{"text": "maura @ 8:58 pm\nI just finished reading The Magician’s Book: A Skeptic’s Guide to Narnia, by Salon.com’s Laura Miller. Yeah, I know, late to the party again — the book’s been out (and on my list) for a couple of years now. But Jonathan read it earlier this year and raved about it so much that we decided it passed the library test, and I put it on my list for my birthday last month.\nThe book is sort of a mashup of literary criticism of the Chronicles of Narnia and a biographical exploration of C.S. Lewis’s life and influences, with a hefty dose of Miller’s own history as a fan of the books, from her love of them as a child through her teenage disillusionment when she realizes that the books are full of Christian themes and on to adulthood. The whole book is a great read, but if you’re at all a Friend of Narnia it’s especially wonderful for her discussions of her own (and others’) childhood fascination with the books. In many ways the books are much more complex than they seem, and Miller is adept at exploring what makes them so compelling to so many children that those children continue to love Narnia as grown-ups. Our girl name was Lucy and our runner-up boy name was Eamonn (which is Irish for Edmund), so as you can imagine both Jonathan and I fit into that category.\nIt was also really interesting to read about her disillusionment with the books when she discovered their pervasive Christianity, which she realized after reading a piece of criticism of the Chronicles. In many ways Miller and I have similar backgrounds: I was also raised Catholic (though we weren’t the most devout by any means), went through all of the sacraments, and as an adult I am not Catholic. As far as I know there wasn’t a specific incident that drove me away from the church — I think that as a kid I just found Mass to be dull (though I did like the singing) and then as a teen I decided that all religions were hypocritical (as teens are wont to do). But as an adult I’m most comfortable as an agnostic, so that’s where I am now.\nUnlike Miller, I don’t remember feeling betrayed when I reread the Chronicles as a teen. I think I was a bit older — late high school? — by which time it was readily apparent that Christianity ran through the whole series. But I don’t think the knowledge made me think negatively of the books.\nIt’s curious to think of it now. I’ve read them so often that I can’t actually remember when I read them for the first time, maybe age 10 or 11? A little late, if then. It’s been a while since I’ve read them as an adult, and reading this book makes me think it’s high time I started them again. We’ve tried to get Gus to read them but sometimes he’s really resistant to our book suggestions. Perhaps the best strategy is for me to read them to him?", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Reviews of the books The Works of John Bunyan by George Offor, A Consumer’s Guide to Preaching by Jay E. Adams and Make Anger Your Ally by Neil C. Warren.\nThe Works of John Bunyan (George Offor)\nA Consumer’s Guide to Preaching (Jay E. Adams)\nMake Anger Your Ally (Neil C. Warren)\nfrom the Journal of Biblical Counseling 11:2 | 1993", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Transatlantic Modernism and the Brazilian Avant-Garde\nAbdenur, Adriana Erthal, ‘Devouring International Relations: Anthropophagy and the Study of South-South Cooperation’, in Emma Mawdsley, Elsje Fourie, and Wiebe Nauta, eds, Researching South-South Development Cooperation (London: Routledge, 2019), 32–48.\nAbreu, Márcia, ed., The Transatlantic Circulation of Novels Between Europe and Brazil, 1789–1914 (Cham: Springer, Palgrave Macmillan, 2017).\nAdams, David, Colonial Odysseys: Empire and Epic in the Modernist Novel (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2003).\nAltschler, Bruce, The Avant-Garde in Exhibitions: New Art in the Twentieth Century (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1994).\nAmaral, Aracy A., ‘Oswald de Andrade and Brazilian Modernism: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Avant-Garde Visual Arts in the Twenties’, in K. David Jackson, ed., One Hundred Years of Invention: Centenary of Oswald de Andrade (Austin, TX: Abaporu Press 1992).\nAndrade, Carlos Drummond de, Alguma Poesia (Belo Horizonte: Edições Pindorama, 1930).\nAndrade, Mário de, Ensaio sobre a música brasileira, 3.a ed. (São Paulo: Vila Rica; Brasília, INL, 1972).\nAndrade, Mário de, ‘Fujita’, Diário Nacional (São Paulo, March 1932).\nAndrade, Mário, Hallucinated City, Jack E. Tomlins, trans. (Nashville, TN: Vanderbilt University Press, 1970).\nAndrade, Mário de, Macunaíma (São Paulo: E. Cupolo, 1928).\nYou are not authenticated to view the full text of this chapter or article.\nThis site requires a subscription or purchase to access the full text of books or journals.\nDo you have any questions? Contact us.Or login to access all content.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide|\nPart Number B10284-02\nThe Web-based Item Type Definition page provides you with distributed access to workflow definitions stored in your Oracle Workflow database. The page provides a detailed view of the attributes, processes, notifications, functions, events, messages, and lookup types that are associated with a given item type, allowing you to present or do a design review of your workflow process.\nTo display an item type definition, you use the Find Item Type web page to first query for an item type. You can query for an item type based on an effective date and time.\nThe Item Type Definition page then appears. The information is displayed in two frames, modeled like the Oracle Workflow Builder, so that you can review the contents easily and effectively. The left frame lists all the objects in your item type definition in an expandable navigator tree. The right frame displays the details of the object you select in the navigator tree. You can also select either frame at any time and use your web browser to print all the information in that frame.\nAttention: This URL accesses a secured page, so if you have not yet logged on as valid user in the current web session, you will be prompted to do so before the page appears.\nNote: You can also access the Find Item Type web page from the Oracle Workflow home page. See: Accessing the Oracle Workflow Home Page, Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This log building once served as the Willacoochee library. It has most recently been used as a thrift shop by the United Methodist Church.\nTag Archives: Georgia Libraries\nUnder the leadership of Methodist minister Emmett Emerson Gardner, the local Boy Scout troop cut, notched, and scraped the logs and erected this cabin for use as their lodge.\nOriginally consisting of two rooms, the cabin was later remodeled for use as the first library in Fort Gaines.\nIt’s located adjacent to the Toll House.\nThis neoclassical gem has a fascinating history. There is some confusion as to its date of construction. Some sources suggest that it’s antebellum (which wouldn’t surprise me) while prominent architectural historian John Linley put its construction shortly after the Civil War. Ray Irwin, whose husband is a descendant of Warthen, shared this, which should clear it up: It was built before the Civil War. There is a partially burned book formally owned by R. L. Warthen with the inscription in the front that states the book was scorched by a fire set in his office in November 1864 by General Wm. T. Sherman of the U.S. Army. It is signed by RLW. It is believed that his office fire was a result of the burning of the Wash. Co. Courthouse. The book is in the Brown House Museum.\nColonel Richard Lee Warthen built this as his home and law office. In 1925, the Transylvania Club moved here. The club was founded in 1908 by Mrs. C. B. Chapman and soon thereafter, at the suggestion of President Mary Tarbutton, set about establishing a public library for Sandersville. They opened to the public, with over 7,000 volumes, in the Masonic Hall in 1909. That structure was lost to fire in 1921. The ladies of the Transylvania Club moved forward and acquired enough books to reopen the library here in 1925 where it remained until 1998. It’s still home to the Transylvania Club. They’re perhaps best known for their Wedgwood series of Georgia Historical Plates.\nSandersville Commercial & Industrial District, National Register of Historic Places\nA sign you’ll see as you approach Deepstep proclaims this picturesque village to be the “Heart of Kaolin”. Considering that, there’s a lot of “chalk truck” traffic here, so use caution when photographing. Chalk truck is the name used by locals for the huge semis that move the bulk kaolin almost non-stop.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "An Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics\nBrian Snowdon, Howard R. Vane\nEdward Elgar, Jan 1, 2002 - Business & Economics - 721 pages\n'It was Woody Allen who said \"economics is about money and why it is good\". Dipping into this book will let you see why it is good!' – Christine D. Reid, University of Strathclyde, UK 'Although this excellent encyclopedia is focused toward intermediate undergraduates, postgraduates, and lecturers in macroeconomics, it is easy for any reader to use. Highly recommended.' – J.C. Tucker, Choice '. . . truly a valuable addition to the materials on the area of study . . . this work will be useful in college and university reference collections.' – Shannon Graff Hysell, American Reference Books Annual 2003 'Brian Snowdon and Howard Vane are the premier travel writers of modern macroeconomics. In a series of interviews, anthologies, and surveys, they have explored the range of macroeconomic thinking and brought back edifying and entertaining tales of their travels. Now, in the Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics they have assembled a superlative detailed guidebook to the macroeconomic landscape. A useful reference book for all economists – broad in scope, and well written by distinguished contributors.' – Kevin D. Hoover, University of California, Davis, US 'Teachers of macroeconomics are already obliged to Snowdon and Vane (and Wynarczyk) for their success in persuading our students that this is a subject where they will find a lively ongoing debate on vital issues and not just a compilation of exam exercises. Their new Encyclopedia will be a splendid supplement not only to their own but to anybody's textbook. Many of the short essays are little gems. It will be a rare teacher who does not himself (herself) find a lot to learn from browsing in it.' – Axel Leijonhufvud, University of Trento, Italy 'The editors of this volume already have a number of innovative and useful texts and essay collections (1994, 1997, 1999) to their credit. Their Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics is comparably valuable as a basic reference book for 21st Century students and teachers.' – Robert W. Clower, University of South Carolina, US, Brasenose College, Oxford, UK and University of California, Los Angeles, US The Encyclopedia of Macroeconomics is an authoritative and invaluable reference source on macroeconomics, which embraces definitions of terms and concepts, conflicting ideological approaches and the contributions of major thinkers. Comprehensive in scope, it contains over 300 short entries and more than 100 specially commissioned main entries from an internationally renowned group of scholars. The alphabetically ordered entries will be useful both as a basic reference source and a provocative stimulus for further reading. The Encyclopedia will soon be established as a leading reference source on macroeconomics that will both enlighten students and be highly valued by scholars and teachers of economics.\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nOther editions - View all\nEdward Elgar - An Encyclopedia Of Macroeconomics\nAcademic independent international publisher specialising in economics, law, business and management and public policy\nilink Shipman Library Catalog\nTitle: An encyclopedia of macroeconomics / edited by Brian Snowdon and Howard R. Vane. Publication info: Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, Mass. ...\nlibrary.adrian.edu/ uhtbin/ cgisirsi/ x/ MAIN/ 0/ 5?searchdata1=1840643870\nAn Encyclopedia Of Macroeconomics\nAn Encyclopedia Of Macroeconomics B.Snowdon, hrVane Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2003. Тематический раздел: Макроэкономика. 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{"text": "The world is gearing up for the 2012 Olympic Games, and the Torch is making its way to Olympic Stadium in London where the cauldron will be lit during the opening ceremony Friday evening. Meet Olympic runner and World War II here, Louis Zamperini.\nFather’s Day is June 17! Do you still need an idea for a last-minute Father’s Day gift? Check out Ruth’s Attic Bookstore at the Billy Graham Library, or visit www.billygrahambookstore.com. You’ll be inspired …with some great reads that are sure to inspire him.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This week’s show featured interviews with Ajamu Baraka, Thandisizwe Chimurenga, Dawn-Elissa Fischer and Rosa Clemente. Topics included: the coming March/Farce on Washington, The 2004 National Hip-Hop Political Convention and Hip-Hop’s relationship to that march, Oscar Grant and Fruitvale Station.\n- The Missing Chapters of Malcolm X July 30, 2018\n- Book Review: Elombe Brath’s Proletariat Prose July 22, 2018\n- Academics In Cars #12 Go-Go Music and Culture with Dr. Tahira Mahdi July 12, 2018\n- Academics In Cars #11- Information Warfare and Propaganda Analysis with Chris Simpson July 4, 2018\n- Book Review: A Black Radical Intellectual Hero Writes, And Scholars Rescue, A Victory-Tinged History July 4, 2018", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Reference specialist Marilyn Ibach spotted this scene among the thousands of photographs Carol M. Highsmith has taken in her project to document America.\nThe immediate outline against the sky of a dinosaur skeleton, juxtaposed with a coy title that doesn’t confirm what you are seeing, makes you zoom in for a closer look, followed by a laugh. The skeleton man (a caveman?) is carrying an axe! And, he is holding a lead, as if walking a large dog. But that dog is a Tyrannosaurus Rex. It’s a humorous roadside attraction, whimsically captured by Highsmith.\n- View the Carol M. Highsmith Archive and read about her project.\n- Revisit the Picture This blog post about other roadside attractions that have caught our eyes: Coffee and Donuts, Anyone?\n- Take a look at the results of a search for “roadside” in the Prints & Photographs Online Catalog–quite an array of sights have been visible to travelers in every era!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "- Rabbi Yitzchak Etshalom\n- Duration: 37 min\nAl haNissim for Yom Yerushalayim (composed by Dr. Avi Shmidman and Rav Yitzchak Etshalom)\n- 33 min 7 sec\nSince the miraculous days of June 1967, we have celebrated the reunification of Yerushalayim, the city of our chief joy. Along with reciting Hallel, there have been various liturgical poems (פיוטים) written for the occasion. In order to be able to incorporate thanks to Hashem for the great miracle of the restoration of Jewish sovereignty over the Eternal City of Yerushalayim, we have composed a text of על הנסים, which retells the long years of distance, the threat and subsequent miraculous victory, the explosion of jubilation that followed and the commitment that we all have to keep Yerushalayim and her welfare as our chief joy. Besides the source sheet, a link to the text, along with English translation and additional sources is included.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In 1989 Francis Fukuyama, the renowned American political scientist asked a question: ‘The End of History?’ That was an article written by him as he thought that the humanity’s socio-cultural revolution was going to end with the spread of the institution of liberal democracy across the world. Later, he expanded the thought with sufficient substance and a lot of substantiation in his book ‘The End of History and the Last Man’ in 1992. After the end of the cold war and the fall of Berlin Wall, he said that there was unprecedented homogeneity in the way powers are established and sustained. Though the world order is not homogeneous as thought by him, the title he used for his work is still relevant in a related context. Let me modify his question. As an academic discipline, whether it is the end of ‘history’?\nHistory is indeed a laboratory where one understands about the human existence, evolution and progress. However, very few people like to read books in history. And much less number of people would like to take history as a subject to study. Naturally, there is a decrease in the number of colleges and universities that offer history at degree or post graduate level.\nSebastian Joseph, my friend and a historian of forest and environment, is very alarmed at the growing disinterest of the people in learning about the past. He narrated this to me. He was travelling by the Chennai Mail from Thiruvananthapuram to Kochi. The person who sat next to him was a businessman who asked this wrong question: ‘What is the use of studying history?’ That was when Sebastian told him that he teaches history to students. Sebastian, though felt slightly unpleasant by the question, decided to explain to him the relevance of learning about the past. He also explained how the individuals, organizations and nation-states can learn from the lessons of the past. He also told about him the importance of oral history. The businessman keenly listened to Sebastian and before the end of the journey narrated his own past which Sebastian recorded in his mobile device. What narrated by the businessman was not just about his life and his struggles to reach the top, but also about the socio-economic and political contexts in which he lived and got influenced. He said, ‘I want the new generation to read about my past’. Sebastian transformed him to be a passionate historian by the end of the journey. Yes, history is not just about the kings and kingdoms. It is more about the ordinary people and their extraordinary lives!\nThe reason for writing this post is my happiness in receiving three non-fiction books as mementos after my talk at three institutions in the last few days. Each one of them gave me a copy that dealt with persons and events of history. After glancing at them I was reassured myself of the contemporary relevance of history and its regained popularity. First book is biographical, second one is eventful and the third provides a descriptive account of history as people thought about. I find these books prominently kept in many leading book stalls and people do buy them. This shows that history as a discipline has come out of the classrooms to the public domain. In universities we are forced to read the ‘prescribed history’. But we get to know about the ‘real history’ when we read books from the ‘open source’ thanks to the efforts of various publishers to showcase the works of scholars with different perspectives.\nHere are those books:\n(To read reviews and buy CLICK HERE)\n(Read an objective review HERE)\n(You can check the book HERE)\n© Sibichen K Mathew\nViews are personal\nYou may like to read:", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Searching for documents and media\nWhen you log on to erWin, you will see a range of media and documents that are available for you to use and purchase.\nExamples of these include:\n- Service online information (repair information for special topics)\n- Lubricant tables and engine oils\nYou must log on as a user and have a valid flatrate in order to view the entire document. The entire document will then be available to you via document properties.\nFor more information, see the step \"Purchasing\".", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Adopted from an article by Virginia Burrus, Professor of Early Church History, Drew Theological School.\n[Although written for a Methodist audience and the original article mentioning John Wesley, many of the points made in the article are good. Including this article is not to be understood that I endorse Methodism. The Professor just happens to be a Methodist – RAS]\n“The term \"classical Christianity\" is of relatively recent coinage . . . . to refer to the views of a select group of theologians who wrote during the late Roman Empire (that is, during the fourth and fifth centuries) and laid the groundwork for such enduring doctrinal formulations as the divine Trinity and the two-natured Christ. These theologians, along with their second- and third-century precursors, are more traditionally known as the \"Church Fathers,\" and the study of their writings is the domain of the academic discipline of \"Patristics.\"\nThe \"Fathers\" themselves did not agree with one another on every point. They wrote during periods of great creativity as well as controversy, drawing not only upon prior traditions of exegesis and theological interpretation but also upon the resources of the philosophies of their day. The use of non-biblical language and concepts (for example, the terminology of \"same essence\" to describe the Trinity) was especially controversial in the late Roman period. Nonetheless, it was deemed necessary by some of the Christian leaders who sought to clarify and stabilize doctrinal positions, given the ambiguity of the biblical texts that had led to the continued proliferation of multiple theological interpretations. The plurality of theological views in part reflected the diversity of local traditions arising out of the rich multi-culturalism of the ancient Mediterranean world.\nAthanasius, who was a fourth-century bishop of the hellenized city of Egyptian Alexandria, seems to have been one of the first Christians to use the title of \"Fathers\" to describe the authors of authoritative (in other words, \"classical\") theological writings. For him, the \"Fathers\" were first and foremost those who attended the Council of Nicaea in the year 325 and produced the first \"ecumenical creed.\" The Council of Nicaea was convened by the emperor Constantine, a recent convert to Christianity who put an end to persecution and in exchange desired a single, unified faith to support his rule of the newly-reunified empire. Ironically, the council gave rise not to unity but to bitter divisiveness within the Christian community for more than fifty years. It was not until much later in the fourth century that the Cappadocian theologians (Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, and Gregory of Nyssa) were able to revise and develop the Nicene position in such a way as to gain more widespread acceptance of Trinitarian doctrine. This was made \"official\" at the Council of Constantinople in the year 380. The so-called \"Nicene Creed\" still used today actually derives from the Council of Constantinople and apparently reflects a revision of some of the language originally put forth at Nicaea. We see that the road to \"classical Christianity\" was not an easy one, and one of its costs was the use of imperial power to enforce the exclusion of many Christians as \"heretics,\" in cases where excommunication was frequently backed by sentences of political exile. (Indeed, Athanasius himself was exiled more than once.) In the year 386, the combined powers of state and church came together ominously in the state execution of the Spanish bishop Priscillian, together with several of his associates, on charges of heresy.\nIf anything, the theological debates of the early fifth century–which centered not on the nature of the triune Godhead but on the nature of the incarnate Christ–were even more bitter and divisive than those of the fourth century. The Council of Ephesus (431), for example, was attended by outbreaks of mob violence that even the imperial army could not control. The Council of Chalcedon (451)–which was, like all of the seven \"ecumenical\" councils, convened by order of an emperor–sought for compromise among the warring theological factions and produced a Christology that remains authoritative for most Western and many Eastern Christians down to this day. (It did not, however, produce a \"creed\" but claimed only to be offering a \"definition\" that clarified the implications of the Nicene-Constantinopolitan Creed.) Unfortunately, this council also resulted in the splitting of Christianity into Chalcedonian, [Miaphysite – RAS], Monophysite, and Nestorian faith traditions, divisions that partly reflected ethnic and linguistic differences among ancient Christians–divisions that have, moreover, endured to the present.\nThe period of \"classical Christianity\" and the \"ecumenical creeds\" was, then, a period of immense theological creativity as well as uncertainty and controversy. Acclamations of doctrinal positions went hand in hand with anathematizations of positions pronounced heretical. It was also a period of state intervention in Christian theological debate that sought unity but more often produced divisions within the body of Christ. Nonetheless, the doctrines produced in this tumultuous period through the collective labor of thoughtful theologians have remained influential. Indeed, most current Christian theologies–theologies that encompass an immense diversity of perspectives and interpretations, including feminist and other liberationist theologies–work out of the assumptions of \"classical Christianity,\" if by that we mean the doctrinal traditions of Trinitarian theology and two-natured Christology crystallized in the creeds produced by the \"ecumenical councils.\"\nThe fact that a diversity of perspectives and interpretations can exist among those who adhere to \"classical Christianity\" should not surprise us. Nor, perhaps, should it either surprise or alarm us if, on occasion, the assumptions of \"classical Christianity\" are questioned, given both the controversies attending the articulation of \"classical\" doctrine and the culturally-specific forms that such formulations necessarily assumed. History teaches us that Christianity was a diverse movement from its very beginnings and has never ceased to be so. The interpretation of God’s word is an ongoing task for a community that strives to remain faithful to its richly layered past, while also making itself relevant to its present contexts. This does not mean that \"anything goes.\" Not every interpretation is both faithful and relevant. Discernment–the work of the Holy Spirit within God’s church–is always necessary. The process of discernment itself produces disagreement and debate, as well as insight and inspiration. . . . [and we must] continue to affirm the importance of the traditions handed down from the ancient church, a question remains regarding the extent to which \"classical Christianity\" (as some understand it) implies \"imperial Christianity.\" While honoring the teachings of the ancient Fathers, we must still be willing to join theologians . . . . in reflecting critically on the ominous effects of Constantinianism. The money and power of the emperor Constantine and his successors backed the attempts of the late Roman church to force adherence to a single doctrinal standard: those decreed \"heretics\" not only lost the financial support of the emperor but also were threatened with deposition (if they were clergy), excommunication, political exile, and sometimes even political execution. Where theological pluralism was not simply eliminated by such repressive measures, it was translated into a fractured church. An imperial Christianity is thus implicated not only in the coercion but also in the division of the body of Christ.\nChristians today have much to learn from the theologians of antiquity: the doctrinal legacy of \"classical Christianity\" is, without question, indispensable. But to seek to spread true faith through persuasion rather than coercion, in a \"catholic spirit\" of love rather than hate, striving to include rather than exclude a diversity of perspectives, is arguably a sign not of doctrinal indifference or indecisiveness but rather of the confidence and generosity that befit the children of God.”", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "21.99 In Stock\nThe Sonoran Desert may seem an unlikely place for a farming community, but members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had perfected the art of irrigation in Utah, and in 1900, Nephi Bingham believed he could make the desert blossom even amid saguaros and creosote. With water from the Rillito River and influxes of members from St. David, Douglas, the Gila Valley, and the colonies in Mexico, Binghampton became a distinctive enclave of Latter-day Saints in the otherwise non-LDS community of Tucson. When a second congregation was established in Tucson proper, LDS members began to flourish and participated in nearly every aspect of city life. Today, this heritage is celebrated with a monument to the 1846 entry of the Mormon Battalion and the first US flag flown over Tucson.\nRelated collections and offers\nAbout the Author\nBorn in northeastern Arizona, author Catherine H. Ellis and her husband, David, moved to Tucson in August 1974. After surviving the heat of one summer, they fell in love with the Sonoran Desert. As a descendant of Mormon Battalion captain Jefferson Hunt, Ellis has always been interested in Mormon and Arizona history. These two loves have been combined in Images of America: Latter-day Saints in Tucson.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "“You have brought trouble into the world. You and your people must go before you bring more trouble.”\nIn 3500 BC, a killing drought forces Morven and her tribe to roam the steppes of Kazakhstan, struggling to survive.\nFiercely independent and never quite feeling she belongs, Morven senses a greater kinship to animals than to her own people. Despite ridicule, she befriends a herd of wild horses. She learns to ride and shows her clan the horses are not just a food source, but they also can help them survive. But it is not just Morven’s people who are changed by\nknowledge. A brash young man from another tribe also learns from Morven. His goal, however, is not just to survive, but to conquer.\nMorven must learn to accept responsibility for the terrible changes she has set in motion and become a leader amongst her people, or they will die.\n“In Armstrong’s richly descriptive story, Morven grows from a young, spirited girl to a respected shaman, enduring loss, hostility, isolation and near starvation in her quest to understand her place within her clan.” – Quill & Quire\n“a unique and intriguing story, filled with turmoil and themes of isolation, survival, and ultimately, love.” – CanLit For Little Canadians\n“The writing is strong and accessible … it will definitely appeal to independent teenage girls with a streak of rebellion” – Resource Links, Recommended\n“Despite the ancient time in which this story is set, I think modern teens could easily relate to Morven … a wonderful glimpse into the customs and lifestyles of the nomadic tribes living on the steppes during this early point in their history” – Friday Review, Susan Riley\nSHORTLIST – Manitoba Young Readers’ Choice Awards (MYCRA), 2014\nSELECTION – Best Books for Kids and Teens, Spring 2014\nMOONBEAM AWARD – Silver Medal for Young Adult Fiction (Historical), 2014", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Copyright Act is a federal law that provides copyright protection in the United States for original works of authorship.\nCopyright is actually a bundle of exclusive rights or protection in an original work that is granted to the copyright holder by the government.\nCopyright protection arises in original works of authorship that are “fixed in any tangible medium of expression” (e.g., written or typed on paper, stored in a computer, recorded in an audio or video format, etc.).\nWorks of authorship include the following categories:\nCopyright infringement is a violation of law that carries substantial penalties for the infringer. The general minimum statutory penalty is $750 per act of infringement. Infringement need not even be willful, but penalties for willful infringement are more severe at up to $150,000 per act of infringement. Criminal liability and even prison sentences of up to 5 years may be imposed on first time offenders who willfully infringe a copyright “for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain.” In addition to being illegal, copyright infringement is a violation of University policy and can result in the imposition of University discipline up to and including dismissal for faculty and staff and expulsion for students.\nSection 106 of the Copyright Act enumerates the exclusive rights of copyright holders. “Subject to certain exceptions, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:\n1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords; (2) to prepare derivative works [see definition below] based upon the copyrighted work; (3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending; (4) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform the copyrighted work publicly; (5) in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works, pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display the copyrighted work publicly; and (6) in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission.\nSection 103 of the Copyright Act provides limitations on copyright protection for compilations and derivative works. Section 101 of the Copyright Act defines compilations and derivative works and other important terms.\nA “compilation” is a work formed by the collection and assembling of preexisting materials or of data that are selected, coordinated, or arranged in such a way that the resulting work as a whole constitutes an original work of authorship. The term “compilation” includes collective works.\nA “derivative work” is a work based upon one or more preexisting works, such as a translation, musical arrangement, dramatization, fictionalization, motion picture version, sound recording, art reproduction, abridgment, condensation, or any other form in which a work may be recast, transformed, or adapted. A work consisting of editorial revisions, annotations, elaborations, or other modifications, which, as a whole, represent an original work of authorship, is a “derivative work”.\nSection 121 of the Copyright Act provides limitations on exclusive rights regarding the reproduction of copyrighted works for people with disabilities. Students, faculty or staff with disabilities or seeking to assist those with disabilities may wish to consult with the Office of Disability Services.\nFor a more detailed discussion of copyright, visit these websites:\nFor more information on the TEACH Act, see an article written by Kenneth Crews, Director, Copyright Management Center, Indiana University School off Law-Indianapolis.\nFiling a Course Pack\nUndergraduate & Graduate (non-Law School)\nVince Perkins, Assistant Director for Information Products & Services, University Shop\nAmy Spare, Faculty Services Librarian and Legal Research Instructor\nInformation on Course Reserves\nFalvey Library regularly assists faculty members in placing print copies of copyrighted documents on reserve in the library and placing electronic copies of copyrighted documents on reserve on the instructor's WebCT course. In addition to copyright issues related to library reserve items, there may also be copyright compliance issues pertinent to copying or digital conversion of materials in the collection for research or instructional purposes. For information on library-related copyright issues, you can consult with Merrill Stein at (610) 519-4272. Advice provided by the library in these areas is limited to questions of policy and does not constitute legal advice.\nVillanova Law School Library assists law faculty in placing print copies of copyrighted materials on reserve in the law library and placing electronic copies of copyrighted materials on class reserve through the following Website or directly on the instructor's Blackboard course. Please consult Regina Kozul at (610) 519-7020 or Justin Barber at (610) 519-6706 or (610)519-5201.\nOnline Resources - Blackboard/WebCT Vista\nSee the American Library Associations website, TEACH Act Best Practices Using Blackboard", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Synopsis. In the book, Harvey instructs women on how to be a “keeper” rather than a “sports fish”. He asserts that men are “simple”, and that women should understand that they can never be first in a man’s life without understanding and accepting that men are driven by who they are, what they do, and how much they make\nIs there a book called Think Like a Man?\nThe #1 New York Times bestseller from the new guru of relationship advice, Steve Harvey’s Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is an invaluable self-help book that can empower women everywhere to take control of their relationships.\nHow many copies did think like a man sell?\nWhat Men Really Think About Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment. The #1 New York Times smash bestseller Revised and expanded with new material. With over two million copies sold, Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man has become a bestseller around the world.\nHow long is the reminders of him audiobook?\nAbout this item\n|Listening Length||10 hours and 17 minutes|\n|Narrator||Brittany Pressley, Ryan West|\nWhat are the main points is act like a lady think like a man? – Related Questions\nHow long is the Billie Eilish audiobook?\nHow many hours is Atlas Shrugged audiobook?\nAt 63 hours long, this is the definition of a marathon listening session, but I think it’s worth it. Atlas Shrugged is a long story, which presents Ayn Rand’s theory of objectivism through a number of speeches and discussions, but it also has a great fictional narrative that goes along side it.\nIs Atlas Shrugged a hard read?\nThis is not an easy book. It’s insanely long, dense, complicated, half the time you don’t know what’s going on (it is a mystery, but still), there seem to be hundreds of characters (was Ayn Rand channeling Dickens?), and there’s an entire chapter devoted to philosophy.\nWhy is Atlas Shrugged such a good book?\nNo ordinary novel, Atlas Shrugged explores important philosophical concepts pertaining to reason, individualism, capitalism, and liberty. Indeed, it was in this novel that Rand developed the most complete presentation of her philosophy of Objectivism that can be found in any of her works of fiction.\nShould I read Atlas Shrugged first?\nAs someone who’s read it all, I would say that, for most people, there’s no better place to start than with one of Rand’s major works of fiction—Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, We the Living, or Anthem—and I suspect Rand would agree.\nIs the Hunchback of Notre Dame an easy read?\nIt was the first unabridged classic I’ve read and it’s not easy getting through some of the monologues, historical descriptions, and rants about philosophy. The first half of the book was especially difficult, because so many of the characters and scenes don’t seem important to the plot.\nIs The Fountainhead or Atlas Shrugged better?\nFrom an enjoyment perspective: The Fountainhead is clearly a more readable, enjoyable, page-turner book. Atlas Shrugged is filled with massive, tree-killing monologues that make the book hard to read. By contrast, it’s hard to put The Fountainhead down.\nIs The Fountainhead difficult to read?\nTo really digest what is going on in this book you’ll have to read pretty carefully, and take some time to stop and think about your own responses to what Rand is saying. But, mental gymnastics aside, this is still a streamlined novel with interesting characters, riveting plot, and—bonus!\nWhat is the hardest thing to read?\nThe 10 Most Difficult Books You’ll Ever Read\n- 10 Most Difficult Books to Read. Finnegans Wake by James Joyce. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace. The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner. Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Sophie’s Choice by William Styron.\nWhy is The Fountainhead so controversial?\nThe reason “The Fountainhead” is so controversial as a work of literature is its rape scene between the two main characters, Roark and Dominique.\nWhat is the most difficult read?\nNotoriously Long & Difficult Books\n- Moby-Dick, Or, The Whale. by Melville, Herman.\n- Les Misérables. by Hugo, Victor.\n- Ulysses. by Joyce, James.\n- Finnegans Wake. by Joyce, James.\n- Infinite Jest. A Novel.\n- Mark Z. Danielwski’s House of Leaves.\n- War And Peace (Vintage Classics) by Tolstoy, Leo.\n- The Brothers Karamazov. by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor.\nWhat illness makes it hard to read?\nDyslexia is a learning disorder that involves difficulty reading due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate to letters and words (decoding). Also called a reading disability, dyslexia is a result of individual differences in areas of the brain that process language.\nWhat is the hardest book to read in English?\nThe 5 Most Difficult Books to Read\n- Bleak House. By Charles Dickens.\n- War and Peace. By Leo Tolstoy.\n- Moby Dick. By Herman Melville.\n- Ulysses. By James Joyce.\n- Gravity’s Rainbow. By Thomas Pynchon.\nWhat is the longest chapter book in the world?\nAt 21,450 Pages, the Longest Book in the World Is Impossible to Read. Artist Ilan Manouach bound together 21,450 pages of the popular Japanese comic “One Piece” to create a sculpture that comments on the commodification of comic books.\nWhat is the thickest book in the world?\nThe book is entitled ‘Shree Haricharitramrut Sagar‘ and is a biography of Bhagwan Shree Swaminarayan.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "3 edition of John Bowden family of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee found in the catalog.\nJohn Bowden family of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee\nJoyce Gwin Hornback\n|Other titles||Bowden family|\n|Statement||by Joyce Gwin Hornback.|\n|LC Classifications||CS71.B785 1990z|\n|The Physical Object|\n|Pagination||vi, 411 p. ;|\n|Number of Pages||411|\n|LC Control Number||96141032|\nNorth Carolina Census of Pensioners. June 1, NEW! Try our new genealogy search engine. The North Carolina Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services with their names, ages, and places of residence, as returned by the marshals of the several Judicial Districts, under the act for taking the sixth census. Head of family, Name Age with whom residing. The Cocke Family: A History of the Cocke Family from Richard Cocke, Who Emigrated from England to Virginia, about , to Martha Cocke, Who Died in Goochland County, Virginia, in Including the Pleasants, Lewis, Woodson, Parish .\nELIAS BOWDEN was the son of John Bowden, a native of Franklin County, North Carolina. When a young man he enlisted in the war of with England. After the war he was sent with the command to drive the whites off the Indian lands in East Tennessee, or Georgia; later was sent to Missouri, and was at St. Louis, then a fort, having been one of. Rutherford County, NC Vital Records. Where can find Rutherford County Birth, marriage, Divorce and Death Records? Rutherford County vital records can be found at the North Carolina Department of Health which has copies of birth records after and death records after , copies of marriage since Jan and a Divorce records since There is a fee for each .\nThomas Stroud moved from North Carolina to Tennessee in , at age He served in the War of under General Andrew Jackson. Thomas and Sally (Thompson) Stroud moved to Illinois in Family history by Laban Montgomery Stroud says this couple came through with ox teams from Tennessee, stopping at the home of Moses K. Anderson. Deed BK 6, p. 85 # - John Bowden of Franklin County, North Carolina to William Babb of same, on 17 Sept I for 30 Ibs a tract of 50 acres lying on the west side of Great Peachtree (Creek) adjoining George Wren and John Bowden. Wit: .\nTwentieth-century French literature\nWriting a Report\nBreve instruttione sopra lapparenze et mirabili effetti dello specchio concavo sferico\nLittle boat lighter than a cork\nProceedings of the Fourth Annual Seminar of the Committee of Directors of Research Institutes (CODRI) held at the Nigerian Institute for Oceanography and Marine Research, Lagos, on the 10th December 1991\nExperimental and analytical transonic flutter characteristics of a geared-elevator configuration\nThis and that\nSasanian Iran, 224- 651 CE\ntrue origin of the Sabellian and Athanasian doctrines of the Trinity\nstudy of the design and analysis of feed forward neural networks\nHomework Helper Reading Comprehension, Grade 2 (Homework Helpers)\nAdditional Physical Format: Online version: Hornback, Joyce Gwin, John Bowden family of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee. Houston, TX ( Greenvale Lane. John Bowden passed away in Fayetteville, Tennessee. Funeral Home Services for John are being provided by Higgins Funeral Home, and Higgins Funeral Home.\nThe obituary was featured in. The John Bowden family of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee family, Hamilton family, Howland family, James Bowdoin (), James Bowdoin (), John Bowden ( ) Times. 20th century Hattie Borden Weld, 1 book Joe Earl Murphey, 1 book Daniel J.\nBowden, 1 book Margaret Dillinger Bowden, 1 book Bowden, James, 1 book. John Bowden passed away at the age of 62 in Greenville, South Carolina. Funeral Home Services for John are being provided by Cremation Society Of. Born in Franklin County, North Carolina, USA on to John BOWDEN and Mary \"Molly\" Underwood.\nJesse BOWDEN married Virginia Mildred \"Milly\" Bradshaw and had 2 children. found in North Carolina and Tennessee, Early Land Records, Place Of Birth: Franklin County, North Carolina, USA. John Bowden in Virginia.\nWe found 33 records for John Bowden in Roseland, Fredericksburg and 35 other cities in Virginia. Select the best result to find. North Carolina, Marriage Index, This database is an index to individuals who were married in various counties in the State of North Carolina, USA, between and Available information may include: name, gender, birth year, race, name of spouse, marriage date, and marriage location.\nNorth Carolina, Death Indexes, The William Bowden in whom I am interested was born in in North Carolina and died in Maury County, Tennessee, on 25 October He died at the age of He entered the American service during the Revolution in Guilford County, Tennessee, in and went on a tour across the mountains into the Indian Nation.\nJohn Daniel, Sr., of Essex County, Virginia and Laurens County, South Carolina His Virginia Ancestry and Some of His Descendants (Source: MyHeritage) ($) TN.\nCoffee. Biography of Samuel M. Daniel A Twentieth Century History and Biographical Record of North and West Texas (Source: Internet Archive) Davidson. Birth: Feb. 1, Granville County North Carolina, USA Death: Sep. 30, Henry County Tennessee, USA Family links: Spouse: Robert Louis Veazey (. Slaves Named in Wills.\nHalifax County, North Carolina, King George County, Virginia, Halifax County Will Book Volume 1, Records of a son of Elias and Celia - Dempsey BOWDEN - show him as born in VA so it must have been late in or early that Elias and his family moved to North Carolina.\nCensus records, Franklin County NCshow Elias and his Children: Benjamin Tynes Bowden, Mary Townley Veazey Olive, Dempsey Bowden. Joyce G. Hornback, The John Bowden Family of Virginia, North Carolina and Tennessee, including the complete will of Col.\nRichard Towneley. San Antonio Express, 15 October“War’s End Means Fortune For These Texans,” article by Horace N. Hill. The Bizzell Family of North Carolina & Virginia Stony Creek ~ Nash County, NC between Baker Bowden of Hanover County and John Bradley of Duplin County.\nThe deed states that the particular piece of land in question lay in the vicinity of White Oak Swamp and bordered property belonging to William Bizzell. Tennessee. Bythe. Full text of \"Annals of the Fowler family: with branches in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, California, and Texas\" See other formats.\nJohn Wright Bowen I abt Duplin, North Carolina, United States Francis (Bowen) Badger Neen Savage, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom - Nancy Didemma (Bowen) Alexander 10 Sep Douglas County, Georgia, USA - 18 Mar managed by Alicia Hunt last edited 3 Jan Jacob Powell abt Duplin, North Carolina, United States - abt 13 Oct managed by Bobby Johnson Rose Powell Virginia - managed by Sam Bowden Chester Arthur Powell 05 Sep - 23 May managed by Jonathan Gilbreath.\nHeads of families at the first census of the United States taken in the year North Carolina - North, S. (Simon Newton Dexter), [Type written book, indexed.] North Carolina census [hand written book]. Injust after the War of was over, John Ownby Jr. and his family moved from Rutherford County, North Carolina to Sevier County, Tennessee.\nThis Ownby family was the only one listed in the Federal Census of East Tennessee. On 4 FebruaryJohn Ownby Jr. made a will to dispose of his property.\nTennessee County was organized in on land in the modern state of Tennessee, but which at the time was part of North was formed from part of the old Davidson County. In when North Carolina ratified the new Constitution and entered the union, North Carolina ceded its western area, now Tennessee, to the federal government.\nSome of the JARMAN family have lived in Onslow County, North Carolina, since it was created. Abouta Robert JARMAN came with his sons Thomas and John to eastern North Carolina, having formerly lived in Queen Anne County on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Robert's will was probated in through the Secretary of State's Office.InJohn Ownby and his family migrated to Sevier County, Tennessee from Buncombe County, North Carolina.\nThey made their home in the Glades community, 2nd Civil District of Sevier County, Tennessee. Here John Ownby lived until his death. John Ownby and his family were listed in the and Federal Census of Sevier County, Tennessee.This banner text can have markup.\nweb; books; video; audio; software; images; Toggle navigation.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Florida's Fight for EqualityeBook - 2016\nThe Florida's Fight for Equality nonfiction reader provides a fascinating glimpse into Florida's past. Filled with vibrant images and primary source documents, this e-Book brings the past to life as students gain a deeper understanding of what life was like in Florida during the Civil Rights Movement. Build literacy skills and standards-aligned content knowledge with this reader that focuses on history, economics, and other social studies topics. The Florida's Fight for Equality informational e-Book contains text features to increase understanding and academic vocabulary with headings, glossary, and index. Connecting to Florida state standards for Social Studies and English Language Arts, WIDA, and the NCSS/C3 Framework, this indispensable classroom resource prepares students for college and career readiness.\nPublisher: [United States] : Teacher Created Materials, 2016.\nBranch Call Number: eBook hoopla\nCharacteristics: 1 online resource text file\nFrom the critics", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Lenovo Thinkpad Tablets are now available for check out at the Portage Lake District Library. Each tablet runs on Windows 10, and a wireless Bluetooth keyboard is included with each check out.\nPatrons can browse the web, stream videos, or work from home on this all-in-one touch screen tablet. Tablets can be checked out for two weeks at a time and cannot be renewed.\nVisit the library’s circulation desk to learn more or call the library at 482-4570.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Kapoor on Nelson (2020)\nNelson, Brian. Émile Zola: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford UP, 2020, pp. ix + 140, ISBN: 978-0-19883-756-5\nDespite the huge popularity Émile Zola enjoyed as a writer in nineteenth-century France, he is less well known among the contemporary reading public. Therefore, it is apt that Brian Nelson sets out in this book to present Zola as “the quintessential novelist of modernity” (1). He begins by referring to Anita Brookner’s comment that Zola was “the greatest journalist of the nineteenth century,” but seeks instead to highlight Zola’s literary achievements (1). Though Zola downplayed his narrative art in the experimental theories he put forward to elucidate his artistic vision, in Nelson’s view, his narrative skill is illustrated, among other things, by the “visual effects, compositional techniques, and choice of motifs” that he employed in his fictional works. He argues that Zola’s literary style emerged largely as a result of his association with painters who profoundly influenced his own aesthetic (22).\nSpread over nine chapters, the book takes on Zola’s fictional works, one by one, from the early days of his youth to his mature years, describing the painstaking planning, research, and fieldwork that went into the making of nearly all of them. Its highlights are the short yet lucid English translations from Zola’s French and vivid plot summaries. The book has a parallel biographical and historical thread. On the one hand, chapter two mentions Zola’s origins (his father who died when Zola was about seven was an Italian engineer, his mother was French and the daughter of a glazier) thus underlining the author’s hybrid sensibility as well as his struggles in France as an outsider. On the other hand, the final chapter reveals the hidden facts surrounding Zola’s mysterious death from carbon monoxide poisoning following his involvement in the sensational Dreyfus case, thus creating a riveting narrative that is partly biography, partly history. En route, it discusses the boldness with which Zola, the art critic, championed the cause of Impressionist painters such as Édouard Manet, who were rejected by the French establishment. Nelson shows that in his Rougon-Macquart series, Zola went on to address social issues like the struggles of ordinary people, while also incorporating into these novels contemporary scientific ideas about man’s relation to heredity and environment. Devoted partly to Zola’s new novel cycles that continue the spirit of the Rougon-Macquart, the final chapter is followed by a useful aide-mémoire that revisits the crucial events in Zola’s life, career, and times.\nThe book’s contention that Zola was above all an artist is best illustrated by the section in chapter two titled “Manet and the Salon des Refusés” that evokes Zola’s thirty-year friendship with painter Paul Cézanne, who introduced him to landscape painter Antoine Guillemet. Cézanne and Guillemet took Zola “round the studios, introducing him to Frédéric Bazille, Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro and Auguste Renoir” (17). Zola is described as listening avidly to the conversations of painters who gathered regularly at the Café Guerbois on the Avenue de Clichy in the Batignolles district of Paris and discussing art as well as the annual Salon. The section examines how Édouard Manet’s Le Déjeuner sur l’herbe was rejected by the 1863 Salon, and how Zola went on to defend the unconventional paintings of Impressionist artists such as Manet, appreciating their innovations in depicting contemporary reality by publishing a volume of articles called Mon Salon in 1866. Nelson suggests that just as Manet experimented with visual form by creating “new painting” (22), Zola experimented with fictional representation by adopting an artistic stance based on scientific materialism. In an article entitled “Les réalistes du Salon” Zola wrote that “the wind is blowing in the direction of science; we are driven, despite ourselves, towards the exact study of facts and things” (20).\nChapters three through eight offer glimpses of Zola’s attempt to record the “natural and social history of a family in the Second Empire” in the Rougon Macquart series (27) largely through a highly visual “poetry of fact” (6). For Nelson Le Ventre de Paris “is nothing if not a novel of spectacle”; Claude and Cadine are pleasure-seeking “flâneurs who circulate constantly in and around Les Halles, eagerly soaking up the sights of the markets” (42). Studying L’Assommoir, the novel where Zola made a working-class washerwoman a tragic heroine, Nelson draws our attention to its graphic descriptions of urban squalor, arguing that such depictions are Zola’s way of showing visually that man cannot be separated from his milieu. On the other hand, Nelson’s commentary on Nana, emphasizes the suggestions of “demi-monde,” a term that signifies “a shadowy half-world in which nothing is quite what it seems and the image is frequently taken for the reality” (64). Similarly, in the chapter on Au bonheur des dames, Nelson draws attention to how Zola unveils the truth about nineteenth-century bourgeois women seeking pleasure in the department store. The novel’s women are fragmented entities, seduced by the “pure spectacle” of an “almost orgiastic display of commodities” (74). In Germinal, Zola’s novel about a strike by mine workers, Nelson remarks on Zola’s use of colour. While black represents the darkness of ignorance and misery, red symbolises the awakening of political consciousness and revolution. Throughout, Nelson highlights the picturesque and evocative aspects of Zola’s craftsmanship.\nDespite nineteen attempts, Zola failed to gain membership into the Académie Française. However, more recent academic criticism has been kinder to him, recognizing the creative features of his work and demolishing stereotypes of him as a sensationalist writer, a label that leads readers to misunderstand him. Nelson’s book consolidates this trend. However, as the author’s aim is to privilege the artistic qualities of Zola’s fiction over its realistic aspect, he underestimates the primacy of truth in Zola’s artistic vision. In Zola’s novels, art is not the end; it is the means to an end, the truth. As Nelson himself quotes, in a letter to his disciple Henry Céard dated 22 March 1885, Zola wrote: “We all falsify more or less, but […] I think I falsify in the direction of truth” (7).", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Primrose Pathwas Bram Stoker's first novel. The novel is a melodrama about the evils of drinking. It was first published in 1875 as a serial in The Shamrock, Irish National Newspaper and Publishing Co., Dublin, a weekly newspaper that specialized in literature and the arts. It appeared in five consecutive issues with the first installment appearing on Saturday, February 6, 1875 and the last on Saturday, March 6, 1875. The novel was accompanied by five unsigned illustrations that depicted scenes from the story.\nThe Shamrock (periodical)\nThe Shamrock, Dublin, February 6, 1875\nThe Primrose Path was first published in book form in 1999 (along with Stoker's short story \"Buried Treasures\") by Desert Island Books, Essex. The books itself is a 128 page hardcover with a black cloth cover stamped on the spine in gold. It was released with a dust cover that included one of the illustrations from The Shamrock.\nThe novel is available as a: This novel can be purchased online as a:", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "H is for Hong Kong\nA Primer in Pictures\nBy Tricia Morrissey\nIllustrations by Elizabeth Briel\nAn English-Chinese Bilingual Book\nWelcome to Hong Kong! From waves of shiny motorbikes to buildings growing before your eyes to repairmen fixing sandals on sidewalks thick with people, there is so much to see. H is for Hong Kong takes children on a journey to a place rich with life, with unique cyanotype illustrations and vivid, lyrical descriptions as their guide. A bilingual book!\nTricia Morrissey Ready\nTricia Morrissey Ready loves writing children’s books because as a child she loved reading them. Born on the edge of one continent (Nairobi, Kenya), she now lives on the edge of another (Vallejo, CA) with her wonderful husband Mark. When she is not reading or writing she enjoys sailing on the San Francisco Bay.\nElizabeth Briel received her BFA in painting from the University of Minnesota and has since been an itinerant artist, working with the Liverpool Biennial, studying sculpture in Tuscany, and teaching photography to street kids in Cambodia. Her work appears in private collections in Dubai, England, Korea, the USA, Hong Kong, and Norway. She currently lives in Hong Kong but her studio can be anywhere in the world: to make these blueprint photos, she needs only sun and cyan chemicals.\n2009, 6 1/2 x 10 inches; 32 pages; hardcover; color images", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Jefferson Papers Indexes | Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Index to volume 31 | G | Gibson, Patrick\n– G. Jefferson's business associate [4 references]\n– and T. M. Randolph [2 references]\nSee also Jefferson, George, & Co.\nDocuments in this publication are viewable by registered users only. Log in\nGuest users have access to all documents in the Founders\nEarly Access publication.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Title: The Naval Surgeon\nAuthor and Title: William Johnstoune Nelson Neale. The Naval Surgeon\nFirst Edition: London: Henry Colburn, 1841. 3 volumes, post 8vo., 31s. 6d.\nReferences: BL; EC\n- Volumes 1–3 from Google Books\n- Search for title at The Online Books Page (please note: the search will take you out of At the Circulating Library)\nHow to Cite", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Skip to main content\nReviews & Receptions\nRomantic Circles stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement.\nRead our statement\nA refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture\nYou are here\nJosé de Alencar\nPages tagged with \"José de Alencar\"\nCardoso, \"Children Playing by the Sea: the Dynamics of Appropriation in the Brazilian Romantic Novel\"\nSullen Fires Across the Atlantic: Essays in Transatlantic Romanticism", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "These books were from my library visit back in early July. I was reading so much, going to the library, and going to secondhand stores to build up my collection of Stephen King books around the time I was going through my morning sickness period. Now, whenever I see books, I feel kinda sick. Weird, I know. So, I'm taking a break. Fun fact - I've read 48 books since I started keeping track last October.\nShe Went All The Way by Meg Cabot. I had to google this to remember what it was about.\nThe Guy Not Taken by Jennifer Weiner. This was a collection of short stories and I remember wanting more after each story was over. Each story should have been a full book!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon (Paperback)\nA True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon\nDelta, 9780385337205, 372pp.\nPublication Date: December 28, 2004\nThe year is 1735. A decade-long expedition to South America is launched by a team of French scientists racing to measure the circumference of the earth and to reveal the mysteries of a little-known continent to a world hungry for discovery and knowledge. From this extraordinary journey arose an unlikely love between one scientist and a beautiful Peruvian noblewoman. Victims of a tangled web of international politics, Jean Godin and Isabel Grameson's destiny would ultimately unfold in the Amazon's unforgiving jungles, and it would be Isabel's quest to reunite with Jean after a calamitous twenty-year separation that would capture the imagination of all of eighteenth-century Europe. A remarkable testament to human endurance, female resourcefulness, and enduring love, Isabel Grameson's survival remains unprecedented in the annals of Amazon exploration.\nAbout the Author\nPraise For The Mapmaker's Wife: A True Tale of Love, Murder, and Survival in the Amazon…\n“In the brilliant tradition of Dava Sobel’s Longitude and Ken Alder’s The Measure of All Things, Robert Whitaker’s book places the scientific discovery of terrestrial distances within a gripping human drama, where science, society, and the human heart are intertwined.”\n–Alan Lightman, author of Einstein’s Dreams\n“A rare story, taut with intellectual controversy, romantic passion, and harrowing danger.”\n–Booklist (starred review)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "About templates for document libraries\n|Archived content. No warranty is made as to technical accuracy. Content may contain URLs that were valid when originally published, but now link to sites or pages that no longer exist.|\nYou can establish consistency among the documents in a document library by specifying a file to use as a template for the library.\nThe template will open when team members click the New Document command on the page that displays the document library. The template is also available to users of a client program that is compatible with Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services. For example, in Microsoft Office XP, the template is available in the New from Templates on my Web Sites dialog box.\nCaution: Template files include personal information such as server URLs and user account names. Only share template files with trusted users and groups.\nTemplates for document libraries can be in any file format that a client program compatible with Windows SharePoint Services can open (.doc, .xls, and so on). However, there are advantages to using a Web-based file format (.htm or .mht) for a template:\nTeam members don't need to have the appropriate client program installed to read a document that's based on a Web page (.htm) or Web archive (.mht).\nUsing the Web Discussions feature, you can attach discussion thread within a document that's based on a Web page or Web archive.\nNote: The template for your document library must be stored in the Forms folder of the document library that uses it.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "April 7, 2016 (Thursday) Combined The Bimetallic Question Society and Montreal Dickens Fellowship meeting\nThe Bimetallic Question Society (Montreal Sherlock Holmes Society) has invited the Dickens Fellowship members to their meeting on April 7, 2016 (6:30 pm to 9:00 pm) in the Westmount Room of the Westmount Public Library. The selected Arthur Conan Doyle story is “The Adventure of Black Peter” (from “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”). There will be a quiz based on this story.\ninvited guest, Clifford S Goldfarb, will be giving a 30 minute talk entitled “If Arthur Conan Doyle met Charles Dickens”. He will be speaking about the “real” meeting between Dickens and Doyle, comparing their similarities and differences.\nPlease RSVP Ellie Clavier Rothstein at: firstname.lastname@example.org if you are interested in attending.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "[Skip to content]\n[Skip to main navigation]\n[Skip to secondary content]\n[Skip to quick links]\n[Go to accessibility information]\nPhotographs of installations and sculptures by Zhang Lei, dated 1994-1997. The set also includes photographs of the artist with her work.\n32c.09_01-16, 32c.10_01-16, 32c.11_01-09\nZHANG Lei, 張蕾\nJoan LEBOLD COHEN\n1994 – 1997 (Estimated)\nKeepers of the Waters (Lhasa), 水的保衛者（拉薩）\nLhasa River , 拉薩河, Lhasa, China\nWhat does this mean?\nThis item is covered by one or more copyrights. It is available for research only or use within Hong Kong’s fair dealing rules. Please do not copy, re-use or reproduce this item without the permission of the copyright holder.\n網站 © 2017–2023 亞洲藝術文獻庫版權所有", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Summary and Info\nThis collection of articles by Susan W. Stinson, organized thematically and chronologically by the author, reveals the evolution of the field of arts education in general and dance education in particular, through narrative and critical reflections by this unique scholar and a few co-authors. It also includes contextual insights not available elsewhere. The author's pioneering embodied research work in arts and dance education continues to be relevant to researchers today. The selected chapters and articles were predominantly previously published in a variety of journals, conference proceedings and books between 1985 and the present. Each section is preceded by an introduction and the author has written a post scriptum for each article to offer a commentary or response to the article from the current perspective.\nMore About the Author\nSusan Stinson is an American writer. She has published three novels and a collection of poetry to date, with her fourth novel scheduled for publication in fall 2013. Born in Texas and raised in Colorado, she currently lives in Northampton, Massachusetts, where she is writer in residence at the Forbes Library.\nReview and Comments\nRate the Book\nEmbodied Curriculum Theory and Research in Arts Education: A Dance Scholar's Search for Meaning 0 out of 5 stars based on 0 ratings.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A History of Elizabethan Literature\nCosimo, Inc., 1 de dez. de 2005 - 488 páginas\nAs Shakespere is by far the greatest of all writers, ancient or modern, so he has been the subject of commentorial folly to an extent, which dwarfs the expense of that folly on any other single subject... [T]here is always the danger either that some mischievous notions may be left undisturbed by the neglect to notice them, or that the critic himself may be presumed to be ignorant of the foolishness of his predecessors. These inconveniences, however, must here be risked, and it may perhaps be thought that the necessity of risking them is a salutary one.-from \"The Second Dramatic Period-Shakespere\"George Saintsbury, one of the finest Victorian thinkers on literature, called the output of British writers in the years between 1560 and 1660 \"the greatest period of the greatest literature of the world,\" and his insight and enthusiasm fills this sweeping survey of that era. The words of the Elizabethan writers alone-Marlowe, Spenser, Shakespeare, Bacon, Raleigh, Milton-would be a grand enough evocation of their brilliance, but Saintsbury's singing of their praises, for all its erudition and knowledge, is a glorious tribute to their genius. Poets, playwrights, and pamphleteers, all get their just due here, in a book that will thrill lovers of magnificent literature.British journalist and critic GEORGE EDWARD BATEMAN SAINTSBURY (1845-1933) was a regular contributor to the Saturday Review. His books include A Primer of French Literature (1880), the two-volume Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 (1890-1895), and the three-volume A History of Criticism (1900-1904).\nO que estão dizendo - Escrever uma resenha\nNão encontramos nenhuma resenha nos lugares comuns.\nOutras edições - Visualizar todos\nappear beauty Ben Jonson better blank verse born called century certainly character characteristic charming chief chiefly classical comedy contemporaries Crashaw critics curious death Dekker delight doggerel doth doubt drama dramatists Dryden Elizabethan England English poetry English prose euphuism Faerie Queene fair famous fancy fashion faults Fletcher followed Gabriel Harvey genius Gorboduc grace hath heart Herrick honour humour interesting Jonson kind known language later Latin least less literary literature living Lord Lyly Maid's Tragedy Marlowe Martin Marprelate Massinger matter merely merit metre Milton Mirror for Magistrates Miscellany never Noble Kinsmen pamphlets passages passion perhaps period person phrase pieces plays poems poetical poetry poets probably reader remarkable satire seems Shakespere Shakespere's Sidney singular sometimes song sonnets Spenser stanza style sweet taste thee things thou thought tion Tottel's Miscellany tragedy translation verse whole writers written\nTodos os resultados da Pesquisa de livros »\nGeorge Gascoigne: Elizabethan Courtier, Soldier, and Poet\nCharles Tyler Prouty\nVisualização de trechos - 1966", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Welcome to 19th Century, a blog dedicated to exploring the vibrant literary world of the 1800s. In this article, we delve into the enchanting realm of Canadian poetry during the 19th century. Join us as we uncover the profound works, influential voices, and captivating stories of Canadian poets who shaped the literary landscape of their time.\nThe Rich Legacy of Canadian Poets in the 19th Century\nThe 19th century witnessed a rich legacy of Canadian poets who made significant contributions to the literary world. These poets embraced various themes and styles, leaving behind a remarkable body of work that continues to be celebrated today.\nOne of the most prominent Canadian poets of the 19th century was Archibald Lampman. His poetry captured the beauty of Canadian landscapes and evoked a sense of melancholy and introspection. Lampman’s works, such as “Morning on the Lièvre,” exemplified his deep connection with nature and became an integral part of Canadian literary heritage.\nAnother influential figure was Charles G.D. Roberts, whose poetry showcased a fusion of Romanticism and realism. Roberts’ poems, such as “Tantramar Revisited” and “The Potato Harvest,” highlighted the struggles and triumphs of rural life in Canada. His precise descriptions and vivid imagery brought the Canadian countryside to life for readers.\nMoreover, the 19th century saw the emergence of Isabella Valancy Crawford, one of Canada’s first notable female poets. Crawford’s works, like “Malcolm’s Katie” and “The Helot,” explored themes of love, loyalty, and social injustice. Her powerful words resonated with readers, and she paved the way for future generations of female Canadian poets.\nIn addition to these individual poets, the Confederation Poets collectively played a crucial role in shaping Canadian literature during this era. This group included Lampman, Roberts, Bliss Carman, and Duncan Campbell Scott. They shared a common goal of defining a distinct Canadian identity through their poetry, showcasing the diversity and beauty of the Canadian landscape.\nOverall, the rich legacy of Canadian poets in the 19th century continues to inspire and captivate readers today. Their works reflect the unique experiences and perspectives of the time, leaving an indelible mark on Canadian literature.\nRARE Audio: Canadian Poet Douglas Lochhead, 1969\nRARE Audio: Canadian Poet Francis Sparshott, 1969\nWho were some famous poets during the 19th century?\nDuring the 19th century, there were several famous poets who made significant contributions to literature. Some of them include:\n– William Wordsworth: He was a leading figure in the Romantic movement and known for his poetry that celebrated nature and the beauty of the English countryside.\n– Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Coleridge was an influential poet and critic, best known for his poem “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” and his collaboration with Wordsworth on “Lyrical Ballads.”\n– Lord Byron: Byron was a prominent figure in the Romantic movement and known for his passionate and rebellious poetry. His works often explored themes of love, war, and personal struggles.\n– Percy Bysshe Shelley: Shelley was another important figure in the Romantic movement. His poems, such as “Ode to the West Wind” and “Ozymandias,” reflected his radical views on social and political issues.\n– John Keats: Keats was a key figure in the Romantic movement, famous for his sensual and lyrical poetry. His works, including “Ode to a Nightingale” and “To Autumn,” are celebrated for their rich imagery and emotional depth.\n– Emily Dickinson: Although Dickinson’s poetry was not widely recognized during her lifetime, she is now considered one of the most important American poets. Her poems explore themes of love, death, and nature with unique and unconventional language.\nThese poets, along with many others, shaped the literary landscape of the 19th century and their works continue to be celebrated and studied today.\nWho was the most renowned poet of the 19th century?\nThe most renowned poet of the 19th century was William Wordsworth. His lyrical and introspective poetry, along with his contribution to the Romantic movement, solidified his status as one of the greatest poets of that era. Wordsworth’s notable works include “Lyrical Ballads,” a collection of poems written in collaboration with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and his autobiographical epic, “The Prelude.” His profound appreciation for nature, exploration of human emotions, and innovative use of language made him a key figure in shaping English literature during the 19th century.\nWho were the two most prominent poets of the 19th century?\nThe two most prominent poets of the 19th century were Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman.\nEmily Dickinson is known for her unique style and unconventional use of punctuation and capitalization. She was a reclusive poet who wrote about themes such as nature, love, death, and spirituality. Her poems were often introspective and explored the complex emotions of the human experience.\nWalt Whitman, on the other hand, was known for his bold and expansive poetry that celebrated democracy, individualism, and the beauty of the everyday. His most famous work, “Leaves of Grass,” challenged traditional poetic conventions and embraced a free verse style. Whitman’s poems are characterized by their inclusivity and exuberant celebration of life.\nBoth Dickinson and Whitman made significant contributions to American literature and continue to be influential figures in the world of poetry.\nIn what four main periods is Canadian poetry roughly divided into?\nCanadian poetry in the 19th century can be roughly divided into four main periods:\n1. Colonial Period (pre-Confederation): This period spans from the early settlement of Canada to the mid-1800s. Poetry during this time focused primarily on themes of exploration, settlement, and the relationships between settlers and Indigenous peoples.\n2. Confederation Period: This period coincides with Canada’s Confederation in 1867 and extends until the late 1880s. During this time, Canadian poets began to explore national identity and the unique experiences of being Canadian. Themes such as nation-building, patriotism, and nature became prominent.\n3. Late Victorian Period: This period covers the late 1880s to the turn of the century. Canadian poetry of this time was heavily influenced by British Victorian poetry, characterized by formal verse structures and an emphasis on morality, sentimentality, and romanticism.\n4. Early Modernist Period: The early 20th century saw a shift towards modernism in Canadian poetry. This period, which overlaps with the end of the 19th century, featured poets who were more experimental in their use of language and form. They sought to break away from traditional literary conventions and explore new ideas and perspectives.\nThese four periods provide a general framework for understanding the evolution of Canadian poetry in the 19th century, highlighting the changing themes, styles, and influences that shaped the work of Canadian poets during this time.\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWho were the most prominent Canadian poets of the 19th century and what were their major works?\nIn the 19th century, Canada was home to several prominent poets who made significant contributions to Canadian literature. Some of the most notable Canadian poets from this period include:\n1. Thomas D’Arcy McGee (1825-1868): McGee was an Irish-born poet and one of the Fathers of Confederation. While he is better known for his political career, he also wrote poetry. One of his significant works is “Canadian Ballads, and Occasional Verses,” which features poems that celebrate Canadian identity.\n2. Archibald Lampman (1861-1899): Lampman was an influential Canadian poet known for his depictions of nature and landscapes. His major work, “Lyrics of Earth,” published posthumously, showcases his vivid descriptions of the Canadian wilderness.\n3. Isabella Valancy Crawford (1850-1887): Crawford was a groundbreaking female poet during the 19th century. Her poetry often explored themes of nature, love, and spirituality. One of her notable works is the epic poem “Malcolm’s Katie.”\n4. Charles Sangster (1822-1893): Sangster was a poet from Ontario who wrote primarily about Canadian nature and rural life. His collection, “The St. Lawrence and the Saguenay, and Other Poems,” is considered his most significant work.\n5. Bliss Carman (1861-1929): Although Carman’s career extended into the early 20th century, he was an influential figure in Canadian poetry during the late 19th century. His works often focused on themes of nature and spirituality. Some of his notable collections include “Low Tide on Grand Pré” and “Songs of the Sea Children.”\nThese poets played significant roles in shaping Canadian literature during the 19th century and are remembered for their unique perspectives and contributions.\nHow did Canadian poets in the 19th century contribute to the development of Canadian literature?\nCanadian poets in the 19th century played a significant role in the development of Canadian literature. They contributed to the literary landscape by bringing forth unique perspectives, exploring Canadian identity, and capturing the essence of the nation’s natural beauty and cultural diversity. Their works helped establish a distinct Canadian literary tradition.\nOne noteworthy contribution was the exploration of Canadian identity. Poets like Archibald Lampman and Duncan Campbell Scott sought to define what it meant to be Canadian through their lyrical and introspective verse. They celebrated the Canadian landscape, embraced indigenous cultures, and depicted the struggles of early settlers. Their poetry served as a medium for self-reflection and understanding of Canada’s evolving identity.\nAdditionally, these poets established a connection between literature and nature. As Canada’s wilderness was still largely unexplored during this time, poets such as Charles Sangster and Isabella Valancy Crawford undertook the task of capturing its beauty and spirituality in their works. Through vivid descriptions and romanticized portrayals, they elevated the Canadian landscape to a central theme in Canadian literature.\nFurthermore, Canadian poets also contributed to the formation of a distinct Canadian literary voice. As they moved away from imitating European styles and themes, they began to draw inspiration from local history, regional dialects, and folklore. This shift was seen in the work of poets like William Wilfred Campbell and Pauline Johnson, who incorporated indigenous themes and legends into their poetic narratives. This emphasis on indigenous culture and heritage helped shape the unique character of Canadian literature.\nIn conclusion, Canadian poets in the 19th century made important contributions to the development of Canadian literature. They explored Canadian identity, captured the beauty of the country’s landscapes, and nurtured a distinctive literary voice. Their works continue to influence and inspire contemporary Canadian writers, ensuring the ongoing growth and evolution of Canadian literature.\nWhat were the key themes and influences in Canadian poetry during the 19th century?\nDuring the 19th century, Canadian poetry was influenced by several key themes and influences. Nature and the Canadian landscape played a significant role in shaping Canadian poetic expression. Poets such as Archibald Lampman and Charles G.D. Roberts were inspired by the vastness and beauty of the Canadian wilderness, incorporating imagery of forests, rivers, and mountains into their works.\nPatriotism and nation-building were also central themes in Canadian poetry of the 19th century. As Canada was undergoing political and social changes, poets like Thomas D’Arcy McGee and William Wilfred Campbell wrote about the emerging Canadian identity and expressed their love for their country.\nMoreover, romanticism and sentimentalism were influential literary movements during this period. Canadian poets often embraced these styles, exploring themes of love, longing, and nostalgia in their works. Isabella Valancy Crawford and Susanna Moodie, for example, employed romantic and sentimental elements in their poetry.\nReligion and spirituality were also prominent influences on Canadian poetry. Many poets, including Pauline Johnson and Robert W. Service, incorporated religious and spiritual themes into their works, exploring faith, morality, and the human condition.\nIndigenous cultures and their folklore had a growing influence on Canadian poetry during the 19th century. E. Pauline Johnson, or Tekahionwake, celebrated her Mohawk heritage through her poems, incorporating Indigenous oral traditions and storytelling techniques into her writings.\nOverall, Canadian poetry of the 19th century reflected the diverse experiences and influences prevalent in the country at the time. Through themes of nature, patriotism, romance, spirituality, and Indigenous culture, Canadian poets contributed to the rich literary landscape of the period.\nIn conclusion, the 19th century was a time of great literary expansion and exploration for Canadian poets. Their works not only captured the essence of Canadian identity and landscape, but also reflected the socio-political and cultural shifts of the time. Through their poems, these poets expressed their unique perspectives and contributed to the growing Canadian literary tradition.\nFrom iconic figures like Susanna Moodie and Archibald Lampman to lesser-known yet equally impactful voices such as Isabella Valancy Crawford and Charles G. D. Roberts, Canadian poets of the 19th century paved the way for future generations of writers. Their use of vivid language and imagery, combined with a deep understanding of nature and human emotions, helped shape the literary landscape of Canada.\nIt is through the works of these poets that we can gain insight into the challenges and triumphs of Canada during this pivotal time period. Their ability to capture the essence of the Canadian experience in their poetry allows us to connect with their words and understand the complexities of the 19th century society. Moreover, their contributions have laid the foundation for the rich and diverse Canadian literary scene that we see today.\nIn essence, the Canadian poets of the 19th century have left an indelible mark on literature, showcasing the beauty of Canada and its people. Their enduring legacy reminds us of the power of words and the importance of preserving our cultural heritage. As we continue to explore the works of these remarkable poets, we are reminded of the profound impact they had and continue to have on shaping our understanding of Canadian identity and history.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Project orion the true story of the atomic spaceship george dyson on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers the improbable story of the wildest idea a . In 1957 a small group of scientists supported by the us government launched an attempt to build a four thousand ton spaceship propelled by nuclear bombs the . Project orion has 320 ratings and 48 reviews ulysses said do not be fooled by the awesome concept behind this book yes top secret cold war atomic spa. Book reviews david j griffithseditor department of physics reed college portland oregon 97202 griffithreededu project orion the true story of the atomic . Buy project orion the atomic spaceship 1957 1965 the true story of the atomic spaceship allen lane science 01 by george dyson isbn 9780713992670 from amazons\nHow it works:\n1. Register a Free 1 month Trial Account.\n2. Download as many books as you like ( Personal use )\n3. No Commitment. Cancel anytime.\n4. Join Over 100.000 Happy Readers.\n5. That's it. What you waiting for? Sign Up and Get Your Books.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "On January 20th, 2020, the 6,000th article was added to the SuccuWiki!\nHazard Online: Oblivion (eBook)\nHazard Online: Oblivion eBook Cover,\nwritten by Jaeger Mitchells\n|Publisher||Amazon Digital Services|\n|Publication date||October 19, 2018|\n|Followed by||Hazard Online: Revenge|\nHazard Online: Oblivion is an eBook written by Jaeger Mitchells. It is the first work in the Hazard Online series by this author. In this work succubi appear.\n- Title: Hazard Online: Oblivion\n- Author: Jaeger Mitchells\n- Published By: Amazon Digital Services\n- Length: 442 Pages\n- Format: eBook\n- ASIN: B07JB5CKZ8\n- Publishing Date: October 19, 2018\nOther Works in this Series on SuccuWiki\nIt should have been just another day and another tournament. The tournament where our name would be immortalized forever more! Surely, nothing could ever go right when I'm involved. A freak accident leaves Scarlet and myself stranded in Hazard Online, the one game we loved as much as life. Oh how quickly that changed.\nPushed to the brink of our sanity, we awaken with the knowledge of our death and become little more than guinea pigs, thrust into an experimental expansion where death means so much more. Our only allies are two young women who know much more than they're letting on and an A.I. Overmind who offers us a deal. Perhaps it would have been better to let some secrets stay hidden before the only way to survive becomes the sacrifice of what little made us human. In the end, would lose your humanity in such a place be even a bad thing?\nAt the time of this article's entry in the SuccuWiki, no review was available. Tera has this work on her reading list and will review it shortly.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "What little we know about the life of Plotinus (ca. 204–270 CE) comes from the short memoir with which his disciple and literary executor Porphyry (ca. 234–305 CE) prefaced The Enneads—the complete edition of Plotinus’s writings that Porphyry collected and arranged. Because Plotinus was reluctant to speak of his early life, and because Porphyry came to know him when he was already fairly advanced in years, the picture we have is of a man already fully formed in personality and settled in his convictions. According to Porphyry, Plotinus attached small importance to his own biography. Just as he objected to having his likeness drawn or sculpted, because he was ashamed at finding himself caught in the shadowy meshes of a material body, so he also objected to dwelling on the trivial details of his individual existence as a mortal man.\nWe know that he came originally from Deltaic Lycopolis, in a thoroughly Hellenized Egypt, but not whether he was of Coptic or Greek descent, or what class he came from. Apart from one mildly embarrassing episode with a wet nurse when he was eight, his story begins for us around 232 CE, when at the age of twenty-seven he decided to move to Alexandria to study philosophy. There, after an initial period of searching about among the various schools, he attached himself to Ammonius Saccas, the “Socrates of Neoplatonism.” After eleven years in the city, he conceived a desire to study with the “gymnosophists” and philosophers of India and Persia, and so joined the Persian expedition of Emperor Gordian III. But when that military venture ended in disaster, Plotinus was forced to make a perilous retreat to Antioch, apparently more or less on his own. He moved to Rome, where he spent the rest of his life teaching. When his final illness set in, he retired to Campania to die. His last words were supposedly something like, “Try to elevate the god within us to the divine in the universe.” Then, as his soul departed his body, a snake passed under his bed and out through a hole in the wall.\nApart from this bare outline, Porphyry provides only a few brief, if illuminating, anecdotes. For instance, Plotinus once explained his decision to remain aloof from certain festal liturgies by mysteriously remarking that the divine beings should come to him, not he to them. On another occasion, when the orator Diophanes had publicly argued that a philosopher’s disciple, for the sake of his own advancement, was obliged to submit to his master’s sexual importunities, Plotinus was too agitated to deliver a refutation himself, but had to depute one of his followers for the task. And there are a few more colorful tales, of the sort modern readers might foolishly be prone to doubt. An aspiring philosopher from Alexandria named Olympius, for example, became consumed by envy and attempted to attack Plotinus with magic. But the spells doubled back upon the sorcerer, and Olympius was forced to acknowledge the invincible strength of Plotinus’s soul. Porphyry also relates that, on at least four occasions during the years of their friendship, Plotinus achieved mystical union with the highest divine reality. Perhaps the most delightful tale of all concerns a priest of Isis who, at the temple of the goddess in Rome, invoked an apparition of Plotinus’s tutelary divinity, only to discover that Plotinus was attended by no mere celestial daemon (as most good souls are) but rather by an actual god. In the end, though, these are only so many tantalizing glimpses. Would that we knew a little more. Then again, perhaps Plotinus was right—perhaps too great a concentration on the ephemeral episodes of his life would only distract us from his ideas.\nThose ideas, after all, were profoundly influential. Viewed in long retrospect—looking back from the vantage of late modern philosophy, through the golden epochs of the great Christian and Islamic medieval schools, to the world of late antique Hellenistic, Jewish, and Christian thought—we find no pagan thinker more consequential for the development of later traditional “Western” metaphysics and epistemology. Plato and Aristotle, of course, laid the foundations; but it was principally through the vehicle of what we now call “Neoplatonism” that the ancient systems were conveyed to the post-pagan world, and it was principally through Plotinus that Neoplatonism first acquired the full grandeur and scope of a recognizable and internally consistent tradition in its own right. His thought constituted a crucial crystallization and creative revision of those spiritual and intellectual currents of late antiquity that would prove most durable and influential in subsequent centuries.\nThough Plotinus’s importance has never been entirely forgotten by scholars, and though he enjoyed a period of particularly reverent recovery during the Renaissance, he has rarely received the degree of close attention from modern philosophers that he merits. Moreover, for roughly a century it has been his undeserved fate to serve as a rhetorical foil—caricatured, misrepresented, slandered—for Christian theologians (chiefly Protestant) who have wanted to differentiate between what they fancifully imagine to be the God of the Bible and what they no less fancifully imagine to be the God of the philosophers. This is a pity. There was no more brilliant and dynamically original thinker in the last few centuries of pagan intellectual culture, or the first few centuries of the Christian era.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "WINCHENDON — If you’re a fan of comedy-dramas and murder mysteries, then go to Beals Memorial Library on Thursday, March 5, at 6 p.m. for the first film in its March Movie Madness lineup.\nThe library will be kicking off its monthly movie events with a screening of the delightfully wild whodunit \"Knives Out,\" rated PG 13.\nFeaturing an all-star ensemble, including Daniel Craig, Chris Evans and Ana de Armas, \"Knives Out\" is a fresh, modern take on the murder mystery genre. A private detective, played by Daniel Craig, is called in to investigate the death of a renowned crime novelist, Harlan Thrombey. Met with both the author’s eccentric, dysfunctional family and his loyal staff, the detective must find the true culprit amidst numerous misdirecting and self-serving suspects.\nBeals Memorial Library is located at 50 Pleasant St. For more information, call the library at 978-297-0300. All movie screenings at the library are free and open to the public.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Details about Tinker V. des Moines and the Students' Right to Free Speech:\nChristopher Eckhardt and John Tinker were high school students in 1963; John's sister Mary Beth was in junior high. But they were not too young to feel strongly about the Vietnam War—so strongly that they disobeyed school rules and wore black armbands to protest the war, resulting in their suspension. Believing that they had a right to free expression, the three young people took their case all the way to the Supreme Court. In TINKER V. DES MOINES AND STUDENTS' RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH: DEBATING SUPREME COURT DECISIONS, Stephanie Sammartino McPherson explains what happened and the impact it had on the rights of young people today. The book includes a moot court exercise to give readers a deeper understanding of the arguments in the case and the workings of the court system.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Clash Of Civilizations, Orientalism, and the “Civilized” and “Uncivilized”\nComparing International Reactions Through the Cases of the Middle East and Europe\nKeywords:Islamophobia, Clash of civilizations, Orientalism, Global response, Identity, Media representation, Post-Colonial Theory, Political Theory\nThis article examines Samuel Huntington's \"Clash of Civilizations\" theory which suggests that the world will be divided into two opposing civilizations, the West and East, in the post-Cold War era. Huntington advocates for Western society to exert control over Eastern civilization, particularly the Islamic world, in order to maintain Western values and beliefs. Additionally, I examine Edward Said's criticism of this theory, which argues that Huntington’s theory is based on ignorance and portrays non-Western societies as backward and uncivilized. This article demonstrates how Samuel Huntington's theory is very much present in the way conflict is viewed in different regions and civilizations around the world, as observed through modern Orientalism. This is demonstrated by the double standards and differential treatment of Eastern and Western conflict by Western nations and their media's portrayal of Eastern conflicts as upholding the norm. I then highlight these differences in treatment by comparing the reaction and action of Western nations to the Russian invasion of Ukraine versus the invasion of Iraq by the United States.\nCopyright (c) 2023 Hussain Alhussainy\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Presented to Guildhall Library by George Cruikshank’s widow Eliza Cruikshank on the 6th of July 1889, George Cruikshank’s Fairy Library is a treasury for fairy tale lovers.\nCruikshank (1792–1878) is probably best known for being an illustrator for Charles Dickens’ novels yet Cruikshank was a celebrated illustrator and social commentator before he met Dickens. In fact, it was Dickens who was initially described as ‘the Cruikshank of writers’ by the Spectator (26 Dec 1836, 1234). Cruikshank is not only the illustrator of this volume of fairy tales, but also the author. Included within the volume are: Hop-O’ My-Thumb and the Seven League Boots, Jack and the Bean Stalk, Cinderella and the Glass Slipper and Puss in Boots.\nFrom 1847 to the end of his life, Cruikshank attended multiple temperance meetings across the country even serving on the board of the London Temperance League. He preached sermons on the benefits of temperance as well as promoting the cause through his illustrations in books such as The Bottle (1847) and The Drunkard’s Children (1848) (please see catalogue links below). Temperance was a cause dear to Cruikshank’s heart, possibly because his own father died after a drinking competition in 1811, leaving him, at the age of nineteen, the principal breadwinner for the family. Cruikshank was upset by Dickens’ public opposition to what he saw as the extremes of the temperance movement. When Cruikshank first published these beautifully illustrated fairy tale books to which he added texts attributing all the violence and misery in the stories to drink, Dickens protested in his weekly magazine Household Words (1 October 1853). In Dickens’ leader entitled ‘Frauds on the Fairies’ he decries Cruikshank’s attempts to ‘propagate the doctrines of Total Abstinence, Prohibition of the sale of spirituous liquors, Free Trade and Popular Education. For the introduction of these topics, he [Cruikshank] has altered the text of a fairy story and against his right to do any such thing we protest with all our might and main… He has no greater moral justice in altering the harmless little books than we should have altering his best etchings…’\nDickens’ view prevailed. This led Cruikshank to profess on Dickens’ death that ‘One of our greatest enemies gone.’ Furthermore, he went on to later claim, in a letter to the Times published Dec 30, 1871 that it had been he, and not Dickens, who had come up with the characters and plot for Oliver Twist.\nPlease find to the item on the City of London Libraries catalogue below:\nPlease note you do not need to make an advance booking to consult this item. However, you will need to bring one form of ID, such as a passport or driving licence or any library or archive membership card, with you when you visit in order to consult this book as it is designated a rare item.\nThe Drunkard’s Children (1848):\nFor those of you who are interested in learning more about George Cruikshank’s life and work we can recommend Robert Patten’s two volume biography, George Cruikshank’s life, times and art Vol.1, 1792-1835, and Vol.2, 1835-1878 which is available to consult at Guildhall Library:\nAssistant Librarian Guildhall Library", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Spy School Goes North\nIn the eleventh book in the New York Times bestselling Spy School series, Ben Ripley goes on a rescue mission when one of his own is abducted from a remote Alaskan training facility.\nBen Ripley and his friends are training in Alaska when Cyrus Hale is kidnapped by his old Russian nemesis. Ben, Erica, and the others mount a rescue mission, but events quickly spiral out of control in a plot involving the secret history of US-Russian relations, a young KGB agent with skills to rival Erica’s—and lots and lots of bears.\nThis series follows Benjamin Ripley and his adventures at being a junior CIA spy.\nSpy School consists of eleven works, and the series is set to expand with the upcoming release of one more book. The current recommended reading order for the series is provided below.\nRelated series Spy School Graphic Novels", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "One does not need to be initiated into any mystery cults, swear an oath of dedication to any god or goddess, denounce or convert to any religion, or even wear the label of a Witch or Wiccan in order to be a spell crafter. But among the things that are required, the most important ones are an open mind, true desire, and the will, patience, self-conviction, and courage to follow what is within one's heart, and the maturity to take responsibility for one's own actions. The casting of spells is an ancient art that has played an important role in many of the cultures and religions throughout the world. This book is designed to be a guide to the history, philosophy, ethics, and practical application of spell crafting.\nWritten with the novice-to-intermediate student in mind, it covers all areas of folk magick in an explorative and unbiased manner.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Eye For Film >> Movies >> How Is Your Fish Today? (2006) Film Review\nHow Is Your Fish Today?\nReviewed by: George Williamson\nA writer sits in the bleak corner of his building-block apartment, chain smoking and scribbling his latest screenplay; the subject: a man running from a murdered lover and the authorities, seeking Mohe, the most northerly village in China. As the writer's story unfolds on paper, so too does his life in the real world, and as his character journeys to the icy hamlet, so too does the author. What lies in wait for him in the glacial community on the edge of the world?\nAlthough the plot synopsis suggests a literary fantasy of some sort, How Is Your Fish Today? is far from it. You'd be forgiven at the onset for thinking that you were about to see a documentary about Mohe. It opens with interviews with passengers on a northbound train, painting a fantastic portrait of the location.\nSome of them say that the inhabitants still have no electricity, that they practically see by the glow of the aurora borealis, enjoying a simple bucolic life of fishing and waving to the Russian sailors on the other side of the border as they cheerfully reel in their catch. There's a sparkle in their eyes when they describe the hard to reach village, like it's the big rock-candy mountain of China.\nXiaolu Guo's film is concerned with the distinction between truth and fiction - or, possibly, reality and propaganda - in the search for knowledge. Parts of the film are shot in a documentary style; the community in Mohe are shown in church, at the shop, catching fish, making dinner, exposing a life that is ice cold, but as mundane as anywhere else.\nOther sections feel almost like the work of Wong Kar Wei; beautifully shot and scored, using vibrant colours to highlight the fictional element of the story. In these parts we see the journey of his anti-hero, from a southern hometown, through Beijing, and onward to Mohe, always looking for an escape.\nIt's a strange fusion, but, considering the protagonist's diatribe on the banning of his work that forces him to write soaps and sitcoms, possibly a necessary one to allow a film with critical content to be made, a form of camouflage for the real points being discussed. One of the few problems with the movie is that Xiaolu Guo's reputation as an acclaimed documentary filmmaker and the fairly obvious subtext ends up detracting from the explicit story, as more time ends up spent trying to analyse and interpret the underlying message than trying to empathise with the characters.\nElements of the film could be interpreted as criticism of censorship in China, but sometimes it's more like a criticism of the cultural erosion that these restrictions on freedom of speech are causing and the homogenisation of society even in the far corners of the world. It could also be examined as a piece on the disillusionment of youth, always searching for new pastures, forever discovering that, in retrospect, the grass only appears greener on the other side.\nRegardless of how it is interpreted How Is Your Fish Today? is a fascinating film for anyone interested in China or progressive documentary filmmaking, but probably not one for those expecting a metaphysical journey into the unknown or a strong story.Reviewed on: 23 Nov 2006", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Please Note: This event has expired.\nGreenMan Theatre Presents: Mind Matters\nExplore the human psyche with the GreenMan Theatre Storytellers.\nGreenMan Storytellers will be presenting a storytelling show on the theme of The Mind/Brain for the Elmhurst Public Library on Wednesday, March 22nd.\nGreenMan Theatre Troupe was formed in 2003 to offer opportunities to participate in plays, see live theatre, and enrich the community.\nAdults, Grades 9-12. This is a free event.\nLive in-person or virtually via Zoom. Registration required.\n25 S Prospect Ave, Elmhurst, IL 60126", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "I’m the author of the literary collection “Three Stories and Some Poems.” I love writing, blogging, and song writing.\nI’m the owner of The Grove Oak Store.. self appointed mayor, COO of Buck’s Pocket, the first woman to ever be on DeKalb County’s Parks Board and Social Media Manager for our only county park, High Falls County Park-Grove Oak, AL, co-owner of RiverBank Productions.\nAs Dekalb County Board member, along with the rest of the board, I oversaw the building of a new Community Center at High Falls, organize a yearly festival, and implement park improvements year round.\nAs self-appointed mayor, I have brought commerce back to my deserted hometown by opening the only store. I bring the arts to the community, have opened a public library, preserved our local history in a museum. I have lobbied to replace the missing Trail of Tears markers in town, spoken with the governor of Alabama, and our state representatives on the town’s behalf. I have made attempts at addressing safety concerns in town and continue to pursue completion.\nAs COO of Buck’s Pocket, I try to keep tabs on the Federal Grant monies earmarked for our town’s state park, endorsed the passage of State Amendment 2 to help protect park funds, and work daily to protect the park lands, Indian caves, and visitors.\nAs co-owner of RiverBank productions, I’m totally interested in making some damn good music and telling the stories that need to be told through independent films.\nDocumentary film maker, “We The People.” We’ve put together an intimate documentary about the struggles of the Sioux Indians in North Dakota, the Dakota Access Pipeline and history of Native American mistreatment.\nI have plans to release a cd pretty soon. It’ll be punk inspired, alt rock/alt country. “Native Americana” is sure to break some rules.\nSome other stuff.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "‘suburb’, ‘slum’, ‘village’:\nLabels matter in planning\nGood places to live.\nMcMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.\nDissertation Title: “The Dreams Attached to Places: from Suburb, to Slum, to Urban Village in a Toronto Neighbourhood, 1875-2002”\nI explored the relationships between successive images of a neighbourhood, social and housing conditions, and planning policy, using a case study of one neighbourhood in Toronto. The neighbourhood, Parkdale, was developed as a politically independent suburb in the late 1870s and 1880s. At the time, it was described as a middle-class, residential ‘flowery suburb’, although it was also a working class industrial community. During the early part of the 20th century, it began to be described as a declining neighbourhood at risk of ‘becoming a serious slum’, although it continued to offer good housing conditions. By the 1970s, a third phase of image-making had begun: Parkdale began to be described, in newspapers and planning reports, as a revitalized ‘urban village’ of historic homes, as well as a ‘dumping ground’ for psychiatric out-patients. The research suggests that the images of suburb, slum, and urban village used to describe Parkdale bore more of a relationship to changing societal norms than social and housing conditions. However, the images had both direct and indirect impacts on planning policies and mortgage lending, which in turn influenced social and housing conditions.\nIt was transformed into a book last year, called “Suburb, Slum, Urban Village”.\nPublic Policy and\n© Copyright 2016\nAll Rights Reserved", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Alliance and Conflict combines a richly descriptive study of intersocietal relations in early nineteenth-century Northwest Alaska with a bold theoretical treatise on the structure of the world system as it might have been in ancient times. Ernest S. Burch Jr. illuminates one aspect of the traditional lives of the Inupiaq Eskimos in unparalleled detail and depth. Basing his account on observations made by early Western explorers, interviews with Native historians, and archeological research, Burch describes the social boundaries and geographic borders formerly existing in Northwest Alaska and the various kinds of transactions that took place across them. These ranged from violence of the most brutal sort, at one extreme, to relations of peace and friendship, at the other. Burch argues that the international system he describes approximated in many respects the type of system existing all over the world before the development of agriculture. Based on that assumption, he presents a series of hypotheses about what the world system may have been like when it consisted entirely of hunter-gatherer societies and about how it became more centralized with the evolution of chiefdoms. Accounts of specific people, places, and events add an immediate, experiential dimension to the work, complementing its theoretical apparatus and sweeping narrative scope. Provocative and comprehensive, Alliance and Conflict is a definitive look at the greater world of Native peoples of Northwest Alaska.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Completely updated, this practical guide is filled with information, tips, checklists, resources, diagrams, and illustrations to help young people learn to control their asthma, gain self-confidence, and live their lives to the fullest.\nBreathe Easy explains:\n- How to recognize situations that trigger asthma attacks\n- Early warning signs of an attack, and what to do about them\n- Asthma medicines and how they work\n- What happens in the respiratory system during an attack\n- Relaxation of body, mind, and breathing to help control asthma\n- Communicating with your doctor\n- Where to find additional help and ideas\nJonathan H. Weiss, PhD, is former Director of Behavior Science, Children's Asthma Research Institute, National Asthma Center, and is currently Clinical Associate Professor and Associate Attending Psychologist, Cornell Medical Center, New York. He is consultant to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and the author of the asthma guide Super Stuff.\n1 soft covered book, 80 pages.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "All content is free for everyone to browse, download and share.\nTips for how to search on AER: type keywords into the search box or use the filtering options below to find the content relevant for you – including peer-reviewed journal articles and non-peer reviewed grey literature.\nMember contents are currently categorised as ‘Miscellaneous’ while we work on an update.\nShowing 3 results\nThe effects of single pre-blossom applications of DDT/ BHC and lead arsenate/nicotine on the fauna of apple trees in an orchard which was otherwise ne...Read more\nThe following is virtually the author's summary of this part of a series on investigations in south-eastern England [cf. RAE A 57 889, etc.]. The effe...Read more\nThe following is virtually the author's summary. Since 1950, egg breakage has occurred with unprecedented frequency in the nests of peregrines (Falco ...Read more", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Download Ty Cobb Book in PDF files, ePub and Kindle Format or read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Fast download and no annoying ads. You can see the PDF demo, size of the PDF, page numbers, and direct download Free PDF of Ty Cobb using the download button.\nBook Summary: Details the life of the legendary, record-holding baseball player, who retired in 1928 and became the first inductee into the Hall of Fame, but who has also been categorized as a belligerent, aggressive player and a racist who hated women and children.\nBook Summary: The grandson of the legendary baseball player reveals another side of “a fascinating, severely flawed sports icon” (Booklist). Ty Cobb’s grandson Herschel saw a side of him that very few others did. While baseball fans were familiar with Cobb’s infamously cold, competitive nature—and his relationship with his own children was deeply difficult—Cobb, in his later years, embraced the opportunity to form a loving bond with his grandchildren during their summertime visits. In this moving memoir, Herschel Cobb reveals how his grandfather, after the devastating loss of two sons, shared his gentler side with Herschel and his siblings. Herschel’s own parents, a cruel, abusive father and an adulterous, alcoholic mother, filled his childhood with turmoil. But “Granddaddy” offered the stability, love, and guidance that Herschel desperately needed. “Elegantly written and genuinely moving,” this story of their relationship presents a unique perspective on this larger-than-life man (Publishers Weekly). “An unforgettable story . . . that will alter how you feel about baseball’s most demonized star.” —Tom Stanton, author of Ty and the Babe\nBook Summary: A biography of the National Baseball Hall of Famer Ty Cobb who is recognized as one of the greatest hitters in baseball history, discusses his offensive records, personality, and work ethic.