from the states, and derived their power for operating on national matters by the will of the people.
Thomas Jefferson credited as the main author of the Declaration of Independence and stated that the document had no original thought, but compiled by setement from the citizens on the streets, “Neither aiming at originality of principle or sentiment, nor yet copied from any particular and previous writing, it was intended to be an expression of the American mind, and to give to that expression the proper tone and spirit called for by the occasion”.
First there was a declaration. Then the original draft which was critical of the slave trade, but many congressman owned slaves and set forth no example of setting them free, so after the debate subsided almost a fourth of the original writing deleted. Here is the original draft.
I have provided a link to US History.org that gives a detailed comparison of the First Draft, Reported Draft, and Engrossed Copy. The stance on anti-slavery derived from the word on the street, the will of people who found slavery abhorrent, and lends credit to the intellect of Thomas Jefferson’s desire to make a stand against all forms of tyranny, but unfortunately, out numbered among the desires of those reaping economic benefit.
All things considered, the last version still stands with the principles that the future leaders can build upon for equal rights. This next document is the final document, and reading the translations in a book do not give the full essence of The Declaration of Independence being a living document. Without touching and feeling the paper, the closest I can bring us to the spirit of noble pursuits is this next image.
I always laugh when I look at this because it looks like someone folded it up and put it in their back pocket!
Within the document words are capitalized in the middle of complete sentences. Although the capitalizing is inconsistent, and random on how placed in the sentence, not as a standard, but as an emphasis: Course, Laws, Nature, God, Creator, Right(s), Life, Liberty, Happiness, Government(s), Men, Form, People, etc.
The beginning of the document describes the congress consensus of their understanding of nature and God, situation in the Colonies, reality of governments and tyrants, the atrocities against the people who left Britain, and ending with a very powerful statement, which is…..you got it, declaring independence, with complete understanding of the risks involved and willing to stand for principles of a government ran by the people, for the people. The first thing that came to my mind is that this declaration takes ownership of the full responsiblity of success and failures and that every resource will be given to the cause, including in full the Lives, Fortune, and Honor of the citizens.
The reference to Natural Law on the onset of the document suggests that the philosophies of Cicero are influencing the premise of the document. If you only read the first two paragraphs you will see the spirit in which built America.
Natural Law is a concept that is not easily described, and I anticipate the road to digesting the fundamental understanding will come with effort. The site I use the most in my life is www.dictionary.com. I began my research there with this definition:
The doctrine that human affairs governed by ethical principles that are part of the very nature of things and that is understood by reason. The first two paragraphs of the Declaration of Independence contain a clear statement of the doctrine.
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After the signing of the Declaration of Independence the delegates fled when the British troops occupied Philadelphia, and continued to work in the town of York, Pennsylvania. The Articles of Confederation an urgent priority in the next steps of forming our government.
The Declaration of Independence is best exemplified in the man who took the torch of principles as the intentions of the Founding Fathers and boldly faced the next evolution in the history of mankinds moral and principled advancement as a civilized society.
President Abraham Lincoln credited with recognizing the Declaration of Independence as the first living document that would direct the goals of the countries achievement over time. The Declaration of Independence states that all men are created equal, and it is this principle that President Lincoln believed when reading the United States Constitution, one must do so through the eyes of the Declaration of Independence.
President Lincoln revered the Founding Fathers, and through study knew that the intentions were to advance forward, with the knowledge that the issue of slavery would be re-visit, and what needed would be found to build for the next generation to advance. Lincoln believed the Declaration of Independence exemplified the highest principles during the American Revolution. Lincoln concern intensified when the United States legitimized slavery by passing an expansion plan in the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which blatantly defied the very principles fought for in the Revolution.
October 1854 – an excerpt from President Lincoln’s Peoria Speech
Nearly eighty years ago we began by declaring that all men are created equal; but now from that beginning we have run down to the other declaration, that for some men to enslave others is a “sacred right of self-government.” … Our republican robe is soiled and trailed in the dust. Let us repurify it. … Let us re-adopt the Declaration of Independence, and with it, the practices, and policy, which harmonize with it. … If we do this, we shall not only have saved the Union: but we shall have saved it, as to make, and keep it, forever worthy of the saving.


I love reading history of all sorts, and the last few years have seen a significant variety of subjects, including the Western nations in China, World War II in Southeast Asia, the East India Company, the Wars of the Roses, the Civil Wars in Britain and Ireland during the time of Cromwell, and the US Civil War. All of them have been challenging and eye-opening, but in that time I have been struggling to get through a very wide-ranging and amazing book. The topic at hand: the Crusades. It has been a case of realizing that everything you know was wrong.
God’s War: A new history of the Crusades, by Christopher Tyerman, is lengthy (922 pp.) and very densely written. I had to stop many times in order to take in what was going on. It was never strictly a campaign in the Holy Land against Muslims, as the occupation of Outremer involved a modus vivendi with the surrounding nations. It also included:
- the taking of Constantinople, inhabited by fellow Christians,
- campaigns against the Moors of Spain (which only ended in 1492,
- the Albigensian crusade against the supposedly heretic Cathars in the south of France,
- the Baltic crusades against the remaining pagans in Europe,
- campaigns against the Ottomans following the fall of Constantinople in 1453,
- campaigns against various Italian states on behalf of the Pope
Take into account the creation of the various military orders (eg, the Templars, Hospitallers and the Teutonic Knights), the status conferred on those who “took the Cross” (ie, the crucesignati) to fight on behalf of Christendom, and that the entire history lasted from the 11th to the 16th Centuries, and you realize you are only scratching the surface on the entire affair. The world was a complex place even back then.


Ten years ago, Sara Culberson began an odyssey that would change her life forever. She grew up in a loving adoptive family in Morgantown, West Virginia, but like many adoptees, she wondered about her biological parents. She began a search that would eventually take her across the Atlantic Ocean.
Her biological parents met as students at the University of West Virginia. Her mother was white and her father was an exchange student from Sierra Leone. After discovering her mother had died ten years earlier, she became reluctant to continue her search. It was not until she did The Landmark Forum that she realized that she was holding back in areas of her life and one of them was pursuing her desire to find her father.
After making a promise to her friend to continue her search, she discovered that her biological father was alive and living in Sierra Leone. Even more surprisingly, she discovered that her father was a chief of the Bumpe province and that made her a princess. After speaking to her biological father for the first time, she soon found herself traveling to Sierra Leone. It was a tale so remarkable that it got the attention of CNN.
She soon discovered that she was far richer than any of the people in the Bumpe community. Years of civil war and strife had left residents living in the most difficult of conditions. When Sarah participated in the Self-Expression and Leadership Program, she was determined to make a difference there. Her project became the Kposowa Foundation. Initially she wanted to help rebuild the Bumpe School that was destroyed during the civil war, but the scope of the project has continued to grow.
Ten years later, the organization she started is now called Sierra Leone Rising, and they have not only rebuilt the school, but also the library, dormitories and the dining hall. Students now have bicycles so that they can travel to school every day, as well as scholarships so that everyone who wants an education can get one. Projects that are ongoing include connecting the school to classrooms around the world through video conferencing, bringing solar power to the Bumpe province, drilling wells to provide clean water, empowering young girls to get and complete their education, and building a computer lab where students are learning coding and other 21st century computer skills.
On November 12th, Sierra Leone Rising is looking to grow the scope of its impact and will be hosting an event in Los Angeles to support the goal of furthering education, public health and female empowerment in Bumpe. The catered event will feature a silent auction, night of West African drumming, singer Lindsey Harper, salsa dancing with DJ Ali Z, and dance performances woven together by comedian Mel Austin.