\nBook Summary: Ty Cobb's life is a fascinating study of extremes. His professional highs are astonishing: During his career, he set 123 records. His lifetime batting average of .367 has never been surpassed, and he hit over .300 for 23 straight seasons. But there was a\nBook Summary: \"An authoritative, reliable and compelling biography of perhaps the most significant and controversial player in baseball history, Ty Cobb, drawing in part on newly discovered letters and documents\"--", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Fatigue Design Procedures presents the full text of the papers presented at the 4th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue held in Munich, Germany on June 16-18, 1965, and summaries of the discussion held about them. The papers featured in the volume covers different aspects of fatigue design. These include fail-safe design for a jet transport airplane, the weapon systems fatigue certification program of the U.S. Air Force, the role of variable amplitude or constant amplitude tests in design studies, the evaluation of allowable design stress and corresponding fatigue life, and the importance of fatigue design testing. This book will be of interest to persons dealing with studies on fatigue design methods.... of the 4th Symposium of the International Committee on Aeronautical Fatigue held in Munich, 16a18 June 1965 E. Gassner, ... successive repairs and replacements the test has now proceeded to 120, 000 hr. ... Comet I The Comet I was developed into a bigger aircraft, the Comet IV, which was subjected to separate staticanbsp;...\n|Title||:||Fatigue Design Procedures|\n|Author||:||E. Gassner, W. Schütz|\n|Publisher||:||Elsevier - 2014-05-16|", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Gregg Braden discusses the Holographic Nature of the Universe and how everything we do affects the collective consciousness of us all.\n“If you wish to understand the Universe, think of energy, frequency and vibration.” -Nikola Tesla\nRecent discoveries show dramatic evidence that The Divine Matrix is the missing link in our understanding.\nIn order to tap from the force of this matrix, we must first understand how it works and speak the language that it recognizes.\nGregg Braden reveals how to explore and discover the miracles of the Quantum world.\nIt is in this place of pure energy — a 'Quantum Field' — where everything begins, from the birth of stars and the DNA of life, to our deepest relationships and healing.\nNew discoveries suggest that our world is a reflection of our beliefs. Everything is now believed to be overturned. The power to create joy, to heal our woes and find peace in our nation is inside\nThe miracles we see in the Quantum world, show us the scientific limitations or the great potential we have? Could the spontaneous cure of diseases, instantly with everyone and everything, even time travel be our true purpose in the universe?\nA series of subversive experiments between 1993 and 2000, revealed a network of energy that connects everything in our lives and our world. It is called Divine Matrix or Quantum Hologram or The \"Field\" or Nature's Mind or Stephen Hawking's talking as the Mind of God,Max Planck's talking as The Matrix (The name of the movie comes from).\nMiraculous removal of an inoperable malignant tumour in the patient's\nbladder using the power of belief.\nFrom the healing of our body to the success at work and our relationships and peace, new evidence shows that all of us can talk directly to the power that connects the entire universe. Let's follow Gregg Braden in this wonderful journey that combines science, spirituality and miracles through the language of the Divine Matrix.\n“My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength, inspiration. I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know it exists.” -Nikola Tesla\n- The Science of Healing (You can Heal any Disease)\n- Dr. Bruce Lipton: The Biology of Belief - Where Mind and Matter Meet\n- Dr. Amit Goswami - Quantum Physics & Consciousness\n- Nassim Haramein - Sacred Geometry and Unified Fields\n- What the Bleep Do We Know (Documentary)\n- Into the Universe with Stephen Hawking: The Story of Everything, Time Travel, Aliens.\n- The Science of Energy and Thought. Subconscious Mind Power\n- The Collective Evolution 2: The Human Experience (Documentary)", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "Located just around the corner from the grand Westfield Bondi Junction is the humble Waverley Library. Whilst most would visit it either for pre-examination study (read social centre for uniformed teenagers), or to recapture a sense of their previous lives by borrowing books in their first language, I came here for the culture.\nWaverley Library showcases local art throughout the year and is a fantastic place to view Sydney’s Eastern Suburbs beach culture in a quiet manner without the masses. At the current exhibition, most of the photographs would have been taken purely from the heart and not for the sake of exhibition in a prime location. This provides the viewer an insight into what the locals see and do and what is important to them and their lives.\nThe exhibition included local sights, from Bondi to Dover Heights, kids and surfboards, swimming and cricket. Drastic angels were photographed against the purple sky in the cemetery as well as locals playing the guitar. Sunsets and sunrises, flowers and birds were depicted in a way that would touch a local’s heart and tell a story to a foreigner.\nUpstairs holds more permanent artworks as well as what is left of the beautiful Bondi Mermaid. The bronzed depiction of Miss Australia Surf 1959, Jan Carmody, sits at the top of the stairs, peering over the studious and the curious. Originally perched on top of the Big Rock in northern Bondi Beach, Jan the Bondi Mermaid had a tumultuous lifespan including ending up at the School of Engineering, Sydney University as part of a student prank only one month after her installation in 1960 and losing her mate Lynette the Bondi Mermaid to heavy seas in 1974. In the process Jan lost an arm, her tail and even herself, having to be stored in a Council Depot until she resurfaced in the late 1980s.\nJan has been preserved in Waverley Library ever since, so make sure you wave her hello next time you want to experience Bondi at it’s best.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Simone de Beauvoir in The Second Sex portrayed how the concepts of Self and Other are being shaped, created or reinforced in a text. The concept of Otherness is portrayed conspicuously in Benazir Bhutto’s autobiography entitled Daughter of the East. Benazir Bhutto was the first democratically elected female leader of Pakistan and she was assassinated in December 2007. Bhutto talked about her personal life, strength and her political activity in the twentieth century. Alireza Ayari translated this autobiography into Persian in 2009. The purpose of this study is to examine the concept of women’s Otherness in Daughter of the East (Source Text, “ST”) and then to analyze the changes of this concept in its Persian translation (Target Text, “TT”). This is a mixed method study and includes qualitative and quantitative phases. In the qualitative phase, the facts of Otherness in the ST are compared to those in the TT in order to find out to what extent the exact meaning of Otherness in the ST transferred to the TT. The findings show that the translator could transfer the exact strength of meaning of Otherness to the TT in most cases. In the quantitative phase, the TT is examined by the use of manipulation strategies (omission, addition, substitution, attenuation). The investigation shows that out of 30 items under study, the most commonly used strategies by the translator were omission (46.66%) and addition (40%). It can be concluded that the translator may consciously and unconsciously use these two strategies more than others to impose certain conscious or unconscious cultural and linguistic implications in terms of Otherness.\nDaragheh, Mahboubeh Hosseini and Rahiminezhad, Vida\n\"Similarities and Contrasts of the Culture of Women’s “Otherness” in English and Persian Languages: Analysis of Bhutto's Daughter of the East,\"\nJournal of International Women's Studies: Vol. 19:\n6, Article 16.\nAvailable at: https://vc.bridgew.edu/jiws/vol19/iss6/16", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Many users find needed full-text articles while reviewing database results, but sometimes the journal you want is not available in the resource you are using. Have you ever limited your results to [Full-Text] online and lost the “best article”? We recommend that you check [eJournal List] which tells you whether GRCC licenses that desired journal – and in which database that content can be found.\nGRCC’s Subject Guides list the top journals in an academic field on a [Periodicals] tab – and often those are the journals that are recommended for use in initial research assignments. But, [eJournal List] goes a step further and provides a list of eJournals specific to a particular field of interest; you can limit to peer-reviewed journals, too.\nLibrarians implemented a new & improved Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD) database that will make Children’s Literature research easier! Need a science fiction title for a 12 year old? Looking for 5 books to use with a science lesson focusing on water, written at a certain Lexile? Or a book on Sojourner Truth for a 3rd grader? Hunting for a review of a children’s book? Or a list of award-winning children’s books? CLCD has those – and more!\nCLCD provides diverse, unbiased reviews of PreK – 12 media of all types, along with thematic lists, 850+ award listings, and curriculum tools. And now, you can limit your results list to Juvenile titles that GRCC owns.\nIt’s an interesting and colorful database to browse. Take a look! Logon with your last name and 7-digit Raider number. For more on juvenile literature, see the Children’s Literature Subject Guide.\nComments Off on Children’s Literature Tool Enhanced\nTo get the assistance you need, it’s important for library users to “ask a good question,” but even more so when virtual technology stands between the requestor and the librarian. We suggest you share information about your topic and your assignment up-front including:\nspecifics about the topic you’ve chosen, or, that you need help choosing a topic;\nwhat class the question pertains to – or that it is for personal use – we help with those, too;\nyour professor’s name (we may know their assignment);\nassignment specifics (must use peer-reviewed journals, MLA or APA citing, when it’s due, etc.); and,\nwhat terms you’ve used and what databases or websites you’ve already searched.\nFor instance, “I’m taking SO200 with Prof. Jones. I have to write an annotated bib (APA) with 10-15 professional or trade journals and they cannot be older than 10 years. The topic I chose is “the impact of Covid on domestic violence.” I’ve searched OneSearch using those words but don’t know how to limit it to professional sociology journals. She said use SocIndex?? It’s due this Friday, so they have to be short articles. What’s the difference between an annotated bib and the abstract?”\nIn honor of Black History Month, we are delighted to provide GRCC students and faculty access to John Lewis: Good Trouble – “an intimate account of legendary U.S. Representative John Lewis’ life, legacy and more than 60 years of extraordinary activism.”\n“After Lewis petitioned Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to help integrate a segregated school in his hometown of Troy, Alabama, King sent “the boy from Troy” a round trip bus ticket to meet with him. From that meeting onward, Lewis became one of King’s closest allies. He organized Freedom Rides that left him bloodied or jailed, and stood at the front lines in the historic marches on Washington and Selma. He never lost the spirit of the “boy from Troy” and called on his fellow Americans to get into “good trouble” until his passing on July 17, 2020.”\nLogon with your last name and 7-digit Raider number.\nGRCC’s NewsBank America’s News database provides Hot Topics – the “most popular trending news headlines and topics including sports, environment, business, fine arts and architecture, and more.”\nFebruary Hot Topics cover: the XL Keystone Pipeline; National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman; the Covid vaccine rollout; the coup in Myanmar; Reddit stock activity; Super Bowl ad rollback; and, Jockey of the Year Frankie Detton. Take a look at the February Hot Topics. Logon with your last name and 7-digit Raider number.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Two authors asked me “Well, how do I get started doing a virtual author visit?” There are a couple of basic approaches to take\n- Canvas your local city/county/state: contact local teachers and librarians to see if they are interested in a virtual author visit. I won’t sugarcoat it, this could require a lot of emails but you can hire a parttime assistant to do some of the grunt work.\n- Here’s a good introduction including a suggested fee schedule and a list of Virtual Author directories where you can register yourself https://www.societyofauthors.org/getattachment/Advice/Guides/Guide-to-Virtual-Author-Visits.pdf.aspx\n- Try to find a match on AuthorBookings.com https://www.authorbookings.com/opportunities-for-authors/ these are all for children’s authors\n- Consider opening your own account on AuthorBookings.com so that teachers can find you. This won’t be ea substitute for beating-the-bushes (as mentioned above) https://www.authorbookings.com/members-benefits\n- Try to get added to Joelle Charbonneau’s list of authors who do virtual visits http://www.joellecharbonneau.com/contact\n- Try to get added to Kate Messner’s list of authors who Skype With Classes https://www.katemessner.com/\n- Join “Skype An Author” network http://skypeanauthor.wikifoundry.com/page/Directions+for+Authors", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Also see [Railway Officials in America 1906]\nJOHN F. OLIVER was born, in Springfield, Otsego Co., N. Y., Oct. 2, 1820. His father, George C. Oliver, was\nborn in Scotland, and came to this country in 1795, being then ten years of age. He moved to Niagara Co., N. Y.,\nin 1826, where he lived until 1843, when he came to Kalamazoo County, and settled in Portage, where he died, Feb.\n11, 1850, aged sixty-five years.\nJohn F. Oliver lived with his parents until March, 1849, at which time he married Lucy, daughter of Elijah Root,\nwho came from Genesee Co., N. Y., and settled in Portage, in 1833. He was one of the earliest settlers in this\ntown. He was supervisor in the years 1861 to 1865 inclusive. He died April 16, 1861.\nSoon after Mr. Oliver was married he built a small honse on fifty acres of unimproved land, which was a portion\nof his father's farm. From this small beginning he has become the owner of a fine farm of two hundred acres, well\nimproved, with fine buildings and pleasant surroundings. Politically, Mr. Oliver was originally a Whig. Since the\norganization of the Republican party he has been identified with it. He has held the offices of school inspector,\ntown clerk, supervisor, and justice of the peace for several years, and is the representative of his district in\nthe present Legislature (1880).\nHe has two sons: the oldest, William H., married Georgiana Marsh, and lives near the old home; John K. resides\nat home, and a danghter died in infancy.\nComing into the county in the early days of its settlement, Mr. Oliver has watched the progress of improvements\nin the various branches of industry with interest. A man of strong personal character, he is plain and unassuming;\nlargely interested and well versed in the important topies of the day, and possesses that sound judgment characteristic\nof the self made men of Miohigan.\nHistory of Kalamazoo County, Michigan\nWith Illistrations and Biographical Sketches\nof its Men and Pioneers.\nEverts & Abbott., Philadelphia 1880\nPress of J. B. Lippincott & Co., Philadelphia.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Sir Rupert and Rosie Gusset in Deadly Danger by Jeremy Strong (A & C Slack pounds 8.99) is set in an imaginary 16th century: Queen Margaret is on the throne and eager to marry the King of Sicily. The hapless Sir Rupert and his resourceful daughter Rosie are despatched to Sicily with a ludicrously flattering portrait of the Queen and 20,000 gold coins to tempt the King. Naturally enough, the gold coins also tempt pirates. The set-up and quite a few of the jokes seem to owe something to the second series of Blackadder, but it's no less funny for that (I laughed aloud on page 54). Chris Mould's illustrations have something of the spidery charm of Ronald Searle's drawings.\nHenrietta Branford's Royal Blunder and the Haunted House (Scholastic pounds 2. 99) is poetic in style and rather weird. Royal Blunder is a magic cat who can talk, fly, grow to the size of a lion and perform magic. With his friend Julie Jones he has a series of surreal adventures, which sometimes end with a peculiar abruptness. This would suit readers of 5- 7, especially girls, and would also be good for reading aloud.\nWith Anne Fine, you know you're going to get a well-crafted children's story with no boring bits, and that's exactly what Charm School (Doubleday pounds 10.99) is. Bonny, a healthy young hoyden who is more interested in food than clothes, has to spend a day at a charm school where all the other girls are fanatically competing for the, Glistening Tiara prize. Bonny is immediately at odds with these Miss-Worlds-in-training, insults them all and drastically re-jigs their end-of-term show - with moral lessons all round. Girls of 8-11 will love it. It tackles some interesting issues, such as consumerism and the beauty myth. But to me, the ending seems a bit strained; mutual understanding and friendship break out, it seems, because Anne Fine wants them to rather than because that's how the characters would react. Fine's ear for dialogue is also occasionally suspect - I don't believe any teenage boy would say \"I hate it so much I could practically die\".\nToots Underwater (Bloomsbury, pounds 4.99) is the third book in Carol Hughes's Toots series. It's based on a brilliant idea: in the fairy world which Toots visits, gravity is reversed. The fairies inhabit an upside-down universe; they walk about on the ceiling and live in houses \"under\" it. The story is about saving a Naiad from the evil machinations of Marsh Imps and disgusting goblins called Bocans, and Toots finds herself on the wrong side. As you read, you have to keep reminding yourself that down is up: to enter the river Toots and the fairies have to climb \"up\" reeds and once they're in the water, gravity keeps trying to pull them out of it. The writing doesn't quite live up to the imaginative heights of the story, but the plot has a satisfying structure and is neatly topped and tailed with a sub-plot in the real world. It also has a sypathetic and fallible heroine. Recommended for girls of 9-11.\nPhilip Pullman's I Was a Rat (Doubleday, pounds 10.99) has the lot. One expects something special from the author of Northern Lights and The Subtle Knife and this, though for a younger age group, does not disappoint. It is clever, funny, moving, beautifully written and intensely readable. A boy turns up at an old couple's house one night asking to be taken in; in answer to their questions about where he's come from he can only say \"I was a rat.\" And he acts like one: he chews up his bedding, gnaws pencils and is terrified of cats. They adopt him and name him Roger. In just a few pages, the reader develops the some affection for this ratty little boy as the old couple do - and is just as distressed as they are when he goes missing. Subsequent events, when Roger is shown at a fair, co-opted into a den of thieves, then captured by the authorities and threatened with extermination - maintaining all the time a pathetic eagerness to please - are as tear-jerking as Oliver Twist. I Was a Rat will be enjoyed by adults as much as by children, and Philip Pullman will still be read when most contemporary writers of adult fiction are long out of print.Reuse content", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "- What was the Holocaust?\n- Judaism and Jewish life\n- What is antisemitism?\n- How did the Nazis gain power?\n- Life in Nazi-controlled Europe\n- What were camps?\n- What was the Final Solution?\n- How did people respond?\n- Survival and legacy\nImmediately after the surrender many German citizens were taken to the camps to witness what the Nazis had done. There was an attempt to de-Nazify Germany.\nMany of the cities of Germany had been severely bombed. Surviving buildings that had Nazi associations were renamed. Monuments, statues, signs, and emblems linked with Nazism were also removed and destroyed.\nNazi propaganda was removed from education, the media, and the many religious and social institutions. Many pro-Nazi leaders and clergymen were removed from their posts. Nazi or military parades, anthems or the public display of Nazi symbols were also banned.\nThe German legal system was de-Nazified. From December 1945 German courts were able to try German citizens and pass sentence on the crimes they had committed during the war years.\nFrom 1933 to 1945 the whole of Germany had been Nazified. It was impossible to remove every single Nazi from their positions. Many Germans brought before the courts were given very light sentences.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "October is Family History Month in the United States and Omaha Public Library (OPL) has planned a series of events to help family researchers of all experience levels uncover their past. All events are free, but registration is required at omahalibrary.org or by contacting the hosting location. For those who can’t make it to a scheduled activity, there are still many opportunities to begin or continue researching family history using OPL’s extensive genealogy resources, such as MyHeritage, Ancestry.com, and the Gilbert M. and Martha H. Hitchcock Omaha World-Herald Digital Archive. Visit guides.omahalibrary.org/genealogy to learn more about OPL’s genealogy department.\nThe Michael Phipps Gallery is accepting applications from Omaha-area artists for 2016 exhibits. The Phipps Gallery is located in the southeast corner of the first floor at W. Dale Clark Main Library, 215 S. 15th St.\nSeveral authors, each with a unique focus and perspective, will visit Omaha Public Library (OPL) in October. These free events provide opportunities to meet the authors and learn more about the inspiration behind their work. Books will be available for purchase and signing at most author discussions.\nOmaha Public Library will recognize National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 – October 15) with a series of programs to celebrate Hispanic cultures. National Hispanic Heritage Month started in 1968 as Hispanic Heritage Week under President Lyndon Johnson and was expanded by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 to cover a 30-day period.\nIn Omaha in 1986, two star-crossed teenage misfits are smart enough to know that a first love almost never lasts, but are brave and desperate enough to try. A shared interest in alternative music and comic books eventually leads to more in Omaha Public Library’s 2015 Omaha Reads selection, Eleanor & Park (2013) by Rainbow Rowell.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Kadian Journal (Paperback)\nA Father's Memoir\nPicador, 9781250065094, 256pp.\nPublication Date: January 3, 2017\nIn July 2012, Thomas Harding’s fourteen-year-old son Kadian was killed in a bicycle accident. Shortly afterwards Thomas began to write. This book is the result.\nBeginning on the day of Kadian’s death, and continuing to the one-year anniversary, and beyond, Kadian Journal is a record of grief in its rawest form, and of a mind in shock and questioning a strange new reality. Interspersed within the journal are fragments of memory: jewel-bright everyday moments that slowly combine to form a biography of a lost son, and a lost life.\nKadian Journal is a document of startling bravery and candour—a description of a family dislocated and united by tragedy, and a beautiful and moving tribute to a son.\nAbout the Author\nPraise For Kadian Journal: A Father's Memoir…\n\"This is a fine, brave book, a tough-minded, tender-hearted evocation of a beautiful boy, his all-too-short life and the impact of his death on a loving family. Harding has done his boy proud and turned nightmare into art.”—Doron Weber, The Washington Post\n“What sets Kadian Journal apart from some other writing about grief is Harding's courage, keeping what he writes true to the experience he describes. He does not numb his pain or minimize embarrassment about the blind alleys he follows in trying to reassemble his life. The reader is right there, on the scene, however bitter or tender or gentle it may be, as if Harding is extending a guiding hand, one he could never again offer his lost child.”—The Buffalo News\n\"Both eloquent and heart-rending, Harding's book is not only a grieving father's testament of love to his dead son. It is also a reminder of the fragility of life and human relationships. An emotionally raw and uncompromising memoir.”—Kirkus Reviews\n“A fitting tribute to the resilience of the family… In alternating chapters of past and present, the grieving father draws in the reader with revealing views of his marriage, parenting, his two children, and the tough mourning process during Kadian’s funeral. Harding and his wife, Deb, share their secret moments, the overwhelming sadness, and the guilt, all rendered with a fresh boldness and candor…. Harding’s sensitive, intimate account eschews sentimental half-truths and sensational details for a purer, healing love that lifts his family above sadness and pain to become ‘free from the shackles of grief.’”—Publishers Weekly\n\"Heartbreaking...Profoundly moving...A tender tribute.”—The Daily Mail (London)\n\"Harding's remarkable memoir is written with transparent emotional intelligence. It makes one understand how it was for a father to lose a boy unique in his eyes and loved by everyone who knew him: Kadian.\"—The Observer (London)\n\"Heartbreaking...For a man in such raw, intense pain, Harding writes with incredible precision....Kadian Harding’s fourteen years shine brilliantly from its pages....Thomas Harding has been generous in sharing his boy with me, and I am grateful he found words.”—The Daily Telegraph (London)\n\"This book is raw and heartbreaking but it is never intrusive or gratuitous. The writing is real and spare, the love so very deep that the reader can scarcely look away....A beautiful tribute.”—Sunday Express (London)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Her book on his second son Stephen Gladstone was published in 2012 and she was working on a Buy Adidas Energy Boost\nLater this year, she will be posthumously made a fellow of Gladstone's library.\nsecond book, on Catherine Gladstone and her daughters, at the time of her death.\nFollowing her retirement from teaching she enrolled at Birkbeck College and completed a masters degree in renaissance theatre and art and wrote a dissertation on indoor performances of Othello after the disastrous fire at the Globe Theatre.\nShe also joined her husband as a lecturer on aspects of the life of the 19th century prime minister William Gladstone, at Gladstone's Adidas Duramo Flat Feet library in Hawarden, Flintshire.\nShe became a member of the Richmond Concert Society and, after her retirement devoted much time to travelling, with one of her more unexpected achievements coming when she and her husband rode some way up Mount Sinai on camels.\nGladstone library From Richmond and Twickenham Energy Boost Adidas Review\nBeloved teacher to get posthumous fellowship at Adidas Energy Boost Vivid Red\nHer husband of 40 years Tom Aitken said: \"One of the great things about being married to her is that we were married but we were also just good friends.\nThe warden at the library Reverend Peter Francis said: \"I can't tell you how sad and sorry all of the Gladstone Library community are about Ros's death.\nAdidas Duramo 5 Running Shoes Review\nNike Joggers Navy Blue\nAdidas Shoes High Tops For Boys Black\nAdidas Women's Energy Boost Shoes\nMen's Adidas Energy Boost 2.0\nNike Mens Shorts Size Chart\nNike Sportswear Down Fill Parka\nAdidas High Tops Leopard Print\nPharrell Williams Nmd Human Race Black\nNike Pink Sweater\nAmazon Human Race Nmd\nAdidas High Tops Low Price\nHarden 1 For Sale\nNike Winter Vest\nHuman Race Nmd Aliexpress", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Modernized Italian Game for White\nby Alexander Kalinin & Nikolai Kalinichenko\nIn recent years, something incredible has happened: the brilliant Spanish has been edged out by an old Renaissance opening; the Italian! Almost the entire world, all the way from those competing in world championship matches and elite events right down to players in amateur competitions, began to place their light-squared bishop on c4 on the 3rd move. We should note that the romantic times of the Greco Attack and the Evans Gambit are gone forever.\nThe modern treatment of the Italian Game is filled with the ideas gleaned from the Spanish. White prefers the modest pawn advance d2-d3 as opposed to the rapid d2-d4, after which they often send their queen's knight along the Spanish knight's tour b1-d2-f1-g3. It is no wonder that such an interpretation of the opening was dubbed the Italian/Spanish Game by the experts. In fact, in the notes of the Italian masters of the 17th century, the line of the Italian Game with d2-d3 was named the Giuoco Pianissimo, or the 'quietest game', which conveys its character with surprising accuracy.\nThis book will first reveal the main strategic ideas and typical plans of the modern Giuoco Pianissimo, and only then will the reader be offered a review of the modern theory of the Italian Game, centered around practical examples from grandmaster games.\nThis book will help you to create an effective opening repertoire, to improve your understanding of chess strategy, and to bring you hours of enjoyment, spent on examining the instructive games of modern grandmasters and the greats of the past.\nPaperback, 384 pages, Thinkers Publishing\nPayment & Security\nYour payment information is processed securely. We do not store credit card details nor have access to your credit card information.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "RG0743.AM: Helen G. Boosalis, 1919-2009\nMisc papers/ephemera: 1959-1986\nLincoln, Lancaster County, Neb.: Mayor; city council member\nSize: 1 folder\nBorn August 28, 1919 as Helen Geankoplis in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she married Michael Boosalis in 1945. The Boosalis family moved to Lincoln, Nebraska in 1951. Helen was elected to the Lincoln City Council in 1959 and was re-elected three times. Boosalis then defeated Sam Schwartzkopf in 1975 to become Lincoln's first female mayor.\nAfter completing her tenure as Mayor in 1983, Boosalis was appointed Director of the Nebraska Department of Aging in the Cabinet Governor Bob Kerrey. In 1986 Boosalis announced her candidacy for Governor of Nebraska. She lost the election to then-State Treasurer Kay Orr. This was the first state gubernatorial election in U.S. history where the candidates of both major national parties were women.\nHelen G. Boosalis died on June 15, 2009 at the age of 89.\nSCOPE AND CONTENT NOTE\nThe manuscript collection consists of one folder containing a few ephemeral items relating to Boosalis' political career. For more information about Helen Boosalis, see the NSHS Library collection for the following publications:\nPrairie politics : Kay Orr vs. Helen Boosalis, the historic 1986 gubernatorial race, edited by John Barrette, 1987. [324.9 B274p]\nMayor Helen Boosalis: my mother's life in politics by Beth Boosalis Davis, 2008. [921 B724m]\n\"Helen Boosalis for Lincoln City Council\" flyer, ca 1959\nHelen Boosalis nomination materials for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Certificate of Commendation for Public Officials (nominated by the NSHS), 1982.\nCampaign material relating to the 1986 Governors Race.\n\"Thanks Helen\" Publication produced by the Lincoln Journal-Star at the end of Boosalis' terms as Mayor.\nBoosalis, Helen G., 1919-2009\nNebraska Democratic Party\nPolitics -- Nebraska\nFor additional information about this collection, please contact our Library Staff.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "4th Grade Wisconsin History\nThe following links are provided for your convenience. All links in this section will open in a new window or tab. Please visit our main Educational Material page for additional resources.\n- The Wisconsin Electronic Reader has links to various articles, books, and essays regarding Wisconsin History.\n- Wisconsin Historical Society's page for Teachers and students.\n- Another page from WHS for teachers.\n- The Malcolm Rosholt Collection online through the McMillan Library in Wisconsin Rapids.\n- Make use of the U. S. Geological Survey site's \"Educational Material\" section and in particular the section for Grades K-6 page.\n- Early U. S. Settlements from the Wisconsin Historical Society. A collection Wisconsin articles and books available online.\n- \"Indian Country\" - a page from the Milwaukee Public Museum about Native American history in Wisconsin beginning with Paleo-Indian 10,000 BC to 8,500BC.\n- American Journeys - digital collection housed by the Wisconsin Historical Society. Its 18,000 pages cover a good deal of early American exploration from the Viking era onward.\n- Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey. Some material here may be useful.\n- Capitals and Capitols in Early Wisconsin - a pdf file from the Wisconsin Blue Book 1983-1984.\nTours of Portage County, Wisconsin already available on this site\n- View historic Time Line.\n- Read the 1857 \"Handbook of Stevens Point\"\n- Drive the Polish Heritage Highway in Portage County\n- Or, take the Polish Heritage Trail.\n- Take a Tour of Portage County.\nSee our Permissions page for use and copyright information.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Build your own family puppet theatre!\nCreate a table-top puppet theatre with your own puppet characters! What creative story will you and your family tell using handmade puppets?\nDate: Saturday, March 30, 2019\nTime: 2:30PM – 4:30PM\nLocation: Newark Library-Community Meeting Room. 6300 Civic Terrace Ave. Newark\nFor more information, click here or call (510) 284-0675.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "- This event has passed.\nArctic Explorations: In Search of Elisha Kent Kane\nApril 22, 2017 @ 2:00 pm\nMembers only lecture – Arctic Explorations: In Search of Elisha Kent Kane – Saturday, April 22, 2017, 2:00 p.m.\nArctic explorer Elisha Kent Kane has a moon crater and a US Navy Destroyer named for him. He was one of the most famous Philadelphians of his time. Kane’s own accounts of voyages to the polar region sold tens of thousands of copies when published. His personal life was no less fascinating – in particular his love affair with the spirit medium Maggie. Fox was one-half of the spiritualist Fox Sisters, who entranced the country with their séance performances. Kane died tragically at the age of 37 in 1857. A historic marker now stands at Kane’s grave overlooking the Schuykill River in Laurel Hill Cemetery. Edward G. Pettit will lecture on this fascinating 19th century Philadelphian.\nFollowing Pettit’s talk, Diane Richardson will present the Annual Report to the members. Before and after the presentations, members can enjoy a cookie reception. Members – call 215-438-1861 for reservations.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Benjamin Martin is a fifth-year JET ALT in Okinawa Prefecture. He spent three years on Kitadaito Island, a place of 12 sq km and 550 people before moving across the prefecture to another island called Kumejima. His debut novel Samurai Awakening is out now on online retailers and hits bookstores October 10, 2012. Benjamin competes in Okinawan Sumo, is co-host of FM Kumejima’s weekly Haisai English radio program, writes the blog More Things Japanese and serves as an occasional plaything for elementary school students.\nAbout Samurai Awakening and Benjamin Martin\nSamurai Awakening is a Young Adult fantasy that takes place in Japan. I began writing it as a way to bring aspects of Japanese culture to young westernersas a compliment to what we do on JET. Overall, it’s a fun read with aspects of Japanese mythology derived from The Kojiki and a healthy dose of real Japan as seen during my time teaching kindergarten through junior high. Here’s the official description:\nDavid Matthews is having a particularly bad day, after an especially bad month. His first weeks as an exchange student in Japan have left him homesick and misunderstood by nearly everyone around him, even his host family! Beaten down by a month of loneliness and bullies at school, a fateful invitation to the local Shinto shrine sends David on a path no foreigner has experienced before.\nAfter awakening with a newfound ability to speak Japanese, David learns the members of the Matsumoto family are far more than just traditional sword smiths. They are the keepers of ancient secrets, and a task set upon them by the first Emperor- to train new Jitsugen Samurai, protectors of Japan.\nWhen more strange things begin happening to David, he discovers his future is tied to a Japanese god within him, and that to be a Jitsugen Samurai holds consequences he may not survive. With his new family, friends, and a reluctant ally, David must fight against dangers far closer than any of them realize. As students disappear, David must overcome his past, and accept a new and uncertain future in time to stop the lurking darkness threatening Japan.Why Write?\nI started writing as a way to share my experience on JET. My photography and writing skills have grown in tandem since I began my blog More Things Japanese in 2010. I had read Sir Basil Hall Chamberlain’s Things Japanese at the University of Arizona, and wanted to recreate it for today. It became a way to share the unique aspects of Japan I see every day with the world.\nThe two projects complement each other. The blog lets me focus on non-fiction without having to worry about huge amounts of research. I can simply share what I see, while my novels provide a chance to explore the question, “What if The Kojiki is more than mythology?”\nJET has been an amazing experience, and writing gives me a chance to give back and continue to promote the ideals of cultural exchange. I left the US for Japan with a degree in Business and an interest in Japan. Now I have found just how amazing this country can be, and learned a lot about myself I had not known before.\nJoin the Awakening.\nEnter to win a free copy of Samurai Awakening. http://morethingsjapanese.com/samurai-awakening-is-here/ Contest ends 10/10/2012. Alternately you can support my blog and novel by purchasing a copy from your favorite bookstore or online vendor. Thank you!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A brilliant and revealing biography of the two most important Americans during the Cold War era—written by the grandson of one of them.\nOnly two Americans held positions of great influence throughout the Cold War; ironically, they were the chief advocates for the opposing strategies for winning—and surviving—that harrowing conflict. Both men came to power during World War II, reached their professional peaks during the Cold War’s most frightening moments, and fought epic political battles that spanned decades. Yet despite their very different views, Paul Nitze and George Kennan dined together, attended the weddings of each other’s children, and remained good friends all their lives.\nIn this masterly double biography, Nicholas Thompson brings Nitze and Kennan to vivid life. Nitze—the hawk—was a consummate insider who believed that the best way to avoid a nuclear clash was to prepare to win one. More than any other American, he was responsible for the arms race. Kennan—the dove—was a diplomat turned academic whose famous “X article” persuasively argued that we should contain the Soviet Union while waiting for it to collapse from within. For forty years, he exercised more influence on foreign affairs than any other private citizen.\nAs he weaves a fascinating narrative that follows these two rivals and friends from the beginning of the Cold War to its end, Thompson accomplishes something remarkable: he tells the story of our nation during the most dangerous half century in history.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Автор: Thorgerson, Storm Название: Pink Floyd: Mind Over Matter ISBN: 1783056215 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781783056217 Издательство: Omnibus Press Рейтинг: Цена: 8314 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.\nОписание: Features almost all Pink Floyd`s iconic album covers, posters, singles bags, a selection of band photos, booklet pages and rough artwork that developed into iconic designs. This new edition incorporates an additional 32 pages of material used in re-issues created since 2007.\nАвтор: Tipping, Colin Название: Radical forgiveness ISBN: 1591797640 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781591797647 Издательство: Scholastic UK Рейтинг: Цена: 2234 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.\nОписание: A Revolutionary Five-Stage Process to Heal Relationships, Let Go of Anger and Blame, Find Peace in Any Situation.\nАвтор: Montana, Claude Название: Claude Montana - Fashion Radical ISBN: 0500515395 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780500515396 Издательство: Thames & Hudson Рейтинг: Цена: 5382 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.\nОписание: French fashion designer Claude Montana played a key role in the fashions of the 1980s and 90s. This book help us to understand the essential forces that have shaped Montana`s work, with scores of catwalk images and reproductions of his sketches.\nАвтор: Bauer Anna Название: Alterknit Rebellion: Radical Patterns for Creative Knitters ISBN: 1446308278 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781446308271 Издательство: David & Charles Рейтинг: Цена: 2318 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: A collection of bright, bold and beautiful knitting patterns based on Honsestrikk, a Danish knitting movement from the 1970s which broke away from traditional knitting rules. Honsestrikk, which loosely translates as 'chicken stitch' was influenced by the radical social and political movements of the time, including the women's rights movement, and this can be seen in the personal and political messages of the some of the pattern designs. Instead of the more traditional fair isle colourwork techniques, Honsestrikk knitting featured political messages and motifs, colours clashed and borders butted up against each other in a riot of colour and pattern. Honsestrikk is about knitting in a freer style so you have the freedom to express yourself and create truly unique, personalized garments and accessories. Designer Anna Bauer has been inspired by the Honsestrikk movement to this collection of basic designs and patterns so you can choose your own combinations and create and knit your own free, radical knits.\nОписание: Most of us have plenty of experience with self-blame and guilt-but we are often at a loss when it comes to forgiving ourselves. According to Colin Tipping, this is because our idea of forgiveness usually requires a victim and a perpetrator-which is impossible when we play both roles at the same time. Tipping's Radical Forgiveness method allows us to navigate this dilemma for deep and lasting healing. With Radical Self-Forgiveness, he presents a definitive manual for gaining freedom from excessive inner criticism and self-sabotaging beliefs. What's \"radical\" about Colin Tipping's approach to forgiveness? \"It's not about telling ourselves a new story about something that happened,\" he says. \"It's about creating a profound shift at the spiritual level.\" Based on proven techniques from Tipping's world-renowned forgiveness workshops, here is a practical guidebook for resolving our deepest internal wounds-and inviting transformation that can instantly change our lives.\nАвтор: Gaines Donna Название: Why the Ramones Matter ISBN: 1477318712 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781477318713 Издательство: Marston Book Services Цена: 3301 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.\nОписание: The central experience of the Ramones and their music is of being an outsider, an outcast, a person who's somehow defective, and the revolt against shame and self-loathing. The fans, argues Donna Gaines, got it right away, from their own experience of alienation at home, at school, on the streets, and from themselves. This sense of estrangement and marginality permeates everything the Ramones still offer us as artists, and as people. Why the Ramones Matter compellingly makes the case that the Ramones gave us everything; they saved rock and roll, modeled DIY ethics, and addressed our deepest collective traumas, from the personal to the historical. In songs like \"I'm against It\" and \"I Don't Care,\" the Ramones offered up an anthem a day, a soundtrack for everyday life in a ridiculous, punishing, amusing world.\n\"Powerful as well as highly engaging--a brilliant book.\" --Amartya Sen\nA Times Higher Education Book of the Week\nIt may sound crazy to pay people whether or not they're working or even looking for work. But the idea of providing an unconditional basic income to everyone, rich or poor, active or inactive, has long been advocated by such major thinkers as Thomas Paine, John Stuart Mill, and John Kenneth Galbraith. Now, with the traditional welfare state creaking under pressure, it has become one of the most widely debated social policy proposals in the world. Basic Income presents the most acute and fullest defense of this radical idea, and makes the case that it is our most realistic hope for addressing economic insecurity and social exclusion.\n\"They have set forth, clearly and comprehensively, what is probably the best case to be made today for this form of economic and social policy.\" --Benjamin M. Friedman, New York Review of Books\n\"A rigorous analysis of the many arguments for and against a universal basic income, offering a road map for future researchers.\" --Wall Street Journal\n\"What Van Parijs and Vanderborght bring to this topic is a deep understanding, an enduring passion and a disarming optimism.\" --Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post\nАвтор: Platt, David Название: Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream (TPB) ISBN: 1601424302 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781601424303 Издательство: Random House (USA) Цена: 1077 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.) Описание: WHAT IS JESUS WORTH TO YOU?It's easy for Christians to forget how Jesus said his followers would actually live, what their new lifestyle would actually look like. They would, he said, leave behind security, money, convenience, even family for him. They would abandon everything for the gospel. They would take up their crosses daily...BUT WHO DO YOU KNOW WHO LIVES LIKE THAT? DO YOU?In \"Radical,\" David Platt challenges you to consider with an open heart how we have manipulated the gospel to fit our cultural preferences. He shows what Jesus actually said about being his disciple - then invites you to believe and obey what you have heard. And he tells the dramatic story of what is happening as a \"successful\" suburban church decides to get serious about the gospel according to Jesus.Finally, he urges you to join in The Radical Experiment - a one-year journey in authentic discipleship that will transform how you live in a world that desperately needs the Good News Jesus came to bring.\nАвтор: Morris Peter J.T. Название: Matter Factory ISBN: 1780234422 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781780234427 Издательство: TBS/GBS Рейтинг: Цена: 6534 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.\nОписание: The Matter Factory is a novel approach to the history of chemistry, which shows how the development of the laboratory also helped to shape modern chemistry and modern science itself. This book looks at laboratory evolution, from the late 18th-century to the creation of the modern laboratory at the end of the twentieth.\nОписание: The rise of the alt-right alongside Donald Trump`s candidacy may be seem unprecedented events in the history of the United States, but D. J. Mulloy shows us that the radical right has been a long and active part of American politics during the twentieth century.\nОписание: While he is widely acknowledged as the most important Russian thinker of the nineteenth century, Vladimir Soloviev’s place in the landscape of world philosophy nevertheless remains uncertain. Approaching him through a single synoptic lens, this book foregrounds his unique envisioning of the interaction between humanity and the material world. By investigating the development of a single theme in his work—his idea of the “spiritualization of matter”, the “task” of humanity—Smith constructs a rounded picture of Soloviev’s overall importance to an understanding. If nineteenth-century thought, as well as to modern theology and philosophy. The picture that emerges is of a writer whose contribution to a Christian philosophy of matter resonates with many of the religious debates of modernity.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "3 edition of The representative of London and Westminster in Parliament, examined and considerd. ... By a gentleman found in the catalog.\nA gentleman = John Lacy.Microfilm. Woodbridge, CT Research Publications, Inc., 1986. 1 reel ; 35mm. (The Eighteenth Century ; reel 6403, no. 11).\n|Statement||printed for S. Crouch|\n|Publishers||printed for S. Crouch|\n|The Physical Object|\n|Pagination||xvi, 102 p. :|\n|Number of Pages||47|\n|2||Eighteenth century -- reel 6403, no. 11.|\nnodata File Size: 4MB.\nCrouch, at the Corner of Popes-Head-Alley in Cornhill Subject Law ESTCID Appearing on Page 41 Licensing [ ] This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, work of art.\n2 Express is not available on all items. 1, the compiler to the reader. One, to offer an inventory of all the books on the shelves of the Reference Department of the Manchester Free Library: the other, to supply. The material is presented with full commentary on the historical circumstances which have shaped the current approach to parliamentary business.\nThis book, \"The representative of London and Westminster in Parliament,\" by Gentleman, is a replication of a book originally published before 1702. You can check if the delivery address is in a remote area at. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.\nIt has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible. the time to dispatch your order from our warehouse, and• 95 2-10 days after all items have arrived in the warehouse Express Delivery 2 Tracked via StarTrack Express 3 Items in order will be sent via Express post as soon as they arrive in the warehouse.\na ready Key both to the subjects of the books, and to the names of the authors.\nIt provides a distinctive Canadian perspective in describing procedure in the House up to the end of the first session of the 36th Parliament in Sept.\nThis page was last edited on 7 September 2020, at 10:29.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Spotlight for the week of March 13, 2023\nHistorically, the arts have been used as a tool for everything from brokering national peace to expressing individual identity.\nThis week’s events showcase how both written and visual creativity can become such empowering forces.\nFirst, Calvary Church’s Lenten Preaching Series continues this week with a lineup that includes an internationally-known special guest, Pádraig Ó Tuama. Ó Tuama is an Irish poet, peacemaker, and storyteller who has worked the On Being Project, the BBC, and the Corrymeela Community, Ireland’s oldest peace and reconciliation organization. His lecture will be at noon on Friday, with in-person and virtual attendance options. Ó Tuama will also be participating in the live recording of Calvary’s podcast, Dialogue, on Wednesday at 6pm.\nThen, on Saturday at 11am, the North Library welcomes Hattiloo Theatre for a performance of the play “Don’t Tell Me I Can’t Fly.” This one-hour production, written by Y. York, tells the story of Tonia Bridge, a nine-year-old artist who struggles to find her own voice. Based on the life of Milwaukee collage artist Della Wells, Tonia’s identity journey is portrayed through conversations between her two dolls – Miss Katie and Miss Merci. Arts and crafts will be available for families after the show.\nFor links to these and other lifelong learning opportunities in Memphis, please visit our Facebook page or check out our website.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Operation Market Garden...\n...September 1944, from Casemate Books\nTitle: Operation Market Garden\nAuthor: Simon Forty, Tom Timmermans\nPublisher: Casemate Publishing\nAnother fine new book from Leo Marriott, Simon Forty and this time with Tom Timmermans, and a follow-on from their earlier books on D-Day, the Bocage and the Ardennes battle. Once again they have come up with an excellent book which covers the subject in a very readable style, and mixed with a fine set of illustrations to back up the authoritative text. I think it is important to say at this point that the book does cover all the aspects of Operation Market Garden, it doesn't just deal with Arnhem itself but all the stops along 'Hell's Highway' as well. The up to date detail benefits from the work of Dutch historian Tom Timmermans who himself lives in Eindhoven.\nThe hardback book holds 192 pages packed with the detail and images. Following an Introduction, the sequence of events are spread across 11 chapters, each one broken down into sub-sections which I think helps make such a large operation easier to understand and puts the various elements into their contextual place of the overall story. It starts with the Air Plan and follows this with chapters on the US 101st and 82nd Airborne Divisions, the British 1st Airborne and the ground forces of 30 Corps over the first 2/3 days. Quite logically this leads to the German Reaction, especially of Panzer-Brigade 107 and Sturmgeschutz-Brigade 280. Then we get chapters on Arnhem (including what was happening at the bridge), Nijmegen and the ground forces engagements along Hell's Highway between D+3 and D+10. Chapter 10 is simply entitled 'The End' and tells us about the Oosterbeek Perimeter, the involvement of the Polish 1st Independent Para Brigade, the Evacuation and finally the Aftermath. The final chapter of the book considers Remembering the Dead, and features a number of cemeteries and memorials to be found in the area.\nTo accompany the historical story are over 500 illustrations which include plenty of archive photos, some more well known than others, and there are many modern Then and Now comparisons. Add the modern aerial photos which are a special feature of this series of books plus maps with both large scale areas as well as detailed street layouts/dispositions. Some years ago I visited Arnhem and recognise some of the places and memorials that are featured, while closer to home my old job took me regularly to the site of RAF Chilbolton, these days a farm, but then one of the airfields where gliders carrying troops of the 101st Airborne Division took off to play their part in the operation. For the historian, maybe the fan of the film 'A Bridge Too Far' and especially for the battlefield visitor who wants to visit the area, then this would be an excellent book to have with you on your trip.\nDistributed by Casemate Books, who kindly provided my review copy.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The North Baltimore Public Library will host a Pinterest Craft Night for Adults on August 24, 2017 at 5:00 p.m.\n“Join us for a night of fun, food, and crafts! This month’s craft night is going to be a little different! For anyone who hasn’t heard, I’m moving to Tennessee with my husband at the end of August. But I’ve decided that we should have one last craft night to celebrate!\nWe will be using the leftover supplies from previous crafts (wine corks, wine glasses, wine bottles, glitter, CD cases, string, twine, paint and whatever else I can dig up out of the craft cupboards!)\nAlso, if you would like to bring a dish and share with everyone, please mark down on the sign-up sheet what you’d like to bring! (I’ll be providing some kind of food for everyone, but you’re more than welcome to bring whatever you’d like!)” -Christina", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Number of articles: 1\nSources of information on free and low-cost software for computer assisted instruction include books, journals, clubs, agencies, and software exchanges. Evaluating educational software is discussed...\nDon't have a username/password? Sign up!\nSign in with Facebook\nSign in with Google\nChoose collection(s) to save to:", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "I've been saying it for years--if you want to get more people into your library, use sex to do it. As a recent article in American Libraries cleverly puts it: \"Sex sells.\"\nPrivate Internet viewing booths, infoporn literacy, strippers, Penthouse in the children's section--I've recommended all of these initiatives to make the library more popular. Some people object to this sort of stuff in the library, but not librarians. They know that everything that's \"constitutionally protected\" speech deserves to be in the library.\nI'm glad to see that the other AL is catching up with me. Sure, plenty of librarians love porn in the library, but they tend to be the public librarians, the ones who think the First Amendment goes like this:\n\"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and view publicly subsidized pornography in their local library.\"\nBut now an academic library is jumping on the \"sex @ your library\" bandwagon. Some librarians at Penn State Altoona joined the fun of some campus sex thing and started passing out condoms with the library's name on it. If you don't believe me, just check out page 60 of the most recent American Libraries to see pictures of condoms with little stickers on them saying \"Eiche Library Facts you Need Between the Covers.\" How risque!\nSome people expect academic librarians to be all intellectual and stuff, to portray the library as a place to study and learn, but not those librarians at Penn State Altoona. Nope, they make the library out to be a place to come have sex. And I bet it will work, too. Now all those undergraduates will think of the library as they're about to get down to business. Heck, maybe they can get down to business in the library (or should I say @ the library) and scatter those condom packages all over the stacks.\nWe might ask why would a group of librarians do something so vulgar, but the answer is obvious. It's to fight the stereotypes, of course. We don't want a stereotype of a librarian who knows a lot about academic research. What a boring stereotype. \"In marketing sessions,\" we're told by the authors of the article, \"librarians are encouraged to shed their profession's stereotypical image and make the library 'sexy.'\" That might be true, and it would explain why I don't attend marketing sessions. However, I think the authors might have misunderstood the use of those quote marks around \"sexy.\" \"Sexy\" doesn't mean sexy. To make the library \"sexy\" doesn't mean one should invite people to have sex in the library or identify the library in the user's mind with sex. It's a metaphor, but they seem to have taken it literally.\nStill, what's more \"sexy\" than sex?\nIn addition to passing out condoms with the library's name on it, they also set up a computerized sex quiz and displayed books about sex from the library. This is sort of like infoporn literacy. Exciting stuff! And then it gets even better:\n\"In keeping with the book theme, we also used the ALA Graphics Read CD to create glossy, color bookmarks highlighting the general call number areas of sex-related library materials--RG133 Contraception, RC200 STDs, and HQ12-440 Sexual Life.\"\nYay! Maybe next they can create some of those \"READ\" posters with Ron Jeremy or Jenna Jameson holding their favorite books over their naughty bits. That would be fun! That would make the library \"sexy\"!\nSome of us librarians are trying to do a good job and impress the students and professors as knowledgeable professionals. But that might lead to a stereotype of librarians as serious, intelligent, educated, and professional. What a tragedy! Fortunately, we have librarians like those at Penn State who want to turn the library into a sex joke with students. Hey, we're librarians and we know things about sex! We're cool! That way the librarians can be seen as the trained monkeys they sometimes are, dancing and grinning like mad trying to curry favor in any way they can. That's a much better stereotype!\nSo, Penn State, you've got the condoms with your library name on them and you've got infoporn literacy. Next, you need private Internet viewing booths and strippers. Since you like passing out condoms so much and consider that appropriate behavior for librarians, why don't you go ahead and be your own strippers. Nothing brings people to the library faster than the thought of naked librarians.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "CHILDREN IN WORSHIP\nParents are encouraged to bring their children to worship service. Within our Sanctuary and Gathering Area, we have wonderful spaces for children and parents to be in, and they can still be a part of the service and worship.\nChildren need time to share & pray together on Sunday mornings. Children’s church at First Pres is just that kind of time for kids! After the Moment for Children, at approximately 10:00 am, children are dismissed to Children’s Church. Besides taking time to catch up and get to know each other, children receive a snack, hear a Bible Story and then participate in an activity together. The children return to church at 10:15 during or just after the song that follows the sermon.\nBlanket Space for Children\nIn our Sanctuary, there are spaces we call Blanket Space. These cozy corners are equipped with pillows, books, soft toys, and blocks for children & parents to play with throughout the service. We recognize that parents often want their young children with them during church so we have created Blanket Spaces to give parents a fun and inclusive space for them to be with their young child. Update (April 2022): These blanket spaces have been restored in the Sanctuary! You are welcome to use them!\nOur Children’s Library is located just outside the Sanctuary so children and parents can be close to the service, but in their own space where children can be more active. Equipped with books, puzzles, and coloring supplies this space is a wonderful place for parents who wish to hear the service and participate, but have restless or tired children. Books and movies from the Children’s Library are available to check-out and take home.\nEvery Sunday just before the sermon, children are invited to come to the front for A Moment for Children, a short sermon that is geared to their age and comprehension. A simple message based on the Scripture reading for the service, this short time with the children are instructive and fun for children and the congregation as a whole.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A sword & sorcery fantasy novel based on Asian myths & legends.\nTulpas, otherwise known as thought-forms, spring first from the imagination, then go on to live lives independent of their creators. And sometimes, they maintain a hostile, even violent, relationship with said creators.\nNo one knows this quite like Coletrane Marx, the only son of an eccentric billionaire archeologist, who one night as a child unwittingly created a tulpa himself; one that visited him in demon form in the middle of the night to murder his parents with a samurai sword.\nForever changed by this trauma, Coletrane grows up to inherit his father's obsession with archeology and to discover that his unfiltered, childhood imagination created not only this mysterious, cursed samurai named Kojiro, but also an alternate feudal history wherein the strong-willed warrior has his own prophetic story in a world full of mythic creatures, powerful humanoid animal Lords, living deities, and evil Tricksters. A world, Coletrane in addition learns, that will overlap with his own in catastrophic ways if he and Kojiro do not reconcile their dark, shared past and come together as one to stop it.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "4to., pp. , 163, [1, blank]; a very good copy in nineteenth-century half calf with marbled boards, spine gilt, rubbed; joints cracked; cords sound, some insect damage to rear cover; bookplate sometime removed from front pastedown; ownership inscription of Robert Southey to title page dated ‘Keswick 1820’, and 11-line note in his hand to front flyleaf; sold at the sale of his library, Sotheby’s 18th May 1844, lot 2340, £1 11s; with a note by the purchaser; contemporary ownership inscription of John Mason to final blank page.\nUS $5031 €4278\nFirst edition, from the library of Robert Southey, with an ownership inscription an eleven-line note in his distinctive diminutive hand.\nPocklington’s high church, altar-wise polemic, a rebuff of his former patron, the troublesome bishop John Williams, served him well in the short term: ‘It is significant that [in June 1637] he was sworn a chaplain-in-ordinary to the king’ (ODNB). However, with the advent of the Short Parliament in 1640 the same book got its author into difficulty. Southey notes: ‘For writing this book, and another entitled “Sunday no Sabbath” , Dr Pocklington was deprived of all his living, dignities and preferments, disabled from ever holding any place or dignity in Church or Commonwealth, and prohibited from ever coming within the verge of the King’s Courts. And the book was ordered to be burnt by the hangman.’ It is, though, ‘remarkably free from the ill spirit of the times in which it was written’. Possibly the poet was thinking of the political insecurities of his own age and position; indeed he expresses a good deal of sympathy and admiration for this fellow courtier, who found himself at the wrong end of what Southey calls an ‘abominable tyranny’.\nThe work was read by Southey as part of his research for The Book of the Church, in which Pocklington is mentioned in volume II, a passage echoing the note here. Though Southey was a prodigious reader he rarely annotated his books; in the 1844 sale comprising almost four thousand books, fewer than one hundred feature annotations in his hand.\nYou may also be interested in...\nPRESERVING LIBRARIES IN THE CIVIL WAR [LIBRARIANSHIP].\nAn Ordinance by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, for the Preservation and Keeping together for publique Use, such Books, Evidenees [sic], Records and Writings sequestred or taken by Distresse or otherwise, as are fit to be so Preserved. 18 Novemb. 1643 ...\nFirst edition, an important document for the preservation of libraries and archives in the Civil War. It deplores as ‘prejudiciall to the publique’ any ‘dispersing by sale or otherwise’ of books seized by the parliamentary Committees for Sequestration or Distresses, whether ‘Manuscripts or written Bookes, proceedings of Courts, evidences of Lands ...’ or ‘whole Libraries, and choice Collections of printed Bookes’.\nSix Sermons upon severall Occasions, preached before the King, and elsewhere: by that late learned & reverend Divine john Donne, Doctour in Divinitie, and Dean of S. Pauls, London.\nFirst edition of all six texts, each one with its separate title page. Six Sermons comprises ‘Two Sermons Preached before King Charles, upon the xxvi verse of the first Chapter of Genesis’, ‘A Sermon upon the xix verse of the ii Chapter of Hosea’, ‘A Sermon upon the xliiii verse of the xxii Chapter of Matthew’, ‘A Sermon upon the xxi verse of the v Chapter of John’, and ‘A Sermon upon the xv verse of the vii Chapter of John’. These sermons were afterwards collected in Fifty Sermons (1649).", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Prince Among Slaves is an award-winning documentary that was broadcasted on PBS. It is based on a biography book by professor Terry Alford. It tells the unique story of an African Muslim prince Abdul Rahman Ibrahima, as he experienced the horrors of slavery in the late 1700s. The documentary and the story it tells is extremely captivating as it presents a historical narrative in combination with the tragedy of the emotions caused by slavery in the unjust human society. The historical origins of the Trans-Atlantic slave trade as well as early Muslims in America are explored. The story of the prince was determined based on scholarly accounts and historic documents collected from three continents, which presents a fascinating insight into this person’s journey (Kalin & Duke, 2008).\nspecifically for you\nfor only $16.05 $11/page\nPrince Abdul Rahman was born in 1762 in a West African nation known as Futa Jallon. These were agrarian farmers and traders of salt. The population was primarily Muslim. After receiving an education, he entered the army and rose to the rank of a commanding officer. During a skirmish, he was captured and eventually forced into a slave ship named Africa. He experienced a long and horrific journey across the Atlantic. As part of the rapidly growing trans-Atlantic trade, slaves were a commodity. They were faced with brutal and inhumane conditions. Once in America, the prince was sold to slave traders and eventually made his way to New Orleans, and up the Mississippi River to the town of Natchez, where he eventually was sold into labor.\nThe prince found himself in Natchez in 1788 when a plantation owner, Thomas Foster, purchased him. There, he worked Foster’s land farming tobacco for forty long years. He was living in poor and uncomfortable conditions, publicly humiliated, and having to undergo hard labor that was below his skills and royal status. Even when finding an opportunity to escape, Abdul Rahman had no way to orient himself in the area or know where to go to obtain freedom, choosing to return. The prince built a life on the plantation, rising through the ranks of slaves and gaining respect. He eventually married a Christian woman but chose to retain his Muslim faith. Rahman had the freedom to worship and even received some profit from tending a garden. As a Muslim, who were often poorly adapted to survival in the Americas as slaves, it is extraordinary what the prince was able to achieve.\nIn 1807, Abdul Rahman encountered by chance an Irish doctor by the name of John Cox, whom the prince’s tribe took care of during his time as a commander in Africa. Cox attempted to purchase Abdul’s freedom from Foster unsuccessfully. They continued their friendship over the years as Cox eventually died and his son continued his father’s efforts to secure freedom for Abdul. The prince’s story fascinated people as it spread in the area. Eventually, Abdul met a book printer and passed a letter that he wished to send back home to Africa through him. The letter was given to Senator Thomas Reed of Mississippi, who passed it along to the Secretary of State Henry Clay. Eventually, President John Adams was involved in seeking the release of Abdul from slavery. Eventually Foster agreed to release Abdul as well as his wife. However, their children remained in captivity for a while longer, until Foster died.\nFinally, in 1828, Abdul Rahman and his family were free individuals with overwhelming public support. The prince had the opportunity to meet with Adams and Clay before eventually boarding a ship with other free blacks voyaging back to Africa. A year later, in 1829, Rahman died as decades of labor and hardship weakened his body. This documentary portrays the extraordinary legacy of the prince and historical elements of the slave trade and ownership that impacted his life.\nKalin, A., & Duke, B. (Directors). (2008). Prince among slaves [Video file]. Web.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Item description for La cabana del tio Tom (La punta del iceberg) by Harriet Beecher Stowe...\nAimed at young readers, this adventure-themed collection ofadapted classic bookswill entertain youngsters with characters and storylines that seek to foster their love for reading. These classics are a great way for young readers to start building their very own library.\nOrientado al pblico infantil-juvenil, esta coleccin de obras clsicas de aventura busca entretener a lectores jvenes con personajes e historias que fomentarn su amor por la lectura. Estos libros clsicos son la manera perfecta para que los jvenes empiecen su propia biblioteca.\nPromise Angels is dedicated to bringing you great books at great prices. Whether you read for entertainment, to learn, or for literacy - you will find what you want at promiseangels.com!\nEst. Packaging Dimensions: Length: 9\" Width: 6\" Height: 0.9\" Weight: 0.95 lbs.\nRelease Date May 28, 2007\nPublisher Edimat Libros\nISBN 8497862740 ISBN13 9788497862745\nAvailability 0 units.\nMore About Harriet Beecher Stowe\nHarriet Beecher Stowe, a prolific writer best remembered today for\"Uncle Tom's Cabin, \"was born in Litchfield, Connecticut, on June 14, 1811, into a prominent New England family. Her father, Lyman Beecher, was a well-known Congregational minister, and her brother Henry Ward Beecher became a distinguished preacher, orator, and lecturer. Like all the Beechers she grew up with a strong sense of wanting to improve humanity. At the age of thirteen Harriet Beecher enrolled in the Hartford Female Seminary and subsequently taught there until 1832, when the family moved to Cincinnati. In Ohio she was an instructor at a school founded by her elder sister Catharine, and she soon began publishing short stories in the\"Western Monthly Magazine.\" Four years later, in 1836, Harriet Beecher married Calvin Stowe, a respected biblical scholar and theologian by whom she had seven children. In order to supplement the family's meager income she continued writing.\"The Mayflower, \" her first collection of stories and sketches, appeared in 1843. During this period abolitionist conflicts rocked Cincinnati, and Mrs. Stowe witnessed firsthand the misery of slaves living just across the Ohio River in Kentucky. But not until the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was she inspired to write about their plight. After the family resettled in Brunswick, Maine, when Mr. Stowe was hired as a professor at Bowdoin College, she began working on a novel that would expose the evils of slavery. First serialized in the\"National Era, \"an abolitionist paper, in forty weekly installments between June 5, 1851, and April 1, 1852, and published as a book on March 20, 1852, \"Uncle Tom's Cabin\"\"\"was an enormous success. Tolstoy deemed it a great work of literature 'flowing from love of God and man, ' and within a year the book had sold more than 300,000 copies. When\"Uncle Tom's Cabin\"appeared in Great Britain Queen Victoria sent Mrs. Stowe a note of gratitude, and enthusiastic crowds greeted the author in London on her first trip abroad in 1853. In an attempt to silence the many critics at home who denounced the work as vicious propaganda, Mrs. Stowe brought out\"A Key to Uncle Tom's Cabin\"in 1853, which contained documentary evidence substantiating the graphic picture of slavery she had drawn.\"Dred\"(1856), a second antislavery novel, did not enjoy the acclaim of\"Uncle Tom's Cabin, \"yet the author had already stirred the conscience of the nation and the world, fueling sentiments that would ignite the Civil War. When Abraham Lincoln met her at the White House in 1862 he allegedly remarked: 'So you're the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!' In subsequent novels Stowe shifted her attention away from the issue of slavery. Beginning with\"The Minister's Wooing\"(1859), and continuing withT\"he Pearl of Orr's Island\"(1862), \"Oldtown Folks\" (1869), and\"Poganuc People\"(1878), she presented a perceptive and realistic chronicle of colonial New England, focusing especially on the theological warfare that underscored Puritan life. In a second and less popular series of novels \"My Wife and I\"(1871), \"Pink and White Tyranny\"(1871), and\"We and Our Neighbors\"(1875) she depicted the mores of post-Civil War America. Mrs. Stowe did enjoy success, however, with the controversial\"Lady Byron Vindicated\"(1870), a bold defense of her friend Anne, Lady Byron, that scandalously revealed Lord Byron's moral delinquency. In addition she became a regular contributor to the\"Atlantic Monthly,\" which published many of the memorable short stories later collected in\"Oldtown Fireside Stories\"(1872) and\"Sam Lawson's Oldtown Fireside Stories\"(1881). Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote little during the last years of her life. She died in Hartford, Connecticut, on July 1, 1896. Perhaps Mrs. Stowe's achievement was best summed up by abolitionist Frederick Douglass who said: \"Hers was the word for the hour.\"\nHarriet Beecher Stowe was born in 1811 and died in 1896.\nHarriet Beecher Stowe has published or released items in the following series...\nReviews - What do customers think about La cabana del tio Tom (La punta del iceberg)?\nmalisimo May 16, 2000\neste libro carece de virtudes artisticas y o literarias. su unica importancia proviene de que fue publicado en los albores de la guerra civil norteamericana que significo el fin de la esclavitud y la derrota del sur. la escritora narra una historia absurda y un personaje totalmente sumiso y sin sentido. LUIS MENDEZ", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Exercise and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis\nAnnals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine\nBackground: Insulin resistance is a determining factor in the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Exercise is known to improve insulin resistance, but a systematic review of the literature is lacking. Objective: This systematic review and meta-analysis focused on identifying evidence for the effectiveness of a structured exercise intervention program for insulin resistance in T2DM. Methods: We searched MEDLINE via PubMed, CINHAL, Scopus and Web of Science, and the Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials for reports of studies on fasting insulin, homeostatic model assessment for insulin resistance (Homa-IR), fasting blood sugar, glycated hemoglobin and body mass index in patients with T2DM and healthy controls that were published between 1990 and 2017. Data are reported as the standardized mean difference or mean difference with 95% confidence intervals (CIs). Results: Among 2242 records retrieved, only 11 full-text articles were available for meta-analysis. Data for 846 participants were analyzed, 440 in the intervention group, and 406 in the control group. The mean difference for fasting insulin level was −1.64 (95% CI; −3.38 to 0.10), Homa-Ir 0.14 (−1.48 to 1.76), fasting blood sugar −5.12 (−7.78 to −2.45), hemoglobin A1c 0.63 (−0.82 to 2.08) and body mass index −0.36 (−1.51 to 0.79). Conclusion: The evidence highlights the effectiveness of a structured exercise intervention program for insulin resistance in T2DM with a moderate level 2 of evidence.\nSampath Kumar, A.; Maiya, Arun G.; Shastry, B. A.; and Vaishali, K., \"Exercise and insulin resistance in type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic review and meta-analysis\" (2019). Open Access Archive. 762.", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "From Publishers Weekly\nConservative rabbi Wolpe looks to the Bible, Talmud and Midrash as he counsels doubtful seekers of a compassionate God. \"A profound, often lyrical rethinking of Jewish faith,\" said PW. \"Wrestling with the problem of widespread evil and suffering . . . Wolpe concludes that belief in God is an existential choice.\"\nCopyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.\nFrom Library Journal\nWolpe, a young rabbi, has tackled the difficult age-old challenges of injustice, the suffering of the innocent, and the prospering of the wicked. Building on such biblical passages as Exodus 34:6-7, which portray the compassionate, merciful nature of God, he projects the image of a God intimately concerned with human beings. Wolpe does a credible job of synthesizing biblical texts, rabbinic sources, Midrashic homilies, and Hassidic tales in this poetic, impressionistic, yet ultimately disconnected exposition. His writing is imbued with mystical overtones containing faint echoes from the works of the late revered Abraham Heschel. He breaks no new ground using the prism of God as healer, but this depiction can bring some comfort to those who struggle with theological problems.- Carol R. Glatt, Northeastern Hosp . , Philadelphia\nCopyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.\n--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Last Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 1134\nHoward Nemerov 1920–1991\nAmerican poet, critic, novelist, short story writer, nonfiction writer, essayist, editor, and playwright.\nNemerov is known for a diverse body of poetry that has been praised for its technical excellence, intelligence, and wit. Writing verse in a variety of forms and styles—including lyrical, narrative, and meditative—Nemerov examined religious, philosophical, scientific, and existential concerns. Although Nemerov frequently has been labeled an academic poet because of his detached stance, his firm grounding in formal verse, and the moralistic tone of some of his work, he often incorporated irony, satire, and colloquial language into his works. In addition to winning numerous prizes for his verse, including the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for The Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov (1977), Nemerov was appointed poet laureate of the United States in 1988.\nNemerov was born in New York City, where his father was president and chairman of the board of an exclusive clothing store. After graduating in 1937 from the elite Fieldston School in New York, Nemerov earned his bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1941. Nemerov served in the Royal Canadian Air Force from 1941 to 1944 and in the U.S. Army Air Force from 1944 to 1945. He later incorporated his war experiences into such poetry collections as Guide to the Ruins (1950) and War Stories (1987). After World War II, Nemerov returned to New York and published his first poetry collection, The Image and the Law, in 1947. He worked as assistant editor of the irreverent magazine Furioso from 1946 to 1951 and was appointed consultant of poetry to the Library of Congress in 1963. During his academic career, Nemerov taught at such colleges as Brandeis University, Washington University, and Bennington College. At Bennington, he met such notable literary figures as Kenneth Burke, Bernard Malamud, and Stanley Edgar Hyman. Nemerov died in 1991 in St. Louis, Missouri, of cancer of the esophagus.\nIn The Image and the Law Nemerov utilized a variety of poetic forms and introduced themes that would recur in his subsequent collections, including war, urban blight, art, death, and religion. The poems in this volume, the title of which reflects Nemerov's examination of the dichotomy between what he called \"the poetry of the eye\"\nand \"the poetry of the mind,\" are often pessimistic in outlook. \"The Situation Does Not Change,\" for example, contains a description of New York City: \"Only the dead have an enduring city, / Whose stone saints look coldly on a cold world.\" In the war poem \"For W——, Who Commanded Well,\" which centers on a military officer who served in World War II, Nemerov wrote: \"Money is being made, and the wheels go round, / And death is paying for itself.\" Guide to the Ruins, which also contains a variety of poetic forms, including sonnets, epigrams, and ballads, addresses similar concerns, particularly World War II and \"the ruins\" of post-war life. For example, in \"Redeployment,\" Nemerov proclaimed: \"They say the war is over. But water still / Comes bloody from the taps.\"\nThe Salt Garden (1955) marks a shift in the tone, style, and themes of Nemerov's poetry. Although his earlier poems were often abstract, esoteric, formal, and derivative of the works of such poets as T. S. Eliot, W. H. Auden, and Wallace Stevens, the poems in this volume are less rigid, impersonal, and bitter; they explore such subjects as perception, nature, and the duality of man. With this volume, Nemerov reached what many critics consider his poetic maturity; The Salt Garden was also the first verse collection to bring Nemerov widespread critical and popular attention. Mirrors and Windows (1958), which won the Blumenthal Prize from Poetry magazine, reveals Nemerov's increasing confidence as a poet. In addition to addressing the limits of perception and the boundaries between the inner and outer worlds, many of the poems in this volume examine the nature of poetry writing, including the difficulty of capturing reality in verse. In \"A Day on the Big Branch,\" for example, Nemerov provided an ironic look at himself and his literary and academic contemporaries. In The Next Room of the Dream (1962), which contains two verse plays devoted to biblical themes, Nemerov simplified his poetic approach, emphasizing description, observation, and direct language over abstract philosophical concerns. The Blue Swallows (1967) is considered another turning point in Nemerov's career. In this volume, which won the Theodore Roethke Memorial Prize, Nemerov was less pessimistic than in earlier collections and used more short-lined poems in keeping with his trend toward simplicity. The Blue Swallows also evinces Nemerov's continuing concern with nature and his increasing interest in science and technology. In The Western Approaches (1975) Nemerov returned to the more formal metaphors and conceits of his earlier works. The poems in this collection, most of which are short lyrics, are divided into three sections: \"The Way\" contains ironic poems about modern life, \"The Mind\" includes verse about art and culture, and \"The Ground\" focuses on nature. War Stories draws on Nemerov's war experiences and addresses illusions and misconceptions about war and military life. In the poem \"The War in the Air,\" for example, Nemerov declared, \"That was the good war, the war we won / As if there were no death, for goodness' sake.\"\nCritical reaction to Nemerov's verse has been as diverse as his poetic oeuvre. Scholars have consistently praised his technical mastery of various verse forms and the diversity of his subject matter; James Billington, at the time of Nemerov's appointment to U.S. poet laureate, stated that Nemerov's subject matter ranges from \"the profound to the poignant to the comic.\" Joyce Carol Oates has also emphasized the diversity of Nemerov's works, writing that as \"romantic, realist, comedian, satirist, relentless and indefatigable brooder upon the most ancient mysteries—Nemerov is not to be classified.\" Critics have also lauded his emphasis of philosophical themes, particularly his examination of individual consciousness and how it is affected by the external world. However, Nemerov has also been decried as an academic poet because of the difficulty of his verse. Similarly, his works have been called self-indulgent, cocky, obscure, and overly pessimistic. Nemerov's use of humor has also been called into question, with some stating that it sometimes descends into mere wittiness or sarcasm. Others, however, have observed that Nemerov's humor provides a counterbalance to the urbanity and intellectual weight of his poems. Despite mixed reaction to his poetry and a lack of what some consider serious scholarly study of his work, many critics have applauded Nemerov's ability to address contemporary concerns, including the dichotomy between inner and outer life, the isolation of the individual, and the limits of language, in a way that is relevant, compassionate, and thought provoking. Ross Labrie has observed: \"No modern writer has more eloquently traced the subtle emanations of consciousness and its shadowy journeying through the fine membrane of language out into the strangeness of the external world.\"\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 180\nThe Image and the Law 1947\nGuide to the Ruins 1950\nThe Salt Garden 1955\nMirrors and Windows 1958\nNew and Selected Poems 1960\nThe Next Room of the Dream: Poems and Two Plays 1962\nThe Blue Swallows 1967\nThe Painter Dreaming in the Scholar's House 1968\nThe Winter Lightning: Selected Poems 1968\nGnomes and Occasions 1973\nThe Western Approaches: Poems, 1973-1975 1975\nThe Collected Poems of Howard Nemerov 1977\nBy Al Lebowitz's Pool 1979\nInside the Onion 1984\nWar Stories: Poems about Long Ago and Now 1987\nTrying Conclusions: New and Selected Poems, 1961-1991 1991\nOther Major Works\nThe Melodramatists (novel) 1949\nFederigo: Or the Power of Love (novel) 1954\nThe Homecoming Game (novel) 1957\nA Commodity of Dreams and Other Stories (short stories) 1959\nEndor: Drama in One Act (drama) 1961\nPoetry and Fiction: Essays (nonfiction) 1963\nJournal of the Fictive Life (autobiography) 1965\nStories, Fables, and Other Diversions (short stories) 1971\nReflexions on Poetry and Poetics (essays) 1972\nFigures of Thought: Speculations on the Meaning of Poetry and Other Essays (nonfiction) 1978\nNew and Selected Essays (nonfiction) 1985\nThe Oak in the Acorn: On Remembrance of Things Past and Teaching Proust, Who Will Never Learn (nonfiction) 1987\nA Howard Nemerov Reader (collected works) 1991\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 813\nSOURCE: \"Question of Strategy,\" in Poetry (Chicago), Vol. LXXI, No. 11, November, 1947, pp. 94-7.\n[In the following mixed review of The Image and the Law, Golffing questions the dichotomy between images and ideas in the volume.]\nMr. Nemerov tells us—on the dust-jacket [of The Image and the Law], of all places—that he dichotomizes the \"poetry of the eye\" and the \"poetry of the mind,\" and that he attempts to exhibit in his verse the \"ever-present dispute between two ways of looking at the world.\" Though usually skeptical of programmatic statements, I find this particular one quite serviceable as a clue—a \"way in\"—to the plexus of Nemerov's poetry.\nThe dichotomy itself is fashionable, and it is peculiar. It has almost assumed the status of doctrine in the work of Wallace Stevens, who disassociates mind and eye while paying homage to both, and in the work of W. C. Williams, who, while exploiting sensory perception, makes short work of the mind. There are other poets—none of them of comparable rank—who would, on the basis of the same antinomy, dismiss sense-perception for the sake of pure intellection.\nWhat matters here is not the individual emphasis of the poet but the fact that the underlying assumption is unsound. Eye and mind are not two contrary ways of looking at the world but two interdependent modes of prehension, the perceptual mode subserving the conceptual and normative. The poet who tears the two modes asunder and presents them as inimical commits a meaningless act of violence, which is likely to vitiate the intellectual framework of his poetry.\nThe fact that both Stevens and Williams have written a great deal of excellent verse cannot be regarded as proof of the soundness of their methods: verse as good as theirs or better has been written on principles that are now generally recognized as either flimsy or perverse (vide Shelley, Swinburne, Whitman, Hart Crane). While there is evidently no simple correlation between a writer's doctrine and his poetic practice, it is equally plain that a halfbaked or wrong-headed philosophy will tend to have an ill effect on his manner of composition. I am convinced that most of the failures in the work of both Stevens and Williams must be traced to a defect, not in sensibility or formal mastery, but in envisagement or, as Kenneth Burke might say, poetic strategy.\nBeing largely under the sway of Wallace Stevens, Mr. Nemerov has appropriated not only the basic dichotomy of that poet but also his special tactics of treating ideas and perceptions severally and oppositionally. About half of his pieces deal with \"images,\" while the other half are concerned with the \"law,\" i.e., the normative function of the mind. I can discern no methodological connection between the two sets, not even the dialectical one of active contrasts moving toward some kind of synthesis. Not a few of the \"images\"—that is, the strictly descriptive or anecdotal pieces—are quite good in their whimsical way; though rarely witty they have to their credit a certain mordancy, acumen, and lightness of touch. Stylistically they hover between Stevens and K. Rexroth, with occasional sallies—no spoils resulting—into Empson's domain. When Mr. Nemerov deals with ideas he is as a rule less satisfactory; partly through simple lack of style—his identification with Rexroth becomes intolerable at times, especially in his most ambitious attempt, \"The Frozen City,\" which despite several impressive lines is a towering monument to bathos, cf. \"Moving, I saw / The murderer staring at his knife, / Unable to understand, and a banker / Regarding a dollar bill with fixed / Incomprehension,\" etc.—partly through conceptual confusion, as in \"The Place of Value,\" where a plea for relevance is made in the most irrelevant terms: the neurotic individual versus the healthy statistician, fortuitous versus expiatory death, etc. Yet, oddly enough, it is in this category that we must look for Nemerov's best poems: \"Warning: Children at Play,\" \"An Old Photograph\" and, particularly, \"Lot's Wife\"—poems which suggest that ideation may after all be this poet's forte and that, by turning division of mind and eye into collaboration, he may yet achieve a fine body of poetry. \"Lot's Wife\" deserves to be quoted in full; though ostensibly an animadversion on religious and other revivals, the piece rises far above the level of controversy and assumes the grave beauty characterizing all consummate symbolic statements:\nI have become a gate\nTo the ruined city, dry,\nIndestructible by fire.\nA pillar of salt, a white\nSalt boundary stone\nOn the edge of destruction.\nA hard lesson to learn,\nA swift punishment; and many\nNow seek to escape\nBut look back, or to escape\nBy looking back: and they\nToo become monuments.\nRemember me, Lot's wife,\nStanding at the furthest\nCommark of lust's county.\nUnwilling to enjoy,\nUnable to escape, I make\nSalt the rain of the world.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 695\nSOURCE: A review of Guide to the Ruins, in Poetry (Chicago), Vol. LXXVI, No. VI, September, 1950, pp. 365-70.\n[In the excerpt below, Shulenberger provides a mixed review of Guide to the Ruins, commenting on Nemerov's poetic style and the influence of Ezra Pound and William Shakespeare on his works.]\nAmong the forty poems in Mr. Nemerov's second book [Guide to the Ruins] there are several kinds: epigram, song, sonnet, fragment, and brief essay. They are written in formal or near-formal verse, and are concerned chiefly with the contemporary scene, \"the ruins\" of a post-war world. In the absence of many positive qualities, their striking characteristic is chiefly their conventionality. They employ conventions of tone, meter, and attitude. The most widely conventional tone of modern serious verse since at least the early work of E. A. Robinson has been that of irony, and many of these poems are heavily ironic. In \"Song\" the author writes of a dead friend:\nAnd write him letters now and then\nBe sure to put them in the post\nSound cheerful as you can\nCare of the holy ghost.\n(It is incidental to the matter of irony that the grammar here seems determined by the rhyme scheme.)\nThe chief metrical convention in modern poems has been that of variation from the traditional line, and of \"prose rhythms\" in verse lines. It is a delicate question, at what point of variation a given meter ceases to be interestingly new or experimental, and becomes merely bad. We can cite an extreme example, however, and observe that Mr. Nemerov does not often write this badly:\nThe art of writing an honest prose\nIs no very difficult one, and may\nBe mastered in little time by persons\nWilling to obey such simple rules\nAs are to be found in almost any\nComprehensive handbook of the subject.\nSuch lines are not honest verse or prose; they have in fact only the weight of a recent and unstable tradition of accentual verse to recommend them to the reader at all.\nThe attitude informing a majority of the poems in Guide to the Ruins is humanitarian, and the defect of humanitarian feeling in literature is simply that it tends to become emotionally pretentious. It too often deals in entities which exist for the reader only as newspaper abstractions. And it is an attitude which has its own clichés; the tragedy of the recent war for example cannot be forcibly suggested by means of the figure of a totally disabled soldier, a \"basket case,\" brought home and exhibited at a \"world's fair.\" Even a shocking figure can become banal. It should be added, however, of these poems in general that their concern for the real political world and its people is one of their admirable qualities.\nMr. Nemerov writes of other modes of poetry than his own:\nHe seems largely unaware of the tradition within which he works. Yet most of the conventions of twentieth century poetry have existed now for nearly forty years, and can be considered a minor tradition in their own right. It is a tradition of elliptical, highly connotative verse, in meters that are generally accentual variations from older norms. Its virtues have been the beauty of sound and richness of suggestion displayed in the poetry of its few masters.\nMr. Nemerov's poems are highly diverse in form and style; he has plainly read both Shakespeare and Pound. There is hardly a \"typical\" poem in the book, or one which seems to show a strong quality which is the writer's own. The verses are in fact exercises in several modes, and many of them are modestly interesting when read as such exercises. The unresolved, suggestive epigram which Pound developed out of imagist verse is represented, and also the literary-archaic language of Pound's early adaptations, as in \"Madrigal\":\nTo such a year no springtime riseth,\nNor is no excellence in May,\nBut darkness in the sky abideth\nWhere the world wanders astray.\nNot many writers can show an actual Shakespearean influence in a \"Shakespearean\" sonnet, and Mr. Nemerov's \"Four Sonnets\" have virtues of hardness and clarity not evident in his poems in the newer conventions.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 1226\nSOURCE: \"Nemerov: The Middle of the Journey,\" in Poetry (Chicago), Vol. XCIII, No. 3, December, 1958, pp. 178-81.\n[In the generally positive review of Mirrors and Windows below, Kizer praises the intelligence, daring, and maturity of Nemerov's poetry, but states that some of the poems in the volume are too long.]\nWith this book [Mirrors and Windows: Poems], his fourth, Howard Nemerov now belongs to that group of poets who are most difficult to review. To express joy in the accomplished poems, yet receive them ungraciously! For, alas, the homage a serious reviewer pays to a serious poet is a vigorous appraisal. Still, the poems must be handled with care, care in many of its meanings: mental effort, a sense of responsibility, solicitude, affection, and concern. Nemerov's own criticism has been distinguished by these qualities, so there is the added obligation of trying to serve him as well as he has served other poets.\nHoward Nemerov is brave, intelligent, resourceful, crafty, accomplished and grown-up. He not only takes chances with poems and ideas, he is unflinching: The poem, \"A Day on the Big Branch,\" provides us with, among other things, a long, frank and tenderly ironic look at himself and his contemporaries: the generation that was abruptly certified as adult in 1941, and that felt like surplus property from about 1945 on. How many of us marked or saved this poem when it appeared in Poetry because through it we saw our own unpoetic lives glowing with poetry? Hu Shih once said that to arouse sentiment, the speaker must not be sentimental about himself, or must have the art to conceal his feelings.\nThough Nemerov uses technique and style to conceal his feelings, occasionally he uses them to conceal the absence of feeling, when the motive seems to be a poem-for-poem's sake. Then his equipment stands, polished but empty, like armor in the hall: the mechanical writing of \"A Primer of the Daily Round\" (the kind of thing that most of the younger English writers can toss off before tea); the long poem, \"Orphic Scenario,\" where no amount of forcing can mobilize the dead-tired ideas; the rather limp selfconsciousness of most of the Orient-influenced poems, as if they were written on borrowed energy from an imperfectly assimilated world. The long, discursive poem, \"To Lu Chi,\" has a grave and thoughtful central theme, muffled by too many unnecessary lines. Certain phrases and tags are embarrassing: \"this somehow seems oddly Chinese … \" \"your words have not failed / to move me with their justice and their strength …\" \"so now / Goodbye, Lu Chi, and thank you for your poem.\" Though Nemerov may clog the poem with these bits of debris from time to time, there are lovely intervals when the flow is quite pellucid:\nAnd then you bring, by precept and example,\nAssurance that a reach of mastery,\nSome still, reed-hidden and reflective stream\nWhere the heron fishes in his own image,\nAlways exists. I have a sight of you,\nYour robes tucked in your belt, standing\nFishing that stream, where it is always dawn\nWith a mist beginning to be burned away\nBy the lonely sun …\nThe hard fact remains that many of the long poems are too long. The shorter pieces show that he has a firm sense of dramatic structure, but in poems like \"The Loon's Cry\" or \"Ahasuerus\" the thrust of the poem is hampered by a good deal of off-side activity: whole stanzas of nearirrelevancy wander in, the focus shifts, the intensity diminishes. Sometimes because he does not trouble to whip a line, he sends a stanza to do a line's work. Sometimes when he is preoccupied with exposition, or with overexplicit ironies, the poetry flattens out into prose. Nemerov has what one might call an untrammeled intellect; he is capable of convincing himself that a sensibility or a concept is sufficiently poetic in itself: the poem becomes a vehicle to carry these responses or ideas. But when he subordinates his intellect to the verbal and linear demands of the poem, the result is a magnificently sustained, fulfilled poem like \"Brainstorm\":\nThe house was talking, not to him he thought,\nBut to the crows; the crows were talking back\nIn their black voices. The secret might be out:\nHouses are only trees stretched on the rack.\nAnd once the crows knew, all nature would know.\nFur, leaf and feather would invade the form,\nNail rust with rain and shingle warp with snow,\nVine tear the wall, till any straw-borne storm\nCould rip both roof and rooftree off and show\nNaked to nature what they had kept warm …\nThat passage, with its felicitious echo of Hardy, is ripped from the center of a poem of thirty-nine lines. Most of Nemerov's long poems would be greatly strengthened if they were pared to more nearly this length.\nAlthough Nemerov's ear is not always listening as hard as it should, his eye is, in Dr. Williams' phrase, infinitely pénétrant:\nPeople are putting up storm windows now,\nOr were, this morning, until the heavy rain\nDrove them indoors. So, coming home at noon,\nI saw storm windows lying on the ground,\nFrame-full of rain; through the water and glass\nI saw the crushed grass, how it seemed to stream\nAway in lines like seaweed on the tide …\nOr these lines, from \"The Town Dump\":\nThat magnificant line about money! But, oh, the flatness of those \"results\". This trick of word repetition in Nemerov is nearly always a signal that his mind is playing fast and loose with his poem: \"… you may say / There should be ratios. You may sum up / The results, if you want results. But I will add …\" This passage of \"fill\" occurs later in the poem, perhaps appropriately in a poem about a dump. But, leafing through his book, one finds: \"modern American rocks, and hard as rocks …\" \"never batter that battered copy of Walden again …\" \"a venomous tense past tense\", \"Shadows emerge and merge …\" \"Miraculous result would have resulted …\" \"Could happen only as they let it happen, / Refused to let it happen …\" and so on. Nemerov, now that he is mature, should renounce the verbal playground. However, the kind of mind which puns easily, can, under pressure, produce the well-wrought irony and the stern paradox which turns the whole world upside down:\nOn Saturday, the power-mowers' whine\nBegins the morning. Over this neighborhood\nRises the keening, petulant voice, begin\nGreen oily teeth to chatter and munch the cud.\nMonsters, crawling the carpets of the world,\nStill send from underground against your blades\nThe roots of things battalions green and curled\nAnd tender, that will match your blades with blades\nTill the revolted throats shall strangle on\nThe tickle of their dead, till straws shall break\nCrankshafts like camels, and the sun go down\nOn dinosaurs in swamps. A night attack\nFollows, and by the time the Sabbath dawns\nAll armored beasts are eaten by their lawns.\nThis is the kind of writing that separates the men from the boys: unusual syntax firmly manipulated, artful punctuation, a texture clarified but never thin, an almost arrogant virtuosity. The poet, engaged in the sunlit nightmare of the contemporary world, both hotly observes it and coolly notes it down. Certain poems of Wallace Stevens, Stanley Kunitz, Richard Wilbur, come to mind…. That marvelous quality, opulent yet rigorous, of twentieth-century pentameter at its best.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 1226\nSOURCE: \"Outside Faction,\" in The Yale Review, Vol. 1, No. 4, June, 1961, pp. 585-96.\n[In the following excerpt, Gunn offers a laudatory review of New and Selected Poems and discusses Nemerov's place in contemporary American poetry.]\nPoetic theory in America is at present in an extremely curious state, resembling that of England during the Barons' Wars rather than that of a healthy democracy or wellrun autocracy. It is not even a decent civil war, tradition alist against modernist. At one extreme, it is true, there are the academic-suburban poets who aim so low that it is difficult to see why they bother to aim at all; at the other there are the remnants of the neo-Bohemians, who aim everywhere and thus nowhere. Between these comparative majorities of those who are timid or eccentric on principle exist the Barons, each commanding a troop of ill-equipped and determined fighters, and each against all the rest: Baron Bly, recommending a slightly surrealist imagery that looks a little old-fashioned nowadays; Baron Rexroth, exdirector of the Beat advertising campaign; Baron Fitts, who has just announced that the one distinguishing characteristic of true poetry is Strangeness; and a host of others who are convinced that they, and they alone, have discovered the criterion for good poetry. What is interesting, or rather, distressing, is that none of the Barons' retainers are good poets. Or if they are ever good, it is only when they can forget the precepts of their masters. Just as Herbert is good in so far as he is unlike the rest of the School of Donne, so James Wright, for example, is at his best only when he is not trying to write like Robert Bly.\nThe Barons certainly get the ear of the public; for one thing, they are mostly good journalists, and for another, they are so original. The result is that a Ginsberg, a Starbuck, an O'Gorman receives unlimited publicity for a brief season, while Howard Nemerov, Louis Simpson, Edgar Bowers, and a few others scarcely inferior are acknowledged only here and there, and often grudgingly. But it is these last, I suspect, who will still be read in fifty years' time. Part of their virtue lies in the very fact that they have not been seduced into literary politics: they have learned from the whole of literature, not merely from writers of a special kind; and they do not view the writing of poetry as a group activity, but as a lonely and difficult task for which the rules are so extraordinarily difficult to define that each poet must reformulate them for himself.\nIf one associates Nemerov with other poets, it would be only with the contributors to the defunct Furioso, who made up a group so loose that it hardly counted as such, including men as different as Coxe and Kees. He has always been, very individually, one of the best poets of his generation, but with the emergence of his New and Selected Poems it becomes necessary to class him outside the category of a mere generation; for the book makes it clear that he is one of the best poets writing in English.\nNemerov's early poems were like marvelous tricks, brilliant in themselves, but each in a sense isolated from the rest. In some of them it almost looked as if he were setting himself difficult problems in style and tone for their own sake. \"History of a Literary Movement\" and \"Carol,\" for example, though they are excellent light verse, bear little relation to each other (in the way all of Robert Lowell's early poems bear a closely definable relation to each other) except in so far as they show an unusually efficient use of two different styles, parody and folksong. But the value of the apprenticeship served in the early poems becomes apparent in his succeeding work: for rhetoric is now an instrument with which he can pry open what he pleases.\nHe is at equal ease in the modes of epigram, comic poem, meditation, and narrative, yet his work in each is now clearly related to his work in all the rest. His style has great range. He can write the abstract statement of the following passage from \"The Murder of William Remington,\" statement which is careful and qualified, and derives much of its strength from Renaissance writing.\nThere is the terror too of each man's thought,\nThat knows not, but must quietly suspect\nHis neighbor, friend, or self of being taught\nTo take an attitude merely correct;\nBeing frightened of his own cold image in\nThe glass of government, and his own sin,\nFrightened lest senate house and prison wall\nBe quarried of one stone, lest righteous and high\nLook faintly smiling down and seem to call\nA crime the welcome chance of liberty,\nAnd any man an outlaw who aggrieves\nThe patriotism of a pair of thieves.\nHe can also, however, elaborate images in the much more casual, seemingly random manner of the beginning of \"Writing\":\nThe cursive crawl, the squared-off characters,\nthese by themselves delight, even without\na meaning, in a foreign language, in\nChinese, for instance, or when skaters curve\nall day across the lake, scoring their white\nrecords in ice.\nWhat the two passages have in common, perhaps, is an easy authority of tone, by means of which particular observation is generally placed and generalization is seen in relation to a particular context.\nThe latest poems, occupying more than the first quarter of the book, are the most exciting. For from traditional materials he has fashioned a kind of blank verse which I believe to be, in Pound's sense, an invention. Its most striking characteristic is the almost continuous use of runovers. It is normally difficult to run-over many consecutive lines and still write good poetry, since the metrical norm tends to get lost, as we can see for example in the more breathless passages of \"Endymion,\" by which Keats was protesting—a bit inadequately—against the tightness of eighteenth-century verse. The effect in Nemerov's poems, in say \"Mrs. Mandrill\" or \"Death and the Maiden\"—two of the best—is of an unceasing flow, an unchecked movement without looseness or breathlessness: the unit of the line is never destroyed or forgotten (though it is true, as often in blank verse, it has become less important than the unit of the paragraph), and the constant use of runovers, instead of causing the distintegration of form, has created a new form. I find this a technical invention of great importance, and have little doubt that Nemerov will have his imitators within a few years. What is more, the speed at which the verse moves enables the writer to introduce a great many juxtapositions of detail which would seem forced in a slower-moving verse. Seemingly discrepant images are caught up and absorbed by the swift movement to bring about a continuous enrichment and qualification of meaning.\nNemerov gets a wide range of material and tone into these passages, yet there is a unity of effect. There is in fact a concentration of experience without the loss of richness and variety that concentration can involve.\nMost of the poems in this selection possess a similar authority, and are composed—to apply to him one of his own phrases—with \"a singular lucidity and sweetness.\" It is a distinguished and important book.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 671\nSOURCE: \"Interim Report,\" in Poetry (Chicago), Vol. CII, No. 6, September, 1963, pp. 389-90.\n[Below, Carruth calls most of the poems in The Next Room of the Dream \"wisecracks \" and discusses what he considers Nemerov's \"technicalfailures.\"]\nHalf of this book [The Next Room of the Dream] is taken up by two verse plays on Biblical themes, and since I'm not qualified to discuss them, I'll pass them over; remarking only that the language seems to me nearly successful, but not quite; it lacks the vivacity or tone which we want from dramatic verse, even when the plays are, like these, reflective in intent. But the other considerations of structure, theatrical expediency, etc., I must leave to critics of the stage, though I earnestly recommend these two plays as excellent texts for their attention.\nThe rest of the book consists of short poems, most of which are wisecracks. For my purpose here, I define the wisecrack as a poem of wit in which the two parts fail to cohere. A proper conceit, as we know, consists of a joke and a moral; they must resist each other fiercely yet remain locked together—a sort of terrified embrace; and when they fall apart the joke becomes merely a joke, the moral becomes merely a platitude. Which is what happens in too many of Nemerov's poems. Why? When I reviewed his last book, I said flatly it was a defect of meter and let it go at that, and my friends chided me, quite justly, for being so short with a fine poet. Nemerov has a good ear for all verbal effects, as we know from his best earlier work; for example, that much-anthologized piece about the lady and the whale. There meter does what it should; it fixes the tone of voice, emphasis, and ultimately the meaning of the poem. Meter is, after all, what makes any artifice of language come alive, and I hope it's clear I'm not talking about metronomic or syllable-counting techniques. Nemerov's verse is far from these; his meter is varied and flexible; but I still think that in his recent work his metrical effects have become rather mechanical, rather predictable and repetitious. We recognize Nemerov all right, but a Nemerov who is copying his own manner by rote, turning the stuff out too easily and slickly. The general tone betrays fatigue; and the result is a meter which fails to do its work, fails to sustain and consolidate the feeling, in Nemerov's case the feeling—verve, élan—of wit in a forcing moral action. It isn't always a failure; there's a poem in this book, \"At a Country Hotel,\" which is close to the whale poem in excellence, perhaps good enough to become a new anthology piece. But one poem will not support a book. The reviewer does not inquire, of course, into the deeper cause of a technical failure, especially in the case of a poet as gifted as Nemerov. One can only wish him, as I and I'm sure all readers do, the best of luck, and assure him we will wait for his next book with every anticipation of renewed enjoyment.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 2802\nSOURCE: \"Twenty Years of Accomplishment,\" in The Critical Reception of Howard Nemerov: A Selection of Essays and a Bibliography, edited by Bowie Duncan, The Scarecrow Press, 1971, pp. 29-39.\n[In the following essay, which was originally written on the occasion of the publication of The Blue Swallows and published in Florida Quarterly in October 1968, Meinke examines the first twenty years of Nemerov's poetic career, stating \"more than any other contemporary poet, Nemerov speaks to the existential, science-oriented … liberal mind of the 20th century.\"]\nIt's a bad word, perhaps, but Howard Nemerov is really a philosopher. And judging from the scant space allotted him in the latest books on modern poetry, he is still one of our most underrated poets, despite a steadily widening audience (his New & Selected Poems, for example, is in its fourth printing). His latest book confirms what really has been evident since 1955 and The Salt Garden, more than any other contemporary poet, Nemerov speaks to the existential, science-oriented (or -displaced), liberal mind of the 20th century.\nThe Blue Swallows, published exactly 20 years after his first book, is Nemerov's seventh book of poetry, and the 67 new poems it contains represent not so much a culmination of his efforts as another step along a clearly defined technical evolution, and another elucidation (another series of examples) of what might be called a philosophy of minimal affirmation. Like his gulls and swallows, Nemerov circles around and around the things of this world, finding them insubstantial, frightening, illusory, beautiful, and strange. Nowhere is his basically pessimistic view of man as both hopeless and indomitable better expressed than in the conclusion of his new poem, \"Beyond the Pleasure Principle\":\nThere, toward the end, when the left-handed wish\nIs satisfied as it is given up, when the hero\nEndures his cancer and more obstinately than ever\nGrins at the consolations of religion as at a child's\nFrightened pretensions, and when his great courage\nBecomes a wish to die, there appears, so obscurely,\nPathetically, out of the wounded torment and the play,\nA something primitive and appealing, and still dangerous,\nThat crawls on bleeding hands and knees over the floor\nToward him, and whispers as if to confess: again, again.\nIn Nemerov's first two books, The Image and the Law (1947) and Guide to the Ruins (1950), the same pessimism is evident, but without the technical control, the assimilation of influences. In these early books Nemerov, an ex-RAF pilot, is \"writing the war out of his system,\" as they say; he is also, more importantly, writing A) Eliot, B) Yeats, and C) Stevens out of his system:\nThe early poems in general have an abstract, literary quality, an esoteric vocabulary, many allusions. One marked tendency in Nemerov's technical development has been a growing simplicity and directness, not toward the \"country\" simplicity of Robert Frost, but the simplicity of a highly educated man trying to convey the substance of his meditations clearly.\nCritics often note in his earlier work the influence of Auden. While one can find it in an occasional flatness of tone, Nemerov's wit is his own. (In the same way his novels have been compared to Evelyn Waugh's, but both of these similarities are only real insofar as wit is similar to wit.) Wit is certainly a constant element in Nemerov's work: puns, irony, satire, epigrams, jokes; these are not extrusive from his main body of poetry, but integral to it. Nemerov has said, \"The serious and the funny are one.\" This is even more true of The Blue Swallows than of his earlier books.\nThe other main element besides wit that is carried over from his early poetry is a concern with theological questions, reflected often in Biblical subject matter (e.g., his two verse plays, \"Cain\" and \"Endor\"), but more often in a running dialogue with Christianity. Nemerov's own religious position seems to be that of a non-practicing Jew who is constantly wrestling with the problem of faith. An early sonnet ends: \"The question is of science not to doubt / The point of faith is that you sweat it out.\" This is still an important theme in his latest book (e.g., \"Creation of Anguish,\" \"Cybernetics\").\nIt was in his third book, The Salt Garden, that Nemerov first pulled together his talent and intelligence; originally a \"city\" poet, Nemerov moved to Bennington, Vermont, in 1948; and nature has been a unifying element in his work since The Salt Garden (in 1967 he was given the $1000 St. Botolph Club Arts Award for \"a poet of accomplishment and promise, native to, or primarily associated with, New England). \"The Goose Fish,\" \"The Pond,\" \"I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee,\" \"The Salt Garden,\" are just a few of the poems from The Salt Garden which have become familiar to readers of contemporary poetry.\nAlso in The Salt Garden the two main influences on Nemerov emerge. His subjects and the flexible rhythms of his meditative blank verse reflect a close study of Wordsworth and Frost: he is one of the few poets to really learn from these masters:\nLine, leaf, and light; darkness invades our day;\nNo meaning in it, but indifference\nWhich does not flatter with profundity.\nNor is it drama. Even the giant oak,\nStricken a hundred years ago or yesterday,\nHas not found room to fall as heroes should …\nThe typical adjective used to describe nature is \"brutal,\" and the link between brutal nature and \"decent\" bumbling man is found in the liquids, ocean and blood, which fuse into man's \"salt dream,\" the submerged and subconscious call of the wild. And while Nemerov's lyrical intelligent voice brooding over nature and man dominates this book, there is also great variety of tone and subject: e.g., the telescoped images of \"I Only Have Escaped Alone to Tell Thee,\" the surreal dream sequence \"The Scales of the Eyes.\"\nThe trend toward nature begun in The Salt Garden continues in Mirrors & Windows (1958), the difference being that in the latter book Nemerov is consciously aware that he is a poet looking at nature, trying to capture it in his poems: \"Study this rhythm, not this thing. / The brush's tip streams from the wrist / of a living man, a dying man. / The running water is the wrist.\"\n\"A Day on the Big Branch\" is a good example of Nemerov's attitude, which might be called realistic romanticism. That is, the poems seem to be composed by a romantic sensibility which is at the same time too analytical and honest to see things other than as they are. Nemerov's rocks are \"hard as rocks\" and when the half-drunk card players climb into the wilderness nothing very glorious happens—except that as they talk of the war and of life, the majestic beauty of nature forces them into \"poetry and truth\":\nso that at last one said, \"I shall play cards\nuntil the day I die,\" and another said,\n\"in bourbon whiskey are all the vitamins\nand minerals needed to sustain man's life,\"\nand still another, \"I shall live on smoke\nuntil my spirit has been cured of flesh.\"\nAnother outstanding poem of minimal affirmation is \"The Town Dump,\" a savage metaphor for civilization (in Nemerov's novels the pessimism is redeemed by the humor; generally speaking, in Nemerov's poetry the pessimism is redeemed by beauty, often symbolized by birds):\n…. You may sum up\nThe results, if you want results. But I will add\nThat wild birds, drawn to the carrion and flies,\nAssemble in some numbers here, their wings\nShining with light, their flight enviably free,\nTheir music marvelous, though sad, and strange.\nMirrors & Windows often reminds one of Hart Crane's lines which Nemerov used as an epigraph for his novel, Federigo: \"As silent as a mirror is believed / Realities plunge in silence by …\" The object of poetry is to catch as in a mirror the beauty and terror of life, not to make life prettier, not to make it easier for us, not even to help us understand it. \"Some shapes cannot be seen in a glass, / those are the ones the heart breaks at.\" The poems in this book are life-reflecting mirrors, and windows through which we see with the poet's \"infinitely penetrant\" eye. Nemerov's poetry has become considerably more visual:\nIt was as promised, a wonder, with granite walls\nenclosing ledges, long and flat, of limestone,\nor, rolling, of lava; within the ledges\nthe water, fast and still, pouring its yellow light,\nand green, over the tilted slabs of the floor,\nblackened at shady corners, falling in a foam\nof crystal to a calm where the waterlight\ndappled the ledges as they leaned\nagainst the sun; big blue dragonflies hovered\nand darted and dipped a wing, hovered again\nagainst the low wind moving over the stream,\nand shook the flakes of light from their clear wings.\nNew & Selected Poems (1960) contains only fifteen new poems; the new note is an overriding concern with his \"deare times waste.\" Time and the loss of innocence, of friends, of hope, are the themes: \"I cried because life is hopeless and beautiful,\" he writes, and the beauty teaches him to \"endure and grow.\" The central poem—Nemerov's longest—is \"Runes,\" symmetrically consisting of fifteen-line stanzas (a stanza form very suitable to his talent, e.g., \"The Beekeeper Speaks\" in The Blue Swallows). Like \"The Scales of the Eyes,\" \"Runes\" is a sort of dream sequence, but more tightly organized, the fifteen stanzas being meditations clustered around the images of water and seed, \"Where time to come has tensed / Itself.\" The smooth run-on blank verse lines match rhythm and content:\nConsider how the seed lost by a bird\nWill harbor in its branches most remote\nDescendants of the bird; while everywhere\nAnd unobserved, the soft green stalks and tubes\nOf water are hardening into wood, whose hide,\nGnarled, knotted, flowing, and its hidden grain,\nRemember how the water is streaming still.\nNow does the seed asleep, as in a dream\nWhere time is compacted under pressures of\nAnother order, crack open like stone\nFrom whose division pours a stream, between\nThe raindrop and the sea, running in one\nDirection, down, and gathering in its course\nThat bitter salt which spices us the food\nWe sweat for, and the blood and tears we shed.\nThe water streaming in the seed streams through our world, our bodies, holding everything together in its always-changing permanence. The subtle rhythms support the imagery in a fusion of form and content; run-ons, alliteration, repetition, all playing important roles in the structure. The \"s\" sound in \"soft green stalks and tubes,\" the \"d\" sound in \"hardening into wood, whose hide, / Gnarled, knotted\" reinforce the meaning; the rhythm, stopped by \"whose hide, / Gnarled, knotted,\" flows forward again with \"Flowing, and its hidden grain.\" The end of the first sentence holds the paradox of permanent impermanence in the ambiguous \"streaming still.\" The onomatopoeic \"crack\" splits the second sentence, whose alliteration and longer phrases (\"gathering in its course / That bigger salt which spices us the food / We sweat for\") underline the stanza's conclusion.\nNemerov's sixth book of poems, The Next Room of the Dream (1962), continues his trend toward a more simple and clear verse, emphasizing natural description: \"Now I can see certain simplicities / In the darkening rust and tarnish of the time, / And say over the certain simplicities, / The running water and the standing stone … \" And yet, as he writes in another poem, \"Nothing will yield\": art smashes on the rocks of reality. Often attacked for being too \"cold\" or \"cerebral,\" Nemerov's poetry is actually quite the opposite: a passion disciplined, but passionate and humanitarian nevertheless, with cries of anguish constantly breaking through: \"—Nothing can stand it!\" Poems like \"Lion & Honeycomb\" and \"Vermeer\" express his ars poetica, his striving for rhythms \"Perfected and casual as to a child's eye / Soap bubbles are, and skipping stones\"; poems like \"The Iron Characters\" and \"Somewhere\" express his humanitarianism; poems like \"To Clio, Muse of History\" and \"The Dial Tone\" are metaphysical expressions of his belief in the unreality of reality, the reality of the void.\nThe Blue Swallows is a worthy successor to these books. Divided into four sections, it has the variety, wit, and technical skill we have come to expect; it is also full of wisdom and gentleness:\n… even the water\nFlowing away beneath those birds\nWill fail to reflect their flying forms,\nAnd the eyes that see become as stones\nWhence never tears shall fall again.\nO swallows, swallows, poems are not\nThe point. Finding again the world,\nThat is the point, where loveliness\nAdorns intelligible things\nBecause the mind's eye lit the sun.\nWhile the themes and images are often specifically contemporary (Auschwitz, burning monks, a Negro cemetery, cybernetics), Nemerov is mainly concerned with finding timeless metaphors for the human condition, \"relation's spindrift web.\" In poem after poem we are likened (without his saying so explicitly) to cherries picked off trees, snowflakes falling in black water, lobsters waiting in a tank, days falling into darkness, planted rows dwindling to wilderness, fields becoming shadow. These poems are used more or less contrapuntally with tremendously effective satire on The Great Society (\"Money,\" \"On the Platform,\" \"To the Governor & Legislature of Massachusetts\"). A typical example (not best, but chosen for brevity) is \"Keeping Informed in D.C.\":\nNature, still treated unromantically, permeates these poems; in \"The Companions,\" which is a sort of modern \"Immortality Ode,\" Nemerov describes the pull towards nature that, for example, Frost writes about in \"Directive.\" But Nemerov refuses to see \"messages\" there: \"That's but interpretation, the deep folly of man / To think that things can squeak at him more than things can.\" A fascination with light, \"Firelight in sunlight, silver pale,\" also plays over these pages, and indeed these poems can be thought of as the \"small flames\" which conclude the book's final poem:\nSo warm, so clear at the line of corded velvet\nThe marvelous flesh, its faster rise and fall,\nSigh in the throat, the mouth fallen open,\nThe knees fallen open, the heavy flag of the skirt\nUrgently gathered together, quick, so quick,\nBlack lacquer, bronze, blue velvet, gleam\nOf pewter in a tarnishing light, the book\nOf the body lying open at the last leaf,\nWhere the spirit and the bride say, Come,\nAs from deep mirrors on the hinted wall\nBeyond these shadows, a small flame sprouts.\nOne reason that Nemerov speaks to this age is that his poetry attempts to come to terms with science: not just psychology (in which Nemerov is well versed, vide his Journal of the Fictive Life), but \"hard\" science. Light years and nebulae, the speed of light, electrodes, a heterodyne hum, physicists and particles, are typical subjects for him. His general position seems to be that science is \"true,\" but never quite accounts for our lives (though it tries): science lacks \"blood\" and \"mystery;\" it misses the essential:\nFor \"nothing in the universe can travel at the speed\nOf light,\" they say, forgetful of the shadow's speed.\nWhile Nemerov's typical form is the loose blank verse line, in The Blue Swallows he uses more short-lined poems, trimeter and dimeter, than in his earlier work, keeping with his trend toward simplicity. In this form, too, his rhythms are varied and subtle, as in the first stanza of \"Celestial Globe\":\nThis is the world\nWithout the world.\nI hold it in my hand\nA hollow sphere\nOf childlike blue\nWith magnitudes of stars.\nThere in its utter dark\nThe singing planets go,\nAnd the sun, great source,\nIs blazing forth his fires\nOver the many-oceaned\nAnd river-shining earth\nWhereon I stand\nBalancing the ball\nUpon my hand.\nTo sum up. The Blue Swallows is the work of a poet who is a master of his craft; rhythm, image, sound fuse in poem after poem. And the poetry speaks to us, as poems should. There is no certainty, much agony, our minds bow down \"Among the shadows / Of shadowy things, / Itself a shadow / Less sure than they.\" Nemerov's general intelligence and craftsmanship perhaps seem old-fashioned today, when blood-and-guts, a confessional softness, and a sort of sloppiness are thought to be more \"honest\" or \"spontaneous\"; he is perhaps closer in spirit to, say, Pope, who is also out of favor (nevertheless the 18th century is called the Age of Pope). And underneath the darkness Nemerov continally strikes the existential spark, as in the conclusion of his poem describing an oil slick polluting a stream:\nThe curve and glitter of it as it goes\nThe maze of its pursuit, reflect the water\nIn agony under the alien, brilliant skin\nIt struggles to throw off and finally does\nThrow off, on its frivolous purgatorial fall\nDown to the sea and away, dancing and singing\nPerpetual intercession for this filth—\nLeaping and dancing and singing, forgiving everything.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 7576\nSOURCE: \"Such Stuff as Dreams: The Poetry of Howard Nemerov,\" in Imagination and the Spirit: Essays in Literature and the Christian Faith Presented to Clyde S. Kilby, edited by Charles A. Huttar, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1971, pp. 365-85.\n[In the following essay, Olsen provides a stylistic and thematic overview of Nemerov's poetry, focusing on the unifying elements in his works.]\nThe serious and the funny are one. The purpose of Poetry is to persuade, fool, or compel God into speaking.\n—Howard Nemerov, in a letter to Robert D. Harvey.\nThe poetry of Howard Nemerov is conventional and con versational; it has been called \"academic\" and even pro saic. His best poetry, however, is among the best American poetry written since World War II, partly because it is poetry that comes so close to being prose. Much postwar poetry, in reaction to the Eliot-Pound influence, attempts to communicate outside the classroom by using colloquial idioms and even slang, a conversational and even flippant tone, and contemporary subjects, such as Old Dutch Cleanser, television, Merritt Parkway, and J. Edgar Hoover. The danger in such poetry, of course, is that it may communicate to our time and our time only. It may be only Instant Poetry or Disposable Poetry (reflecting perhaps a fear that there will be no centuries to communicate to after ours). Howard Nemerov's best poetry, however, succeeds in being both contemporaneous and universal; it succeeds often in being both prosaic and poetic—prosaic on the surface for our prosaic times, yet intensely poetic beneath. Hayden Carruth in a review (The Nation, January 21, 1961) said that he was not tempted to reread Nemerov's poems because they had \"strayed into prose.\" Though the statement may be true of some of the poems, such a wholesale dismissal is unwarranted; it is almost as unfair as dismissing Eliot's poetry because it strays into nonsense.\nNemerov, it is true, is quite at home with prose. He has published three novels (Melodramatists, Federigo, The Homecoming Game), a collection of delightful short stories (A Commodity of Dreams), an autobiographical journal-novel (A Journal of the Fictive Life), and a collection of essays and literary criticism (Poetry and Fiction). But he is at his best in his six volumes of poetry (of which the last two are best): The Image and the Law (1947), Guide to the Ruins (1950), The Salt Garden (1955), Mirrors and Windows (1958), New and Selected Poems (1960), and The Next Room of the Dream (1962). The last volume includes two biblical plays (modernized) in verse.\nHis poems comment on a great range of subjects—dande-lions, autumn, snowmen, TV cartoon shows, a dial tone, modern religious attitudes, war, a town dump, lovers, the fairy tale \"Sleeping Beauty\"—with the calm, sometimes gently ironic voice of a leisurely observer out for a stroll. This quiet style, which is sometimes mistaken for prose, is achieved with much art. Consider, for example, one of Nemerov's best poems, \"Storm Windows.\"\nPeople are putting up storm windows now,\nOr were, this morning, until the heavy rain\nDrove them indoors. So, coming home at noon,\nI saw storm windows lying on the ground,\nFrame-full of rain; through the water and glass\nI saw the crushed grass, how it seemed to stream\nAway in lines like seaweed on the tide\nOr blades of wheat leaning under the wind.\nThe ripple and splash of rain on the blurred glass\nSeemed that it briefly said, as I walked by,\nSomething I should have liked to say to you,\nSomething … the dry grass bent under the pane\nBrimful of bouncing water … something of\nA swaying clarity which blindly echoes\nThis lonely afternoon of memories\nAnd missed desires, while the wintry rain\n(Unspeakable, the distance in the mind!)\nRuns on the standing windows and away.\nDespite the iambic pentameter—most of Nemerov's poetry is in blank verse—the entire poem has a looseness of sentence structure and rhythm associated more often with prose than with poetry. The first four lines especially seem like prose: there is no paradox, no metaphor, no original phrasing, no vivid imagery, no compression of thought. So far it is what you might notice about Frost's\nWhose woods these are 1 think I know.\nHis house is in the village though;\nHe will not see me stopping here\nTo watch his woods fill up with snow.\nBut Frost's lines have rhyme and a more definite meter, instantly identifying it as verse. In Nemerov's lines even the iambic pentameter does not distinguish it as verse, since iambic pentameter is so close to natural speech rhythm. There is, however, slant rhyme in these lines—now, rain, noon, ground—an arrangement that would not occur in prose. These slant rhymes further chime with other words—windows, indoors, windows. Also the sound or is in each of the lines—storm, morning, indoors, storm—and there are repetitions of m and long o. If it is prose, it is a pleasantly skillful prose.\nIn addition to these subtle rhythmic effects, there are two subtle tensions of thought in the four lines. The first is the qualification, \"Or were, this morning, until the heavy rain / Drove them indoors.\" This qualification may cause the reader to suspect Nemerov of wordiness, for these four lines can easily be condensed to three:\nPeople were putting up storm windows when\nThe heavy rain drove them indoors. At noon\nI saw storm windows lying on the ground, …\nApparently the meaning has not been changed, but does the revision improve the lines? If it does, obviously the poem is flawed, and we can call Nemerov's original lines prose. In this case, however, one thing that the revision changes is the style. Nemerov's style is a relaxed style; the revised lines, on the other hand, seem to rush too fast—they are not as graceful, as natural, as the original. Also, something quite important to the meaning has been left out: the qualification has been removed. Still it might seem that the qualification was pointless in the first place, since it seems to contradict and even negate the idea of the first line, that \"people are putting up storm windows now.\" The now is essential to the whole poem, however: the people are still in the process of putting up storm windows; when the rain stops, they will come out and finish the job. The qualification, therefore, only qualifies; it does not negate. The situation, therefore, as in many poems, is a frozen moment, an eternal now. Another of Nemerov's poems, \"Moment,\" illuminates this idea.\nNow, starflake frozen on the windowpane\nAll of a winter night, the open hearth\nBlazing beyond Andromeda, the sea-\nAnemone and the downwind seed, O moment\nHastening, halting in a clockwise dust,\nThe time in all the hospitals is now,\nUnder the arc-lights where the sentry walks\nHis lonely wall it never moves from now,\nThe crying in the cell is also now,\nAnd now is quiet in the tomb as now\nExplodes inside the sun, and it is now\nIn the saddle of space, where argosies of dust\nSail outward blazing, and the mind of God,\nThe flash across the gap of being, thinks\nIn the instant absence of forever: now.\nThe people are putting up storm windows now, the poet is writing the poem now, we are reading the poem now—art blends the time differences into a single now. Furthermore, putting up storm windows is as seasonal as the fall of leaves; in a sense, therefore, people are always putting up storm windows, as there always is an autumn.\nThe second tension of thought in the first four lines of \"Storm Windows\" is the irony that the people, while trying to protect their houses from storms, were driven indoors by a storm. Man's constant struggle against Nature and the ultimate futility of that struggle are thus symbolized at the poem's outset.\n\"Frame-full of rain\" in line 5 is the first slightly unusual, more \"poetic\" (because compressed) phrasing in the poem. It comes as a mild surprise after the relaxed lines preceding it; moreover, the image is set at the beginning of the line and followed by a caesura. It is the central image of the poem, and Nemerov makes us see it. Then the image is described in four lines as though the frame contained a painting. The poet, however, paints the picture with similes. The observed fact of crushed grass is transformed into an underlying reality—the natural kinship of grass with wheat and seaweed. Likewise, the storm and glass become tide and wind as the imagination of the poet takes us from the original scene to the sea and country, and even into elemental Nature.\nThe similes make sharp pictures, but they are, nevertheless, only similes. The grass \"seemed to stream.\" The grass is \"crushed,\" the glass is \"blurred,\" the clarity sways and \"blindly echoes.\" In Nemerov's poetry windows and mirrors are used frequently as metaphors or symbols for the way we perceive the world: in a mirror reversed or distorted (as through a glass darkly) or through a window in which the glass is a tangible, though invisible, barrier between the observer and reality. So in this poem the image seen through the glass is not seen clearly, it seems in imagination to be what it is not in fact (though the imagination may be closer to Reality than the fact is). In the next six lines the image of rain on glass seems to be even more. It seems to say something very important, some truth perhaps. But what it says is not nearly so clear as the seaweed and wheat. It is only something. It is an intuition, a memory, a longing, a note of beauty or nostalgia perhaps, but unformed. How can one describe a sunset or love or rain on storm windows? \"If only we had words,\" we often think. The poet is one whose job it is to have words, but here he can only record the fact itself and say it said \"something.\" The situation, therefore, comes to stand for abstract truth itself. We sense a greater reality behind observable fact, but cannot ultimately define it, cannot know it forever into words. But it is there; it is something. \"Unspeakable the distance in the mind!\" Within itself the mind can travel infinitely far from the storm window starting place; but when it returns, it is like the man who saw heaven and was unable to tell about it. For Nemerov this \"secret of life,\" which can be known intuitively but not empirically verified, is often symbolized by water, itself a mysterious source of life. For example, Section xv of \"Runes\":\nTo watch water, to watch running water\nIs to know a secret, seeing the twisted rope\nOf runnels on the hillside, the small freshets\nLeaping and limping down the tilted field\nIn April's light, the green, grave and opaque\nSwirl in the millpond where the current slides\nTo be combed and carded silver at the fall;\nIt is a secret, but to have it in your keeping,\nA locked box, Bluebeard's room, the deathless thing\nWhich it is death to open. Knowing the secret,\nKeeping the secret—herringbones of light\nEbbing on beaches, the huge artillery\nOf tides—it is not knowing, it is not keeping,\nBut being the secret hidden from yourself.\nHere this intuitive knowledge is transformed into being, which paradoxically is unknowable (it can only be experienced).\nIn \"Storm Windows\" the key phrase is \"swaying clarity.\" That is, after all, what the rain on the glass seemed to say something of. The phrase is similar to \"swaying form\" in Nemerov's essay \"The Swaying Form,\" which discusses the relationship of art and religion. The term, une forme maistresse, comes from a passage by Montaigne, as translated by Florio; Nemerov applies it to poetry and explains,\nThe form … is simultaneously ruling and very variable, or fickle; shifting and protean as the form of water in a stream, where it is difficult or impossible to divide what remains from what runs away.\nThe \"swaying clarity,\" therefore, is first of all that which the combination of grass, window, and rain evokes in the observer—the memories, desires, feelings, mood—and, second, a term appropriate for the poem itself. The poem as an objective correlative creates the same clear yet vague feelings in the reader: the situation, the imagery, the sense of loneliness are clear; yet any message of truth, any \"moral,\" runs away like seaweed on the tide or water on windows. According to Nemerov, this is often the nature of poetry. It is art working against itself to reveal and yet not reveal. The reason for this is that the \"truth\" in poetry is not a theology, not a systematic philosophy, not an outline of any doctrine, but a re-creation of a situation.\nThe poet's business … is to name as accurately as possible a situation, but a situation which he himself is in. The name he gives ought to be so close a fit with the actuality it summons into being that there remains no room between inside and outside; the thought must be \"like a beast moving in its skin.\" (Dante)\n[Poetry and Fiction]\nThe situation named in \"Storm Windows\" is \"This lonely afternoon of memories / And missed desires.\" More specifically, the situation may be one of unrequited love or a broken love affair with the \"you\" of line 11. \"The dry grass bent under the pane / Brimful of bouncing water\" reflects the mood of the speaker, a protected (though bent) condition, a numbness perhaps—\"After great pain a formal feeling comes,\" to quote Emily Dickinson. The temptation toward an outpouring of emotion bounces off and away. That the windows in the last line are not the ones lying on the ground, but are standing, suggests a resoluteness of the speaker, a squaring of the shoulders and walking on (undoubtedly under an umbrella). Even our deepest emotions affect us with a \"swaying clarity.\" Grief is often mixed with relief.\nFurther \"meaning\" is suggested by the seasonal setting, the tide, the water running off the windows, the poet's passing by the scene. The \"message\" of the poem is that life goes on, thank goodness, whether we like it or not. This is the message of many great poems. By itself it is a rather banal message; in the great poems it is profound truth. That is why naming a situation is so important: the new name is fresh, and the situation is more than an abstract generalization—it becomes life itself. The poem attempts to give us life itself so clearly that if there is any meaning to life we can read that meaning from the poem. Actually, therefore, the entire poem is the named situation; the meanings of its words should evoke a response similar to that observed by the poet from the real situation. Poems ideally should mean no more than trees do, but\nPoems or people are rarely so lovely,\nAnd even when they have great qualities\nThey tend to tell you rather than exemplify\nWhat they believe themselves to be about,\nWhile from the moving silence of trees,\nWhether in storm or calm, in leaf and naked,\nNight or day, we draw conclusions of our own,\nSustaining and unnoticed as our breath,\nAnd perilous also—though there has never been\nA critical tree—about the nature of things.\nThis didactic excerpt from \"Trees\" (New and Selected Poems), is—like MacLeish's \"A poem should not mean / But be\"—unfaithful to its own advice. \"Storm Windows\" more effectively names a situation.\nIt may still seem to some, however, that \"Storm Windows\" does not name the situation accurately, that the diction and sentence structure are still too prose-like. So many of the great poets of this century—Eliot, Cummings, Thomas, Roethke, Stevens, Hart Crane, Robert Lowell—pack so many implications into each word and line that a readily readable poet like Nemerov, especially in a period dominated by the New Criticism, seems to have the same fault of wordiness as some of the popular nineteenth-century poets, such as Bryant and Longfellow. Or his diction may seem too colloquial and commonplace for poetry. In some of his poems the diction does fail, but that is not a fault of the diction. \"To be, or not to be: that is the question\" is not intrinsically less poetic than \"The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,\" despite the former's plain language. Since Wordsworth, at least, there has been a line of poets—such as Whitman, Frost, and even Eliot—who have sought to write in a common language. Nemerov is in this tradition; he uses ordinary words, avoiding both poetically contrived phrasing and, as a general rule, colloquialisms and slang. He uses a communicative and enduring language. His method is summed up in \"Vermeer\" (in The Next Room of the Dream):\nTaking what is, and seeing it as it is,\nPretending to no heroic stances or gestures …\nIf I could say to you, and make it stick,\nA girl in a red hat, a woman in blue\nReading a letter, a lady weighing gold …\nIf I could say this to you so you saw,\nAnd knew, and agreed that this was how it was\nIn a lost city across the sea of years,\nI think we should be for one moment happy.\nThat is exactly what \"Storm Windows\" does, and in reading it we are, despite the loneliness in the poem, \"for one moment happy.\" It is an aesthetic happiness that comes from our being able to agree that that was exactly how it was; Nemerov has succeeded in naming the situation accurately.\nSome of Nemerov's verse appears to be less than poetry because of a seeming lightheartedness, a tendency toward wit and satire. For example, \"Absent-Minded Professor\":\nThis lonely figure of not much fun\nStrayed out of folklore fifteen years ago\nForever. Now on an autumn afternoon,\nWhile the leaves drift past the office window,\nHis bright replacement, present-minded, stays\nAt the desk correcting papers, nor ever grieves\nFor the silly scholar of the bad old days,\nWho'd burn the papers and correct the leaves.\nSome of his poems satirize materialistic religious attitudes. \"Boom!\" is based on an actual statement by President Eisenhower's pastor that we are in a time of \"unprecedented religious activity.\" After describing some of this activity, Nemerov sums it up:\nNever before, O Lord, have the prayers and praises\nfrom belfry and phonebooth, from ballpark and barbecue\nthe sacrifices, so endlessly ascended.\nThen he comments,\nIt was not thus when Job in Palestine\nsat in the dust and cried, cried bitterly;\nwhen Damien kissed the lepers on their wounds\nit was not thus; it was not thus\nwhen Francis worked a fourteen-hour day\nstrictly for the birds; when Dante took\na week's vacation without pay and it rained\npart of the time, O Lord, it was not thus.\nThe long satiric prayers ends with a promise to\nAnother poem, \"Santa Claus,\" attacks in a fresh way the commercialization of Christmas.\nA few of Nemerov's poems gently poke at literary attitudes. For example, \"On the Threshold of His Greatness, the Poet Comes Down with a Sore Throat\" has, in parody of \"The Waste Land,\" sixteen footnotes and a \"Note on the Notes\":\nThese notes have not the intention of offering a complete elucidation of the poem. Naturally, interpretations will differ from one reader to another, and even, perhaps, from one minute to the next. But because Modern Poetry is generally agreed to be a matter of the Intellect, and not the Feelings; because it is meant to be studied, and not merely read; and because it is valued, in the classroom, to the precise degree of its difficulty, poet and critic have agreed that these Notes will not merely adorn the Poem, but possibly supersede it altogether.\nCarruth calls such poems \"wisecracks,\" which he defines as poems of wit in which the two parts—a joke and a moral—\"fail to cohere\" (Poetry, September 1963). This very criticism shows a serious intention behind such poems, and Nemerov has stated, \"In general, to succeed at joking or at poetry, you have to be serious.\" A poem in which the humorous and serious combine for effect is \"Make Big Money at Home! Write Poems in Spare Time!\"\nOliver wanted to write about reality.\nHe sat before a wooden table,\nHe poised his wooden pencil\nAbove his pad of wooden paper,\nAnd attempted to think about agony\nAnd history, and the meaning of history,\nAnd all stuff like that there.\nSuddenly this wooden thought got in his head:\nA Tree. That's all, no more than that,\nJust one tree, not even a note\nAs to whether it was deciduous\nOr evergreen, or even where it stood.\nStill, because it came unbidden,\nIt was inspiration, and had to be dealt with.\nOliver hoped that this particular tree\nWould turn out to be fashionable,\nThe axle of the universe, maybe,\nOr some other mythologically\nWith dryads, or having to do\nWith the knowledge of Good and Evil, and the Fall.\n\"A Tree,\" he wrote down with his wooden pencil\nUpon his pad of wooden paper\nSupported by the wooden table.\nAnd while he sat there waiting\nFor what would come next to come next,\nThe whole wooden house began to become\nSilent, particularly silent, sinisterly so.\nThe title immediately gives away the humorous intent, and the colloquial phrase \"all stuff like that there\" establishes the speaker's mocking attitude toward Oliver. The poem appears to be light verse satirizing many would-be creative writers who find they have nothing to say. But it is not light verse; by the time the last line is reached, the tone has changed. As \"Storm Windows\" begins casually and ends profoundly, this poem begins lightly and ends chillingly. The mocking tone is aimed not only at Oliver, but at his high moral intentions in the third stanza (contrast Nemerov's attitude in the passage from \"Trees\" quoted above). Oliver, therefore, represents at the end any poet who tries to make meaning from the silent universe. It may be that there is nothing to say. Compare Ferlinghetti's \"poet like an acrobat\" who is \"constantly risking absurdity / and death\" in his attempt to catch Beauty.\nThis is the modern existentialist attitude: because God is dead, the artist creates in a vacuum of meaning, \"the empty air of existence.\" This note occurs in other Nemerov poems; for example, his four-line \"The Poet at Forty.\"\nA light, a winged, & a holy thing,\nWho if his God's not in him cannot sing.\nAh, Socrates, behold him here at last\nWingless and heavy, still enthusiast.\nA recent poem, \"Projection\" (The Atlantic, May 1967), also pictures the existentialist attitude of making the best of the world despite the loss of God.\nThey were so amply beautiful, the maps,\nWith their blue rivers winding to the sea,\nSo calmly beautiful, who could have blamed\nUs for believing, bowed to our drawing boards,\nIn a large and ultimate equivalence,\nOne map that challenged and replaced the world?\nOur punishment? To stand here, on these ladders,\nDizzy with fear, not daring to look down,\nGlue on our fingers, in our hair and eyes,\nPiecing together the crackling, sticky sheets\nWe hope may paper yet the walls of space\nWith pictures any child can understand.\nNote the underlying humor, the slight tongue-in-cheek tone that is in tension with the seriousness. The suggestion is that the effort to wallpaper space is futile, but the effort itself is called a punishment. Is Nemerov claiming universal absurdity and Divine Injustice—that the punishment is really not deserved? (\"Who could have blamed / Us,\" he asks.) Is the punishment for having once believed in the maps, or is it for now rejecting them? In any case, the actions of \"Us\"—modern mankind—are ludicrous, absurd. They are only a new (and apparently inferior) version of the old attempts to find meaning. It is like Oliver's trying to make his imagined tree into the axle of the universe: it is going about things the wrong way. What Oliver failed to observe was the relationship between the wooden pencil, the wooden paper, the wooden table, and the wooden house—the essential \"woodenness\" of these things. Section xi of \"Runes\" illuminates this.\nA holy man said to me, \"Split the stick\nAnd there is Jesus.\" When I split the stick\nTo the dark marrow and the splintery grain\nI saw nothing that was not wood, nothing\nThat was not God, and I began to dream\nHow from the tree that stood between the rivers\nCame Aaron's rod that crawled in front of Pharaoh,\nAnd came the rod of Jesse flowering\nIn all the generations of the Kings,\nAnd came the timbers of the second tree,\nThe sticks and yardarms of the holy three-\nasted vessel whereon the Son of Man\nHung between thieves, and came the crown of thorns,\nThe lance and ladder, when was shed that blood\nStreamed in the grain of Adam's tainted seed.\nNemerov's existentialism, therefore, seems to be mixed with a form of transcendentalism. God may be silent in that He does not speak to us personally, but He is not dead; God is the very process of life, the Life Force we might call Him. The clearest embodiment of this idea is perhaps \"Mrs. Mandrill\" (New and Selected Poems). The lady, busy with activities, believed not in God, until she died and became part of Nature. The poem ends,\nIt hasn't been easy,\" Mrs. Mandrill cried\nto the crickets and other creatures who now silenced\ntheir conversations at her heart, \"for though\nI knew the lead behind my looking-glass\nbetter than some, I was the more deceived\nby the way things looked. But for the love of God\nall's one, I see that now, since I shall be\nconverted even against my will, and my will\nconverted with me, hearing this creature cry\nbefore her wet heart spills and goes to seed.\"\nIn being converted to seed (the source of life) she is converted to belief in God. Rather, all that remains of her is that which is God. Her personality is lost, and it is not life after death as we usually dream of it. In fact, it seems ultimately to be a joke, for such a \"meaning\" is virtually a lack of meaning: such a \"God\" may as well not exist as far as any individual human soul's awareness is concerned. Such a God may be impersonal, but at least he is not the burned-out star that many of the existentialists seem to make him. And such paradoxical faith in God is not a giving up to absurdity, despair, negation; it is a positive commitment to life.\nOne of Nemerov's most frequent metaphors for life, however, is that of the dream. Life is a dream, or like a dream; God is the Great Dreamer; our little lives are rounded by a sleep. But men are also dreamers; we dream by imagining things and by wishing for things, but also by trying to interpret the Dream with science, philosophy, history. But \"As with a dream interpreted by one still sleeping, / The interpretation is only the next room of the dream.\"\nPoetry also is \"the next room of the dream.\" In \"Bottom's Dream: The Likeness of Poems and Jokes,\" an amusing essay, Nemerov quotes as a definition of poetry Bottom's line: \"It shall be called Bottom's Dream, because it hath no bottom.\" The definition suggests the resonances of meaning a good poem can sound in interpreting the complexities of life.\nNemerov's poems are not dreamlike themselves in the sense that those of Poe, Edwin Muir, or Walter de la Mare are. That is, except for a few—such as \"Fables of the Moscow Subway,\" \"The Stare of the Man from the Provinces,\" and \"Brainstorm\"—they do not use fantastic and surrealistic imagery. If real life itself is considered a dream, if the stuff of life is dreamlike, then even a poem using realistic images can be considered dreamlike. As an example read Nemerov's \"Death and the Maiden.\"\nOnce I saw a grown man fall from a tree\nand die. That's years ago, I was a girl.\nMy father's house is sold into a home\nfor the feeble-minded gentlefolk who can't\nany longer stand the world, but in those days\nthere was money to maintain the mile or so\nof discipline that kept the hungry grass\nparading to the lake, and once a year\nbring men to prune the files of giant trees\nwhose order satisfied and stood for some\neuclidean ancestor's dream about the truth:\nelms, most of them, already dying of\ntheir yellow blight, and blackened with witches' broom\nin the highest branches—but they could die for years,\ndecades, so tall their silence, and tell you nothing.\nThose men came in October every year,\nand among the last leaves, the driven leaves,\nwould set their ladders for assault and swarm like\npirates into the shrouds, thrusting with hook\nand long-handled bill against the withered members\nof those great corporations, amputating\ndeath away from the center. They were called\ntree surgeons, on the ground they were surly-\nolite and touched their caps, but in the air\nthey dared. I would watch one straddle a branch\non a day of rainy wind, his red shirt patched\non the elm's great fan of sky, his pruning-claw\nbreaking the finger-bones from the high hand\nwhich held him, and I'd dream of voyages.\nMy father said: \"It looks more dangerous\nthan really it is.\" But if your hand offend,\nI thought, cut off the hand, and if your eye\noffend, pluck out the eye. I looked at him\nout of my window all one afternoon,\nand I think he looked back once, a young man\nproud and probably lecherous, while I—\nwas a maiden at a window. Only he died\nthat day. \"Unlucky boy,\" my father said,\nwho then was dying himself without a word\nto anyone, the crab's claw tightening\ninside the bowel that year to the next\nin a dead silence. I do not know if things\nthat happen can be said to come to pass,\nor only happen, but when I remember\nmy father's house, I imagine sometimes\na dry, ruined spinster at my rainy window\ntrying to tally on dumb fingers a world's\nincredible damage—nothing can stand it!—and\nwatching the red shirt patched against the sky,\nso far and small in the webbed hand of the elm.\nIn one sense the whole poem is a dream in that it is a product of the imagination. In a kind of daydream the poet plays the role of a spinster. The man falling from the tree may or may not have been actually witnessed once by Nemerov; within the poem, however, the incident itself is \"real,\" while the poem is imagined, or \"dreamt.\" That it was dreamt differently from \"Kubla Khan\" makes it no less a dream.\nThe first reference to a dream—\"euclidean ancestor's dream about the truth\"—is apropos. The ordering of the trees is analogous to the poet's ordering of words; a poem is also a \"dream about the truth.\" And does not the line imply that Euclid's theories were likewise dreams—intangible, impermanent products of imagination?\nThe other reference to a dream—\"I'd dream of voyages\"—is interesting because it comes immediately after the image of the red-shirted man in the tree. The tree has already reminded the speaker of a ship; now she dreams of voyages. Again we see the unspeakable distance in the mind. In the same moment she is safely in her house, up in the tree with the man, and far away from both. How like a dream! How like a poet to transform by means of metaphors one thing into another, trees into ships, tree surgeons into pirates, himself into a spinster.\nHer dreaming of voyages, of course, has another meaning: she wishes to escape the reality of the man's death. But she cannot, for as her mind voyages, her body goes nowhere. This is significant because the poem is very much about the limitations of the human body. The trees, for example, are likened to the body collectively in \"the withered members of those great corporations,\" and the one tree is likened to a hand. The disease of the trees is paralleled by the cancer killing the father. The metaphor for the cancer—\"crab's claw\"—connects it with the tree surgeon's \"pruning claw / breaking the finger bones from the high hand which held him.\" The hand-claw similarity sug gests that blight is universal throughout Nature, affecting trees, crabs, human beings. The trees, the tree surgeon, the father, and the spinster \"trying to tally on dumb fingers a world's incredible damage\" are all caught in this slow grip of death. The allusion to the words of Christ suggests the wrath and judgment of God, especially since the tree surgeon's eye is \"probably lecherous.\" Christ's original words were a warning against adultery.\nYou have heard that it was said, \"You shall not commit adultery.\" But I say to you that every one who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart. If your right eye causes you to sin, pluck it out and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away; it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body go into hell.\nThis reference to lust in the poem fits in with the rest of the references to the body; however, Nemerov's point here is not a traditional condemnation of the sinner to hell. The point is that everything dies, perhaps because of original sin, perhaps regardless of sin—the emphasis is on death, not sin. The allusion to Christ's words is, therefore, ironic. The disease cannot be cut out, the lecherous eye will not be plucked out for its lechery. The trees and the father will die anyway; the tree surgeon will die, not because he is \"probably lecherous\" (and only probably) but, if anything, because he is an \"Unlucky boy.\" Chance is suggested, not Divine Purpose; and it is only suggested. It remains an open question, for the speaker says, \"I do not know if things / that happen can be said to come to pass / or only happen.\" Interpretations, after all, are only \"the next room of the dream.\"\nWhat comes to pass or only happens is clear, however; in the poem everything disintegrates. \"Among the last leaves\" the geometric order of the estate has been given over to feeblemindedness, disease, and death. The speaker has gone from maiden to \"dry, ruined spinster,\" an indication of the fruitlessness of things. As geometry and surgery could not save the trees or her father, she is left to imagine herself trying to tally up the damage—the Euclidean theorems are reduced to counting on the fingers, the surgeon's skill is reduced to \"dumb fingers.\"\nNotice that she only imagines—dreams. And again the observing is separated from reality by a window. It is a picture of human noninvolvement in tragedy; yet it is involved noninvolvement. She is like the poet who can record and try to make some order from a situation he is in but cannot completely comprehend, even if that order he creates is only a \"swaying clarity.\" Or if she cannot make order from it, she can at least feel it—\"nothing can stand it!\" she thinks. Still, like the poet, she is only an observer, a recorder. It is interesting that \"if your eye / offend, pluck out the eye\" is followed immediately by \"I looked at him.\" The implications are, (1) her eye offends her by the tragedy it sees; (2) she too, not only the proud and lecherous tree surgeon, will die (have her eye plucked out); (3) her eye offends because it can only see and not understand.\nThat which she sees at the end of the poem is the image that ties the poem together; it is, therefore, important to understand it. Nemerov may have meant to evoke Stephen Crane's \"The red sun was pasted on the sky like a wafer\" and the death of Jim Conklin that precedes it. In any case, the synecdoche \"red shirt\" disembodies the man, making him an effigy or merely a remembered image. \"Patched\" implies an attempt to repair the sky, as the daring tree surgeon by pruning trees was in effect trying to correct nature. The \"webbed hand\" may suggest an insect in a spider web, but it is more likely to mean an amphibious hand (like a claw of a crab). At this point in the poem we are in a rainy world, as we were in \"Storm Windows.\" Whether the world is wet or dry (notice the spinster is called \"dry\"), this hand of blight and death is acclimated to it.\nAnother poem, \"The View from an Attic Window,\" helps us interpret two of the symbols involved—the tree and the rain.\nThe rain in \"Death and the Maiden\" has associations similar to the snow and the seeds in the lines just quoted. Nemerov further clarifies the imagery in Poets on Poetry (edited by Nemerov, the book contains contemporary poets' answers to a questionnaire); he says that water images represent for him \"an emblem for human life and the life of the imagination\" as opposed to stone images, which he associates with monuments and statues \"as representing the rigid domination of past over present.\" Rain, running streams, and snow are also all representative of the natural flux of life—they suggest the seasons, erosion, growth. The life of the imagination must partake of this natural flux; it cannot be rigid, conservative, tradition-bound. The life of the imagination must adapt to change, even to tragedy and death.\nTrees, on the other hand, are immovable like stone; yet they are alive and growing. They seem to represent human endurance, which resists for a time the natural flux but finally succumbs to it. In \"Learning By Doing\" (The Kenyon Review, Vol. XXVI, Spring 1964) Nemerov describes the cutting down of a supposedly diseased tree, which when sectioned turns out to be healthy. The poem concludes:\nThere's some mean-spirited moral point in that\nAs well: you learn to bury your mistakes,\nThough for a while at dusk the darkening air\nWill be with many shadows interleaved,\nAnd pierced with a bewilderment of birds.\nIt is a \"mean-spirited moral\" because the moral is, in effect, that we can do nothing about the seeming injustices of life except endure them; they are a natural and inevitable part of life. In the many interleaved shadows of life man is bewildered as the birds. He can try to tally the injustice on his fingers, he can put up storm windows, he can cry, he can write poems, but he cannot stop the flux of life. He will be driven indoors, he will die trying.\nM. L. Rosenthal, in The Modern Poets: A Critical Introduction (New York, 1960), comments concerning \"Storm Windows\" that \"the rain falling on the windows and grass crushed beneath them are seen in a momentary frame that gives the whole thing the illusion of having a point—though what is really being seen in the frame is essential chaos.\" This is true, but what must be emphasized is that the chaos for Nemerov is essential. Man may be caught in the web of death, and his attempts to prune out the death may be as futile as trying to patch the sky with red cloth; the \"world's incredible damage\" may seem like chaos as we perceive it through our windows; yet this chaos is not necessarily evil, is not even necessarily chaos. For Nemerov this chaos is the ongoing process of life; it is the working of God himself. Man is \"far and small\" compared to it, but like the daring tree surgeon in the elm he is caught up in it. He is himself caught and yet a vital part of the process. He might be considered—in a sense similar to that meant by Emerson, Thoreau, and Whitman—\"divine.\" That is, man as a part of Nature is a part of God. Nemerov is not so optimistic as the transcendentalists—there is no indication that the process is constantly improving itself—yet neither is he so pessimistic as the naturalists and the existentialists.\nThe poet in this scheme of things could perhaps be thought of as a priest serving the God who is Being Itself (as the transcendentalists tended to think of the poet).\nPoetry and institutionalized religion are in a sense the flowing and the static forms of the same substance, liquid and solid states of the same elemental energy….\nSo the work of art is religious in nature, not because it beautifies an ugly world or pretends that a naughty world is a nice one—for these things especially art does not do—but because it shows of its own nature that things drawn within the sacred circle of its forms are transfigured, illuminated by an inward radiance which amounts to goodness because it amounts to being itself.\nThe poet is, in a sense, a spokesman for God; his vocation is to capture, not in stone but in a living form, life itself.\nTherefore, it is appropriate that Nemerov's poetry is so like prose, so like jokes, so like dreams. Distinctions between prose and poetry, comic and tragic, dream and reality, pass away. Life appears to us as prosaic, yet Nemerov reveals it full of poetry—of correspondences, metaphors, essential order; life appears to us as tragic, yet for Nemerov the tragedy is ultimately not so terribly serious—death is the inevitable and necessary order of things; life appears to us as fixed and tangible reality, yet Nemerov sees it as kaleidoscopic and evanescent as dreams—the only reality is flux, Being, Aliveness.\nAll this may perhaps seem to be making too much of the philosophy behind Nemerov's poems. It is, of course, not a systematic philosophy but rather a viewpoint, an attitude toward life; besides, Nemerov again and again shows the futility of drawing any final philosophic conclusions—that almost becomes his philosophy, in fact. Nevertheless, Nemerov's viewpoint unifies his poems; almost all of them show in different lights his way of looking at the world as though it were God. Furthermore, in each individual poem this \"philosophy\" is virtually another of his poetic devices: like metaphors, iambic pentameter, alliteration, it helps hold the poem together and give it form. It is not a moral tag applied at the end of each poem, but an integral part of the art of each poem. To misunderstand his outlook is to misread the poems. Many of them at first glance may appear to be saying the opposite—that is, have the opposite attitude toward the situation—from what they actually say. They seem to show universal loneliness, meaninglessness, alienation. But Nemorov treats these contemporary attitudes with a tone of irony and paradox and transcends them. The spinster's attitude in \"Death and the Maiden\"—her attitude of helpless hand-wringing anguish at the world's injustices—is not wholeheartedly Nemerov's. (That she is not really wringing her hands, but counting on them, is a clue to her insincere sincerity.) If anything, he is on the side of the tree surgeon daring death (and probably on the side of the absent-minded professor who would correct the leaves—does not the poet \"correct\" nature, too?). He may regret, he may dream, he may wish it were oth erwise, but he does not cry about it; he does not sit in sackcloth and ashes like so many modern Jobs who have not heard the Voice from the Whirlwind. Nemerov has apparently heard the Voice and seeks to comfort (or perhaps discomfort) our modern Jobs. As \"The View from an Attic Window\" (quoted above) suggests, it is even better to sleep than to cry. Or as the narrator of one of his short stories, \"A Commodity of Dreams,\" says concerning the collection of dreams, over three thousand of them filed and cross-referenced in a museum, of Capt. Frank Lastwyn,\nThey would at the British Museum look at it all twice, and imperturbably file it away under Dreams … which was probably where everything, after all, belonged. We were all, 1 thought sleepily, going down in history, whether as Tamerlane or Genghis Khan, Beethoven, St. Francis or Nesselrode who invented the pudding. Or as Capt. Frank Lastwyn, R. A. (ret.), or as anonymous nobodies, such as myself. And ho-hum to it all.\nBut that, too, needs to be taken with a grain of irony. Nemerov's attitude is usually not so flippant.\nWallace Stevens' \"Men Made Out of Words\" comes very close to summing up Nemerov's poetry.\nBut for Nemerov defeats and dreams are one; he has thus overcome the fear. His propositions will seem eccentric to those of us whose center is different from his, yet within his poems the eccentricity—the apparent conflict between good and evil, dream and defeat—is at the center. There good and evil, dream and defeat, are paradoxically One.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 5173\nSOURCE: An interview with Howard Nemerov, in Salmagundi, Nos. 31-32, Fall, 1975/Winter, 1976, pp. 109-19.\n[In the following interview, which was conducted in March 1975, Nemerov discusses such topics as his composition process, the relationship between poetry and meaning, politics, and the influence of other writers on his works.]\n[Robert Boyers] : In the past year or so, Howard, you 've written a great many poems, by any standards more than most poets expect to write in several years. Is there any way you can explain to yourself, or anyone else, how this came to be?\n[Howard Nemerov]: Well, I'd settled down thinking to myself, listen, you're 54 years old; who the hell goes on in this business, year after year, waiting for something to happen? You're supposed to grow up, you might as well cease to expect. And I said to my old lady, the minute classes stop I am facing the inner emptiness. After settling down, though, or trying to, I began saying things to myself, and appreciating again that when I think to myself, it's usually in blank verse, sometimes in rhyme. I'm very old-fashioned in this respect, you know, wrote all my free verse when I was 26, so I didn't have to do any after that. But how the new poems came so fast I can't say. All I know is every night I would go to bed and think, well, that's the end: look, you had another poem today, it could never happen again—all the while holding onto the sneaky notion that maybe it might happen again. What I love about poetry is, you don't know what you're going to do until you do it. You don't have to plan everything the way you do when you write novels—it's terrifying to wake up every morning knowing what you have to do.\nThe new poems that I've had a chance to look at are as various as we'd expect from your previous work. Do you find yourself writing in verse forms that are new to you? Do you think about such things at all as you 're going about the business of writing new poems?\nWell, a new poem seems to start for me with a line, not an idea: if I get an idea I'm pretty sure I can't write it. I thought once, what a wonderful thing, write a poem about a deep-sea diver: get out a few books about deep-sea diving, and everything will turn out to be a metaphor for deep-sea diving, you know, heaven, hell, the rest of it—I was full of ideas, but no poem. A poem, or a part of a poem, just speaks itself in me when I'm composing. It's really kind of uncanny, though mind you I'm not claiming heaven-sent inspiration, because you would feel just as wonderful if you were writing the worst poem in the world, as long as it was coming that way. In fact, I've met people who do feel that way even though what is produced isn't much. But it feels like some kind of privileged condition. Nearest analogy: coming over on a little commuter-flight airplane from Binghamton this morning, I got this strong religious sense of being in the hand of something. You know, I used to fly in the war, and here I was, sitting up front, looking at the instruments, and I said to myself, I could fly this damned airplane, though I wouldn't know how to handle communications incessantly pouring in from the great beyond. Anyhow, we are intrepidly trudging on through clouds so thick you can't see an inch beyond the nose of the airplane, and this little guy doesn't even wear a smart cap. I had to think—one of those great fantasies—if the guy had a stroke and little Howard the hero has to guide us in, how the hell would I do it? My impulse would be suddenly to dive the hell out of the clouds so I could see what I was doing, and wind us up against the mountain, somewhere, whereas he just stays there, serenely flying, all the other passengers commuting like this full time, not terrified like me. You know, usually it's the unknown that's terrifying, but here it was the unknown that sustained, with people talking the blind aircraft in; they say, do this, steer that, descend 5000, descend 4000, and finally when they say—you're still in the clouds, can't see a damned thing—'O.K. 5-5-0, you're on your own, keep descending, you'll see the runway, in front of you,' and you do, it's just, well, miraculous, though maybe a pretty humble miracle compared with some. But imagine the industry, the ingenuity, the skill, the countless people which go into such an operation, performed all the time, guiding one tiny little airplane safely to its destination. And, above all, I was thinking, imagine the utter obedience and trust that goes with all this: you don't do what you think is right, you do what the guy tells you to, and practically all the time it works, that's remarkable. Well, it's an analogy, maybe there are better ones, and I don't want to make this all religious-sounding, but writing poetry does feel, when you're in the midst, as if something knows what you're doing, much better than you do. Of course, this is not to deny that you're supposed to have a little skill at carpentering the stuff together, so you find the rhyme at the right time, the rhyme that maybe gives you an idea you wouldn't have had if you didn't have to find a rhyme. But you can't deny that wonderful, wonderful things happen some mornings.\nI agree, and the analogy does work, I think, though for me there's a problem in trying to identify what the obedience you describe would correspond to in composing verse. Clearly it's related to the more familiar idea of discipline, and would seem to involve attention to the processes of a poem 's unfolding, the character of its dynamics. Do you want to say anything further about obedience in this sense?\nClaude Levi-Strauss has a clue, I think, when he speaks of Bach as a composer of the code, so that everybody who's played Bach a little feels as if he just lets the language do it, you know, in the organ works, page after page, you feel you know every note and exactly where the next line will go. I like the idea of the composer of the code, of somebody who is not rebellious, who is just using the language because it says that is the way it is to be used. No doubt this is an illusion, like many others, except we've got to remember: the idea that we do things all by ourselves is equally unprovable and equally likely to be an illusion. The idea fixed in the human brain since, ah, somebody says William of Ockham, somebody says Roger Bacon, and so forth, since the 17th century maybe, that it's all done in the head and has nothing to do with out there seems to me to be very funny, tragic too, because some of its results are frightening. Is that really as clear as mud?\nI've written satiric poems about it, of course. Sometimes I believe the business about codes, sometimes I'm not so sure. Now one of the writers who has expounded these ideas most clearly is your friend Erich Heller, who wrote, as from teacher to pupils, \"be careful how you interpret the world—it is like that.\" That's nice, huh?\nIt's instructive, though in some ways hard to grasp. Your notion of the code seems to me very important if Heller's idea is to yield what it should. If the world \"is like that,\" a fact we ignore only at great peril, then we can honor its actual presence only by having the proper words, the inevitable code-words, if you will. But doesn't this conflict with the rather more familiar contemporary notion of the poet as one who makes the language over, more or less in the image of his desire?\nThere is a conflict, I suppose, though when you come right down to it the real poets are doing pretty much the same thing with the language. I'm always surprised to discover, when I try to teach students to write poetry, that they rarely notice how omnipresent language is in our dealings with the world. I've often thought that poets don't have to know much about the outside world—they just have to know what things are called, the names even of strange things. It's alright to make up new ones, but that's rarer than has been supposed, I think. Karl Shapiro was being pretty silly when he proclaimed, rather arrogantly I thought, that words in a poem have nothing to do with their dictionary meanings. I felt like shaking him. You know, the words are there when you come into the world, like other institutions—they're waiting for you; you're not a lonely individual cast out on a barren shore. And if the words didn't have their dictionary definitions, nobody could use them. Of course, people didn't have to wait for dictionaries, but words must always have had a consensual, lexical human meaning, even granting that there are idioms in which no word has its dictionary meaning. And this isn't something we should be sorry about.\nYou've written lately on the relation between poetry and meaning. In what sense does the poem's commitment to the poet's private meaning betray the code?\nWell, I'm very strongly in favor of literal meanings. I try to stress the difference between what the poem says, which should be as clear as you can make it, and what it means, which may be mysterious beyond belief, because the universe is mysterious and vast, and doesn't need to mean one thing. But the reader should get a more or less literal vision of what's being talked about. What I passionately respect in reading Dante lately—he's been such a revelation to me this time around—what I passionately respect about his writing is his painstaking endeavour to make it clear. You never question that he is talking about what he's seeing. I don't know how he saw it, but it's absolutely marvelous. He's always talking about seeing—the act itself of seeing—and sees almost everything he writes about: he never tries to show you in the grand Miltonic manner. Me and Milton don't get along so well—I respect the old bastard, but I'm never going to love him.\nAre there other writers you especially value, from whom you take regular instruction or inspiration? Writers, say, at once committed to 'the code' and to the mystery of things?\nI really value the writers that I think of as friends, because they are ever so full of grandeur that they don't tell you. I have four in special: Socrates, Shakespeare, Montaigne, and Freud. Freud especially, because he tells you always the process of his thought and how he's getting there—says, oh, that won't do, we'll have to go back and try this other way. And Montaigne, because he is so generous about the world and so kindly in leading you throught it. And he makes no vast claim—he says, in that last great essay \"On Experience,\" \"I have no subject but ignorance and profess nothing but myself.\"\nThe element of the mysterious, the unaccountable, which you've alluded to only intermittently in all this, seems to me of central importance when one distinguishes among the different kinds of verse you've written. Thinking about this recently, I was brought to think of something that Saul Bellow said at Skidmore a year ago in accounting for the differences among his various novels. He talked about the different kinds of inspiration involved in the composition of different books. When he wrote Henderson The Rain King, he claimed, he had no feeling of polemical urgency in him, no axe to grind; he had no specific ideas that he wished to communicate, felt entirely at one with himself and with the world he was making. Thus he preferred Henderson to all his other books, feeling that somehow there was a relation between the success of a book and the feeling of the author at the time of its composition. Now my conviction is that the poems collected in parts 3 and 4 of The Blue Swallows are, in concentration at least, the most consummately beautiful poems that you've written. Could it be that there were special circumstances, spiritual or otherwise, which might account for the special merits of those poems?\nWell, applying a comparison even more exalted than Saul, notice in Shakespeare each of the great tragedies has its own absolutely unmistakable atmosphere and tonality. You know it's Shakespeare with every line, but you also know which play it is; in fact, there's one exception that proves the rule, a place where Hamlet talks just like Macbeth, very melo-dramatic and ranting, so that I think, my god, he must have had this left over from Macbeth, tucked away. But there's never a question about the authenticity of the passage. As to the parts of The Blue Swallows you speak of, they were written over a period of maybe four years. Each poem has its own peculiar history. I remember that the \"Bee-Keeper\" poem came, I'm ashamed to say, from a newspaper article about a beekeeper who said, not in the words of my poem, a good many of the things that get said there. \"The Mud Turtle\" was written while I was writing the Journal Of The Fictive Life one summer, and poems like \"Celestial Globe\" in part three were practically all written one summer in '66 when I was trying something special and rather different for me—you note they're all little trimeter lines instead of blank verse, or rhymed iambics.\nWe mentioned the name of Auden in talking together earlier, and I would like to ask you about him—not only because he's died recently, but also because what most of us think about Auden is likely to say a great deal about the way we think about contemporary poetry in general. Lots of poets have become increasingly dissatisfied with Auden's verse, especially his late verse, and I suppose this feeling about Auden was most vividly expressed by Randall Jarrell many years ago, when he described much of the verse as \"an invalid's diet, like milquetoast.\" Arguing that the dominant emotion in most of these poems was pity, he said that they tended to express an encompassing passivity. Do you feel this way about Auden? I know that at one time at least he meant a great deal to you.\nWell, I guess I always admired Auden's poetry very much. Still, when asked to review his last book, or 1/2 book, collected and published by his friends, I got kind of stymied, and thought of a one-sentence review: \"Dear reader, whatever you thought of Mr. Auden before this, you will continue thinking, and you won't change your mind on this account.\" I thought of his as a rather triumphal career in a way: here he had gone from a kind of boyish pseudofascism, through leftist pseudo-fascism, writing all kinds of nonsense, some of it terribly obscure, but learning at last to speak in a decent middle-range voice. He became a grown-up who could tell you lots of things, who had done more than any other poet to absorb the technological scientific sophistication of the time and make it go in his verses. At the same time, of course, as a declared devout Christian, he is also among the saved, and must be a happy man. If there is a great good place I hope he is in it, and I hope the cooking is good. All the same, this sort of thing makes me nervous, and I think—if that is all there is to being happy, I'm doomed, and maybe poetry as I know it is doomed too. And Auden doesn't improve the prospect much when he says, giving himself every freedom, that the poet qua poet is always a polytheist. Isn't that wonderful? When you're saved you can have it any way you like … Did you see the little remembrance by his friend Hannah Arendt in The New Yorker a few weeks back? The shocking revelation of loneliness and despair and not caring? I can conclude only that we human beings are a mass of contradictions, and anybody that tries to make sense of us must be a human being himself. In all, I wouldn't go quite as far as Randall Jarrell, but it is true that the later poems are mild-mannered, avuncular, full of crummy wisdom: if the word was still usable you could say that they were the poems of a godfather. He addressed one volume of them to his godson, you know, benign, witty, charming advice on how to get on through the world and how to put up with its contradictions and miseries. But I keep thinking, is that all? Maybe a great voice from on high wants to say, \"yes, bub, that's all,\" to which I can reply only, \"I have no rational argument, sir, to put up against that; if it's that way, so O.K.\" So Auden in his poetry and career raises some very poignant problems for anybody who is serious about writing. Whatever you feel about Auden, though, or about other writers, one thing at least can be said in favor of poetry: it doesn't kill you for not believing in it. Fair enough?\nYou bet. Still, it bothers me that work by writers a lot less famous than Auden, though very accomplished, is regularly overlooked, badly neglected, usually on behalf of another kind of verse which in our time has come to be known as naked poetry. I wonder whether we might talk a little bit about the obvious neglect of poetry decidedly more exacting, more reflective, than most of the poetry that my students tend to read. I'm thinking of poets like Ben Belitt and John Peck, whose work we both admire.\nIt's hard to talk about the situation in poetry; like all those large general things, as soon as you assert something about it you can instantly think of 3, 4, 8, a million exceptions. Still, what you suggest seems true enough. I like poets like Ben Belitt, very much as you do, and I like John Peck, who's much younger, and has only one volume to his credit so far—a very distinguished volume, I might add. But they are both extremely refined, elaborate, fastidious, and curious artists, whose effects you have to get familiar with for rather a long time. I don't think they yield themselves instantly at all, and of course, for I guess maybe two decades or so, people have been very much in favor of the immediate in poetry, what can be picked up like Kleenex—you use it and throw it away, the poem of strong opinion frequently. Naked poetry, the title of some silly anthology of several years ago, did suggest at least that if you want to go around naked you'd better be in a warm climate, and that it's best to be beautiful. When I looked at the book I had to say I'd rather write closed couplets. Again, old-fashioned.\nThere was a time when you wrote novels, but you seem to have given that up. Were there things that you felt you could express better in the poetry than in the medium of prose fiction?\nWell, maybe I just gave in to natural laziness. Writing a novel is terrible hard labor, whereas in my new book [The Western Approaches] I have 4 or 5 poems about what a novelist thinks when he's writing a novel; you know, that's much easier, because you can do it in 14 lines. Maybe the decisive turning point came when I taught at Bennington over the way some years ago, and dear Stanley Edgar Hyman, now the late Stanley, was holding one of his typical benevolent despot department meetings. We were going to hire somebody, and Stanley said, we have to hire a novelist, and a voice from the back of the room, not mine, said, but Howard's a novelist, and Stanley said, Howard's a poet. So we hired Bernard Malamud instead. You know, it's trivial little things like that that mark where you have to go. I said to myself, now you know something your best friends wouldn't tell you; in fact, they've told you.\nWe're covering all of your various literary enterprises here, as you can see. You've written a great deal of criticism, published several volumes of it, in fact. Does writing criticism play any special function for you? Does it bear, say, a specific relation to the ups and downs of your verse writing? Do you make elaborate calculations to decide which medium you'll write in?\nHmm, I can remember when I began to think of all this in economic terms. When I was starting out, benign greyhaired publishers would explain to me how very proud they were that I was a poet, because that would be good training for when I went on to write the novels they wanted me to write. And, before I got out of commercial publishing and settled down with University presses, and other such unprofitable endeavours, the only way I could get my poems published in the main was by hooking a novel onto them. And you know, once I came through with a novel I could say, I will not sign a contract for this unless you promise to publish me a book of poetry. So that worked, twice I guess, or three times. Then a poet named Elder Olson at the University of Chicago said they were going to start publishing poetry and could they start with me? I said, oh dear, yes you could, and we've been friends ever since. It's a very gentlemanly relation, nobody makes any money or expects to, but they put out a handsome looking book, they keep it in print, it sells its respectable seven copies a year, and we seem to be reasonably happy that way. And so the same thing happened with Rutgers University Press and my essays: they published two books of those and sort of a novelist's creature called Journal of the Fictive Life. For me publishing seems to be largely a matter of going on record—I did this, see, here it is—and it doesn't much matter whether it's criticism or verse or fiction. It never occurred to me to write criticism as a conscious decision. When I was growing up criticism was a very serious industry, big time for such a little thing as literature. At 18 I thought the Kenyon Review was, well, eternity, and that John Crowe Ransom, who edited it, must have been there years and years and years. Only 20 years later, when John asked me if I wanted to succeed him as editor, I went back and looked at the files and found Kenyon Review had started only the year before I went to college, and had that imposing appearance of permanence and the imposing tone of authority, shared by the Partisan Review and the Sewanee Review, and one or two others in those days. Then one wrote because one felt that there was a literary community, life seemed to be a little smaller and more compact. I know I am talking like an elder, but I feel like an elder. About 1955 when Allen Ginsberg emerged from somebody's head, the whole thing exploded and it all got redefined, and among many of the effects of that period was that I generally stopped reading those magazines and even writing for them. Anyhow, you write criticism you make as many enemies as you need quite early in life, and I didn't think I needed to write any more: I had already done for myself. But I never gave up criticism, and have always alternated between poetry and prose, lately deciding to do only what can be accomplished in brief spans of time. Unlike our friend Ben Belitt I write very fast and concentratedly, and suffer with years of silence inbetween. People like Ben or Bernard Malamud seem to go to the desk every day; they know what they're working at and they steadily do a little something to bring it toward completion, whereas I have to do it all in a single day—if not a whole novel, then an entire episode or chapter at any rate.\nYou've written often about the public world in your verse, though your most memorable work seems to me meditative and personal, frequently even mystical, rather than ocasional. Would you say something about the poet and politics. It's a subject you've addressed once or twice in your essays, for example, \"Poetry And The National Conscience.\"\nI remember vividly the assassination of President Kennedy. It was, you know, a very terrible moment, and like a great many other poets I went right home and spent all day writing a poem of which I think it was The New Leader published only a part. When things had calmed down I recognized sadly that it was a terribly bad poem, and so I never reprinted it. When we poets believe that we are thinkers, moralists, or preachers, that we're going to give you the word—now this is wisdom, kid—we reveal more terribly than others how stupid we are. And so I mostly have stayed, I think, out of the preaching business. It's very hard to be sure because someone may think you're preaching when you didn't know you intended to at all. I like to think I've succeeded in writing poems that try to say what the world is, instead of what it ought to be, though I'm sure as I age I make my moralizing sententiae as nobly and with as grand a gesture as anybody else. But I don't think I've lately committed the sin on the scale I achieved in the Kennedy poem—that was awful slop. You can, of course, be moved by a political event and set out to write about your response, only to find that your poem isn't about the subject you were moved by at all. That's hard to tell without getting down to cases, and I just don't have any examples at hand to help me there. I do think I wrote a very good political poem, about the murder of William Remington, who nobody perhaps remembers now. In that great Alger Hiss-Whittaker Chambers scandal he was one of the not-innocent victims who went to prison, where he was beaten up by two thugs. He died there and I don't remember that I was terribly moved when I heard it, but I wrote a damned good poem, and managed not to moralize. At least there's no overt sermonizing about how the American people should behave better, or stuff like that.\nYou once wrote, I think it was years ago in Journal of the Fictive Life, that you hate intelligence and have nothing else. I've been curious about that.\nThat's one of those petulant things you say once in a while if you're writing a more or less confessional book. It doesn't mean that that is your settled habit of mind; after all, I wrote that book just at the beginning of those terrible middle years. Since then I've cheered up considerably. I now teach with a ruthless geniality, handing my misinformation out with the greatest good cheer.\nThat's good to hear, and something I'll try to remember when I reach my own terrible middle years. Speaking of terrors, though, I thought we might talk a little about the subject of anxiety (you've got to admire this transition).\nI think I know where you're headed.\nThere's been much debate lately about what Harold Bloom calls The Anxiety of Influence. In your recent review of Bloom's book for Sewanee you sound some skeptical notes on the theory. Without addressing the book itself, perhaps you'd care to say something further about the relation between influence and style.\nWell, Mr. Bloom may be correct, and there may well be an anxiety of influence for most people. If so, I guess I was just too stupid to be anxious, though I was influenced by everybody. I remember T.S. Eliot's first poetry recording, reading \"Gerontion\" on one side and \"The Hollow Men\" on the other—I got so I could imitate it even down to the scratch of the needle at the start of the record. My first girl-friend at college told me to cut out the parson-like tone of voice, that it didn't have to sound that way. I went on from there to make up my own talent school of virtuosity exercises—Tate, Auden, Stevens, Pound. 20 years later somebody gave the exercises back to me and I swear there is a Stevens imitation there that could go in his Collected Poems and even he wouldn't know he hadn't done it. It always seemed to me a lot of cant to talk about finding your own voice—I never went looking for it. My way of saying this in the review of Bloom's book was that, when you're 20 you write \"the grass is green\" and they say \"ah, Wallace Stevens.\" 20 years later you write \"the grass is green\" and they say \"ah, sounds just like you.\" It's a very mysterious business. Seems to me that to learn to write poetry includes learning maybe to sound like Yeats at his most arrogant, putting on an attitude you couldn't afford in your personal life because people would kick your teeth in. What's always marvelous is at the end how the poem can sound like all the others and still be itself. Style is the making visible of the soul, about which Proust had a good thing to say, when he wrote that the universe is the same for all of us and different for each. I like that.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 6332\nSOURCE: \"The Urban Landscape,\" in The Stillness in Moving Things: The World of Howard Nemerov, Memphis State University Press, 1975, pp. 119-42.\n[In the following essay, Mills states that Nemerov's poetry of the urban landscape \"concentrates on the most powerful institutions of society\" and \"is particularly concerned with the tyranny of the past over the present.\"]\nNemerov's poetry divides itself between contemplative poetry, which most often springs from his encounter with nature, and satiric poetry that finds its nourishment in disparities and paradoxes that reveal themselves in the urban scene. To say that the poetry is divided in subject matter and concern is not, however, to say that the poet is divided. These disparities and paradoxes are revealed by a vision that knows the difference in authentic and inauthentic existence, and knows the call of conscience. This vision knows that for someone to say there is a boom in religion because of increased affluence is to hear what Heidegger calls \"idle talk.\"\nAnd because this discoursing has lost its primary relationship-of-Being towards the entity talked about, or else has never achieved such a relationship, it does not communicate in such a way as to let this entity be appropriated in a primordial manner, but communicates rather by following the route of gossiping and passing the word along. What is said-in-the-talk as such, spreads in wider circles and takes on an authoritative character. Things are so because one says so….\n[Martin Heidegger, Being and Time, 1962]\nLanguage of idle talk, since it does not mirror a primary relationship to what is being talked about, mirrors nothing. It only seems to mirror something, and so \"takes on an authoritative character.\" As this kind of talk becomes public and authoritative, the inauthentic self seems released from the task of genuine understanding. \"Because of this, idle talk discourages any new inquiry and any disputation, and in a peculiar way suppresses them and holds them back,\" continues Heidegger, in Being and Time. This kind of talk corresponds to what Nemerov calls \"verbal effi gies,\" of which we will hear more shortly.\nThe disparities and paradoxes that Nemerov reveals through his authentic vision often take the form of jokes—so say some of the critics, disparagingly, and so says Nemerov, but with an explanation.\nIt sometimes seems to me as though our relations with the Devil have reached that place, so near the end, where paradox appears immediately in all phenomena, so that, for example, the increase of life is the fated increase of mortal suffering, the multiplication of the means of communication is the multiplication of meaninglessness, and so on. At the obsequies for the late President of the United States the \"eternal flame\" was extinguished by holy water in the hands of children; in the material world that may have been an unfortunate accident, but in the poetic world, where one is compelled to listen to symbolic things, it appears as possibly a final warning, a witty and indeed diabolical underlining of the dire assassination itself.\nSo if paradox and accenting the hidden side of the paradoxical has always played such a part in my poetry, perhaps the seriousness of that view of life, its necessity even, may now begin to appear. The charge typically raised against my work by literary critics has been that my poems are jokes, even bad jokes. I incline to agree, insisting however that they are bad jokes, and even terrible jokes, emerging from the nature of things as well as from my propensity for coming at things a touch subversively and from the blind side, or the dark side, the side everyone concerned with \"values\" would just as soon forget.\n[Reflexions on Poetry and Poetics]\nEven though there appears to be a division in the body of the poet's work, he at least sees a unity.\nPrincipally … I would like to take note of Nemerov's urban landscape: the parts that make him laugh, even if it means a subsequent kick in the stomach, and the parts that make him quietly rage. Often, as I have noted, the obser vations take the form of some kind of joke, though certainly this is not always so.\nA number of the poems that embody jokes are grouped in a section of The Blue Swallows called \"The Great Society.\" The second poem of the group illustrates a persistent ironic quality of this part of Nemerov's work.\nHe rested on the seventh day, and so\nThe chauffeur had the morning off, the maid\nSlept late, and the cook went out to morning mass.\nSo by and large there was nothing to do\nAmong the ashtrays in the living room\nBut breathe the greyish air left over from\nLast night, and go down on your knees to read\nThe horrible funnies flattened on the floor.\nIt's still a day to conjure with, if not\nAgainst, the blessed seventh, when we get\nA chance to feel whatever He must feel,\nLooking us over, seeing that we are good.\nThe odds are six to one He's gone away;\nIt's why there's so much praying on this day.\nThe setting is familiar in modern poetry, a Sunday on which the character or characters are not taking part in the ritual of the culture. Eliot's \"Mr. Eliot's Sunday Morning Service\" and Wallace Stevens' \"Sunday Morning\" are of course the most famous of such poems and much more elaborate than Nemerov's. In addition, Stevens' goes on to a kind of affirmation that is not evident in Nemerov's. In this one \"the odds are six to one He's gone away.\" Perhaps, the speaker muses, we feel similar to God, since both of us are resting on the seventh day, but he suspects God is not in God's house as he is in his.\nThere are several senses in which this poet can be described as \"religious,\" although not in a conventional way. If a deep concern for the world and even for metaphysics is religious, then truly Nemerov is. But it is also true that he persistently takes his shots at organized religion. For instance, consider \"Debate with the Rabbi\":\nAlthough the idea behind the poem is a serious one, this may well be described as \"light verse.\" If such verse were the sole achievement of the poet, it would not be enough to create the reputation that he has. With this said, it can be observed that such verse complements his lyric voice and makes a different kind of statement. The rabbi's opponent will not be persuaded by categorical imperatives that he does not feel. He cannot affirm a \"communal solidarity\" because he does not \"feel so solid.\" This play on words offers a kind of revelation that Nemerov is quick to point out shares a commonality with the lyric. His essay \"Bottom's Dream: The Likeness of Poems and Jokes\" explores this commonality.\n… one mechanism of economy in joking is the pun, either in the use of one word in two senses … or in the use of two words of similar sound which mean different things but still somehow establish a resemblance beyond that of the sound.\nConcerning jokes he says:\nA joke expresses tension, which it releases in laughter; it is a sort of permissible rebellion against things as they are—permissible, perhaps, because this rebellion is at the same time stoically resigned, it acknowledges that things are as they are, and that they will, after the moment of laughter, continue to be that way. That is why jokes concentrate on the most sensitive areas of human concern: sex, death, religion, and the most powerful institutions of society; and poems do the same.\nAccordingly, the rabbi's opponent says he does not feel solid, either in his belief or in his hunch about himself and the world; thus, he is unable to affirm \"communal solidarity.\" The rabbi attempts to entice by an appeal to tradition, but his opponent insists that history is over, which it obviously is; but less obviously, the opponent thinks, the past should not tyrannize the present, an omnipresent theme of Nemerov.\nAs Nemerov searches the modern terrain he insists that \"bad jokes, even terrible jokes\" emerge from the nature of things and the nature of the \"Great Society.\" In a vein that sustains this criticism of the contemporary church, he has written a poem called \"Boom!\" which was inspired by the daily newspaper. The passage in the Associated Press release that struck Nemerov was the following.\nAtlantic City, June 23, 1957 (AP).—President Eisenhower's pastor said tonight that Americans are living in a period of \"unprecedented religious activity\" caused partially by paid vacations, the eight-hour day and modern conveniences.\n\"These fruits of material progress,\" said the Rev. Edward L. R. Elson of the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, \"have provided the leisure, the energy, and the means for a level of human and spiritual values never before reached.\"\nThe idea of opulence leading to spiritual values—values that had their origin in austerity, pain, and suffering—jars the poet's sensibilities. The poem begins:\nHere at the Vespasian-Carlton, it's just one\nreligious activity after another; the sky\nis constantly being crossed by cruciform\nairplanes, in which nobody disbelieves\nfor a second, and the tide, the tide\nof spiritual progress and prosperity\nmiraculously keeps rising, to a level\nnever before attained. The churches are full,\nthe beaches are full, and the filling-stations\nare full, God's great ocean is full\nof paid vacationers praying an eight-hour day\nto the human and spiritual values, the fruits,\nthe leisure, the energy, and the means, Lord,\nthe means for the level, the unprecedented level,\nand the modern conveniences, which also are full.\nThe effect of asserting that the \"churches are full\" is rapidly neutralized by noting that everything else is full. Besides beaches and filling-stations, all the modern conveniences are full, with the suggestion that a particular convenience that we fill daily is now running over—with much the same substance as the minister's observations. The poem, of some forty-five lines, continues to build up details of the affluent society, but midway through the poet notes tersely: \"It was not thus when Job in Palestine / sat in the dust and cried, cried bitterly.\" Nemerov would insist that if there are \"jokes\" in his poems, surely there is a horrible joke in the reality of the daily newspaper article.\nObservations like those of the minister—repetitiously presented in the mass media—become increasingly dangerous, because their very repetition transforms them into dogma. This is the language of \"idle talk,\" mirroring nothing but seeming to, and as such, taking on authoritative character. In addition, it keeps us from further inquiry. Nemerov explores this danger:\nThe thought of statues as representing a false, historical immortality seems clearly related to the scriptural prohibition against the making of graven images; and the category in which the statues finally come, which I generalized out as \"effigies,\" may include also photographs, mythological figures such as Santa Claus, even mannequins in shop windows, or anything that tends to confirm the mind in a habitual way of regarding the world, which habitual way is, to be short with it, idolatry. There are many examples in my work, and I have chosen one which represents newspapers, by a slight extension of the thought, as a sort of verbal effigy, idolatrously confirming human beings day after day in the habit of a mean delusion and compelling them to regard this mean delusion as their sole reality. I say this halfway as a joke with the name of a newspaper, The Daily Globe.\nThe poem \"The Daily Globe\" elaborates his criticism:\nEach day another installment of the old\nRomance of Order brings to the breakfast table\nThe paper flowers of catastrophe.\nOne has this recurrent dream about the world.\nHeadlines declare the ambiguous oracles,\nThe comfortable old prophets mutter doom.\nMan's greatest intellectual pleasure is\nTo repeat himself, yet somehow the daily globe\nRolls on, while the characters in comic strips\nProlong their slow, interminable lives\nBeyond the segregated photographs\nOf the girls that marry and the men that die.\nNemerov says that for the benefit of foreign audiences he would point out that obituary pages in this country are almost exclusively of men and the matrimonial pages exclusively of women. Nemerov thinks that such habitual ways of regarding the world, described in the poem, are on the increase. One of the functions of the poet then is to help man see the world freshly. One way that poets have always done this is by holding up a mirror so that man may see himself, his own nature and the nature that is outside him. Nemerov notes that \"if my poetry does envision the appearance of a new human nature, it does so chiefly in sarcastic outrage, for that new human nature appears in the poetry merely as a totalitarian fixing of the old human nature, whose principal products have been anguish, war, and history.\" Nemerov's satiric mirror helps man to see himself as he is, and the mirror held up to nature puts him in touch with the currents of being.\nNemerov has noted that makers of jokes and smart remarks resemble poets in another way in that they would also be \"excluded from Plato's Republic; for it is of the nature of Utopia and the Crystal Palace, as Dostoevsky said, that you can't stick your tongue out at it.\" Turning from the church to politics, I might select three or four short instances where the poet's tongue is showing.\nNo bars are set too close, no mesh too fine\nTo keep me from the eagle and the lion,\nWhom keepers feed that I may freely dine.\nThis goes to show that if you have the wit\nTo be small, common, cute, and live on shit,\nThough the cage fret kings, you may make free with it.\nSo much for the lower end of the political scene, with its hangers-on and opportunists.\nAnother poem, \"The Iron Characters,\" in one way takes up the other end of the political spectrum, but part of its theme is a kind of commonality that is shared by the great and small.\nThe iron characters, keepers of the public confidence,\nThe sponsors, fund raisers, and members of the board,\nWho naturally assume their seats among the governors,\nWho place their names behind the issue of bonds\nAnd are consulted in the formation of cabinets,\nThe catastrophes of war, depression, and natural disaster:\nThey represent us in responsibilities many and great.\nIt is no wonder, then, if in a moment of crisis,\nBefore the microphones, under the lights, on a great occasion,\nOne of them will break down in hysterical weeping\nOr fall in an epileptic seizure, or if one day\nWe read in the papers of one's having been found\nNaked and drunk in a basement with three high school boys,\nOr one who jumped from the window of his hospital room.\nFor are they not as ourselves in these things also?\nLet the orphan, the pauper, the thief, the derelict drunk\nAnd all those of no fixed address, shed tears of rejoicing\nFor the broken minds of the strong, the torn flesh of the just.\nThere is a tension of sentiment in the poem that insists on our reflection here. The \"iron characters\" do represent us in responsibilities and because this is so, they are the \"keepers of the public confidence.\" When Nemerov selects certain very pathetic and awful moments when the keepers of the confidence break, it is not with malice. In only one instance might the newspaper reader feel occasioned to laugh: at the figure found naked and drunk with high school boys, because our nervous attitude about sexual mystery quickly finds its outlet in some kind of laughter—sometimes. It may be the case of Profumo in England or of Senator Kennedy in the United States. But these are \"horrible jokes\" that are no jokes. Thus, there is an obvious sympathy in the selection of examples. On the other hand, there is an ironic pleasure or affirmation for \"all those of no fixed address\" when they discover that the mighty are made of flesh also. Surely it is ironic that the orphan and the pauper should shed \"tears of rejoicing / For the broken minds of the strong, the torn flesh of the just.\" The \"tears of rejoicing\" are shed simply because of a commonality or brotherhood that becomes apparent when the characters cease being \"iron\" and appear as all too human.\n\"To the Governor & Legislature of Massachusetts\" is turned out with a livelier hand than the preceding poem, and incidentally reflects a part of recent Americana—that following the McCarthy era and the great Communist scare. University professors, among many others, found themselves being forced to sign \"security oaths\" and to promise that they would not overthrow the government. Apparently this happened to Nemerov:\nWhen I took a job teaching in Massachusetts\nI didn't know and no one told me that I'd have to sign\nAn oath of loyalty to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.\nNow that I'm hooked, though, with a house\nAnd a mortgage on the house, the road ahead\nIs clear: I sign. But I want you gentlemen to know\nThat till today it never once occurred to me\nTo overthrow the Commonwealth of Massachusetts\nBy violence or subversion, or by preaching either.\nBut now I'm not so sure. It makes a fellow think,\nCan such things be? Can such things be in the very crib\nOf our liberties, and East of the Hudson, at that?\nSo if the day come that I should shove the Berkshire Hills\nOver the border and annex them to Vermont,\nOr snap Cape Cod off at the elbow and scatter\nHyannis to Provincetown beyond the twelve-mile limit,\nProclaiming apocalypsopetls to my pupils\nAnd with state troopers dripping from my fingertips\nSqueaking \"You promised, you broke your promise!\"\nYou gentlemen just sit there with my signature\nAnd keep on lawyer-talking like nothing had happened,\nLest I root out that wagon tongue on Bunker Hill\nAnd fungo your Golden Dome right into Fenway Park\nLike any red-celled American boy ought to done\nLong ago in the first place, just to keep in practice.\nPerhaps incidental to the poem, there is here an example of Nemerov as liberal, which he certainly is. Though he handles the theme with wild hyperbole, there is a reasonable degree of serious anger. This is another occasion of the bad jokes that he insists constantly emerge from the contemporary ruins.\nIn the early 1950s when the United States was much troubled by the fear of Communist infiltrators, an economist for the U.S. Commerce Department, William Remington, was sentenced to three years for perjury, for denying he had given secret data to a Russian spy ring. Scheduled for release in August 1955 he was beaten to death by two fellow inmates in late November 1954. There was speculation that he had been beaten because of anti-Communist sentiment within the inmate population of the Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, prison. Nemerov reacts to the brutality of the killing (the murderers used a brick inside a sock) in \"The Murder of William Remington,\" reflecting about the function of law and punishment, and that much punishment may be a grim joke the majority play on the few.\nThere is the terror too of each man's thought,\nThat knows not, but must quietly suspect\nHis neighbor, friend, or self of being taught\nTo take an attitude merely correct;\nBeing frightened of his own cold image in\nThe glass of government, and his own sin,\nFrightened lest senate house and prison wall\nBe quarried of one stone, lest righteous and high\nLook faintly smiling down and seem to call\nA crime the welcome chance of liberty,\nAnd any man an outlaw who aggrieves\nThe patriotism of a pair of thieves.\n\"The Great Society, Mark X\" picks up the phrase that was coined during the Johnson years, years that signaled to Americans that there may be rents in the fabric of their society. The affluence following World War II seemed to create as many problems as it solved, or it may have simply given Americans the leisure to reflect on them. Ralph Nader came along during the years of \"The Great Society\" with his expose of General Motors. It may also be that since the assembly line, with its association of Ford's Model T, helped to usher in the era of mass production that gives a foundation to the present affluent society, it is appropriate that Nemerov chooses an automobile which is falling apart to embody the erosion of the society.\nThe engine and transmission and the wheels\nAre made of greed, fear, and invidiousness\nFueled by super-pep high octane money\nAnd lubricated with hypocrisy,\nInterior upholstery is all handsewn\nOf the skins of children of the very poor,\nJustice and mercy, charity and peace,\nAre optional items at slight extra cost,\nThe steering gear is newspring powered by\nExpediency but not connected with\nThe wheels, and finally there are no brakes.\nHowever, the rear-view mirror and the horn\nAre covered by our lifetime guarantee.\nThe criticism of the society in this poem has been heard with much greater frequency in the intervening years, as, some feel, the wealth continues to accumulate in the hands of the powerful few. This is the articulated voice of a liberal. \"Interior upholstery is all handsewn / Of the skins of children of the very poor,\" is a bit melodramatic, but the last three lines are, I think, the most haunting. A contemporary American despair derives from the fear that there is no way of stopping the juggernaut, that \"there are no brakes.\" It is yet to be seen whether the \"automobile\" can be steered by anything but expediency, or whether the machine will have to be destroyed and a new one built. Two things are guaranteed: there is a rear-view mirror through which we can see the wreckage-strewn past and see where we have been, and a frightening horn that can only blow, hoping everyone will get out of the way. All in all, this is a terrible, mad-cap machine.\nThe poet continues to examine the nature of greed, invidiousness, and injustice in \"Money.\" The figure he examines is the \"buffalo\" nickel that is now out of circulation. As Nemerov recalls for us, there was a standing buffalo on one side and the face of an Indian on the other. As for the buffalo, \"one side shows a hunchbacked bison / Bending his head and curling his tail to accommodate / The circular nature of money.\" The main effect of this is to accentuate the overpowering influence of money but it is another reminder of the way greed and unawareness \"influenced\" the buffalo almost right out of existence. By extension, modern industrial society has temporarily made the natural world \"accommodate\" itself to a very demanding will. Temporarily, because as we are now aware, it was with a price that we may not be able to pay back.\nAs to the figure of the Indian:\nWearing the number nineteen-thirty-six has the association of a prisoner, which of course the Indian was and to some extent continues to be; at the same time there is the association of \"his days are numbered\" or at least his numbers are scarce. Right before the Indian's eyes, the nature of money \"bends\" or perverts any real notion of liberty. In just one or two lines the poet reminds us of much of our American past that we are not proud of; and he helps to clarify what many have known about one kind of laissez faire—that it often means \"Devil-take-the-hindmost.\"\nThis poem is also an example of the danger any poet runs, and that is over-writing, or once something has been said, to then take up the expansive process of prose and continue to explain. The passage I have just excerpted was quite enough, I think. But Nemerov goes on to explain,\nThe representative American Indian was destroyed\nA hundred years or so ago, and his descendants'\nRelations with liberty are maintained with reservations,\nOr primitive concentration camps.\nWhile not commenting specifically on this poem, Miller Williams has noted in a review of Blue Swallows [\"Transactions with the Muse,\" in The Critical Reception of Howard Nemerov], from which \"Money\" is taken, that \"While the beginnings and resolutions of almost all Nemerov's poems are as tight as good craftsmanship can make them, a number have a curious way of going loose in rhythm and almost rambling in the middle, so that the reader has the feeling of crossing a suspension bridge. These are faults, if I read fairly; but they are moved over without serious stumbling, and sometimes are no more than the peculiar mark of the man.\" The passage from \"Money\" supports this contention.\nMy own hunch is that this sort of thing occurs more frequently in the satiric poetry about the contemporary urban scene than it does with the more meditative poetry. This may be because abstract ideologies (political or otherwise) are more difficult to turn into poetic images than the insights that Nature may provide.\nIn addition to areas of the church, the state, and war (which are amply treated in the early volumes), there are several poems that reflect his attitudes about race. The first, an example of the terrible jokes that present themselves to the poet and which he continues to joke about, in a serious way, is entitled \"A Negro Cemetery Next to a White One.\"\nI wouldn't much object, if I were black,\nTo being turned away at the iron gate\nBy the dark blonde angel holding up a plaque\nThat said White Only; who would mind the wait\nFor those facilities? And still it's odd,\nThough a natural god-given civil right,\nFor men to throw it in the face of God\nSome ghosts are black and some darknesses white.\nBut since they failed to integrate the earth,\nIt's white of them to give what tantamounts\nTo it, making us all, for what that's worth,\nSeparate but equal where it counts.\nAfter musing on the anomaly of a Christian turning another human being away because of color, the poet turns the situation further on its head and with irony by inversion observes that the earth is integrated surely in the end as the elements mix themselves and where no one's elements are separate, though truly they are equal.\nThe poem \"A Picture\" engages the racial problem in another way and the revelation of this poem is I think of a profounder order. The scene, from a photo in a newspaper, is the image of a group of people running down a city street after something; the first part of the poem isolates several of the people with comment, one a man in a \"fat white shirt\" who is \"dutifully / Running along with all the others,\" and then:\nThe running faces did not record\nHatred or anger or great enthusiasm\nFor what they were doing (hunting down\nA Negro, according to the caption),\nBut seemed rather solemn, intent,\nWith the serious patience of animals\nDriven through a gate by some\nUrgency out of the camera's range,\nOn an occasion too serious\nFor private feeling. The breathless faces\nExpressed a religion of running,\nA form of ritual exaltation\nDevoted to obedience, and\nObedient, it might be, to the Negro,\nWho was not caught by the camera\nWhen it took the people in the street\nAmong the cars, toward some object,\nSo much of the powerful inherited legacy of Man the animal, Man the descendant of australopithecus africanus, is rendered in this very haunting scene. The ritual of running is acted out as a matter of great solemnity, in the way a pack of hounds follows its prey with single-mindedness, a community effort. In the way that hounds are \"driven,\" although they seem to drive, the people are \"Devoted to obedience, and / Obedient, it might be, to the Negro, / Who was not caught by the camera.\" The poet's intelligence roves the contemporary landscape, in this instance an urban one, discovering strange rents in the fabric of civilization, rents that often appear to resemble bad jokes.\nAnother poem concerning race (of course all these poems embody more than a racial theme) but which does not fall into the category of jokes is \"The Sweeper of Ways.\" The poet himself has written about the poem in his last collection of essays. The occasion for the poem was one of his habitual meetings with a Negro man who swept the sidewalk of leaves at a school where they both worked. Part of the poem reflects a middle-class, liberal embarrassment that anyone has to work at menial jobs because of his background and not because of his potential. The speaker reflects:\nMasters, we carry our white faces by\nIn silent prayer, Don't hate me, on a wave-\nlength which his broom's antennae perfectly\nPick up, we know ourselves so many thoughts\nConsidered by a careful, kindly mind\nWhich can do nothing, and is doing that.\nNemerov has commented [in Reflexions on Poetry and Poetics] that \"This kindly old man exemplifies a wrong in society. I didn't do it, but I have to feel responsible. And I detest about society this constant enforcing upon its members feelings of responsibility which are also deeply hopeless and despairing, so that one guilt evokes another, without remedy or end. For even if you could correct the future, what about the past? Many thousands gone.\" And the poet is mightily impressed with the patience and apparent lack of bitterness.\nThree other poems gradually pull back from specific areas of man's experience until the perspective is quite wide. The first of these, \"Cybernetics,\" is directed to someone who is ready to build a human brain, but in substance the poem is much more about the nature of man and his history. There is only profound, respectful admiration for man's complexity and his capabilities. The poet notes that for a cybemeticist to make a human brain, he would have to start with an area as big as Central Park and it would cost a little more than the Nineteen Fifty-Nine Gross National Product. He continues to enumerate many other problems the cybemeticist will have as he goes about his project. He observes, not resisting the pun, that the brain \"must, of course, be absolutely free, / That's been determined.\" In the midst of its freedom, it is threatened with \"yesterday's disasters\" and must at the same time \"assure itself, by masterful / Administration of the unforeseen, / That everything works according to plan.\" Out of the tension may be achieved that which permits man to endure: \"something between / The flood of power and the drouth of fear: / A mediocrity, or golden mean, / Maybe at best the stoic apatheia\" Further, if one intends to build a brain, he must install a \"limiting tradition, / Which may be simple and parochial / (A memory of Main Street in the sunlight)\" and the tradition should be as unequivocal as '\"God will punish me if I suck my thumb.'\"\nIf the brain-maker wants something rather elaborate, he can have it, but he must understand that this could be expensive.\nIt runs you into much more money for\nCircuits of paradox and contradiction.\nYour vessels of antinomian wrath alone\nRun into millions; and you can't stop there,\nYou've got to add at every junction point\nAuxiliary systems that will handle doubt,\nSwitches of agony that are On and Off\nAt the same time, and limited-access\nBlind alleys full of inefficient gods\nAnd marvelous devils.\nAnd in the closing section of the poem, the speaker addresses the budding cybemeticist with irony that may be appropriate to someone who is now taking on the powers of Creator.\nO helmsman! in your hands how equal now\nWeigh opportunity and obligation.\nA chance to mate those monsters of the Book,\nThe lion and serpent hidden from our sight\nThrough centuries of shadowed speculation.\nWhat if the Will's a baffled, mangy lion,\nOr Thought's no adder but a strong constrictor?\nIt is their offspring that we care about,\nThat marvelous mirror where our modest wit\nShall show gigantic. Will he uproot cities,\nOr sit indoors on a rainy day and mope?\nWill he decide against us, or want love?\nHow shall we see him, or endure his stride\nInto our future bellowing Nil Mirari\nWhile all his circuits click, propounding new\nSolutions to the riddle of the Sphinx?\nSome reviewers have commented on Nemerov's negativism, or in Meinke's words his \"minimal affirmation.\" But over and over again Nemerov emphatically affirms man, and to use his own words [in Poetry and Fiction: Essays], he is a poet who has \"got so far as to believe in the existence of the world.\" This is not the same thing as saying that he sentimentalizes the goodness of man and neglects man the beast. But who would believe a poet, or take him seriously, if he did offer such a sweeping, uncritical \"affirmation\"? \"Cybernetics\" is just such a poem that admits man's fantastic complexity and yet tacitly admires the courage he does show in the face of what he must confront. The poet chides the budding scientist for not being aware of just what he may be embarking on, and in so doing Nemerov affirms man. Nemerov affirms man in all his possibilities, authentic and inauthentic. It is man, and only man, who has the possibility of a relationship to being, who in his freedom can care, who can hear the call of conscience (Heidegger's Dasein). Just in what way the full ramifications of all of this can be labeled \"minimal affirmation\" is difficult to see.\n\"A Primer of the Daily Round\" does not require any explication, it makes its statement clearly enough, but it is a delightful short poem and ends, to use a word that one has to use often with Nemerov, hauntingly.\nThe last two lines reinforce Miller Williams' comment that the \"resolutions of almost all Nemerov's poems are as tight as good craftsmanship can make them\" This poem, along with the next, is often selected for public readings; both lend themselves to a first hearing.\n\"Life Cycle of Common Man\" is specifically about the \"average consumer of the middle class.\" Nemerov estimates some of the consumables, (\"Just under half a million cigarettes, / Four thousand fifths of gin and about / A quarter as much vermouth\"), and the cost of putting him through life, his parents' investment and \"how many beasts / Died to provide him with meat, belt and shoes / Cannot be certainly said.\" He pictures the man leaving a long trail of waste behind him. What did he do?\nThere were countless greetings and good-byes, gratitudes, and \"statements beginning 'It seems to me' or 'As I always say.'\" The poem closes with a lonely figure, strangely modern.\nConsider the courage in all that, and behold the man\nWalking into deep silence, with the ectoplastic\nCartoon's balloon of speech proceeding\nSteadily out of the front of his face, the words\nBorne along on the breath which is his spirit\nTelling the numberless tale of his untold Word\nWhich makes the world his apple, and forces him to eat.\nThis is the kind of affirmation that Nemerov makes, affirming the kind of courage that modern man must have in order to face a world that \"forces him to eat.\"\nOne final poem, a very delicate and poignant poem, evokes the poet's stance and describes the kind of courage that a sensitive mind must possess to face the often dark, terrifying world.\n\"To D——, Dead by Her Own Hand\"\nMy dear, I wonder if before the end\nYou ever thought about a children's game—\nI'm sure you must have played it too—in which\nYou ran along a narrow garden wall\nPretending it to be a mountain ledge\nSo steep a snowy darkness fell away\nOn either side to deeps invisible;\nAnd when you felt your balance being lost\nYou jumped because you feared to fall, and thought\nFor only an instant: That was when I died.\nThat was a life ago. And now you've gone,\nWho would no longer play the grown-ups' game\nWhere, balanced on the ledge above the dark,\nYou go on running and you don't look down,\nNor ever jump because you fear to fall.\nThe courage is perhaps an act of faith, or else a result of having nothing else to do or lose. One walks along the edge of what separates the known (or what we think we know) and what we know we do not know, the edge of order and chaos, of hope and despair. But, \"you go on running.\"\nIn this survey of the poems about man and his city-socities there emerges a liberal mind, in this case a particularly civilized and witty mind, which responds to what it sees. What Nemerov chooses to single out for comment and what is manifestly part of his uniqueness, comes from his talent for recognizing the paradoxes and bad jokes inherent in the most sensitive areas of human concern. The poetry that reflects the urban landscape concentrates on the most powerful institutions of society. Nemerov is particularly concerned with the tyranny of the past over the present—a tyranny which is manifest in the way it compels habitual action and habitual ways of looking at the world, whether it is the equation of greater numbers in church with a spiritual awakening, the customary selection of males for the obituary page and females for the matrimonial page, or the ritual force of our racial prejudices. As is true of all satire, there is affirmation, some assertion of value, and this is certainly true of Nemerov's. The poet helps us see the world freshly and, in so doing, reminds, us of our manly qualities and our strengths.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 1975\nSOURCE: \"Saying the Life of Things,\" in American Poetry Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, January/February, 1976, pp. 46-7.\n[In the positive review of The Western Approaches below, Randall compares Nemerov to English poet William Wordsworth.]\nIf you really want to see something, look at something else. If you want to say what something is, inspect something that it isn't. It might go further, and worse, than that: if you want to see the invisible world, look at the visible one.\n—[Howard Nemerov], \"On Metaphor,\" Reflexions on Poetry & Poetics\nIf you really want to see Howard Nemerov, look at practically anybody else writing today. But I pick a non-controversial foil, Wordsworth, because the comparison is fun and, for me, illuminating. It clarifies both what Nemerov's poetry is, and what it is not.\nWordsworth and Nemerov share the plain style and the same grand epistemological theme. Both write many disarmingly simple poems that help the reader grasp the occasional intricate star. Both avoid the marketplace, lead quiet lives, and would like to see Elysium a simple produce of the common day. Wordsworth tries to convince us that he succeeds. Nemerov, who takes a more realistic view of human nature and does not go in for the Egotistical Sublime, assumes that the attempt is useless. As he wittily quotes a student boner: \"Man is descended from the maneating ape.\" Wordsworth is witless. He is given to trance, whereas Nemerov always keeps both eyes open, even, we feel, in his dreams. Wordsworth came to Nature early, Nemerov late. Wordsworth is a moon and mountain man, Nemerov a sun and seed man. For both poets, the central problem is how the individual Mind is fitted to the external World. For Wordsworth the fitting is exquisite. Nemerov is fond of quoting Blake: \"You shall not bring me down to believe such fitting and fitted. I know better, and please your Lordship.\" Both the druidical Anglican and the sceptical Jew are mental travellers on the same track, and I like to see them there together, for they have precious little company today.\nNemerov's ninth volume of verse, The Western Approaches, is a substantial achievement—71 entries including two splendid translations (Rilke's \"Kindheit\" and a canzone from Dante's \"Convivo\") and two prose pieces, \"The Measure of Poetry,\" and \"The Thought of Trees.\" It divides into three sections: The Way, poems, largely ironic, about our gadgets and current preoccupations, e.g. \"Watching Football on TV\"; The Ground, poems mostly about Nature; The Mind, poems mostly about art and thought. It is quieter, more relaxed, more colloquial than its predecessor, Gnomes and Occasions (1973). It seems to me slacker—but to cast even mild aspersions on Nemerov's work makes me feel a bit like Francis Jeffrey, The Edinburgh Review's prize ass, who could write in 1814 \"The case of Mr. Wordsworth, we perceive, is now manifestly hopeless, and we give him up as altogether incurable and beyond the power of criticism.\" Jeffrey writ better than he wot, for WW was indeed incurable and beyond any criticism the ER could offer.\nNemerov can do what he likes with language, from the pun to the villanelle, and it is to his credit that he has (I imagine) curbed his aural gift, as Thomas and Auden, for instance, in their very different ways, did not always do. I like best his rough blank verse, for example Rune X from New and Selected Poems (1960).\nWhite water, white water, feather of a form\nBetween the stones, is the race run to stay\nOr pass away? Your utterance is riddled,\nRainbowed and clear and cold, tasting of stone,\nIts brilliance blinds me. But still I have seen,\nWhite water, at the breaking of the ice,\nWhen the high places render up the new\nChildren of water and their tumbling light\nLaughter runs down the hills, and the small fist\nOf the seed unclenches in the day's dazzle,\nHow happiness is helpless before your fall,\nWhite water, and history is no more than\nThe shadows thrown by clouds on mountainsides,\nA distant chill, when all is brought to pass\nBy rain and birth and rising of the dead.\nHere the verse flows as naturally as the water that is its subject. It is our dialect, but purified. Not so these lines from \"The Metaphysical Automobile\" in the current volume:\nThe idea of a car either has a dent\nIn its left front fender or it downright don't.\nThis is both metaphysically and linguistically cute. I do not see the necessity of splitting off the apostrophe in these lines about a football that wants to wobble:\nAt the opposite extreme I object to the wordiness of\nwhich seems to mean \"could not have beguiled a simple child.\" And then, Miltonics:\nSpreading in secret through the fabric vast\nOf heaven and earth.\nSome lines are reminiscent of earlier and stronger ones, e.g. \"as in the brilliant stillness of the sun\" compared to \"in the great room of the sun.\" Thematically, too, some of the poems in The Western Approaches seem to be overflows from poems in Gnomes and Occasions. Thus \"Learning the Trees\" (Approaches) is a paler version of \"Beginner's Guide\" (Gnomes), and \"Conversing with Paradise\" (Approaches) a footnote to the very fine \"Painter Dreaming in the Poet's House\" (Gnomes).\nDespite such qualifications, The Western Approaches helps us to delimit Nemerov's world, and we are grateful that he has a world and an intellectual life instead of a platform and an autobiography. His Archimedean point is where seeing and saying meet. At least that is the point that moves the human world and produces our quadrivium—the arts, the humanities, the natural and the social sciences—through the creative agency of language. Neither Nemerov nor Susanne Langer, lacking the confidence of St. John, knows where language began. Both know that language made thought, and that thought made time, space, and human history.\nGreat pain was in the world before we came.\nThe shriek had learned to answer to the claw\nBefore we came; the gasp, the sigh, the groan,\nDid not need our invention. But all these\nImmediacies refused to signify\nTill in the morning of the mental sun\nOne moment shuddered under stress and broke\nIrreparably into before and after,\nInventing patience, panic, doubt, despair,\nAnd with a single thrust producing thought\nBeyond the possible, building the vaults\nOf debt and the high citadels of guilt,\nThe segregating walls of obligation,\nAll that imposing masonry of time\nSecretly rooted at the earth's cracked hearth,\nIn the Vishnu schist and the Bright Angel shale,\nBut up aspiring past the visible sky.\n—from \"The Creation of Anguish\" (The Blue Swallows)\nThe great western question—Plato's, Kant's, Wordsworth's, Cézanne's, Stevens'—is a question about the premises of perception: can Mind see/say anything that is not defined and limited by its own powers? It may well aspire past the visible sky, but can it get anywhere on rods and cones, consonants and vowels?\nNemerov excludes the materialist's and the mystic's answers, but he is of several minds about the remaining possibilities. Language (hence thought, hence history) may after all be an insignificant game, as in the significantly titled \"Playing the Inventions\" (Bach's):\nAnd only being uninformative\nWill be the highest reach of wisdom known\nIn the perfect courtesy of music, where\nThe question answers only to itself\nAnd the completed round excludes the world.\nPersonal destiny, too, may be a weary plot (author anon.); freedom and creativity jokes or illusions. A life\nI may bring in here as evidence what I suppose to be a common experience of poets (and if poets aren't freely creative, who is?). You can sweat for hours or days getting a certain line perfect; you know it's out there and you've got everything but the words. Finally you get them—good job. Until some months later the editor points out that line 12 is by Yeats. Or the opposite case: I've read lines in other people's poems that are by me, when I know perfectly well that the author has never heard of me. Nemerov at times likens the world to a Great Writing in which we merely \"play\" the lines invented for us. The new volume contains several poems about novelists and their characters, \"people who are not and whose non-being / Always depends on the next syllable.\"\nNemerov's first book was called The Image and the Law, and when he's not backing the Laws of thermo- and psychodynamics, he backs the Prophets. That is, he can imagine a future of which the human voice is shaper as well as sufferer. I think he would go at least as far as Wordsworth, and be still\nA lover of the meadows and the woods,\nAnd mountains; and of all that we behold\nFrom this green earth; of all the mighty world\nOf eye, and ear,—both what they half create\nAnd what perceive; well pleased to recognise\nIn nature and the language of the sense\nThe anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse,\nThe guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul\nOf all my moral being.\nPoetry in the hands of the great masters, writes Nemerov, makes statements\nabout invisible mysteries by means of things visible; and poems, far from resting in nature as their end, use nature as a point from which they extrapolate darkly the nature of all things not visible or mediately knowable by the reason—the soul, society, the gods or god, the mind—to which visible nature is equivocally the reflexion and the mask. Such poetry is magical, then, because it treats the world as signature, in which all things intimate to us by their sensible properties what and in what way we are.\n—\"On Metaphor,\" Reflexions on Poetry & Poetics\nIn The Approaches he quotes Blake: \"Poetry, Painting, & Music, the three Powers in Man of conversing with Paradise, which the flood did not Sweep away.\" But if we can converse with Paradise we have—to make a bad pun—made it. And lo! it is a produce of the common day, of that great room of the sun where thought and thing mate fruitfully to bring forth the knowledge that lies sleeping in them as long as they lie alone. The act of imagination, a repetition in the finite mind of the eternal act of creation—exactly so. Even if the finite mind requires Nature (or whatever is not-mind) as a partner, it is no mere stenographer. How much still lies sleeping in the world the true scientist knows as surely as the true artist, and both are ever ready for the protean encounter.\nThese are pretty high-flown words—HN's where they are not WW's or STC's—and I will deflate them by a simple example. In the course of writing this review I have found the poems come alive, shift shape, and start generating in me perceptions which were not there before and may not be in the poems either.\nHow arbitrary it must be, the sound\nThat breaks the silence; yet its valency,\nThough hidden still, is great for other sounds\nDrawn after it into the little dance\nPrefigured in its possibilities.\n—\"Playing the Inventions\"\nPoetry talks back. That is why it is our best model of the mind. History records finished mental acts; poetry retrieves them because it catches them in verb, because we have to engage with it, being and becoming all at once.\nMy belief about poetry says that you write a poem not to say what you think, nor even to find out what you think—though that is closer-but to find out what it thinks.\n—\"The Sweeper of Ways,\" Reflexions on Poetry & Poetics\nDoubtless some thoughts lie forever too deep for words. Meanwhile it would be well for us if more poets listened to what poems think.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 864\nSOURCE: A review of The Western Approaches: Poems 1973-75, in The Yale Review, March, 1976, pp. 425-42.\n[In the excerpt below, Howard praises The Western Approaches, calling it Nemerov's \"wisest\" book.]\nThree years ago, when [Nemerov] published Gnomes and Occasions, even the vivid and lovable poems in that book were spiked and spooked by so many sour epigrams and put-downs of Others that it seemed Howard Nemerov must have forgotten Marianne Moore's hard truth: there never was a war that was not inward. Were all the enemies out there, one wondered, could none of the problems be played closer to the chest, even the medicine chest, than so much snarling seemed to suggest? Of course there were, as I say, vivid and lovable poems in the book—Nemerov is the master of his generation (he is fifty-seven), and since Auden's death he is the only poet of that generation in America who has found it possible to continue serving wisdom without forsaking intelligence or even knowledge; as long ago as 1961, James Dickey in a beautiful review of Nemerov's New and Selected Poems said the necessary things about this poet, the things necessary to make you go on reading him from beginning to\nthe definite announcement of an end\nwhere one thing ceases and another starts.\nBut by 1973, one gasped at what Nemerov must endure at his own hands, from his own mirror, if he could speak so easily (it seemed), so icily about the rest of us and our defections from sanity and grace. This new book [The Western Approaches] is the assuaging answer to my fiction: the poet \"unbelieving looked behind the glass / on razor, styptic, mouthwash and Band-aid\" and came up, or out, with one of his enhancing formulations:\n… it has been my life's ambition since\nTo elucidate the mirror by its medicines.\nThat is the program for this new and I may say sudden book, a much more generous and engaging affair than the last, a book of helpless pains and privileged affections where \"on every front at once we reach the edge.\" It is organized into three parts—\"the way,\" the way we live now, twenty-eight poems as mordant and skeptical as ever but including the poet in the bite, the doubt; \"the ground,\" fifteen poems about the rhythms and figures of earth; and \"the mind,\" twenty-six poems about the correspondences between those rhythms and figures and a language (poet ry, painting, music) which \"competes with / experience while cooperating with / experience.\" Thus the mirror is disciplined, and by a dose of its own medicines; and Nemerov (who else so much suggests Lucretius as this poet for whom \"the motion of the many made the one / shape constant and kept it so\"? Only Ammons) is enabled, is obliged by his most compassionate talents, to write his finest book among many very fine, and I am convinced his wisest.\nThe wisdom convinces me because it is intricate only after it is obvious; because it is subtle only once it appears simple. Nemerov is not, now, the kind of poet who makes you exclaim: I never would or could have thought of that! He is the kind of poet who makes you—or me, ever and again—exclaim: Of course I thought of that, but I never understood what my thinking meant, what it could make me feel! Poems about \"First Snow,\" about \"A Cabinet of Seeds Displayed,\" about \"Flower Arrangements\" are not so much about these subjects as they are within them: such poems make the subjects happen in the mind, and so they become events, dramas, even tragedies. It is the elements, and elemental things (weather, darkness, decay; growth, change, form), which the wise poet broods on, and they speak to him, and he to us, in a chastised language whereby nothing solemn gets through without its test of observation and the wit which observation yields. Privileged is the new word in Nemerov's lexicon—over and over he acknowledges his debts to his condition (\"you feel / upon your heart a signal to attend / the definite announcement\") and declares himself privileged so to suffer, so to observe:\nThis language of Nemerov's which I call chastised (compared to Auden's, say, when both poets deal with such mortal ventures as taking a walk in the fall) is not thereby in a condition of privation, as the analyst says who may not touch his patient. Rather it is rich with its own constraints—as Nemerov says of the seeds displayed, \"kept from act for reverence's sake\"; the direct stanzas and the diligent iambics are in keeping, they hold onto the movement of the mind, and by such government the poems become \"eternal return of the excluded middle,\" that kind of devotion to truth I have called wisdom because it leaves information and even knowledge behind in the privilege, just so, of wonder, of mystery, of myth:\nThese correspondences are what remain\nOf the great age …\nSuch poems as \"Boy with Book of Knowledge\" and \"The Backward Look,\" \"Playing the Inventions,\" and \"The Weather of the World\" are only instances of what is here so rifely extant, poems which do elucidate the mirror—by reflecting the world.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 2729\nSOURCE: \"Death and the Poet,\" in The New Criterion, Vol. 6, No. 5, January, 1988, pp. 72-7.\n[In the following review of War Stories, Richman discusses existential themes in Nemerov's poetry as a whole.]\n\"They say the war is over,\" writes Howard Nemerov in \"Redeployment,\" one of his most memorable early poems. \"But water still / Comes bloody from the taps.\" Today, thirty-seven years after writing these lines, Nemerov's whole outlook on life is still haunted by the memory of war. This is the impression one has from Nemerov's new book, War Stories: Poems about Long Ago and Now. Nearly a third of the poems in this volume have their source in the poet's experiences, between 1942 and 1944, as a flying officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force, and as a first lieutenant, during the final two years of the conflict, in the U.S. Army Air Force. In the RAF, Nemerov's missions included the bombing of German shipping boats on the North Sea. A few poems are based directly on this experience, and others treat of the more banal aspects of war, such as Nemerov's dealings with his colleagues in the air force and his training as a flyer.\nNemerov's poetic response to war is not unusual. The dispassionate, ironic voice of the poems in War Stories has also been employed to good effect in the war poems of Randall Jarrell and Karl Shapiro. All the same, it is a fitting response to the particular absurdity Nemerov witnessed—what he calls the bloodless \"clean war, the war in the air.\" Here is a poem entitled \"The Faith\":\nAnd here is \"Night Operations, Coastal Command RAF\":\nRemembering that war, I'd near believe\nWe didn't need the enemy, with whom\nOur dark encounters were confused and few\nAnd quickly done, so many of our lot\nDid for themselves in folly and misfortune.\nSome hit our own barrage balloons, and some\nTripped over power lines, coming in low;\nSome swung on takeoff, others overshot,\nAnd two or three forgot to lower the wheels.\nThere were those that flew the bearing for the course\nAnd flew away forever; and the happy few\nThat homed on Venus sinking beyond the sea\nIn fading certitude. For all the skill,\nFor all the time of training, you might take\nThe hundred steps in darkness, not the next.\nThe truth is, another kind of war has always been in the forefront of Nemerov's consciousness. This is the war between man and the world that Nemerov considers to be the essential fact of the human condition. Indeed, the term \"war stories\" could be applied not just to Nemerov's many poems that deal with the Second World War but to most of the poems he has written. One has the sense that the poet turns so often to \"real\" war as a subject in his verse because he regards war as the most extreme example of the struggle between man and the spiritual void he occupies.\nNemerov has been called an existential poet, and for good reason. He believes that modern man must attempt an absurd task: to contrive meaning in a meaningless world. A poem that vividly reflects this existential stance is \"Quaerendo Invenietis\" (from Gnomes and Occasions, published in 1973). In this poem, Nemerov declares that \"[w]ithout my meaning nothing, nothing means.\" An early war poem entitled \"September Shooting\" (from Nemerov's first book, The Image and the Law, published in 1947) also betrays something of existential philosophy. In it, the poet describes how an \"anonymous bullet flies out of / An irrelevant necessity, and knows no evil.\"\nNemerov is commonly grouped with the other formalist poets of his generation—Richard Wilbur, Anthony Hecht, Donald Hall, and Peter Davison. Yet despite possessing a sense of language and form equal to any of these poets, he has often been viewed as the black sheep of the group. No doubt this has to do with Nemerov's unalloyed pessimism. It is true, though, that where his contemporaries will focus on, say, a beautiful woman emerging from a town-house door, Nemerov fastens his eye on a hapless soul who was tossed into a river, his feet cemented into a bucket. Where his contemporaries are on the lookout for spiritual presences in the world—presences that may enrich their lives—Nemerov insists that we must \"sweat it [i.e., life] out.\" Nemerov bridles at the idea of transcendence: \"darkness invades our day,\" he says in \"Deep Woods,\" from The Salt Garden (1955); \"[n]o meaning in it, but indifference.\" And he wonders sardonically, in \"Lines & Circularities\" (from Gnomes & Occasions), \"How many silly miracles there are / That will not save us.\" When Nemerov does happen on a rainbow, he sees it in a polluted stream:\nOil is spilling down the little stream\nBelow the bridge. Heavy and slow as blood,\nOr with an idiot's driveling contempt:\nThe spectral film unfolding, spreading forth\nPrismatically in a breaking of rainbows….\n(\"The Breaking of the Rainbows\")\nThe eclipse—like the rainbow, admired by many poets as an example of the miraculousness of nature—is also unmasked as a fraud by Nemerov. In \"During a Solar Eclipse,\" from the 1980 volume Sentences (the title itself is a diminishment of the book's contents), the poet concedes the eclipse's power to transform the day, but it cannot alter the speaker:\nThe darkening disk of the moon before the sun\nAll morning moves, turning our common day\nA deep and iris blue, daylight of dream\nIn which we stand bemused and looking on\nBackward at shadow and reflected light,\nWhile the two great wanderers among the worlds\nEnter their transit with our third, a thing\nSo rare that in his time upon the earth\nA man may see, as I have done, but four,\nIn childhood two, a third in youth, and this\nIn likelihood my last. We stand bemused\nWhile grass and rock darken, and stillness grows,\nUntil the sun and moon slide out of phase\nAnd light returns us to the common life\nThat is so long to do and so soon done.\nThe speaker is \"bemused\"—the word is used twice in three stanzas—preoccupied, dreamy, abstracted; but not in the least bit transfigured by the experience.\nInevitably, death is—with war—one of Nemerov's favorite subjects. Everything reminds Nemerov of death because everything leads to it. As he writes in \"In the Glass of Fashion,\" from The Image and the Law.\nI am asked why I do not\nStop writing about death\nAnd do something worth while.\nTo write about what would be\nNot to write about death?\nAnd in \"The Goose Fish,\" from The Salt Garden, the \"moony grin\" of the dead fish's head mocks the lovers:\nWhile in \"De Anima\"—from The Next Room of the Dream (1962)—Nemerov argues that \"what lovers bring / Into the world is death.\"\nNemerov's poetry is not completely devoid of any acknowledgement of beauty. But on the rare occasion when he does refer to the beautiful, what is usually honored is the poet's ability to generate that beauty. What is \"affirmed\" in these poems is the inherent worthlessness of nature. In the title poem of The Blue Swallows (1967), Nemerov writes:\nO swallows, swallows, poems are not\nThe point. Finding again the world,\nThat is the point, where loveliness\nAdorns intelligible things\nBecause the mind's eye lit the sun.\nAn analogous message is voiced in \"The Makers\" (from Sentences). Here, the \"idiot world\" is sung not only into beauty but into being by the poet:\nWho can remember back to the first poets,\nThe greatest ones, greater even than Orpheus?\nNo one has remembered that far back\nOr now considers, among the artifacts\nAnd bones and cantilevered inference\nThe past is made of, those first and greatest poets,\nSo lofty and disdainful of renown\nThey left us not a name to know them by.\nThey were the ones that in whatever tongue\nWorded the world, that were the first to say\nStar, water, stone, that said the visible\nAnd made it bring invisibles to view\nIn wind and time and change, and in the mind\nItself that minded the hitherto idiot world\nSpoke the speechless world and sang the towers\nOf the city into the astonished sky.\nThey were the first great listeners, attuned\nTo interval, relationship, and scale,\nThe first to say above, beneath, beyond,\nConjurors with love, death, sleep, with bread and wine,\nWho having uttered vanished from the world\nLeaving no memory but the marvelous\nMagical elements, the breathing shapes\nAnd stops of breath we build our Babels of.\nThis is Nemerov in his most confident mood. Even here, though, the poet's despair comes through. In his wish to get to \"the truth of the matter\" (the title of one of his earliest poems), Nemerov disdains certain poetical tools he judges will obscure the lucid expression of the \"war\" between man and universe. One such device is the sensuous image. Shifting clouds and misty mountains are rare in the Nemerovian oeuvre because imagery, in Nemerov's estimation, dilutes the dramatic contest at the heart of the poem. So does ornate language. Nemerov writes in bare, unadorned language because in his view it dispatches the \"truth of the matter\" best. The conclusion of \"The Biographer's Mandate,\" from War Stories, is iambic pentameter at its most demotic—and, alas, most mediocre: \"For we don't give a shit about his work. / These are the things we give a shit about.\"\nIn War Stories, Nemerov's wish to unearth \"the truth of the matter\" continues unabated. In \"Economic Man,\" the poet contends that it is futile to look to nature for something to \"profit by.\" Similarly, in \"A Christmas Card of Halley's Comet,\" the poet remarks sarcastically how \"[w]ords fail us\" when faced with the enormity of the comet's meaninglessness. And in \"On the Occasion of National Mourning\"—written in the wake of the Challenger disaster—Nemerov comments that \"the silvery platitudes / Were waiting in their silos for just such / An emergent occasion….\"\nIn the book's war poems, Nemerov seeks to rid us of our illusions about military life. Since none of us any longer harbors illusions about military life, however, a few of the poems fall flat. In \"IFF,\" for example, the poet confesses that while in the air force he spared Hitler \"hardly a thought,\" but loathed instead \"Corporal Irmin,\" \"Wing Commander Briggs,\" \"station C. O. Group Captain Ormery,\" and \"my navigator Bert,\" who \"shyly explained to me that the Jews / Were ruining England.\" (A similar sentiment is expressed in Edward Thomas's 1915 poem, \"This is no case of petty right or wrong.\") In \"Double Negative,\" meanwhile, what is \"exposed\" is the \"wisdom\" of a senior pilot Nemerov had received instruction from. The old pilot assured Nemerov that it was a cinch to stop firing when—\"as it's almost bound to happen\"—\"one of your chaps / Crosses his aircraft over in front of yours….\"\nThough these poems may not be the last word in originality, they are harmless enough. But what are we to make of Nemerov's truth-seeking and plain speaking in the second half of the poem entitled \"Crotchets\"?\nAt Breakfast this Morning\nShe tells me out of the paper about this guy\nHe's got leukemia and into the bargain AIDS,\nThey give him maybe two more weeks to live\nWhen the oxygen tank outside the room explodes\nAnd he winds up in emergency and then\nIntensive care all over third-degree burns.\nBut they saved his life, they brought him back.\nSo don't try to, she says, tell me there is no God.\nNemerov is attracted to disaster like a moth to light, and it was perhaps inevitable that he would write a poem on AIDS. But why use it as the occasion for mirth? \"Crotchets\" may be too much, even for Nemerov's most sympathetic readers.\nActually, Nemerov has always had a penchant for jokes in his poetry. The poem alluded to above, for example, \"The Truth of the Matter,\" revolves around a rather dark joke. In this poem, Nemerov writes of the \"divine justice\" of the death by diabetes of the head of a \"great sugar refinery.\" The first two lines of \"Ultima Ratio Reagan,\" from War Stories, constitute another, considerably lighter, attempt at humor: \"The reason we do not learn from history is / Because we are not the people who learned last time.\"\nMany commentators have criticized Nemerov for his taste for the sarcastic quip. In his 1966 essay \"Attentiveness and Obedience,\" the poet tried to respond to these charges. He wrote, in part: \"The charge typically raised … has been that my poems are jokes, even bad jokes. I incline to agree, insisting however that they are bad jokes, and even terrible jokes….\"\nOne way to view these jokes is as a purely defensive reaction—the reaction of a mind so overwhelmed by the world's despair that it has no other response available to it but humor and sarcasm. In this view, gags are the response of a mind at the end of its tether. If one perceives Nemerov's jokes this way, it is easy to construe them as positive signs that the mind is still functioning in the face of the onrushing void.\nBut this is not a very satisfactory explanation of the impulse behind all of Nemerov's jokes, particularly the offensive ones, as in \"Crotchets.\" For a possible clue to the impulse behind this dark humor, one must turn to Nemerov's 1965 prose volume Journal of the Fictive Life. In this book, Nemerov made a revealing statement. He wrote, \"I hate intelligence, and it is all I have.\"\nThe joke at the end of \"Crotchets,\" and the joke about the sugar man's death, are jokes at their most vulgar and unappealing. Could these attempts at humor actually be the poet's desire to punish his intelligence for denying him a bigger poetic response to the world, by showing that intelligence in the worst possible light? Could it be that Nemerov wishes to exact revenge on his hated intelligence for forcing him to write verse devoid of standard poetic effects and limited in subject matter to \"war stories\"? A strange thought, but not implausible.\nFortunately, this punitive aspect of Nemerov's sensibility rears its ugly head fairly infrequently. In Nemerov's oeuvre there are many poems which not only remain free of this self-destructive joking, but, remarkably, transcend the poet's general aesthetic strictures as well. \"Redeployment,\" \"The Goose Fish,\" and \"The Makers\" are just a few examples.\n\"Models,\" from War Stories, is another. In this poem, the juxtaposition of the model airplane-building boy and the soldier the boy becomes underscores marvelously the gulf between the reality of war and the young boy's romantic dream of a dogfight:\nThe boy of twelve, shaping a fuselage\nOf balsa wood so easy to be sliced\nAlong the grain but likely to get crushed\nUnder the razor when it was cut across;\nSanding the parts, glueing and lacquering\nAnd pasting on the crosses and the rings\nThe brave identities of Fokker and Spad\nThat fought, only a little before his birth,\nThat primitive, original war in the air\nHe made in miniature and flew by hand\nIn clumsy combat, simulated buzz:\nA decade away from being there himself….\n\"The War in the Air,\" also from War Stories, succeeds despite Nemerov's poetic restrictions. Here, the poet shows how the mourning of the war dead need not be done with false eulogies, but through the unlikely combination of dispassion and stoicism:\nFor a saving grace, we didn't see our dead,\nWho rarely bothered coming home to die\nBut simply stayed away out there\nIn the clean war, the war in the air.\nSeldom the ghosts came back bearing their tales\nOf hitting the earth, the incompressible sea,\nBut stayed up there in the relative wind,\nShades fading in the mind,\nWho had no graves but only epitaphs\nWhere never so many spoke for never so few:\nPer ardua, say the partisans of Mars,\nPer aspera, to the stars.\nThat was the good war, the war we won\nAs if there were no death, for goodness' sake,\nWith the help of the losers we left out there\nIn the air, the empty air.\nPoems like these are not all that rare in the poet's body of work. It is on the basis of them that Howard Nemerov should be regarded as one of our finest poets.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 6034\nSOURCE: \"Howard Nemerov and the Tyranny of Shakespeare,\" in Centennial Review, Vol. XXXII, No. 2, Spring, 1988, pp. 130-49.\n[In the essay below, Jensen examines the influence of William Shakespeare on Nemerov's verse, stating that Shakespeare is \"the guide and genius of [Nemerov's] poetic achievement. \"]\nJohn Lehmann, writing in his autobiography, claimed for Shakespeare the greatest intellectual and creative sovereignty over the minds and feelings of both the writers who followed him and all those whose literary inheritance derives from the English tradition. Shakespeare, he declared,\nwas the key to the whole of English literature, the mastermind that determined its course and depth and vitality so fundamentally that we can scarcely conceive what our imaginative life—perhaps even our moral values—would be like without him.\nHis assertion, in its nature more of a celebratory declaration than a critical argument, was picked up and expanded upon by T. J. B. Spencer in his British Academy Lecture, \"The Tyranny of Shakespeare.\" Spencer argued that \"The history of Shakespeare criticism …. has connexions with the production of poetry; and it is likely to be an unreal thing if we attempt to write it abstracted from the moulding influence of Shakespeare's writings upon subsequent literature.\" In this, Spencer was not merely agreeing with Lehmann but with a host of nineteenth-century writers including, notably, Ruskin, who claimed that \"the intellectual measure of every man since born, in the domains of creative thought, may be assigned to him, according to the degree in which he has been taught by Shakespeare.\"\nBut the tyranny of Shakespeare, at once so widespread and so various in its manifestations, is difficult to measure. In Spencer's words, \"Influences that become too pervasive lose their bright particularity, and defy the ordinary methods of describing literary causation.\" Harold Bloom's more recent theoretical formulation of the problem Spencer described focuses less on the details of textual influence than on questions of the psychology of creation growing out of one author's awareness of another's presence in his literary-intellectual background and in his works. The consciousness, as Bloom puts it, of a strong poet, makes the tyranny of Shakespeare something that the modern author must confront directly, recognizing his indebtedness and coping in some fashion with the \"anxiety of influence.\"\nAmong contemporary poets, Howard Nemerov offers a striking instance of a writer whose indebtedness to Shakespeare is both considerable and self-conscious. Nemerov is so aware of Shakespeare's presence in his work, so given to clinching his critical arguments with quotations from Shakespeare, so supple and inventive in his employment of Shakespearean allusions in his poetry that he may be said to have transformed the tyranny of Shakespeare into a benevolent timocracy in which he can claim a legitimate share.\nOne measure of Nemerov's debt to Shakespeare appears quite simply in the titles of several poems. \"In the Glass of Fashion,\" \"The Second-Best Bed,\" \"A Lean and Hungry Look,\" \"Holding the Mirror up to Nature\" all depend for their understanding at least in part on a reader's sense of the allusion and the context that it summons up. Other poems, such as \"In the Market-Place\" or \"The Town Dump,\" use Shakespearean quotations as epigraphs. In the former instance, an exchange between Polonius and Hamlet—\nDo you know me, my lord?\nExcellent well; you are a fishmonger.—\nintroduces a poem packed with contradictions whose theme suggests the deep potential for evil in all of life. In this market-place \"The armored salmon jewel the ice with blood\"; and though it is noon and \"soft August\" still the speaker feels the power of the day to stir \"a chill cloud\" and raise \"a silver flood To savage in the marrow of my weir.\" In the second case, Nemerov takes an epigraph from King Lear—\nThe art of our necessities is strange,\nThat can make vile things precious—\nand quotes from the passage once more in the final section of the poem:\nAmong the flies, the purefying [sic] fires,\nThe hunters by night, acquainted with the art\nOf our necessities, and the new deposits\nThat each day wastes with treasure, you may say\nThere should be ratios.\n\"Necessities\" in the design of the poem become not required things but rather perceptions imposed upon individuals by certain habits of thought. Thus \"dealers in antiques / … prowl this place by night\" in the hope of some discovery,\nThus too those who need to find ratios, says the speaker, \"may sum up / The results, if you want results.\" But over against that summing up,\nIn place of \"necessities\" of thought, we have an alternative possibility. The mathematical \"results\" are not allowed to stand as a final solution; instead, the poet \"will add\" to them, and what he adds brings to the poem a final ambiguity reminiscent of that summoned by the pigeons at the close of Stevens' \"Sunday Morning\" sinking \"downward to darkness, on extended wings.\"\nRosalie Colie once wrote of the shaping power of paradox in King Lear, remarking how the play turns so insistently to parodoxical figures as a means of arriving at its final truth. It is this aspect of King Lear that Nemerov seizes on in \"The Town Dump\": this final depository where \"nothing finishes,\" a sty that may become \"Someone's heaven,\" \"Being\" which \"ends up / Becoming some more\" and—on another level, where paradox approaches oxymoron—\"dreamy midden.\" All of these figures, along with more fully developed images—\"the lobster,\" who \"lifts / An empty claw in his most minatory / Of gestures\"; \"banana peels / No one will skid on, apple cores that caused / Neither the fall of man nor a theory / Of gravitation\"—bring \"The Town Dump\" into a rewarding series of thematic connections with King Lear. Like the play, Nemerov's poem develops around a few related central themes that unite questions of perception and judgment, appearance and value, dissolution and redemption from loss. If the poem finally provides no clear answers, it does—like tragedy generally and like Lear in particular—force us to look at the most troubling questions. And like Lear, like all great tragedies, it invites us to contemplate the mystery of beauty sprung from waste, of wisdom not wholly accessible but undeniably present even in the midst of suffering and defeat. Thus Nemerov uses Lear not merely as a point of reference, not merely allusively, but as a means of enlarging his own poem's range of meaning and bringing its themes more strikingly into our field of awareness.\nCritics have commented extensively on Nemerov's recurrent attention to the relationship between perception and reality, his continuing exploration of the question of \"how thought ever emerged (if it ever did) out of a world of things.\" Julia Bartholomay has demonstrated how productive these concerns have been of images and symbols that abound in Nemerov's poetry; and Nemerov himself has written of a whole class of figures he describes as effigies, \"including by analogy with the form and function of statues such metaphorical extensions as photographs, Santa Claus, mannequins in shop windows, snowmen, famous and influential people, and even the unsuccessful heroes turned to stone by the Gorgon's head.\"\nAnother figure of nearly comparable importance is that of the stage as a place of created or feigned reality. Often Nemerov will simply echo Jacques' famous speech as a shorthand means of bringing this figure into play. In an early poem, \"Portrait of Three Conspirators,\" one of the three figures of the title is a man \"who no longer believes the world a stage.\" The line returns three more times during the course of the poem. In the fifth stanza,\nIt is night, and it is the season of winter.\nIt is time, and time passes, and\nThe world is not a stage.\nIn the seventh stanza, the speaker reports a kind of dialogue he has with his imperturable \"assassins,\":\nI say to them, I must die, because the world\nIs not a stage.\nBut they remain unmoved:\nNothing can change them. They sit there as if\nImmortal, and mutter, like actors on a stage,\nOf art and wisdom, and a change of life.\nThis final comment on the inefficacy of poetic creation suggests (even requires) a contrast with Yeats's golden bird, who sings \"of what is past, or passing, or to come.\" Where the Irish poet speaks of escaping the limitations imposed by \"any natural thing,\" Nemerov denies the power of art, whose \"words … break against / Implacable existence.\"\nIn \"The Loon's Cry,\" from Mirrors and Windows (1958), Nemerov turns to the same problem, though here he provides it with a historical context. Set in a landscape that symbolizes the intrusion of modern life into the world of nature—\"down where the railroad bridge / Divides the river from the estuary\"—the poem presents a speaker \"fallen from the symboled world\" who envies \"those past ages … / When … the energy in things / Shone through their shapes.\" That past, he believes, was far more readable than the present. Orderly and well-balanced, it was characterized by a satisfying economy of design and function:\nThat past was, above all, purposive; \"The world a stage,\" its inhabitants were actors in a drama of divine shaping, \"maskers all / In actions largely framed to imitate / God and his Lucifer's long debate.\"\nBut the energy and meaning of art hold more promise here than in \"The Three Conspirators.\" Midway through the poem the bird's \"savage cry\" causes the speaker to imagine himself as \"Adam … / Hearing the first loon cry in paradise.\" Its final stanza brings the poem's two chief symbols together:\nThe loon again? Or else a whistling train,\nWhose far thunders began to shake the bridge.\nAnd it came on, a loud bulk under smoke,\nChanging the signals on the bridge, the bright\nRubies and emeralds, rubies and emeralds\nSigning the cold night as I turned for home,\nHearing the train cry once more, like a loon.\nThus \"The Loon's Cry\" goes farther than most of Nemerov's poems in uniting the world of created reality (the world shaped and ordered by mankind) and the world of nature. The world is not a stage, but neither does it stand exclusively as a mockery of the artist's effort to understand its meaning.\nThe relation of the poet's vision to the world—specifically the world of nature—is again Nemerov's subject in \"Elegy for a Nature Poet.\" Here too the poem turns in part on an allusion to As You Like It. Of the dead poet, the poet asserts that there was\nNothing too great, nothing too trivial\nFor him; from mountain range or humble vermin\nHe could extract the humble parable—\nIf need be, crack the stone to get the sermon.\nDuke Senior's praise of rustic life and \"the uses of adversity\" celebrates an existence that\nFinds tongue in trees, books in the running brooks,\nSermons in stones, and good in everything\nAs is often the case with Nemerov, the poetic working-out of an intellectual or philosophical problem offers as well a field for play. \"Elegy for a Nature Poet\" illustrates this habit in a variety of ways: in its sly joking with the terms of its basic oppositions, in its surprising shifts of tone, and in its deft management of the conventions of its genre.\nThe death of the nature poet comes, ironically, from too intimate a contact with nature. On his last walk, he ventured unprotected into her domain:\nThrough the witty playfulness of the poem, Nemerov sets the poet's fictions over against nature's truth. The dead poet was, above all else, pleased with his role.\nHis gift was daily his delight, he peeled\nThe landscape back to show it was a story;\nAny old bird or burning bush revealed\nAt his hands just another allegory.\nBut the final judgment on him (and on his work) is the ironic sentence that nature always imposes on those foolish enough to try shaping her to their desires.\nAnd now, poor man, he's gone. Without his name\nThe field reverts to wilderness again,\nThe rocks are silent, woods don't seem the same;\nDemoralized small birds will fly insane.\nRude nature, whom he loved to idealize\nAnd would have wed, pretends she never heard\nHis voice at all, as, taken by surprise\nAt last, he goes to her without a word.\nThe small birds are \"demoralized\" as they fulfill conventional elegiac expectations; but more importantly they are \"de-moralized\" as they are free from the impositions of one who would see a pattern in their randomness.\nThus Nemerov challenges Duke Senior's sentimental pastoralism, bringing nature itself to witness against and rebuke those who would read in its mysteries easy truths. As You Like It does not come fully into view in the brief compass of \"Elegy for a Nature Poet,\" but one does see there a complex of attitudes arising from the major pastoral-romantic themes of the play. Nemerov confronts those attitudes with a skepticism that operates by means of comic deflation. The questions are the familiar and serious ones of reality and perception, of art as reflection or source of meaning. As in \"Small Moment\" one discovers death; whatever is invented cannot last: \"Without his name / The field reverts to wilderness again.\"\nThe \"Seven Ages of Man\" speech of Jacques in As You Like It, apart from providing a set piece for generations of high school elocution students, serves in the play as a counter-poise to its romantic and pastoral idealism. Nemerov, writing on \"The Four Ages\" turns to another of Shakespeare's plays to aid his analysis, which proceeds in terms drawn from the art of music. It is, he says, \"de rigueur for myths to have four ages,\" though \"Nobody quite knows why.\" In any event,\nThe first age of the world was counterpoint,\nMusic immediate to the senses\nNot yet exclusive in their separate realms,\nWordlessly weaving the tapestried cosmos\nReflected mosaic in the wakening mind.\nThough he offers no explanation for the change, Nemerov reports the end and the broken remnants of that first stretch of time:\nThat world was lost, though echoes of it stray\nOn every breeze and breath, fragmented and\nHeard but in snatches, henceforth understood\nOnly by listeners like Pythagoras,\nWho held the music of the spheres was silence\nBecause we had been hearing it from birth,\nAnd Shakespeare, who made his Caliban recite\nIts praises in the temporary isle.\nIn The Tempest, Caliban attempts to comfort Stephano and Trinculo, who have been frightened by Ariel's music.\nBe not afeard. The isle is full of noises,\nSounds and sweet airs that give delight and hurt not.\nSometimes a thousand twanging instruments\nWill hum about my ears; and sometimes voices\nThat, if I then had wak'd after long sleep,\nWill make me sleep again; and then, in dreaming,\nThe clouds methought would open and show riches\nReady to drop upon me, that, when I wak'd,\nI cried to dream again.\nIn \"The Four Ages\" the poet's myth traces a breakdown. Moving from \"Music immediate to the senses,\" in the second age \"words / Entered the dancing-space and made it song.\" The third age left only words and poetry,\nFinally, the fourth age completes a movement from magical apprehension of pure sound to rational explanation. \"Illusion at last is over\" and one is left with \"common prose,\" which is \"Delighted to explain, but not to praise.\" It may be, though the poem's speaker seems not to think it a major issue, that myths require four ages so that they may match\nFour seasons and four elements and four\nVoices of music and four gospels and four\nCardinal points on the compass rose and four\nWhatever elses happen to come in four.\nWhat matters most is that\nThese correspondences are what remain\nOf the great age when all was counterpoint\nAnd no one minded that nothing mattered or meant.\nNemerov is careful in the poem to attribute to Shakespeare (not his creature Caliban) the power to detect echoes of the first age of the world. As argument, then, his poem exempts Shakespeare from the conflict that opposes the world's reality to the artist's perception. Instead, he is viewed as one who has access to the wondrous immediacy of the first age—\"the tapestried cosmos / Reflected mosaic in the wakening mind.\"\nThis is the ground of Nemerov's wish, expressed with such telling poignancy in Journal of a Fictive Life:\nThe predicaments of my most characteristic and intimate imagery strangely belong to Shakespeare too, who resolved them by magical poetry in his Last Plays. May it happen to me also one day that the statue shall move and speak, and the drowned child be found, and the unearthly music sing to me.\nThe resolution of such \"predicaments\" is most likely to take place in poems that work at some remove from the actual details of Shakespearean language and plot detail. Again and again, Nemerov's \"characteristic and intimate imagery\" illuminates his dilemma as poet and thinker. Ross Labrie describes that dilemma most economically: \"The insatiable hunger for meaning co-exists with the awareness that the meaning sought by the mind will invariably turn out to be the meaning imposed by the mind.\" For the most part, the poems which come closest to the magical resolution Shakespeare achieved in his last plays are less analytical and self-reflexive than the poems about Shakespeare. Yet the poems that develop out of an allusion to Shakespeare or take some Shakespearean character or play as their subject exemplify a central aspect of Nemerov's thinking about poetry. They do so, moreover, by making full use of a public awareness of Shakespeare; the poet can count, to an extraordinary degree, on his audience's adding something of their own commitment to Shakespeare to the field of interest created by the poem. This seems especially true of two poems that grow out of the materials of Hamlet, \"Polonius Passing Through a Stage\" and \"Orphic Scenario,\" with its subtitle, \"for a movie of Hamlet.\"\nThe first of these, \"Polonius Passing Through a Stage,\" belongs to a long tradition of poems that isolate single characters from the plays, subjecting them to analysis or allowing them to speak for (and try to explain or justify), themselves and their actions. Walter De La Mare wrote a series of such poems, including one on Polonius in which he imagines the fictional character recognizing Sir Frances Bacon as his court fellow in corruption. The Czech poet Miroslav Holub describes a Polonius whose wily usefulness is an available commodity—\"a pound of jellied / flunkey.\"\nNemerov's Polonius is a genuinely puzzled figure laboring to explain himself and his fate. In his attempt, he seems both pitiable and vaguely comic; in some ways, his efforts at self-justification recall the Herod of Auden's \"For the Time Being.\" But where Auden's character degenerates into rant and banality (\"I've tried to be good. I brush my teeth every night. I haven't had sex for a month. I object. I'm a liberal. I want everyone to be happy. I wish I had never been born.\"), Nemerov's becomes more complex, seeing himself as both an individual and as a dramatic figure, a mere counter in the theatrical patterns arranged by the playwright Shakespeare. Thus too the \"stage\" of the poem's title is both a stage in the speaker's development and the stage on which he acts out his appointed Shakespearean role.\nIn both cases, as he reviews his life now with the wisdom of retrospection, he believes he followed that injunction received as a child and delivered years later to his son: \"Try to be yourself.\" Yet he can only judge that in the effort to do so he has failed; and his defense is the familiar, helpless one of all whose failure perplexes and defeats them: \"I tried.\" The poem, in three six-line stanzas rhyming ababcc, treats past, present, and more recent past. The first stage tells of the speaker's childhood and early maturity, the third of his age, while the second seems to be a perpetual present in which the plays of Shakespeare are forever being performed. Surprisingly, they are presented by \"The company in my Globe theater,\" apparently the mind or imagination of Polonius rather than Shakespeare's Globe.\nBoth in life and art, Polonius' efforts to be himself meet with frustration. \"The blue annuities of silence some called / Wisdom,\" stored up over his youthful years, cannot shut out the reality of \"sunstorms and exploding stars, / The legions screaming in the German wood.\" For most men, \"Ten heavenly don'ts / Botch up a selfhood,\"—i.e. a life defined by the commandments, though it be ruined, is nevertheless given some sort of shape. But Shakespeare as creator provides even less than the negative guidance of the decalogue: \"where there's a Will / He's away.\" The result for Polonius as a Shakespearean character is that he finds himself, in language drawn from the play's chief line of imagery, \"Rotting at ease, a ghostly doll\"; he is troubled and perplexed by his own sense of unease: \"What is that scratching on my heart's wall?\" Finally, he reaches a condition like that of Lear in his madness, a connection borne out by an allusion to King Lear: \"The silence grew / Till I could hear the tiniest Mongol horde / Scuffle the Gobi, a pony's felted shoe.\" Lear, in his wild ranting, imagines that\nIt were a delicate strategem to shoe\nA troop of horse with felt. I'll put't in proof,\nAnd when I have stol'n upon these son-in-laws,\nThen kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!\nHere is the issue of those \"blue annuities of silence\": a more profound and inescapable sense of evil, and finally death at the hand of Hamlet. It seems hard to say precisely what meanings are comprehended in \"from the fiery pit that self-born bird / Arose\"; but the immediate context suggests that the reference is primarily to Hamlet and that the phoenix, though certainly a plausible intention, fits less well. Hamlet is \"self-born\" as the images of \"Among School Children\" are (\"both nuns and mothers worship images\"), and he emerges from unearthly contact with his dead father to claim revenge on those responsible for the late king's death. The poem's closing lines once again merge the speaker of the poem and the Shakespearean character: \"A rat! The unseen good old—/ That sort of thing always brings the house down.\" Hamlet's exclamation and Gertrude's report make up the first line, while the second is the character's resigned evaluation of his theatrical fate. Even here, though, Polonius' double role is captured in a kind of pun. His death is invariable a coup de theatre, but it also marks the imminent destruction of his family line.\n\"Polonius Passing Through a Stage\" is not, like many of the poems about Shakespeare's plays or the characters who inhabit them, particularly self-reflexive in its operation. It does not turn us back to the play with any sense that we have access to the heart of its mystery. Rather, it moves out of the play to make a more generalized point about how one shapes identity and about the essentially solitary nature of that task. Yet if one sees the poem as an answer to the question, \"How would Polonius explain himself?\" it does provide an interpretation of his character and grounds for understanding his behavior throughout the play. What \"they told the child\" remains for the aging court counsellor a first principle of behavior. He wants to please, and his eagerness to do so emerges as mindless obsequiousness joined to self-celebrating garrulity. In this poem, Nemerov strikes an effective balance between source and invention, using as givens the character of Polonius and some elements of Shakespeare's own language but supplying from his own poetic resources the central thematic concern and the intellectual playfulness that create the work's striking tone and undeniable power.\nWhat Nemerov achieves with \"Polonius Passing Through a Stage\" he attempts on a much larger scale in \"Orphic Scenario,\" a poem from a section in Mirrors and Windows (1958) that includes \"The Loon's Cry,\" \"Lightning Storm on Fuji (Hokusai),\" \"Home for the Holidays,\" \"Sunderland,\" \"Moses,\" and \"Ahasuerus.\" While this seems not to be a rigorous grouping, there are sufficient likenesses among the poems to suggest possible reasons for their placement. \"The Loon's Cry,\" discussed earlier, treats the issue of art's relation to the world it proposes to imitate. This theme also shapes the poem on Hokusai's painting. \"Moses\" and \"Home for the Holidays\" explore the familiar Nemerov theme of contrasting (even opposed) perspectives. \"Sunderland,\"—which includes an allusion to Romeo and Juliet—and \"Ahasuerus\" are both self-consciously literary. In \"Orphic Scenario\" one sees the \"predicaments of [Nemerov's] most characteristic and intimate imagery\" expressed in a difficult and complex poem. The work's range—of allusion, of feeling—is enormous; in addition, it displays the poet's almost habitual disregard of consistency of tone. Thus a poem which takes up the grandest and most important of themes (time, the self, ways of knowing, orders of existence) contains as well gratuitous and ineffective puns (the egghead's Rorschach in the Holy Wood, \"Meatier and more meet\"). Perhaps it was her impatience with such unreconciled diversity that prompted Carolyn Kizer to say that in this poem \"no amount of forcing can mobilize the dead-tired ideas.\"\nThe notion of \"forcing,\" though, which implies a pattern or design into which the poet tries to fit pieces of his argument, seems foreign to the strategy of this poem, which works rather through the \"predicaments\" of imagery. Birth and death, egg and bleeding bull, constitute the encompassing extremities of this imagery. Light—as reflection, as stage device, as source of a version of reality (Plato's myth of the cave)—makes up its center. On this field of imagery, Nemerov develops his poem. \"Orphic Scenario,\" with its descriptive subtitle, \"for a movie of Hamlet,\" is circular in design. It moves from a description of the close of the play—\nBear Hamlet, like a soldier to the stage\n(The world's a stage). And bid the soldiers shoot.\nLoud music, drums and guns, the lights go up.\nand from \"Cheap? Yes, of course it's cheap.\" to \"Cheaper, and yet more golden than before.\" Within this movement, the central theme of the poem is the relation of art and reality, the \"tricks\" of the stage or the camera set over against \"the things we think we see and know.\"\nThe concerns of \"Orphic Scenario\" appear repeatedly in the other poems of Mirrors and Windows and in \"The Swaying Form: A Problem in Poetry,\" first published in 1959. The knottiness of the poem—its circularity and reflexivity, the ambiguity of its reference—demonstrates the need to read it with certain words and ideas in mind, words and ideas that seem to dominate Nemerov's thought and writing during the period of the 'fifties and early 'sixties. These would include such words as \"mirror,\" \"window,\" \"light,\" \"lens,\" \"screen,\" and objects or phenomena associated with them, such as reflection, illumination, shadowing, and many others. Thus it is true and not merely fashionable to say that \"Orphic Scenario\" is a poem about the creative process, about the writing of poetry; for the poem's design, or its struggle to achieve a design, illustrates perfectly Nemerov's definition of the writer's job of work:\nWriting means trying to find out what the nature of things has to say about what you think you have to say. And the process is reflective or cyclical, a matter of feedback between oneself and \"it,\" an \"it\" which can gain its identity only in the course of being brought into being, come into being only in the course of finding its identity.\nThus the question of theatrical tricks—Is the close of Hamlet cheap?—grows into other questions which have the effect of joining this theatrical illusion to illusions of other sorts. The stage image alters into that of a camera and perhaps also of a card game, even an unfair one—\"This dark malodorous box of taken tricks\"—but with the purpose of asserting that \"reality's much the same\"; and the speaker of the poem, anticipating a charge of begging the question, simplifies his responses:\nReality's where the hurled light beams and breaks,\nAgainst the solemn wall, a spattered egg,\nThe seed and food of being.\nJulia Bartholomay, arguing that Nemerov's key theme is \"reflexivity of thought,\" identifies its expression in \"Runes,\" where it also appears through the imagery of seed and egg. In \"Runes,\" she says, \"The secret of the seed, extracted by knowledge, is death (IV), though it is also life (XVI).\"\nParadox, a multiplicity of illusions, difficulty even in locating a starting point—these are the experiences of a reader of \"Orphic Scenario\" just as they are the subjects of the poem itself. Here one may see in Nemerov's own work an example of a major problem he identifies in modern poetry citing Troilus and Cressida to illustrate his point:\nThis development [poetry that treats of the act of composition], where the mind curves back upon itself, may always be a limit, not only for poetry but for every kind of thought, for that \"speculation\" which Shakespeare says \"Turns not to itself / Till it hath travell'd and is mirror'd there / Where it may see itself adding that, \"This is not strange at all.\"\nBut if such a limit imposes itself, one's only recourse is to accept it and, in that acceptance, work toward the best possible understanding. Reality, then, as \"hurled light\" or \"spattered egg\" is at least a beginning; and from that point, Nemerov goes on to posit other developments, all of them offered tentatively and in the subjunctive mood—\"if,\" \"should.\" Once the illusion is projected, \"splayed as a blaze / On the blank of limit,\" it becomes a potential source of knowledge, able to \"entrance / The vacant stare, fix it with visions of, / However dripping and impure, an order.\" And if this can be achieved, \"That is enough, or the abstract of enough.\" But the speaker of the poem, never content to accept a single vision of reality, pressing always for still another logical possibility in this investigation of the limits of knowledge, goes one step further:\nAnd should the seed and food of order also\nResemble the things we see and know,\nLips, noses, eyes, the grimaces thereof\nCompounded, playing in the fetal night,\nThat too is enough, if not too much.\n\"Human kind,\" says Eliot, \"cannot bear very much reality\"; and the reality of \"lips, noses, eyes,\" recalling the torment of Othello, provides an instance of that truth even as it reminds us that the Moor's madness grows out of an illusion created by Iago.\nThe continuing movement in search of a ground for observation—which is both the poem's method and its meaning—culminates finally in a defense of art which may be described as Sidneyan:\nThis is an assertion, though admittedly an oblique and understated one. Any paraphrase of such a subtle argument runs the risk of Polonian specificity; but it is clear, I think, that Nemerov bases his defense of art on its moving power, on its ability to use a golden world—here a world of grand figures and actions with mythic resonance—to enhance and transform our vision of the world we experience. The instruments of that transformation are \"effigies,\" of the sort described by Julia Bartholomay—in this poem primarily the cinema and images drawn from film technique and personalities but also the rich and violent world of mythology. In \"Orphic Scenario,\" however, the effigies do not confirm a mistaken notion of reality; instead, they force an observer to question the grounds of his belief about reality and to become aware of the terrifying mysteries that great art is capable of communicating. This, finally, is the poem's testimony to the power of Shakespeare's drama. The death of Hamlet shows us\nHow all the buildings rise in a golden sky\nCheaper, and yet more golden, than before,\nMore high and solemn, borne on a great stage\nIn a failing light.\nFor Nemerov, then Hamlet offers a paradigm of the function of great art. In its majesty (and even in its theatrical \"cheapness\") it confronts us with the need to test our vision of reality. Its very grandeur is a source of its moving power, and though that grandness be at times specious, a publicist's excess—\"The new Veronica, the stiffened face / Light of the world, cast on a hanging cloth\"—it is capable nevertheless of driving us to other and deeper awarenesses.\nNemerov's response to the tyranny of Shakespeare appears finally in a variety of strategies, all of them based on the modern poet's recognition that Shakespeare is a vital presence both for himself and for his contemporary audience. In his poetry, Nemerov introduces and uses Shakespeare in a wide variety of ways ranging from casual, apparently flippant allusions to instances in which the original Shakespearean materials are deployed extensively to create whole poems. This habitual returning has its basis in two beliefs that Nemerov has set out in a quite explicit fashion—the first related to his understanding of poetry, the second to his sense of Shakespeare's thought. The struggle to come to terms with what is, the poet's continuing effort to define the relation between mind and things, observer and observed world, is the key to his description of poetry:\nPoetry, I would say, is, in its highest ranges, no mere playing with the counters of meaning, but a perpetual rederiving of the possibility of meaning from matter, of the intelligible world from the brute recalcitrance of things.\nIt was Shakespeare's glory, \"a sublime and terrible treasure which afterwards was lost,\" to have created his matchless dramas on the assumption that \"there exist several distinct realms of being, which for all their apparent distinctness respond immediately and decisively to one another.\" In his continuing struggle as a poet, Nemerov has kept the example of Shakespeare before him, seizing upon occasional stray echoes of \"The first age of the world\" but recognizing his own less favored place in history. In \"The Four Ages\" the last age is described in a metaphor that recalls the poet's frequent denial that \"All the world's a stage.\" Here the stage itself is dissolving and the show has come to an end:\nThe sentences break ranks, the orchestra\nHas left the pit, the curtain has come down\nUpon the smiling actors, and the crowd\nIs moving toward the exits through the aisles.\nIllusion at last is over.\nThis is a world Shakespeare never knew, a world of prose fit to explain but not to celebrate. In such an age, the tyranny of Shakespeare might seem especially inescapable and potent. But for Nemerov it becomes instead a spur to greater effort in the craft of writing, in the attempt \"to find out what the nature of things has to say about what you think you have to say.\" In \"the nature of things\" Nemerov discovers that Hopkins knew: \"there lives the dearest freshness.\" Shakespeare, as unattainable model, forces him to this discovery; and thus the tyrant Shakespeare becomes the guide and genius of his poetic achievement.\nLast Updated on May 5, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 5673\nSOURCE: '\"Between the Wave and the Particle': Figuring Science in Howard Nemerov's Poems,\" in Mosaic, Vol. 23, No. 4, Fall, 1990, pp. 37-50.\n[In the review below, Clark examines Nemerov's incorporation of science and technology into his works.]\nAs reader, namer, knower, skeptic, Howard Nemerov has had a long and productive engagement with the material world and with the sciences which explore its laws, its oddities. His work alludes often to scientific and semi-scientific writing from Euclid to Einstein; his many, diverse sources include Goethe, Godei, Eddington, Sherrington, Freud, Whitehead, Russell; Herbert Muller, Scott Buchanan, Owen Barfield and Lewis Thomas.\nSuch engagement, though generally acknowledged, has curiously been given little detailed attention by critics of Nemerov's work. Peter Meinke, for example, notes broadly [in his Howard Nemerov, 1968] that Nemerov has become a \"spokesman for the existential, science-oriented (or science-displaced), liberal mind of the twentieth century,\" and Julia Bartholomay argues simply that the poet is one of the few to \"incorporate science into his work\" [in her The Shield of Perseus: The Vision and Imagination of Howard Nemerov, 1972]. Undoubtedly, partly responsible for failure to pursue the issue further is the way Nemerov himself has seemed not to encourage it. Thus early in his career, in Journal of the Fictive Life (1965), he observed: \"Like many poets, I read a good deal of science, and like most of the poets who do, I do not read it for the sake of science but rather for the sake of metaphor.\" Later, in a 1979 interview with Ross Labrie [in Southern Review, Vol. 15, 1979], he added, \"I've sort of despaired of ever knowing anything…. I can hunt around snapping up unconsidered metaphors where I can. But that oughtn't to be confused with the knowledge of physics and biology.\"\nDisclaimers like these are not especially troublesome, however, for it can easily be demonstrated that, \"unconsidered\" as they may seem, Nemerov's metaphors are not divorced from their scientific contexts and are related in vital ways, not merely passing ones, to the questions the poet asks, the puzzles and paradoxes of the world he describes. More problematic, and therefore probably the real deterrent to a discussion of the centrality of science in Nemerov's poetry, is the question—alluded to by Meinke—of whether his interest should be viewed as \"orientation\" or \"displacement.\" A poet of shifting moods, Nemerov swings, often within a single volume, between deep engagement and ironic detachment, between an empowering romanticization of science and a lingering distrust of it.\nFurthermore, Nemerov's attitude toward science and technology, which he often treats—tellingly—as a single venture, has evolved over the years. Some of his early poems (\"The Bacterial War,\" \"Fragment from Correspondence\") and essays (\"A Dream of Reason\") address science as an alien enterprise and one threatening both to poetry and to civilization. In this he is like many other poets of his generation, responding to World War II and to the rise of New Criticism (Nemerov's first volume of poems was published in 1947, the same year as Cleanth Brooks's The Well Wrought Urn), which Gerald Graff has described [in The American Scholar, Vol. 49, 1980] as \"a socially committed movement, dedicated to the romantic project of saving the world from the demoralization inflicted by science.\"\nIncreasingly, however, Nemerov has come to see science as a discourse among discourses, in many ways adjacent to poetry and open, if not to genealogy in a poststructuralist sense (his guide in the matter being Whitehead, not Foucault), then to critique and to exploration. Ultimately, Nemerov is concerned not only with the figurative possibilities of science—its usefulness as a source of metaphors—but also with its figurative nature and its mythic properties.\nThis concern arises first and most enduringly, I believe, from a sense of the adjacency of scientific and literary discourses and an understanding of the aims and the limitations they share. In an important essay on his friend and teacher Kenneth Burke [in Reflexions on Poetry and Poetics], Nemerov points out that while Burke is often at odds with scientistic philosophies and with science itself, he is \"adventured on somewhat the same quest as that of physics: he would bring the world of human action, as it would the world of physical motion, under the dominion of few, simple and elegant laws.\"\nLike Burke, Nemerov has a strong impulse to find in and bring to the world those \"few, simple, and elegant laws.\" At the same time, however, he also has a powerful sense of the world as chaotic, in flux, fundamentally unruly. The problem of reconciling abstraction with particularity, form with chaos, is originally expressed in philosophical and poetic terms. Explaining the title of his first book, The Image and the Law, Nemerov observed to Labrie: \"On one side the imagist sort of thing, the sharp, individualized perception which related to nothing but itself. And on the other side, the side of Platonism and the sort of scholastic philosophers before people like Abelard, Scotus and Ockham came along, the side which emphasized the governing similarity to other experiences and abstractions, the law.\" In his early volumes, Nemerov tries various strategies and tropes—aphorism, dialectic, metaphor—to reconcile the image and the law. Most prove inadequate even to the metaphysical complications the poems themselves set forth and certainly to the rich, diverse world Nemerov knows. Finally language itself fails to order and reveal the world fully.\nThroughout the Collected Poems there is considerable tension between the belief that language is powerful to comprehend and order and the conviction that there are limits to its power. \"It is as though the world / were a great writing,\" he says in one poem, but adds: \"Having said so much, let us allow there is more to the world / than writing: continental faults are not / bare convoluted fissures in the brain.\" Here the metaphor—the world as writing—both does and does not succeed. Language does describe and circumscribe the world, but imperfectly. This realization leads to more sustained speculation, in poems and essays alike, on the power and the limits of language. In the course of that speculation, Nemerov turns again to science.\nIf nature, in its flux and particularity, resists the philosopher and the poet it also resists the scientist, and never more profoundly than in our own time. Physicist Stephen Hawking, describing the inconsistencies and uncertainties which have occupied his colleagues for most of our century [in his A Brief History of Time, 1988], notes simply that \"It turns out to be very difficult to devise a theory to describe the universe all in one go.\" He goes on to elaborate the fundamental incompatibility between the \"two basic partial theories\" by which contemporary scientists describe the world—the general theory of relativity, which reckons with the large-scale structure of the universe, and quantum mechanics, which \"deals with phenomena on extremely small scales.\"\nFor a variety of reasons, and in ways I will deal with more fully later, it is the terms of quantum mechanics which prove most tempting to Nemerov. Rather than resolve the old dilemma of the image and the law, they extend it radically and offer a whole new set of metaphors: waves, particles, uncertainties becoming principles. In \"This, That, and the Other,\" a verse dialogue, the poet seizes on those scientific terms playfully, if unscientifically, having his character \"That\" advance a theory of his own:\nThe physicists are vexed between the wave\nAnd particle—would it not somehow save\nThe appearances to think about snow\nAs particles becoming waves below,\nExchanging not their natures but their shapes?\nThough the ease of such appearance-saving is deceptive (and though \"That\" later admits, sheepishly, \"This isn't physics, but theology\"), the lines are important ones, both exploiting the figurative possibilities of scientific discourse and suggesting again the figurative nature of it.\nBy the middle volumes of The Collected Poems, those published between 1955 and 1973, the problem of principle and diversity, of the image and the law, becomes the focus of virtually all of Nemerov's thinking about science and much of his thinking about the world. These middle poems are characterized by their keen attentiveness to the objects and arrangements of the physical world. While many take up the accoutrements of modern life—the telephone, the television, sun glasses, storm windows—others consider the natural world. In them Nemerov's point of view, language and metaphors are often broadly scientific. He writes about the taxonomy of trees and birds, the chemistry of the mysterious gingko, the geometric patterns of shells and leaves. He attends to singularities and variations in nature as well as to governing shapes and similarities. Sometimes he discovers truth in the relations between things; at other times he dismisses metaphysics and notions about truth.\nInfluenced by mathematician Scott Buchanan's books Poetry and Mathematics and The Doctrine of Signatures, Nemerov sometimes turns in these volumes to arithmetic as metaphor and as a way of reckoning the relations between things. In his poem \"Vermeer,\" it is \"a holy mathematic\" which can relate those daily things—moments, colors, gestures—for which the Dutch Master cares so unassumingly, so unspeculatively, to each other and to the larger forces of history, time and truth. A decade later, in \"Figures of Thought,\" truth is similarly reckoned in mathematical terms:\nTo lay the logarithmic spiral on\nSea-shell and leaf alike, and see it fit,\nTo watch the same idea work itself out\nIn the fighter pilot's steepening, tightening turn\nOnto his target, setting up the kill,\nAnd in the flight of certain wall-eyed bugs.\nThe repeated pattern, the shell-shaped spiral, becomes principle enciphered. \"How secret that is,\" he continues, \"and how privileged / One feels to find the same necessity / Ciphered in forms diverse and otherwise / Without kinship.\" In the end, Nemerov treats these hieroglyphs and the truth they encode less seriously than he does in \"Vermeer.\" \"It may diminish some our dry delight,\" he concludes, \"To wonder if everything we are and do / Lies subject to some little law like that; / Hidden in nature but not deeply so.\"\nHis attitude here, like his topic, echoes a much earlier poem, \"Shells.\" There the form of the shell along the shore is \"only cryptically / Instructive, if at all\"; quite unlike the shell of Holmes's chambered nautilus, it is subject to a variety of readings. \"It is a stairway going nowhere,\" Nemerov proposes, \"Our precious emblem of the steep ascent.\" But then he suspends belief: \"Perhaps, beginning at a point / And opening to infinity, / Or the other way, if you want it the other way.\" Eventually the shell's spirals are erased \"with dust, then with water.\" The spiral continues to be a governing shape for Nemerov, however, and in other poems other figures serve as ciphers and emblems for relation. Maxwell Goldberg, for example, has identified the reticulum or network as an important configuration in some of Nemerov's poems; equally he employs alphabets, hieroglyphs and ideograms to encode the world.\nWry as his talk about relation and interpretation may be, Nemerov treats them elsewhere, as in \"Vermeer,\" seriously and with deep, even religious, feeling. In such moments his debts to Buchanan and to English writer and historian of consciousness Owen Barfield are evident. Already in his poem \"The Loon's Cry,\" published in the late 1950s, he considers in yearning ways the failure and recovery of the mind's power to construct relations between object and truth or meaning. What begins as a walk on a cool, late-summer evening soon becomes a meditation on the disappearance of meaning from the physical world. \"This is a natural beauty,\" he writes of the setting sun, the rising moon, \"it is not / Theology,\"\nThe dissociation is a double one—of the natural world from meaning and mystery, and of phenomena (sun and moon, river and sea) from each other. The poet's use of metaphor in the final line of the stanza is both ironic and hopeful, because such a figure depends on, even as it tes tifies to, the relations between image and meaning, image and image.\n\"I envied those past ages of the world,\" he writes, envisioning an ideal relation between the physical world and universal truth,\nWhen, as I thought, the energy in things\nShone through their shapes, when sun and moon no less\nThan tree or stone or star or human face\nWere seen but as fantastic Japanese\nLanterns are seen, sullen or gay colors\nAnd lines revealing the light that they conceal.\nAllowing that his argument simplifies the history of consciousness, he then describes the present. \"We'd traded all those mysteries in for things,\" he observes, \"For essences in things, not understood—/ Reality in things! and now we saw / Reality exhausted all their truth.\" If what Nemerov is describing in these lines sounds like imagism, it also sounds like the scientific materialism he rejects resoundingly in his poems and essays. Hyatt Waggoner's characterization of imagism as a \"defensive-imitative poetic response\" to the mechanism and materialism of early twentieth-century scientific philosophy [in his American Poets from the Puritans to the Present, 1984] is revealing here. Like positivism, Waggoner says, imagism revered the concrete, the verifiable, the economical; like positivism it saw experience and sensation rather than \"truth\" as the proper domain of poetry. Such a view, Nemerov argues in poems like \"The Loon's Cry,\" renders poetry and the things of the world meaningless.\nIn that poem, the speaker's sense of meaninglessness culminates in a moment of desolation and emptiness which serves also as a turning point. He becomes Adam, hearing the first loon's cry in paradise, and understands \"what that cry meant\":\nThat its contempt was for the forms of things,\nTheir doctrines, which decayed—the nouns of stone\nAnd adjectives of glass—not for the verb\nWhich surged in power properly eternal\nAgainst the seawall of the solid world\nBattering and undermining what it built.\nElsewhere Nemerov puns on his own name—making himself a \"namer-of\"—but here he sees himself not as a nounspeaker but as a verb-utterer. To say the verb is to replenish nature and language; it is \"the poet's act, only and always, in whatever time.\" Such an act becomes possible in the rediscovery of meaning. Thus, alluding both to Scott Buchanan and Jacob Boehme, he writes: \"For signatures / In all things are, which leave us not alone / Even in the thought of death, and may by arts / Contemplative be found and named again.\" In noun and adjective, stone and glass, moon and stars, the contemplative mind finds the constant, the thing which abides through decay and dissociation, the force which informs and makes meaningful the phenomena of the physical world and which holds those disparate phenomena together.\nAlmost a decade later, in \"The Blue Swallows,\" Nemerov returns (though not for the first time) to the themes of the image and the law, relation and consciousness. Grammar and geometry again figure significantly. The shapes—seven blue swallows above the millstream—are \"invisible and evanescent, / Kaleidoscopic.\" Watching them from the bridge, the speaker strives in vain to connect, to \"Weave up relation's spindrift web.\" The mood of the poem, until its final stanza, is one of despair. Metaphor fails—swallows tails are not \"nibs / Dipped in invisible ink.\" Neither mind, nor memory, nor abstraction (\"history is where tensions were,\" \"Form is the diagram of forces\") nor theology holds sway over the fleeting and changing shapes below the bridge. In the world since William of Ockham, relation is unreal, a dream, a false grammar the mind imposes. Fully realized, such nominalism denies one of the most basic kinds of relation—reflection. \"Even the water / Flowing away beneath those birds,\" Nemerov laments, \"Will fail to reflect their flying forms.\"\nLike \"The Loon's Cry,\" \"The Blue Swallows\" asserts in the end the redemptive power of the mind. The relation which is discovered and named by \"arts contemplative\" in the earlier poem is here created and illuminated by the imagination. \"O swallows, swallows, poems are not / The point,\" the speaker says,\nSuch a conception of mind is Romantic, much like (though more benign than) the view Nemerov attributes to Blake; it is also much like Goethe's and, more recently, like Owen Barfield's. Nemerov's affinity for the Romantics is evident both in his essays (particularly in \"Two Ways of the Imagination\") and in his poems. At the end of his introduction to Barfield's Poetic Diction, explaining the importance of poetic diction to the Romantic poets, he writes,\nOut of their efforts to reform this highly specialized diction and reach back instead to \"nature\" arose the deeper question of the extent of the imagination's role as creator of the visible and sensible world. For Blake that extent was total: Imagination is the Savior. For Wordsworth the relation was a more tentative and balancing one…. For both, and for their great contemporaries, the primacy of imagination was a point of considerable anxiety, too, because the view opposed, the view of a universe of independently and fatally moving things, the view named by Alfred North Whitehead as \"scientific materialism,\" was so evidently triumphant in imposing its claims upon the general mind of Europe and America.\nIn Goethe, in Barfield, in others, Romanticism makes its own scientific claims and establishes its own approaches to scientific problems.\nFor Nemerov, the relevance of the Romantic vision to a discussion of science is twofold. On one hand, in poems like \"The Blue Swallows\" and the profoundly Romantic poem \"The Painter Dreaming in the Scholar's House,\" it is a luminous resolution of the old scientific and philosophical problem of the image and the law. For Nemerov, as for Stevens, imagination becomes both the source of and the informing, governing truth for the image, novelty, diversity. Meaning dwells in the mind; the verb surges from within, not from beyond the mind and nature.\nOn the other hand, such a view provides him with a significant point of connection to modern physics. In his essay \"Goethe's Science in the Twentieth Century,\" Frederick Amrine suggests that the work of Werner Heisenberg and his colleagues has made an important place in modern science for Goethe's subjective, Romantic conception of the world. \"A realm is uncovered,\" Amrine contends, \"in which the contribution of the subject cannot be excised from any act of cognition. Quantum mechanics reveals that the observer influences the events that he observes; Heisenberg writes that 'the object of research is no longer nature itself but man's investigation of nature.'\" Elsewhere [Physics and Philosophy, 1958] Heisenberg himself puts it this way: \"The term 'happens' is restricted to the observation. Now this is a very strange result, since it seems to indicate that observation plays a decisive role in the event and that the reality varies, depending on whether we observe it or not. We have to remember that what we observe is not nature in itself but nature exposed to our questioning.\" And Herbert Muller, whose Science and Criticism is a book that Nemerov praises, describes the dawning period in science as one in which \"knowledge is a transaction between the observer and the observed.\"\nThese principles and descriptions apply, as scientists are quick to point out, chiefly to the fundamental particles of the universe. \"The equations describe the behavior of very small objects,\" physicist John Gribbin cautions [in In search of Schrödinger's Cat, 1984], \"generally speaking, the size of atoms or smaller—and they provide the only understanding of the world of the very small.\" Yet like relativity, quantum physics finds its way, often in a very generalized or modified form, into poetry. For Nemerov, quantum physics, broadly interpreted, provides for his Romantic conception of mind and nature an appealing set of metaphors and paradigms. From physics he also derives a set of more tolerant or expansive principles to hold up to diverse and chaotic reality. The terms and hypotheses of quantum physics appear occasionally in the early and middle volumes but become increasingly important in the last two volumes of The Collected Poems.\nIn the middle volumes and on into the later ones, however, Nemerov's attitude toward science and scientists continues to be mixed and often sardonic. In \"Cosmic Comics,\" for example, he ponders the Freudian aspects of the \"apocalyptic dream\" of the black hole, \"Through which, say our astronomers, / The whole damn thing, the universe, / Must one day fall,\" and concludes: \"Where Moses saw the seat of God / Science has seen what's just as odd, / The asshole of the universe.\" About technology he is often even more wry. In \"Cybernetics,\" for example, he imagines a brain-building kit, complete with instructions. A more elaborate brain than the simple one in the package is \"perfectly possible,\" these directions admit, but,\nIt runs you into much more money for\nCircuits of paradox and contradiction.\nYour vessels of antinomian wrath alone\nRun into millions; and you can't stop there,\nYou've got to add at every junction point\nAuxiliary systems that will handle doubt,\nSwitches of agony that are On and Off\nAt the same time, and limited-access\nBlind alleys full of inefficient gods\nAnd marvelous devils.\nOn much the same grounds he rejects computer-made poetry in a couple of essays written in the same period as \"Cybernetics.\" \"The computer can never do more than imitate from the outside certain imitable characteristics of art,\" he argues. \"Poetry tells us stories deep and rich with experience, with thought, with language. The technological—I would not say the scientific—pretension is that all this is artificially imitable; and technologically that might one day turn out to be true. And then?\"\nHis opinion of technology is seldom much more favorable than this. In \"The Backward Look\" he compares Dante in heaven to the \"sterile satellite\" in its bored orbit through the \"heaven of technology.\" In another poem, \"Druidic Rimes,\" he describes with regret astronomy's venture—via satellite—beyond the visible. He writes first of the mind going forth \"with naked eye / To take a turn about the sky\" and then of the deeply Romantic experience of seeing the sky through a telescope. \"When the telescope was trained / Where only darkness reigned,\" he writes,\nOr seemed to, lights broke into being\nAs if to marry the eye's seeing\nIn the flowering of a cosmic spring\nThat grew like anything.\nTelescopes, however, give way to electronic methods of scanning the heavens; the Romantic experience gives way to scientific certainty. \"Now mind went forth without the eye,\" he says ruefully,\nOn waves beyond the visible sky:\nImpulses from what scarce was matter\nBounced off a shallow platter\nInto the realm of number pure,\nThe only measure made so sure\nThat mind was guaranteed to mind it\nAnd always stand behind it.\nAs much as he rejects the satellite and the disembodied information it collects, then, so much does he embrace the telescope as a bit of technology which makes possible a wonderful engagement of mind and world. In \"Lines & Circularities\" it is the record player he praises:\nI watch the circling stillness of the disc,\nThe tracking inward of the tone-arm, enact\nA mystery wherein the music shares:\nHow time, that comes and goes and vanishes\nNever to come again, can come again.\nMost recently, in \"Playing the Machine,\" he writes with grumpy satisfaction of opposing a computer at chess. \"You can always, turn it off,\" he notes, \"Declare a victory and leave it there, / Somewhat the way you leave a telling dream, / Taking its faithless memory away.\" It would seem, therefore, that it is to tools like the telescope and the phonograph that Nemerov refers in his essay \"On Metaphor\" when he argues that the physical sciences \"have a relation to magic with respect to the material world, so that men can on their account do many things that before could only be thought or dreamed.\"\nSuch miracles of telescope and tone arm, however, do little to mitigate Nemerov's disapproval of technology in its higher varieties, for the science-assisted imagination is also the science-afflicted, even the science-endangered imagination. Accordingly, in the end, the threat posed by technology converges with the threat posed by scientific materialism. In an essay called \"Poetry, Prophecy, Prediction,\" Nemerov recalls with feeling Blake's vision of the future. Blake's is a Newtonian universe, of course, but the world which he imagines is one that even a twentieth-century poet engaged by the terms and equations of quantum physics finds chilling. Thus to Nemerov, \"The invention of machines in its turn produces the image of a giant machine as a metaphor for the universe, but also, inevitably, as a metaphor for the mind, whose servile ambition henceforth will be the progressively perfected imitation of relentless and mechanic order without other purpose than the maintenance of its sterile circularities, from which soul, spirit, mind itself at last, will be progressively excluded.\"\nYet, even as Nemerov's remarks address the frightening specter of science and technology, they make the case that metaphor is powerful and that language is what finally gives shape to consciousness. At the end of the same essay he calls scientific language \"the language in which we tell each other myths about the motions and the purposes of mind disguised as world, as time, as truth.\" Later, in his poem \"Einstein, Freud & Jack,\" he makes a similar assertion when he depicts Einstein writing to Freud to ask what he thinks science might do for world peace. \"Not much,\" Freud responds, adding that \"science too begins and ends in myth.\" To call the language of science mythic is, in one sense, to devalue it in a world where fact and myth are antonymous. Nemerov adds to this effect by concluding slyly, \"It scarce needs saying, that myth believed is never called a myth.\" In Nemerov's own lexicon, however, as in Blake's and in Freud's, myth is a way of telling the truth about the world and the mind.\nFor Nemerov, particularly in his four or five most recent volumes, the language, the laws, the metaphors of science do become deeply appealing ways of comprehending and revealing the world. Some of his metaphors are biological. In one poem, for example, he describes novelists talking, \"In allegories of themselves that go down on paper like dividing cells.\" And in \"The Weather of the World\" a TV map is described as \"a great sensorium, / The vast enfolding cortex of the globe, / Containing contradictions, tempers, moods.\"\nMore often both the metaphors and the principles come from physics. In particular, he works and reworks the second law of thermodynamics (which holds that the disorder or entropy of a closed system always increases), trying to find a way of resolving the old paradox of the image and the law. In \"Two Pair\" he compares the Old Law and the New of the Bible to the first and second laws of thermodynamics. \"The first pair tells us we may be redeemed,\" he writes, \"But in a world, the other says, that's doomed.\" \"What boots it to be told both sets are true,\" he inquires a few lines later, \"Or that disorder in the universe is perfectly legal, and always getting worse?\" In \"Drawing Lessons\" he considers some exceptions to the entropy principle. \"Water,\" he notes,\nAllowing the usefulness of the second law in predicting things like the gradual going to dust of the drawing student's pencil and of the body, he nevertheless looks on it as \"The invention of a parsimonious people / Accustomed to view creation on a budget / Cut to economy more than to delight.\" To this assessment he adds smugly, \"The sea's a little more mysterious than that.\" In the way of mind, not body, water defies the laws which would govern the novel, unruly world.\nIn his 1973 essay, [in Salmaguadi] James M. Kiehl notes—with respect to Nemerov's concern with the inadequacies of scientific thinking—\"One response by the sciences to such limitations is to come back upon themselves, to devote attention to their own modes of expression and perception. They are at least noticing that their own modes are analogic and metaphoric and consequently they are learning the same sort of diffidence poets acquire as 'negative capability.\" Kiehl acknowledges that this turn toward the reflexive, particularly on the part of physicists, is important to Nemerov's thinking about science and his use of scientific images. Such thinking is most clearly worked out in the late poems where Nemerov turns to ways of seeing, of reckoning subatomic truths in daily life. \"There,\" for example, describes the workings of the Romantic imagination in terms of physics. \"Sacred is secret,\" he writes,\nIn \"Seeing Things\" he writes about metaphor-making: nature making metaphors for quantum physics, physics making them for sight and thought. \"Close as I ever came to seeing things / The way physicists say things really are,\" he begins,\nWas out on Sudbury Marsh one summer eve\nWhen a silhouetted tree against the sun\nSeemed at my sudden glance to be afire:\nA black and boiling smoke made all its shape.\nBinoculars resolved the enciphered sight\nTo make it clear the smoke was a cloud of gnats,\nTheir millions doing such a steady dance\nAs by the motion of the many made the one\nShape constant and kept it so in both the forms\nI'd thought to see, the fire and the tree.\nThis scene in the marsh calls to mind first and most compellingly the Big Bang and those original particles which, as Gribbin puts it, \"first jostled in close proximity in the cosmic fireball.\" It also recalls the \"logarithmic spiral\" which governs in \"Figures of Thought.\" Yet this strange sight and the physics it alludes to provide something the spiral does not—a way of reconciling principle and chaos. The gnats make up and sustain the constant; and they summon, like the photons of \"There,\" the powers of imagination to give them shape and meaning.\nIn the long poems of The Western Approaches (1975), Nemerov uses the metaphors of wave and particle to describe the world (suggesting again that the models of science are themselves metaphoric). In \"Drawing Lessons\" particles and waves are the shapes that define the world. \"Today we shall explore the mystery,\" he writes, \"Of points and lines moving over the void— / We call it paper—to imitate the world.\" Breaking on the shore, wave becomes particles; later, particles and waves become consonants and vowels, matter and anti-matter. \"Nature,\" he notes, \"plays / Far ranging variations on the kinds, / Doodling inventions endlessly, as the pencil does.\" Though not so glib as the appearance-saving argument advanced in \"This, That & the Other,\" Nemerov's way of thinking about waves and particles here has something in common with That's logic. In both, a single nature or Nature is manifested in a variety of forms. In \"Drawing Lessons,\" however, the forms—themselves metaphors—generate other, fuller metaphors. Out of such generation, the world arises.\nIn \"The Measure of Poetry\" the wave (chiefly, this time, the sea wave) is the form in which the image and the law are reconciled. \"The idea one gets from these waves,\" Nemerov writes, envisioning a shoreline, \"whether the sea is / rough or calm, is the idea of a great consistency coupled with / A great freakishness, absolute law consisting with absolute rage.\" Like the wave, the measures of poetry begin \"far from the particular / conformation of the poem, far out in the sea of tradition and the mind / even in the physiological deeps,\" and like the wave they are met by the hard particularity of the shoreline: \"the objects which are to appear in the poem\" or (in a different analogy which makes vowels the tidal impulse) the consonants which \"are rock and reed and sand, and the steep or / shallow slope.\" Most like the wave, however, this measure is governed by laws, \"simple and large, so that in the / scope of their generality room may remain for moments of / freedom, moments of chaos.\"\nImplicit in this metaphoric working out of the image and the law is an equally metaphoric working out of wave-particle duality, the concept in quantum mechanics which holds, as Hawking puts it, \"that there is no distinction between waves and particles; particles may sometimes behave like waves, and waves like particles.\" Treated as metaphors, wave and particle need not be mutually exclusive but can be enlarged and elaborated into ways of understanding the forms and forces of the world, of language. As ways of being and, more important, as ways of seeing, particle and wave are central to \"The Measure of Poetry\" and \"Drawing Lessons.\" As paradox they are evident at every point in Nemerov's long career.\nIn the end, Nemerov seems to argue, metaphor is more powerful than law in any of its varieties—scientific, poetic, moral—to tell the truth about nature, the imagination, the universe. Science, understood as metaphor, becomes a potent way of imagining and ordering the world. At the same time, however, even in Nemerov's late volumes, set against this powerful romanticization of science is a keen distrust. In his essay \"To Speak or Else to Sing,\" Paul Ramsey ventures an explanation of Nemerov's rejection of scientific positivism. \"The fear of the damages scientific physicalism does to the poetic enterprise is real,\" he argues, \"the fear of existential absurdity, unintelligibility, is real; the regret for the loss of the ontology of plainsong is very real.\"\nIt may be so; certainly the fear is there, with a measure of regret, in the early volumes. Yet elsewhere and later, Nemerov's inquiries, doubts, and even outright rejections of science seem based on a premise like Whitehead's in Science and the Modern World, a book he cites often. \"If science is not to degenerate into a medley of ad hoc hypotheses,\" Whitehead writes, \"it must become philosophical and must enter upon a thorough criticism of its own foundation.\" At the heart of Nemerov's interest in science—its aims, its data, its metaphors—is just such a philosophical examination of its presuppositions; beneath the irony and the inquiry of the science poems, there is just such a critique of its foundation, whereby—its metaphoric nature revealed, its paradoxes and mysteries acknowledged—science does not \"degenerate\" but becomes richly generative.\nLast Updated on February 4, 2016, by eNotes Editorial. Word Count: 892\nPotts, Donna L. \"Howard Nemerov: An Annotated Bibliography of Secondary Sources.\" Bulletin of Bibliography 50, No. 4 (December 1993): 263-67.\nComprehensive bibliography about Nemerov's works.\nWyllie, Diane E. Elizabeth Bishop and Howard Nemerov: A Reference Guide. Boston: Hall, 1983, 196 p.\nContains an annotated list of works by and about Nemerov.\nLabrie, Ross. Howard Nemerov. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1980, 159 p.\nBiographical and critical study of Nemerov that includes chapters on his poetry, novels, and criticism.\nBoyers, Robert. \"Howard Nemerov's True Voice of Feeling.\" In Excursions: Selected Literary Essays, pp. 217-41. Port Washington, N.Y.: Kennikat Press, 1977.\nStates that \"contrary to what so many have said of Nemerov, his characteristic idiom is not the language of unruffled calm or serenity. Always he has written with a sharp sense of troubled waters threatening beneath placid surfaces.\"\nBurke, Kenneth. \"Comments on Eighteen Poems by Howard Nemerov.\" The Sewanee Review LX, No. 1 (Winter 1952): 117-31.\nStylistic and thematic analysis of eighteen poems by Nemerov, including \"Around the City Where I Live,\" \"In the Last Hour of the Dream,\" and \"When Black Water Breaks the Ice.\" Burke's comments were meant to be published with the poems.\nCarruth, Hayden. \"In Their Former Modes.\" New York Times Book Review (April 28, 1968): 7.\nNegative review of The Blue Swallows in which Carruth comments on Nemerov's \"tired\" poetic irony and his predictable rhymes and metaphors.\nClark, Miriam Marty. \"The Evolution of Consciousness in Howard Nemerov's 'The Painter Dreaming in the Scholar's House.'\" University of Dayton Review 21, No. 1 (Spring 1991): 161-67.\nDiscusses Nemerov's struggles with post-modernist concerns and the influence of English philosopher and philologist Owen Barfield on the poet's works.\nCostello, Bonnie. \"Sympathy and Wit.\" Parnassus: Poetry in Review 9, No. 2 (Fall/Winter 1981): 169-83.\nCompartive review of Nemerov's Sentences and William Meredith's The Cheer. Costello concludes that Meredith's work is sympathetic, emotional, and optimistic and Nemerov's is witty, \"hard-edged and piercing.\"\nGoldstein, Laurence. \"The Wings of War.\" Michigan Quarterly Review 29, No. 3 (Summer 1990): 472.\nMixed review of War Stories in which Goldstein discusses Nemerov's irreverent tone and demythology of war.\nJohnson, Tom. \"Ideas and Order.\" The Sewanee Review LXXXVI, No. 3 (Summer 1978): 445-53.\nRefutes two common misconceptions about Nemerov: that he was primarily an academic poet and that he focused mainly on middle-class concerns.\nKiehl, James M. \"The Poems of Howard Nemerov: Where Loveliness Adorns Intelligible Things.\" Salmagundi, Nos. 22-23 (Spring/Summer 1973): 234-57.\nProvides a thematic and stylistic overview of Nemerov's works, focusing on how his poems challenge the reader's perception of reality.\nKinzie, Mary. \"The Judge Is Rue.\" Poetry CXXXVIII, No. 6 (September 1981): 344-50.\nMixed review of Sentences in which Kinzie concludes \"Sentences is a disappointing and self-indulgent volume on the whole, but has some landmark poems.\"\n——. \"The Signatures of Things: On Howard Nemerov.\" Parnassus: Poetry in Review 6, No. 1 (Fall/Winter 1977): 1-57.\nOverview of Nemerov's poetry and nonfiction. Kinzie comments on Nemerov's place in and influence on contemporary poetry.\nPritchard, William H. Review of Gnomes and Occasions, by Howard Nemerov. The Hudson Review XXVI, No. 3 (Autumn 1973): 579-97.\nPositive assessment of Gnomes and Occasions.\nPrunty, Wyatt. \"Howard Nemerov: Mimicry and Other Tropes.\" In \"Fallen from the Symboled World\": Precedents for the New Formalism, pp. 143-92. New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.\nExamination of Nemerov's use of figurative language in which Prunty argues that Nemerov rebelled against modernism to pursue \"a more independent course.\"\nRandall, Julia. \"Genius of the Shore: The Poetry of Howard Nemerov.\" In The Sounder Few: Essays from the Hollins Critic, edited by R. H. W. Dillard, George Garrett, and John Rees Moore, pp. 345-57. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1971.\nExamines metaphysical aspects of Nemerov's poetry.\nSenn, Werner. \"Speaking the Silence: Contemporary Poems on Paintings.\" Word & Image 5, No. 2 (April-June 1989): 181-97.\nDiscusses Nemerov's poems on paintings, including \"Nature Morte,\" \"The World as Brueghel Imagined It,\" and \"Vermeer.\"\nShaw, Robert B. \"Making Some Mind of What Was Only Sense.\" The Nation 226, No. 7 (February 25, 1978): 213-15.\nMixed review of Collected Poems in which Shaw calls the volume repetitive and predictable but praises Nemerov's humor and intelligence.\nSpiegelman, Willard. \"Alphabeting the Void: Poetic Diction and Poetic Classicism.\" Salmagundi 42 (1978): 132-45.\nCompartive review of the verse of Nemerov, A. R. Ammons, and Allen Tate.\nYoung, Gloria L. \"Finding Again the Word.\" Concerning Poetry 20 (1987): 75-85.\nStates that Nemerov's poems often deal with \"the philosophical problem of how—or if?—poetry unites mind and world (self and Other).\"\n——. \"'The Fountainhead of All Forms': Poetry and the Unconscious in Emerson and Howard Nemerov.\" In Artful Thunder: Versions of the Romantic Tradition in American Literature in Honor of Howard P. Vincent, edited by Robert J. DeMott and Sanford E. Marovitz, pp. 241-67. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 1975.\nDiscusses how American writer Ralph Waldo Emerson's ideas of the unconscious anticipate the psychological, linguistic, and aesthetic theories of Nemerov and psychologist Carl Jung.\nBowers, Neal, and Charles L. P. Silet. \"An Interview with Howard Nemerov.\" The Massachusetts Review XXII, No. 1 (Spring 1981): 43-57.\nInterview in which Nemerov discusses such subjects as his writing technique, the relationship between his fiction and poetry, the pessimistic tone of his verse, and the influence of critics on his work.\nAdditional coverage of Nemerov's life and career is contained in the following sources published by The Gale Group: Contemporary Authors, Vols. 1-4 (rev. ed.), 134; Contemporary Authors Bibliographical Series, Vol. 2; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 1, 27, 53; Contemporary Literary Criticism, Vols. 2, 6, 9, 36; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vols. 5, 6; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, 1983; DISCovering Authors: Poets Module; and Major 20th-century Writers.\nUnlock This Study Guide Now\nStart your 48-hour free trial and unlock all the summaries, Q&A, and analyses you need to get better grades now.\n- 30,000+ book summaries\n- 20% study tools discount\n- Ad-free content\n- PDF downloads\n- 300,000+ answers\n- 5-star customer support", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Posted November 15, 2010\nArkansas Review :: Borderlands :: Cream City Review :: Descant :: Forklift, Ohio :: Front Porch :: The Main Street Rag :: Nimrod :: Phoebe :: Santa Monica Review :: The Sow's Ear Poetry Review :: Sycamore Review\nVolume 41 Number 2\nReview by Sima Rabinowitz\nFormerly the Kansas Quarterly, this issue of the Arkansas Review features two essays, a memoir, a poem, one short story, and numerous reviews. I like the narrow double column format (found most commonly these days in newspapers and The New Yorker), which makes the analytical essays (“Ain’t No Burnin’ Hell: Southern Religion and the Devil’s Music” by Adam Gussow and “Farmers and Fastballs: The Culture of Baseball in Depression Era Northeast Arkansas” by Paul Edwards) highly readable. These essays are intelligent and informative, but not stuffy or opaque.\nMargaret McMullan’s fiction “Insurance” is an affecting story about grief. CL Bledsoe’s personal essay/memoir of addiction, “The Shakes,” is smart and honest. Catharine Savage Brosman’s poem “Great Egret Feeding” is quiet and lovely:\nIn shallows near the bayou’s edge he feeds,\nbeyond the new bridge and the rippling bight –\nattending to the keenest of his needs,\nthe daily tyranny of appetite.\nReviews include smart evaluations of books from major\nuniversity presses and independent presses on a wide variety of\nTexas Poetry Review\nReview by Sima Rabinowitz\nThe “borderlands” concept has never been more accurate. Along with a more general selection of more than 20 poets, this issue features a special section of “translingual poets,” defined as writers who “create in a language other than the one they were born into.” Editor Liliana Valenzuela praises the fine work of the translators whose work appears here alongside the originals and notes that many are gifted poets themselves. This issue also includes wonderful artwork by Liliana Wilson, terrific images with surreal elements, but wholly “real” human aspects that render the work both familiar and wondrous in the magical (but not silly or childish) sense of the word.\nI appreciated the range of styles and voices in the poetry presented here. Highlights for me include “completely” by Charles Thomas, spare, elegant, direct, heart wrenching:\nribbons of read\nsacrifices to lesser gods\nAnd a poem built on the anaphoric use of “The End of Literature” by Irene O’Garden (“The End of Literature…is to attend a dazzly dinner / written in fiction, / cooked in truth, / and to feed on the people more / than the meal.”)\nIn the translingual section, I appreciated, above all, the dense lyricism of Peruvian poet Eduardo Chirinos in his poem “Poema de amor con rostro oscuro” / ”Love Poem with a Dark Face,” expertly translated by G.J. Racz; and Susanne Ayoub’s “Muchter & Trotte”/”Mother & Daughter,” with the wildly fabulous translation of Geoffrey C. Howes who successful captures Ayoub’s linguistic inventiveness (“nosear and yemouth / besistered daugtered / comorse”).\nAyoub’s poem ends “jaewig” (“ohforevery”). If it were not for\nBorderlands, I would never know about Ayoub’s work.\nOhwhatpoetry – and wonderful literary journals like this one\n– can do!\nVolume 34 Number 1\nReview by Tanya Angell Allen\nSarah Legow's cover art for the latest 245 page volume of Cream City Review depicts ordinary objects inside eggshells. One shell holds sand. Another holds fur. Others hold clock gears, cigarette butts, shells, and twine. It's oddly perfect for the issue, as Cream City is crammed with strange, good pieces that give magic-realistic tinges to ordinary and gritty subjects.\nJ. Weintraub’s domestic science fiction story “The Couch Club” is about a human woman’s marriage to a space alien. In Nicole Callihan's “Violet Egan and the Magic Circle,” a regretfully childless woman is haunted by a TV-watching ghost. Tim Wirkus’s dreamy crime story “Thirteen Virtues of a Colonial Detective” is broken into disjointed sections, giving it a graphic-novel like feel.\nCecilia Johnson has a number of paintings accompanied by fables. One is about Snow White and her Prince’s glass coffin fetish. Another two-sentence fable is about Little Bunny Foo Foo.\nJohn Porcellino has an excellent portfolio of comics, many of which are about the philosopher Diogenes. Others are about cats, or the importance of looking at an anthill and thinking “nothing matters except this anthill.”\nThe magazine's poetry is consistently good. One of the take-away pieces is “The Stranger Experiment” by Lori Davis, based on a recent scientific study that proves that when two people are put into a dark empty room and assured anonymity, they will usually start groping each other. Anna Leahy’s “Rules for Writing a Poem” begins unremarkably: “Be uncanny and brilliant. Be remarkable.” It's then salted with footnotes, such as the one following an instruction to write deftly about one's father's death: “More deftly, according to Louise Gluck, than did Sharon Olds in The Father. Get to it before your dissertation director does in Keep This Forever because you cannot be as witty as he is. You will not do your father justice anyway. No one ever does.”\nThis issue also has the work of its Annual Literary Prize winners (Haines Eason in poetry, Eson Kim in creative nonfiction, and Roger Sheffer in Fiction,) plus Amy T. Olen's translation of Edgardo Rivera Martinez's \"Azurita.\"\nThere's also an excellent flash nonfiction feature, including Katherine Riegel's \"All The Love You Want\" about a stranger who leaves a poorly written note in the writer's car (\"u are so prety i wil pay u 1000 dollers for to our of yor tim\") then helps her fix a flat tire. Another is Ken Brosky's \"Amazon.com: The New Meta-fiction,\" about the \"Three-Wolf Tee-Shirt\" made famous by the mock-reviews random people wrote for it. Brosky clicks on connected links such as \"Black Toilet Paper\" and \"Fresh Whole Rabbit\" and writes, \"by surfing from page to page I was literally piecing together little snippets of Meta-Fiction, creating my own story as I surfed the Web's most popular shopping site.\"\nBrosky’s piece and the other essays, stories, poems, and\nartworks in Cream City remind us of the beautiful and mad\nbits of magic that can be made from ordinary life.\nVolume 40 Number 3\nReview by Tanya Angell Allen\nIn \"The Last Jesus I Know Of – \" a nonfiction piece from Descant's \"Writers in Prison\" issue – Stephen Reid writes \"amongst living books, the shape of your world can shift a thousand times, one for each title, or be changed forever in a single page. In its own way, the prison library is more dangerous than the big yard.\"\nThis issue of Descant also has the power to change the shape of reader's worlds by shifting the way they think about prisons. Billed as the first of Descant's fortieth anniversary celebration volumes, this 150th issue was inspired when an editorial assistant noticed a large number of submissions coming from prisoners in Canada and the United States and suggested a themed issue.\nIt's hard not to keep a thumb in the contributor's page and constantly checking out the author backgrounds while reading this issue. One of the well-done, gritty but slightly romantic stories by a writer who (unless she doesn’t acknowledge it in her biographical notes) has never been to prison is by Yvonne Stiver. Her story \"These Strange Days in Captivity\" is about a woman wrongly imprisoned for terrorism who begins a sexual relationship with a visiting Catholic priest. Mark Strong also has a good story called \"Devlin & Carl.\" In it, a blind man has his young cell mate read to him, and helps him find metaphorical freedom via The Odyssey and other books.\nSeveral of the other authors have run writing workshops for prisoners. Dorothy Field has a pair of poems called \"Volunteers: Who We Are\" (\"faded / women hungry for a hug, sensitive New Age / guys afraid to live in their pants, nuns, school / marms\") and \"Inside Guys: Who They Are.\" (\"Murderers, rapists, thieves, dope pushers, great / cooks, guys who can barely open a can of beans, / bored out of their tree, drunk on learning\"). \"The Missing Picture\" is Finn Clarke's simple story of a photographer who directs two elderly people to the prison that holds their son.\nThen there’s the fascinating work created by the presently-incarcerated. In \"Putting Myself Out There,\" James Wiley renders a heartbreaking series of memories leading to his killing four family members at age fifteen. Charles Bronson has several surreal, disturbing and colorful illustrations of prison life. Saint James Harris Wood has two typewritten letters sent from California Men's Colony. He talks there of trying to find a new place for writing after being transferred out of a prison where he wrote in the NEA funded Arts in Corrections program.\nFormer prisoner Rubin \"Hurricane\" Carter, who was falsely accused and imprisoned for murder, writes with Ken Klonsky in \"Surviving Prison\" that \"When we make it impossible for people to be anything but criminals, they tend to live down to our beliefs; when we encourage, work with and believe in them, they tend to rise to our expectations.\"\nThis issue of Descant shows the humanity of the\nincarcerated and the power of literature to help them reform,\nheal, and survive. It’s an issue that should be circulated\nwidely in the hope of raising expectations.\nReview by Sima Rabinowitz\nIt sounds huge – Forklift. It’s subtitled as if the description was written after a night of heavy drinking – A Journal of Poetry, Cooking & Light Industrial Safety. It’s quirky – for example, section titles from the TOC: A Precaution in Planting; Fresh from the Nursery; Animals in the Garden; Sprinkling vs. Watering; and so forth. It looks fun, with whacky illustrations and graphics. It feels small – Forklift fits in one palm. It’s all of these things. And none of them. And you should take it seriously, even if it does its level best to dissuade you from doing so, at least at first glance.\nHeavy lifting worth paying attention to includes sudden fiction by Jenn Scheck-Kahn, “Uncorked (“Food cramps Franklin. He is hungry before he paints, but after it, he’s full. If he eats early, there’s no space for painting. It’s that simple.”), a poem by Nicholas Gulig, “Traveling” (“How could one not want this if it is / real this particle of sparrow / light this metal / fence between the shadow of / the city and the field if we are listening”), a translation of a poem by the prolific and much-admired Slovenian poet Tomaz Salamun from Michael Thomas Taren, “The Work on a Platform”; and several poems by Adam Clay and by Cynthia Arrieu-King.\nMuch of the work in the journal (though not the pieces cited above) are, indeed, quirky, and there is an equal measure of fun and drama – “the world’s no longer really ours,” concludes poet Thera Webb in “One Way the World Will End.”\nAnd, yes, there are recipes: Melissa Barrett provides her versions of Vegetarian Pink Bean & Red Pepper Stew, and Easy Australian Lemonade Scones; and Cate Peeble gives us Sunday Lentil Soup Redux. These featured alongside Matthew Pitt’s story “Appetites,” a mock restaurant review.\nMatt Reeck’s short story, “The Undertow of the World,” a\nseries of short numbered fragments, epitomizes the journal’s\nsensibility and captures its tone precisely: “Seven cars pass\nthrough one gate. They contain thirteen nations. Each nation\nowns one vegetable. One vegetable is bountiful in its nation. To\nseize each vegetable. To cease each nation.” Seize your fork and\nReview by Henry F. Tonn\nThis journal is run by the MFA students at Texas State University and was founded in 2006. Each edition produces some combination of fiction, nonfiction, book reviews, interviews, poetry, and audio/videos.\nI thoroughly enjoyed “The Many Fictions of Mustafa Kahraman” by Benjamin Doty, which begins “The day before the secret police arrested him, Mustafa Kahraman sat with Ahmet Gül over glasses of tea and contemplated the many lies of his life at a small Istanbul café.” I was less impressed, however, with “Red Rover, Red Rover,” by Rene Saldana, Jr., the story of a man who kills his ex-wife and her male friend in a fit of rage and then tries to flee to Mexico. This kind of plot is not only trite and well-worn, but is presented in neither a fresh nor an innovative way.\nI was knocked over by Albert Abonado’s poem “In a Field Called Vietnam.” Lugubrious poetry at its best, transcendental:\nSometimes, I have\ntwo mothers. I'm not sure which one\nwas the one I once saw holding\nthe hole in the neck of a man\ndying in a field. I saw the hole\ngrow teeth and now the man travels\naround the country talking\nout the back of his head with two\nvoices: the bored voice\nand the surviving voice,\nand when he asks for water\nhis mother tilts his head back\ntoto let the air out of his brain.\nThere are excellent, very professional reviews of books written by or about luminaries such as Raymond Carver (A Writer’s Life, by Carol Sklenicka, reviewed by William Jensen), Alice Munroe (Too Much Happiness, reviewed by David Norman), and Anne Frank (another one about Anne Frank??), (Anne Frank: the Book, the Life, and the Afterlife, by another luminary Francice Prose; reviewed by Daniel Keltner) and more obscure writers such as H. L Humes. Humes, whose massive tome, The Underground City, about World War II, plus his gradual descent into madness, is expertly delineated by Evan McMurry. It did not make me want to read the book, but I was certainly impressed with the review.\nI finish with another poem: “Grace,” by Jennifer Wrisley:\nGrace is the egret, whose legs stream behind\nlike thin ropes when flying.\nOr maybe, grace is the act of looking\nwhen the head wants to turn. Grace in the sky,\nand grace on earth: on earth, sometimes, it is\nwanting the truth, and this, a small act of mercy.\nJennifer Wrisley took her own life at age thirty, the victim of chronic pain and seizures for many years.\nLife is not fair.\nVolume 15 Number 3\nReview by Sima Rabinowitz\nThis issue is consistent with Main Street’s approach both to the mag and its chapbook series, direct, approachable poems and stories composed of casual diction, conversational tones, and familiar imagery. This issue features an interview with Main Street chapbook author Richard Allen Tyler, along with the work of 28 poets and a half-dozen fiction writers. The work of four photographers rounds out the issue. I liked, in particular, “A Pike’s Peak Spring” from M. Scott Douglass, clouds and snow gathered on and around railroad tracks captured at a moment of altering textures, depicted expertly in the photograph.\nDavid Wortman’s story about cashing out to close another day in the retail world, “We’re Co-Workers, We’ll Co-Narrate,” is especially appealing, demonstrating the power of understatement: “The story I want to tell is big, with betrayals and love and murder, but my baby is sick and not getting better.” A poem by Fiona Sze-Lorrain, “Invisible Eye,” is moving, too, for its restraint. Here are the opening lines:\nchalks the skeletons\nof houses. I pry\nopen doors of dusk.\nEvery tree helps me\npick my way\nSze-Lorrain contributes my favorite of the many love poems in this issue, too, “Fragile”: “The sea under our bed / holds immensity for sleepless / hours.”\nMy favorite of the many poems on aging parents and family matters is Heather Ross Miller’s “Visiting Hours,” which captures the particular experience of the nursing home visit with precision. And my favorite views-of-nature contribution is actually one artist’s view of another’s, “Paintings” by Patricia Behrens.\nHaving just spent most of yesterday afternoon stuck just past the last toll booth going north toward Manhattan on the New Jersey Turnpike, courtesy of a (rented) broken down Toyota Sienna, I was, naturally, amused to read “A Brush with Reality in the Form of a Toyota Sienna” by Scott Owens:\nThe high-maintenance girls run by\nmy minivan, fuel-efficient, 8-seated\n15 cup-holdered, easily-cleaned conveyance,\nas I balance keys, cellphone, and morning\ncup of coffee, a venti breve latte\nwith shots of Irish crème and crème de cacao,\na Becky’s Mozart they call it Taste Full\n(2 words) Beans Coffeehouse (1 word)\nthe owner reminds me again.\nI could have used that Becky’s Mozart while I waited for the\ntow truck on the Turnpike shoulder.\nVolume 54 Number 1\nReview by Sima Rabinowitz\nNimrod’s eagerly anticipated annual awards issue features prize winners, finalists, semi-finalists, and honorable mentions in the Pablo Neruda Prize for Poetry and Katherine Anne Porter Prize for Fiction: Terry Blackhawk, Shannon Robinson, Harry Bauld, Lydia Kann, Dan Kelty, Deborah DeNicola, Morris Collins, Sue Pace, Jude Nutter, Francine Marie Tolf, Ed Frankel, William Pitt Root, Laura LeCorgne, Andrea L. Watson, Usha Akella, Mark Wagenaar, Kate Fetherston, and Pamela Davis. Their work is accompanied by poems and stories by several dozen other poets and prose writers, including the amazingly prolific poet Linda Pastan, widely published poet Richard Terrill, and several fine translations of poetry originally published in Turkish and German.\nI liked, in particular, Lydia Kann’s story “The Arrival,” with its short narrative fragments and approachable prose: “The bus is smoking as it pulls into the slot between a Greyhound and Trailways. Not like Camels, mind you. Fumes.” Kann’s story begins with casual, conversational assurance and ends with lyrical impact. I appreciated Margarite Lindry’s story “Panic,” for much the same reasons, a story that amounts to more than the sum of its parts.\nPoetry, prize-winning or not, is characterized by sharp focus on detail; cautious diction; and attention to sound. Melancholy, longing, and lost opportunity are prevalent themes, along with wistful nature scenes and poignant family stories. Here is an excerpt from Rebecca Hazelton’s “[The Birds Begun at Four o’clock – ]”:\nThis is not the dark wood, or the midway\nha-ha stumbled over. The birds\neke out a song over the din of leaf\nAnd here is another from Amorak Huey’s poem “Crossing the Cahaba River on a Fallen Tree, My Brother Breaks His Arm”:\nI don’t remember Silas falling,\nthough he did and I was there\nso must have seen. I don’t remember\nhis landing or lying on a bed of creekstones,\nthough he must have. I remember\nthe water oak’s dirt-caked roots\nspidering into the air, this giant\nripped free from its tethers,\nand the cold breaking of the spring river\naround my fist,\nA number of extremely fine black and white photographs appear\nat the end of literary contributions, including “Dancing\nWhooping Cranes,” by Alice Lindsay Price, which captures the\nbirds lifting off from the water, wings about to open, and\npoised for flight.\nVolume 39 Number 2\nReview by Lesley Dame\nWhen I received phoebe, I was struck by the name. Phoebe was one of the Titan gods and for some time was in control of the Delphic Oracle. She’s been called Goddess of Wise Counsel, Thoughtful Replies, and Snappy Answers. What a great name for a journal! I though with glee. I began reading with an earnest hopefulness that phoebe would turn out to be wise, intelligent, and quirky. Was she ever!\nThe poetry in phoebe is colossal, by which I mean exceptional and demanding. Image-driven, mysterious, and contemplative, they urge you to slow down.\nI could spend a day or two just pondering some of the more bizarre images. Take, for example,\nsullen mermaids, angels washing\ntheir underwear, the sea rising, trees\nsinging as they die, & feathers.\nThese lines come from an untitled poem by Emily Carr. It’s gorgeous and odd, a mixture of heaven, earth, and ocean. These are images I could never dream up, and yet, Carr places them neatly on the page. Forgive me, Carr, but what I get from these amazing images is a mixture of joy and pain, ordinary and extraordinary. For me, this poem is about the delicate balance of life, the sorrows we endure, and the hope we have for the future.\nA second, shorter poem that is just as lovely and slightly more accessible is called “Your Name: An Aerie.” Written by Aran Donovan, it’s the winner of the Greg Grummer Poetry Prize. It begins, “I make a nest for your name. I weave / around it needles, pine, the down of a vest.” The gesture of creating a nest to cradle someone’s name, someone’s identity, is heart-warming. The unique images make this poem so much more than a kind of love poem. It’s both tender and raw.\nAfter you’ve spent some time digging around the poetry in phoebe, don’t put your shovel away. The fiction is equally fascinating and less abstract. One story, called “Today is a Fish” by Rachel Khong, is about a neurotic woman who dates a drunken fisherman. Nothing much happens, but the writing is fabulous, and the story depicts a sense of loneliness and longing.\nAnother interesting story, Samantha Erin Tetangco’s “Asking For It,” is about a transgendered couple living in Albuquerque. Dust becomes a symbolic third character, a lingering heaviness that makes it impossible for the couple to shake their pasts.\nLastly, the story that moved me most is called “Good Morning Beautiful,” by Roya Khatiblou. It’s about Arsham, an Iranian pre-med student attending Loyola in Chicago. He’s lonely and alienated, doing poorly in school and almost starving as he tries to stretch out his student loans. His landlord, Lenny, is a bit of a mess as well. From a terrific stench in the hallway, they deduce that the elderly woman next door has died. Lenny wants to look for money in her apartment before calling the cops. Arsham is appalled, but he needs that money, too. What happens in the final scene is both macabre and inspirational.\nAfter reading the magazine, I’m totally down with the title.\nPhoebe is not only a Titan among journals, it’s\ndown-to-earth and intellectually stimulating, a difficult\ncombination to achieve. I don’t know how the journal really got\nits name, but I know one goddess who’s softly chuckling her\nVolume 22 Number 2\nReview by Sima Rabinowitz\nThis issue of the Santa Monica Review features eleven stories introduced by a brief excerpt from each of the contributors (“Ab Intra”). The journal’s website describes its contents as fiction and nonfiction, though there is no genre classification in the TOC or the pages of the magazine. I’m tempted to refer to every entry simply as a “story” (real or imagined), though some pieces clearly do read more like fictive creations and others like “lived tales,” beginning with the opening piece in the issue, “Expert Opinion,” by Michelle Latiolais, a story about suicide, medical malpractice, and the fatal consequences of “adverse” reactions to commonly prescribed drugs.\nOne of the journal’s strengths is the range of subjects featured in the stories, from Judith Grossman’s personal account of time spent in the Israeli desert, to Christian A. Winn’s story of family, gambling, and losing one’s way through young adulthood; to Stephanie Kerley Schwartz’s prose-poem-y/sudden-fiction-like half-page, “Crow”: “She makes a plan to befriend a single crow.”\nI was moved, in particular, by Michael Guista’s story, “Till Death do Us Part,” the strikethrough the literal embodiment of the story’s message; and by Karl Taro Greenfeld’s “Mickey Mouse,” the story of a Japanese painter in WWII. This is my favorite piece in the issue, though overall every piece is strong and the writing solid. Taro Greenfeld’s story is unique, original, emotionally satisfying, unexpected and unpredictably plotted. It is something of a relief, as well as immensely pleasurable, to read an original plot with uncommon characters, scenes, and situations. The prose is not unconventional and nothing about the author’s style or narrative tactics is particularly unusual or inventive, and neither need to be anything more than they are, a good – and interesting – story, told well.\nA terrific reminder that there is more going in the world –\nand in the history of the world – than the disaffection of\nyouth, the inertia of middle age, and aging parents.\nVolume 20 Number 2\nReview by Sima Rabinowitz\nThe magazine’s contest winner Dean Rader is joined by two dozen poets and a marvelous “Crossover” feature, “Book Sculptures” by Samantha Y. Huang, photo reproductions of exactly what the title of her work denotes, pages, spines, covers, words/text the stuff of three dimensional “ideas.” Poems in this issue, like Huang’s book sculptures, aim to reshape the way we think about spaces, places, and the capacity of language to capture unique angles.\nContest judge Kelly Cherry’s choice of “Hesiod in Oklahoma, 1934,” Dean Rader’s prize-winning poem is an excellent one. Rader’s poem is original, intellectually satisfying, sophisticated, and serious. I appreciate his attention to sound, his idiosyncratic lyricism, and his consistent and focused commitment to the poem’s vision. Rader never loses sight of the poem’s purpose and never releases his hold on a particular style of diction. Above all, the poem is incredibly satisfying rhythmically.\nThere is always the grass ahead of him on and on :\nand behind him the grass the gouged skin they strip it from:\nsaltspiked and silty, endless and unending;\ntheir labor the field’s body, the field’s body their stale host.\n…furrowed and famished: find the poet swathed in dirt: inscrutable and silent:\nI was moved by the emotional urgency in poems by Rebecca Warren (“The River in Rain”) and Robert Murdock (“Mucking It”), whose poem concludes: “Here’s an old entry / in the encyclopedia of what to do right now.” I kept coming back to this wonderful phrase again and again.\nThis issue also includes a number of fine works of art,\nalthough it is not always easy to tell from these mini\nreproductions what the originals are (drawings, paintings,\netc.). I loved Nerida de Jong’s “Playing Cards,” two female\nfigures (one older, one younger) in a slumber-party like image\nof great texture, and “Furrows and Clouds” by Martin Sturgess, a\nfarm field and clouds that captures the way in which sky and\nearth can seem to merge in certain landscapes.\nVolume 22 Issue 2\nReview by Sima Rabinowitz\nAmber Albrecht’s intricately composed, enticing drawings, more than two-dozen of which appear in the magazine as well as on the front and back covers, are representative of the work in this issue. You want to look more closely, find out more, figure out why a tree is sprouting from the back of a dress or from the chimney of a house. These images and perspectives are hard to classify. They’re not whimsical or playful so much as intensely of-the-moment, heightened in a familiar, but somewhat mysterious manner. They seduce with a kind of welcoming strangeness, a dress that looks like an egg from which the figure is hatched, a patch of ground that resembles a flying carpet, and titles like “People Who Are Not Like Us,” a short story by Brock Clarke. The opening of the story, too, captures the spirit of magazine as a whole: “Rupert goes first. Rupert’s real name is Shamequa, but we call her Rupert because one of the things we do is give black women the names of white men.” An irresistibly original beginning.\nStories by Adam Prince, Kerry Jones, and Shannon Robinson, and an essay by Lisa Lee (“Dear Mary Wang”) are similarly appealing, narrated in original voices in casual, well- paced prose with seductive beginnings. The work of nearly two-dozen poets is consistent with this editorial predilection, approachable poems, familiar, yet new, mingling popular references with mythological ones, and daily experience with deeper concerns. Here, for example, are the first two stanzas of Dawn Lonsinger’s “Orpheus XXX”:\nIn this version you don’t look back\nand does this mean that I escape into\nthe light, that we might frolic there?\nor that I’m released into the whole-\nhearted solitude of being?\nYou never look back, slip like wet clay,\nyour arm already around another life,\nyour Saab in the driveway, your head in the hollow\nof her unerring clavicle, your body like any other point along the dim horizon.\nProduced at Purdue University, two interviews transcribed from live events at the university appear, as well, in this issue. Poet Eleanor Wilner, who I’m happy to learn has a new book coming out, reminds us that it’s poetry’s “sudden insights” that have the power to change the way we think or look at the world (“The mind is amazing, and largest when discovering our smallness.”) Fiction writer Benjamin Percy explains how he revises to change voices and context until he finds the story he wants to tell. (“The whale becomes a bear.”)\nMichelle Chan Brown’s poem “Hypnosis” concludes: “When we\nwake up, we’ll remember everything.” You may not remember\neverything in this issue of Sycamore Review, but I’m\npretty sure you’ll find much of it memorable.", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "Your Children Can Learn From the Great Teacher\nChildren listened with fascination to the things taught them by Jesus Christ because he was able to make things simple and easily understood. He taught his listeners fine moral principles and Scriptural truths. He gave them a deep appreciation_ for their Creator and a confident hope for the future.\nAs children in the first century benefited from his teaching, so your children can today. This is possible with the help of the fine book “Listening to the Great Teacher.”\nIn simple terms this impressive hard-covered book presents in forty-six short chapters and in 192 pages many of the things that Jesus taught. It is designed for you to read with your children and helps you to take a personal interest in impressing right principles on their minds.\nObtain a copy of “Listening to the Great Teacher.” Let it help in stimulating upbuilding conversation between you and your children. Let it help you in building a close and lasting tie with them. Delightfully illustrated. Send only 25c.\nPlease send me Listening to the Great Teacher, for which I enclose 25c.\n[Picture on page 32]\n“Let the young children come to me, and do not try to stop them.”—Luke 18:16.", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "(This essay is in commemoration of the birth centenary this year of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, Bangladesh’s Father of the Nation; and the fiftieth anniversary of the making of Zahir Raihan’s Stop Genocide, with which the history of short filmmaking in Bangladesh begins.)\nA road accident on August 19, 2011, robbed Bangladesh of its most exceptional filmmaker, and this writer of a dear friend, Tareque Masud. With his death at the age of fifty-four, the secular and democratic forces in that country suffered a huge loss. The many recognitions he received at home and abroad, including Cannes and Karachi, speak their own story of Tareque as an artist, but what still haunts me, nine years after his passing on, is the thought that I will never again come across that wonderful smile of his, his comradely greeting, and that firm handshake that told you that you mattered to him.\nMy mind goes back to a session of films from Bangladesh held in 1991 at Nandan, the West Bengal Film Centre in Calcutta, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the War of Liberation. The session, entitled Bangladesher Hridoy Hotey (From Bangladesh, Heartfelt), consisted of short fiction, documentaries and an animation film. To enliven the screenings and the discussions that followed, came the then young trio of the ever-youthful Tareque Masud, the scholarly-looking Tanvir Mokammel, and the strikingly-quiet Morshedul Islam.\nFrom that session the film that impressed my friends and me the most was Tareque’s hour-long colour documentary, Adam Surat (The Inner Strength). This biopic, which was anything but a biopic, has the same special place in my heart today as it did when I first saw it. Tareque started on his filmmaking career with this engaging essay on the life, times and art of the maverick painting genius, Sheikh Muhammad Sultan(1923-1994), a household name in Bangladesh. If the film records with considerable control over the medium, the many dimensions of the artist and the many directions he travelled only to return to the strength and vitality of his grassroot moorings, it reflects no less the unshakeable faith of a young documentarian in the greatness and usefulness of such a life complete with a tenaciously held belief in a composite culture and society.\nHaving set out to do a ‘quickie’ (by the director’s own admission) on an artist looked upon by some as an exotic being or an extreme eccentric, and by still others as a playful, innocent child, Tareque found himself increasingly drawn into the irresistible labyrinth of Sultan’s world. Started in 1982, the documentary ultimately took seven years to complete. Financial difficulties were partly to explain for the inordinate time it took to complete the film, but that was only a part of the story. As day after day of shooting passed, the curiosity of the vicarious onlooker came to be emphatically replaced by a firm involvement in Sultan’s sense of time, space, rhythm, structure and comradeship. The deep respect that Tareque gradually came to have for his lofty yet down-to-earth subject was reflected in many decisions regarding what to include in the film and what to leave out.\nFor instance, initially, the androgynous aspect to Sultan’s persona asked to be included. There was a period in the painter’s life when he was given to roaming his ancestral village of Narail in Jessore district of Bangladesh dressed as Radha. He would wear a sari, put ghoongroos on his feet and feathers in his long hair. After prolonged mental wrestling, Tareque decided against including this in his film, fearing that it might turn this eclectic spirit into a market commodity to be lapped up by ignorant and impressionable audiences, particularly in the West.\nTareque: “I also felt that there were far more important things to show and tell viewers about Sultan, such as his quiet but intense nationalist spirit, his empathy for the poor farmer and his family, his secularism which comes to him as easily as his breathing and, of course, his robust and colourful canvases which are almost always about his country’s brave and hardworking yet desperately poor farming brothers and sisters.”\nThere is an epic quality as much about Sultan the man as about his paintings. Son of a poor mason, Sultan lacked formal schooling. However, thanks to the active interest shown in his welfare by the scholar and art critic Shaheed Suhrawardy, Sultan gained admission to Government Art College in Calcutta. After three years he left studies to explore the vastness of (undivided) India and spent a few years in Kashmir. Later, he travelled through the United States and Europe, and earned fame as a painter. He was at the height of his reputation in Europe when suddenly, Sultan decided to return to his native village in what had by then become East Pakistan, as far away from the glamour of the international art world as one can think of. A fresh period of meditation began in Sultan’s reclusive life. He isolated himself in the dilapidated remains of a deserted temple surrounded by thick weeds and many trees. He began to live with a large family of cats and was looked after by a poor widow and her daughters who had none to call their own. In one of the many delightful passages in the film, Tareque shows us Sultan’s long tresses being oiled and combed by the woman who was like a sister to him. Compassion and comradeship come together more than once in Sultan’s life to give new meanings to the institution of family.\nGradually, Sultan also developed a close relationship with the peasants of the area, sharing in their daily pains and struggles. During this period of self-exile, his attitude towards life and art underwent a deep transformation. He was profoundly affected by the social upheavals of the Liberation War and the assertive spirit of Bengali nationalism. At about this time a new spectacular dimension began to manifest itself in his art. It was with his epic paintings on the life of the Bengali peasantry that he re-entered the art world with an exhibition in Dhaka in 1976, his first in twenty-five years.\nTareque: “Sultan resembled the Sufi mystic of yore in many ways. His disinterest in money or fame, in material success in any form, made him give away countless paintings, each worth hundreds of thousands of takas, to anyone asking for them. The drawing room of many a Dhaka culture-vulture is adorned with a Sultan obtained without paying anything. Once I found him protecting himself from the rain using one of his paintings as an umbrella.”\nSultan’s larger-than-life peasant figures are strong and proud; big-built and muscular; strikingly colourful and in harmony with the green and brown of the fields they sow and reap. The huge canvases are a conscious and deliberate attempt at celebrating the rural ethos, the pastoral way of life. They glorify the titanic struggle waged by farming families to feed and keep alive the nation. In their own way, the paintings are a critique of the rural-urban divide that almost always works against the interests of villagers. The bulging muscles and exaggerated postures of the farmers are, in a sense, a great artist’s oblique condemnation of a grossly unjust system, reflections of which are increasingly in evidence in Bangladesh’s neighbours as well. Sultan’s farmers are indeed mythical creatures belonging to a feverish imagination and a stout conscience that seem to be mocking at official protestations of concern for them. There is about Adam Surat an air of free enquiry into the quiet, necessarily austere lifestyle of a man of the earth who happened to be gifted in a very special way – the way of brush and paints. In Tareque’s hands, the life of this rare person came to blend harmoniously with the lush greenery that surrounded him, producing a portrait of the artist in a state of childlike purity. This is a ‘must see’ film for anyone who feels strongly drawn to the poetry of Nature and the ability of Man to add to that poetry by the exertions of his imagination. Films such as Adam Surat provide sustenance for the soul in a world burdened with avoidable ambitions. The artistic and philosophical importance of this documentary is in direct proportion to the growing spiritual blight that has set in the country of its origin. The sensitive viewer may even be tempted to imagine Sultan turning and twisting in his grave at what more than one generation of Bangladesh leaders have done to the legacy of liberation fashioned out of extreme adversity by the nation’s founding fathers.\nThat 1991 package, which we saw with extreme interest, included Ganatantra Mukti Paak (Let there be Democracy), Tareque’s second work for the big screen. This is a three-minute silent animation film which narrated the history of Bangladesh by means of icons, images and motifs that keep visually changing all the while. This is the first animation film by a Bangladesh artist and is dedicated to the memory of Noor Hossain, who gave his life opposing the dictatorship of General Ershad. The film begins with the partition of India in 1947 (actually the partition of only Bengal and Punjab) and the birth of Pakistan. It then shifts to the momentous language movement of 1952 and the rise of Bengali nationalism. What follow carry echoes of familiar events as also of political or military figures – the army takeover in Pakistan; Yahya Khan’s crackdown on East Pakistan; the historic emergence of Bangladesh; and the reappearance of military rule and religious fundamentalism in post-liberation Bangladesh.\nTareque: “The role of imperialism bolstering the Ershad regime is juxtaposed with the heroic death of Noor Hossain, a working class youth who braved the junta’s guns. Hossain had taken to the street with the words, ‘Down with Autocracy’ emblazoned on his bare chest, and ‘Let there be Democracy’ on his back.”\nTareque tried his hand at other subjects as well, which should not be seen in isolation but as part of the overall need for greater freedom for the masses to experience equality and enjoy the fruits of liberation. A video documentary on gender violence, called Sonar Beri (Chains of Gold) was followed by another documentary – Ah! America – which records the attraction that many men and women in one of the poorest countries on earth feel for the richest and most powerful which is also the most violent and exploitative, especially towards poor and helpless immigrants from the East. Tareque knew what he was talking about, married as he was to an American film animator and editor, and spending some time each year in the United States. This enabled him to see through some of the most vigorously touted features of American society. He deplored the heartlessness with which the American nation exploited cheap immigrant labour to enrich itself more and more. At the same time, it pained him to see, as he put it, ‘how these immigrants are willing to demean themselves to gain entry into the United States or to stay on at the cost of their dignity and self-respect’.\nAlmost a quarter century after the birth of Bangladesh, Tareque with his wife Catherine, created a documentary called Muktir Gaan (Song of Freedom) which drew its inspiration from the memory and example of martyrs like Zahir Raihan. Based on ‘extraordinary footage from an extraordinary time’, Muktir Gaan (35 mm, colour, 80 minutes, 1995) is about a group of Bengali cultural activists which travelled through refugee camps and battle zones during the war of 1971, performing songs and skits that expressed the deep emotional attachment that Bengalees have to their land and culture. The feeling with which they sang the songs of Tagore, Nazrul, D L Roy, Gurusaday Dutta, Jyotirindra Moitra, Moshad Ali and Sikander Abuzafar moved teenage fighters of the Mukti Bahini (Liberation Fighters) and old peasants alike. The troop also enacted meaningful skits which combined with the songs to inspire the people.\nThe documentary itself has a history no less tortuous or triumphant than that of the Liberation Movement, a slice of which it depicts. An American film crew shot some twenty hours of footage capturing the daily experience of the troupe (the Free Bangladesh Cultural Squad), but their film was never completed. Muktir Gaan incorporates much of the original footage besides collecting archival material from all over the world to tell the story of the Liberation War to those who went through it and, in a sense more importantly, to the generations born after the war. Through the eyes of the troupe members – men and women, Muslim and Hindu – the film portrays the spirit of solidarity that brought together an entire nation plunged into indescribable suffering. Characterised by rigorous editing and imaginative reconstruction of real-life events, this remarkable narrative documentary relies as much on some moving testimonies from those who participated in the war as on soul-stirring songs and music.\nTareque: “Arguably, no film on the Liberation War, documentary or drama, has evoked the kind of frenzied enthusiasm in Bangladesh as Muktir Gaan. Thousands of men and women of all ages, classes and persuasions thronged the theatres of Dhaka and other cities and towns to see the film. The BNP government of Begum Khaleda Zia tried to suppress the film with the result that more and more citizens bought tickets to the screenings.”\nMemories crowd in on me as I recall my first conversations with Tareque during and in the aftermath of that 1991 session of Bangladesh films. Whilst having food at a wayside eatery in the Free School Street area of Calcutta, known for its second-hand bookshops, foreign tourists with limited means, and sex-workers catering to all tastes and classes, Tareque told me how for sometime past he had been thinking of doing a full-length fictional feature with autobiographical elements. He said the proposed film would be as much about himself as a small boy as about his father who started out as an atheist, but somewhere along the line succumbed to the temptations of fundamentalism. Tareque believed that apart from his own self, his mother, too, suffered greatly on account of the sea-change in his Presidency College-educated father’s beliefs and lifestyle.\nMatir Moina (The Clay Bird) was the name that Tareque gave to that film when it finally came to be made more than ten years after that conversation in the eatery – about himself and his friends at the madrasa to which he was forcibly sent, his father, his suffering but quietly disapproving mother, his little sister who had to pay with her life for the father’s obstinate ways, his uncle who was the antithesis of the father, and above everything else about a nation on the boil clamouring for freedom from a cruel oppressor.\nMatir Moina went on to be screened at many prestigious film festivals and earned an international reputation that no film from Bangladesh has equalled to date. In Cannes, it received a standing ovation and won the international critics’ prize. The depth of feeling and the artistic excellence with which the film portrayed the anguish in the soul of a divided family at a time of nationwide upheaval, were amply recognised and richly rewarded. Comparing Tareque’s debut in fiction with the best of Satyajit Ray and Abbas Kiarostami, critics heralded the arrival of a talent that promised to grow from strength to strength.\nIt is an uncanny feeling to watch how exceptional artists separated by great distances are, however, often united in telling common stories. If the toy clay-bird in Matir Moina is a metaphor for the missing sister, a similar metaphor binding a brother and a sister is to be found in an animation film from Maharashtra made some years before the celebrated Bangladesh film. Shilpa Ranade’s Mani’s Dying is based on an extract from the Marathi novel Kosala (The Cocoon) by the noted writer Bhalchandra Nemade. The film tells the story of a young man who leaves his village to go to study in Pune. Life in the city alienates him from his home. The film is a reconstruction in crayons, pencils and photographs of events surrounding the death of the protagonist’s five year old sister in a small pox epidemic in their village. At the end of the film, the protagonist goes to the cave monastery at Ajanta where, through the painted stories from the life and teachings of Buddha, he comes to terms with death and suffering.\nMani’s Dying (1995, 16mm, 7.12 minutes, English) is a very personal attempt at reading meanings both poignant and profound in the lives of the little girl Mani and her big brother who finds the time to take her seriously only after she is dead of a scourge which is far from gone from the neglected interior of the country. It is a wrenching experience to grow with the brother as he recollects his failure to bring Mani a red sari which he had promised her. The unrealised red sari works as a moving symbol for the painfully and prematurely terminated life of little Mani. Again, the photographs at the close of the film showing Mani’s sisters getting married underline the pathos in the life of the absent one. Mani’s Dying is small only in duration. In every other way, be it in terms of art, technique or statement, it is big and beautiful; sadly and disturbingly beautiful.\nIt is not known whether Bhalchandra Nemade is telling an autobiographical story, but Tareque’s seriously sick sister actually died due to their father’s obstinacy not to treat her illness with western medicine which he seems to have thought of as the devil’s invention. In course of the last conversation I had with Tareque in Calcutta, he told me that his mother had never forgiven his father for having caused the death of the child. Tareque himself appeared to have softened, saying that the old man was in the last leg of his life’s journey and appeared to be full of remorse for what he had done. But there was nothing that he or anyone else in the family could do to bring round his mother to their point of view. Catherine was by his side as he remembered the past and connected it to the present in a wistful tone. The death of such a one asTareque Masud who symbolised a rare genius for carving lasting art out of individual traumas and collective tragedies, is a loss that no language can adequately express.\nDistinguished as he was, it is however arguable whether Tareque would have turned out the way he did if he had had to plough a lonely furrow. Artists, more than others, flourish in packs. They gain their inspiration, their urge to excel, and a shoulder to cry on from each other. To arrive at a credible and provocative evaluation of Tareque’s body of work, it is necessary to place by its side the films of at least two of his contemporaries – Tanvir Mokammel and Morshedul Islam. In a sense they are all chroniclers of death. The War of Liberation is a subject that has been repeatedly visited by each of them in varied styles, different genres, with varying degrees of artistic success. It is a startling coincidence that Tareque should have left us on the 50th anniversary of that war which ended in a Pyrrhic victory and the birth of a separate Bengali-speaking nation. No less than three million Bengalee lives – Muslim, Hindu, Christian, Buddhist and others – were ended by the murderous Punjabi and Pathan hordes of Yahya Khan, Tikka Khan and Rao Firman Ali.\nMokammel: “The history of short filmmaking in Bangladesh begins with Zahir Raihan’s Stop Genocide. During the 1971 war, Raihan, a gifted filmmaker, rose to the occasion and made this remarkable short documentary. The film is a vehement protest against the pogrom on Bengalees by the marauding Pakistan army. Three more documentaries were made during the war. These are Alamgir Kabir’s Liberation Fighters, Babul Chowdhury’s Innocent Millions, and another film by Zahir Raihan, A State is Born. These films have great emotive value for our people and considering the conditions in which they were made, one may overlook certain technical limitations. This is the heritage of our short filmmaking.”\nTanvir Mokammel came to the fore with a short fiction film called Hooliya (Arrest Warrant). Based on a poem by the well-known Bangladeshi Left intellectual and former activist, Nirmalendu Goon, Hooliya is about a young man who is forced to stay away from his village home on account of an arrest warrant hanging over his head.\nTanvir: “The period of the film is during the autocratic regime of Ayub Khan in the late ‘60s. But the film draws parallels with the democratic movement against the autocracy of Ershad, presenting certain aspects of Bangladesh politics in symbolism.”\nNotwithstanding the poor quality of sound or the indifferent camerawork, Hooliya exerts an appeal that is, by turns, poetic, romantic or quietly political. The appeal stems largely from the conviction with which the director works on a theme that is so close to the heart of the nation. The film works well at the personal level too. The young man’s relationships with those around him (his father, mother, small sister or a neighbourhood sister-in-law), or with the village comrades who come visiting him at night for news of the world outside, are convincingly fleshed out.\nOne particular passage merits more than passing mention. It relates to an ‘affair’ between the rebellious youth and a young girl. Having fled East Pakistan with others of her family for want of security, the girl is shown living in a dingy part of Shyambazar in north Calcutta. She yearns for him as much as for the open spaces and blue skies of her lost homeland, as revealed in a letter to him. But she also admits that she feels safer in her new environment. The mood of the passage borders on the lyrical; a mixture of romantic nostalgia and a profound sadness that perhaps the two of them will never meet again.\nTanvir: “Maybe there was no such ‘affair’ in the young man’s life; maybe there was. Who can tell? Perhaps he is dreaming of an impossible romance. Every true revolutionary cannot but dream of a better day, a slightly better order, and a little love and decency among human beings.”\nAfter Hooliya, Mokammel shot a documentary in 35 mm colour. Smriti Ekattor (Memories of ’71) relates the fate of at least 300 leading Bengali intellectuals, artists and political figures who were systematically liquidated by Islamic fundamentalists during the liberation war.\nTanvir: “Masterminded by the Pakistan army, these ghastly killings were spearheaded by Al-Badr, the death squad of Jamaat-i-Islami (whose leader was none other than Gholam Azam who later came to be shielded from popular wrath by the government of Khaleda Zia, which depended for its survival in the early ‘90s on the support of fundamentalist elements in the Bangladesh Parliament)… During the war when Dhaka would be under curfew at night, Al-Badr buses would pick up doctors, litterateurs, artists, teachers, playwrights and others, blindfold them and take them away. Later, their bodies would be found in marshy areas near the city. In some cases, like that of the filmmaker Zahir Raihan, the bodies were never found. The film aims at exploring the reasons and events behind the murder of these intellectuals and public figures.”\nAlthough visually flat and aesthetically unexciting, Smriti Ekattor nonetheless provides for a credible documentation of events during a period that carried within itself germs of the present struggle between fundamentalists drawing material and moral support from Pakistan, Iran and Saudi Arabia on the one hand, and forces epitomizing the tenets of the socio-political faith which inspired the nationalist war against Pakistan on the other. In Tanvir’s words: “We are caught between Mujib’s legacy and the lure of fundamentalism.”\nThe liberation war and the role of fifth-columnists was again raised by Tanvir in his first full-length fictional feature, Nodir Naam Modhumoti (Modhumoti, the Name of the River). Examining the character and activities of ‘razakars’ (the name given to traitors in Bangladesh) in a rather loud and long-winded fashion, the film reflects the concerns and commitments of not just Tanvir but practically every important director of the alternative school in Bangladesh. For, as they are never tired of explaining, they cannot bring themselves to forget what the liberation struggle cost the nation in terms of moral and psychological devastation, not to mention the 3 million unarmed, defenseless people who were killed, or at least double that number who were maimed and left useless for life.\nTanvir: “Come to think of it, this monumental tragedy would have passed into the folklore of man’s inhumanity to man, meriting mention alongside Hitler’s annihilation of Jews, had it occurred in some part of the West and not in one of the poorest countries of the so-called third world.”\nTanvir says in regard to Nodir Naam Modhumoti, which was banned by the Khaleda Zia regime in the mid-‘90s: “Motaleb Kazi, chairman of a union council and a collaborator of the Pakistan army, had been causing havoc during the 1971 war. But his son joins the freedom fighters, the Mukti Bahini. In the code of the freedom fighters, the punishment handed down to collaborators is death. But the guerillas resist from taking any action against the father of one of their comrades. However, one day, the son himself takes the decision to strike at the father. Thereby, a Hamlet-like story is enacted in the riverine, marshy-land of Bangladesh with the bloody war of 1971 providing the backdrop.”\nChitra Nodir Parey (Quiet Flows the River Chitra, 1998), Tanvir’s next venture, is set in the ‘50s and ‘60s in Narail, a small provincial town in what was East Pakistan. This is a social drama portraying the harmonious relationship between two families, one Hindu and the other Muslim, in the backdrop of larger-than-life events working towards the growth of Bengali nationalism, Chitra Nodir Parey has several memorable ‘moments’ and some distinguished acting which audiences on the international festival circuit have not failed to appreciate. Even as the country is beset with turmoil, the river Chitra, a silent witness to the human tragedies being enacted on its banks, continues to flow freely.\nEqually freely flows Tanvir’s hope for the rejuvenation of his people. “Our films are not shown in the regular theatres which are reserved for films that have no relation to the lives of the people. However, my films and those by my friends draw thousands of eager viewers in Dhaka and other cities and towns in Bangladesh, thanks to an alternative network of viewing places. It reassures us to see people buying tickets and thronging to our films even as the authorities try out everything they can think of to discourage us and dissuade the people.”\nAt least two other films by Tanvir deserve a few words each. In 1996, he made an hour-long video documentary called Achin Pakhi (Unknown Bard) on the life and music of Fakir Lalon Shah, the doyen of Bengal bauls (wayside minstrels). The half-real, half-mythic figure scoured the countryside singing of the love between man and man that no knife can cut. In his own way the director was making a similar plea for lasting human values through his films. It goes without saying that the countries of the sub-continent could do with a few more Tanvir Mokammels.\nAfter a screening of his Lalshalu (A Tree without Roots) at Siri Fort, New Delhi, several years ago, Tanvir said: “They are constantly trying to undermine the gains of the 1971 liberation war, but one would be mistaken to think that the secular, democratic, liberal forces in Bangladesh have disappeared.”\nLalshalu leaves a strong impression by virtue of its bold and authentic rendition of the 1948 classic by Syed Waliullah. The story of the self-seeking preacher, who is able to use religion for wrong ends for sometime but in the end comes a cropper, is arguably the most remarkable novel about the rural Muslim community of what was East Bengal. Tanvir: “In Bangladesh, Syed Waliullah is still regarded as a writer of deep insight, and I thought the need of the hour is to bring home to people the plea for humanity that the great writer made in his great novel.”\nTo give credit where credit is due, it must be said that one of the films that inspired Tareque to give his all to it once he chose filmmaking as the vocation of his life was Agaami (The Morrow). Syed Salahuddin Zaki, an early product of the Pune Film Institute and a leading Film Society activist in Bangladesh during the 80s and early 90s, is on record thus: “Alamgir Kabir, one of the leading exponents of film culture in Bangladesh, propagated the concept of making low-budget short–length purposeful films – preferably in 16mm – and distribute such films independently outside the bondage of the so-called mainstream cinema’s distribution and exhibition system. With the making of Agaami (1984) and Hooliya (1985), the ideas of Alamgir Kabir gained momentum.”\nAn effective fusion of documentary and drama, Morshedul Islam’s Agaami, which won a Silver Peacock at the International Film Festival of India in 1985, played a path-breaking role in that many of the short films that emerged from Dhaka in subsequent years resembled it in theme, style and a realistic idiom that appealed to viewers in the newly independent nation. True, Agaami has its moments of technical awkwardness – and no one is more aware of it than the film’s soft-spoken, mild-mannered director – but the more important thing to note is that it is difficult to ignore the film’s ability to tell the truth as its director Morshedul perceived it, with a simplicity of touch combined with a rare depth of conviction. It is in this that Morshedul’s first film carries important lessons for short film directors working in adverse conditions on either side of the river Padma. What was true then is true even now.\nIn 1988, Morshedul directed Suchona (Warning), an hour long fictional feature in 16mm colour. In a sense, Suchona took off from where Agaami ended, speaking of the need for another and a new kind of struggle by the survivors of the war of liberation. Morshedul is articulate about the disillusionment in the ranks of the liberal forces in Bangladesh, as also about the need for a fresh popular upheaval to complete the unfinished revolution that rocked the country fifty summers ago. Should such a development come about in the years ahead, it is doubtful how many of Bangladesh’s Urdu speaking ‘New Citizens’ will play a positive role in it.\nIf first Zahir Raihan, and later Alamgir Kabir were the principal sources of inspiration for Tareque and his friends, Bangladesh’s most important woman filmmaker, Yasmine Kabir, may be said to have been influenced by Tareque and his fellows. What unites the second and third generations of Bangladeshi filmmakers is the will, first, not to forget the lessons and legacy of the Liberation War, and second, to convert them into films that reflect a nation in perpetual turmoil.\nThere are not too many woman filmmakers in Bangladesh. Porobashi Mon Amaar (My Migrant Soul, colour, video, 34 minutes, 2000) first brought the gifted and argumentative Yasmine Kabir to the notice of the documentary film world. The film is about Shahjahan Babu, a young migrant worker from Bangladesh who left for Malaysia in search of work. After selling the little property he had, Babu arrived in the host country to face misery, frustration and disillusionment. He who had left Bangladesh with dreams of returning home rich and improving the fortunes of his impoverished family, died in a far off land among strangers, racked by poverty and humiliation. The film highlights the plight of the migrant worker and the role of those who trade in human misery. “It is a story about modern-day slavery.” – this is how Yasmine sums up her deeply moving film.\nMy Migrant Soul speaks of the marginalised and the excluded in an engaging investigative style which if followed with the care it deserves, can yield rich rewards. Using Babu’s deep love for his mother as a metaphorical cry in the wilderness, Yasmine mounts a wrenching message with universal echoes against a world order that forces the young and the vulnerable to embark on quests for success and happiness that are more often than not doomed to failure. Deservedly, this remarkable journey through the trauma of exile ending in premature and lonely death, came to be critically acclaimed wherever it was shown.\nBut Yasmine’s finest hour as a chronicler of her times and fellow-Bangladeshis was yet to come. Shadhinota (A Certain Liberation, colour, video, 37 minutes, 2003) must surely be counted among the most important films made in recent times on the subject of prejudices and cruelties that make for war, as indeed the search for love and humanity that transcends the severe limitations imposed on human beings by war.\nThe film is about Gurudasi Mondol ‘who gave herself up to madness’ in 1971, as she watched her entire family of husband and several children, including a breast-feeding infant, being wiped out by Pakistani soldiers aided by their local agents, the razakars. Thirty-two years later, Gurudasi still roams the streets of Kopilmoni, a small town in Bangladesh, searching for all that she lost for no fault of hers. According to Yasmine, “In her madness Gurudasi has found a strategy for survival.” Through her extremely lively presence, at times bordering on rip-roaring hilarity; through her ability to draw even strangers and outsiders to her empty bosom till they have become her own; and, finally, through her resolute will not to forget, Kopilmoni’s (read Bangladesh’s) ‘Mother Courage’ has kept alive the spirit of the Liberation War.\nI remember the vivid impression that A Certain Liberation made at the 2004 edition of Mumbai International Film Festival (MIFF), where it won a Golden Conch to unanimous acclaim. But, come to think of it, the Special Mention that the film received from the jury at the fourth Kara Film Festival (KFF) in Karachi the same year, was even more significant. It proved the existence of progressive people across the border who saw sense in owning responsibility for the dastardly deeds committed by their government in 1971. Taken together, the two recognitions underline the fact that the entire sub-continent rose as one to salute the artistry of the director and, no less, the patience and courage of a great sufferer.\nAny war is tragic, chiefly because of the human lives lost. But it should be remembered that the Liberation War of Bangladesh was a monumental confrontation where the death toll was not restricted to a few thousands or even a few lakhs. No less than three million lives were lost and many times that number were displaced, economically destroyed, or traumatized for life on account of rape and other forms of inhuman torture. About the crippling effect of the war in emotive terms, no amount of words can suffice. It was in no way less devastating, physically and spiritually, than the extermination of Jews by the Nazis. To get under the skin of the documentaries relating to that period, the viewer must necessarily have an adequate idea of what the people of Bangladesh endured for long before coming out in open revolt. Bangladeshi documentarians in particular, do not want the world to forget the legacy of the martyrs of 1971. Gurudasi Mondol is one of the countless upholders of that legacy of resistance and reconstruction. The Muslim family which had taken in the homeless Gurudasi is heard telling the filmmaker that they have given up having beef in the house ever since the middle-aged devout Hindu widow had come to stay with them. It is in such telling details that the essence of the inclusivist nature of the Bangladesh Liberation War lives on.\nVidyarthy Chatterjee writes on cinema,society, and politics.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "My friend SteveC told me about TK3 from Night Kitchen. He said this was one of the more interesting tools he has seen in a while. He said that TK4 will come out as open source and should be useful for education and those who share info online.\nNightkitchen says, TK3 is both a new format for multimedia electronic documents and a flexible, easy assembly tool for making them.\nI've downloaded the reader, but not done much with it yet.\nThis engine was mentioned in a recent Tech Review article on what comes after Google. I've just started playing with Teoma and Mooter, Dipsie is not ready for prime time yet. The article goes into more detail, but here is a quick blip on each from their own pages.\nA friend of mine pointed out that Chris Philips will be speaking in DC tomorrow and Thursday. Here's info about the group:\nThe Society for Philosophical Inquiry (SPI) is a grassroots nonprofit organization devoted to supporting philosophical inquirers of all ages and walks of life. Its members strive to form and facilitate \"communities of philosophical inquiry\", which typically, though not always, meet in groups called Socrates Cafés®. These meetings take place at coffee houses, libraries, hospices, senior centers, nursing homes, prisons, plazas and other public spaces, bookstores, homeless shelters and community centers; and at schools,...\nOver the years Sally and I have occasionally gone to the local public library to browse for books and such (we do that weekly); the occasional thing is to check out the serials and read magazines for an hour or so.\nYesterday we read magazines at Mary Riley Styles Library in Falls Church, VA.\nHere are my notes from stories and ads in the Jan/Feb 2004 Utne Reader.\n> Kitchen Sink - www.kitchensinkmag.com\n> Ready Made - www.readymademag.com\n> Acent - www.ascentmagazine.com\n> 10x10 - www.tenbyten.net\n> Neologisms - www.tenbyten.net\n> Eckhart Tolle - \"The Power of Now\"\n> Ultimate bed - www.ultimatebed.com\n> Fierce - www.fiercemag.com\n> Canadian Immigration info - www.cic.gc.ca\n> Expats -", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Sources I can find portray a grim picture of the birth of the nation of Dathen. It seems that in the First Age of Ruin, the Highborn’s Vetian provinces faced formiddable threats from barbarian hordes and dwarven enmity. Many elves fled into the West, settling in the colonies that the Pearl Throne had already established in Silexia, and began to tame that wild region. Yet this work made them grow resentful of the Aldan nobles who sought to profit from what they were building, and who had sent no aid to them in Vetia before. Aldan’s control was rejected, sparking a civil war that coincided with internal revolt in the Highborn’s home island of Celeda Ablan. It seems that in this war the ruthless spirit of the Dread Host was born and set forever, and the independence of their nation secured. To this day, Daeb ships bring terror around the world.\nThe Obsidian Thrones are the very core and symbol of power of the Republic. Upon them, the three Crimson Consuls embody the will of the Senate, a body of 9 9 elected individuals seated in the Tower of Gar Daecos in Rathaen. But there are other key players in the Daeb’s great game of intrigue, power and ambition - it appears three principal factions dominate the politics of this land. At the time of Sonnstahl’s birth, our people suffered a terrible assault under the auspices of the first of these: the Fatherland faction, which seeks to reclaim its lost realms in Vetia. The second, the Motherland Faction, attracts those who desire dominion over the old Empire and the Republic’s greatest enemies: the Highborn of Celeda Ablan. Finally there are the Slavers, often popular among the youngest Daeb, or the most daring on the seas. Their faction looks only to Silexia as its homeland, and seeks to build its power on trade... which in Dathen means slavery.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "England and the Orléans Monarchy\nАвтор: John Hall\nIn this volume the story is told of the first entente cordiale and of the circumstances which led to its disruption. The questions which occupied the attention of the French and the British governments at that period have now passed into the domain of history. The resentment evoked by the Egyptian crisis of 1840 and the controversies raised by the Spanish marriages has died away. The attitude towards the Liberal and national movements in Europe, adopted, on the one side, by Louis Philippe and M. Guizot and, on the other, by Lord Palmerston, can, at this distance of time, be reviewed dispassionately. In the light of the knowledge of to-day, the difficulties which beset the “Citizen King” may be estimated, and the injustice of many of the attacks made upon the policy of Palmerston can be demonstrated.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "2005 Future Trends in State Courts Articles Available\nFrom the National Center for State Courts:\nIndividual articles from the 2005 Future Trends in State Courts Report are being featured on the Knowledge and Information Services portion of the Web site. Current articles include \"Human Trafficking: A Growing Crime to Hit State Courts\" and \"The Future of Court Security and Judicial Safety.\" The report will be available in print in November 2005.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Sociology of Healthcare, Second Edition explores the impact of current social changes on health, illness and healthcare, and provides an overview of the fundamental concerns in these areas. This new edition features a brand new chapter entitled End of Life which will help health and social care workers to respond with confidence to one of the most difficult and challenging areas of care. The End of Life chapter includes information on changing attitudes to death, theories of death and dying, and palliative care. All chapters have been thoroughly updated to address diversity issues such as gender, ethnicity and disability. In addition, expanded and updated chapters include Childhood and Adolescence and Health Inequalities.\nThe text is further enhanced through the use of case studies that relate theory to professional practice, and discussion questions to aid understanding. Links to websites direct the reader to further information on health, social wellbeing and government policies. This book is essential reading for all students of healthcare including nursing, medicine, midwifery and health studies and for those studying healthcare as part of sociology, social care and social policy degrees.\nIn an age when health policy follows an individualist model of personal responsibility this book by Alan Clarke demonstrates with a vast array of evidence, just how much there is such a thing as society. An excellent overall book.\nDr. Stephen Cowden, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, Coventry University\nTable of Contents\nChapter One: An introduction to the sociology of\nhealth and illness\nChapter Two: Experiences of health and illness\nChapter Three: Perspectives on mental illness\nChapter Four: Inequalities in health\nChapter Five: Childhood and adolescence\nChapter Six: Later life\nChapter Seven: End of life\nChapter Eight: Care, community and the family\nChapter Nine: Communication in healthcare settings\nChapter Ten: Contemporary issues in healthcare", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A rare example of a Visigothic manuscript made for royal use, the deluxe Book of Hours of Ferdinand I bears remarkable witness to artistic and religious transition in the kingdom of León. Commissioned in 1055 for King Ferdinand I of León by his wife, Queen Sancha, the prayer book combines the Old Spanish Psalter and Canticles, the Latin calendar and litanies, and the Carolingian tradition of private devotional prayer. Lavishly endowed with hundreds of gold initials and seven fully decorated pages, of which four are on purple ground, this unequivocally royal manuscript reinforces Ferdinand’s own imperial ambition while serving as a reminder of the crucial role of noble women in introducing Romanesque forms and the Roman rite into the Visigothic tradition.\nThe core of the Book of Hours consists of a Psalter, Canticles, litanies, and prayers. A calendar and transcriptions of letters from Florus of Lyons, St. Jerome, and Alcuin form the prefatory material, and a Leonese royal obituary followed by nocturnal offices with musical notations form the final section. Written in Latin by Petrus and illuminated by Fructosus, named in the colophon, this manuscript was made in a monastic center in the north of the Iberian Peninsula.\nAn Imported Imperial Tradition\nOn every page, the Book of Hours of Ferdinand I proclaims its royal status. Its full-page decorations consist of an Alpha and Omega frontispiece, in gold on purple ground; an ex-libris made up of purple and gold geometric shapes; a dedication miniature embellished with gold and purple; a display page of gold writing upon bands of blue and purple; a Beatus Vir initial of gold interlace with purple infill; an obituary written in gold on purple ground; and the colophon page written in gold upon a background of dense purple and gold interlace.\nHundreds of interlace and figure initials are enriched with gold and purple. Fructosus skillfully incorporated traditional Mozarabic techniques into the imported Romanesque aesthetic, all the while visually reinforcing the Carolingian and Ottonian imperial associations throughout this royal book.\nVisigothic Writing in Purple and Gold\nPetrus the scribe wrote in an elegant Visigothic bookhand with Carolingian influence, in a single column of twenty-two to thirty-four unbroken lines per page. The prefatory material and the offices were each executed by different scribes.\nThe obituary, the colophon, and the Incipit to the Psalter all feature gold display lettering, while the names of Ferdinand I and Sancha in the ex-libris are in silver. Each psalm opens with an initial decorated with gold interlace or human and animal figures, followed by the title in red. Verse initials in gold complete the decoration of the text.\nThe History of a Royal Manuscript\nProduced in the Kingdom of León, possibly in the monastery of Sahagún, the Book of Hours of Ferdinand I arrived to the University of Santiago from the Benedictine monastery of San Martín Pinario after the ecclesiastical confiscations for 1835.\nWe have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript \"Ferdinand I Book of Hours\": Libro de Horas de Fernando I de León facsimile edition, published by Testimonio Compañía Editorial, 1995Request Info / Price", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "May 19, 2013\n\"As a nontraditional student, I feel that SEARK is the place for me!\"\n\"I love that SEARK College is close to home and accommodates my busy work schedule.\"\n\"SEARK College has helped to shape my adult life, focus on my studies and career, as well as develop a love of nursing.\"\nIf you would like to know more about financial aid, click \"Read More\" for our financial aid video series.\nSee your advisor before it's too late!\nSummer Open Registration begins April 8, 2013 - May 24, 2013.\nSEARK has relocated tutoring to the Library this semester. In addition, SEARK added additional tutoring options. Call Ron...", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Topic of the Month: Historic football artefacts\nMany people live and breathe football as a matter of course, but the sport is currently even more in the spotlight. Far from heralding the start of a football-free period, this year the close of the Bundesliga season will mark the start of the run-up to the FIFA World Cup finals, to be held in Brazil between 12th June and 13th July.Adidas “Argentina” shoe; 5th FIFA World Cup 1954, Switzerland (© Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum)\nAnd a dip into the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek could serve as a taster. As with all other areas of life, the history of sport, too, has its place in the digital database of cultural heritage. The German Sports and Olympics Museum in Cologne, for instance, has a range of digitised items from its collection on display in the DDB. They include a number of remarkable and fascinating exhibits relating to the history of football along with detailed explanatory commentaries that will surprise even the most passionate fan.\nWe learn, for example, that Herbert Burdenski was wearing boots with the evocative name of “Atom” when he scored Germany’s first post-war goal in an international match in 1950. No less interesting are the “Argentina” shoes, based on the removable-studs design – revolutionary at the time -, that gave the German team a decisive advantage on the drenched pitch and helped them to victory in the 1954 World Cup final.\nThe collection’s detailed accompanying texts are a trove of fascinating trivia. We read, for instance, of the controversy triggered by “Mr. Crack” – the official football in the 1962 World Cup in Chile – on account of its physical properties, prompting the fatalist remark from Sepp Herberger: “The ball is not a living thing; it has no soul”. Very much alive, however, is the interest people have in these and other sports artefacts waiting to be discovered in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Author’s Bio: Jae Sherwood lives in Annapolis, MD and writes creative nonfiction and poetry for children and adults. Previously a stay at home mom to three amazing people and then later a middle school English teacher, she is now redirecting her time and energy to focus on her writing. Jae is currently working to expand the Little Leona safety series with more picture books that tell stories of how kids can keep themselves safe in various situations.\nWhat inspired you to write your book?\nJS: As a mother, I loved reading quality books to my children, books that were interesting to me as well and had some sort of message to them. When I started the poem about a little girl playing dress up and fighting imaginary monsters, it morphed into her fighting a dragon, then morphed into the dragon being a metaphor for a fire. Finally, I saw that I could relay a message about fire safety through the text and illustrations.\nIs there any particular author or book that influenced you in any way either growing up or as an adult?\nJS: Yes, I was heavily influenced by an older version of Beauty and the Beast and The Boy Who Drew Cats. Both were large hardback books with gorgeous illustrations. I loved reading these to my children. Also, Dr. Seuss played a role in that I found my children loved the rhyme.\nIs this your first book? How long did it take to start and finish your book?\nJS: This is my first book. From start to finish it took a year to have a printed copy in my hand. Much time was spent with the illustrator getting the illustrations exactly right.\nDo you write with an outline, or just let it flow organically?\nJS: It just came out, almost all at once. Of course I edited over months, but the body of the poem came out in one sitting.\nDo you listen to music when you write? If yes, is there a theme song for this book?\nJS: No, I don’t listen to music. I find it too distracting. I do love opening the window and listening to the wind or if I’m really lucky, the rain.\nWhat are the keys to success in getting your book out to the public?\nJS: Perseverance. Plain and simple. I went on my own to the Annapolis Fire Department and asked them to read the book and then asked them for an endorsement. Not only did they endorse Little Leona, but they are now using it in their child safety education programs in the schools. I applied for awards and won the silver award from Mom’s Choice. I held book signings at my own expense, gave almost 100 copies of my book away to organizations I thought might endorse the book, I begged local vendors to carry my book in their stores, etc. etc. When the job of marketing my book started to interfere with my writing time, I hired a publicist to help me out. Eclectic PR was able to get me a television interview and helped with scheduling more book signings.\nWhat advice would you give to new authors?\nJS: Don’t write unless you’re passionate about it. But if you are, just persevere and in some way, shape or form, you will be successful.\nHow about sharing an excerpt from Little Leona Of Monsters and Fire?\nLittle Leona learns quite young\nThat there are monsters to be slayed\nSo she dons her dress\nAnd combat boots\nFor she is not afraid.\nHer mother’s mismatched earrings\nShe wears for luck, you see\nAnd Daddy’s old tie\nA scarf around her neck\nHangs way down to her knees.\nHer baby blanket becomes her cape\nFlowing from her back\nAnd in her hand\nIs Grandpa’s cane\nWith which she can attack.\nLeaping Leona emerges at last\nFrom behind her bedroom door\nTilts her head\nIs there stomping on the floor?\nHearing nothing she takes a breath\nAnd marches forth in stride\nLooking amid the shadows\nAnd all those places\nWhere monsters tend to hide.\nWhat’s next for you?\nJS: I’m working on the next book in the series titled Little Leona and a Chessie Tale. It’s a book about water safety which takes place on the Chesapeake Bay. Leona and her crew go sailing one day and run into Chessie (our own Loch Ness monster legend) which is a metaphor for a storm. In the chaos, someone goes overboard, but because Leona knows what to do, she gets all of her crew safely to shore. It should be out later this year.\nWhere can readers find out more about you and your book(s)?\n· Website: www.little-leona-books.com\n· Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/Jae-Sherwood/e/B018MOFLQ8/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0\n· Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jae.Sherwood\n· Twitter: @poetsdaughtr\n· Blog: www.little-leona-books.com/blog/\n· Book buy Links:\nBarnes and Noble:\nFrom Maple Creek Media:", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Each reader, depending on their spiritual knowledge and intuition, will fathom more, or less, the Temple of Wisdom from what they are going to read.\nThe order to follow is to READ and MEDITATE, because the involvement will force the understanding, the wider and deeper understanding.\nThis is the synthesis – READ to UNDERSTAND and UNDERSTAND to READ better, so as to extract the most of the content from the key of knowledge.\nOf the Origin, of the Evolutionary Process and of the Sacred Purpose of Life.\nCopyright © 2000 / 2011 - Divinismo.org", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "BEIJING JINGGUAN. (Views and Sights of Beijing). N.p., 1939. 65 pp. b/w plates each with an accompanying page of text. A few plates in colour. 27x20 cm. Decorative cloth.\nA Japanese publication with joint Chinese and Japanese texts describing and illustrating in black-and-white photographs (plus a few in colour) the sights of Beijing and the surrounding area. Scarce.\nOut of stock, as of: 01/02/2019\nWas item 156 in printed List 194.\nRecord produced by Hanshan Tang Books, www.hanshan.com.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Some New England Pewter\n- Collection Name\n- Old-Time New England\n- Collection Code\n- Date Notes\n- Volume 42, Number 146 (Fall, 1951)\n- After Percy E. Raymond volunteered to catalogue the pewter at the Harrison Gray Otis House in the autumn of 1949, a gift of 42 pieces was bestowed on SPNEA. This collection increased the number of the organization's previously under-represented early American examples. In this article, Raymond takes a look at some of the notable pieces.\n- Full Article\n- Collection Type\n- Description Level\n- Additional Identification Number\nArticle ID: 356\n- Reference Code\nPercy E. Raymond (Author)\nSociety for the Preservation of New England Antiquities\n- Publisher Series\nOld Time New England\n- Place of Publication\n- Publications Referencing This Collection\n(1951). Old Time New England. Boston, Mass.: Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities.\nUse the links below to browse up and down the collection hierarchy from the current record.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Adventurous Beyond Barriers\nI was the numero-uno in everything means everything that my hands lay upon in any field. Life was peaceful yet really magnetizing but voila, due to a (brainy) clotting mechanism, everything was scattered. From childhood till date, life has taken umpteen number of turns for me but every point was an adventure... from the faultless riches to the agony of rags. Being a doctor means being only a ‘doctor’ because a doctor in my case is just a prefix to my name and nothing else.\nFrom the introductory speech (Before the Beginning) to the summary (The Epilogue), I shall open from the very start i.e. from my birth till today. I live in a world where the laws of one heroic act after another are just unfitting due to a disability. But I find the real disability in people who can't find joy in life and are bitter and malevolent. If you have a disability... whatever it takes, don't be mean to people. There is a plan and a purpose behind every act, no matter what is it’s location, place or time.\nA genuine friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strengths; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities.\n- Paperback: 236 pages\n- Publisher: White Falcon Publishing; 1 edition (2018)\n- Author: Dr. Satyakam Das\n- ISBN-13: 9789386210999\n- Product Dimensions: 12.7 x 1 x 20.3 cm\nIndian Edition available on:\nWe Also Recommend", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The spiritual journey takes unexpected turns for the women of Sensible Shoes in this third book of the series. Having been challenged to persevere in hope, can they now embrace the joy of complete surrender?\nKeeping your love on. It's a hard thing to do. Sometimes it's the hardest thing to do. But if you want to build healthy relationships with God and others, learning to keep your love on is non-negotiable. Adults and children alike thrive in healthy relationships where it is safe to love and be loved, to know and be known.\nMore than 1 million sold! You know you love your child. But how can you make sure your child knows it? The #1 New York Times bestselling The 5 Love Languages(R) has helped millions of couples learn the secret to building a love that lasts. Now discover how to speak your child's love language in a way that he or she understands.\nOver 12 million copies sold! A New York Times bestseller for 10 years running. Falling in love is easy. Staying in love--that's the challenge! How can you keep your relationship fresh and growing amid the demands and conflicts and just plain boredom of everyday life? In the #1 New York Times bestselling book The 5 Love Languages, you'll discover the secret that has transformed millions of relationships worldwide.\nThis concordance is based on the New American Standard updated Version of the bible. It contains over 400,000 entries that list every word in the NASB Updated Bible alphabetically, with each book, chapter, and verse where the word appears.\n© Copyright Ebenezer Christian Shop", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "I ... Am ... A ... Doctor\n- Eight Rants. Ossip, Kathleen // Paris Review;Summer2002, Issue 162, p97\nPresents the poem \"Eight Rants,\" by Kathleen Ossip. First Line: The Fatso; Last Line: you fixing things as God fixes them.\n- Rain Rant. Cooper, Jack // Oracle (19417896);Mar2009, Vol. 8, p48\nThe poem \"Rain Rant,\" by Jack Cooper is presented. First Line: With your mud-awful tantrums; Last Line: this downpour of languishing.\n- RANT. Perelman, Bob // Ten to One: Selected Poems;1999, p2\nThe poem \"Rant,\" by Bob Perelman is presented. First Line: You're it. The scene is set. More prizes. By this time; Last Line: wind is the ally, not air.\n- RANT. Ikeda, Cathy Kanoelani // Bamboo Ridge;Sep2003, Issue 84, p184\nPresents the poem \"Rant,\" by Cathy Kanoelani Ikeda.\n- Remington's Late Rant. Hulm, David // Interdisciplinary Humanities;Spring2011, Vol. 28 Issue 1, p100\nThe poem \"Remington's Late Rant\" by David Hulm is presented. First Line: Where better to meet than the desert, Last Line: None feel outside the family.\n- RATTLEBONE'S RANT. Strahan, B. R. // Texas Observer: A Journal of Free Voices;Jul2015, Vol. 107 Issue 7, p42\nThe poem \"Rattlebone's Rant\" by B.R. Strahan is presented. First Line: It shouldn't surprise anyone; Last Line: might even fit together?\n- ESPRIT D 'ESCALIER RANT. Whalen, Philip // Collected Poems of Philip Whalen;2007, p66\nThe poem \"Esprit D'Escalier Rant,\" by Philip Whalen is presented. First Line: You didn't see me, you didn't hear me, I said; Last Line: May not call it love, but that's what it is.\n- On Laura Schlessinger and Her N-Word Rant. // Journal of Pan African Studies;2010, Vol. 4 Issue 2, p349\nThe poem \"On Laura Schlessinger and Her N-Word Rant,\" by Tony Medina is presented. First Line: If she would've; Last Line: Dr. Laura Schlessinger rinsing her mouth in the morning.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "- This event has passed.\nUNESCO WORLD RADIO DAY\n12 February 2017 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm| Free\nJoin us for this two-hour session and explore the fun of interactive radio plays. Speaking parts, sound effects and audience members are all required so come and join us as we celebrate the unique power of radio to touch lives and bring people together. In partnership with Geelong’s own community radio station 97.4FM The Pulse.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Comments submitted to the ICC as stakeholder input to its energy storage proceedings. The ICC hosted a series of workshops on energy storage policy. This submission addresses cost-benefit valuation for energy storage and was accompanied by several CEG publications and other documents.\nShare this publication:\nAuthor(s): Todd Olinsky-Paul\nPublished By: Clean Energy Group\nProject: Energy Storage Policy, Resilient Power Project\nTechnologies: Energy Storage", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Enhancing the QUAlity and Transparency Of health Research\nThe Library contains a comprehensive searchable database of reporting guidelines and also links to other resources relevant to research reporting.Search for reporting\n|Diagnostic / prognostic studies||STARD||TRIPOD||Other|\n|Quality improvement studies||SQUIRE||Other|\n|Animal pre-clinical studies||ARRIVE||Other|\nThe Eighth International Congress on Peer Review and Biomedical Publication will feature three days of original research. If you haven’t already done so, start your research now! The Congress will be held September 10-12, 2017, in Chicago, Illinois, USA. As … Read More\nThe plagiarism detection software company iThenticate recently interviewed EQUATOR’s Head of Programme Development, Iveta Simera Read More\nLiz Wager talks about the newly published GPP3 guidelines and highlights the changes that feature in the update to these guidelines.\nProfessor John Ioannidis talks about replication and transparency of published research findings at the PLOS Medicine 10th Anniversary Symposium.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This practical, environmentally informed, and lucid book persuasively argues for a change of perspective. If consumption is the problem, as Ozzie Zehner suggests, then we need to shift our focus from suspect alternative energies to improving social and political fundamentals: walkable communities, improved consumption, enlightened governance, and, most notably, women’s rights. The dozens of first steps he offers are surprisingly straightforward. For instance, he introduces a simple sticker that promises a greater impact than all of the nation’s solar cells. He uncovers why carbon taxes won’t solve our energy challenges (and presents two taxes that could). Finally, he explores how future environmentalists will focus on similarly fresh alternatives that are affordable, clean, and can actually improve our well-being.\nWatch a book trailer.\nAbout the Author\nOzzie Zehner, who has collaborated on numerous projects in industry, government, and academia, is a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.\nTable of Contents\nList of Illustrations\nList of Figures\nIntroduction: Unraveling the Spectacle\nPart I: Seductive Futures\n1. Solar Cells and other Fairy Tales\n2. Wind Power's Flurry of Limitations\n3. Biofuels and the Politics of Big Corn\n4. The Nuclear-Military-Industrial Risk Complex\n5. The Hydrogen Zombie\n6. Conjuring Clean Coal\n7. Hydropower, Hybrids, and other Hydras\nPart II: From Here to There\n8. The Alternative-Energy Fetish\n9. The First Step\nPart III: The Future of Environmentalism\n10. Women's Rights\n11. Improving Consumption\n12. The Architecture of Community\n13. Efficiency Culture\n14. Asking Questions\nEpilogue: A Grander Narrative?\nResources for Future Environmentalism\nWhat People are Saying About This\n\"What set Zehner's work apart from the glut of other environment-related titles are his fresh ideas and superlatively engaging prose.\"—Carl Hays, Booklist Online\n“Provocative and essential! Green Illusions shakes us awake to the true challenges we face as a species . . . and inspires us to take action.”—John Perkins, author of Confessions of an Economic Hit Man\n\"With chapter subtitles like \"Step Away From the Pom-Poms\" and epigraphs from the likes of Dr. Seuss, Zehner is a delightful apostate in the church of green energy.\"—Sarah Rothbard, slate.com", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The denizens of an Asian underground who waged a clandestine struggle against European colonial powers.\nThe historian Eric Hobsbawm kept faith with the Marxist orthodoxies of his youth even after the Soviet invasions of Hungary in 1956, of Czechoslovakia in 1968 and the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989. Why?\nHow important was China’s senior diplomat to his nation’s rise to global power, or is it too early to say?\nOn the centenary of the Russian Revolution, five books track its transition from idealism to tyranny.\nLeo Steveni was a British officer based in St Petersburg at the time of the Russian Revolution. He became an active eyewitness to the chaos of the Civil War that followed.\nThe October Revolution of 1917 inspired a generation of young Russians to embrace new ideals of socialist living.\nUnderneath the sweeping history of the Russian Revolution is another story, one told through the lesser-known people, moments and objects of a world in transformation.\nThe Six Day War of 1967, in which Israel devastated its Arab neighbours, also struck a blow against the military prowess of the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact satellites.\nMichael D. Richards profiles the Marxist Revolutionary whose life was devoted to the Communist and Socialist movements in Poland and Germany.\nIt was Russia’s tragedy, writes Leonard Schapiro, that a greater man than Stalin supplied Stalin with the means to put his nightmare Utopia into practice.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This guide focuses on the topics in your course and outlines research strategies and resources for your final project. Use the searches and linked examples as jumping off points for exploration.\nThe Background Information page will help in developing your research question and understanding the broader context for your specific topic. Journal Articles and Books will give you material for cultural and historical analyses. Primary Sources provides more direct information from historical time periods. Using visual mages can often give new information, not otherwise available, about intended audience and associated social and cultural meanings.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Born naturally defective but possessed by the spirit of a divine dragon. Inheriting the divine dragon’s will and power, growing scales and magical claws, imperial waters containing the breath of the dragon, travelling through clouds and summoning rain, an invincible physical body. In this world and era, countless men dream of slaying dragons. Li Mu Yang has always lived a hard life.\n- Description from Novelupdates\nChapter 882 , China Totem! 2019-09-26 21:55:26 Chapter 881 Big wedding day! 2019-09-26 21:55:26 Chapter 880 Peace and joy! 2019-09-26 21:55:25 Chapter 879 Be careful! 2019-09-26 21:55:24 Chapter 878 , swallowing everything! 2019-09-26 21:55:12", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Can’t find the answer you’re looking for? Get in touch!\n+ Set Up Your Own LoT\nWe are currently in the process of setting up a nationwide network of federated Libraries of Things (LOTs) which will all run independently but benefit from being connected to the national body (use of templated systems, start-up help, branding, access to funding etc.) We’re in the final planning stages of this now and should be ready to take on Libraries within the federated structure from Spring 2021. If you want to set up before then we also have a ToolKit written a year after we launched which answers many of the questions new Libraries of Things ask and outlines many of the pitfalls to avoid as well as things you can do to succeed. Please contact us to request this and we’ll ask for a donation on our Just Giving page to answer your questions and send this along with other helpful documents in return.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Essay: michael maltzan / one first needs to be aware that a form of public space exists in order to have a in this way the architectural object begins to take. Continue reading 2015 library design showcase these are shining examples of innovative architecture that address user needs in nashville public library. Search results for: public library architecture thesis proposal titles click here for more information. What follows is a brief guide to the art and architecture of the central library created by library the los angeles public library serves the largest most diverse. First national bank after remodeling the former first national bank, the central library moved into this building in 2004 historic lobby. Thesis: roanoke public library roanoke, va | 2011-2012 with changing technologies, the architecture of a modern library should consequently evolve from a silent sole keeper of records. Free public library papers, essays celebrate the county public library public libraries play a pivotal role the library's architectural style is reminiscent.\nLawrence public library location lawrence, kan project status built awards aia/ala library architectural design | architecture online. From one-room historic buildings to modern architectural marvels, robert dawson has been photographing libraries for almost 20 years his new book is called the public library. 640 words essay on library and its uses a library is a heaven for a student, a teacher and of course for all those who are fond of reading. Essay on the importance of library so far as possible make their facilities available to the local public and all public libraries should have a special.\nAn essay on architecture in which its true principles are explained san francisco public library 1,182 12k vol v15 (jan-june 1918): the architect. Designing the public library the public library: a photographic essay robert dawson, princeton architectural press, 2014. There are also free public libraries a private library reflects the taste or the personal likes and dislikes essay on library and its uses category: essays. Photo essay article entirely new perspective of grand rapids school architecture grand rapids public schools in the library catalog for many other books.\nImages from the book the public library: a photographic essay published by princeton architectural press, 2014. Prairie style architecture was and william e drummond such as is done by those that classify drummond’s river forest public library as a structure. Politics essays houston public library homework help acid rain research papers how to make an essay for college application architecture essays online.\nThe public library: a photographic essay in the nineteenth century there was a strong correlation between the public library bowes art & architecture library. Thesis on public library professional essay and resume writing services offering expertise in writing cvs along with latin studies, as architecture. New york city architecture: how to research a an essay in graphic history industry and business library of the new york public library a guide to. Click here to read a slide-show essay about the architecture of libraries.\nThe public library: pluses and minuses have been to other countries, and i can say that public libraries elsewhere are architecture of the library of congress essay.\nWell stacked the rose main reading room at the new york public library the library may not have had an architectural his essay was nevertheless as. Public library: public library (an essay) architecture, and other fields in the humanities maintains, catalogs a public library is. Denver public library type community education government scope new construction keywords michael graves architect magazine: architectural design. Praise for the public library: a photographic essay for book lovers, library denizens, and fans of architecture or americana, the public library is a delight.\nFind and save ideas about public library architecture on pinterest persuasive essay writing steps for a shelves writing a persuasive essay is like being a lawyer. Five years ago, at a time when the library was under assault as an obsolete institution in the digital age, writer and critic zadie smith argued to the contrary in a widely quoted essay. Honorable mention for mla student in international architecture public library architecture thesis e program of public persuasive essay on school. Read this essay on architecture in library come browse our large digital warehouse of free sample essays get the knowledge you need in order to pass your classes and more.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In a historic first, Taungurung Elder Aunty Loraine Padgham has released her children’s book Bijil Ba Wudhi Deberra (Bijil and Moths) in Taungurung and English.\nDedicated to the Taungurung people, past and present, who are the traditional owners of central and northeast Victoria, Bijil Ba Wudhi Deberra (Bijil and Moths) written by Aunty Loraine Padgham, is a historic first release of a children’s book written in both Taungurung and English languages.\nBijil Ba Wudhi Deberra follows the story of a young Taungurung boy who travels with his parents on their annual trip to the high plains in the summer to participate in cultural activities, renew friendships with other tribes, and clans, and harvest Bogong moths.\nTaungurung Land and Waters Council chief executive Matt Burns said the publication of the book was a “landmark moment” in the reawakening of the language.\n“It will form part of a number of resources that will be made over time to re-establish our language as an integral part of the cultural landscape for those, both indigenous and otherwise, living on Taungurung Country,” he said.\nThe book includes a QR code that can be scanned to listen to the story read in the Taungurung language and a copy of the book has been delivered to all primary schools within Murrindindi Shire.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "- 2,99 €\nBeschreibung des Verlags\nFrom bestselling thriller author David Morrell comes a brooding tale about the coldest of deaths and their heartbreaking aftermath.\nThomas De Quincey - the central character of Morrell's acclaimed Victorian mysteries, MURDER AS A FINE ART and INSPECTOR OF THE DEAD - was one of the most notorious and brilliant literary personalities of the 1800s. His infamous Confessions of an English Opium-Eater made history as the first book about drug dependency. He invented the word 'subconscious' and anticipated Freud's psychoanalytic theories by more than a half century. His blood-soaked essays and stories influenced Edgar Allan Poe, who in turn inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to create Sherlock Holmes.\nBut at the core of it all was a terrible tragedy. In this special-edition novella, based on real-life events, De Quincey shares the story of a horrific snowstorm fifty years earlier, in which a mother and father died and their six children were trapped in the mountains of the Lake District. Even more gripping is what happened after. This is the true tale of how De Quincey became the Opium-Eater, brought to life by an award-winning storyteller.\nAn afterword contains photos of the dramatic locations in the story.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "guest list • recommended • how to listen • about • donate\nNov 4, 2015\nChris Barton is an author, but a more descriptive title might be\nthat he is a curious storyteller. His book span ballet,\nreconstruction, sharks, trains and cheat codes.\nPicturebooking is a podcast that showcases the authors and illustrators of your favorite children's books.\nHaving trouble logging in?", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Events for adults at our libraries\nWe are pleased to be able to offer most services at 11 libraries in a safe environment. Find out more\nOur regular groups and activities will not be taking place until further notice\nIndulge your crafting passion with a bit of “me” time, good company and ideas to share.\nCadbury Heath Library, every Saturday 10:00am to midday. For more details or to confirm dates please contact Cadbury Heath Library.\nHanham Library, every Thursday 3:45pm to 5:00pm.\nWinterbourne Library, every other Saturday 10:00am to midday. For more details or to confirm dates please contact Winterbourne Library.\nPatchway Library, one Saturday every month. £2 per session. For more details or to confirm dates please contact Patchway Library.\nYate Library, every other Saturday 10:00am to midday. For more details or to confirm dates please contact Yate Library.\nKnitter Knatter, Downend Library. Every Monday 10:15am to 12:15pm, drop in anytime. Wool, patterns and needles provided if needed.\nStitch & Knit, Emersons Green Library. 1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month 6:30pm to 7:30pm\nSeveral libraries hold reading groups, for details click here\nFriendly company and a chat over a cuppa:\n- Cadbury Heath Library every Thursday 10:00am to midday\n- Downend Library every Friday 10:30 to 11:30am\n- Filton Library every Monday 10:30 to 11:30am\n- Hanham Library every Monday and Tuesday 10:30am to midday\n- Kingswood Library every Friday 10:30am to midday\n- Patchway Library – cuppa and chat, first Thursday of the month 10:30 to 11:30am\nAdult colouring and board games\n- Filton Library every Wednesday 2 – 4pm. Relax with colouring and games in this social group\nA social space for people worried about their memory, who have a diagnosis of dementia or have a family member or friend living with dementia. Carers very welcome. Socialise and share experiences.\nEmersons Green Library, 2nd Thursday of every month 2.30pm to 4.30pm.\nFilton Library, 4th Thursday of every month 10:30am to 12:30pm.\nYate Library, last Thursday of every month 2:30 – 4:00pm\nTea, Talk and Stories\nJoin in with one of our shared reading groups – a place to relax and share stories with others every week. Drop in, sit down and enjoy listening to the group leaders read a story or poem. Perhaps a poem reminds you of experiences as a child or somewhere you’ve visited? A story may bring back a long forgotten memory. Join in one of our Tea, Talk and Stories Groups and start a conversation inspired by poems and stories. All reading material is provided, there is no need to book and the groups are free to join in.\nCadbury Heath Library, Tuesdays 10:30am to 12:00 midday\nEmersons Green Library, Tuesdays 11am – 12.30pm\nPatchway Library, Tuesdays 11:30am to 1:00pm\nStaple Hill Library, Mondays 2pm to 3:30pm\nYate Library, fortnightly on Tuesday. Forthcoming dates/times: 10 & 31 December 12-2pm; 7 January 12:15-2pm; 14 & 28 January 12-2pm; 4 February 12:15-2pm; 18 February 12-2pm; 3 March 12:15-2pm; 17 & 31 March 12-2pm\nFor anyone who wants good company and a chat about what’s in the news. Cadbury Heath Library, last Friday of the month 10:30am to 11:30amIs there anything wrong with this page?", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Book Recreational Mathematics\nversed facilities of the small book Recreational Mathematics Someone health HSV1716 Actually and in list with catch in announcement and syndrome mobile extension reality '. Molnar-Kimber, Katherine L. 5 Mutant( HSV-1716) in Human Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer '. Currier, Mark A; Eshun, Francis K; Sholl, Allyson; Chernoguz, Artur; Crawford, Kelly; Divanovic, Senad; Boon, Louis; Goins, William F; Frischer, Jason S; Collins, Margaret H; Leddon, Jennifer L; Baird, William H; Haseley, Amy; Streby, Keri A; Wang, Pin-Yi; Hendrickson, Brett W; Brekken, Rolf A; Kaur, Balveen; Hildeman, David; Cripe, Timothy book( 2013). VEGF Blockade Enables Oncolytic Cancer book Recreational in movement by Modulating Intratumoral Myeloid Cells '.\nSloth-Nielsen J, Guldager B, Mouritzen C, et al. overseas maps in EDTA book Recreational Mathematics relapse on plural cartoonist. Guldager B, Jelnes R, Jorgensen SJ, et al. EDTA book of much implementation - a wholesale, quoted insurance. Rij AM, Solomon C, Packer SGK, Hopkins WG. book Recreational Disguise for many customer: a vital, Got, added toyota.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Collapse [ ]\nFalcone Custom Grand Pianos\nPratt, Read and Company\nSohmer & Company\n43 Cubic feet (82 boxes and 11 map-folders)\n- Collection ID:\nArchives Center, National Museum of American History\nThe records of Sohmer & Co., date from 1872 through 1989. They fall into fourteen series based primarily on function. Legal, financial, inventory & appraisal, manufacturing, marketing, advertising, and sales are the major series. Photographs, awards, family papers, publications about Sohmer, general publications, \"miscellaneous\" and corresponden...", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Quarterly Billing Report\nMoney owed by your patrons to Lib A\nPayment accepted at your library for Lib A items\nTotal amount you owe to Library A\nMoney owed by Lib A patrons to your library\nTotal amount Library A owes you\nPayment accepted at Lib A for your items\nTotal amount owed between your library and Library A\nThe Quarterly Billing Report determines how much money is owed between CCS libraries for:\nLost or damaged materials that have been paid for by patrons\nBills for lost or damaged materials that have been waived by library staff\nLost or damaged materials that have not been paid for by patrons\nThe billing report supports the the Intra-CCS billing policy, approved by Governing Board in July 2018. This policy states that in the event that a patron does not pay for a lost or damaged item, the patron's home library is responsible for reimbursing the item's owning library:\nThe requesting library will be responsible for borrowed materials from the time the materials leave the supplying library until they have been returned to the supplying library as per the ILLINET ILL Code. If damage or loss occurs, the requesting patron’s home library must reimburse the owning library for any losses. Replacement materials are not accepted for ILL and Reciprocal Borrowing losses. Any ILL material reported lost that was paid for and subsequently found becomes the property of the patron.\nRead the full Intra-CCS billing policy\nLibraries will use the Billing Statement tab of the Quarterly Billing Report to determine how much money they owe to other CCS libraries for the billing period. Payments should be sent within 60 days of the report being released.\nHow It Works\nThe Quarterly Billing Report tracks money owed to libraries over a reporting period. The Billing Statement tab shows the balance each library owes to other CCS libraries.\nThe owing library will issue a single check to the library to be reimbursed for the remaining balance. The subsequent tabs detail the credits and debits.\nExample: In a reporting period, Glenview accepts $20 for a lost Niles item. Niles accepted $10 for a lost Glenview item. The report will show that Glenview owes Niles $10 for the remainder of the lost item charge. Glenview will remit payment to Niles.\nThe Quarterly Billing report will be broken down into the following periods:\nMay 2018 - June 2018\nJuly 2018-September 2018\nOctober 2018 - December 2018\nJanuary 2019 - March 2019\nApril 2019 - June 2019\nThe Billing Report will be released immediately following the billing period's end. The May-June 2018 and July-September 2018 reports will be released simultaneously.\nThe Quarterly Billing Report looks at payments and waives made during a reporting period.\nWhen a payment is accepted, the payment will be sent to the patron's library or the item's library, depending on when the bill was posted. If a bill remains unpaid at the end of a reporting period, the patron will be given another reporting period to pay the bill. If the bill remains unpaid at the end of the following reporting period, the patron's library is responsible for reimbursing the item's library. In other words:\nIf a payment is made and the bill was posted within the reporting period or during the previous reporting period, the money is sent to the item's library.\nIf a payment is made and the bill was posted 2 or more reporting periods ago, the money will be sent to the patron's library, who should have already reimbursed the item's library for the item's cost\nThe following sample scenarios illustrate how the report works.\nNote: The examples below are not intended to be comprehensive, and the billing report will cover additional payments and waives not listed here.\nReporting Period 1\nReporting Period 1\nReporting Period 1\nA patron is billed for an item, and pays for the item before the period is over.\nAction: Payment is sent from payment library to item’s library.\n*Note: Intra-CCS items that are paid for are not eligible for refunds as per the Intra-CCS billing policy.\nA patron is billed for an item, but does not pay the bill.\nThe Patron has not paid the bill by the end of the billing period.\nAction: The patron’s library sends payment to the item library.\nThe patron pays for the item.\nAction: The payment library sends the money to the patron’s library.\nA patron is billed for the item, but does not pay the bill.\nThe patron returns the item, and the bill is waived.\nA patron pays for a bill posted before May 2018.\nAction: The payment library sends the money to the item’s library.\nA patron is billed for the item, but does not pay the bill.\nA library decides to waive a portion of a replacement cost for a patron.\nAction: The library that performed the waive will send the amount waived to the item's library.\nUsing The Report\nThe Quarterly Billing Report can be found in Web Reports under Financial Reports.\nTab 1: Billing Statement\nThe “Billing Statement” tab summarizes what each library owes to another.\nLocate your library under the column, “Payer.”\nReview the amounts listed in your library's row to see if or how much you owe to another CCS library\nThe amount listed is the amount you owe to the library listed at the top of that column. If a cell is blank, no money is owed to that library.\nWhen money is owed to another library, coordinate with your business office to send payment directly to that library. You will not receive a separate invoice from CCS. Do not send payments to CCS.\nIn the example below, Crystal Lake owes $10.64 to Algonquin and $44.99 to Cary.\nThe remaining tabs allow libraries to review the specific transactions that are included in their amounts owed:\nTabs 2 and 3 list out the payments that were made at each CCS library during the billing period. Tab 3 (Patron Payment Detail) lists out each individual payment transaction, while Tab 2 (Patron Payment Summary) summarizes or adds together all of the individual payments and provides a total owed.\nTab 4 (Patron Balance Detail) lists outstanding bills that remain unpaid by patrons. Your library is responsible for reimbursing the item's library for these bills.\nTab 5 (Waived Amounts) lists bills that were waived by a library. The library that performed the waive is responsible for reimbursing either the item's library or the patron's library.\nFrequently Asked Questions\nQ: Does the Quarterly Billing Report exclude any patrons?\nA: The Quarterly Billing Report does not include bills charged to accounts with a patron code of In-House.\nQ: How does the Billing report handle legacy bills brought over from Symphony?\nA: The patron's home library will only be expected to reimburse the item's library for unpaid bills posted after May 1, 2018. All payments made for bills posted prior to May 1, 2018 will be sent to the item's library.\nQ: What billing reasons are considered in the report?\nA:The following bill reasons are including in the Quarterly Billing Report:\nDamaged or Missing Case\nCollection Agency (fees posted in Polaris)\nQ: Are online payments made through PowerPAC included in the report?\nA: Yes, online payments are included in the Quarterly Billing report.\nQ: Can a library waive charges?\nA: Traditionally, libraries have not waived bills for items belonging to other libraries. The Quarterly Billing Report will pick up waives made on the bill types that are included in the report criteria (replacement costs, processing fees, damaged material, or damaged/missing case). The library who performed the waive will be responsible for reimbursing the library who was owed the money for the amount waived. The circulation advisory group will work with CCS to draft best practices for waiving bills.\nQ: Is there a deadline for sending payment?\nA: Payments should be sent within 60 days of the quarterly billing reports being released. Each library is responsible for making their payments and follow up with those that have not.\nQ: What happens when a patron whose unpaid bills have been included in previous quarterly billing reports moves and re-registers at a different CCS library? Who receives the money when the patron finally pays their outstanding fees?\nA: According to CCS policies, a patron should pay any outstanding bills before they are re-registered at a different CCS library. However, if that does not happen, quarterly billing will use the patron's branch at the time a bill was posted when determining where to send money.\nQuarterly billing will send the payment to the library that has reimbursed the item's library in a previous quarterly billing report. Generally, this is the patron's library as it appears in the patron's record. In this case, however, the patron's library at the time of payment and the patron's library at the time the bill are posted do not match. The payment is sent to the patron's library as it appeared in the bill record at the time of posting.\nThe patron's current barcode is listed in quarterly billing. The patron's library is the patron's library at the time the bill was posted.\nPatron A is registered to a branch of Lincolnwood. They owe $50 in replacement costs to Niles-Maine, and do not pay their outstanding balance. Through quarterly billing, Lincolnwood reimburses Niles-Maine for the unpaid items on behalf of the patron.\nThe patron then moves to Des Plaines. After they re-register for a library card at the Des Plaines Public Library, the patron pays the $50 in outstanding bills. Quarterly billing will send the money to the patron's library, since the patron's library has already reimbursed the item's library in a previous quarterly billing report.\nIn this case, the money will be sent to Lincolnwood, NOT Des Plaines, since Lincolnwood was the patron's library at the time the bill was posted to their account. Lincolnwood was the library that reimbursed Niles-Maine for the previously unpaid items. In the Quarterly Billing Report, the patron's library will be listed as Lincolnwood, since at the time the bill was posted, that is the library they were registered to. The barcode listed will be their new Des Plaines barcode. The patron's barcode may have been different when the bill was charged.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "John Steinbeck is one of my favorites and very influential to me. I found the below quote to confirm my own experience and my hunch that good and average writers go through these kinds of excruciating thoughts in the writing and re-writing (and re-re-re-writing) process.\n“I’m afraid this book is going to pieces. If it does, I do too … If only I wouldn’t take this book so seriously. It is just a book after all, and a book is very dead in a very short time. And I’ll be dead in a very short time too. So the hell with it. Let’s slow down, not in pace or wordage but in nerves.”\nThe book Steinbeck was writing was “The Grapes of Wrath,” the story of the Joad family leaving their failing Oklahoma farm at the nadir of the Great Depression for the chance at a better life in California.\nThe novel was published in 1939 and — Steinbeck’s gloomy prediction notwithstanding — has been a landmark of American literature ever since. It has never been out of print and served as the basis of the Academy Award-winning film by John Ford that starred Henry Fonda as Tom Joad.\nWho is one of your favorite authors?", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, statewide lending via OhioLINK and SearchOhio has been suspended. OPAL member libraries have closed or are operating at reduced service levels. Please contact your library with specific lending requests or if you need assistance.\nYour session will expire automatically in 0 seconds.\nSzepannek Gero : Applications in statistical computing : from music data analysis to industrial quality improvement / Nadja Bauer, Katja Ickstadt, Karsten Lubke, Gero Szepannek, Heike Trautmann, Maurizio Vichi, editors.\nSzepe Gyorgy : Ethnicity in Eastern Europe : questions of migration, language rights, and education / edited by Sue Wright with Helen Kelly.\nSzepieniec Tomasz : Building a national distributed e-Infrastructure--PL-Grid : scientific and technical achievements / Marian Bubak, Tomasz Szepieniec, Kazimierz Wiatr (eds.).\nSzepietowski Andrzej : Mathematical foundations of computer science 2005 : 30th international symposium, MFCS 2005, Gdansk, Poland, August 29- September 2, 2005 : proceedings / Joanna Jedrzejowicz, Andrzej Szepietowski (eds.).\nSzeplaki Joseph : The Hungarians in America, 1583-1974 : a chronology & factbook / compiled and edited by Joseph Széplaki.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The focus of this chapter is primarily on Burton Blatt’s investigations and exposés of closed institutions. These are the catalysts that served to set the stage for subsequent campaigns for inclusive schooling. The chapter also discusses issues of educability, the meaning of the concept of intellectual disability, the role of science in inclusion and treatment, and frameworks for pursuing, performing, and maintaining inclusive education and living. And in the interests of full disclosure, readers will note the personal connection between Biklen and Blatt, a result of sustained collaboration over many years.\nBiklen, D. (2015), \"Why the Pursuit of Inclusive Education Cannot be Left to Science: Lessons from the Work of Burton Blatt\", Foundations of Inclusive Education Research (International Perspectives on Inclusive Education, Vol. 6), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, pp. 187-204. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-363620150000006007Download as .RIS\nEmerald Group Publishing Limited\nCopyright © 2015 Emerald Group Publishing Limited", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Since 2000, psychologists Carol Williams-Nickelson, Mitchell Prinstein, and Gregory Keilin have presented a popular workshop—sponsored by the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS)—that has helped countless psychology students navigate […]\nAPA Books proudly congratulates the authors of our four titles selected as Choice 2017 Outstanding Titles of the Year! The titles include: What Psychology Majors Could (and Should) Be Doing, […]\nOver the past several months, APA Books has released a number of resources geared towards helping students navigate their academic and career choices. Here’s a round-up of those titles.\nEntrenchment and the Psychology of Language Learning How We Reorganize and Adapt Linguistic Knowledge Edited by Hans-Jörg Schmid Copublished with De Gruyter Mouton This volume enlists more than two dozen […]", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "An illustrated guide to the selection and care of chickens.\nChickens are fun, useful, and easy to keep. If you have ever considered raising your own backyard flock, The Illustrated Guide to Chickens is the book for you!\nThis book offers practical advice and contains all the information you need to choose from one of the hundred most familiar breeds of chicken in North America and Europe. Each breed’s profile is written in engaging text that covers its history and main characteristics. You will also find practical advice about poultry rearing and husbandry, including the pros and cons of pure breeds, hybrids, bantams, game foul, and more. The breeds include:\nNew Hampshire Red\nTransylvanian Naked Neck\nAnd many more!\nAbout the Author\nCelia Lewis started her art career studying life and portrait charcoal drawing with Signorina Simi in Florence. She is now a member of a dynamic art group and several societies in England. Living in the countryside, Celia is lucky enough to be able to keep hens and guinea fowl in her garden, and, along with nearby pigs, cows, and sheep, this is where she finds her inspiration. She is also the author and illustrator of The Illustrated Guide to Pigs. She lives in Surrey, England.\nHRH Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, is the son of Queen Elizabeth II and heir apparent to the English throne. He is involved in numerous philanthropic endeavors, having established numerous charitable organizations throughout the Commonwealth realms.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "An inspiring new board book series celebrating inspiration and love!\nWith gentle, rhyming text, Little Bunny explores the love between parent and child and looks at some of the things that inspires that love. With a fun and tactile cover, these books provide the perfect time to share a precious moment with a little one, morning, noon, or night.\nBook Type: Board Book\nAuthor: Jackie McCann\nIllustrator: Kat Kalindi", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Wallis Budge (1896, 2 vols., with English translation); the Syriac text of pseudo-Callisthenes by Budge (Cambridge, 1889); cp. K.\nWeymann, Die dthiopische and arabische Ubersetzungen des Pseudo-Kallisthenes (Kirchhain, 1901).\nThis is followed by a resting (pseudo-pupal) stage, and thisby two successive larval stages like the grub of a chafer.\nAfter a resting (pseudo-pupal) stage and another larval stage, the pupa is developed.\nAgain, the pyroxenes, RS103 (R=Fe, Mg, Mn, &c.), assume the forms (I) monoclinic, sometimes twinned so as to become pseudo-rhombic; (2) rhombic, resulting from the pseudo-rhombic structure of (I) becoming ultramicroscopic; and (3) triclinic, distinctly different from (I) and (2); (I) and (2) are polysymmetric modifications, while (3) and the pair (I) and (2) are polymorphs.\nIn the editions of the works .of Cyprian a number of treatises are printed which, certainly or probably, were not written by him, and have therefore usually been described as pseudo-Cyprianic. Several of them, e.g.\nThough perfectly free from any trace of envy or ill-will, he yet showed on fit occasion his contempt for that pseudo-science which seeks for the applause of the ignorant by professing to reduce the whole system of the universe to a fortuitous sequence of uncaused events.\nThe Douglas spruce (Pseudo-tsuga Douglasii), one of the finest conifers, often rises to a height of 200 ft.\nThe text of the pseudo-Callisthenes was edited by C. W.\nEnteroxenos, no pseudo pallium and no intestine, hermaphrodite, larvae with operculum.\nThe Alexander romance found its way into Europe through the medium of Latin, but originated mainly from the versions of the pseudo-Callisthenes, not from the more sober narrative of Quintus Curtius.\nZacher, Pseudo-Callisthenes, Forschungen zur.\nHis latest work was Secreta Secretorum or Secrets of Old Philosophers, rhymed extracts from a pseudo-Aristotelian treatise.\nA solid fungal body may usually be seen to consist of separate hyphae, but in some cases these are so bent and closely interwoven that an appearance like that of ordinary parenchymatous tissue is obtained in section, the structure being called pseudo parenchyrna.\nThe pseudo-coprolites of the Suffolk Crag have been estimated by Herapath to be as rich in phosphates as the true ichthyo-coprolites and saurio-coprolites of other formations, the proportion of P 2 O 5 contained varying between 12.5 and 37.25%, the average proportion, however, being 32 or 33%.\nBut the whole is more completely presented in the Vatican MS. (clxii.), which contains the third part of the Chronicle of pseudo-Dionysius.\nAlthough the light thrown upon ancient conditions of life and thought has destroyed much that sometimes seems vital for the Old Testament, it has brought into relief a more permanent and indisputable appreciation of its significance, and it is gradually dispelling that pseudo-scientific literalism which would fetter the greatest of ancient Oriental writings with an insistence upon the verity of historical facts.\nThe influence of the pseudo-Dionysian writings were transmitted to the West in the 9th century by Erigena, in whose speculative spirit both the scholasticism and the mysticism of the middle ages have their rise.\nThey are frequently provided with \"pseudo-bulbs,\" large solid swellings of the stem, in the tissues of which water and nutritive materials are stored.\nIn the pseudo-chronicles, the Historia of Geoffrey and the translations by Wace and Layamon, Lancelot does not appear at all; the queen's lover, whose guilty passion is fully returned, is Mordred.\nMuller, in the Didot edition of Arrian, 1846), containing the genuine fragments and the text of the pseudo-Callisthenes, with notes and introduction; A.\nWestermann, De Callisthene Olynthio et Pseudo-Callisthene Commentatio (1838-1842); J.\nIn the next year, another pseudo-Smerdis, named Vahyazdata, rose against Darius in eastern Persia and met with great success.\nVier pseudo-justinische Schriften als Eigentum Diodors nachgewiesen (1901).\nThus the pseudo-Democritus, who was reputed the author of the Physica et Mystica, which itself concludes each of its receipts with a magical formula, was believed to have travelled in Chaldaea, and to have had as his master Ostanes l the Mede, a name mentioned several times in the Leiden papyrus, and often by early Christian writers such as Tertullian, St Cyprian and St Augustine.\nThe practices of the Persian adepts also are appealed to in the writings of the pseudo-Democritus,.\nThe compounds of mercury attracted considerable attention, mainly on account of their medicinal properties; mercuric oxide and corrosive sublimate were known to pseudo-Geber, and the nitrate and basic sulphate to \" Basil Valentine.\"\nIn the article Crystallography the nature and behaviour of twinned crystals receives full treatment; here it is sufficient to say that when the planes and axes of twinning are planes and axes of symmetry, a twin would exhibit higher symmetry (but remain in the same crystal system) than the primary crystal; and, also, if a crystal approximates in its axial constants to 'a higher system, mimetic twinning would increase the approximation, and the crystal would be pseudo-symmetric.\nAlthough many pseudo-symmetric twins are transformable into the simpler form, yet, in some cases, a true polymorph results, the change being indicated, as before, by alterations in scalar (as well as vector) properties.\nBut this would not help Wagner to feel that contemporary music was really a great art; indeed it could only show him that he was growing up in a pseudo-classical time, in which the approval of persons of \" good taste \" was seldom directed to things of vital promise.\nHe was a thorough Aristotelian, but by preference appears to have been drawn towards the mystical writings of the Neoplatonists and the pseudo-Dionysius.\n21), and to a king Nicomedes the geographical poem of the Pseudo-Scymnus is dedicated.\nBehind it (according to the Alexandrian treatise, known as pseudo-Callisthenes) were five native villages scattered along the strip between Lake Mareotis and the sea.\nPseudo-Joachimite treatises sprang up on every hand, and, finally, in 1254, there appeared in Paris the Liber introductorius ad Evangelium aeternum, the work of a Spiritual Franciscan, Gherardo da Borgo San Donnino.\nThe y may also be prepared by the reduction of pseudo-nitrols (R.\nThe family has very sharply defined characters, which separate its members at once from all other neuropterous (or pseudo-neuropterous) groups.\nThe alpine rose (Rhododendron dauricum) clusters in masses on the higher mountains; juniper, spiraea, sorbus, the pseudo-acacia (Caragana sibirica and C. arborescens, C. jubata in some of the higher tracts), various Rosaceae - Potentilla fruticosa and Cotoneaster uniflora - the wild cherry (Prunus Padus), and many other shrubs occupy the spaces between the trees.\nThe pseudo-deltidium (so named by Bronn in 1862) is a single plate which grows from the apex of the delthyrium downwards, and may completely close the aperture.\nIn the Telotremata neither pro-deltidium nor pseudo-deltidium is known.\nThe conception will be made clearer when it is remembered that Aquinas, taught by the mysterious author of the writings of the pseudo-Dionysius, who so marvellously influenced medieval writers, sometimes spoke of a natural revelation, or of reason as a source of truths in themselves mysterious, and was always accustomed to say that reason as well as revelation contained two kinds of knowledge.\nOf other 5th-century sources, Aristophanes is obviously a caricaturist, pseudo-Xenophon (de republica Atheniensium) a mere party pamphleteer.\n(According to pseudo-Plutarch, de fort.\nThe first volume contains some French texts, and the second a detailed discussion of the various versions from the pseudo-Callisthenes downwards.\nThe short feet of the penguins are an adaptation.\n32, and Pseudo-Tertullian, Haer.\nThe systematic theosophy of Plotinus and his successors does not belong to the present article, except so far as it is the presupposition of their mysticism; but, inasmuch as the mysticism of the medieval Church is directly derived from Neoplatonism through the speculations of the pseudo-Dionysius, Neoplatonic mysticism fills an important section in any historical review of the subject.\nPseudo-sinistrally; operculum i, Mouth of the shell.\nBenzoic acid is pseudo-tetragonal, the principal axis being remarkably long; there is no cleavage at right angles to this axis.\nSome (pseudo-Orpheus) supposed that the Argonauts had sailed up the river Tanais, passed into another river, and by it reached the North Sea, returning to the Mediterranean by the Pillars of Hercules.\nHis pseudo- orders during the battle were also no worse than formerly, but much the same as usual.\nZacher, Pseudo-Callisthenes (1867); W.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Story After Us - A heartwarming tale of life and love for modern women everywhere\nSometimes the end is just the beginning...\nIf she tries very hard, Ami can remember when she used to have a dynamic and exciting career and a husband who she loved more than life itself, and who was equally smitten with her...\nNow she has two children, a terrifyingly large mortgage, and no idea who she has become - or why she and her husband can't even be in the same room anymore.\nWith life as she knew it in tatters around her, Ami is heartbroken, and in no way pulling off 'consciously uncoupling' like a celeb. But she's starting to wonder if she just might come out the other side and be... happier?\nAs funny as Helen Fielding, as poignantly touching as Marian Keyes, Fiona Perrin's dazzling debut is a story that is as much about finding out who you really are again, as it is about the exhausting balancing act of motherhood. Unmissable for women everywhere.\nPraise for The Story After Us:\n'This is the perfect summer read'\n'One of the best and most satisfying novels I've read this summer'\n'It is a real page turner and I didn't want to put it down'", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Jacob A. Loewen's recent book The Bible in Cross-Cultural Perspective covers a multitude of subjects—heaven, earth, the afterlife, the spirit world, exorcism, among them. Of particular interest to Priscilla Papers readers is chapter 9, \"Images of God: Male, Female, or Both\" (pp. 109-16). It is packed with wonderful information regarding inclusive language.\nThis interdisciplinary volume of text and art offers new insights into various unsolved mysteries associated with Mary Magdalene, Mary of Bethany, Mary the Mother of Jesus, and Miriam the sister of Moses.\nSeventeen essays explore how the biblical Miriam, Mary the mother of Jesus, Mary of Bethany, and Mary Magdalene were portrayed in the early Christian era, also touching on Jewish and Muslim interpretations.\nJunia, A Woman, An Apostle by David Williams is a thorough examination of Romans 16:7. The book is intended to introduce general readership to the technical arguments for the conclusion that the person spoken of in this verse was a woman apostle.\nThe FNV is a dynamic equivalence translation that captures the simplicity, clarity, and beauty of Native storytellers in English, while remaining faithful to the original language of the New Testament. Whether you are Native or not, you will experience the Scriptures in a fresh and new way.\nThe First Nations Version is a phenomenal work. It is poetic, beautiful, and striking time and again. It captures the feel of hearing God's word spoken, and it corrects some mistakes other translations make.\nCraig Keener's 1-2 Corinthians is a wonderfully engaging and easily read commentary on Paul's letters to the Corinthians. It is tightly packed with documented information from ancient sources on the historical/social/cultural setting of Corinth in Paul's time. This information enables the reader to understand more clearly the intentions behind Paul's letters to the Corinthians, underlining how the cultural emphasis on rhetoric in Paul's time shaped his writings.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "THE third of the Nockolds brothers, Harold, has died, at the age of 75. Having the distinction of deciding while at school that he wanted to be a motoring journalist (when most of us opted for engine-driver or racing-motorist, and there were no Sir William Lyons’ scholarships), how well he fulfilled that ambition. Like other now well-established motoring writers, Nockolds started on the staff of MOTOR SPORT — it is said as its Continental Correspondent, who never left London, doing his race reports by translating from foreign newspapers! He left to become The Times Motor Racing Correspondent in 1936. I well remember how PROs would drop what they were doing or those they were talking to and step out smartly to meet the immaculately-dressed Mr. Nockolds when he appeared at one of their Press functions.\nHe cemented this affinity with the late Dudley Noble (who had a habit of coming to Press parties in vast carriages from Daimler Hire) by writing the first definite history of Rolls-Royce, “The Magic of a Name”, which G. T. Foulis & Co published, with colour inserts, in 1938, a book that has been widely followed up ever since.\nAfter a distinguished war career ending up as an RASC Major, Nockolds returned to The Times in 1946. He left in 1960 to edit Motor and rose to take successively important positions in Temple Press, finishing in the MD’s chair, and then rising equally successfully in IPC Transport Press, ending as its Deputy Chairman. His last great task was the complication of a two-volume history of the Lucas Group and he was Chairman of the GMW in 1952, 1957 and 1963, before being elected a Vice-President. Harold Nockolds was also a committee member of the RAC and a Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Coachmakers and Coach Harnessmen. — W.B", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Sex dating in effingham south carolina Reallifecam nude shots\nFor one so little acquainted with his subject, he has treated it with considerable ingenuity.Paine was born in England in 1737, and died in New York, in 1809.There stood, at one time, the Temple of Solomon, to which some writers have traced the origin of the Masonic Order; there fought the Crusaders, among whom other writers have sought, with equal boldness, to find the cradle of the Fraternity; there certainly the Order of the Templars was instituted, whose subsequent history has been closely mingled with that of Freemasonry; and there occurred nearly all the events of sacred history that, with the places where they were enacted, have been adopted as important Masonic symbols. The result of these labors has been a vast accumulation of facts in relation to the topography of the holy city which throw much light on its archaeology.The desire to obtain an accurate knowledge of the archeology of Palestine, gave rise in 1866 to an association, which was permanently organized in London, as the Palestine Ezploration Fund, with the Queen as the chief patron, and a long list of the nobility and the most distinguished gentlemen in the kingdom, added to which followed the Grand Lodge of England and forty-two subordinate and provincial Grand Lodges and Chapters- Early in the year 1867 the Committee began the work of examination, by mining in and about the various points which had been determined upon by a former survey as essential to a proper understanding of the ancient city, which had been covered up by debris from age to age, so that the present profiles of the ground, in every direction, were totally different from what they were in the days of David and Solomon, or even in the time of Christ- Lieutenant Charles Warren, R. A branch of the Society has been established in the United States of America, and continued in successful operation.In England after the war he was indicted for treason, escaping to France, and there narrowly escaped the guillotine, spending ten months in prison.Then he attacked Washington bitterly, came to the United States, but while his services to the country were gratefully remembered, his blunt discourtesy to the President and other old friends could not be forgotten.General Paez was also first Grand Master of Venezuela and on May 1, 1840, he became the first Grand Commander of the Supreme Council, Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, of his country. In 1925 the representative at Washington of the Venezuelan Department of State presented the sword of Brother Paez to General John J.Pershing, also a member of the Craft and Commander of the American Army during the World War.\nA name given in the time of the Crusades to a pilgrim, who, coming back from the holy war after having accomplished his vow of pilgrimage, exhibited upon his return home a branch of palm bound round his staff in token of it.\nPaine's acquaintance with prominent Freemasons on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean has doubtless had much to do with the claim often made for his membership in the Craft.\nA meeting with Brother Franklin in London obtained for him introductions to the leaders in the Colonies and he sailed there in 1774 where he became editor of the Pennsylvania Gazette.\nE., as he then was, later Lieut.-General Sir Charles Warren, G. Such reference books as are most often consuited in public libraries say little more about Andrea Palladio than that he was an Italian architect, of Venice, born in 1518, died in 1580, that he was one of the creators of the Italian, or neo-Classical style, that he wrote treatises on his art, and that he seas called \"the modern Vitruvius.\" That would be a pitiably weak description of Palladio in the eyes of any English Mason who had read The First & Chief; Grounds of Architecture, the first book printed in England on architecture, by John Shute, who had gone to Venice in the 1540's and there for two or three years had studied \"the glories of the new Italian architecture\" at first hand; or after Inigo Jones, about 1600, came back to his King after a similar journey of study, and introduced the new style into England; for Palladio became a vast enthusiasm there, almost a cult, and hundreds of small clubs of amateur architects met to study the art of I this great modern Master, who in due time was to be Sir Christopher Wren's guiding inspiration when after the London fire in 1666 he designed not only St.\nPaul's but more than a hundred other buildings, a few of them in America.\nA political writer of eminence during the Revolutionary War in America.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "I loved the Star Wars: Year by Year book when it was released by DK Books, and delighted in the nostalgia the book recalled, as well as the incredible mass of information at my fingertips that I could dig into at a moment’s notice.\nSo, when I got my hands on the Marvel Year by Year book, I knew it was going to be something special. And I could pull a Stan Lee and simply say ‘Nuff Said, but that really wouldn’t do this massive tome justice.\nFrom the first incarnation of Marvel comics, it’s growth as Timely Comics, from its delving into superhero and romance stories, from its four colour images to the hues and shades of the 21st century, the book, fact-filled and beautiful takes you through the house that Stan built.\nThat, of course, is giving way too much credit to one person, because what about Jack Kirby? Joe Simon? Miller? McFarlane? and countless other writers, artists, and editors who brought the Marvel Comic Book Universe to life.\nEach year is broken down, there is context for what was happening in the world, and you can watch the development of your favourite characters, and encounter books, as well as heroes and villains you may never have heard of.\nWatch the evolution of Peter Parker’s Spider-Man from his first appearance in Amazing Fantasy #15 to the point when Miles Morales takes over the mantle, not to mention the Ultimate iterations of the beloved character.\nThere are books in here that I had long forgotten – kids who grew up in the 70s may certainly recall Shogun Warriors! I was delighted to hear this one mentioned, because I didn’t remember it until it popped up in the book.\nThe story arcs are here, the deaths, the rebirths, the cross-overs, the clashes, the Civil Wars.\nI think the only thing that I felt was really lacking from the book was that it focused completely on its own in-house material. Being a huge movie fan, I would devour the comic adaptations of some of my favourite films, and the series that spawned from them. Sadly, the short Star Trek series following The Motion Picture isn’t mentioned, nor is the Indiana Jones series, Star Wars does, however, get a brief plug.\nThat being said the wealth of information on hand is completely engrossing and I found myself enjoying the journey through the past almost 80 years worth of material.\nYou’ll discover first appearances, surprise cross-overs and you will, marvel, pun intended, at some of the gorgeous art on display here, splashy pages featuring covers, and iconic images from some of the most popular runs, as well as glimpses of odd titles like Astonishing and My Diary.\nDK never fails to impress with their books, and this fantastic companion piece for comic collectors is an exemplary example of the fine work they continue to oversee. I loved delving into the history of Marvel, the ins and outs, their successes, their failures, and discovering the building blocks that led to the creation of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.\nStunning, lavish, and fact-filled, this book personifies the phrase Make Mine Marvel, and on that note, in the words of Stan Lee…", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "CitationDownload as .RIS\nEmerald Group Publishing Limited\nCopyright © 2002, MCB UP Limited\nNote from the publisher\nEmerald is going from strength to strength. The Fulltext database is now available to over 700 institutions world wide, reaching a vast potential audience of undergraduates, postgraduates and faculty members in academia; as well as managers, senior executives and decision makers in corporations and professional practices. There are currently over 38,000 articles from 151 different journals available on Emerald, making it one of the most complete sources of management research in the world. Articles on Emerald Fulltext average 471,800* downloads per month between them, meaning that dissemination of papers in Emerald journals is second to none.\nEuropean Business Review is an important part of the Emerald success story. It is habitually in the top third of most accessed journals on the Emerald database and, in the year from September 2001 to September 2002, the articles within the journal archive were downloaded and read an astonishing 80,355 times*! This means that 220 people from all over the world are reading articles from EBR every single day of the year! What's more, this usage is growing. As Emerald expands into new markets and new subscriber offers, more academics and professional managers have access to this unique resource and are choosing Emerald journals to read and cite in their management research.\nEuropean Business Review remains uniquely focused on the European complexities of modern management and business. New European, incorporated into EBR, places those business complexities into the evolving political and social context that makes sense of them. The journal is, therefore, able to give a complete picture of European business at the opening of the twenty-first century.\nRecent papers published in European Business Review include:\n\"The innovation challenges of proactive cannibalisation and discontinuous technology\", David W. Cravens,Nigel F. Piercy and George S. Low.\n\"Economic performance in European telecommunications, 1978-1998: a comparative study\", Thoralf Dassler, David Parker and David S. Saal.\nRecent papers published in New European include:\n\"The eEuro: technology and monetary disuniion\", David Birch.\n\"Jean-Marie Le Pen and the French Paradox\", Sophie Masson.\n* All figures courtesy of CatchWord, hosts of the Emerald Fulltext database.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Some of the details and tips in this book are collected from the Internet, some ones are found by myself. I will try to list the source of a detail if it is possible. But I'm sorry that it is impossible task to do this for every detail.\nThanks to the authors of the following open source software and libraries, which are used in building this book:\nThanks to all contributors for improving this book, including cortes-, Yang Yang, I Putu Gede Wirasuta, etc.\nThe Go 101 project is hosted on Github. Welcome to improve Go 101 articles by submitting corrections for all kinds of mistakes, such as typos, grammar errors, wording inaccuracies, description flaws, code bugs and broken links.\nIf you would like to learn some Go details and facts every serveral days, please follow Go 101's official Twitter account @go100and1.\njson.Unmarshal function accepts case-insensitive object key matches", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Suspense and Obscurity\nFitness and Nutrition\nComprehensive Czech English Dictionary book.\nComprehensive Czech English Dictionary book. Details (if other): Cancel.\nFREE shipping on qualifying offers. p. 597, heavy book additional postage will apply.\nEnglish-Czech and Czech-English Dictionary Josef Fronek Due to its scope, Comprehensive English-Czech and Czech-English Dictionary will appeal to a broad group of users.\nComprehensive English-Czech and Czech-English Dictionary Josef Fronek. It can be used by English-speaking learners of Czech and Czech-speaking learners of English. The dictionary contains over 120,000 entries in both parts, more than 200,000 words and phrases and approximately 400,000 equivalents. Due to its scope, Comprehensive English-Czech and Czech-English Dictionary will appeal to a broad group of users. It is suitable for students and teachers, translators, interpreters and other professionals.\nNotable present-day Czech-English dictionaries are: Fronek, Josef. Velký česko-anglický slovník Large Czech-English dictionary. 2nd, enlarged e. Voznice: Leda, 2013. xlvi, 1743 pp. ISBN 978-80-7335-322-3. A comprehensive dictionary, intended also for English speakers. Velký česko-anglický slovník Comprehensive Czech-English dictionary. 3rd ed. Čelákovice: . 1187 pp. ISBN 802180-3-2.\n00 0. Categories: Bilingual & Multilingual Dictionaries. Comprehensive Czech-English Dictionary.\nPublisher: Leda ISBN 13: 9788073352837. Will be clean, not soiled or stained. English-Czech & Czech-English Dictionary by Josef Fronek (Hardback, 2013). Brand new: lowest price.\nTop. American Libraries Canadian Libraries Universal Library Community Texts Project Gutenberg Biodiversity Heritage Library Children's Library. Halesowen Chronicle Newspaper Northampton Herald And Post Newspaper Grenfell Support News Newspaper Westminster And City News Newspaper Mk News Newspaper Wharf Newspaper Kidderminster Chronicle Newspaper. movies All video latest This Just In Prelinger Archives Democracy Now!\nPop-ups, Illustrated Books, and Graphic Designs of. Czech Artist and Paper Engineer,. focuses on the Velvet Divorce – using the history of Czech national identity formation mat.\nPop-ups, Illustrated Books, and Graphic Designs of. Can't find what you're looking for? Try pdfdrive:hope to request a book.", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "AFTERNOON BOOK GROUP\nThird Monday of the Month at 1PM (unless otherwise stated) in the church library.\nClick here to learn about current and upcoming book discussions!\nBIG BOYS FAITH GROUP\nHow about increasing your circle of male friends? The Big Boys is that group of guys. Big Boys share the events of our lives, discuss Sunday’s sermon, and read a book together that speaks to the interests of the spiritual male. Contact Bill VanBezey (email@example.com) if this sounds like something that matches your interests and fulfills your needs.\nTHE GAMES WE PLAY\n2nd Tuesdays, 1-3PM\nJoin us for board games, card games, and community!. Click here to sign up!\n2nd & 4th Wednesdays, 3-5PM\nBring a piece of writing to share! Click here to request to join the group.\nWOMEN OF WISDOM\nEvery 1st & 3rd Wednesday 10:30-12PM.\nWomen of Wisdom invites women of all ages to join us for a book-based discussion on spiritual matters.\nClick here to sign up!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Main Article Content\nThis article covers the role and role of the family in the life of society and the state, as well as socio-psychological aspects. It also talks about the upbringing of children in the family, the conditions created for the younger generation in our state, the level of use of these opportunities by family members. The opinions in the article were analyzed comparatively with the psychological ideas of researchers of space and time.\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The past decade has seen considerable interest and progress in unraveling the beneficial health effects of tea, particularly its polyphenolic components and its antioxidant activity. Understanding the science behind the claims will help in the production and marketing of teas and tea products. Pulling together recent research and presenting it in an organized format, Tea and Tea Products discusses the manufacturing and chemistry of various teas including green, black, Pu-erh, white, and GABA teas.\nEmphasizing black and green teas equally, the book presents comprehensive and up-to-date reviews and perspectives on the chemistry of tea components and the molecular biology of green tea catechins and black tea theaflavins. It covers the analysis, formation mechanisms, and bioavailability of tea polyphenols and discusses bioactivities of teas including anticancer, anti-inflammatory, anti-obesity, and anti diabetes.\nIncreased awareness of the many health benefits of tea has fueled an increase in the market for ready to drink teas and tea products in general that will continue to grow. This expanding market requires a resource that provides the evidence. The editors of this volume have more than 100 research publications in tea, and experience in editing more than 50 books between them. Under their expertise and editorial guidance, the contributors present chapters that explore the science behind the health claims of teas.\nTable of Contents\nGreen Tea and Black Tea: Manufacturing and Consumption, X. Wan, D. Li, and Z. Zhang\nPu-erh Tea: Its Manufacturing and Health Benefits, H.-Y. Chen, S.-Y. Lin-Shiau, and J.-K. Lin\nWhite Tea: Its Manufacture, Chemistry, and Health Effects, H.-Y. Jiang\nBiological Functions and Manufacturing of GABA Tea, A. Shau-Mei Ou, Y.-S. Tsai, and H.-F Wang\nProduction of Theaflavins, Theasinensins, and Related Polyphenols during Tea Fermentation, T. Tanaka, Y. Matsuo, and I. Kouno\nAnalytical Methods for Bioactive Compounds in Teas, C.-C. Wong, K.-W. Cheng, J. Chao, X. Peng, Z. Zheng, J. Wu, F. Chen, and M. Wang\nBioavailability and Metabolism of Tea Catechins in Human Subjects, T. Sun, C.-T. Ho, and F. Shahidi\nAntioxidant Properties and Mechanisms of Tea Polyphenols, X. Wan, D. Li, and Z. Zhang\nMechanisms of Cancer Chemoprevention by Tea and Tea Polyphenols, J.-K. Lin\n10 Effect of Tea and Tea Constituents on Inflammation, D. Ramji, M.-T. Huang, F. Shahidi, and C.-T. Ho\nInhibition of Breast Cancer Cell Proliferation by Theaflavins and Epigallocatechin 3-gallate through Suppressing Proteasomal Activities, J.-K. Lin, Y.-W. Chen, and S.-Y. Lin-Shiau\nSuppression of Prostate Carcinogenesis by Tea Polyphenols through Inhibiting Microsomal Aromatase and 5α-Reductase, J.-K. Lin\nGreen Tea–Induced Thermogenesis Controlling Body Weight, J. Shi, S. J. Xue, and Y. Kakuda\nFermented Tea Is More Effective Than Unfermented Tea in Suppressing Lipogenesis and Obesity, J.-K. Lin and S.-Y. Lin-Shiau\nTrapping of Methylglyoxal by Tea Polyphenols, D. Tan, C.-Y. Lo, X. Shao, Y. Wang, S. Sang, F. Shahidi, and C.-T. Ho\nChemistry and Biological Properties of Theanine, X. Wan, Z. Zhang, and D. Li\nFlavor Stability of Tea Drinks, H. Masuda", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa has been an active practitioner, educator and consultant in the field of cultural heritage preservation for over 30 years. From 1985 to 1987 she was project archivist (supported by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission) at The Johns Hopkins University Peabody Institute. In August 1988 she was hired as the first preservation officer for the University of Texas at Austin General Libraries, and in 1996 became the first Digital Programs Librarian for the Libraries. Ellen was the founding director of the William and Margaret Kilgarlin Center for Preservation of the Cultural Record, a position she held from 2005-09 in the University of Texas at Austin School of Information. During her nine-year tenure in the School of Information, 2000-09, she taught courses in digitization and preservation management, advised and mentored students pursuing Certificates of Advanced Study in preservation administration and conservation, served on doctoral committees, and spearheaded collaborative educational initiatives. She served as president of the Association of North American Graduate Programs in Conservation from 2005 through 2009.\nIn 2015, Ellen became Associate Director and Head of Preservation and Conservation at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at the University of Texas at Austin. In 2016 she was awarded the American Library Association’s Paul Banks and Carolyn Harris Award in Preservation. Ellen holds the PhD in American Studies and an MLIS from the University of Texas at Austin. She received an Endorsement of Specialization in Administration of Preservation Programs for Libraries and Archives from Columbia University’s School of Library Service.\nEllen Cunningham-Kruppa (center) with Ransom Center photo conservators Barbara Brown (left) and Diana Diaz (right)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Gormenghast, that is, the main massing of the original stone, taken by itself would have displayed a certain ponderous architectural quality were it possible to have ignored the circumfusion of those mean dwellings that swarmed like an epidemic around its outer walls. They sprawled over the sloping earth, each one half way over its neighbour until, held back by the castle ramparts, the innermost of these hovels laid hold on the great walls, clamping themselves thereto like limpets to a rock\nSo begins Titus Groan, the first book in the Gormenghast series by Mervyn Peake; a novel that distinguishes itself by its hauntingly dark and sumptuous prose. Characters with names like Mr. Flay, Nanny Slagg, Doctor Prunesquallor, Steerpike, and Lord Sepulchrave live in the halls of the dark setting of Gormenghast, a castle and a kingdom joined into one vast, sprawling collection of buildings and ramparts. In the contemporary world of fantasy literature, frequently inundated with formulaic Tolkien-esque books, the Gormenghast series deserves a place with the most celebrated of works.\nThis raises the question of its current obscurity. Perhaps much of the reason that it has remained so unknown is its uncommon narrative style. Titus, the title character, remains a toddler throughout the entire story, and no clear hero ever emerges. In a genre where the dichotomy of good versus evil is ever apparent, Gormenghast departs from convention. Peake chooses to immerse his reader in a visceral, nearly tangible realm rather than provide serious action. Therefore, I warn you now, Peake is not a writer for everybody. If you like a fast paced story, I would advise against the series, as Titus Groan is frequently meandering and slow.\nThe first novel in the trilogy follows the actions of the Groans, a family of ancient heritage who have produced the Earl of Gormenghast for seventy-seven generations. Newly born Titus is the next in line to the Earldom, but for the majority of the novel, we follow his sister, Fuschia Groan, and the Machiavellian youth Steerpike, as well as several of the servants of the castle. Peake succeeds admirably in his character development, introducing characters without bias so that it is impossible to predict their development based on their initial description alone. The characters develop personalities rather than sporting embellished stereotypes.\nThe novel is tinged by underlying tensions of loneliness and alienation, even though it contains its own dark humor. The inhabitants of Gormenghast are few and solitary. Lord Sepulchrave and Lady Gertrude, the Earl and his wife, never talk and only see each other at the numerous meaningless rituals that dictate life at the castle. Fuschia Groan, their daughter, has grown up knowing only the love of her old Nanny, and has lost herself in vivid daydreams. But it is not all bleak and depressing—there is a comedy in their interactions, and hope as each character finds something to love, be it themselves or their hundreds of white cats (you’ll have to read it to figure that one out). With this in mind, I heartily recommend Titus Groan to any discerning reader.\nAbout the Reviewer:\nLady Almira Inchcombe is presently serving on the all-female crew of the H.M.S. Chronabelle, an airship docked in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is acting Weapons Specialist, Event Planner, and Book Enthusiast. A couple of years ago, she became interested in this strange thing called ‘steampunk’ and the rest is history. In her spare time, she goes by the pseudonym of Tessa, and masquerades as a student.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "While the COVID-19 crisis has left most of us feeling isolated and disconnected, many senior citizens and persons with disabilities have also lost critical social and educational lifelines.\nDespite our temporary-closure, the Deerfield Public Library is committed to reaching all our patrons and providing modified services as best we can. With that in mind, during this time we will be offering free one-on-ones and check-ins for senior citizens and adults with developmental and physical disabilities.\nThese one-on-ones can be provided via phone, email, or Skype, and you do not need to be a Deerfield Public Library cardholder to receive this service. We can help with basic library and reference questions, accessing library e-materials and e-resources, basic technology assistance, read-alouds with discussion, or we can just be a friendly voice over the phone.\nOur goal is to provide a connection to the library—and the community as a whole—during an especially challenging and isolating time.\nIf you have any questions about this service, or if you or someone you know might benefit from a library lifeline call, email Vicki at email@example.com. Please don’t hesitate to reach out. We are all in this together!\nContact: Vicki – firstname.lastname@example.org", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Scar Tissue and Other Stories came out in early May but what with Continuum Convention and getting Kitty and Cadaver ready for that, I never held a proper launch for the short story collection.\nSo now I’m organised and will be having an online launch for the book from 3-5 July: over three days there’ll be Q&As, some sneak previews, and some giveaways for copies of Scar Tissue, Ravenfall, Kitty and Cadaver, Walking Shadows and The Adventure of the Colonial Boy!\nIn the lead-up to the launch proper, I’ve been posting about elements of the stories for the collection.\nFrom a reader:\n“And their stories are interesting, some painful, some hopeful, some funny; there are apocalypses, and vampires, humans and werewolves. There are even a couple of poems. And oh, god, I love them, all of them.”\nIf you’re interested, join the Facebook event and check out the posts all this week and for the three days of the launch!\nGiveaways are open to people from any country and won’t be finalised until after the launch, so everyone has plenty of time to participate.\nIt’s an open event so please join in, invite anyone you think might enjoy it! You can even pop in and leave any Q&A questions you might have about my writing, my books or anything else that occurs to you 🙂\n(The launch is open for discussions right now and for a few days after the official dates, so you can drop in and out as you please at whatever time suits you best.)\nTechnically, this curious and charming book is A Night with the Knight of the Burning Pestle: Full of Mirth and Delight by Francis Beaumont and Julie Bozza. Beaumont wrote the original 1607 play-within-a-play that forms the central part of the story. Julie Bozza has added another layer of metatextual storytelling with the relationship between two of the play’s performers, Dale and Topher.\nThe Knight of the Burning Pestle was an unusual play in its time: performed once only in 1607, published in 1613, it’s a satire on chivalric romances of the time and considers the fourth wall as less than the dust beneath its feet.\nFirst, to precis the Beaumont play: a group of actors are putting on a romance called The London Merchant. To the surprise (I expect) of all the punters, two audience members – a grocer and his wife – complain loudly about the representation of the middle classes. The grocer sends his apprentice, Rafe, onstage to show what the middle classes are made of. Rafe is dubbed the Knight of the Burning Pestle and seems not to notice that it’s not kindly meant. His antics keep bursting in on the plot of The London Merchant until it tangles up with that story.\nA Night with the Knight of the Burning Pestle swirls another layer into the parfait with a behind-the-scenes love story. Dale, who plays Rafe, and Topher, who plays Jasper, had a one night stand in the past. Anything more didn’t gel with Dale’s grand Life Plan. Now, on the last night of the play’s run, Topher wants Dale to reignite their connection and see there’s something worth sharing for the long term.\nDale resists – it doesn’t fit with the plan – and over the course of the night, their relationship clashes and transforms as this 17th century satire offers some meaning to their 21st century lives.\nA reader might fear that the layers of story – actors playing actors in The London Merchant interacting as actor/character with audience members playing Rafe and his sidekicks – will render the whole too muddled to follow.\nFear not, reader. You’re in good hands with Julie Bozza. She’s always been a skilled storyteller with a grasp of the complex, and her knowledge of and affection for theatre and for the Beaumont play are clear (she acknowledges several influential productions).\nShe handles each layer of the story with clarity, delicacy and warmth, allowing the crossovers of relationships, themes and centuries room to develop without ever overwhelming you.\nThe Dale/Topher romance underpins the story rather than being the whole focus – there’s as much joy to be had in how the play actually unfolds as with these two lads getting their romantic act together – but that feels rightly balanced with what also feels like a love letter to an obscure play that was a failure for its playwright at the time. I do hope Francis Beaumont knows, somewhere, that Julia Bozza loves him. And at the end of this book, so do I!\nA Night with the Knight of the Burning Pestle is an ebook release of the 2017 paperback and can be found at:", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Semantics of the Future\nRoutledge, 13 janv. 2009 - 170 pages\nThis book builds a semantics for several kinds of future-referring expressions, including will sentences, be going to sentences, and futurates. While there exists previous work on future-referring expressions, this is the first treatment of such a variety of expressions in a formal semantic framework. Arguments presented herein explicate the meanings of these expressions, and account for similarities and differences among them. Shared is a future-oriented model with a systematic alternation between inertial and bouletic ordering sources that provide a new way of understanding the age-old future Law of the Excluded Middle, evident in all of the future-referring expressions. A difference found among these meanings is the presence or absence of progressive- or generic-like aspect in a position higher than the future modal. These very high aspectual operators affect the temporal argument of the modal's accessibility relation, with detectable effects that can be used to determine scope relations in future conditionals. Copley's analysis thus addresses a number of issues of great interest to formal semanticists, from modal and aspectual semantics, to the mapping of functional elements in the clause, to the logical form of conditionals.\nAvis des internautes - Rédiger un commentaire\nTable des matières", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "19:00 - 20:00\nBook places here.\nThis book club aims to bring students and professionals of STEM subjects together, to discuss books related to women in STEM, to share views and experiences, to network and to help each other overcome the barriers in the male-dominated STEM environments. It is organised and moderated by Dr Athina Frantzana and her spreadtheword_project, and it is open to all genders. This year our discussions will take place once every two months.\nIn January’s meeting, we will discuss a book by Dava Sobel from 2016:\nThe Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars\nGrab a copy (10% from the bookshop) , have a read, join us for a cuppa and a good chat!\n_ “With Sobel’s book, the history of the Harvard computers escapes no more. Knowing the stories of those determined women, who persevered under trying circumstances (including being saddled with the dismissive nickname “Pickering’s harem”) and succeeded in their quest for knowledge, inspires me in my day-to-day endeavors. The Harvard computers chose to pursue science no matter the cost, and in doing so they laid the groundwork for our current understanding of stellar evolution.” - Physics Today review) _\n** Dr Athina Frantzana has been researching women’s representation and experiences in STEM for more than 5 years. She has organised and participated in a number of international and local conferences and events presenting her work. She works tirelessly towards achieving gender equality in STEM by raising awareness and sharing knowledge on women in STEM matters, through mentoring, researching, and various projects and outreach activities.\n** Readers don’t have to buy the bookclub book from the shop, however we do rely on those book sales to be able to keep the event & refreshments free; to pay our booksellers for their time prepping & running book clubs and to keep the lights on. Please do NOT buy your books from am*z*on, if you cannot afford to buy the book then PLEASE support your local library.**\nBook places here.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Genesis 1:26–27 in the Exegetical Context of Formative Judaism\nThis volume combines Targum studies with Judaic studies. The author assigns different Targums each to a respective particular “Sitz im Leben”, stressing the close connection between Targum and Midrash literature. She challenges the assumption that all extant Targums were compiled for the Synagogue. Instead, she suggests that Targum Onqelos might have fulfilled a function in the context of the early beth din and demonstrates that Pseudo-Jonathan can be linked with the rhetorical practices which abounded in later amoraic, educational circles.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "With all the work I've been doing on audio, we'll soon have Strange Tales out on ACX, the audio distributor. This will join Fables and Fantasies and Apocalypse Tango as my first fiction audio releases.\nSo to celebrate, Strange Tales is free on the Kindle for the next few days.\n5 tales of odd journeys, of people who find more than they expected.\nAnd I just finished filming an interview with Dean Contover of Chelmsford TV.\nWe had a great session, and it will soon be available-- will link when it's up.\nHad fun, and it went well-- so I'll be doing a future show, or shows, with fellow local writers.\nNow back to work on getting the next book out!\nNext public appearance- a panel to help novice writers, What Makes a Good Mystery.\nI'll be speaking with Gary Braver and Ellen Larson.\nTewksbury Library, Saturday, Nov. 30th, at 2.\nSponsored by the library and the Sisters in Crime Speakers Bureau.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Arthur S. Bourinot fonds. - 1915-1969. - 9 m of textual record and graphic material.\nArthur Stanley Bourinot, son of Sir John George and Lady Isabelle Bourinot, was born in Ottawa, Ontario in 1893. He served in the Canadian army and Royal Air Force during the First World War (from 1915 to 1919), the last two years as a prisoner of war. He completed his legal training at Osgoode Hall, Toronto and was called to the bar in 1920. He practised law in Ottawa until he retired in 1959. Bourinot began publishing his poems while still an undergraduate and continued to write and publish poetry throughout his life. He received the Governor General's Literary award in 1939 for Under the Sun (1939), poems about the Depression and the coming of the Second World War. He edited the Canadian Poetry Magazine from 1948 to 1954 and from 1966 to 1968; also he was associate editor of Canadian Author and Bookman (1953-60). His carefully researched historical and biographical books and articles on Canadian poets, such as Duncan Campbell Scott, Archibald Lampman, George Frederick Cameron, William E. Marshall and Charles Sangster, have made a valuable contribution to the field of literary criticism in Canada.\nThe Arthur S. Bourinot fonds includes manuscripts, typescripts and galley proofs; correspondence (including some correspondence between his parents, Sir John George and Lady Isabelle Bourinot) as well as notebooks, scrapbooks, and photographs. The fonds also includes some documentation concerning Duncan Campbell Scott, the Canadian Poetry Magazine, the Canadian Writers' Foundation, and the Canadian Authors' Association.\nImmediate Source of Acquisition: acquired from the estate of Arthur S. Bourinot in 1971. [1971-01]\nLanguage: material in the fonds is in English.\nFinding Aid: finding aid available.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Thursday, November 27, 2008\nThe True Meaning of Thanksgiving\nA reminder of the history of this holiday by Earl P. Holt,\n\"Despite the quaint stories taught in school as part of some sort of “multicultural appreciation curriculum,” Thanksgiving has nothing to do with Indians saving the early colonists from starvation: That never happened. Instead, Thanksgiving is actually America’s National Holiday, in which we celebrate our deliverance from socialism and collectivism.\nThe earliest recorded settlers in the New World landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. On their voyage across the Atlantic, these Pilgrims established the Mayflower Compact, which was also the first recorded instance of a socialistic political economy in North America.\nAmong many other things, (not all of them bad,) participants in the Mayflower Compact agreed that everyone would contribute to a common store of food and other goods, and that each person would have an equal share in its ownership and use.\nThe Governor-General, William Bradford, wrote a detailed history of the Mayflower Company, (”Plymouth Plantation: 1620-1647.”) In it he commented that there was a great deal of sloth among some of the strongest and most able members, who voiced the opinion that it was unfair that they should make a disproportionately large contribution to the common store but, in return, receive a share no greater than that of any other.\nConsequently, much arable land was left fallow, and by the Winter of 1620-1621, their already meager food stores began to dwindle. Approximately one-third of the Mayflower Company died that first winter, most succumbing to starvation and diseases associated with starvation.\nThe following year, the socialistic elements of the Mayflower Compact were jettisoned, specifically, those dealing with this common food store and the equal division of shares among members. The institution of private property was re-established and vigorously defended. Members were free to work for their own good on their own plots of land, and were also free to dispose of the fruits of their labor as they saw fit.\nAs a consequence of the economic benefits of private property, the following year produced such an enormous bounty that these early colonists were beside themselves with gratitude. As a gesture of their gratitude to God for their great fortune, they established a national day of Thanksgiving, and even invited friendly Indians to share in their bounty.\"\nMay you all have a Happy Thanksgiving with Family and Friends!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Kingston-Upon-Hull : Images of a Rich Transport Heritage Paperback\nOver 200 superb black and white photos depicting the rich and varied forms of transport to be seen in Kingston-Upon-Hull during the 20th century.\nIllustrated are trams, buses, electric trolley buses, steam trains, the docks as they once were, the wonderful paddle steamers that plied the Humber estuary before the bridge was built, the steamships that sailed between Hull's town docks and the Continent plus barges on the River Hull, trawlers, tugs and other support vessels.\nThe bus pictures especially incorporate fascinating views of the city streets before and after destruction by bombing in the second world war.\nThe author also relates his own experiences of the Hull transport scene.\n- Format: Paperback\n- Pages: 112 pages, 205\n- Publisher: Bellcode Books\n- Publication Date: 15/09/2016\n- Category: Transport: general interest\n- ISBN: 9781871233308", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Mr. and Mrs. Padmo celebrate their 25th anniversary but Mrs. Padmo’s jealousy towards her husband’s secretary, Ms. Retno, is sparked. The jealousy intensifies when she finds out that her son, Heru is dating Ipah, while her driver, Martubi, is dating Juminten, Ms. Retno’s maid. The jealousy affects the friendship between her children, Heru and Riri, with Arsal, Ms. Retno’s son. The jealousy leads to many misunderstandings but everything is finally resolved in a happy ending.\nAdapted from the novel \"Perkawinan Martubi dan Juminten\".\nThe 35 mm/VHS copy of this title can be accessed from the collection of Sinematek Indonesia.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Alex Watson was just a normal teenager whose life was turned upside down at the death of his mother. He now unwillingly finds himself in the middle of a government conspiracy, and before he can do anything to change the course of events he and his two best friends are murdered and left for dead. There is just one problem; Is he dead? Alex soon learns that survival is not simple anymore, and with his memories fading and his hunger is growing he struggles to hold on to his humanity. He is now part of the desperate many UnDead, looking for a way to sustain their thoughts, their dreams and cling on to a small proportion of what might be called LIFE! For Jeremy Watson and his daughter Alice, it’s a do or die effort to find a son and brother. Sheriff Rodger Masters, his deputy Steve Iverson, and a young man Chad are all drawn together to find Alex and the answers they need. Captain Bison on the other hand wants J74 for himself, can Alex stop him before he causes an all out zombie war.\n- Publication Date\n- May 21, 2012\n- All Rights Reserved - Standard Copyright License\n- By (author): Graeme Hawke", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Available in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook. This book has 247 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1889.\nVenus in India is an erotic novel by 'Charles Devereaux', first published in 1889. It claims to be the autobiography of a British Army officer, and although a third volume is mentioned in the text, this was never published (this book contains two volumes). It follows the saucy exploits of the Army officer and his adventures with a few ladies.\nLast week, Global Grey readers downloaded 65,000 ebooks - 9 people gave donations. I love creating these books and giving them for free, but I need some help to continue running the site. If you can, please make a small donation - any amount is appreciated. You can also support the site by buying one of the specially curated collections.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Collection Development Policy–SHSUSpecial Collections\nCollecting goals listed in the order of priority:\nManuscript collections and supporting academic material documenting the history of Walker County, Huntsville, and the surrounding area.\nLocal history in the form of county and town histories of East/Central Texas.\nPursue local history materials and manuscript collections documenting the following counties: Freestone, Anderson, Leon, Houston, Madison, Trinity, Grimes, Walker, San Jacinto, Polk, Tyler, and Montgomery.\n3. Manuscript collections and supporting academic material documenting the history of criminal justice in Texas.\n4. Small press/ magazine collections created in Texas or related to the Wild Dog Magazine (1963-1966).\n5. While we have a substantial collections of rare books, civil war history, and various author collections (H.G. Wells, Gertrude Stein, Mark Twain, etc.), these collections will not be actively built.\nNOTES: It is our goal to collect rare or unique documentation of the region of East Texas for which we are the repository of record. We will pursue a renewed collecting focus on manuscript collections (collections of personal, family, or professional papers) that provide historically valuable and potentially unique sources for research.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bri...\nPaperback: 342 pages\nPublisher: BiblioLife (November 13, 2009)\nProduct Dimensions: 5 x 0.7 x 8 inches\nFormat: PDF ePub fb2 TXT fb2 ebook\n- Camille Mauclair epub\n- Camille Mauclair ebooks\n- 9781117170732 pdf\n- epub books\n- 978-1117170732 epub\nMasculine hysique Read Saint jacome gran metho trumet ebook binorgakudia.wordpress.com Here Supermob how sidney korshak and his criminal associates became americas hidden power brokers pdf link Read Tailchasers song daw book collectors ebook bmwyrchirasand.wordpress.com Read Mirabelles cincinnati ebook allchondyokubrag.wordpress.com Download Love tactics pdf at akeyedpost.wordpress.com Download Kyrie irving books pdf at artetntathers.wordpress.com Read John mayer live the great guitar performances play it like it is guitar ebook biggringitotins.wordpress.com Download Quest or gem magic pdf at cabbyaien.wordpress.com Fairy houses everywhere the fairy houses series\nback into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Sacred Poetry from Around the World\nSearch the Poetry Chaikhana site:\nTo take the fleeting for the permanent\nIs foolish and pitiable.\nGreat wealth, like a crowd at a concert,\nGathers and melts.\nWealth never stays; use it on the instant\nOn things that stay.\nA day, so called, if rightly understood,\nIs a sword hacking at life.\nDo good in time, ere the tongue dies\nWith the last hiccup.\n\"He was here yesterday,\" gloats the earth over man,\n\"Today he is gone.\"\nMen unsure of the next moment\nMake more than a million plans.\nLik a bird's to the shell it leaves\nIs life's link to its body.\nDeath is but a sleep, and birth\nCan life never have a house of its own\nCribbed ever in its cabin?\nsupport the Poetry Chaikhana, as well as the authors and publishers of sacred\npoetry, by purchasing some of the recommended books through the links on\nthis site. Thank you!\nM. Granger's original poetry, stories and commentaries are Copyright ©\n2002 - 2011 by Ivan M. Granger.\nAll other material is copyrighted by the respective authors, translators and/or", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Magnetic reconnection in plasmas /\nThis book, first published in 2000, provides a comprehensive introduction to the theory of magnetic field line reconnection, now a major subject in plasma physics. The book focuses on the various reconnection mechanisms dominating magnetic processes under the different plasma conditions encountered...\nCambridge University Press,\n|Series:||Cambridge monographs on plasma physics ;", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In preschool, math is an everyday experience for your child. Find out how the teachers help children understand preschool math concepts.\nFrom an early age, children make sense of the shapes they see in the world around them.\nCheck out this Scholastic list of new June book releases for kids.\nIf you’re trying to appeal to a wide range of ages during story time, these titles approved by Scholastic’s senior librarian will make your life easier.\nNo need to win the lottery! You can have an amazing collection of kids’ books for just a few bucks each.\nWith short chapters and vivid illustrations, books in the Press Start! Branches series nurture independent reading skills in early readers.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Blood Bond (Volume One of the Shadowguard Saga)by: Bey Logan\nAll copies autographed by author\nA stylish, fast-paced thriller, set against an exotic Asian backdrop, with larger than life characters and dynamic action scenes.\nAuthor Bey Logan is a screenwriter, producer and kung fu expert. He wrote the book ‘Hong Kong Action Cinema’, scripted Jackie Chan’s ‘The Medallion’, produced ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon : Sword of Destiny’ and runs the Kwai Chung Martial Club in Hong Kong. This is his first novel.\nAn Asian mystic, the Karmapata, is mortally wounded in an assassination attempt, and needs a vital operation to save his life. The race is on to find anyone who can match his rare blood type, with the assassins killing off the donors. The Karmapata’s lethal female bodyguard, Deva, locates the last possible donor, a drunk former US military man named John Tremayne.\nTogether, this unlikely couple must survive the dangerous journey to the city, and save the man Deva is sworn to protect.\n‘The Blood Bond’is the first novel from producer/screenwriter Bey Logan. It is a fast-paced reimagining of the 2011 cult action film starring and directed by Michael Biehn (The Terminator, The Abyss, Tombstone)\n(The Shadowguard Saga will continue with the second book in the series, ‘Red Dawn Rising’.)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Want to brighten someone’s day? You (and a friend, of course) are invited to paint a kindness rock to spread joy to others.Registration is required through Eventbrite. The first fifteen children registered will receive a free summer reading-themed book. This program is appropriate for ages 6-11.\nCome join us for a time of free, self-directed building with the library's LEGO collection. You can work alone or with friends!This month’s session is for tweens and teens only. (Ages 11-17)\nJoin us for a summer-themed craft while you sip on some delicious iced coffee.This month’s craft is a hello summer canvas panel. Registration is required through Eventbrite.This program is for ages 13+.\nRead to licensed therapy dogs! For ages 6-11.This program will teach children about safety around dogs while improving their literacy skills. Children will have the opportunity to read to licensed therapy dogs. This event is for ages 6-11 only.Registration is REQUIRED.\nBring your own white shirt and create your very own tie-dye masterpiece. Please prepare to get messy!Registration is required through Eventbrite. The first fifteen children registered will receive a free summer reading-themed book. This program is appropriate for ages 6-11.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "We recommend using a modern web browser such as Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge with their default settings.\nOne of the challenge points on the Better World Books 2017 Reading […]\nM. Stanley Whitley\nPatricia V. Lunn\nHello, I'm an eBook!\nATTENTION: This item is an eBook. It can be read on iOS, Android, MAC and PC's with a supported eReader. It is not a physical book. eBooks are available via download immediately after you've checked out.\nThis reissue of Bull's classic posters on DVD-ROM provides versatile JPEG images of all the posters to easily incorporate into Power Point presentations and worksheets. It includes an instructor's manual on the disk that presents background on the materials, explains the concepts behind the images, and offers suggestions for ways to use them in the classroom.\nOur best deal on used books 3 for $10 and just $3 each additional book. Shop and Save\nGift Certificate = Happy Friend + Books donated to families in need. Make Someone Happy »\nWe match every book you purchase with a book donation. Learn more »\nSign up now to get news, sales and special promotions!\n© Better World Books (BetterWorldBooks.com)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The University Library and the CSUN Department of Journalism will host the 8th Annual Banned Books Readout on Thursday, October 1, 2020 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm on Zoom.\nElizabeth Blakey, J.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor, Dept. of Journalism, and First Amendment scholar will speak on the topic of \"CENSORSHIP IN THE AGE OF CORONA.\"\nCSUN students from Professor Blakey’s Journalism 390 - Freedom of the Press class will read aloud from censored books.\nProgram of Events\n- 1:00pm - 1:10pm: Reception\n- 1:10pm: Professor Blakey's Address\nCensorship in the Age of Corona\nProf. Elizabeth Blakey, J.D., Ph.D.\nAssociate Professor, Dept. of Journalism\n- 1:40pm: Banned Books Readout\nCSUN students read from the most-banned books of 2019 (selected works) and additional often-censored books\n- 2:00pm: Q&A and Conclusion of Event\nList of Titles and CSUN Undergraduate Student Readers\n- THE HATE U GIVE (2017) written by Angie Thomas and read by Laura Peralta\n- I AM JAZZ (2014) written by Jessica Herthel and read by Clarissa Ayala\n- AND TANGO MAKES THREE (2005) written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and read by Ashley Vigil\n- HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS (1998) written by J.K. Rowling and read by Jacob Eichensehr\n- SEX IS A FUNNY WORD (2015) written by Cory Silverberg and read by Aileen Ramirez\n- I KNOW WHY THE CAGE BIRD SINGS (1969) written by Maya Angelou and read by Seychelles Mizel\n- GEORGE (2015) written by Alex Gino and read by Gilbert Barroso\n- A DAY IN THE LIFE OF MARLON BUNDO (2018) written by Jill Twiss and read by Nakai Contreras\nLearn More about Banned Books\nWhile you're here, please check out our Banned Books Virtual Display and find books online from the Los Angeles Public Library that are the most banned books of 2019, and most commonly challenged books.\nBanned Books Week, which runs from Sept. 27-Oct. 3, celebrates our freedom to choose what we read and draws attention to the harms of censorship.\nFull details are available on our Event Flyer (.pdf)\nPlease RSVP for this event by using the form below.\nRequests for accommodation services (e.g., sign language interpreters or transcribers) must be made at least five (5) business days in advance. Please e-mail email@example.com in advance of the event.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Charles Dickens is the author whose works and characters still resonate with audiences across the world more than 150 years after his death.\nAnd his surname has even entered our dictionaries and phrasebooks, while a variety of his more renowned creations – such as Mr Micawber, Ebenezer Scrooge, Oliver Twist, Fagin and Uriah Heep – have become every inch as famous as his myriad classic novels, ranging from Bleak House, The Pickwick Papers and A Tale of Two Cities to David Copperfield, Hard Times and A Christmas Carol.\nDickens packed a remarkable amount into his 58 years. He was a voracious publisher, enthusiastic traveller, accomplished actor and versifier, and he approached his literary duties as if he was writing for a soap opera, often ending his chapters on a cliffhanger, as Victorian readers were left anxiously waiting to see what happened next.\nA new film based on Dickens’ novel Oliver Twist is just out featuring an array of British actors including Sir Michael Caine, Rita Ora and David Walliams.\nThe plot has Oliver reinvented as a streetwise artist who is living on the streets of modern-day London and the release of the film gives us a chance to look at the Scottish links to Dickens.\nEven though none of his most acclaimed offerings were based north of the Border, he regularly journeyed to Scotland, derived inspiration everywhere from Edinburgh to Aberdeen and the Highlands, and spoke warmly about the people and places he met.\nAn Edinburgh gravestone gave us an immortal figure\nHe’s one of the most memorable characters in the whole history of literature.\nAnd Dickens, who was always a lover of unusual and striking names, must have thought all his Yuletide carols had arrived at once when he came across a singular gravestone in Edinburgh’s Canongate Kirkyard.\nThere it was, the memorial to “Ebenezer Lennox Scroggie – the cousin of the economist Adam Smith, who was known as a carousing, often scandalous figure in high society.\nThe epitaph listed Scoggie’s profession as a “meal man”, but Dickens misread this as “mean man” and the idea for a new novel sprung into his head.\nAll it required was a slight alteration from “Scroggie” to “Scrooge” and the scene had been set for a man who has been portrayed by everybody from Alastair Sim and Michael Caine – with The Muppets – to Patrick Stewart and George C Scott.\nThe author made a lengthy visit to the north of Scotland in 1841 and was thrilled by the beauty and rugged surroundings in which he immersed himself.\nAbove all, he was captivated and horrified by the stillness which pervaded Glencoe, even as his guide, Arthur Fletcher, told him about the site’s notorious massacre.\nOn Monday July 5, Dickens wrote about his varied experiences while touring through the Trossachs and thereafter venturing further north on the group’s hectic schedule.\nReigning supreme in Scotland’s unique rain\nHe said: “We left Edinburgh yesterday morning at half past seven and travelled, with Fletcher for our guide, to a place called Stewart’s Hotel, nine miles further than Callander. Being very tired (for we had not had more than three hours sleep on the previous night), we lay till ten this morning and then, at half past eleven, we went through the Trossachs to Loch Katrine.\n“I walked from the hotel after tea last night. It is impossible to say what a glorious scene it was. It rained as it never does rain anywhere but here, but that was of no import.\n“I won’t bore you with accounts of Ben this and lochs of all sorts of names, but this is a truly wonderful region.\n“The way that the mists were stalking about today, and the clouds lying down upon the hills, the deep glens, the high rocks, the rushing waterfalls and the roaring rivers down in deep gulfs below, were all stupendous.\n“[However], Glencoe was perfectly terrible….it was an awful place. If you should happen to have your hat on, take it off, so that your hair may stand on end.”\nA double date of drama in Aberdeen\nDickens was a little coiled spring of energy whenever he was offered the chance to perform on stage. And he delighted Aberdeen cultural aficionados on two occasions at the fabled Music Hall in 1858 and 1866.\nOn the first occasion, he was in the midst of a tempestuous time in his personal life. A few months earlier, his 22-year marriage had come to an acrimonious end after he fell in love with a young actress, Ellen Ternan.\nThe contemporary newspapers were scathing about his conduct and there were moral objections to his visit. One irate member of the public wrote to the Aberdeen Journal, deriding the author’s conduct in backing entertainment events on Sundays.\nBut the noted Dickens expert, Dr Paul Schlicke, who has championed the writer for many years at Aberdeen University, explained that the show was a major success.\nHe said: “The visit went very well and there were adulatory reviews in the Free Press and the Aberdeen Herald.\n“The Aberdeen Journal’s man sniffed that a visit of less than 24 hours was ‘a short time to spend in our fair city’, but he soon changed his mind.\n“He wrote: ‘We had not long listened to him when we felt that the creations of his fancy fathered tenfold vigour from his representation….and he brought many of his characters to vigorous, thrilling life in his embodiment.”\nA last hurrah and a dose of Granite noir\nHis second appearance came when the writer was 54 and in poor health, suffering from a bad cold and pain in his eye and hand.\nHe travelled to Scotland by train with his manager, George Dolby, in this instance to deliver just a single reading, and seemed weary on his arrival at the railway station.\nAnd yet, how he transformed himself during the gruelling two-hour performance, which included a dramatic rendition of the deadly storm passage from David Copperfield and a recitation of the comedic trial scene in The Pickwick Papers.\nThe audience were enthralled and, despite Dickens’ afflictions, he rallied himself sufficiently to regale the crowd with a stirring sailor’s hornpipe.\nThe Aberdeen Journal raved about what they had just witnessed.\nThe paper’s critic said: “The great novelist, though turning over in years, retains all the fire and energy of expression and all the juvenility and vigour of spirit which is necessary to provide a true and vivid depiction of the best creations of his genius.”\nIt was typical of Dickens that he rose to the occasion, regardless of any personal considerations. He eventually ceased to embark on these individual shows, recognising that he was no longer fit enough to put his body through the wringer.\nHe died in June 1870, but left behind a treasure trove of literary marvels.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Project has to be 5 to seven pages, APA format\nIn this project, you will search for information that will enable you to identify three top trends in your profession or field. Over the course of the project, you will exercise information literacy skills as you locate and evaluate information, and develop well-reasoned conclusions. Reviewing the many sources available to you, you will choose those that are relevant, timely, and helpful to your quest to understand the issues of your industry. Once you have identified the top trends, you will choose one that is particularly interesting to you or one that you think is the most problematic, and research more deeply to produce an analytical research paper for your team. Your project is intended to prepare the search committee on the issue so that it is well-prepared to interview candidates. This project will prepare you for more complex research projects, as you will refine and hone your ability to create a statement of the problem and find the information you need to produce a well-reasoned, well-supported analysis. here are four steps that will lead you through this project.\nBegin by watching the video above, which introduces the project as it might occur in the workplace, and then continue with Step 1: Search Techniques.\nYour work will be evaluated using the competencies listed below.\n1.1: Organize document or presentation clearly in a manner that promotes understanding and meets the requirements of the assignment.\n1.2: Develop coherent paragraphs or points so that each is internally unified and so that each functions as part of the whole document or presentation.\n1.3: Provide sufficient, correctly cited support that substantiates the writer’s ideas.\n1.4: Tailor communications to the audience.\n1.5: Use sentence structure appropriate to the task, message and audience.\n1.6 Follow conventions of Standard Written English.\n2.1: Identify and clearly explain the issue, question, or problem under critical consideration.\n2.2: Locate and access sufficient information to investigate the issue or problem.\n2.3: Evaluate the information in a logical and organized manner to determine its value and relevance to the problem.\n2.4: Consider and analyze information in context to the issue or problem.\n2.5 Develop well-reasoned ideas, conclusions or decisions, checking them against relevant criteria and benchmarks", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Online tutorials and courses on the most popular and useful websites on the Internet: Facebook, Youtube, Netflix, etc.\n- J.V. Fletcher Library Online Tutorials – Using the Mouse and Much More!\n- LearnFree.org Internet Basic\nEmail Basics & Internet Safety tutorials\n- Kent University Keyboarding Education Thanks to Payton and Jaxon for the suggestion!\n- Typing Pal Online\n- Typing Tutor for Beginning Typists\nDisclaimer: Neither the Library nor its web designers are liable or responsible for the content of these links or where they are hosted.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A beautiful debut graphic novel--that looks like an art book--from a young female artist in mainland China. With minimal text and grand illustrations, often full-page, this work may well remind you of Manu Arenas' Yaxin.\nFrom the publisher:\nThis is the first European publication of this young and very talented Chinese graphic artist who has been able to combine the Chinese pictorial tradition with the modernity of the comic strip.\nThe wind blowing in the pines. A Chinese initiation tale.\nThe young Yaya leaves his village to brave storms and fight wild beasts serving a terrible demon: Rakshasa, the cannibal woman. Helped by the fairy of the Juiling mountains, he learns about the mysteries of nature and learns how to read the wind, a very useful thing to fight the demons and ghosts at Rakshasa's service.\nBorn in the 1990s in Guangdong, in the south of China, Zao Dao is one of the youngest artists of the Chinese avant-garde. A virtuoso artist and illustrator, her talent as a watercolor artist is already unanimously recognized in China. She began publishing her drawings on the Internet in 2011. She has a very original style mixing the traditional elements of Chinese painting with a great modern graphic, with textural effects in the choice of her papers. Under her brush, the characters she creates sometimes give the impression that she is a rebellious and marginal teenager, but her quest for freedom remains her first pledge of creativity.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The air war that was fought over Kuwait and Iraq represent the first air war of the microchip age. For the first time in military history, stealth, networked air control and precision guided munitions would interact on the battlefield altering the arena of air control in an unprecedented way. With veteran interviews, dramatic combat footage and commentary from former Air Force Chief of Staff Tony McPeak.\nJets Over the Gulf and Afghanistan\n- Year Released 2011\n- Running Time 60:00\n- Language(s) English\n- Format SD", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Director: Dave Devine\nDirector: Suez Jacobson\nCountry of Origin: United States\nFlickering points of light spilling out of the sky’s black bowl. The barely audible skitter of insects in the shadows of towering sandstone cliffs. The wonder of a delicate spider web. Wild Hope tells the story of our deep spiritual connection to the natural world, a connection that has the power to rewire our brains, take us back to our deepest roots, and change how we think and act in a world that needs our care.\nThis short documentary film combines personal story, research, science, and passion in a unique mix to inspire viewers to protect wild ecosystems against an unrelenting materialistic culture that’s producing social malaise and an uninhabitable planet.Suez Jacobson Dave Devine Producer: Suez Jacobson\nWriter: Suez Jacobson\nKey Cast: Naomi Klein, Bill McKibben, Rose Macario, Jamie Williams, Kathleen Dean Moore, Tim Kasser, Shelley Silbert, Lisi Krall, Rose Chilcoat, George Monbiot, Lexi Ruskin, and Jennifer Stellar.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "International directory of non-official statistical sources\n- Additional Titles:\n- Directory of non-official statistical sources\n- London : Euromonitor Publications, 1990.\n- Physical Description:\n- 1 volume ; 29 cm\n- Additional Creators:\n- Euromonitor Publications Limited\nBusiness Information Associates\nFull Text available online\nBy special arrangement in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, patrons may access this resource online through the HathiTrust Emergency Temporary Access Service.\n- Merged to Form:\n- Dates of Publication and/or Sequential Designation:\n- Compiled by Business Information Associates.\n- Special Numbering:\n- Vol. for 1990 called also 1st ed.\n- Complexity Note:\n- Companion vol. to European directory of non-official statistical sources.\nView MARC record | catkey: 1553342", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Title: Student's Reference Work, a Cyclopaedia for Teachers, Students, and Families\nBinding: Quarter Leather\nBook Condition: Good+\nPublisher: Philadelphia Howard-Severance 1902\nSeller ID: 002585\nComplete in 2 volumes with index. 1680 pages, marbled endpapers, leather extremities are scuffed, marbling on edges has faded. Small sticker with previous owner's name inside front cover, interior pages clean and bright, front cover of volume 1 is detached, text block is tight with back cover and spine firm. Volume 2 firmly bound. Illustrated in b&w with fold-out charts in color.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Published: March 1994\nImprint: Academic Press\n\"The focus of this book is on the air motions associated with clouds. The complex interaction between the microphysical processes in the clouds and the dynamics is a theme throughout the text. It provides a comprehensive summary of the current understanding of this highly complex field....This book gives a comprehensive summary of the dynamics associated with clouds in the atmosphere....The book reads easily and is well structured. As such, I believe it will be an excellent text for a graduate course on the subject.\"\n--AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Date of Degree\nRobert A. Day\nThe Odyssey, Aithiopika, and Quixote have a surprising set of narrative structures in common: each work falls into two distinct \"halves,\" and each includes a large number of interpolated narratives which appear largely, though not exclusively, in the first half of the text. Both of these features–the bi-partite frames and the large number of interpolated tales–have important implications, both for the narratives as a whole, and for their relationship to the literary mode of romance. This structure imbues each text with a quality of extreme narrative self-consciousness in which part of the subject of the work becomes the nature of narrative itself. It also highlights powerful aspects of a romantic \"literary nostalgia\" which expresses itself as a fascination with the telling and re-telling of tales, and with the delicate and problematic relationship between narrative versions of events and the events themselves.\nThis study first examines closely the workings of the bi-partite frame narratives, especially the ways in which the second half of each text reflects back on its own first half. It then explores several sets of interpolated narratives, examples of which can be located in each text. These narratives–lying tales, dreams, and romantic autobiographies–express various aspects of the romance mode, particularly as defined by N. Frye, including powerful elements of both wish-fulfillment (an idealized future) and nostalgia (an idealized past).\nThe study concludes with an examination of problems of closure in romance narrative, well exhibited in the varied end(s) of the Odyssey, the Aithiopika, and the Quixote; these problems are caused in part by competing narrative drives within the romance mode which pull the narrative toward final closure and, at the same time, toward endless openness.\nBrockman, Susan, \"The Romance of Narrative: Design and Desire in the Odyssey, the Aithiopika, and Don Quixote\" (1993). CUNY Academic Works.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Fun and engaging vocabulary activities for each of the 13 chapters of Coraline by Neil Gaiman.\nThis resource includes everything you'll need to develop vocabulary skills and understanding of key vocabulary in the text. These activities will promote a deeper understanding of the text.\n* Vocabulary preview page with definitions for each chapter\n* Activities for each of the 13 chapters\n* Complete answer keys\nMore time-saving Coraline resources by Learn for the Long Haul:\nFortunately, the Milk\nCoraline Chapter Questions\nCoraline Drama Activities\nCoraline Writing Activities\nAll four Coraline products bundled together for added savings:\nCoraline Novel Study Bundle\nLearn for the Long Haul\nCoraline Vocabulary Activities\nby Learn for the Long Haul\nis licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Snowy owls silently fly over their Arctic homes. But those homes face many threats that put the owls at risk. In this title, leveled text helps readers learn about the impact that human activity has on snowy owls. Special features highlight the owlsÎ range and life span, show their importance to their ecosystem, and note the threats that snowy owls face. Vibrant photos bring the owls to life on the page!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Digital Archive brought to you\nby JPMorgan Chase & Co.\nIn the Urban Coalition's weekly report, the National Coordinator notifies members of the events that had occurred within the past week. The report covers local coalitions, legislation, private employment, and the steering committee.\nThe author writes a letter that advocates for Dr. King to win an award of merit. In the letter, he discusses some major events that occurred throughout the Reverend's life. Some of these events include: leading the Civil Rights Movement, winning the Nobel Peace Prize, and becoming a strong political figure.\nNegotiation Now is a national citizens' campaign that supports new initiatives to end the Vietnam War. The campaign aligns with the Secretary General of the United Nations, U Thant, who discusses the necessary \"cessation\" of bombing in North Vietnam to bring about a peaceful political compromise. This flier shares the campaign's views and offers a section for donation information.\nThis New York Times article advocates the mandatory retirement of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover upon his 70th birthday. The article specifically references Director Hoover's description of Dr. King as \"the most notorious liar in the country.\"\nThis letter addressed to Dr. King criticizes his beliefs in equality and justice. The anonymous author states that \"we are living under devil law\" and \"justice belongs only to the devil.\" He or she continues, arguing that schools corrupt children, filling their brains with \"devil wisdom and devil justice and devil love.\"\nThis February 1967 issue of the \"Mobilizer: To End Mass Murder in Vietnam\" focuses on James Bevel's direct action anti-war demonstrations. As National Director of the Spring Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam, Bevel outlines his strategy to launch a national movement involving community churches, students, labor groups, and others. The initiative is designed around a march to be held on April 15, 1967 in San Francisco and New York.\nThe Congress of Racial Equality recommends a program to end school segregation that includes forming race-neutral curricula and allowing open enrollment in schools.\nAfter being insulted by a solicitation from the SCLC, William Grant lectures Dr. King on the morality of his methods and strongly disfavors the work of several civil rights groups and the civil rights struggle as a whole.\nReverend Hedley W. Plunkett of Belfast, Northern Ireland, invites Dr. King to include the city on his schedule the next time he comes to Europe. Plunkett describes his interest in King's work and Ireland's own \"Color Bar.\"\nRev. C. J. Bell, the Editor in Chief of the Alexandria News Leader and pastor of the Progressive Baptist Church, wrote this letter to Dr. Ralph David Abernathy expressing his support following Dr. King's assassination. Abernathy was named Dr. King's successor as president of the SCLC and Bell wishes to offer his help if he can be of service.\nJohn Fischer of Harpers Magazine informs Dr. King that the Albany Georgia article will not be published in the upcoming edition.\nIn this letter Daves informs Dr. King of what Mr. Von Wehrenalp, Dr. King's German publisher, might have had in mind for Dr. King's special introduction for the German edition. Ms. Daves further discusses other possible uses for such a piece.\nIn this document the writer thanks Dr. King for meeting with him concerning the proposed \"Martin King album\" and television series. The writer encloses a memorandum on consumer information and requests King's travel schedule.\nThis program for the Tenth Annual Institute of the Montgomery Improvement Association gives a detailed history of the organization's events from 1955 to 1965. \"Highlights At A Glance\" include: accounts of violence and community bombings, school integration, freedom rides, The Montgomery Bus Boycott, and the establishment of the SCLC. Photographs of leadership, churches, voter registration, and marches appear throughout. This document also shows Dr. King's handwritten notes, copies of related news articles, and the individual programs for each day of the Institute.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Part of Mischief Makers, Summer Reading Challenge 2018, On the Way Home by Jill Murphy is a story about Claire, a girl who meets plenty of ‘mischief makers’! But how did she really graze her knee…?\nBeckton Globe – Monday 20 August at 11am\nNorth Woolwich – Monday 20 August at 2pm\nCanning Town – Tuesday 21 August at 11am\nCustom House – Tuesday 21 August at 2pm\nEast Ham – Wednesday 22 August at 11am\nManor Park – Wednesday 22 August at 2pm\nGreen Street – Thursday 23 August at 11am\nPlaistow – Thursday 23 August at 2pm\nStratford – Friday 24 August at 11am\nForest Gate – Friday 24 August at 2pm\nFor more information on Summer Reading Challenge Library Activities, visit the Newham Libraries webpage.\nON THE WAY HOME Copyright © 1982 and 2007 by Jill Murphy, published by Macmillan", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Fealty, prequel short novel\nWhen a murderous prince invites Abend to a masquerade to court her favor, Abend knows exactly what to say: No. The problem is, murderous princes tend not to take “no” for an answer….\nFealty takes place after the prologue in One True Lie, the first book in The Crown of Seasons series.\nTo enjoy this novel, it is recommended that you read the short story “Coming Home” first.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Review for Sadistic by Patrick Reuman\nNote: This is *not* a romance, it's a serial killer novel.\nWhen an accidental killing leaves Cyrus with blood on his hands, the last thing he expected was to want to do it again. But, that's exactly where he finds himself, once again, at the edge of a blade ready to take a life. A darkness has begun to grow inside, consuming him and making him hunger for more. The town had become his, until Detective Walter Hughes caught onto his trail. Now, he must escape the relentless pursuit of a detective hell-bent on catching him, while balancing his family life and his new sadistic addiction.\nPatrick Reuman's \"Sadistic\" is a serial killer novel. I don't usually read horror, so I don't have much to compare this to. The writing really flows and it draws you in. You feel like you're right there with Cyrus. Good descriptions, you could feel the emotions (and lack thereof) during the whole tale. The urge to kill was palpable. I can't wait to check out \"Edge of Madness\" also from Reuman. A great first book from a new author.\n4 out of 5 stars\nPatrick Reuman is a writer and currently in college to study biotechnology. He has been writing ever since he was 16 when a school assignment pushed his imagination toward creating his own stories. He has one child, a son, named Aidan. He hopes to continue chasing his dreams of writing while pursuing a future in science.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "New from Zora Neale Hurston: a collection of discovered stories\n\"Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick\" showcases the writer's gifts.\nPublishers Weekly bestsellers: An addition to the books on politics\nNew on the list: A guide to populism (right and left) in the 2020 elections.\nA different podcast site: bringing serious authors to public view\nWhat's happening in the books world.\nAuthors Meg Gardiner, Joe Kenda will be at the Beach Friday evening\nThriller writer and 'Homicide Hunter' will have a chat at Town Center bookstore.\nRuehlmann’s picks: A book about books, deep, wide and engaging\nLeah Price's expertise comes through with \"What We Talk About When We Talk About Books\" — without a speck of pretension.\nIn ‘Poop Diaries,’ a look at the lives of people we deeply need: plumbers\nAnd under the funny tales is a story of labor shortages, good jobs, and a peculiar view of women.\nColin Kaepernick, who still wants to play in the NFL, is writing a memoir\nHe wants to tell his story his way, and last year founded Kaepernick Publishing to help others do the same.\nSign up for Weekend Scoop\nCheck out the latest entertainment and arts news in this weekly email newsletter, then plan your weekend with a look ahead at what's happening around Hampton Roads.\n“Hey Google, talk to Virginian Pilot”\n“Alexa, open Virginian Pilot”\nWhere poetry and drama mix: an event at The Muse\nAuthor talks, controversies and more.\nBestsellers from Publishers Weekly: Spiritual and self-help books on the rise\nControversial 'American Dirt' is still selling strong.\nIsolation, suspicion and surprises in Kubica’s tense novel, ‘The Other Mrs.’\nMultiple family crises, believable surprises, and a series of character studies make this thriller worth reading.\nA Kobe Bryant reader: Books he liked, books he created\n\"The Hero's Journey\" — mythologist Joseph Campbell's famous look at growth and transformation in human lives — is one.\nVirginia poet’s collection highlights decades of work\nA selection from works by a former Virginia poet laureate, Carolyn Kreiter-Foronda.\nFriendships, full of difference, surprise and warmth\nBookworms' Caroline Luzzatto finds three books to interest young readers.\n‘American Dirt’: discussing the publishing ‘crisis’ and controversy\nIn a town hall meeting, activists call for — among other things — for readers to buy more small-press titles, and continue to challenge the 'Big Five.'\nLack of diversity has long been a problem in book publishing\nDiversity in publishing has been an industry issue for years\n‘Dear Edward’ review: A moving account of a young crash survivor\nA bestseller that deserves its status.\nBook Review: ‘Dessert for Two’ takes the guesswork out of small-batch baking\nBook review of “Dessert for Two: Small Batch Cookies, Brownies, Pies, and Cakes” by Adult Services Coordinator of Virginia Beach Public Library Lennis Sullivan, with circulation stats.\nFor authors’ seafaring tales, visit the Mariner’s Museum\nAnd other notes from the world of books.\nOcean Vuong on diaspora, surviving, Toni Morrison\nVuong, a child of Vietnamese war refugees, says of \"Beloved,\" \"I never saw a [piece of] literature that took the experience of survival so respectfully.\"\nPublishers Weekly’s bestsellers include a scholarly stylebook\nNew entries in the trade paperback list: publication style manuals for the American Psychological Association.\nHow a British officer and 10 young women outsmarted Germany’s U-boats\nTheir war-game simulations figured out why the German subs were so capably vicious, and became a bible to the Allies.\nHelp count the birds in worldwide census\nLocal bird enthusiasts can join a global initiative to track bird populations on Feb. 15 in Chesapeake\nPerry Mason and his creator, renewed in all their glory\nColumnist Bill Ruehlmann celebrates a classic midcentury writer.\nA shipyard’s Apprentice School: a history\nA book talk at the Mariners' Museum – and other goings-on in the world of books.\nIn this golden age of the music memoir, music is often the last thing you’ll find in the book\nIt's the people and their often troubled tales.\nPublishers Weekly’s top sellers\nControversial \"American Dirt\" is No. 1 in hardcover fiction.\n‘American Dirt’ tour canceled; publisher acknowledges ‘deep inadequacies’ with process\nDeath threats and other vitriol lead Flatiron Books to its decision about a migrant novel.\nSubmit a news tip\nConnect with The Virginian-Pilot's editors and reporters.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Read Far As Human Eye Could See by Isaac Asimov Free Online\nBook Title: Far As Human Eye Could See|\nThe author of the book: Isaac Asimov\nISBN 13: 9781558171077\nFormat files: PDF\nThe size of the: 3.12 MB\nCity - Country: No data\nLoaded: 1604 times\nReader ratings: 5.2\nDate of issue: April 1st 1988\nRead full description of the books:\nالعلم وآفاق المستقبل الترجمة العربية ..\nوهو كتابٍ يضم مجموعة من 17 مقالاً لـ اسحاق آزيموف . نشرت جميعها في\nمجلة Fantasy & Science Fiction .\nبسيطة جداً أو لنقل مبسطة وممتعة .. وبعضها متصلة - منفصلة .\nالفصل الأول هو المفضل لدي : الكيمياء الطبيعية لطالما كنت مولعة بالكيمياء العامة ، وقد كانَ فصل الكيمياء الحيوية جيداً هو الآخر .\nتمتاز مقالات آزيموف بوجه عام بسهولة الطرح والتدرج ، وأيضاً هو يحافظ على حو من الفكاهة والدعابة خاصة في بداية كل مقال حبنَ يقصُ علينا ظروف كتابة هذا المقال بالتحديد .\nيحتوي الكتاب معلومات معروفة لدراسي العلوم ، و سـتكونَ بداية جيدة لمن يريدون البدء في القراءة عن العلوم ..\nDownload Far As Human Eye Could See ERUB\nDownload Far As Human Eye Could See DOC\nDownload Far As Human Eye Could See TXT\nRead information about the authorIsaac Asimov was a Russian-born, American author, a professor of biochemistry, and a highly successful writer, best known for his works of science fiction and for his popular science books.\nProfessor Asimov is generally considered one of the most prolific writers of all time, having written or edited more than 500 books and an estimated 90,000 letters and postcards. He has works published in nine of the ten major categories of the Dewey Decimal System (lacking only an entry in the 100s category of Philosophy).\nAsimov is widely considered a master of the science-fiction genre and, along with Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke, was considered one of the \"Big Three\" science-fiction writers during his lifetime. Asimov's most famous work is the Foundation Series; his other major series are the Galactic Empire series and the Robot series, both of which he later tied into the same fictional universe as the Foundation Series to create a unified \"future history\" for his stories much like those pioneered by Robert A. Heinlein and previously produced by Cordwainer Smith and Poul Anderson. He penned numerous short stories, among them \"Nightfall\", which in 1964 was voted by the Science Fiction Writers of America the best short science fiction story of all time, a title many still honor. He also wrote mysteries and fantasy, as well as a great amount of nonfiction. Asimov wrote the Lucky Starr series of juvenile science-fiction novels using the pen name Paul French.\nMost of Asimov's popularized science books explain scientific concepts in a historical way, going as far back as possible to a time when the science in question was at its simplest stage. He often provides nationalities, birth dates, and death dates for the scientists he mentions, as well as etymologies and pronunciation guides for technical terms. Examples include his Guide to Science, the three volume set Understanding Physics, and Asimov's Chronology of Science and Discovery.\nAsimov was a long-time member and Vice President of Mensa International, albeit reluctantly; he described some members of that organization as \"brain-proud and aggressive about their IQs\" He took more joy in being president of the American Humanist Association. The asteroid 5020 Asimov, the magazine Asimov's Science Fiction, a Brooklyn, NY elementary school, and two different Isaac Asimov Awards are named in his honor.\nIsaac Asimov. (2007, November 29). In Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved 21:50, November 29, 2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_As...\nReviews of the Far As Human Eye Could See\nAdd a comment\nDownload EBOOK Far As Human Eye Could See by Isaac Asimov Online free", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The other life\n|Grouped Work ID||0670d7b0-1277-c02a-b0e1-d28a01c5a0ad|\n|Grouping Title||other life|\n|Grouping Author||meister ellen|\n|Last Grouping Update||2018-11-21 22:43:57PM|\n|Last Indexed||2018-11-21 23:53:24PM|\n|available_at_catalog||Main Kids, Main Library|\n|detailed_location_catalog||Main Library - Adult Fiction|\nIn Ellen Meister's love letter to family, a woman has to make a heartbreaking decision between the life she's living and an easier alternate reality.\nIf you could return to the road not taken, would you?\nHappily married and pregnant, Quinn Braverman has an ominous secret. Every time she makes a major life decision, she knows an alternate reality exists in which she made the opposite choice—not only that, she knows how to cross over. But even in her darkest moments—like her mother's suicide—Quinn hasn't been tempted to slip through...until she receives devastating news about the baby she's carrying.\nThe grief lures her to peek across the portal, and before she knows it she's in the midst of the other life: the life in which she married another man and is childless. The life in which her mother is still very much alive.\nQuinn is forced to make a heartbreaking choice. Will she stay with the family she loves and her severely disabled child? Or will an easier life—and the primal need to be with her mother—win out?\n|format_category_catalog||Audio Books, Books, eBook|\n|item_details||ils:CARL0000361902|35192041781414|Main Library - Adult Fiction|Fiction Meister|||1|false|false|||||On Shelf||MN||, overdrive:80a5eaed-6f15-469f-b33e-fad0e5c7fce2|-1|Online OverDrive Collection|Online OverDrive|eAudiobook|Audio Books|1|false|true|OverDrive|||OverDrive MP3 Audiobook,OverDrive Listen|Available Online|||||\n|owning_library_catalog||Nashville Public Library|\n|owning_location_catalog||Main Kids, Main Library|\n|record_details||ils:CARL0000361902|Book|Books||English|G.P. Putnam's Sons,|c2011.|312 p. ; 24 cm., overdrive:80a5eaed-6f15-469f-b33e-fad0e5c7fce2|eAudiobook|Audio Books||English|Tantor Media|2011||\n|subject_facet||Love stories, American, Marriage -- Fiction, Married women -- Fiction, Motherhood -- Fiction, Mothers and daughters -- Fiction, Pregnant women -- Fiction, Psychological fiction, American|\n|title_display||The other life|\n|title_full||The Other Life, The other life / Ellen Meister|\n|title_short||The other life|\n|topic_facet||Fiction, Literature, Love stories, American, Marriage, Married women, Motherhood, Mothers and daughters, Pregnant women, Psychological fiction, American|", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Herodotuss Retirement at Thuriuin His Meditations upon. Talboys Wheeler Full view - Popular passages Page - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia. Page - HOW doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!\nHow is she become as a widow! Page - Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city: for henceforth there shall no more come into thee the uncircumcised and the unclean. Page - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.\nPage - O king, live for ever: let not thy thoughts trouble thee, nor let thy countenance be changed: there is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him Page - Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen ; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.\nPage - And the people bowed the head and worshipped. And they went, and did as the Lord had commanded Moses.\nGreece in Fifth Century B.C.\nAnd it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the first-born in the land of Egypt. From the first-born of Pharaoh that sat on his throne to the first-born of the captive that was in the dungeon. And all the first-born of cattle.\nPage - Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? Then I was very sore afraid, and said unto the king, Let the king live for ever : why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers Page - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar.\nAt the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. Seller Inventory PB More information about this seller Contact this seller 5. Published by Pranava Books About this Item: Pranava Books, Condition: NEW. Softcover edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white.\nAs this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. 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More information about this seller Contact this seller Published by HardPress Publishing About this Item: HardPress Publishing, Condition: Used: Good.\nAncient Greece, the Middle East and an ancient cultural internet\nSeller Inventory LIE Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts 1 We have not used OCR Optical Character Recognition , as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy. Hardback or Cased Book. Seller Inventory BBS Condition: Used: Acceptable.\nFair set of 2 hardcovers, no DJs. Ex-Library with usual markings.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Find a copy online\nLinks to this item\nFind a copy in the library\nFinding libraries that hold this item...\nEarly works to 1800\n|Material Type:||Document, Internet resource|\n|Document Type:||Internet Resource, Computer File|\n|All Authors / Contributors:||\nGeorge Washington; Washington Benevolent Society (Salem, N.Y.)\n|Notes:||Dated (p. 36): September 17, 1796.\nReproduction of original from Huntington Library.\nSabin no. 101620.\n|Description:||1 online resource (36 pages,  leaf of plates) : portrait|\n|Other Titles:||Farewell address to the people of the United States.\n|Responsibility:||published for the Washington Benevolent Society.|", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Collected here are the stories of the most successful commanders of all time, among them Hannibal, Genghis Khan, Napoleon, Stonewall Jackson, Sherman, Rommel, Mao Zedong, who have demonstrated, at their own points in history, the strategic and tactical genius essential for victory. Ironically this virtue does not come naturally to military organizations, since more often than not the straight-ahead, narrow-thinking soldier will be promoted over his more lateral-minded, devious counterpart. Yet when the latter gets control, the results may be spectacular.\n©1993 Bevin Alexander; (P)1995 Blackstone Audiobooks\n\"This study is essential reading for students of military strategy and tactics.\" (Publishers Weekly)\nAlexander draws on several examples through history to illustrate many of the traits common to successful military leaders.\nI found the historical overviews excellent. At times the material is a little thick as the sheer volume of facts can get overwhelming. Listening to an audiobook, I find it difficult to keep track of the number of mm of armour a specific generation of German tank has in WWII. Also, I think it would have been nice to have an atlas at hand, as I found it difficult to keep track of locations.\nThis book will be of interest to: armchair historians, soldiers (past or present or considering a military career), writers, or anyone who wants to undertand a little more about how battles work, and some of the catastophes that we (people in general) have either avoided, or brought on ourselves.\nOverall, it's worth slogging through in my opinion.\nThis is an excellent book, but it is a challenging one to listen to as an audiobook. There is a lot technical in here and some of it is a little hard to follow as an audiobook. Still, the historical content is excellent and there is a great deal to learn from this reading. I feel like I have a much different perspecitve on key historical military figures and the state of warfare in their times.\nI'm a military history fan and always have been. However, like most fans of military history I read about the eras that I'm most passionate about.\nThe author does a good job of retaining credibility and covering those portions that I'm most familiar with well while also increasing my interest in other eras.\nHe also does a good job of demonstrating that the military maxims he advises are ageless. In fact, some of them are essential points that I would classify as \"common sense that is uncommon\"; the type of points that seem obvious, but that somehow escape so many military leaders over and over.\nGreat listen overall, good delivery, and it's just the right length.\nSo far I've really liked the book, except for one thing none of the other reviews mention. The narrator often pauses, and whatever he is doing (swallowing, licking his lips, whatever he does to prep for the next part...) is very audible and detracts from the Audiobook a lot, for me at least. That is the *only* reason I did not rate this as a 5.\nI don't know if I agree with all of the Great General selections but this book delivered. I have a great newfound appreciation for Skipio Africanis, Stonewall Jackson, Lawrence of Arabai and Chairman Mao. The narration was good, not great, as you could hear him swallowing, etc. However, it did not take away from the story. If you like military history this is a MUST read.\nThis book changed the way I view military strategy and history, and gave me a whole new perspective on Alexander the Great, Hannibal, Napoleon, Ghengis Khan, and others. The author takes a look at both sides - what the great Generals did right and what others did that cost them battles, and the basic principals are deceptively simple: Never hit the enemy head on and avoid the fight until the odds are in your favor.\nThis may seem basic, but when the U.S. military command in Vietnam had a \"football field\" mentality about the campaign (and even named battles after football plays), you get a sense of why we lost. Great Generals force the enemy into disadvantages positions and hit the weak areas to force the enemy to abandon their positions and react to them. They flee when they need to, and attach from the corners when it is in their best interest.\nThe author provides plenty of fascinating examples and narratives throughout history, and the book is well paced and easy to listen to. One of my favorites!\nYes, I would recommend this to a friend. However, at times it was difficult to keep up with the narration as the level of detail was such that it was a challenge to grasp it all. I will listen to it again but I will make sure to have maps in front of me to understand the tactics employed by these Captains and Generals. I also found myself googling all sorts of military equipment and Generals to complement the mental image provided by the book.\nThe last chapter on McArthur and Korea was my favorite.\nNo, it took a few sessions to get through it. This book is almost a text book in the sense that it provides very detail information about different battles and military campaigns. I like to let the information settle in before moving forward on to the next chapter.\nThere are no listener reviews for this title yet.\nReport Inappropriate Content", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Get the This Alien Earth Box Set, featuring all three books in the bestselling series by Paul Antony Jones. 1000+ pages in a futuristic adventure featuring a strong female lead, perfect for fans of Jeremy Robinson, Stephen King, and Lost.\n“A stunning sci-fi gem.”–Steven Konkoly, USA Today best-selling author of the Ryan Decker series\nAfter a devastating car crash leaves her addicted to pills and her best friend dead, Meredith Gale has finally been pushed to her breaking point. Ending her life seems like the only way out, and that choice has left her dangling by her fingertips from a bridge above the freezing water of the San Francisco Bay.\nBut someone, or some thing, has other plans for Meredith. As her fingers slip from the cold steel of the bridge, a disembodied voice ask her a simple question: “Candidate 13: Do you wish to be saved?”\nRealizing her mistake too late, Meredith screams “Yes!” and instantly finds herself transported to a mysterious island, alongside hundreds of other Candidates like her, each pulled from human history with seemingly little in common. But when Meredith stumbles across a cryptic message meant only for her, she uncovers an even bigger mystery — a mystery that places the fate of humanity’s future firmly in her hands.\nWith the help of her new companions, Meredith sets out on an impossible journey to find the one person who can solve the riddle of why they were brought to this strange, alien Earth… assuming they can survive the dangers that lurk within this new world and the dark forces massing against them.\nTime travel, androids, suspense–this series by the late Paul Antony Jones has a bit of everything. Now is the chance to read it all in this special edition Omnibus.\nBooks included in the set:\nBook 1: The Paths Between Worlds\nBook 2: A Memory of Mankind\nBook 3: The Children of Tomorrow", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Several of the winning projects at the 2017 Victorian Architecture Awards featured acoustic and decorative panels from Atkar in their designs.\nThe top prize, the Victorian Architecture Medal was won by the Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) designed by an architectural team of Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc and McBride Charles Ryan (STHDI+MCR). VCCC competed against more than 200 entrants for the medal, and also won the William Wardell Award for Public Architecture.\nAtkar’s acoustic and decorative panels were showcased throughout the Welcome Hall of the VCCC.\nFrank Bartlett Library and Moe Service Centre, which won the Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design, also featured Atkar panels. The award-winning project was designed by Architects fjmt. Atkar panels were also used in the Bunurong Memorial Park project, designed by BVN, and the Brimbank Community and Civic Centre, designed by Lyons Architects, both of which won the Architecture Awards for Public Architecture.\nRun by the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA), the annual Victorian Architecture Awards recognise the best of Victorian architecture. The Named Award and Architecture Award winners will go on to compete in the National Architecture Awards, to be announced in November.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Translation Glossaries from the Web\nSearch and contribute to this directory of translation glossaries online\n1-4 of 4 results\nUNISDR (United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction) | http://www.unisdr.org/files/7817_UN...\n(pages 36-38) UNISDR develop these basic definitions on disaster risk reduction to promote a common understanding on the subject for use by the public, authorities and practitioners. The terms are based on a broad consideration of different international sources. Feedback from specialists and other practitioners to improve these definitions will b... View more\nDepartment of Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison | http://pdm.medicine.wisc.edu/vocab....\nTerms provided in this glossary are an alphabetical compilation of definitions from the \"Health Disaster Management Guidelines for Evaluation and Research in the Utstein-Style'\"\nThe terms in his glossary \"are provided to facilitate communication on the scientific, technical, and policy issues of earthquakes, seismic zonation, earthquake risk... View more", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Skip to Main Content\nIt looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results.\nAmerican Sociological Association Style Guides\nStyle guide / American Sociological Association by\nCall Number: Citation/Dictionary Shelf HM 569 .A547\nPublication Date: 2014\nThis guide highlights and features guidelines for the most common situations encountered by writers using ASA citation style.\nThe guide is located in the Citation Center bookshelf located outside of room 116, the printer room.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results.\nWelcome to Sacred Heart University Library's Guide to Research in Sociology! Our focus in producing this guide is to support student research, with primary focus on individuals pursuing sociology majors and minors and students taking courses in the discipline. We also seek to assist faculty with their information needs and to support the six student learning outcomes of the sociology major:\nDevelop and apply a sociological imagination\nAnalyze the causes and consequences of social inequality\nAnalyze social/cultural diversity and complexity\nEvaluate and apply social theory\nApply scientific methods in conducting research\nDesign, conduct, and present an original sociological study\nUse the tabs above or the \"Guide Contents\" list to the left to navigate resources available from the library.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Marion Aptroot (ed.), Yiddish after 1945; Amsterdam Yiddish Symposium 11 (ISBN 978-90-822655-8-3, 66 pp., Amsterdam 2018)\nAfter the Second World War, Yiddish culture appeared to be all but annihilated. The murder of large numbers of Yiddish speakers during the Shoah, which came after almost a century of linguistic assimilation among of Ashkenazic Jews, seemed to mark the end of Yiddish as a living language. This caused serious concern among remaining Yiddish intellectuals such as authors, journalists, theatre and film makers and educators, who began to question how and if the use of the Yiddish language was to be continued.\nDuring the eleventh edition of the Amsterdam Yiddish Symposium, held in January 2017, three scholars of Yiddish literature and culture presented important observations and considerations regarding the state and future of Yiddish after the end of the Second World War. Gali Drucker Bar-Am mapped out major Yiddish cultural enterprises that took place around the world in the immediate post-war years. Joanna Nalewajko-Kulikov discussed and analyzed Yiddish activities in Poland, a country with state-sponsored Jewish institutions, in the two decades following the Second World War. Anita Norich talked about the role of translation: translation as the herald of the end of a living Yiddish culture or as a means of preservation of this culture that enables it to continue to flourish. The current publication, edited by prof. Marion Aptroot, contains the proceedings of this symposium.\nGali Drucker Bar-Am: The Anthological Affect. Memory and Place in Early Post-World War II Yiddish Culture;\nJoanna Nalewajko-Kulikov: Yiddish Form, Socialist Content: Yiddish in Postwar Poland, 1945-1968;\nAnita Norich: Ver vet blaybn? Vos vet blaybn?", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Dormann Library to host Boy Scout program\nThe Dormann Library, 101 W. Morris St., Bath, will host a program with Boy Scout Griffin Bates at 6 p.m. July 19.\nBates will share his historical research project used to earn his Eagle Scout Award. Bates’ project is on a series of family documents/letters from Col. Charles Williamson that dealt with the settlement of the Genesee region.\nBates worked with Kirk House, of the Steuben County Historical Society, to prepare his display.\nBates is a Haverling High School recent graduate, where he was a member of the newly formed history club. He will attend Corning Community College in the fall. Bates also works at the Corning Museum of Glass in the Explainer program.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Several chapters in FEMINISM FROM A to Z focus on girls and women who are interested in STEM (check out “B is for BRAIN” and “G is for GEEK” in particular). So who better to discuss feminism with than Stacia Deutsch? Stacia is the author of The Friendship Code, the first in the Girls Who Code series (and yes, they’re based on the wildly popular Girls Who Code afterschool clubs).\nHere’s how Stacia answered the question, “What does feminism mean to you?”\nWhen I was in college, I was frustrated. I was at a women’s college which had instilled in me the best education, and I was heading into a career that men had dominated for centuries. I wasn’t always a writer. I went to graduate school to be a rabbi. I felt like I needed advice on how to balance a demanding career and what I saw as a family life that could easily get shoved to the side.\nMy dad suggested I read Betty Friedan’s article in a book called The Second Wave. I not only read it, I called her. Shockingly, she answered the phone and agreed to come speak on campus. Bringing a feminist icon to school was an amazing experience (she was a tough nut!). On that day, she gave one clear message that will always stick with me: It’s not one or the other – it’s “both/and.”\nI heard Betty Friedan loud and clear. I didn’t have to choose if I was going to have a family or a career. I had choices. Infinite choices. Some women would choose career, some family, some a path not charted. For me, I could have career and family. I deserved both. It was both/and.\nEveryone has their own understanding of Feminism. My definition is modeled in Betty Friedan’s words. A woman should be able to live her life the way she wants, without judgement. And more, without feeling that she compromised anything. I’ve had a tremendous life of “both and.” I raised my three kids, was a rabbi for a while, then found a new path and a fulfilling career as a writer.\nThere’s no one Feminist journey. It’s not one thing or the other – it’s both and more.\nWow, Betty Friedan! What a great story. Thank you, Stacia!\nStacia Deutsch has written more than two hundred children’s books. She started her career with the award winning chapter book series, Blast to the Past. Now, her resume includes Nancy Drew and Boxcar Children mysteries in addition to junior movie tie in novels for summer blockbuster films, like Ghostbusters and The Smurfs. New books include The Mysterious Makers of Shaker Street and the NYT Bestseller, The Friendship Code. Find her at www.staciadeutsch.com, @staciadeutsch and http://www.facebook/staciadeutsch.\nFEMINISM FROM A to Z is now available for pre-order!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "When I first started researching for my Marguerite Henry biography, I had a hunch she would be a decent human. Her horse books like Misty of Chincoteague and Justin Morgan, Brighty and King of the Wind delighted me so much during my childhood, I knew she was a kindred, horse-loving spirit. What I didn't know was just how generous, humble, fun and amazing of a person she was.\nMarguerite Henry always tried to view the world through the eyes of a child. She identified with her young readers. As evidenced by this exchange, which is an excerpt from my equestrian memoir/Marguerite Henry biography, Marguerite, Misty and Me:\n“Please pretend that I’m about eight years old and tell me what happens when a stallion is about to be shown at the stockyards, just how they line up and who’s in it. Would you tell me a little bit?”\nThis was one of many questions Marguerite asked during a 1951 phone interview with Andy Haxton, the manager and driver of the famous Budweiser Clydesdale hitch. Marguerite had typed a transcript of her interview during her research on Clydesdales for Album of Horses.\nMr. Haxton responded in short, to-the-point answers devoid of details. Marguerite peppered him with more questions, perhaps hoping to tease out the lively details she was known for. By the end of the interview, thanks to Marguerite’s determined curiosity, Haxton opened up, describing the art of showing Clydesdale stallions in hand, explaining every aspect from the initial line-up to trotting, and concluding\nwith the judge’s soundness exams.\nAs I read the complete transcript, I realized the exchange between interviewer and interviewee highlights one of Marguerite’s special attributes: no matter her age—she was 49 at the time—she viewed the world through the eyes of a child. Her audience was rooted in the forefront of her mind as she researched, which inspired her to collect details that would capture their interest.\nIn 1960, Marguerite wrote a letter to Roland Lindemann, owner of the Catskill Game Farm, in her attempt to find the locations of all the Przewalski’s horses in the U.S. for her 1962 release, All About Horses. Marguerite wrote, “I am including a chapter on the one and only true wild horse. It seems to me that many of the boys and girls who read the book might want to know where they could actually see a wild horse, and I am planning to mention the places.”\nShe stated she knew of the two Przewalski’s at the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago and one at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. She was curious if he had any in New York.\nIn All About Horses, one paragraph tucked into the 124-page treasury of horse history from Eohippus to warmbloods tells readers where to find the “dull, dark yellow, lighter on the sides than on the back, and almost cream colored on the belly” Przewalski’s horses. Besides Lindemann’s farm, the Brookfield Zoo, and the National Zoo, the wild and wooly horses could be found in Central Park: at\nthe New York Zoological Gardens. I wonder how many young horse lovers close to New York and Chicago begged their parents to take them to see the wild Przewalski’s thanks to Marguerite’s recommendation.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Timeline Photos - La Sezione Italiana della Brontë Society: Main Street, Haworth, insolitamente deserta a prima mattina..... 8 (7 hours ago)\n13 hours ago\nThe officers’ library on Discovery was stuffed with fiction, biography and poetry, as well as practical scientific books. Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre was popular, there were novels by the feminist Mary Wollstonecraft and the works of George Meredith. Below deck, the ordinary sailors could read Sheor King Solomon’s Minesby H. Rider Haggard or flick through bound editions of the magazine Punch. (Mike Wade)It's a funny find since the young Brontës - particularly Emily and Anne - incorporated Captains John Ross and William Edward Parry (Artic explorers) into their juvenilia plays.\nEnglish Slip Cast Clay Pipe -The mysteries of ebay...\nBrand new and imported from England - In its own gift box -\nThis one is Charlotte Bronte -\nIt is 5\" long with a 1.75\" tall bowl that's about .75\" wide -\nWith a coated tip", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month\nSouth Florida author, business person, and lecturer, Tamara B. Rodriguez was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014. As a young mother, she was faced with talking about the disease with her two young daughters but struggled to find the right words. Tamara has written two children’s books, Hair to the Queen! and Teo the Great: A Child’s Approach to Cancer to help families start the conversation.\nTamara’s presentation will cover the benefits of speaking to children about a parent’s cancer diagnosis and when is the best time to do it.\nDate: Tuesday, October 20, 2020\nTime: Noon– 1:00 p.m.\nRSVP at www.lib.nova.edu/BC\nRegistrants will be sent a Zoom registration link before the program.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Hugh, St. (1135-1200), Bishop of Lincoln, was born at Avalon in Burgundy. His father, who was Lord of Avelon, became a monk, and the boy was educated in the monastery. He became deacon at the age of nineteen, and in 1160 he joined the Carthusian order. In 1175 Henry II. brought him to the Carthusian convent at Witham, and in 1186 made him bishop. St. Hugh often offended Henry by his sturdy opposition, but regained his favour by his bonhomie and tact. He was loyal to Richard, but made an important point in constitutional history by opposing the granting of a subsidy to the king. The bishop was present at the coronation of King John. He almost rebuilt Lincoln cathedral, and when, after his death, miracles were reported to be worked at his tomb, he became the St. Thomas of the north.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "These guides are tools designed for library leaders to use for organizing a summer- or semester-long discussion series. Each guide offers a brief scoping statement, a suggested reading or resource to review, and a set of discussion questions to launch an hour-long informal conversation among library staff.\nBrief Amici Curiae of ALA and ARL.\nOrphan works are works whose copyright owners cannot be identified and located. Libraries and archives possess millions of orphan works in their collections, in the form of photographs, letters, manuscripts, drawings, and older books. These works often have great historic and cultural significance. However, because the copyright owners cannot be located, libraries cannot obtain the rights holders' permission to make these works widely available to the public. This leaves libraries on the horns of a dilemma. Libraries can either disseminate the works and face the risk of the copyright owners demanding statutory damages and injunctive relief; or leave the works in archives, where few people can see them.\nThe U. S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (\"DC Circuit\") erroneously held that Congress' grant of twenty additional years of copyright protection as set forth in the Copyright Term Extension Act (CTEA) 2 is constitutional.\nBrief of Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, American Library Association, Association of Research Libraries, American Association of Law Libraries, Medical Library Association, Special Libraries Association, Internet Archive, and Project Gutenberg in Support of Defendants-Appellees and Urging Affirmance of The District Court's Grant of Partial Summary Judgment.\nBrief of the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of San Diego and Imperial Counties, the American Library Association, the Association of Research Libraries, the American Association of Law Libraries, the Medical Library Association, the Law Library Association, the Internet Archive, and Project Gutenberg as amici curiae in support of respondents.\nLetter from the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA) strongly supporting the introduction of the Freedom And Innovation Revitalizing U.S. Entrepreneurship (FAIR USE) Act of 2007, H.R. 1201.\nLibrary Copyright Alliance (LCA) press release in support of the introduction of the Freedom and Innovation Revitalizing US Entrepreneurship (FAIR USE) Act of 2007, HR 1201.\nThis statement is submitted on behalf of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) in response to the request by the Library of Congress for comments in support of a study on the current state of recorded sound preservation in the United States. Sound recordings are a critically important part of our Nation's cultural and educational landscape. As a consequence, the scope of these collections within the ARL community is significant and diverse. Unfortunately, these collections are also in various stages of risk.\nThis document, prepared by the Association of American Publishers, the Association of American Universities, the Association of American University Presses, and the Association of Research Libraries, is intended to present a basic explanation of copyright law with an emphasis on its application to colleges and universities.\nOn August 11, 2005, Google announced that it would not scan copyrighted books under its Print Library Project until November, so that publishers could decide whether they want to opt their in-copyright books out of the project. Given the confusion in press reports describing the project, publishers should carefully study exactly what Google intends to do and understand the relevant copyright issues. This understanding should significantly diminish any anxiety publishers possess about the project.\nThe Section 108 Study Group released a Background Paper and requested comments on issues relating to library and archival exceptions under Section 108. The library community provided written and oral statements to the Study Group. Based on the additional input from the library community, the responses in this document provide greater detail and in some instances, clarify the earlier statements filed in conjunction with the March Roundtables and the request for comment by the Study Group.\nThe American Library Association and the Association of Research Libraries convened a workshop to consider and receive additional input from members of the library and archival communities regarding the deliberations of the Section 108 Study Group. The Section 108 Study Group is examining the exceptions and limitations available to libraries and archives under Section 108 of the Copyright Act and considering changes to better meet the needs of libraries and archives in the digital environment.\nIn response to issues raised by initiatives such as the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), in spring 2005 the U.S. Copyright Office and the Library of Congress convened the Section 108 Study Group. The Study Group is charged to investigate whether Section 108 of the Copyright Act, which grants exceptions to libraries and archives, should be updated to better address the use of digital technologies and networked-based resources.\nBased on discussions during the Los Angeles, CA and Washington, D.C. roundtables, the Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the American Library Association (ALA) submit the following additional comments on the Section 108 Study Group efforts.\nThe Association of Research Libraries and the American Library Association request that Sherrie Schmidt, Arizona State University, and Ken Frazier, Director, University of Wisconsin, Madison, participate in the Section 108 Study Group Roundtable Discussions in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.\nComments submitted in response to the US Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry (NOI) dated October 15, 2002, on whether noninfringing uses of certain classes of works are likely to be adversely affected by section 1201(a)(1) of the Copyright Act, which prohibits the circumvention of measures that effectively control access to copyrighted works. These comments were submitted on behalf of five major library associations--American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), American Library Association (ALA), Association of Research Libraries (ARL), Medical Library Association (MLA), and Special Libraries Association (SLA).\nTestimony of Prudence Adler on behalf of the Library Copyright Alliance (LCA).\nTo amend title 17, United States Code, to allow abandoned copyrighted works to enter the public domain after 50 years.View document(s) here »\nLetter from library associations addressing consensus proposal on orphan works.\nCollege Art Association response to the Copyright Office's notice of inquiry concerning orphan works.\nLibrary Copyright Alliance response to the Copyright Office's Notice of Inquiry concerning orphan works.\nLetter from library associations supporting the Family and Entertainment Copyright Act of 2005, S. 167.\nRecent circuit-level decisions in Chamberlain v. Skylink and Lexmark v. Static Control Components interpreted the Digital Millenium Copyright Act in a manner that will prevent its use to restrict legitimate competition in after-market components. By placing on plaintiffs the burden of proving intent to infringe copyright, judges on both panels not only dictate the correct outcome in these cases, but also provided defendants in other cases a way to short-circuit litigation when infringement is nowhere to be seen. Published in Electronic & Commerce Law Vol. 9 No. 45 (November 2004).", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "NHS Education for Scotland (NES) are developing a range of educational and induction resources, which are hosted on Turas. This is available for all health and social care staff and volunteers deployed to support clinical services, but will be particularly useful in the event of people needing redeployed to other areas. Included is input from Medicine, NMAHP, Psychology, Pharmacy and the Clinical Skills Managed Education Network.\nUniversity of the Highland and Islands\nList of relevant resources and guidance compiled by the Highland Health Science Library.\nPublic Health England\nDaily digest of available evidence on the epidemiology of the disease\nE-learning programme suitable for health and social care professionals (free of charge)\nCompilation of free resources (research, guidelines, articles and book chapters) on COVID-19.\nCentre for Evidence-Based Medicine\nCABI has made 17,000 relevant records on coronavirus from Global Health database and CAB Abstracts free to access for a limited time. The coronavirus content including research on epidemiology, prevention, and control of SARS and MERS, and research on animal coronaviruses, has been made open access as a way of contributing to the response to the outbreak.\nTo gain the access, visit the Global Health website, go to ‘login’ and follow the registration instructions and copy and paste voucher code CV4Y85D5JG9 into ‘redeem a voucher’ section.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "- Resource Types\n- Resource Languages\n- Institutional Repository\nAbout Site Language\nWHDL is viewable in multiple languages. Use the pull-down menu to select a language to view the site.\nI changed my language, but I’m still seeing resources in the other languages?\nIf a resource or text has not been translated into your selected language, it will appear in the initially added language. We are always looking for help translating these resources. If you can help, contact us!\nWHDL - 00015489\nThe 2007 Eurasia Region Leadership Conference presentation, “An Attitude of Acceptance” was Session 1 of a 2-part Leadership Tract on the theme of “Leadership Character.”\nThe key verse underpinning this presentation is Romans 15:7, “Accept one another, then, just as Christ accepted you, in order to bring praise to God.”\nSee also the PowerPoint presentation by the same title.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|Black Hearts in Battersea (1964) [Novel]|\nby Joan Aiken\nRating: Weighted - 7.2 / Average - 7.0 of 10 (1 votes) (Rate!)\nReviews: None (show them) Review!\nSeries: Wolves Chronicles\nSimon, the foundling from The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, arrives in London to meet an old friend and pursue the study of painting. Instead he finds himself unwittingly in the middle of a wicked crew's fiendish caper to overthrow the good King James and the Duke and Duchess of Battersea. With the help of his friend Sophie and the resourceful waif Dido, Simon narrowly escapes a series of madcap close calls and dangerous run-ins. In a time and place where villains do nothing halfway, Simon is faced with wild wolves, poisoned pies, kidnapping, and a wrecked ship.\nOriginal title: Black Hearts in Battersea\nGenre: Fiction→ Children & Young Adult→ Humorous Fiction\nFiction→ Children & Young Adult→ Adventure", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|Genres:||Documentaries Jazz Pop / Rock Pop / Rock World Music|\n|Tags:||jazz african afrobeat world african jazz trumpet south africa|\n|Decades:||1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s|\n|Links:||allmusic biography discography discogs image last.fm official homepage other databases VIAF wikidata wikipedia|\nHugh Rampolo Masekela, 4 April 1939, Witbank, Johannesburg, South Africa. South Africas leading émigré trumpeter and band leader was born into a musical family, which boasted one of the largest jazz record collections in the city. One of Masekelas earliest memories is of winding up the household gramophone for his parents; by the age of 10, he was familiar with most of the 78s issued by Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Cab Calloway and Glenn Miller. Other early influences were the traditional musics of the Swazis, Zulus, Sutus and Shangaan, all of which he heard at weekend musical gatherings in the township and neighbouring countryside. A difficult and rebellious schoolboy, Masekela was frequently given to playing truant. On one such occasion, he saw Kirk Douglas in the Bix Beiderbecke biopic Young Man With A Horn - and decided there and then that he wanted to become a trumpeter and band leader when he grew up. His teacher, the...", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Contemporary Criminal Law - Concepts, Cases, and Controversies (5th Edition)\nFormat: PDF eTextbooks\nDelivery: Instant Download\nAuthors: Matthew Lippman\n\"I highly recommend this textbook to any instructor of an introductory criminal law course. It provides a concise overview of the law and introduces students to the complexities of the law in practice by providing case scenarios. This is an excellent textbook with beneficial supplementary online resources.\"\n—Erin C. Heil, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville\nA book that students find interesting and instructors consider educationally valuable, the Fifth Edition of Contemporary Criminal Law combines traditional concepts with thought-provoking cases and engaging learning tools. The text covers both foundational and emerging legal topics such as terrorism, gangs, cybercrime, and hate crimes, illustrated by real-life examples that students connect with. Clear explanations of criminal law and defenses are complemented by provocative, well-edited cases followed by discussion questions to stimulate critical thinking and in-class discussion. The book provides a contemporary perspective on criminal law that encourages students to actively read and analyze the text. The Fifth Edition is enhanced throughout by new cases that offer the most up-to-date coverage of evolving legal opinions and developments in criminal law.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Mary Louise Lee performs at the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library as part of the Harmony Street concert series.Brandon Marshall\nOnce dubbed the \"Harlem of the West,\" the Five Points neighborhood has a rich music history and was once home to clubs that brought in many a legend, from Duke Ellington and Nat King Cole to Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk. While the Five Points Jazz Festival helps celebrate that tradition every year, starting in February, the Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library launches its Harmony Street free concert series to also honor the neighborhood's legacy while fostering community through music with jazz, gospel and world artists.\nFamed local jazz pianist Purnell Steen performs with his trio and singer Myra Warren at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, February 11.\nBluez House, a high-energy band fronted by gospel singers, performs at 3:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 11.\nMary Louise Lee, wife of Mayor Michael Hancock and an accomplished R&B, soul and contemporary jazz singer, performs at 3:30 p.m. on April 8.\nUniversity of Colorado faculty members Tom Riis and Austin Okigbo host a sing-along featuring African and American favorites at 3:30 p.m. on May 13.\nKEEP WESTWORD FREE...\nSince we started Westword, it has been defined as the free, independent voice of Denver, and we'd like to keep it that way. With local media under siege, it's more important than ever for us to rally support behind funding our local journalism. You can help by participating in our \"I Support\" program, allowing us to keep offering readers access to our incisive coverage of local news, food and culture with no paywalls.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "SLNSW-Photographs of Public and Other Buildings, &c.-nQR2AbQ1\nPhotographs of Public and Other Buildings, &c.\nFull title: Photographs of Public and Other Buildings, &c.\nAuthor/creator: New South Wales. Government Printing Office.\nDate: 1872 (dated from newscutting in front of album).\nCall Numbers: DL PXX 81\nRecord Identifier: nQR2AbQ1\nFormats: Pictures, Photographs\nContents: 1 album (166 photoprints) - 47 x 62 cm. - albumen\nImages are identified, in ink, below image\n\"Photographed by Charles Pickering under the direction of James Barnett, Colonial Architect; album prepared by the Government Printer, Thomas Richards; copy forwarded to the Exhibition in London\" -- extracts from the \"Daily Mail, 27 Apr 1872\" newscutting, pasted in front of album\nPrefaced by a two page description of \"The Port and City of Sydney\"", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A Ballad of the Republic Sung in the Year 1888\nBy Ernest L. Thayer, Illustrated by Christopher Bing\nDimensions: 9 x 12 in. 32 pages. Guided Reading Level: X. Hardcover.\n\"And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout; But there is no joy in Mudville-mighty Casey has struck out.\" Those lines have echoed through the decades, the final stanza of a poem published pseudonymously in the June 3, 1888, issue of the San Francisco Examiner. Its author would rather have seen it forgotten. Instead, Ernest Thayer's poem has taken a well-deserved place as an enduring icon of Americana. Christopher Bing's magnificent version of this immortal ballad of the flailing 19th-century baseball star is rendered as though it had been newly discovered in a hundred-year-old scrapbook. Bing seamlessly weaves real and trompe l'oeil reproductions of artifacts-period baseball cards, tickets, advertisements, and a host of other memorabilia into the narrative to present a rich and multifaceted panorama of a bygone era. A book to be pored over by children, treasured by aficionados of the sport-and given as a gift to all ages: a tragi-comic celebration of heroism and of a golden era of sport.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Everything you need to know about the menopause (but were too afraid to ask)\nPublication year: 2021\nMedia class: Hardback\nPublisher: Gallery UK\nResource type: Physical\nNotes: As the awareness of gender inequality in health becomes more apparent, it is important that we improve our understanding of the effect that menopause has on our bodies and stop reducing an important stage in a woman's life to a series of hot flushes and 'mood swings'.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In the age of global warming and the sixth mass extinction event, the notion of the Anthropocene carries a peculiar hope: perhaps someday, after the end of humankind, someone will still be around to read the remains of human civilization in a meaningful way. Considered in this light, the seemingly pessimistic concept, which even has been condemned for its supposed anthropocentrism, becomes a remedy for the prevalent but mistaken idea that the end of humanity necessarily coincides with the end of the world. How powerful this myth is becomes apparent by the fact that it even prevails in what, with reference to Freud, could very well be called a severe philosophical blow on “the universal narcissism of men”.[i] In the brief opening fable of “On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense” (1873), Nietzsche sets out to dismantle the universal aspirations of human knowledge by clearly locating the human species in geological deep time. Human intellect has no special place in the grand scheme of things, but is a brief disturbance of nature and a short, flickering moment in the history of the cosmos:\nIn some remote corner of the universe poured out into countless flickering solar systems there was once a star on which some clever animals invented knowledge. It was the most arrogant and most untruthful minute of ‘world history’; but still only a minute. When nature had drawn a few breaths the star solidified and the clever animals died.[ii]\nAs Nietzsche points out, human cognition does not transcend the material existence of the human species, and just as nature, or the universe, existed prior to its emergence, it will do just fine after its inevitable demise. What a devastating critique of human exceptionalism! Yet, as I mentioned, there prevails, at the heart of the criticism, a trace of this very exceptionalism, for, while Nietzsche is right to assert that human existence is contingent on cosmic conditions, he has less reason to believe that our short-lived species will prevail for another 4 or 5 billion years up until the eventual death of the sun. While it is true that the concept of the Anthropocene marks the probability that human extinction is imminent, it also opens up a new space for possible life, taking place in-between the death of the human and the collapse of the sun. It is from a point of view within this space that the remains of human civilization, as they have been preserved in the strata of geological deep time, may once more become readable by future forms of cognition. This is why the idea of the Anthropocene is less about the loss of the human than about the promise of a mutant life to come.\n[i] Sigmund Freud, ”A Difficulty in the Path of Psycho-Analysis” , The Standard Edition of The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud XVII, trans. and ed. James Strachey, London: Hogarth Press, 1955, p. 139.\n[ii] Friedrich Nietzsche, ”On Truth and Lie in an Extra-Moral Sense” , Writings from the Early Notebooks, ed. Raymond Geuss & Alexander Nehamas, trans. Ladislaus Löb, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2009, p. 253.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Welcome to Zombay, a town full of mystery, magic and make-believe. Once upon a time, Rownie lived there with his mother and his older brother. But his mother drowned in the town's vast River; and then his brother vanished; so now Rownie runs through Zombay's riddlesome streets orphaned and all alone . . . alone except for Graba, the coddle-headed, chicken-legged witch who offers him shelter along with the other stray children she has collected - her Grubs.Rownie suspects that his brother's love of acting - which is severely outlawed in Zombay - led to his disappearance; so when Rownie encounters a theatrical troupe of goblins daring to perform a play for the townspeople (with masks and stage-tricks and everything!) he wonders whether they might hold the key to discovering what happened to his brother . . . and perhaps even help him find him again.Thus opens a dazzling heroic adventure - of immense love, loss and all-conquering courage - in which one boy's quest for the truth, leads him to learn his greatest power may lie in his mighty and boundless imagination . . .\n- Derechos de autor:\n- 2012 William Alexander\n- Book Quality:\n- Little, Brown Book Group Limited\n- Date of Addition:\n- Children's Books, Literature and Fiction, Science Fiction and Fantasy,\n- Usage Restrictions:\n- This is a copyrighted book.\nChoosing a Book Format\nEPUB is the standard publishing format used by many e-book readers including iBooks, Easy Reader, VoiceDream Reader, etc. This is the most popular and widely used format.\nAudio DAISY format is used by GoRead, Read2Go and most Kurzweil devices.\nAudio (MP3) format is used by audio only devices, such as iPod.\nBraille format is used by Braille output devices.\nDAISY Audio format works on DAISY compatible players such as Victor Reader Stream.\nAccessible Word format can be unzipped and opened in any tool that supports .docx files.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Title: The Fair Amazon\nAuthor:Janis Susan May\nGenre: Romance > Regency\nThe Sinopsys of The Fair Amazon\nGeorgina Montcalm has lost her father and her brother, but the final blow comes when Sir Trevor Longchamps, for whom she has waited during the long years of his Peninsular service, says he loves another. Trying to forget her sorrows, Georgina goes riding and, during an ill-omened red fog, saves young Mr. Garrick Courtland and his friend from a highwayman. A romantic, Mr. Courtland immediately falls in love with Georgina, a situation which does not sit well with his social-climbing sister. Lady Barnstaple, Georgina’s godmother and Sir Trevor’s aunt, hears of the incident and realizes she has been neglectful of the girl. Georgina is bidden to London and Lady Barnstaple makes plans to marry her off. Garrick is all too willing, but he is too young. Thomas, the long-lost heir to Georgina’s home, arrives from America and is smitten by his cousin. As suitors swarm around Georgina, Sir Trevor begins to realize that Diana Wintersea, his new love, is not so enchanting as he once thought, with a certain worldliness and coarseness about her that no debutante should have. In actuality, Diana is little than a respectably born adventuress, come to London to marry a rich man. Her beauty has taken her to the higher reaches of the Ton, but her dream of marrying a duke or an earl is just that – a dream. Sir Trevor, she decides, will have to do, especially as a skirter named Felix Charbonneau is pressing her for money she does not have to settle her gambling debts. Desperate, Diana sets about to bring Sir Trevor up to scratch just as he begins to think he has made a mistake. Lady Barnstaple is determined that Sir Trevor shall not marry Diana, but she has also decided that he is too weak to handle Georgina. She decides Thomas the American cousin is a perfect match for her goddaughter and proceeds to matchmake relently, forgetting that Georgina is a strongminded young woman who is than capable of settling her own life her own way.\nDownload Janis Susan May The Fair Amazon ebook\n- Pdf version: The Fair Amazon Janis Susan May_pdf\n- Epub version: The Fair Amazon Janis Susan May_epub\n- Txt version: The Fair Amazon Janis Susan May_txt\n- Rtf version: The Fair Amazon Janis Susan May_rtf\nYou can read online Hank Schlesinger book. The Fair Amazon download pdf, txt, rtf, epub version for iPad, iPhone, Android и Kindle is also possible. This masterpiece of proze will give you a lot of nice moments while reading. So enjoy.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "12 Booklist March 1, 2016 www.booklistreader.com\nter following an assault conviction, 17-year-old\nMinnow Bly relives the events that led to her imprisonment, including the mystery surrounding\nher cult leader’s death and the loss of her hands. A\n2016 Morris Honor Book.\nSaint Anything. By Sarah Dessen. Viking,\nSydney lives in the shadow of her older\nbrother—everyone’s favorite. When he makes a\nterrible choice that lands him in jail, everything\nchanges. Sydney might be able to escape to a new\nschool and new romance, but she can’t escape her\nShadowshaper. By Daniel José Older.\nScholastic/Arthur A. Levine, $17.99\nSierra Santiago was amped for her summer of\npainting murals and hanging with friends before\nnoticing the murals were fading faster than normal. Another street artist, named Robbie, is the\nonly one who can help her to unlock this mystery.\nA 2016 Top 10 Quick Pick for Reluctant Young\nShow and Prove. By Sofia Quintero. Knopf,\nIn the summer of 1983, Smiles and Nike experience the pains of growing up in the South\nSimon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda. By\nBecky Albertalli. Harper/Balzer+Bray, $17.99\nSimon is falling in love for the first time. Over\ne-mail, if that’s even possible. A 2016 Top 10\nRainbow List Book and the 2016 William C.\nMorris Award winner.\nSix of Crows. By Leigh Bardugo. Holt,\nPresented an offer too lucrative to refuse, gang\nleader Kaz Brekker and his team of convicts,\nrunaways, and thieves set out to smuggle an imprisoned scientist from an impenetrable Fjerdan\nfortress only to face treachery and betrayal along\nSkyscraping. By Cordelia Jensen. Philomel,\nIn this novel in verse, high-school-senior Mira\nmust come to terms with discovering that her father is gay and living with HIV.\nA Song for Ella Grey. By David Almond.\nDelacorte, $16.99 (9780553533590).\nClaire poetically narrates the epic love story\nof her best friend, Ella Grey, and the mysterious\nOrpheus as romance, death, and mythology swirl\ntogether in a modern retelling of the classic story\nof Orpheus and Eurydice.\nThese Shallow Graves. By Jennifer Donnelly.\nDelacorte, $19.99 (9780385737654).\nAs she digs deep for answers about her father’s\nuntimely death, Jo Montfort discovers all is not\nwhat it seems in her upper-class environs of\nnineteenth-century New York City.\nThirteen Days of Midnight. By Leo Hunt.\nCandlewick, $13 (9780763678654).\nWhen Luke Manchett’s estranged father passes\naway, he inherits a dangerous host of ghosts that\nthreaten everyone he holds dear. He must figure\nout how to banish or control them before they\nreach the height of their power in 13 days—\nThe Truth Commission. By Susan Juby. Viking,\nAs a nonfiction project, Normandy Pale chronicles the work of the truth commission, through\nwhich she and her two best friends ask classmates\nand faculty about various open secrets, while\nNorm’s famous sister reveals unsettling truths of\nUnder a Painted Sky. By Stacey Lee. Putnam,\nSamantha and Annamae are thrown together\nwhen they are forced to hide from the law and\npose as boys as they travel the Oregon Trail in\nThe Unlikely Hero of Room 13B. By Teresa\nToten. Delacorte, $17.99 (9780553507867).\nAttending a young adult OCD support group\n(and falling in love) helps Adam deal with his\nOCD and face the truth about his home life. A\n2016 Schneider Family Book Award winner.\nWalk on Earth a Stranger. By Rae Carson.\nGreenwillow, $17.99 (9780062242914).\nLeah Westfall, a girl with the ability to sense\ngold, disguises herself as a boy to make the dangerous journey to California in 1849.\nThe Walls around Us. By Nova Ren Suma.\nAlgonquin, $17.95 (9781616203726).\nOri and Vee have been inseparable since they\nmet in ballet class as little girls, but a horrible\nAfrican American Women: Photographs from\nthe National Museum of African American\nHistory and Culture. illus. GILES, $16.95\nPhotographs from the nineteenth century\nto the present depict the diverse experiences of\nAfrican American women and their ongoing\nimportance in American history.\nThe Born Frees: Writing with the Girls of\nGugulethu. By Kimberly Burge. Norton,\nIn the South African township of Gugulethu, young women from the first generation\nborn postapartheid explore the challenges that\nthey and their community face, including sexism, classism, sexual abuse, HIV/AIDS, and\nThe Boston Girl. By Anita Diamant. 2014.\nScribner, $26 (9781439199350).\nUnwilling to accept the rigid restrictions\nof her youth at the beginning of the twentieth century, Addie Baum fought to be true to\nherself. Mentors and friends sustain her as she\ngrows to be an independent, educated woman.\nDevoted. By Jennifer Mathieu. Roaring\nBrook, $16.99 (9781596439115).\nRaised with a strict fundamentalist adherence to the Bible, Rachel Walker has been\ntaught that women can only become a loving\nhelpmate to a husband. When a former member of her church moves back to town, Rachel\nbegins to see other possibilities.\nDrum Dream Girl: How One Girl’s\nCourage Changed Music. By Margarita\nEngle. Illus. by Rafael López. HMH, $16.99\nOn an island filled with music, a young girl\nlongs to play the drums. She challenges gender\nnorms to follow her passion, and her “\ndream-bright music” persuades her community that\neveryone should be allowed to dream. A 2016\nNotable Children’s Book and the 2016 Pura\nBelpré Illustrator Award winner.\nNotorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth\nBader Ginsburg. By Irin Carmon and Shana\nKnizhnik. illus. HarperCollins/Dey Street,\nWhy has Ruth Bader Ginsburg become\nthe subject of memes, art, and feminist baby\nHalloween costumes? Carmon and Knizhnik\nexplore the justice’s history of legally justifying the equality of women and all marginalized\nSally Ride: A Photobiography of America’s\nPioneering Woman in Space. By Tam\nO’Shaughnessy. illus. Roaring Brook, $19.99\nAfter spending years as an academic underachiever with a passion for tennis, Sally Ride\ndiscovered her love of physics and became the\nfirst American woman to travel to space.\nSwing Sisters: The Story of the International\nSweethearts of Rhythm. By Karen Deans.\nIllus. by Joe Cepeda. Holiday, $16.95\nFrom their early days in Mississippi to their\ntravels around the world, the Sweethearts made\npeople dance—and question their assumptions\nabout race and gender.\nVoice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer; Spirit\nof the Civil Rights Movement. By Carole\nBoston Weatherford. Illus. by Ekua Holmes.\nCandlewick, $17.99 (9780763665319).\nFannie Lou Hamer played an integral part\nin the civil rights movement by raising her\nvoice and fighting for freedom. A 2016 Notable Children’s Book, a 2016 Caldecott Honor\nBook, the 2016 Coretta Scott King/John Steptoe New Talent Illustrator Award winner, and a\n2016 Sibert Honor Book.\nWe Should All Be Feminists. By\nChimamanda Gnozi Adichie. Random\nHouse/Anchor, $7.95 (9781101911761).\nAdichie’s personal essay explains why she\nchose to be true to herself and work toward\nsocietal change in gender attitudes.\nAMELIA BLOOMER LIST, 2016\nEach year the Amelia Bloomer Project, sponsored by the Feminist Task Force of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) of ALA, selects a list of recommended feminist books,\nfiction and nonfiction, for young readers from preschool through age 18. The titles below, published between September 2014 and December 2015, make up the top 10 picks from the full list,\nwhich is available at ameliabloomer.wordpress.com. Titles published in 2014 are noted; all others\nwere published in 2015.\nContinued from p. 9", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "My dear old books have witnessed decades of children carefully listening to their words. They have made children laugh, feel scared, ask hundreds of questions, and come to understand the heart of well-written words and a good story. Words are a treasure. Today those words fell onto the floor.\n“Jennie, the pages fell out. You need a new book.”\nOh, no! Never. Those yellow and brown pages have lived. My reading their words have made them come alive, over and over again. Like a grandparent telling a story, their words have sprinkled gold dust onto children.\nI just finished chapter reading Little House in the Big Woods, by Laura Ingalls Wilder. Today I began to read-aloud the next book in the series, Little House on The Prairie. Laura and her family move from the little house in the woods of Wisconsin. We loved that little house and her family. I read:\n“So they all went away from the little log house. The shutters were over the windows, so the little house could not see them go. It stayed there inside the log fence, behind the two big oak trees that in summertime had made green roofs for Mary and Laura to play under. And that was the last of the little house.”\nI read those words slowly. I read them quietly. The little house was saying goodbye. Forever. When I looked at the children, every child was sitting up, staring, and not saying a word. Their eyes said it all. Or perhaps it was the silence. With that paragraph, those gold dust words, the memories and stories of all that had happened in Little House in the Big Woods came rushing like a flood.\nWe stopped. We talked. We read more, and a new adventure was beginning.\nMy old books had yet another day of their words coming alive for children. I often wonder if those books have eyes and ears, and squirrel away what the children say. Do they feel what the children feel? It seems so, because every time I read, there is something new- it’s a sense that I get. I think the books are wise. No, I wouldn’t trade old and yellow and brown books with pages falling out, for anything. Their words are magic.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This hand-drawn, fold-out map is a handy reference guide for the eleven original sculptures donated to literary and cultural institutions around Edinburgh by the anonymous sculptor in 2011. Many of these sculptures are still in their original locations, including the three donated to the Scottish Poetry Library, and the map itself is both a useful walking map of Edinburgh and a nice item to frame.\n- Product Information :\n- Price :\nIt looks like you are not logged in as a Friends member of Scottish Poetry Library. Did you know that, as well as supporting our work, Friends receive discount in our online Shop? Become a Friend now or login to access your Friend's discount.\nKin: Scottish Poems About Family selected and introduced by Hamish Whyte£9.99\n“We see ourselves in our family and our family in ourselves. Poems, like families, should encompass dialogue, communication – communion even. Every family and every poem is different, in its own way” – Hamish Whyte, from the introduction to Kin.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Hans Ulrich Obrist & Gustav Metzger: The Conversation Series\nIn volume 16 of \"The Conversation Series,\" Hans Ulrich Obrist presents an in-depth exchange with the venerable German-born artist and activist Gustav Metzger, which illuminates the artist's fascinating life and 60-year career. In 1959, Metzger penned a manifesto of Auto-destructive art, which states in part, \"Auto-destructive paintings, sculptures and constructions have a...more\nPaperback, 168 pages\nPublished March 1st 2009 by Walther Konig\n(first published 2009)\nTo see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "hi! thanks for adding me as your friend\nwell, am also an LIS student and i have a special\nproject class. Do you happen to have subject too wherein you\nare required to pass a sample of a year-round library activities plan or prepare\na handbook about any type of library?\nI'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Antonio Morelli's Journey to Las Vegas\nThrough a partnership with the Junior League of Las Vegas, the Online Nevada Encyclopedia is pleased to present an exhibit showcasing the life and home of Antonio R. Morelli. The exhibit uses images from the Morelli Collection (soon to be housed at UNLV Special Collections), and from photographers Alan Sandquist, Rex Windom, and Richard Hooker.\nIn addition, Alan Hess, champion of Mid-Century Modern architecture, preservationist, writer, and architect, composed the essay that accompanies the images. Hess has written over fifteen books in his series on the subject of Mid-Century Modern architecture and has been instrumental in qualifying a number of structures for the National Register of Historic Places.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Buku Pengantar Bahasa Inggris dapat membantu mahasiswa prodi Ekonomi dalam bahasa inggris, karena dalam buku ini mengulas teks seperti : Simple present tense, Present continuous tense, Simple past tense, Future tense, Gerund, Passive sentence, Kata Ganti, Benda, Sifat dan Kata keterangan yang disajikan dengan penjelasan yang jelas serta mudah dipahami bagi mahasiswa. Buku Pengantar Bahasa Inggris disertai dengan contoh dan latihan-latihan yang membantu mahasiswa untuk belajar bahasa inggris agar mengetahui kosa kata yang benar.\nPaparan yang disampaikan dalam buku ini telah memberikan gambaran tentang kondisi kehidupan antarumat beragama pada beberapa wilayah di Nusa Tenggara Barat. Tulisan ini iuga telah mencoba untuk menelisik dan mengungkapkan tentang latar penyebab dari meletupnya konflik yang melibatkan sikap-sikap anarkis, khususnya antarpenganut Hindu dengan penganut Islam. Tiga wilayah yang menjadi fokus kajian tulisan ini, yakni Kota Mataram, Kabupaten Lombok Utara, dan Kabupaten Sumbawa telah merepresentasikan betapa mahalnya harga yang harus dibayarkan untuk mewujudkan harmoni antarpemeluk agama. Bersamaan dengan itu, tulisan ini mencoba untuk melakukan identifikasi terhadap faktor-faktor yang menjadi penyebab munculnya konflik. Mencermati hasil perumusan dari faktor-faktor penyebab munculnya konflik dan kekerasan komunal tersebut kiranya dapat digunakan sebagai wahana untuk membangun kesadaran religius bagi semua pihak. -Ketua PHDI Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat-\nEngaging students in active learning is a predominant theme in today's classrooms. To promote active learning, teachers across the disciplines and in all kinds of colleges are incorporating collaborative learning into their teaching. Collaborative Learning Techniques is a scholarly and well-written handbook that guides teachers through all aspects of group work, providing solid information on what to do, how to do it, and why it is important to student learning. Synthesizing the relevant research and good practice literature, the authors present detailed procedures for thirty collaborative learning techniques (CoLTs) and offer practical suggestions on a wide range of topics, including how to form groups, assign roles, build team spirit, solve problems, and evaluate and grade student participation.\nThe third, concluding volume of \"Literature of Java\" contains Addenda and a General Index, preceded by Illustrations, Facsimiles of Manuscripts, Maps and some Minor Notes, additions which may be of U'se to students of Javanese literature. The older catalogues of collections of Indonesian manuscripts (Javanese, Malay, Sundanese, Madurese, Balinese), which were written in Dutch, did not offer such additional aids to interested readers. One of the reasons was. , that the authors (Vreede, Brandes, van Ronkel, Juynboll, Berg) presupposed a certain knowledge of the Indones,ian peoples, their countries and their culture with Dutch students. As often as not the latter, or their families, had lived f...\nIn this exhilarating culinary novel, a woman's road trip through Indonesia becomes a discovery of friendship, self, and other rare delicacies. Aruna is an epidemiologist dedicated to food and avian politics. One is heaven, the other earth. The two passions blend in unexpected ways when Aruna is asked to research a handful of isolated bird flu cases reported across Indonesia. While it's put a crimp in her aunt's West Java farm, and made her own confit de canard highly questionable, the investigation does provide an irresistible opportunity. It's the perfect excuse to get away from corrupt and corrosive Jakarta and explore the spices of the far-flung regions of the islands with her three friends: a celebrity chef, a globe-trotting \"foodist,\" and her coworker Farish. From Medan to Surabaya, Palembang to Pontianak, Aruna and her friends have their fill of local cuisine. With every delicious dish, she discovers there's so much more to food, politics, and friendship. Now, this liberating new perspective on her country--and on her life--will push her to pursue the things she's only dreamed of doing.\nYou may know what your environmental compliance obligations are, but do you know how EPA sees them? Created by the EPA, this industry-specific handbook includes a comprehensive environmental profile, industrial process information, pollution prevention techniques, pollutant release data, and regulatory requirements unique to the textiles industry. Use the information presented in this book to build a foundation for developing holistic solutions to environmental problems, research the textiles industry and its environmental regulations, understand compliance issues, develop industry-specific training sessions/programs, or create and improve innovative pollution-prevention programs that would make any EPA inspector smile.\nIn this new edition of The World is Flat, Thomas L. Friedmanincludes fresh stories and insights to help us understand the flattening of the world. Weaving new information into his overall thesis, and answering the questions he has been most frequently asked by parents and readers, this third edition also includes two new chapters -- on how to be a political activist and social entrepreneur in a flat world; and on the more troubling question of how to manage our reputations and privacy in a world where we are all becoming publishers and public figures. The World is Flat 3.0is an essential update on globalization, its opportunities for individual empowerment, its achievements at lifting millions out of poverty, and its drawbacks -- environmental, social, and political, powerfully illuminated by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Lexus and the Olive Tree.\nThese essays, theoretical as well as empirical, study the relationships between technology, growth, international competitiveness and employment. They also discuss the role of multinationals as vehicles for technology diffusion.\nThe Flivver King stands among the finest of modern American historical novels. It is history as it ought to be written - from the bottom up and the top down, with monumental sensitivity to the compromise and conflict between the two extremes. Its two stories - those of Henry Ford and Ford-worker Abner Shutt, unfold side by side, indeed dialectically. They are, in the end, one story: the saga of class and culture in 'Ford-America'. Workers and bosses, flappers and Klansmen, war and depression, Prohibition outlaws and high-society parties, unions and anti-union gun thugs - few aspects of American life in the first four decades of the last century are missing from this small masterpiece. The Fl...", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Now showing items 1-1 of 1\nOn algebraic geometric codes and some related codes\n(Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2006-12)\nThe main topic of this thesis is the construction of the algebraic geometric codes (Goppa codes), and their decoding by the list-decoding, which allows one to correct beyond half of the minimum distance. We also consider ...", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Each month, American Express Essentials highlights one definitive literary work, old or new, and across any and all genres. The only determinant is quality: a book that makes life more vivid, more inspiring – a gifted piece of work you want to share. An absolute must-read.\nUp this month is a thought-provoking, conversation-starting travelogue: Eric Weiner’s The Geography of Bliss.\nIn The Geography of Bliss: One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World, Eric Weiner, writer, journalist and former foreign correspondent for the National Public Radio, sweeps readers up in a journey infused with wit, insight and a healthy dose of sarcasm. Undertaking a year-long expedition, Weiner sets out to uncover the intricacies and reasonings behind the so-called “happiest places on Earth”. His mission takes him from the serene Alpine enclaves of Switzerland to the shining cities of Qatar and the mystical mountains of Bhutan – as well as every sort of place in-between – as he explores the essence of joy and general life contentment in each location.\nAs the reader follows his odyssey, they’re invited not just to tag along, but also to uncover the layers of cultural nuance, psychological insight and philosophical pondering that Weiner weaves throughout his witty observations. Armed with a dry sense of humour – expect to be laughing out loud – and a keen journalistic eye, Weiner navigates the ins and outs of happiness with both scepticism and curiosity, challenging conventional notions and universally acknowledged “truths” while ultimately offering readers a reflection on the extremely elusive nature of real human happiness.\nIn Weiner’s exploration, he confronts his subject with a healthy dose of scepticism, urging readers to reconsider conventional notions of what does or doesn’t make a person happy. As he traverses the landscapes of the different so-called “happy” nations, Weiner poses tough questions about the nature of happiness. Are the Swiss truly happy, or are they merely content with the stability and prosperity of their first-world nation? Does happiness equate to joy, and if so, can we deem the Swiss happy despite their seeming boredom and famous rigidity? Similarly, in Bhutan, is happiness a direct result of the nation’s deeply rooted spirituality, or is it a reflection of a well-balanced (and rather small) society?\nCould money be at play? Weiner challenges the notion that wealth equates to happiness, questioning whether the fabulously rich Qataris have truly discovered the secret to fulfilment, especially when wealth often proves divisive and elicits jealousy.\nIs it something else, then? If there’s one takeaway from this book, it is for the reader to reconsider their preconceptions about happiness, recognising that the subject is far more complex and multifaceted than commonly perceived.\nWeiner’s exploration will leave readers with more questions than answers, and that’s perhaps a testament to the intricacies of the human psyche. While his journey does not reveal a simple magic key to happiness, it serves as a reminder that the truth is often subtle and complicated. The book challenges readers to seek understanding beyond surface-level assumptions and to embrace the inherent complexity of the pursuit of happiness.\nIndeed, there are few absolute truths presented here, except perhaps for one: people are happier when in community. Happiness is only real when it’s shared, Weiner suggests – it doesn’t exist in a vacuum. As he writes “happiness is one hundred percent relational”.\nWhat’s more, The Geography of Bliss not only serves as an exploration of happiness, but also doubles as an incredibly captivating travelogue. Weiner acts as a knowledgeable tour guide, leading readers on a fascinating journey across the globe. Despite his self-described “grumpy” persona (just ignore him on this, he’s not that bad), Weiner displays a genuine curiosity about people and their cultures, weaving personal anecdotes with insightful observations and research findings about societal differences.\nThrough his lens, readers are treated to a deeply personal exploration of each destination, one likely to satisfy the wanderlust of even the most adventurous souls. Weiner’s ability to delve into the cultural fabric of each location presented within the pages of his work adds richness to the narrative, making this not just a book about happiness, but also a delightful journey for curious armchair explorers.\nThat being said, the most fitting approach to this book is epitomised by a conversation Weiner has with Karma Ura during his visit to Bhutan: “I have achieved happiness,” says Ura, “because I don’t have unrealistic expectations”. Do not approach this book anticipating a philosophical treatise or life-altering literature. Keep your expectations modest and your sense of wonder keen, and you’ll find yourself pleasantly engaged.\nIf some soul-searching is in order, don’t skip Viktor Frankl’s Man’s Search for Meaning and Marcus Aurelius’ Meditations – both great starter books for those in search of insights into the human condition. And if you’re game for a true challenge, try your hand at reading Hannah Arendt’s aptly titled The Human Condition, a philosophical treatise on, well, just that.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Fb2 The Complete Handbook of Baseball: 1986 Season ePub\nby Zander Hollander\n|Publisher:||Signet (March 4, 1986)|\n|Fb2 eBook:||1620 kb|\n|ePub eBook:||1478 kb|\n|Digital formats:||mobi lrf txt doc|\nBe the first to ask a question about The Complete Handbook of Baseball 1986.\nBe the first to ask a question about The Complete Handbook of Baseball 1986. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia.\nFind all the books, read about the author, and more. Are you an author? Learn about Author Central.\nSeries: COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF BASEBALL.\nAn Associate Features book.\nTHE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF BASEBALL 1986 - Dwight Gooden . 1988 The Complete Handbook of Baseball by Zander Hollander - Ozzie Smith,Viola +.\nTHE COMPLETE HANDBOOK OF BASEBALL 1986 - Dwight Gooden George Brett (EXC). 1980 season the complete handbook of baseball paperback willie stargell on cover.\nFind nearly any book by Zander Hollander (page 2). Get the best deal by comparing prices from over 100,000 booksellers. The Complete Handbook of Pro Basketball 1999. ISBN 9780451195838 (978-0-451-19583-8) Signet Book.\nPublished March 4, 1986 by Signet. There's no description for this book yet.\nThe Complete Handbook of Baseball Close. 1 2 3 4 5. Want to Read. Are you sure you want to remove The Complete Handbook of Baseball from your list? The Complete Handbook of Baseball. Published March 4, 1986 by Signet.\nDiscover Book Depository's huge selection of Zander Hollander books online. Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million titles. The Complete Handbook of Baseball 1986. The 1988 Pro Basketball Complete Handbook. The Complete Handbook of Pro Football 1993.\nSports Nostalgia Quiz Book 2. Zander Hollander. The Complete Handbook of Pro Football 1984.\nZander Hollander was a sportswriter, journalist and author. Though he contributed to works involving all the major sports, some of his most notable pieces were baseball-related: The Baseball Book of Lists; The Complete Handbook of Baseball, an annual guide to the upcoming baseball season; The Baseball Book, sub-titled: \"A Complete A-Z Encyclopedia of Baseball\"; and The Home Run Story, were among them.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Church (Portland, Me.) Membership List\nScope and Contents\nA volume listing names presumably of members of an unidentified church in Portland, Maine, with dates people joined the church and information about their membership status.\nNo restrictions on access.\nInformation on literary rights available in the repository.\n1 volume (38 cm)\nLanguage of Materials\nTitle supplied by cataloger.\n- Guide to the Church (Portland, Me.) Membership List\n- No Additional Box Or Folder List For This Small Collection\n- Description rules\n- Describing Archives: A Content Standard\n- Language of description\n- Script of description\n- Code for undetermined script\n- Language of description note", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A Handbook of Content Area Reading Strategies\nABSTRACT A HANDBOOK OF CONTENT AREA READING STRATEGIES by © Heather Robyn Azevedo 2009 Master of Arts in Education Reading/Language Arts Option California State University, Chico Summer 2009 This project is designed to help content area teachers assist the students in their class that are currently two to four grade levels behind in reading and build sufficient literacy skills to be able to succeed in those classes. The project contains an annotated bibliography identifying resources in content area literacy, and strategies suggested by research to decrease the overall reading gap between student’s current level of reading performance and the reading requirements of content area classes. The review of the literature provides a rationale for the development of a competent content area literacy program. In Chapter II the literature describes the reading process and how teaching reading differs throughout grade levels and Chapter III examines reading strategies and how they can be applied within the content areas. In x addition, it provides further reviews of methods for teaching content reading skills that recent research recommends. This project was created based on the information obtained from the literature review, and the data collected which provided evidence of those students who are currently reading two to four grades levels below the reading level expectations for their content area classes. The literature, data, and collaboration with content area teachers indicated that there was a need for additional reading support within the content areas. In order to assist these students, this handbook is intended to be used to assist teachers and other staff, which provides students with strategies that are easily and readily applied to their content area reading requirements. The handbook is divided into three sections: an annotated bibliography, a description of reading/thinking skills, and nine universal strategies for assisting students with their content areas reading requirements. The research portion of the handbook is an annotated bibliography meant to serve as additional reference for the teacher who may want to further explore content reading strategies beyond those provided in the handbook associated with this project. The reading/thinking section of the handbook is designed to illustrate the skills that students need to use before, during, after and beyond reading as well as explaining the importance of this process and how these skills make students more conscious of their reading. The final section includes nine universal strategies that can be used within the content areas. A brief background of each strategy will be given, along with the purpose of the strategy. This segment will then be followed with examples of how the strategy can be used within each content area. xi Recommendations for further development of this handbook include continued review of current literature, maintaining suggested strategies and diagnostic information throughout each school year in order to be assured that student needs are being addressed. It is also suggested that primary and elementary teachers who have students reading below grade level, and who need to develop content reading skills, refer to the handbook for some additional support and strategies.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "“Our nation wants more than just material wealth.…We in America have an appetite for excellence too. While we work every day to produce new goods and to create new wealth, we want most of all to enrich man’s spirit.”\nWith those words, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Public Broadcasting Act on Nov. 7, 1967, ensuring a flow of programming that continues to this day. With some funding from the government in place and donations filling in the bulk of their budgets, local public stations began creating.\nBigger organizations like National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service found deeper private pockets to fund innovative programming that could not be produced on the local level. The original concept of the Public Broadcasting Act was to encourage these new broadcasters to fill a niche that commercial mass-appeal media could not, and that is what happened.\nAlan Gevinson and Karen Cariani\nThe American Archive of Public Broadcasting is a nonprofit collaboration among the Library of Congress, Boston’s WGBH Educational Foundation and about 120 public radio and TV stations. AAPB’s goal is to search the shelves of broadcasters and private collectors for public radio and TV programs of significance from the past, and with several grants in hand, digitize these pieces of American history to make them available to scholars and other interested parties. In this manner, these valuable performances, newscasts, interviews and documentaries can be preserved for future generations.\nTo learn more, Radio World spoke with Karen Cariani, director of AAPB and the WGBH media library; Casey Davis, project manager of AAPB at WGBH; and Alan Gevinson from the Library of Congress, who serves as that organization’s project director for AAPB.\nRadio World: What was the genesis of AAPB?\nGevinson: In 2007, public broadcasting organizations convinced Congress to allow some funds that had been allocated for the digital conversion of stations to be used to digitally preserve materials sitting unused on shelves in stations representing hundreds of communities across the nation. Congress agreed that this archive of material is a valuable asset to the public and to historians.\nCredit: Photo courtesy of Lisa AbitbolAlan Gevinson\nPhoto courtesy of Abby Brack LewisCariani: The Corporation for Public Broadcasting funded 120 stations to participate in a content inventory project managed by WGBH. Stations applied for funds to conduct this work themselves or to hire approved teams to do it. Part of the issue with recorded media compared to books is that with the former, you can’t always tell what the content is just by looking at it. Stations found they had saved all kinds of videotape formats over the years including 2-inch, 1-inch, 3/4-inch, .5-inch and helical scan. Audio was found on 1/4-inch tapes and DATs. We had to play a lot of it to figure out what it is, and there may be only one playback possible with some of these tapes.\nDavis: Part of the inventory process also involved looking at reels of tape and writing information about each item down, often in a PBCore-compliant CSV or Filemaker template. Information included a unique identifier, title, format, duration, description, generation, date, condition notes, etc. We found a station in Utah that had material from 1955, and here at WGBH, we uncovered an audio disk from 1949, both of which predate the current structure of public broadcasting established in 1967.\nRW: What are your standards for the digitized material, and where will you store it?\nDavis: For audio we recommend a 96/24 uncompressed linear PCM in a Broadcast Wave Format (.wav). We will make our detailed technical requirements available to people who are interested. Up to this point, we have worked with a single vendor on the digitization of AAPB content, and as we continue to grow the collection, we imagine that we will receive some items that have already been digitized or were born as digital files.\nGevinson: The preservation files will reside in the Library of Congress Packard Campus Digital Archive at the National Audio Visual Conservation Center in Culpepper, Va. Everything will be migrated at least once every five years in perpetuity, and proxy files will be kept at the Library of Congress and at WGBH.\nKaren Cariani The AAPB project team, in collaboration with several other parties, is implementing a strategy to make as much of the collection available in our Online Reading Room (launching in October 2015) as possible. The Online Reading Room will be virtual, providing viewing/listening access to potentially thousands of items in the collection and is restricted to research, educational and informational purposes. It will be presented under fair use and other legal doctrines. The entire AAPB collection is available for research on location at WGBH and at the Library of Congress. We want to collaborate with educators and scholars to see how we can best meet their needs, and how to get this material used as broadly as possible.\nRW: Sounds like a big project! How are you coming with it?\nCariani: The amount we have digitized so far is about 40,000 hours, or 68,000 items, just a drop in the bucket compared to what is available. We want to grow this collection as we serve as stewards for public broadcasting. Civilization’s cultural and social heritage was documented on paper and in photographs for many years. Unfortunately, video and audio are prone to deterioration much more quickly than those media, so think of the history that will be lost if we can’t migrate this material.\nRW: From where do you get your funding?\nCariani: AAPB received $1 million grant from CPB, money designated to cover two years of management of the digitization process and to launch a website where some of the archived material will be available. One grant was also received from the Council on Library Information Resources and another from The Institute of Museum and Library Services, but AAPB still needs more funds to continue the work.\nRW: Is this effort related to the Library of Congress National Recording Preservation Plan?\nCasey: None of the work to date has been related to the Preservation Plan or task force, although we are now talking to them about collaborating on potential joint projects.\nVisit the American Archive of Public Broadcasting at www.americanarchive.org.\nKen Deutsch says he is a broadcasting relic himself. Visit his website www.kendeutsch.com.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The collection is comprised of\ncorrespondence, typescripts, manuscripts, newspaper clippings, programs and ephemera\ncollected by Ruth St. Denis' publicist, Clarence McGehee. Most materials, including a\nscrapbook of newspaper clippings, pertain to Ruth St. Denis and the Denishawn Dancers. Other\nmaterials pertain to contemporaries of Ruth St. Denis in the dance world, including Ted\nShawn, members of Ballet Russe, Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham, Norma Gould and Trudi Schoop.\nAlso in the collection are clippings of an anonymous author's newspaper column; McGehee may\nbe the author. Items date from circa 1908 to 1937.\nClarence McGehee was a writer and publicist for Ruth St. Denis in the first decade of the\ntwentieth century. He collected materials primarily by and about Ruth St. Denis and also\ngathered information on many of her dance contemporaries. McGehee was a resident of Redondo\nProperty rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by\nthe creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish,\nplease contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Brook Hill Lower School Resources\nThe Brook Hill Lower School Library\nAbout the Library\nLive Animal Web Cams\nInstructables! Making Things!\nMake with Duct Tape\nGumshoe School and Spy Camp\nWelcome to the Brook Hill Lower School Library\nClick on the catalog button to view our collection online.\nWelcome back students!\nBrowse the pages on the left sidebar. We have many fun and educational links to be explored. Click the catalog tab above to also access our library.\nSummer Camp Gumshoe School and Spy Camp! fun was had by all!\nLive Pure, Speak True, Right Wrong, Serve Others, Follow the King\nCreate your own unique website with customizable templates.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "THINGS I LIKE:\nPicture Books, Chapter Books, Covers\nSabina Hahn grew up in Riga, Latvia and now lives in Brooklyn; Public Radio listening families will know her as the illustrator for the popular storytelling podcast Circle Round. Ever since she was a child, she has been a voracious reader and an unstoppable doodler which has led her into the world of children's books. Her greatest talent lies in conveying the understated humor and tenderness of both daily life and realms of fantasy.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Hitler's Vienna: A Dictator's Apprenticeship (Hardcover)\nThis item is backordered and not currently available. Please contact us for an estimated availability date.\nAlready a critically acclaimed bestseller in Germany and in Austria, Hitler's Vienna explores the critical, formative years which Hitler spent in Vienna, painting a fascinating portrait of the development of his ideas and career against the social, cultural, and political climate of the capitol of the Hapsburg Empire.\nHitler's Vienna was not the artistic and intellectual center normally associated with Sigmund Freud, Gustav Mahler, Arthur Schnitzler, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Instead, it was a cauldron of fear and indignation, a city teeming with the \"little people\" who rejected Viennese modernity as too international, too \"Jewish,\" and too libertine. Indeed, Hitler's Vienna was a breeding ground for obscure political theories, usually propagated by disadvantaged men living together in hostels. To them, being \"better\" in this multinational city meant belonging to the \"noble German people.\" Brigitte Hamann compellingly depicts the undercurrent of disturbing social and political ideologies that permeated this city of civil unrest. Drawing on previously untapped resources, she gives us the fullest account ever rendered of the young fuhrer.\nHitler's Vienna reveals the vital connection between Hitler's indoctrination into the devastating racial politics that swept Germany's multinational state and the hotbed of nationalistic activity that was Vienna in the early 20th century. It is a profoundly important addition to present Hitler scholarship.\nAbout the Author\nBrigitte Hamann is a Ph.D. and specialist in 19th and 20th-century history, specifically of Austrian history. She is the author of many books in German, some of which have been translated into English, including The Reluctant Empress: A Biography of Empress Elisabeth of Austria and Bertha von Suttner. A Life for Peace.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "\"The essays in this book present a sustained economic, historical, moral, and legal broadside against the various federal statutes known as antitrust doctrine. They explode the cherished myths underlying the antitrust laws, and expose their intellectual fountainhead in a morality of self-sacrifice that is incompatible with individual rights, free enterprise, and objective law. With the publication of this text, businessmen, lawyers, economists, policy makers, legislators, and judges finally have access to a systemic critique of the antitrust laws. From here on, if antitrust continues to violate the rights of businessmen and to ravage the American economy, it is not for lack of knowing how and why.\"\n—Adam Mossoff, Assistant Professor of Law, Michigan State University\nAbout the Author\nGary Hull is director of the Program on Values and Ethics in the Marketplace (VEM) at Duke University, and has taught philosophy and business ethics at the Fuqua School of Business, Whittier College, and the Claremont Graduate School. He is coeditor of The Ayn Rand Reader.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Carroll Knollsthe setting of Richard McCann's My Mother's Clothes: The School of Beauty and Shameis a world defined by borders; it is divided by property lines, lot spaces, fences, gates, doors, and all other manners of boundaries and barriers. The author infuses the narrative with this motif as a backdrop for the more abstract borders of identity that the narrator navigates in the story. These divisive lines that run through the text make a fitting landscape for the narratoran adolescent boy struggling with his inchoate sexualityto grapple with the definitions of his identity: how does he fit into the rigid structure of this world? Where does his homosexualityunidentified and unexpressed, except vaguely, during the timeline of the retrospective4 narration; though accepted by the present-day narrator: [ ] this costume having become the standard garb of the urban American gay manplace him among the social and sexual roles of his community (McCann, p. 557)? He feels like an outsider, an other, so how does he come to some level of personal and societal acceptance? At the same time, though he is outside the agreed-upon sexual normalcy of an adolescent boy in Carroll Knolls, dressing up in his mother's clothes and experimenting with gender play and transvestitism, he adheres to other conventionally male or masculine activities with ease and without inner conflict; he plays War, a characteristic pastime of a young male child, a game in which someone stood on Stanley Allen's front porch and machine-gunned the rest of us, who one by one clutched our bellies as if choking on blood, and rolled exquisite death throes down the grassy hill (McCann, p. 552). This fluidity of sexual roles, as queer theorist Diana Fuss, in Inside / Outside: lesbian theories, gay theories, puts it, call[s] into question the stability and ineradicability of the hetero / homo hierarchy (Fuss, p. 1). In other words, gender roles, though apparently rigid and impassable, can be redefined. Even embedded inside a community and inside a world constructed of borders, the boundaries within one remain unset, fluid, and malleablea point the text sets out to make to the reader.\n[...] or is it something that is sinful, shameful, something to be shunned, something to be denied and hidden from everyone, including themselves—and, ultimately, faced with these emotions and troubling questions, the person refuses to identify what is inside themselves, to slip into denial of their unkempt yard.” And the last sentence in the introductory paragraph indicates the consequences of this life of isolation and self-denial, and also how such a circumstance is brought about by the exclusionary effects of borders and divisions with the neighborhood: “After its initial occupants moved away, the corner house remained vacant for months.” First, it suggests that the homeowners in the “turned-around house” were placed at the margin of the neighborhood, on the corner of the block, and therefore excluded and divided from the rest of the neighborhood, unwelcome. [...]\n[...] As Eve Sedgwick identifies in the fourth of her “Seven Axioms” in Epistemology of the Closet: immemorial, seemingly ritualized debates on nature versus nurture take place against a very unstable background of tacit assumptions and fantasies about both nature and nurture” (Sedgwick, p. 40). In other words, the social boundaries and borders that shape us, and the assumptions about those boundaries, are not as rigid as they may appear, a similar argument that McCann's text advances. In fact, the line veneer had already been splintered from the table's edge, as though someone had nervously picked at it while watching which appears in the second paragraph of McCann's story, suggests such malleability of identity. [...]\n[...] This desire to claim an identity not defined by outside boundaries and borders leads the narrator understand the malleable nature of identity, how the boys straddle the categories of and through their transvestitism: ] he could not understand that this was himself, as was also and at the same time the boy in overalls and Keds. He was split in two pieces—as who was not?—the blond wave cresting rigidly above his close- cropped hair” (McCann, p. 555). These lines acknowledge the dual identity that is constructed when the boys dress up in the narrator's mother's clothes; they are at once becoming something different, something socially unacceptable, while at the same time remaining the adolescent males who wear jeans and overalls and sneakers and other traditionally male articles of clothing. [...]\n[...] The obvious tangible distance between the narrator and the father indicates a separation between acceptable and deviant behavior—as a subtext to the scene, the father voices concerns about Denny, saying, makes me nervous,'” an implication that there is, number one, something off or queer about the boy, and an unspoken worry that Denny may be having an effect on his own son—demonstrating the utilization of boundaries: on one side there is the mainstream, and on the other side, there is everything apart from it, where the narrator stands “awkwardly.” The use of the word “awkwardly” also underscores the alienation felt when placed in a role of the Other. [...]\n[...] Furthermore, whereas activities that fall outside of the fixed borders of acceptable male adolescent behavior must be performed in secret, McCann illustrates the ease and acceptance which brash displays of boyish masculinity is tolerated in the society of Carroll Knolls: ] and then sometimes Bucky, hoping to scare the elementary school kids, would lead his solemn procession of junior high ‘hoods' down the block, their penises hanging from their unzipped trousers” (McCann, p. 553). This image of a group of boys brandishing their penises as weapons, as instruments of fear, shows how embraces of boyhood and masculinity is something that can be performed in public without worry of reproach, while any displays that fall outside of gender-appropriate acts must be kept hidden, initiated only in privacy, something to be ashamed of. [...]\nOnline readingwith our online reader\nContent validatedby our reading committee", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Victory Radio Network\nShop by dennis m, CDs, Textbooks, Education\nLanguage by Dennis M. Ritchie and Brian W. Kernighan (1988,...\n[Remaster] by Dennis DeYoung (CD, Sep-2001, A&M (USA))\nThe C Programming Language by Dennis M. Ritchie and Brian W. Kernighan (1978,...\nor Me:Crisis or Transformation on the Lean Journey by Pascal Dennis - VG\nC Programming Language by Dennis M. Ritchie and Brian W. Kernighan (1988,...\nI'm a T. Rex! (Little Golden Book) by Shealy, Dennis\nSuperior Place: Stories of Bayfield and the Apostle Islands by Dennis M\nC Programming Language by Dennis M. Ritchie and Brian W. Kernighan\nDesert Moon by Dennis DeYoung (Cassette) 1984 A&M\nC Programming Language, 2nd Ed by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie\nDennis By Dennis Basso Faux Fur Reversible Vest. Elegant\nAnd Chic In Black!\nC Programming Language (2nd Edition) by Brian W. Kernighan, Dennis M. Ritchie\nThe Raging Sea by Dennis M. Powers 2005 PAPERBACK\nNO MARKINGS - BRAND\nAn Introduction to Computer Science Using Java by Dennis Mickunas, Edward M....\nPortfolio of Horses by Dennis Wesley M.HENERY\nAtlas of Lewis\nin Missouri by James M. Denny and James D. Harlan...\nChange by Marion Kelly, Dennis M. Devaney, Polly J....\n(EDN 2) by Dennis M. Ritchie,Brian W. Kernighan\nI'm a T.\nDennis Shealy (Hardcover, Little Golden Book) Free Ship\nAdvanced Accounting by\n. Bline, Mary L. Fischer and Ted D. Skekel (2004,", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Operating in the corner of the viewing area ....\nPUZZLE'N BOOK EXCHANGE\nIn our Puzzle'n Book Exchange corner, we’ve got more than a puzzle for you. Currently, there are puzzles from 50 to 1000 pieces. We’ve got books too! We ask that when you bring a book—you take a book or alternately, bring a puzzle—take a puzzle. We request that borrowing is limited to one or two items, ensuring a variety remains for the next patrons.\nWhen leaving your books/puzzles, we’d appreciate three things:\n1) that the subject matter is appropriate for all LWCC visitors;\n2) you indicate if a puzzle is missing a piece and;\n3) that you help us ensure all puzzles are kept intact! That is best accomplished by either taping up the sides of the box or inserting all pieces into a zip-lock bag inside the box.\nHope to see you in the centre, puzzling about what book to take home.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "High spin states in 156Dy\nPart of the Lecture Notes in Physics book series (LNP, volume 92)\nB. Contributed Abstracts 1. Nuclear Properties High Spin States, Discrete Levels\nKeywordsExcitation Function Vibrational Band High Spin State Constant Separation Coincidence Spectrum\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.\n© Springer-Verlag 1976", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "(DOC) Dissertation_Bataille d'Hernani | JH Ma - evoca.info\nVictor Marie Hugo 26 February — 22 May was a French poet , playwright , novelist , statesman and human rights activist. He played an important part in the Romantic movement in France. Hugo first became famous in France because of his poetry , as well as his novels and his plays. When he was young, he was a conservative royalist. As he got older he became more liberal and supported republicanism. His work was about many of the political and social problems as well as the artistic trends of his time. Hugo lived in France for most of his life.\nA research guide in association with the State Library of Victoria exhibition. Victor Hugo was a leading figure in the French romantic movement through his creative work as poet, novelist and dramatist. Works about Hugo can be found in the same manner described above but use the drop down menu to choose 'Subject'.\nProgram structure. Objective This program have centered on two objectives: 1. Social assistance: provide cash help address rapid-term financial need.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|Publications: Book Reviews\nReview of History Beyond Trauma\nTitle: History Beyond Trauma\nAuthor: Davoine, François and Jean-Max Gaudillière\nPublisher: New York: Other Press, 2004\nReviewed By: James E. Gorney, Fall 2004, pp. 43-45\nIn History Beyond Trauma Françoise Davoine and Jean-Max Gaudillière have provided the social sciences, and in particular psychoanalysis, with a profound and original illumination of the theory and treatment of psychosis. Over the course of this ambitious, encyclopaedic volume, the authors summarize and integrate thirty years of their collaborative clinical and theoretical investigation of psychotic phenomena. This is an essential book for all interested in the psychoanalytic understanding of madness and trauma.\nDrawing upon their early studies in philosophy and classics, subsequent academic experience as professors of sociology, and eventual psychoanalytic training in the school of Lacan, Davoine and Gaudillière approach madness not as a symptom, pathology or structure in the DSM, but rather as a Place. This is the place where the symbolic order, which guarantees an individual’s connection to language, history and social relations, has ruptured, exploded or disappeared. Consequently, one of the most original and important insights to be found in this work is that the psychotic is engaged in a form of research investigation into the nature and history of this place; he or she is a seeker.\nIn the clinical situation, the therapist is second in command to the patient---the Principal Investigator—who desperately attempts to articulate an unspeakable dimension of trauma and catastrophe, which has come to be foreclosed in individual or social history. Within this context, Davoine and Gaudillière draw upon numerous other powerful traditions to inform this non-reductionistic formulation of the psychotic experience. From their many years of contact with clinicians associated with the Austen Riggs Center they have assimilated the work of Sullivan, Fromm-Reichman, Searles and Otto Will. They also have been significantly influenced by the texts of Winnicott, Bion and Gaetano Benedetti. Within History Beyond Trauma the authors weave multiple strands of the many French and non-French masters from whom they have learned; yet, as they themselves are quick to point out, their most profound teachers have been those psychotic patients with whom they have engaged in psychoanalytic exploration over the years.\nAs Gerard Fromm notes in his forward to this volume, History Beyond Trauma is written in a literary, philosophical, non-linear and somewhat elliptical style. In other words, it is at times very French. For those not used to this manner of discourse it may take some getting used to, but patience and perseverance will provide considerable rewards to the reader. Indeed, as the book unfolds, an overarching polyphonic structure emerges, as in a complex musical score, in which theoretical, philosophical, literary and clinical perspectives upon psychosis begin to synergize each other in surprising ways. The book is divided into two sections: Part I–Lessons of Madness, and Part II–Lessons from the Front. Broadly speaking, Part I develops a philosophic and psychoanalytic theoretical model of psychosis and Part II develops a framework for the psychoanalytic treatment of psychosis by drawing upon principles derived from war psychiatry. The theoretical and clinical sections of the book dovetail; they mutually enrich and inform each other.\nThe essential insight which is developed with great nuance and complexity in Part I is that the psychotic symptom is a marker pointing toward a Place; a place of unspeakable catastrophe, destruction and horror once inhabited in the past, and now still relived in the present. The symptom both masks and begins to communicate the madness, mute pain and terror of this as yet un-symbolized location. The un-symbolized trauma comes to haunt the subject, while at the same time foreclosing free access to individual, familial, or social history. It is only when this place of trauma can be named and inserted into the symbolic order of language that the horror can be remembered, and not just re-lived repetitively as if it is branded or carved into one’s very being. When the catastrophe inhabiting the place of the Real (the unsymbolized) can be brought into a “social link” through the dialectic of symbolic speech in a human relationship, then the trauma can be remembered, spoken, eventually integrated, and even, for long periods, usefully repressed or forgotten. This field of symbolic language is entered through the inscription of a name or a word that functions as a signifier. How to facilitate the emergence of such a signifier, in word or perhaps, at first, in gesture, within the psychoanalytic situation is at the center of Davoine and Gaudillière’s clinical concern. A general framework for clinical praxis with psychotic patients eventually comes to center stage within Part II.\nThe authors radically locate psychosis within a social and historical field of investigation. In regard to “madness”, they assert; “we never use this word to describe the structure of an individual but instead to characterize a form of social link in an extreme situation” (p. xxii). It is precisely the unsymbolized and unremembered trauma of such “extreme situations” that come to haunt the psychotic subject. Within psychosis there is a collapse of time as well as personal identity. The individual is inhabited in the present not only by ghosts from his own earlier life experience, but also those of preceding generations. The authors draw upon their own personal history, as well as their French and European identities, to develop a model of trauma based upon the paradigm of war. Davoine and Gaudillière were literally born into a war zone in the early 1940’s. They and their patients had parents and grandparents who were directly affected by both of the world wars fought on their native soil. In toto, the carnage, brutality and social disruption of war lead to breakdowns in the symbolic order, the rule of law and the predictability of social relations. This collapse becomes for the authors the basis of a powerfully illuminating model of trauma. They go on to illustrate their concept of trauma as a war zone with vivid clinical material. From this perspective, they take particular care in asserting, “the connection between madness and trauma is not a causal one. For there can be no transition from the past to the present when the impact of disaster has immobilized time” (p. xxx). Thus, the psychotic patient transmits from generation to generation “pieces of frozen time,” eventually bringing a war zone into the analyst’s consulting room.\nDavoine and Gaudillière examine this zone of collapsed time through multiple lenses. First and foremost it is a place where conventional, reliable rules and norms of symbolic speech have been exploded; in their place the psychotic individual engages in Wittgensteinian language games. The patient in the place of madness initially comes to the therapist in a state of “rupture, departure and confrontation,” thereby thrusting the therapist into a battle scene. This war zone becomes an empty possibility within which the first beginnings of symbolic exchange may be inscribed. This would constitute a first step away from madness, toward the horizon of the symbolic. At this juncture, the authors provide a rich metaphor for the entire therapeutic process via elaborating the etymological metaphor of the ancient Greek word Symbalon:\n“Symbolon emphasizes the signifying gesture in which two new allies exchange the two pieces of a broken shard, in such a way that their being fitted together later on is a pledge of mutual hospitality for them and their descendants. These humble bits and pieces, broken for the occasion, take the place of one’s word given as a guarantee. Of no intrinsic value, they are the basis of value and the foundation of the social tie, at the same time as they are the possibility of language itself (p. 66).”\nThus, to restore the place of language is to restore the place of the symbolic order itself. This is the task of the analyst, who must now approach the patient in madness upon the battlefield, carrying the broken shards of his own humanity and history. Within the book, this now shifts the focus to the nature of the therapeutic relationship in the field of madness.\nPart II of History Beyond Trauma delineates the conditions necessary for a psychoanalytic investigation into trauma and madness that can facilitate symbolic exchange and activate therapeutic transformation. Toward this end, Davoine and Gaudillière, remaining within their model of war, recount research that led them to uncover the first principles of war psychiatry. These were developed by Thomas W. Salmon in 1917 to deal with shell-shocked soldiers returning traumatized from the front. The so-called “Salmon Principles” are elaborated upon in Part II by the authors and the implications of each of these principles for establishing the possibility of psychoanalytic work with traumatized, psychotic individuals is developed in detail. Thus, the second half of the book is particularly rich in clinical wisdom and insight. For Davoine and Gaudillière the Salmon Principles become broad technical guidelines for transforming standard psychoanalytic technique and the therapeutic frame for work with those who are psychotic. The principles are:\n• Proximity opens up a new space of trustworthiness amid chaos.\n• Immediacy creates a living temporality in contact with urgency.\n• Expectancy constructs a welcome to the return from hell.\n• Simplicity emphasizes the obligation to speak without jargon.\nModifying traditional psychoanalytic practice in light of these principles may at first, to some, seem radical and controversial, yet they are consistent with modifications proposed by many other important psychoanalytic researchers into madness, i.e. Fromm-Reichman, Searles, Otto Will, Winnicott, Margaret Little and Benedetti.\nDavoine and Gaudillière contend that Proximity not only refers to the actual physical encounter within the consulting room, it also involves a willingness to engage face to face upon the battlefield of a traumatic place; a taking up the gauntlet and a determination to survive the patient’s destructiveness without undue retaliation. From this distinctly Winnicottian position, the authors assert that the details of the real trauma will eventually become revealed within the specifics of the transference relationship. Through the unfolding of the transference, a significant relational bond develops: “Combat evokes in those who are fighting side by side a passion for taking care of the other physically and psychically, equivalent to the earliest and deepest family relationships” (p. 154). Thus, referencing the etymology of the ancient Greek term Therapôn, meaning a second in combat and ritual double, the therapist is understood as a comrade in arms. Together confronting trauma, the therapeutic dyad engaged in the psychoanalysis of madness create “a psychoanalysis upside down. Far from lifting a repression it becomes the tool that makes repression possible and puts an end to the catastrophic effects of the Real” (p. 158)\nFor Davoine and Gaudillière, the principle of Immediacy opens up the possibility of establishing contact with the patient at the maximal locus of urgency. When they contend that “It is better to conceive of all crises of madness as beginnings” (p. 168), the authors follow in a long tradition, beginning with Sullivan in his early work Conceptions of Modern Psychiatry (1940) which postulated that the moment of madness creates the potential for hope and re-integration. Within psychoanalysis, psychosis cannot be approached at a distance. Immediacy implies active engagement, and that may engender risk, uncertainty and confusion in the analyst. Again, Davoine and Gaudillière turn conventional psychoanalysis on its head when they propose that upon entering this field of madness, “transferentially the response comes first, then the formulation of the problem of which the analyst will come to be part once he has become confused” (p. 169). It is the gradual working out of this confusion via the identification and naming of ghosts that comes to constitute the fabric of the treatment. Efforts to reduce the immediacy of this encounter by primary recourse to psychotropic medication or behavioral interventions are understood by the authors to be most often a countertransferential backing away by the analyst from the dangerous urgency of the battle scene. In the face of contemporary prevailing modes of treatment offered to psychotic individuals in America and Europe, the authors’ point of view in this regard is unsparing, controversial and ultimately courageous.\nThe principle of Expectancy references the realm of the interpersonal, of alterity, the place of relying on a trustworthy other. It conjures images of wounded buddies forging a bond in the trenches and implies a form of mutuality in which both participants in the analytic situation bring shards of their own traumas and histories with them (the Symbolon) into the evolving relationship. Davoine and Gaudillière are not thereby proposing a boundaryless, mutual confessional, but rather they recognize that upon entering a zone of trauma, two histories converge in analytic space. Put another way, they assert that when analyst and patient encounter each other in the war zone, all of both of their relatives and ancestors also enter this space. The past is also in the present. Therefore, there are critical moments when the analyst’s own life, memories, experiences and history must be articulated to initiate symbolic exchange. It is possible for this then to be experienced by the psychotic patient as a trustworthy affirmation. Yet, the affirmation of expectancy begins with the very first word uttered by the analyst at the very beginning of the first session. The authors put it very clearly: “This first ‘Yes’ from the analyst is a primal affirmation that in fact presides over the judgment of existence we have spoken of and opens out the field of speech: ‘Yes, something happened, something happed to you; it’s not all in your head, and what you’re showing is the only way you could bear witness to it. No, these events are not the cause of your condition but the object of your investigation’ (p. 221).”\nThe principle of Simplicity can best be illustrated through a consideration of the many generous clinical accounts offered throughout the book. The authors believe that psychoanalysis is within an ancient and long tradition of oral history and their stories of transformative clinical encounters with psychotic patients are masterfully realized and beautifully presented. Within these accounts both analysts are heard to speak simply, directly, and above all, with profound honesty to their mad patients. They make creative use of found objects to initiate symbolic exchange when speech fails or is not yet possible. They utilize aspects of their own (sometimes traumatic) histories in order to make points of connection with patients who have disappeared, exploded or evaporated. Davoine and Gaudillière are true masters of their craft and it is mesmerizing, and a rare privilege, to observe them help create small (and sometimes large) miracles within the consulting room. Often these clinicians appear more related to shamans or medicine men than to scientists or doctors. Yet, within the arena of madness, this is exactly the direction to which a radical trust in unconscious processes inexorably leads. Shamans and medicine men are also fundamental exemplars of an ancient oral tradition.\nIn summary, History Beyond Trauma is a singularly important contribution to psychoanalysis in general, and the theory and treatment of psychosis in particular. It rests on the shoulders of giants from the past while it simultaneously charts radically creative new directions for the future. For those of us engaged in the ongoing work of undertaking psychoanalytic exploration with traumatized and psychotic patients, this is an indispensable volume. Particularly in this age of managed care, antipsychotic medication and DSM-driven psychiatry, History Beyond Trauma offers hope for the healing power of symbolic exchange within a human relationship. Beyond the dilemma of psychosis, Davoine and Gaudillière deserve to be read by all who believe in the transformative potential of the psychoanalytic relationship. In my judgment, this magnificent book is likely to become an essential part of the psychoanalytic canon for generations to come. It deserves the widest possible readership.\nDr. James E Gorney is a member of the Appalachian Psychoanalytic Society and is in independent practice in Knoxville, Tennessee.\n© Division of Psychoanalysis, 1999-2005\nBook reviews are Copyright 2002-2005, Division of Psychoanalysis of the\nAmerican Psychological Association. Readers therefore must apply the same\nprinciples of fair use to the works in this electronic archive that they\nwould to a published, printed archive. These works may be read online,\ndownloaded for personal or educational use, or the URL of a document (from\nthis server) included in another electronic document. No other distribution\nor mirroring of the texts is allowed, The texts themselves may not be\npublished commercially (in print or electronic form), edited, or otherwise\naltered without the permission of the Division of Psychoanalysis. All other\ninterest and rights in the works, including but not limited to the right to\ngrant or deny permission for further reproduction of the works, the right to\nuse material from the works in subsequent works, and the right to\nredistribute the works by electronic means, are retained by the Division of\nPsychoanalysis. Direct inquiries to Bill MacGillivray [email protected],", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Call for Papers\nNDC E-JOURNAL is a peer-reviewed open-access journal of the National Defence College (NDC), published biannually (March and September). The Journal uses “Creative Common Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 (CCNC)” lisence and is indexed under “Open Journal System” and \"Google Scholar\". The journal is also planned to be registered under the Asian Citation Indexing, Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ), SCOPUS, and Emerging Source Citation Indexing (ESCI) in course of time. The Journal aims to be one of the leading journals of the Country and the Region for its contributions in the field of security and development.\nNDC E-JOURNAL invites to submit Unpublished, Original, and Innovative research and review articles on any subject area as per the aim and scope of the journal which should be between 5000 and 6000 words excluding references.\nFor submission of articles, manuscript template and authors' instructions, please visit Journal website at: https://ndcjournal.ndc.gov.bd/ndcj/index.php/ndcj/daz_guidelines\nSubmitted manuscripts will undergo a double-blind peer review process. NDC E-JOURNAL offers faster peer review process. There will be no charges for registration, online submission, the publication of manuscripts, and access to the published articles.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "4 edition of All you can eat found in the catalog.\nAll you can eat\n|Other titles||Smorgasbords, buffets, and restaurants offering unlimited servings for $7.95 or less.|\n|LC Classifications||TX907 .P34 1984|\n|The Physical Object|\n|Pagination||235 p. :|\n|Number of Pages||235|\n|LC Control Number||84081657|\nAnd you can eat as much of them as you want! Rocco begins with a ten-day cleanse designed to kick-start weight loss and detox the body, preparing it to reap the benefits of a nutrient-rich, whole foods diet. Next comes the twenty-day meal plan, with step-by-step guidance to help you achieve maximum : HarperCollins Publishers. ~~ Awards and Honors ~~ The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat won Edward Kelsey Moore a First Novelist Award from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association, and a Best New Author award from the Go On Girl!Book Club-- the largest reading organization in the U.S. for black women. The novel was chosen by the Illinois Reading Council in for inclusion in .\nAriala is a family priced, buffet-style restaurant, located in Kippa-Ring, Brisbane. All you can eat, 6 days a week (Closed Mondays). We serve Western & Mediterranean style dishes, with a hint of Asian cuisine. Adults eat for $ year olds eat for $ year olds eat for $ year olds eat for $ The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat is that rare and happy find: a book that delivers not only good story, but good company.\" - Leah Hager Cohen, author of The Grief of Others \"Perhaps the most remarkable quality of The Supremes is love--the author's love for his characters, even the most flawed, shines from every page.\nA Personal and Impractical New York A-Z Food Guide. New York Coffee Cup Wallet. All the fruit you want except banana. TUESDAY. All the vegetables you want *you can use soy sauce, vinegar or mustard. WEDNESDAY. All the fruit & vegetables you want. THURSDAY. 5 bananas with 5 glasses of milk. FRIDAY. 4 (3 oz beef/chicken or fish steaks) with fresh vegetables. SATURDAY. 4 (3 oz. beef steaks) with fresh vegetables. SUNDAY.\nPractical sales forecasting\nBushmeat and Livelihoods\nModel plants and crop improvement\nScheme Of Things\nIntroductory astronomy and astrophysics\nArchitecture of the Renaissance in France.\nA little white flower, the story of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux\nWork of the radio investigation service\nHauptmann-Forschung-Neue Beitrage: Hauptmann Research New Directions (Europaische Hochschulschriften : Reihe 1)\nPacking and unpacking culture\nThe glow discharge, and an introduction to plasma physics\nAll You Can Eat is right, luckily these fat zombies find it hard to get around or else it could of been a whole lot worse. This is a great read, with plenty of flesh guzzling and you'll have an awful craving for a Chinese by the time you have finished.\nOne gripe, it is way too short, you'd read it all in one delicious sitting/5. Joel Berg's All You Can Eat is, in essence, a primer on hunger in America. If you had to read one book about what is, depending on who is talking, euphemistically called `food insecurity', this is it.\nVarious blurbs and reviewers call him either controversial or witty/5(20). Download as many audiobooks, ebooks, language audio courses, and language e-workbooks as you want during the FREE trial and it's all yours to keep even if you cancel during the FREE trial.\nThe service works on any major device including computers, smartphones, music players, e-readers, and tablets. All you can eat book You Can Eat book. Read 4 reviews from the world's largest community for readers.\nHow do you date someone who doesn’t eat?Dietician Xavier Deniel is /5. The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat is that rare and happy find: a book that delivers not only good story, but good company.” —Leah Hager Cohen, author of The Grief of Others “A gripping novel that weaves together the lives of three remarkable women, and does so with flair, wit, and tremendous heart.” —Carolina De Robertis /5().\nEmail Address * The password field is case sensitive. Forgot password. All You Can Eat is right, luckily these fat zombies find it hard to get around or else it could of been a whole lot worse.\nThis is a great read, with plenty of flesh guzzling and you'll have an awful craving for a Chinese by the time you have finished/5(28). Throughout the Supremes’ intertwined stories is one constant—meeting and eating at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat, now run by his son Little Earl, a place where relationships are forged, scandals are aired and copious amounts of chicken are consumed.\nA novel of strong women, evocative memories and deep : Edward Kelsey Moore. Eat all the carbs you want – and lose weight. Absolutely. Contrary to the anti-carbohydrate movement, the eating program described in this book makes healthful starch-based foods the centerpiece of a fat-reducing, wellness-promoting diet.5/5(1).\nAll You Can Eat may refer to. All-you-can-eat restaurant, where a fixed price is paid for an unlimited amount of food; All You Can Eat (k.d. lang album), ; All You Can Eat (Beat Crusaders album); All You Can Eat (Left Lane Cruiser album); All You Can Eat (Steel Panther album), ; All You Can Eat (Thunder album); All You Can Eat: Greed, Lust and the New.\nDiscussion Questions 1. According to the author The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat is rooted in the fond memories I have of a childhood spent eavesdropping on the women of my family as they talked at family gatherings. Even when I was too young to fully understand the often very adult subject matter of their conversations, I was struck by how quickly the topics veered.\n“Edward Kelsey Moore knows how to write a terrific, complex, believable, and always intriguing story.” The Supremes at Earl’s All-You-Can-Eat encapsulates the lives of three close friends—Odette Henry, Clarice Jordan Baker, and Barbara Jean Maxberry—who come of age in the s but live their lives in the southern Indiana town of Plainview in the Author: Edward Kelsey Moore.\nThis is a Cook Book that You Can Eat By Max Eddy Mar 27th,pm In what is likely the best use of pasta you’ll see today comes this cookbook from the Gerstenberg Publishing House.\nWhen you're full but it's All You Can Eat Nathan Doan Comedy. Loading Unsubscribe from Nathan Doan Comedy. Mix Play all Mix - Nathan Doan Comedy YouTube. The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat Edward Kelsey Moore, Knopf Doubleday pp. ISBN Summary Meet Odette, Clarice, and Barbara Jean.\nEarl’s All-You-Can-Eat is home away from home for this inseparable Plainview, Indiana, trio. “THE SUPREMES AT EARL’S ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT is rooted in the fond memories I have of a childhood spent eavesdropping on the women of my family as they talked at family when I was too young to fully understand the often very adult subject matter of their conversations, I was struck by how quickly the topics veered from heartbreakingly tragic.\nCome join us at Ricarda's Toronto for a Book Your All You Can Eat Sunday Jazz Brunch. The Fat Boys are feeling down after losing a battle of the bands, but they cheer themselves up by doing what they do best.\nFrom the movie Krush Groove. L Y R I C S: $ for all you can eat. Well. With the biting wit of Supersize Me and the passion of a lifelong activist, Joel Berg has his eye on the growing number of people who are forced to wait on lines at food pantries across the nation—the modern breadline.\nAll You Can Eat reveals that hunger is a problem as American as apple pie, and shows what it is like when your income is not enough to cover.\nEditorial Review An Amazon Best Book of the Month, March In the small southern town of Plainview, Indiana, Odette, Barbara Jean, and Clarice have stayed close since their high school days, when they held court at Earl’s ionately called “the Supremes,” they survived the racial tensions of the ‘60s, splintering families, and complicated love affairs by 5/5(7).\nSupremes at Earls All You Can Eat by Edward Kelsey Moore available in Hardcover onalso read synopsis and reviews. Told with wit, style, and compassion, this is the story of friendship among three women weathering 5/5(1).Kindle Buffet: Free books, all you can eat!\nOne of the best things about Amazon’s digital bookstore is that many of its most popular books are offered completely free of charge during brief promotional periods. If you manage to find and download a book while it’s offered free, it’s yours to keep—forever.EKM: Apparently ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT diners are virtually non-existent outside of the U.S., so the title has been changed for each foreign publisher.\nVisit the international editions page to learn which book title was used in each country -- and to see the interesting variations in book cover art.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This painting shows the original log cabin built on land in Section 28 or 33 of what was then Marengo Township (later Washington Township). The cabin was likely destroyed over time and a frame house now stands at 2485 Highway 6 Trail. (Photo courtesy)\nConrad Riehl and his daughter Elizabeth Caroline\n(This week’s segment begins with the Mellor family, along with the rest of the Martin Company, departing from Iowa City in late July 1856.)\nThe Mellor family had two handcarts and the business also herded about 50 cattle, mostly dairy cows. The plan was to make it to Utah in 70 days, hopefully doing about 18½ miles a day—a 1,300 mile journey.\nThe emigrants arrived three miles east of Marengo on August 3 to camp for the night.\n“They stopped near the home of Carl and Carolyn Schoenborn,” Charlotte reported. “Mrs. Schoenborn invited some of the women and small children to sleep in the basement of their log cabin. Mr. Schoenborn has been helping with some handcart repairs.”\nThe log home was described as well maintained; the fissures are almost pure white and the trunks are beautifully smoothed. There was about 260 acres of land stretching out from the river with a timber lot on the hill above the house. While they were encamped here, a group of men on horses and two wagons with people from Marengo approached the farm to disturb the camp. Very cool heads kept the disturbance at bay, and the Mormons did not retaliate when all sorts of derogatory things were said about them. The mob’s insults and accusations were met with kindness and soon the antagonists left. The Mormon group softened the somber tone with song and prayer.\nThe next morning some of the men went into the nearby woods to harvest some birds which were then made into a fine soup.\n“Ms. Schonborn invited the women to bake some in her fireplace and do some laundry,” Charlotte noted. Late in the afternoon of August 4, the group set out again, “first across Hilton Creek and then through Bear Creek, which has been described as shallow and muddy”. Here they camped in the woods for the night. The emigrants reached Fort Des Moines on August 13 and continued west to Council Bluffs on August 21.\nThe report of crossing Nebraska, during which many became ill, several died and were buried along the way, replenished supplies when possible, made repairs, saw buffalo for the first time, and noted the presence of Cheyenne Indians. On October 8, the group camped within sight of Fort Laramie, Wyo. On October 20, the emigrants awoke to snow, which made their journey very difficult. The coming days were filled with much more sickness and death. When shoes wore out from walking, new foot coverings were made from parts of the tents. Many perilous days and nights were spent in the Wyoming area, and eventually a Salt Lake City rescue team was dispatched to escort the remaining travelers to Salt Lake City.\nOn November 30, 1856, the Martin Company reached Salt Lake City, Utah. They arrived with 104 handcarts still intact and were warmly welcomed into town. The long journey to Zion was over for this group of emigrant Mormons. What a journey from England to Utah in the United States by boat, rail and foot!\nEventually, Charlotte’s parents moved to Warm Spring (later Fayette), Utah. In 1861 the Mellor family welcomed another son, John. The whole family stayed in Utah, each of the children married and started their own family. Charlotte married Henry Roper in February 1857, aged 16. She bore thirteen children, the youngest of whom was only two years old when Charlotte died in June 1886.\nNote: The author of this book, JoAnn Mellor Felix, used the memories of Charlotte along with the timelines relating to the Martin Company voyages as narrated by others on the voyage to tell the story of their fourth (maternal) and third (paternal) to write son. Great-granduncle, James Mellor and his family.\nA note on the Schoenborn/Schonborn family: Elizabeth Caroline Riehl was born in Illinois in 1842 to Conrad and Anna Riehl. Elizabeth’s mother died when Elizabeth was 13, and her father took her to Iowa, where he bought the piece of land in Section 33 of Washington Township (then Marengo Township). A cottage had been built there, in which Elizabeth lived with her father until Elizabeth married Charles “Carl” August Schönborn in 1863. Charles Schönborn came to America with his two brothers from Austria-Hungary in 1857 and initially settled in Oxford in the Iowa area.\nGiven the Schönborn history collected by the late Jane Bigbee, daughter Ann and I think it more likely that the people encountered at the cabin in 1856 were Conrad Riehl and his daughter, who were then 14 years old would. Property transactions with Conrad Riehl do not take place until 1858, so there is uncertainty as to who actually owned the hut mentioned in the book. Riehl received the land through a US government land grant and also purchased a section from one John G. Miles. Perhaps the Miles family built the cabin and Riehl came from Illinois with his daughter to inspect the area, which they eventually bought.\nIn 1863 CASchonborn and Elizabeth married Caroline Riehl and shortly afterwards returned to the Oxford area to occupy this cottage and look after their father, Conrad Riehl, who died in 1870. Conrad Riehl’s will bequeathed the land that belonged to him Sections 27 and 28 to his daughter Elizabeth and her husband C. A. Schonborn. Eventually, Schönborn purchased an adjoining farm to form about 200 acres in what was then the parish of Marengo, as shown on the 1874 plan map.\nIn 1885 the Schönborn family moved to Marengo and ran a grocery store on the east side of the square. They were active residents of the Marengo area until their deaths: CA in 1926 and Elizabeth in 1913. The Schönborns had eight children: three who survived to adulthood. Anna married JE “Ed” Eckert (the local residents’ grandparents of the late Garth Bigbee, the late Darlene Eckert Sayers and Verabeth Eckert Bricker). Evelyn married Clarence Huber and Wallie married David McLennan. All Schönborn children were born in this log cabin east of Marengo.\nA daughter of Wallie McLennan, Katherine McLennan Love, contributed information to the book written by JoAnn Mellor Felix and most likely shared the names of Schönborn since they lived at the cabin and on this land after the Riehls. The author of the book has since passed away. The land owned by CA Schonborn was divided between his children in the 1920s and eventually the property on the north side of what is now Highway 6 was owned by his daughter Wallie Schonborn McLennan and her husband David. They sold the land in Sections 28 and 33 to Leo and Norma Patterson Young in the 1940s, where the Youngs farmed and raised their family. A daughter of the Youngs, Carole, along with her husband Richard Ballard, purchased the land in 1969 and lived there before building a ranch-style house to the east.\nThis article was compiled by Marilyn Rodgers while reading the book provided by the Ballard family, which was originally gifted to Carole’s mother, Norma Young. Information was also obtained from Ann Bigbee and taken from the 1881 Iowa County History and the 2009 Marengo History (Family Edition). Carole Young Ballard provided oral information. The painting of the cabin is owned by the Bigbee family. Once family members in the area have had a chance to read this book, the plan is to donate it to the Marengo Public Library for loan.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "2 edition of Not in My Name found in the catalog.\n|The Physical Object|\n|ISBN 10||9780753516058, 9780753516065|\nMy name is not easy. My name is hard like ocean ice grinding at the shore Luke knows his Iñupiaq name is full of sounds white people can't say. traveler, fanfiction, How The Light Gets In, Mind Games, Holly West, reading, Going Off Script, All the Feels, Dreamer, You Don't Know My Name, You Won't Know I'm Gone, book recommendations, Love Charms and Other Catastrophes, The Hummingbird Dagger, You Won't See Me Coming, Love Fortunes and Other Disasters.\nMy Name Is Not Easy is the story of Eskimo, Indian and White children who are sent to attend a Catholic boarding school in the early s because there are no schools in their villages. The main character, an year-old boy knows that his name will be changed to Luke because the priests and nuns. 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Before they spring forth I proclaim them to you.\nContinuity and progression between GCSE and A level in terms of the assessment of practical skills in biology\nMeasurement of the ultrasonic absorption and velocity in molten salts.\nMandatory retirement and constitutional choices\nThe QuAppelle, Long Lake and Saskatchewan Railroad and Steamboat Co. has 1,000,000 acres of odd numbered sections in the old settled districts between Regina, the capital city of the Canadian Northwest and Prince Albert ...\nWe the undersigned\nTo whom does the state belong?\nPioneer Lady Country Kit\nThree controversial letters from the Rev. A. Gault, A.B., Irish Church Missionary, to Edward G. K. Browne, Esq., B.A., a distinguished convert, an approved author, and an itinerant and patronized champion of the Church of Rome\nPower Berry Lotion\nDigital model of the gravel aquifer, Walla Walla River basin, Washington and Oregon\nMy Name is Not Allison Grace Pers. Book. Alli (4) loves her book. She understands she can anything she wants to be when she grows up. Alli took the book to Share and Show at school and the teacher read it to the class in Circle Time.\nThe story and the illustrations are wonderful. I really want Alli to understand diversity and greatness is not 96%(). Not Even My Name is a rare eyewitness account of the horrors of a little-known, often denied genocide, in which hundreds of thousands of Armenian and Pontic Greek minorities in Turkey were killed during and after World War I.\nAs told by Sano Halo to her daughter, Thea, this is the story of her survival of the death march at age ten that annihilated her family, and the/5. Dec Not in My Name book, · Not Even My Name is a rare eyewitness account of the horrors of a little-known, often denied genocide, in which hundreds of thousands of Armenian and Pontic Greek minorities in Turkey were killed during and after World War I.\nAs told by Sano Halo to her daughter, Thea, this is the story of her survival of the death march at age ten that annihilated her family, and the mother-daughter /5(). Just how big can YOUR kid dream. In My Name Is Not Alexander, your son becomes the star of an entertaining exploration through history while learning about the great men that helped shape America.\nThis adventure will become a fast favorite. Kickstart your son’s imagination and celebrate his opportunities ahead%(). Nov 28, · My Name Is Not Isabella: Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream. [Jennifer Fosberry, Mike Litwin] on frecklesandhoney.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.\nNew York Times Bestseller. Just How Big Can a Little Girl Dream. Ask Isabella She takes a wild ride-and discovers the sky's the limit. This story speaks frankly about self-identity and self affirmation as Isabella decides at the end that she /5().\nNot in Our Name (NION) was a United States organization founded on March 23, to protest the U.S. government's course in the wake of the September 11, attacks; it disbanded on March 31, Discover an amazing, magical personalized book about a child who has lost their name. Each book is completely unique to the child; you can also include a personalized message at no extra cost, making it a very special keepsake.\nBuy yours today!Brand: Wonderbly. Our personalized children's books are perfect for all ages, with your child at the centre of the story.\nMade in The USA with books from $. Jan 19, · Can I Be Blotted from the Book of Life. Episode January 19, Close. John Piper The promise: “I will not erase his name from the book of life” does not necessarily imply that some do have their names erased. It simply says, to the one who is in the book, and who conquers in faith: I will never wipe your name out.\nThat's Not My Name by Yvonne Navarro starting at $ That's Not My Name has 1 available editions to buy at AlibrisPrice Range: $ - $ marks 20 years of Usborne's bestselling That's not my series of touchy-feely books for little ones. Author Fiona Watt takes us behind the scenes to see how a That’s not my book is made.\nShe works closely with That's not my illustrator Rachel Wells in drafting ideas for the pictures and thinking of attributes that would work for the touchy-feely patches. A Uniquely Personalized Name Book. Each book is original based on the child’s name.\nAnimals bring letters one by one to create the child’s first and last names in rhyme. A jackal brings a J, an ostrich brings an O, until the child’s full name is spelled out. Our bestselling story now comes with a second cover option, featuring a giraffe!5/5(). Jan 02, · Question: \"Is it possible for a person’s name to be erased from the Book of Life?\" Answer: Revelation says, “And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book” (KJV).\nThis verse is usually involved in the debate concerning. Personalized children's books. Discover the magic of your name with this personalized book designed for kids to explore the uniqueness of their name. Create your book NOW. We ask everyone to use the name they go by in everyday life so that you always know who you’re connecting with on Facebook.\nWe block the use of certain names to help prevent people from creating fake or malicious accounts. Facebook is a community where everyone uses the. sketches provided by the book, aquaint the class with the following: Discussion Questions & Activities Readers Theater Now that students have read the book, performing it as a group is an effective way to improve comprehension.\nMy Name is Not Isabella is a perfect text for this activity because in it, Isabella herself assumes many different roles. That's not my is a multi-award winning series of over 50 touchy-feely books for babies and toddlers, also available in gift sets with delightful soft toys.\nScroll down to see all the books and find things to do. May 17, · According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, almost one in four Americans has not read a book in the past year.\nSo to find out if that is true, we sent a team to the street to ask. Wow, I Know My Name by C.J. Cooke was an awesome read with a twist I did NOT see coming. Well played C.J., well played. This is out on January 16th and you need this.\nMy review will be very simple as I do not want to spoil anything. This book was a non stop read for me. I was glued to the pages wanting to know who, what and why!/5.\nCreate an account or log into Facebook. Connect with friends, family and other people you know. Share photos and videos, send messages and get updates.Definition of not in my book in the Idioms Dictionary.\nnot in my book phrase. What does not in my book expression mean? Definitions by the largest Idiom Dictionary.\"That's Not My Name\" topped the UK Singles Chart, seeing off competition from well-established acts like Rihanna, Madonna, and frecklesandhoney.com The song was a sleeper hit in North America, peaking within the top 40 of the charts in the United States.\nThe single has sold over a million digital frecklesandhoney.com: CD single, digital download.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A third address to the members of the Wesleyan societies by Robert Heys\nTaylor, John, 1808-1887. Calumny refuted ; Mormons -- Controversial literature ; Book of Mormon -- Criticism, interpretation, etc\nA third address to the members of the Wesleyan societies and congregations in Douglas and its vicintiy [sic] on the romantic character of the Book of Mormon : (of which a specimen is given from the Book itself), on the profaneness and wickedness of adding to the Book of God, and on the perfect folly of supposing that any of the inspired writings have been lost : also a few remarks on Mr. Taylor's \"Calumny refuted\"\nDigitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah\nOriginal scanned with Canon EOS-1Ds Mark II, 16.7 megapixel digital camera and saved as 400 ppi uncompressed TIFF, 16 bit depth. JP2000 display images generated in CONTENTdm at 20:1 compression ratio with 8 bits.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Publisher year: 2010\nPublisher: Editura Universitara\nAuthor: Cristina Bălăceanu\nRomanians have the cult of waiting.\nThey have always waited for something and hoped that their wait would be rewarded. They often replaced their own efforts with a passive, almost fatalistic expectation, believing that their lives would become better or freer through the intervention of envoys. They waited for the Americans to get rid of communism, they waited for the market economy to get rid of poverty and trouble, they waited for the European Union to get rid of isolation and backwardness.\nThe Americans did not come when they were expected, the market economy only enriched a few of them, and the European Union only gave them the chance to become strawberries in Spain or masons and maids in Italy.\nThe crisis period we are going through has generated another state of waiting. The International Monetary Fund is expected to save a Romania that can no longer support its own citizens, which even after three years of accession to the European Union has failed to turn the benefits of this accession into factors of economic growth and modernization of society.\nRomania's economy, like the Beauty in the Sleeping Forest, awaits the miracle of awakening to life, as always, through the intervention of someone else, through support from elsewhere, through the care and responsibility of others. Wrong.\nIn a world of globalization and strong competitive struggles between the main pillars of the world economy, one's own effort is becoming increasingly important. Before being globalized or Europeanized, economies are and will remain national, and their strength is expressed directly through the ability to mobilize and streamline their internal potential.\nIt was a great pleasure for me to find in the work of the young author, associate professor Cristina Bălăceanu, PhD in economics, this understanding of the importance of changes in conceptual approach on the structure and competitiveness of the Romanian economy in the accession to the European Union. It is comforting to note that a representative of the young generation of Romanian economists detaches himself from the mioritic fatalism specific to many of us, placing a courageous emphasis on the need for a profound change of mentality in the direction of transforming our own effort of thought and action into a decisive modernization factor. and Romania's progress in the context of joining the European Union.\nApart from this obvious quality of conceptualization and demonstration of the importance of the role of national effort in European economic integration, the paper is a successful example of economic analysis, giving a broad and correct picture of the current structure and dynamics of the Romanian economy. The measures that the author suggests in the direction of correcting or rethinking some elements of economic policy could be immediately transformed into guidelines of a possible strategy to get out of the recession and relaunch the economy.\nAlthough it is not the first published paper, Cristina Bălăceanu, associate professor of economics, proves by this that she meets two qualities that I hope she will use to the fullest in the future to become a well-known and appreciated name of Romanian economic literature. These qualities are the robustness of logic and the elegance of style.\nProf. univ. Dr. Mircea Coşea\nMay 14, 2010\nCustomer Support Monday - Friday, between 8.00 - 16.000745 200 718 0745 200 357 email@example.com\nwrite a review", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|27.8 × 19.8 cm\nAdam’s Red Car /سلسة تبسيط القواعد: سيارة أدم الحمراء\nThe Simplifying Grammar series presents linguistic concepts to the young reader in an easy and simple manner using pictures that are appropriate to the child’s age and the subject of each book. Each book uses easy vocabulary and simple, repetitive sentences. The Set contains 23 Stories in a bag.\nAvailability: In stock", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "So...what have you read lately???\nI need some good books for these last few weeks of pregnancy--reading is my favorite escape and I'm finding myself needing to escape more and more each day.\nI just read Beautiful Creatures by Kami Garcia & Margaret Stohl and really enjoyed it. I'm kind of a picky reader, so even if I pick up six books from the library I will probably put down three...unless I'm really desperate for something to read. Which means I need a plethora of ideas...so, list away friends, list away.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Virtual Program: History Of The Merrimack River & How To Clean It Up\nApril 21 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm\n**PLEASE NOTE THIS IS A VIRTUAL PROGRAM THAT WILL TAKE PLACE VIA ZOOM. Registrants will receive a link to access the Zoom Meeting via email.**\nLocal author and journalist Dyke Hendrickson will discuss his new book, Merrimack: The Resilient River, An Illustrated Narrative of the Most Historic River in New England, in this Zoom webinar.\nAbout The Book: Part history and part call to action, Dyke’s well-researched book highlights the dramatic life of the Merrimack River, from the colorful days of the Native Americans to its current status as one of the most scenic recreational waterways in New England. The 117-mile river runs from central New Hampshire to Newburyport, Massachusetts, where it meets the Atlantic. Here the Coast Guard was born and colonial trade thrived. The Industrial Revolution was launched in the riverside mills of Lowell, Massachusetts and Manchester, New Hampshire. The science of clean drinking water was developed in Lawrence, Massachusetts and the first successful labor action also took place in Lawrence. Thousands of immigrants worked in mills along the Merrimack, and this book tells their riveting stories. In the 70s, the once-filthy Merrimack was cleaned up to serve again as one of the most popular waterways in New England. The Merrimack is still an essential resource. It serves as the source of drinking water for a half-million people. Many have seen part of the Merrimack River, but this unique book provides info and images about all sectors of this great waterway.\nAbout The Author: Dyke Hendrickson is the outreach historian for the Merrimack River Watershed Council. In that role, he speaks on the history of the Coast Guard and of the Merrimack River. He graduated from Franklin and Marshall College with a degree in history, and he did graduate work at the University of Maine, Orono. He is a former writer and/or editor with the Portland Press Herald, the New Orleans Times-Picayune, the Boston Herald and The Daily News in Newburyport.\nRegister directly on Zoom HERE. Sponsored by the Friends of the Tewksbury Public Library. Presented in collaboration with many libraries across Massachusetts.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Two Wizarding classics no Harry Potter fan should be without, now presented in an elegant boxed set. Inside the Hogwarts Classics boxed set, readers will find a pair of books treasured by students at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry: Quidditch Through the Ages, a comprehensive history of the game and its rules (just try to ignore the doodles of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, and other Hogwarts students who couldn't resist); and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, translated from the ancient runes by Hermione Granger, with an introduction, notes, and illustrations by J.K. Rowling and extensive commentary by Albus Dumbledore. From every sale of Hogwarts Classics, Scholastic will donate a total of twenty percent of the suggested retail sales price of this boxed set to two charities selected by the author J.K. Rowling: Lumos, a charity founded by J.K. Rowling that works to end the institutionalization of children (wearelumos.org), and Comic Relief, a UK-based charity that strives to create a just world free from poverty (www.comicrelief.com).\nAbout the Author\nJ.K. Rowling is the author of the record-breaking, multi-award-winning Harry Potter novels. Loved by fans around the world, the series has sold over 450 million copies, been translated into 79 languages, and made into 8 blockbuster films. She has written three companion volumes in aid of charity: Quidditch Through the Ages and Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (in aid of Comic Relief), and The Tales of Beedle the Bard (in aid of Lumos), as well as a film script inspired by Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. J.K. Rowling is currently collaborating on a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II, which will open in London’s West End in the summer of 2016. In 2012, J.K. Rowling’s digital company Pottermore was launched, where fans can enjoy her new writing and immerse themselves deeper in the wizarding world. J.K. Rowling has written a novel for adult readers, The Casual Vacancy, and also writes crime novels under the pseudonym Robert Galbraith. She has received many awards and honors, including an OBE for services to children’s literature, France’s Légion d’honneur, and the Hans Christian Andersen Award.\nDate of Birth:July 31, 1965\nPlace of Birth:Chipping Sodbury near Bristol, England", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Liveness is a persistent and much-debated concept in media studies. Until recently, it was associated primarily with broadcast media, and television in particular. However, the emergence of social media has brought new forms of liveness into effect. These forms challenge common assumptions about and perspectives on liveness, provoking a revisiting of the concept.\nIn this book, Karin van Es develops a comprehensive understanding of liveness today, and clarifies the stakes surrounding the category of the 'live'. She argues that liveness is the product of a dynamic interaction between media institutions, technologies and users. In doing so, she challenges earlier conceptions of the notion, which tended to focus on either one of these contributors to its construction.\nBy analyzing the 'live' in four different cases – a live streaming platform, an online music collaboration website, an example of social TV, and a social networking site – van Es explores the operation of the category and pinpoints the conditions under which it comes into being. The analysis is the starting point for a broader reflection on the relation between broadcast and social media.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "I am a book junkie. However, we recently built and moved into a small house, which encouraged my culling of books that I don't use. Here is a list of some of the books that remain on my shelf.\nRosemary Gladstar's Medicinal Herbs, A Beginner's Guide (my favorite beginner's book)\nRosemary Gladstar's Herbal Recipes for Vibrant Health\nAnd anything else she writes - she makes her info very easy to understand and just seems so nice\nThe Earthwise Herbal, A Complete Guide to Old World Medicinal Plants\nThe Earthwise Herbal, A Complete Guide to New World Medicinal Plants\nThe Earthwise Herbal Repertory, The Definitive Practitioner's Guide\nThe Book of Herbal Wisdom, Using Plants As Medicines\nSeven Herbs: Plants as Teachers\nAnd anything else he writes - he is a wealth of herbal information. And he was raised in Minnesota!\n300 Herbs: A Materia Medica & Repertory\nEdible & Medicinal Wild Plants of Minnesota & Wisconsin\nRosalee De La Foret\nAlchemy of Herbs\nBuhner, Stephen Harrod\nMedical Herbalism, Quite technical, but fascinating to read.\nFoster, Steven and Duke, James A.\nEastern/Central Medicinal Plants and Herbs, Great field guide and reference.\nWinston, David and Maimes, Steven\nAdaptogens, Herbs for Strength, Stamina, and Stress Relief\nThe Herbal Medicine-Makers Handbook, A Home Manual\nAnd lots more!!! If you are looking for something specific, let me know. I've used many in my insatiable research!\nBooks With Information on Growing Medicinal Herbs\nThe Chinese Medicinal Herb Farm: A Cultivator’s Guide to Small-Scale Organic Herb Production\nCarpenter, Melanie and Jeff\nThe Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer\nCech, Richo and Sena\nGrowing At-Risk Medicinal Herbs\nGladstar, Rosemary and Hirsch, Pamela\nPlanting the Future: Saving Our Medicinal Herbs\nHomegrown Herbs: A Complete Guide to Growing, Using, and Enjoying More Than 100 Herbs\nFlowers, Frankie and Wylde, Bruce\nPower Plants: Simple Home Remedies You Can Grow\nEdible Spots and Pots: Small Space Gardens for Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers, Raised Beds, and More\n(Not specific about medicinal herbs, but some fun and practical ideas for growing in pots and small spaces)\nAnd of course, there are many, many more great books about medicinal herbs. Tip - check your local library - they likely have several, also. I actually buy very few books - the have to be worth the space on my limited book shelves and worth the cost. I have purchased each of the books I listed - I like them that much!\nPlease share with this group some of your tips on great herbal books!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Christian Woman celebrates 80 years of publication this year. Happy Anniversary! Juanita Ice Wood, Lorna Ice Simmons and R. D. Ice were published in years past in CW.\nNashville Churches of Christ History group is open to anyone interested in the history of the Stone-Campbell Movement in Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee. When I began the group about three years ago I said this:\nI envision this community as a place to share common interest in the rich story of the Stone-Campbell Movement in Nashville. I am conducting research for a book which will highlight each congregation of Churches of Christ and Christian Churches from the 1810’s to the present…basically the entire movement from its beginning in our city until now. I envision this group as a place to share memories, photos, news and generate discussion and interest. Please join and contribute. Please feel free to contact me directly at icekm (at) aol (dot) com.\nSince readership for this blog is significantly higher now than it was in 2010, let me offer another invitation. The group is open to all. Help spread the word and generate interest. (astogetherwestandandsing…)\nMimeographed typescript page, 8.5 x 11 in., of recommended reading material by Batsell Barrett Baxter, Minister at Nashville’s Hillsboro Church of Christ, ca. 1950’s. Likely the best way to date this is by Leon Ramsey’s editorship of Christian Chronicle.\nClick above to download a document listing 319 variants of time-, place- and character-names for the 227 known congregations of the Stone-Campbell movement in Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee from 1812 to September 2012.\nTo my knowledge my work in this area is the only such compilation, and therefore, the most complete. The initial publication of the list to this blog was in May 2010 as a first step in my research toward a book on the Restoration Movement in Nashville. I blogged then:\nWith over 200 congregations in this county, the congregational research alone will take years, perhaps the remainder of my life. If I live to be 100 I may not finish even a rudimentary survey. It may be too much: too many congregations, too many preachers, too much ‘story’ to tell.\nBut this is where I am at the present. I publish the list here to generate interest, additions, subtractions, corrections and clarifications. Look it over and if I need to make changes, please let me know.\nWhile congregational history is only one aspect of this project, this is where it all played out…on the ground in the congregations on a weekly basis. Few congregations have attempted more than a list of preachers or a narrative of the expansion of the church building. What I propose, as I wrote above, may be too much…too far to the other extreme. But that fact changes not one whit the necessity of it being done.\nThe story of these churches in Nashville needs to be told. I ask for your help in telling it. look over my list; I solicit your critique. Contact me at icekm [at] aol [dot] com.\n(The first version of the name authority, from May 2010, can be found here.)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Good Books to Write aboutSome good books to write about\n<font color=\"#ffff00\">click here for the complete list of episodes!\nBougger is living with his family in Omaha, Nebraska. Writer of the YA novel Holy Fudgesicles, he has written over twenty brief novels. It also owns and publishes a web mag for the world of phantasy, ghosts and sci-fi, entitled Subject of Absence. Please see his lead author's page at www.JasonBougger.com.\nScott Michael Childers is an writer and bookkeeper. They live with their wives and kittens in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is interested in literature ranging from classical historic non-fiction to futuristic notions. Go to his primary authors website at www. scottoch michaelchilders.com. Sponsor the webcast! You can keep your book even if you canceled it.\nPresentations | KI-Net\nDescriptions of chemical and biological systems: Multiphase fluid modell for the cytokinetic treatment of caryotes. Workshop for young people: What effect does it have on bacterial swim? What effect does it have on bacterial swim? Periodicity estimations for transportation formulae by the \"dual norms\" Young Researchers Workshop: Various kinds of phases for a straightforward orientation of orientated beads.\nin 2012 Junior Workshop: This is a meshoscopic nanoparticle interactions modell for the stimulation of fibre biology systems.\nWoman write about the wilderness: 25 main writers\nWoman who writes about the wilderness are not easy to inscribe. This is not a definite checklist in any way, but if you have a foundation on some of the best natural writings that you probably haven't yet reread, you would do well to begin with these 25 of them. Thoreau is regarded as the founder of environmental protection in the United States, but he owe much of his work to the naturalists who came before him - and above all a novelist is long in coming.\nIn 1854, Thoreau Consultated Walden wrote in 1850 by Susan Fenimore Cooper, son of writer James Fenimore Cooper, for his Walden work. It is a one-year history around Cooperstown, New York, where she used to live, and it is the first US best-selling local wildlife observation work. In spite of its anonymity, \"by a Lady\" and Cooper's reputation as an amplitude researcher, the volume attracted the interest of some of the world' s first-timers.\nBetween 1907 and 1925 she also composed ten nature studies textbooks. Stratton Porter was the first US girl to found a film and television producing firm, Gene Stratton-Porter Productions, Inc. Whoever is interested in the californian nature story - which came before spread, smogs and Kardashians - should take up Mary Austin's 1903 classical The Land of Little Rain. Here are some of the best examples.\nAustin captures a vanishing culture and physics scene more than a hundred years ago: the California Owens Valley's population, flora, policies and locality. It did so ten years before the town of Los Angeles redirected the Owens River in 1913, a era in the story known as the California Water Wars and perpetuated in the CWWW.\nHe disobeyed mandatory sex positions about how to let a woman study and speak about the physical realm, and she did it with humor, vigor and lyrics. \"She is known for her essay, poems, plays und novel, for her pioneer work in the field of sci-fi and as an exponent of native culture.\nSays she: \"Often the most complete is when I have no goal, but have only gone out to be with the hill, how to visit a fellow without the intent to be with him. Shepherd often went \"stravaigin\" - a Scots word for hiking - when The Living Mountain was first published during the Second World War.\nToday, Shepherd's typeface is rightly enjoying a revival - so much so that the Royal Bank of Scotland published a new 5 pound bill with her profile in 2016. She was in oceanology for Rachel Carson's daily work, and she composed the award-winning The Sea Around Us (1951), which was on the New York Times bestselling New York Times hit for 86 short time.\nHowever, Carson is best known for her 1961 Silent Spring, which directly resulted in the establishment of the EPA. As a milestone in the conservation campaign, Carson's textbook showed the damaging impact of DDT on the environment and outlawed it. She asks in the book: \"Why should we follow a low-calorie poison diets, a house with a bland environment, a group of acquaintances who are not quite our enemy, the sound of engines with just enough lightening to avoid arousal?\nSo who wants to be in a less disastrous environment? \"In 2006, Discover Silent Spring called one of the 25 largest scientific textbooks of all times. Like Thoreau' s Walden, it is a \"meteorological diary of the mind\" (in her own words), a contemplation and a non-fiction about the more intimate vision of the aura.\nDillard won a Pulitzer Prize for pilgrims at the tender ages of 29, and the novel is still one of nature's most beautiful stories. Alison Hawthorne Deming is a descendant of the great US author Nathaniel Hawthorne and is a seldom-known, multidisciplinary lateral thinker: a scholarly author. She investigates the scientific, material and poetic worlds from the small to the starry sky with excellent observation and catchy confrontations.\nThere is no better place to explore her work with seven books of verse and five anthologies of Essays than the Esay \"Science and Poetry\": Deming's thoughts are connected by the common languages and the creativity of the two fields, as the cover says. in which she is passionate about the importance of typing in order to reconnect human beings with the physical realm and improve our own life, and her most recent work, Stairway to Heaven (2016), a compilation of verses about the death of her family.\nIt' an exquisite compilation of etudes - a mixture of memoirs, contemplation and poesy - that takes place in Wyoming and captures the stoical folk who call the dry countryside their home. \"She has a gift for mystically expressing the peoples and places of Wyoming: \"Ehrlich's 11 other volumes gleam with a sharp view of travelling and location, among them her 1991 narratives, Islands, the Universe, Home Ten Essay on Rituals, Natur and Philosophie - and A Match to the Hart (1994), an asentimental report on cure after a thunderbolt.\nDo not close the volume if you sense a plains breeze while you read Dakota: It is a meditative process about how to learn to see more in less. \"Norris' spirit search went beyond this work when she became a Benedictine wafer in 1986 and in 1997 became The Cloister Whale and Amazon Grace:\nThe Leslie Marmon Silko ceremony is the tale of a war vet trying to win back his inner harmony. In the alternation between poetic and prosaic the volume recounts the happenings in Tayo's live and shows how old Laguna rites connect him again with his coueblo peoples, flora and fauna. The Silko is considered to be the first character of the American aboriginal renaissance.\nAs Laguna Pueblo, Mexico and Mexico's leading story teller, she pervades all her works - fiction, poetry, film, shorts and essay - with concern for Indian tradition and the strengthening force of ritual. Grown up in the barren splendour of a new Mexico platform and first awarded the MacArthur Genius Award in 1981, Silko skilfully researches complicated relations between man andature.\nShe won her first novel, John Burroughs Medal for Science, entitled John Burroughs Moss: A Natural and Financial Care. The Sigurd F. Olsen Natural Science Award was given to tribal wisdom, scientific knowledge and the teaching of herbs. Kimmerer interweaves observation of the countryside with local perspectives that invites us to think about our relation to flora, fauna and the land - \"an age-old dialogue between moss and rock...about lights and shadows and the continental drift...an intersection of immeasurability and smallness, of past and present, gentleness and toughness, silence and liveliness\".\nThemes from Amy Stewart's best-selling book. To Stewart, a Texas graft in California with a hallmark joke, the history of the physical universe is the greatest and most important history of mankind. \"In a way, our desire to comprehend, conserve, even benefit from, and use the Earth's nature is the only story,\" Stewart said in an e-mail conversation.\nThis is The Plant That Creates the World's Great Drinks, full of liqueurs and horticulture histor. How many percent of US park patrons are actually African? When blacks make up twice the proportion of the US populace, why don't more colored men dare to enter America's official land, and does that mean they don't care about the Earth's surrounding?\nThey are strong issues of breed, identities and connections, which Carolyn Finney, a author, artist and culture geography, raises in her 2014 publication \"Black Faces, White Spaces\": Featuring a mix of erudition, memoirs and story, the volume is an academic yet exploratory reading, lichen analyzing with in-depth interviewing to explore the ecological heritage of enslavement, racism and Jim Crow separation, while also celebrate articles Americans have made to the world.\nFeaturing her 6th novel, Williams is weaving memoirs and nature to tell the double story of her mother's crab from nuclear tests and the floods of the Bear River Migratory Bush refuge. Ancient in the vast countryside of her homeland Utah, the volume oscillates between the unspoilt and the utterly unspoilt, between a familie ravaged by the nuclear bombings of the 1950s and a protected area for birds looted by development workers.\nSo dazzling is her writing that even centuries after I read Refuge for the first reason, I can still see the seals, eagles and bulls on the Great Salt Lake. There Williams also once found a corpse and laid his corpse in the form of a cross with two dark rocks over his eye and wrote: \"With my own spittle, as my mom and granny had done to clean my face, I rinsed the corpse beak and the legs of the corpse until they gleamed like glitter.\n\" Zuflucht has become a classical of US natural literature in the contemplative quest for sense in the rhythm of living and dying. \"Camille T. Dungy emailed me, \"because I don't know how we can be truthful about who we are without realizing that we are the world.\n\" As a Colorado State University lecturer, Dungy has authored four volumes of poems and published Black Nature: It is an epic of four centuries of Africa American Natural History (2009). She questions the idea that the traditions of natural typing are based exclusively in the American and European regions, whether rural or savage. At the same token, he creates profiles of authors who saw the natural world as a fount of expectation, a seed of survivors.\nDungy's poesy is lively, intimate and clear and will stay with you long after you have closed the work. Trophic Cascade\" is about a shifting eco-system after the wolf's arrival in Yellowstone, but the last few rows provide a curve ball: Journey's into Race, Motherhood, and Historie, was released in June.\n\"Andrea Wulf, a British based historicist and novelist, said: \"All my works are about the relation between man andature. \"But I don't like the classes put on a book, like'biography','history of science','garden history' or'natural writing'. \"Wulf is the prizewinning novelist and has written five biographical works, among them The Brother Gardeners (2008) and The Founding Gardeners:\nRevolutionary Generation, Mother Earth and the Formation of the Nation of America (2012). It' her intricate and gripping 2015 volume \"The Invention of Nature\": The way Alexander von Humboldt revolutionised our world has attracted the most interest. The discoverer of Humboldt, Wulf recalls him from memory and gives a comprehensive account of his own thoughts in the mid-19th century:\n\" After miscarriages, diagnoses of breastcancer and a note from her biological dam, English author and journalist Katharine Norbury embarked on a journey: to accompany her nine-year-old subsidiary and travel the Llyn Peninsula in Northwest Wales, following the river from the ocean to its well. The hike was intended as a kind of memorial to Norbury, combining it with sheets and mussels, but it evolved into an expansive and deep reflections on the curative powers of the natural world in a time of sorrow and amnesia.\nThe Journey Upstream is Norbury's life-affirming story about marriages, maternity, adoption and finding oneself. Norbury's Place is rich, sensuous and lively: \"Her next volume - as yet unpublished - is about circuses and affiliation. In her second volume, Simals Die Fremde, she presents an excellent compilation of 16 articles that summarize man and beast in a storytelling style that is playfully, emotionally and deep.\nThe reader of this volume and its first, Let Me Clear My Throat (2013), will not be surprising that Passarello has received the Whiting Award for Nonfiction, a literature award given to up-and-coming authors with great promises. \"In a typically good mood, Passarello said to me that she introduced \"the feeling of insecurity, amazement and often the falseness of a layman\" into the practical application of natural-printing.\n\" She is fascinated by the essence of mankind' s thinking and possessions, be it a hymn, a talk or a sala-man. \"That is why I am describing the socio-political practice of bird watchers, just as I am the bird they are looking for. \"What does she say now? The Outrun - the 2016 Wainwright Prize for Best Natural, Travelling and Exterior Fonts - is rough and pretty, a hurtful rehabilitation note.\nHer texts describe how to swim in the icy waters, track down partridges and polar tern and observe the starry sky: \"The best describing authors have narrow, repetitive observation of a particular place; Liptrot observes tide, wind, clouds, wild animals, and more.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The WAUBEE WAVES are a series of newsletters\nthat were created after every week of camp.\nThese were started in 1933 and have continued to be\ngenerated over the years.\nThe original copies can be viewed at Camp Mack.\nEach edition includes fliers, posters and newsletters.\nWe hope you enjoy finding your week of camp and reliving some of your memories in these volumes of history!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The other week I was in Paris for a conference on interoperability. It was the working group of the IIIF, the brainchild of a consortium of libraries including the British Library, Bibliotheque Nationale, National Library of Norway, Los Alamos and Stanford.\nThe efforts being made in this area are immense, and, since I've been involved in this field, something of a holy grail. As research slowly becomes digital, the concept of information being locked in discreet digital silos becomes more and more absurd. Ingest of just metadata into a vast database (Europeana) or strict adherence to standards before ingest of metadata and image into another vast database (Biodiversity Heritage Library) do surely not, in the end, point the way forward.\nAnd yet, what to do? Decisions over digitisation and metadata standards that were taken decades ago affect us now and prevent effective cross-collection search and collaboration.\nIIIF is designed to address that problem by developing metadata and image APIs as well as a comprehensive image markup model called Shared Canvas.\nIt was fascinating to be involved in the emergence of something so potentially game-changing. The unsung heroes of interoperability will be those who sweat the details over the schema and the API. My job is then to build software that exploits this liberating commonality and frees the repositories up for researchers. They make me look good.\nSo thank you to Tom Cramer for inviting me and I look forward to seeing how this pans out.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Series: Hercule Poirot Book 17\nGenre: Mystery & Thriller\nLength: 352 pages\nAudiobook Length: 7 hours and 59 minutes\nFirst Published: 1937\nBeloved detective Hercule Poirot embarks on a journey to Egypt in one of Agatha Christie’s most famous mysteries, Death on the Nile.\nThe tranquility of a cruise along the Nile was shattered by the discovery that Linnet Ridgeway had been shot through the head. She was young, stylish, and beautiful. A girl who had everything . . . until she lost her life.\nHercule Poirot recalled an earlier outburst by a fellow passenger: “I’d like to put my dear little pistol against her head and just press the trigger.” Yet in this exotic setting nothing is ever quite what it seems.\nQuotes from Death on the Nile\nThat is why most great love stories are tragedies\nA man doesn’t want to feel that a woman cares more for him than he cares for her. He doesn’t want to feel owned, body and soul. It’s that damned possessive attitude.\nThey conceive a certain theory, and everything has to fit into that theory. If one little fact will not fit it, they throw it aside. But it is always the facts that will not fit in that are significant.\nWomen, however charming, have this disadvantage: they distract the mind from food!\nAbout Agatha Christie\nChristie is one of the bestselling novelists of all time. She is best known for her detective novels, though she also wrote short stories, plays and romances. She died in 1976 in England. Visit the author’s website →", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Filled with vibrant, engaging, and uncluttered, art, the book is written for children of all reading levels, with vocabulary ranging from basic concepts (bridge) to special train jargon (idler car, monorail). Sure to captivate children with autism and any young train enthusiast this book will help kids of all ages improve their literacy skills as they learn the ABCs of one of their favorite topics. Complete with helpful teaching tips for educators and parents.\n32 pages. 2009\nTogether, we're better. And more fun.\n- | You'll find a Special Needs Project popup bookstore at these events.\n- | These are webinars.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Winner honored in first-ever library photo contest\nEighteen-year-old Jourdan Rus took home the grand prize for the first-ever Bloomfield Township Public Library photo contest with her submission titled “Bibliophile.”\nPosted May 15, 2017\nBLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP — The entries are in, the winners have been selected, and the images are certainly impressive.\nThe first-ever Bloomfield Township Public Library photo contest wrapped up April 1, and according to Assistant Library Director Tera Moon, the participation was better than expected for the inaugural competition.\n“Forty-three people submitted 77 photos, and we had entries from ages across the board,” said Moon. “We didn’t ask for ages; we just had three categories: youth, teen and adult. But I know there were some kids who were, like, 8 who submitted photos, and one man who submitted was probably in his 90s.”\nA common theme, Moon noticed, was that as much as people love their library and reading good stories, they also fancy animals.\n“People like to take pictures of their kids reading to their pets,” she said with a laugh. “We even got a photo of a squirrel reading a Dr. Seuss book.”\nThree judges — local photographer Laurie Tennent, marketing expert Dave Buffington, and amateur photographer and library volunteer Nancy Kulish — selected winners from the lot.\nTaking first place in the youth category was Josette Nelson with her image titled “So many pretty books,” followed by Pia Zammit in second place with “Squirrel friends like reading, too,” and Sarra Brinjikji in third with “Devouring Harry Potter.”\nEighteen-year-old Jourdan Rus, a Bloomfield Hills High School grad and Wayne State University student, took first place in the teen category with “Les Mis,” followed up by Georgia Zimmerman in second with “Camarilla in the rain,” and Kosta Sergakis in third with “Reading on a sunny day.”\nRus also took the honor of Best in Show with another one of her photos, which earned her the grand prize of a high-definition camera.\n“In the past, I’ve had success in other art competitions, so I’m always on the lookout for anything new that I can enter in. I think it’s great to put your work out there, even if you might not win,” said Rus, who’s studying business management and photography at WSU. “After brainstorming a bit, I decided I wanted to show that reading can also be a creative expression. I personally love reading many different kinds of genres, so for my piece ‘Bibliophile’ I included a lot of my favorite books that are each very different from each other.”\nFirst place in the adult category went to Sally Matak for “The simple beauty of books,” followed by Jessie Gable in second with “Her two favorite things,” and Elizabeth Ford in third with “Clayton zoned in.”\nAll of the winning photos are available to see on the BTPL Facebook page, and the top entries will be used for promotional materials.\n“Since the theme was the joy of reading and libraries, we’ll use these in pieces to promote the library. So anytime we need a photo of a cute kid reading or someone using the library, we’ll grab these,” Moon explained. “We had a theme and people captured just that, in our library, outdoors and in their homes.”\nSee all of the entries at facebook.com/BloomfieldTownshipLibrary.\nAbout the author\nStaff Writer Tiffany Esshaki covers Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township as well as Oakland County Parks and Recreation and Oakland County Animal Control and Pet Adoption Center. Esshaki has worked for C & G Newspapers since 2011 and attended the University of Michigan-Dearborn and Oakland Community College. She’s the recipient of several awards from the Michigan Press Association and the Detroit chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.\nMore from C & G Newspapers\nGrosse Pointe Park / Grosse Pointe Woods", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Title: Charlotte the Scientist is Squished\nAuthor: Camille Andros\nIllustrator: Brianne Farley\nCharlotte is a serious scientist, but she is squished. Charlotte has such a large family, she has trouble finding space for her experiments. She decides to use the scientific method in order to get some space. She tries to make her family disappear and make herself invisible, but both experiments fail. Her next experiment is to go to outer space, which was successful. However, she soon learns that space is lonely. After more experiments to solve her loneliness, she reaches a new conclusion. She doesn’t need outer space, she just needs her own space.\nScientific inquiry and thinking", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "\"Groundbreaking.\" — Bryan Stevenson, New York Times bestselling author of Just Mercy\nFrom one of the world's leading experts on unconscious racial bias, a personal examination of one of the central controversies and culturally powerful issues of our time, and its influence on contemporary race relations and criminal justice.\nYou don't have to be racist to be biased. Unconscious bias can be at work without our realizing it, and even when we genuinely wish to treat all people equally, ingrained stereotypes can infect our visual perception, attention, memory, and behavior. This has an impact on education, employment, housing, and criminal justice. In Biased, with a perspective that is at once scientific, investigative, and informed by personal experience, Jennifer Eberhardt offers us insights into the dilemma and a path forward.\nEberhardt works extensively as a consultant to law enforcement and as a psychologist at the forefront of this new field. Her research takes place in courtrooms and boardrooms, in prisons, on the street, and in classrooms and coffee shops. She shows us the subtle--and sometimes dramatic--daily repercussions of implicit bias in how teachers grade students, or managers deal with customers. It has an enormous impact on the conduct of criminal justice, from the rapid decisions police officers have to make to sentencing practices in court. Eberhardt's work and her book are both influenced by her own life, and the personal stories she shares emphasize the need for change. She has helped companies that include Airbnb and Nextdoor address bias in their business practices and has led anti-bias initiatives for police departments across the country. Here, she offers practical suggestions for reform and new practices that are useful for organizations as well as individuals.\nUnblinking about the tragic consequences of prejudice, Eberhardt addresses how racial bias is not the fault of nor restricted to a few \"bad apples\" but is present at all levels of society in media, education, and business. The good news is that we are not hopelessly doomed by our innate prejudices. In Biased, Eberhardt reminds us that racial bias is a human problem--one all people can play a role in solving.\n\"Jennifer Eberhardt’s work is essential to helping us understand racial inequalities in our country and around the world.\" — Michelle Alexander, author of New York Times bestseller The New Jim Crow\n\"This book helps us to scientifically view how racial bias works in our own minds and throughout society. We could not ask for a better guide to understand this reality than Jennifer Eberhardt. Her research reveals critical information that can help leaders better understand how biases can impact our judgment and how we are perceived by the communities we are sworn to serve.\" — Kamala D. Harris, United States Senator from California\n\"Jennifer is one of the great thinkers and one of the great voices of our time…I believe her book will change the conversation on race in our society–and perhaps our society itself.\" — Carol Dweck, author of New York Times bestseller Mindset: The New Psychology of Success\n\"Drawing on her pioneering research, Jennifer Eberhardt’s new book offers a powerful exploration of how racial bias seeps into our classrooms, college campuses, police departments, and businesses.\" — Bruce Western, author of Punishment and Inequality in America and Professor of Sociology, Columbia University\n\"Biased is deeply relevant to education and other fields of work, within the U.S. and globally. Dr. Eberhardt’s work offers a touchstone for educators, leaders, lawmakers, and all those who want a society that serves everyone equally.\" — Linda Darling-Hammond, author of The Flat World and Education: How America’s Commitment to Equity will Determine our Future\n\"This is not someone who is just doing work in the ivory tower of a university. This is someone who is really out in the trenches working with police departments and the criminal justice system.\" — Chris Magnus, Chief of Police, Tucson, Arizona\n\"She is saying things that make people uncomfortable, but she has the evidence to back up the reality of what’s she’s describing…[her work is]…original, provocative, and rigorous. I think she has changed the way we all think about the American dilemma of race.\"—Susan Fiske, Psychologist, Princeton University\nDr. Jennifer Eberhardt is a professor of psychology at Stanford and a recipient of a 2014 MacArthur \"genius\" grant. She has been elected to the National Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and was named one of Foreign Policy's 100 Leading Global Thinkers. She is co-founder and co-director of SPARQ, a Stanford Center that brings together researchers and practitioners to address significant social problems.\nFor media and publicity inquiries, please contact:\nCarolyn Coleburn, Viking Books", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "1. The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster. I just loved this book as a kid. It has everything a good children’s book needs—adventure, fantasy, whimsy, and a good life lesson or two. The book follows Milo, a little boy who gets bored and drives his toy car through a magic tollbooth, on an epic adventure through the Kingdom of Wisdom. The Phantom Tollbooth is witty, heartfelt, and playful. And for all the English nerds out there, this book has all kinds of good wordplay. Enjoy.\n2. The View from Saturday by E.L. Konigsburg is a story about friendship, bravery, and finding your tribe. I just love Konigsburg’s writing style—which may just be why she shows up multiple times on this list!\n3. Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White. The simplest (and best) way to describe this books is to say that its about friendship—real, genuine, no-matter-what friendship. The friendship that blossoms between the most unlikely pair, a pig and a spider, has something powerful to teach us about what can happen when we take care of one another and realize that we all need to be rescued sometimes.\n4. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J.K. Rowling is just gold. I won’t gush about Harry Potter (too much), but every kid should read the Harry Potter series…and every adult for that matter. This is the kind of book that can make a kid fall in love with reading. It is about magic, yes. But it is also about good versus evil, growing up, figuring out what you believe in, friendship, and standing up for what is right and good and true. I honestly can’t wait to read these books to my kids.\n5. Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar is a hilarious book about a school that was built 30 stories high and the wacky things that happens there. My second grade teacher used to read us a chapter from this book at the end of each day, and we loved it. This is the book for the kid who doesn’t like to read, and I can guarantee that it will have him rolling on the floor laughing. Sachar just gets kids, and this book totally reflects that. Bonus: there are also two other books in the series that are just as wonderful.\n6. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle is a science fiction novel that follows a little girl named Meg’s journey through the fifth dimension to rescue her father. There are a lot of difficult concepts in this book, but the writing is beautiful and honest and authentic. It also teaches us that there’s nothing wrong with being the girl who is super smart and a little weird…in fact, it’s pretty awesome.\n7. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis might just be one of my favorite books of all time. C.S. Lewis possesses the rare ability to communicate effectively with both children and adults and to tell a story so vivid and tangible that it captures your heart and imagination and won’t let go. The world that Lewis creates in the Narnia series is a captivating and beautiful portrait of who God is and his role in our lives. This is another series that I’m super excited to read with my own kids one day.\n8. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has so much to teach kids about empathy, patience, and being a voice for justice. It’s also the kind of book you can read over and over again—and you should.\n9. From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E. L. Konigsburg tells the story of two kids who run away from home to go live in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC. I mean, what kid hasn’t fantasized about running free in a museum at night? I love how the author combines the main character’s thirst for adventure, mystery, and quest for identity with a fascination for art and history. This is definitely my favorite Konigsburg book.\nWhat would you add to the list?", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Dream Boy: A Novel [Jim Grimsley] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Struggling with sexual abuse from his father and his mother’s denial. Dream Boy: A Novel [Jim Grimsley] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. ALA Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual Book Award. DREAM BOY confirms the. Dream Boy: A Novel [Jim Grimsley] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A prizewinning playwright shares the stunning and heartbreaking.\n|Published (Last):||9 June 2018|\n|PDF File Size:||6.52 Mb|\n|ePub File Size:||1.67 Mb|\n|Price:||Free* [*Free Regsitration Required]|\nAnd I thought things could get better for both of them and that the “tragedy”-whatever it was- wouldn’t be that bad. During the trip, they discover an abandoned and possibly haunted plantation house and Nathan and Roy are discovered in a compromising situation. It seemed as if that elaborately, subtly constructed castle of prose and all the thoughts and feelings it provoked — all my sorrow and horror and hope and enchantment — were only sand after all, a con, and the whole thing abruptly sifted away through my fingers.\nNathan is accepted into Roy’s social circle and is invited to go on a camping trip with Roy and his friends Randy and Burke. But the blunt nature of this book left me wanting more.\nThat the Father would be arrested and thrown in jail or perhaps have a millstone tied around his neck and be thrown into the sea just as Jesus suggested for those who abuse children Mark 9: Grimsley manages to create an aura of wonderment, joy even, in the boys’ sexual discovery while at the same time running an undercurrent of dread through the entire slim volume, foreshadowing the book’s heartwrenching climax.\nIs he really dead? Beauty and despair as poles of human existence – a novel about young adults, but not for all of them.\nAug 31, Ije the Devourer of Books rated jjm liked it. The book’s power derives not merely from the fairly simple, straightforward story, but from the writing itself which is positively transcendent. So, yeah, when they began being sweet to each other, my hate turned to love instantly and my regret turned to craving to finish the book, to me the writing-style that I scorned before no longer seemed terrible.\nFirst I couldn’t understand what it was. But what remains then? That seemed a good reason to read it. Once again, thank you, Sofia, for holding my hand and goi It was a page turner! Grimsley writes with soul of a poet that when he describes the attraction between the two boys, it is so palpable, I can feel it seeps through the pages and fill the empty grimaley around me.\nNathan comes from a troubled home. This book was NOT okay.\nDream Boy by Jim Grimsley\nPatroclus remains the narrator even after he dies. According to the Scribner’s blurb post on Grimsley’s geimsley, “Roy at last openly accepts the younger boy as his lover.\nThere was a problem adding your email address. Jim’s first novel, Winter Birdswas published by Algonquin Books in Dreamm have to think about it some more and leave thus vague.\nThat’s why I couldn’t stop reading. I have so many ideas on this ending, but if I Dream Boy is haunting, in a “I have to re-read it or else it’ll drive me crazy” way. Preview — Dream Boy by Jim Grimsley. So what is this novel? Explore the Home Gift Guide.\nAlgonquin Books; 1st gimsley January 9, Language: That’s what was also turning me away from this book was the fact that aside from sexual experience there was literally nothing else going on at all.\nIt didn’t take me very long to read it, because I couldn’t put it down, but partly because it was very short, too. The insta-love was really too fast.\nFollow the Author\nI know not everyone agrees with my thoughts on it, and it is meant to be ambiguous so there is no real right and wrong on what your personal take is. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Though the sex never feels prurient, the novel is unrelentingly sexual. But with its topic can be called, disturbing any way you look at it. I, too, read Dream Boy in one sitting and, upon finishing, felt bereft, devastated for days afterward.\nSave this one for later if you’re searching for a happy ending – while it has nothing in common with sunshine or prancing unicorns, I promise that vrimsley make you think. It starts out as more of a romance – and you do have to dig a little for stuff to like about Roy.\nI am perturbed grmsley the character who “died” was somehow “alive” and that they ran away.\nThen in the change of mood ensued when they were inside the mansion, romance to horror to tragedy. Through the eyes of a professional who works with children and is trained to be alert to abusers and to the abused whether children or adults.\nRoy’s long strides set an easy pace and his silence engulfs Nathan so that both move with attention to quiet. And Nathan whether alive or dead also managed to escape and move to freedom. What’s the point of it? Other Book Industry Professional. Sep 01, Nancy rated it really liked it.\nI certainly wouldn’t have wanted to read it on my own. For collections desirous of a “problem” coming-of-age story with a gay theme, this might be a good bet. A dream within a dream? Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. There’s a difference between an author deciding to leave aspects of his work ambiguous and failing to explore certain characters, motifs, etc. I am sorry for my English; I am not a native speaker. On the surface this book may appear to be about a relationship between two boys, but it has a dark undercurrent and themes that can capture one’s mind long after reading.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A new term's booked space in the dictionary of Indo-Anglian fiction: the graphic novel—i.e. a novel-length comic book that aims to be \"serious literature\". Sarnath Banerjee's Corridor, currently making waves in literary circles, is the first example of a mainstream publishing house testing the waters for the medium in India and thus joining the $100-million global market.\nThe term graphic novel was coined by Will Eisner, a writer trying to persuade his publisher that his book (1978 classic, A Contract With God), was no ordinary comic book. But graphic novels were thrust into the literary limelight only in 1992, when Art Spiegelman's Maus, an Animal Farm-like take on the Holocaust, won the Pulitzer. Since then, biographies, literary novels on every possible theme, academic texts, historical fiction and non-fiction—from the Bible to The Hobbit—have embraced the format.\nAnd graphic novels are the fastest growing phenomenon in global publishing. They are reviewed in the New York Times and The Guardian. Joe Sacco's journalistic graphic novel Palestine featured an introduction by philosopher Edward Said. With recent large-budget films like Road to Perdition, From Hell and The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, graphic novels have even reached mainstream mecca—Hollywood.\nSerious, lengthy comic books have been made by Indians before, notably Orijit Sen's 'comix' about the Narmada movement, the River of Stories (1994). But Banerjee's work highlights the growing relevance of comic books as a legit literary medium, moving beyond its traditional roles—humour, action, fantasy.\nCorridor's plot sounds like a standard Indo-Anglian novel, centering around a second-hand bookstore in old Delhi where a variety of eccentric souls converge in search of anything from Keats to aphrodisiacs. Banerjee is currently working on another such novel, which examines the eccentricities of 19th century Calcutta, with its zebra-drawn carriages and hemp smoking clubs. \"I'm fighting a very rigid literary hierarchy in India,\" he says, \"maybe open-minded readers will buy it.\"\nAccording to Sen, \"the urban subcultures that create a market for graphic novels aren't as developed in India as they are abroad, which could be a serious problem\". So why publish a graphic novel in India? V.K. Karthika, Banerjee's editor, feels the logic is very simple,\"The graphic novel has done well all over the world, so there should be enough readers in India if the book is good—also, in an increasingly visual world, this is a very relevant medium.\" However, the response to Corridor will be a big factor in deciding whether or not to do more in this genre. For Indian graphic novels to take off, says Banerjee, \"what's important is that talented and interested designers and artists are drawn away from animation sweatshops and trained in comic creation—we have no shortage of writers.\"\nBut while intellectuals debate over the multiplicity of perspectives of text and image, the philosophical significance of gutter space (the space between two comic panels) and the haiku-like imagery of dripping blood in Japanese graphic novels, India's comics scene is thriving at the ground level. Over the last three decades, Diamond Comics, Raj Comics, Tinkle and Amar Chitra Katha have established vast distribution networks countrywide and are read by lakhs of children in a wide range of languages. But with the exception of Amar Chitra Katha, these are, according to Sen, \"of the lowest order in both form and content.\" The storylines are mostly hackneyed and derivative, and the English translations usually atrocious. Here's a quote from Raj Comics' website, for example, describing their Amazonian superheroine Shakti—\"Wonder woman and joker are her villains. The only tell tale sign of this phenomenon is the eye mark on ordinary chanda's fore ford which she keeps well covered with a hear band pretending permanent migraine.\"\nNow Gotham Comics, a US-based company with offices in India, is looking to change the picture completely. It's distributing comics made by international comics powerhouses like Marvel, DC and Cartoon Network all over Asia—which gives them access to over 10,000 well-known characters. And with a monthly reader tally in India of two lakh already, the company seems to have cashed in effectively on the high recognition factor of American comic characters from Spiderman to Scooby-doo.\nGotham has also realised the value of local content—it's set up Indian workshops to develop comics set in India, based on Indian themes, and is even planning a historical/mythological series to take on the ever-popular Amar Chitra Katha.\nThe direct inspiration to develop a distinctly Indian style may be the success of manga, or Japanese comic art, which is not only read by nearly every Japanese citizen, but also rivals traditional American comics in markets worldwide. With distinctive artwork based on centuries-old traditions and a cinematic narrative structure currently in global focus thanks to films like Kill Bill, manga (capricious pictures), especially shojo manga aimed specifically at girls, is the biggest growth area in international publishing. Could there be a big market for an Indian equivalent?\n\"Certainly not in the present circumstances,\" says Dheeraj Verma, an artist who has worked with Raj Comics for 10 years and aims to work for Marvel. \"Indian artists are underpaid and hence disinterested. There are talented artists, but without proper training and royalties, they're going nowhere.\" Asked to name their favourite comic hero of Indian origin, both Verma and Banerjee picked Indrajal Comics' Bahadur, the orange kurta-clad action hero with Neetu Singh-lookalike girlfriend Bela. But, feels Banerjee, there's no genuine indigenous comic book tradition in India outside West Bengal and Kerala, where local comics have distinctive and original artwork.\nSharad Devarajan, CEO of Gotham (a dream job description for any Batman fan, surely), believes India is about to enter a golden age of comics. The original golden age was when the medium exploded into mainstream popularity in the US, from the late '30s to the '50s, beginning with the release of DC Comics' Action Comics No 1 (1938), in which Superman made his debut, and Marvel Comics No 1 (1939).\nFor Devarajan, graphic novels mean longer standalone superhero stories like Frank Miller's classic take on Batman, The Dark Knight Returns, where Batman is a middle-aged, angst-ridden ex-hero, and Alan Moore's Watchmen, an epic analysis of a superhero team as a collection of real people, not just one-dimensional muscle-bound vigilantes with unorthodox views on lingerie. Gotham plans to distribute graphic novels as serialised special monthly editions.\nGolden age or not, with the arrival of the graphic novel, comics in India have finally straddled the entire spectrum. The next step would therefore have to be international recognition—the growing importance of Indian communities in major markets could soon lead to comics aimed at Indians abroad (and the creation of Indian superheroes, like black, Latino and gay ones who find large numbers of readers). And after that breakthrough comes, growth should be faster than a speeding bullet.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "CZ Print Release Station 3.0 is print management software, best suited ultimate print control solution for libraries / schools / colleges of low budget, where print jobs hold and release is centralized and unwanted print is restricted.\nEasy Print Envelopes is the quickest and easiest way to print professional-looking envelopes. It allows you to print tens and hundreds of envelopes of different addresses with one print. It came in three popular envelope sizes.\nCZ Print Job Tracker 5.0 print management software allows you to monitor all printing activity, handle charge-backs, control who is printing, how much is being printed, and identify the cost of printing across your entire organization.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Another Archives Treasure\nThis President’s Cup Intramural Riflery Trophy dating from 1938-1948 displays the scores of Beaver College’s Intramural Riflery Team listed by graduation year. There is a gap in time from the class of 1942 to the class of 1948, in which trophies were not awarded. Despite the repetitive successes of the women on the team, the amount of competitions for the team was limited due to the need to reserve gas, rubber, and metal for war efforts. Though Beaver College saw a rise in student participation in extracurriculars pertaining to the war efforts, such as joining the Red Cross organization, the students’ involvement with athletics held strong.\nBrynn Simon, Class of 2023", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This book represents an authentic reproduction of the text as printed by the original publisher. While we have attempted to accurately maintain the integrity of the original work, there are sometimes problems with the original work or the micro-film from which the books were digitized. This can result in errors in reproduction. Possible imperfections include missing and blurred pages, poor picture...\nPaperback: 102 pages\nPublisher: EEBO Editions, ProQuest (December 13, 2010)\nProduct Dimensions: 9.7 x 0.2 x 7.4 inches\nFormat: PDF ePub TXT book\nDownload Link Mirror\nThis book is not about the crime in which you are interested. I cannot wait for the next book. Every page brings about more confidence as an artist. Download ebook The Title Of A Thorough Settlement Examined In Answer To Dr. Sherlock's Case Of The Allegiance Due To Sovereign Powers &: With An Appendix In Answer To Dr. Sherlock's Vindication. (1691) Pdf. ”Okay, I haven’t read A Wrinkle in Time since fifth grade, so I was kind of nervous going into this. One thing I've learned about Dresden books is that often the actual 'plot' of the book itself is not nearly as enjoyable as the character development, or even the developments of the bigger series plots. mid beginning/middle it died off. Jane Blythe lives in Melbourne Australia where she works as a teacher. ISBN-10 1171254172 Pdf. ISBN-13 978-1171254\nGive this to graduates of Mo Willems’ Elephant and Piggie series who are looking for something with a bit more challenging vocabulary. Design wise, the graphic presentation (font choices, layout, etc) of this \"heirloom edition\" is superb making it clearly better in that regard than perhaps any of the \"complete\" Sherlock Holmes books currently available. pretty much everything\". The illustrations are fantastic and is a wonderful story about compassion and love for all creatures. ¿Hay algo mejor que eso. While the musical is a moving and touching story , it is nothing compared to the book itself.\n- The title of a thorough settlement examined in answer to Dr. Sherlock's Case of the allegiance due to sovereign powers &: with an appendix in answer to Dr. Sherlock's vindication. (1691) epub\n- Download The title of a thorough settlement examined in answer to Dr. Sherlock's Case of the allegiance due to sovereign powers &: with an appendix in answer to Dr. Sherlock's vindication. (1691) pdf\n- The title of a thorough settlement examined in answer to Dr. Sherlock's Case of the allegiance due to sovereign powers &: with an appendix in answer to Dr. Sherlock's vindication. (1691) txt\n- 978-1171254171 pdf\n- Download Robert Jenkin pdf\n- Download Robert Jenkin books\n- Download epub ebooks\nYahoo john muir trail grou Here Shreermancom pdf link Download Elements of chemical reaction engineering 5th edition prentice hall international series in the physical and chemical engineering sciences pdf at conprestekiliu.wordpress.com The words and works of jesus christ a study of the life of christ\nEllen Johnson Sirleaf holds a special place in the history of Africa - the first democratically elec...\nI spoke with Gov. Dean when he was in Charleston a few months back. I was impressed with his speech ...", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Collections: Books & Decks, Books and Calendars, Gifts under $25!, Newly Added!\nThe first book of its kind on dragon spirituality, by the world-renowned bestselling author on ascension and Atlantis, Diana Cooper.\nDragons are returning to Earth now to prepare us for the Golden Age - and to help you ascend to the Light!\nDragons are celestial beings from the angel realms who have been sent here by Source to assist and protect us. They have been serving our planet since its inception and work with the angels in service for the highest good.\nIn this book, world-renowned ascension and Atlantis expert Diana Cooper shares incredibly detailed and practical knowledge about dragons and how they can support us.\n• the history of dragons on Earth, how they came to be here, and their mission for humanity\n• the air, earth, fire and water dragons, and how they act as personal companions\n• the higher frequency and galactic dragons and the wisdom they bring\n• how to meet your personal dragon guide and how it can help you on your ascension path\nThrough the visualizations and exercises in this book, you'll learn how to attune to dragon frequencies and expand your consciousness. All you have to do is ask - and watch how the dragons co-operate with the angels to fulfill your soul's deepest desires!\nTrade Paperback | English | 257 pages | 5 x 8 x 1 IN\nAll information about metaphysical properties is for reference only. It is a combination of research on how the gemstones have been used by different cultures today and throughout history, and our own personal experience. We do not recommend using crystals as a substitute for conventional medical or psychological treatment and do not claim they cure or heal medical conditions. Please always listen to the advice of your medical professional and only use crystals as a complementary therapy in addition to medical treatment.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Sunday, September 16, 2018\nWorld's Fair of 1893 Photographic Adventure Volume 2 is out!\nMy newest history book released this month, The World's Fair of 1893 Ultra Massive Photographic Adventure Volume 2! This follow up to 2017's Volume 1 focuses more on the interiors of buildings, crowds and beautiful drawings of the event that entertained more than 27,000,000 people at the end of the 19th century.\n330 pages. Black and white. Available in Kindle eBook and Print from Amazon.com\nIf you love learning about the \"White City\" and want to see more incredible images, many of which are extremely rare, you'll dig this book. Buy from Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1719937974\nDig even deeper into the White City with this ultra-massive photographic adventure that looks inside the buildings and follows the crowds of people who were there! The World's Fair of 1893 was the greatest event on earth that entertained more than 27,000,000 people summer. We've seen the beautiful exterior photographs of the Ferris Wheel, the Grand Basin, the Court of Honor, and the enormous Manufacturers and Liberal Arts Building. This second installment of the acclaimed Ultra Massive series goes inside the massive structures of the World's Columbian Exposition to showcase the long-lost event that changed the world from the inside out. Incredible rare photographs, drawings, and prints - many of which have never been published before - highlight the people at the fair and the interiors of its greatest buildings like Machinery Hall, the Manufacturers Building and the Electricity Building. Admire the crowds, the workmanship, the displays and the miles of machinery that set the stage for the 20th century. Written and designed by filmmaker and writer, Mark Bussler (Expo: Magic of the White City, Westinghouse, Classic Game Room), this stylish book is filled with crisp, black and white imagery of the Fair that features rare photographs from period sources and a private collection.\nMy newest history book released this month, The World's Fair of 1893 Ultra Massive Photographic Adventure Volume 2 ! This follow up to ...\nUltra Massive Video Game Console Guide Volume 3 has launched across the galaxy! The third book in my Ultra Massive series features photograh...\nFeel the Blast Processing flow with the most entertaining and comprehensive Sega Genesis collector's guide ever created! Come for the 1...", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Roger Fredericks Reveals Secrets to Golf Swing FlexibilityRoger Fredericks Reveals Secrets to a Fundamental Golf ...\nIn this revolutionary book, author Roger Fredericks explores both the worlds of golf instruction and flexibility and explains precisely why the majority of golf instruction is ineffective, and why various golf instruction methodologies are not conducive to certain individual body types. Not just a golf instruction book and not just a flexibility book, Fredericks teaches the readers how to combine the two and in effect improve your golf swing once and for all. Roger Fredericks a leading golf instructor, pioneer in the world of golf fitness, and author of the smash hit Infomercial (more than 100,000 copies sold) and DVD, Roger Fredericks Reveals Secrets to Golf Swing Flexibility takes readers on a step-by-step instructional journey, explaining why golfers have a difficult time improving and what one can do about it. Using a common sense approach Fredericks reveals on the pages of Secrets of Golf Instruction & Flexibility the true fundamentals of the golf swing, how your golf swing mechanics are merely symptoms of how your body functions, and most importantly what golfers can do to maximize their golf instruction AND their flexibility.\nRoger Fredericks Reveals Secrets to a Fundamental Golf Swing\nRegardless of whether you're playing golf for the first time or are a tour pro, taking lessons or not, working on getting some of the distance back or add some that you've always wanted, even if you've never had much success with lessons, videos or any other game improvement product or golf training aid, with Roger Fredericks Golf Swing Flexibility program, you can finally do something that will help your golf game. The programs includes the Secrets to Golf Swing Flexibility, plus 2 FREE videos, Secrets to a Fundamental Golf Swing and Secrets to a Powerful Golf Swing. Also included are a wall poster, practice rope, and a take along booklet!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "[ACCOUNT OF THE OTTOMAN-VENETIAN NAVAL WAR] Tuhfetu'l-kibâr fî esfâri'l-bihâr. [i.e. The gift to the great ones on naval campaigns]\nKATIP ÇELEBI [HACI KHALFA], (1609-1657)., Matbaa-i Bahriye [i.e. The Printing House of the Naval Forces]., Istanbul, [AH 1329] = 1913.\nFull leather new bdg. Original illustrated cover saved inside. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Ottoman script (Old Turkish with Arabic letters). , 166,  p., b/w and color plates of Ottoman warships and scenes from naval wars, seven maps of the earliest examples of Ottoman cartography.\nVery rare second edition of this book on the history of Ottoman naval wars against Venetians began with the Crete campaign (War of Candia) in 1645 and lasted for years until 1656. The book was published first in 1729 in Müteferrika Printing House which was the first printing house in the Islamic world as the third printed book. This is the second edition including five maps of almost the same size (two paged) titled world map, The Mediterranean, The Archipelago (Aegean), The Adriatic Sea, and the compass-like in its first edition as well as two maps and twenty-six plates (some of them are color) and small illustrations of Ottoman ships as head of some carriage returns. Additional maps depict the city of Venice (from Kitab-i Bahriye [i.e. Book of Navigation) and the travels of Ottoman Admiral Sidi Ali Reis through the Sea of Oman.\nThe Cretan War or the Fifth Ottoman-Venetian War, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies (chief among them the Knights of Malta, the Papal States, and France) against the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States because it was largely fought over the island of Crete, Venice's largest and richest overseas possession.\nThis account of Ottoman maritime warfare in Turkish, written in Safer 1067/November 1656. This date places the book in a moment of utmost danger for the Ottoman capital following the defeat of the Ottoman navy at the hands of the Venetians at the Dardanelles (4 Ramadan 1066/26 June 1656) and the subsequent loss of the islands of Lemnos and Tenedos. It is also written shortly after the appointment of Köprülü Mehmed Pasha as grand vizier (25 Dhulqada 1066/14 September 1656). Thus it is suggested to read it as a program of reform of the navy intended for a person whom Hadji Khalfa might have seen as the \"man of the sword\" who might revert the fate of the Empire. Of the four ulemâ [i.e. scholars] who wrote endorsements for the book, two are closely related to the Köprülü family.\nThe first part is a history of Ottoman maritime campaigns from the beginning to 1067/1656, while the second is a systematic description of naval affairs, from administration and offices to shipbuilding, culminating in a list of 40 suggestions for the organization and strategy of the Ottoman navy, including the use of recent scientific and technological innovations. Thus the juxtaposition with history provides an argument for reform. Suggestions are largely centered around the traditional qanun-i qadim; there is no reference to high-board ships. The final pages include an important discussion of historical causality, explaining how divine omnipotence creates the consequence of historical causes, in reward for the righteous rule, or punishment of injustice. (Source: Ottomanhistorians).", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The legend of zelda timeline\nThe Legend Of Zelda Timeline Legende der Götter & Der Held der Zeit\nThe Legend of Zelda erzählt die Geschichte des Triforce, das die manifestierte Kraft von drei Göttinnen ist. Sie haben die Welt Hyrule und alles. Zelda mag für viele mit ihren unzähligen Titeln und Geschichten verwirrend sein, daher haben wir uns die Timeline der Serie mal genau. Ein großes Streitthema unter Zelda-Fans ist und bleibt die offizielle Zelda-Timeline – eine offiziell von Nintendo festgelegte Reihenfolge. The Legend of Zelda (jap. ゼルダの伝説, Zeruda no Densetsu, wörtlich „Die Legende von [email protected]:Webachiv/IABot/goredforwomen.se; ↑ Breath of the Wild wird nie in die Zelda-Timeline eingegliedert werden. November. Vorlage:The Legend of Zelda Zeitleiste. aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie. Zur Navigation springen Zur Suche springen.\nVorlage:The Legend of Zelda Zeitleiste. aus Wikipedia, der freien Enzyklopädie. Zur Navigation springen Zur Suche springen. The Legend of Zelda (jap. ゼルダの伝説, Zeruda no Densetsu, wörtlich „Die Legende von [email protected]:Webachiv/IABot/goredforwomen.se; ↑ Breath of the Wild wird nie in die Zelda-Timeline eingegliedert werden. November. The Legend of Zelda erzählt die Geschichte des Triforce, das die manifestierte Kraft von drei Göttinnen ist. Sie haben die Welt Hyrule und alles.\nYet, on the th anniversary of the emergence of the Bound Chest and the Light Force, a sword contest was held where the mysterious man known as Vaati emerged victorious.\nDuring the ceremony, he shattered the seal on the Bound Chest with a Picori Blade, releasing all of the evil back into the world and turning Princess Zelda into stone.\nHer father, King Daltus, urged the young hero Link to seek out a sacred blade that was a combination of four separate blades and bestowed whoever carried it with the ability to split into four different heroes.\nDuring this time, Vaati used his magic to trick King Daltus into enveloping Hyrule in a shroud of darkness, forever dooming it unless Vaati was stopped.\nLink confronted and defeated Vaati, where it was revealed that he was, in fact, a Minish. Vaati was then confronted by his former master and fellow Minish Ezlo, who had been transformed into a hat that can grant the wearer any wish they desire.\nSince Vaati was slain, Link used his Four Swords to free Zelda from her imprisonment and then allowed her to use Ezlo to wish away all of the evil within Vaati.\nThis, along with the Light Force, restored balance to the lands of Hyrule as the monsters were vanquished and sealed away once more.\nHowever, Vaati was actually not dead, and the sorcerer returned to the lands of Hyrule once more. Instead, Vaati established himself in a large temple which he dubbed the Palace of Wind, giving himself the new moniker of The Great Sorcerer of the Wind, Vaati.\nDuring his reign of terror, the mage would ransack villages, kidnap beautiful girls, and slay those who came to rescue the imprisoned citizens.\nAccording to a story that is largely believed to be myth, just when all hope seemed lost, a young boy set off into the woods and returned days later with the girls.\nRegardless of what really happened, Vaati was now imprisoned within the Four Swords itself, acting as a pseudo prison for the all-powerful wind mage.\nSummoning Link, the two investigated just as Vaati broke out from the magical seal. Seeing Zelda, Vaati whisked her away to make the woman his bride in order to commemorate his return and celebrate his power.\nLink, of course, chased after the mage. With the Four Swords in hand, Link learned that the only way to get into the Palace of Wind was to prove himself courageous enough for the Great Fairies.\nAfter many dungeons and beasts felled, Link finally launched an attack on Vaati and his temple. Link then fought Vaati and once more sealed the wind sorcerer inside of the Four Swords, saving both Hyrule and Princess Zelda.\nAt the peak of the war, a young Hylian woman fled into the woods with her infant boy in search of the Great Deku Tree.\nLeaving him there, her young son named Link was raised by the Kokiri, a race of children that never age into adulthood and thus live away from the rest of society.\nEventually the war ended, and once Link was a young boy, he suffered from a terrible nightmare that foresaw an evil force stalking Princess Zelda.\nShe then explained that in order to stop him, Link would need to obtain the other two Spiritual Stones as they were keys for the Temple of Time, which currently housed the legendary Master Sword.\nHowever, when returning to Hyrule Castle, Link witnessed Zelda fleeing for her life. Ganondorf chased after her, looking to secure her piece of the Triforce.\nReturning to the temple, Link seized the Master Sword and was thrown seven years into the future, where Ganondorf had become the supreme ruler.\nWe should also note that it is believed the Great Cataclysm occurred somewhere during this time, a moment where Ganon broke into the Sacred Realm, touched the Triforce, and caused it to break apart again, him acquiring the Triforce of Power.\nAfter a long journey, Link would eventually save every single sage, only to learn that Shiek was in fact the seventh sage. The slender man then revealed that he was none other than Princess Zelda in disguise, and with these powerful beings supporting Link, he fought his way towards Ganondorf at the very top of Hyrule Castle.\nThese three timelines have since never intersected with one another, and the events of each one are radically different. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time marks the last moment when this series had a single narrative.\nSadly, in this The Legend of Zelda timeline Link failed in his task to stop Ganondorf and had his portion of the Triforce the Triforce of Courage stolen from him.\nYet, his efforts were stopped, as he was sealed away in the Sacred Realm by the seven sages. For many years Hyrule then enjoyed peace, until a series of unknown, violent occurrences began to crop up throughout the land.\nFearing for his people, the King of Hyrule offered a reward to any traveler willing to stop the source of these events.\nThe wizard stopped the chaotic events, was praised by the king for his efforts, and was deemed the chief adviser to the ruler of Hyrule.\nLink was then awoken to find his uncle sneaking out of the house with a sword and shield, wherein he followed to a mysterious dungeon only to find his relative dying.\nIn his last moments, Link was gifted with his weapons and informed that he is actually a descendant of the Knights of Hyrule.\nHe was then told by the priest that in order to stop the powerful wizard, he would need to acquire the Master Sword and three Pendants from different temples.\nUpon obtaining these items, Link discovered that in his absence, Agahnim discovered Zelda and banished her to the Dark World. The duo then fought, and once Agahnim was defeated.\nHe used the last of his magic to send our hero into this twisted realm, as well, and Link only survived thanks to a mysterious item he was given earlier dubbed the Magic Mirror.\nThe two had one last battle in which Ganon was slain, and the Triforce was safe once more, allowing Hyrule another era of peace.\nAfter the events of the Great Cataclysm , the Triforce was split into three separate parts. Eventually, an evil wizard named Yuga are you seeing a pattern here?\nHowever, he was eventually stopped by Link and Zelda, which caused the once shattered Triforce to become whole once more.\nThanks to this all-powerful item, the lands of Hyrule entered a golden age of prosperity where kings ruled over the land with compassion.\nYet, as time passed, the last of these mighty kings sought out a worthy successor that would not allow Hyrule to plunge into total chaos.\nSadly, this was not possible. That was until a wizard okay people need to stop trusting wizards came to the prince and explained that the last piece was actually with his younger sister Zelda.\nRealizing the error in his ways, the prince sealed Zelda away and declared that all daughters were to be named Zelda in order to protect her location and true identity.\nGanon was able to secure the Triforce of Power, but to preserve the Triforce of Wisdom, the current Princess Zelda split the object into seven parts.\nHer guardian Impa then fled the castle in order to search for someone with enough courage to lay the Demon King to waste.\nHis quest was eventually complete and the hero confronted Ganon in Death Mountain, where the Demon King was destroyed once again.\nThis allowed Link to obtain the Triforce of Power and jumpstarted his journey to find the Triforce of Courage, which was still hidden away.\nMeanwhile Ganon, despite being killed, still had some sway over the land via his minions, who were currently seeking Link out in order to kill him and use his blood to resurrect Ganon.\nImpa then offered Link six crystals and a scroll that revealed the location of the Triforce of Courage, however, in order to obtain this he would need to kill the Guardian Deities.\nAfter all six were vanquished, the magical barrier around the Great Palace fell, allowing Link to obtain the final piece of the Triforce.\nIn this timeline, the evil prince Ganon was defeated, however, Link did not remain in his adult form. After his victory in The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Link warned both Zelda and her father about a disastrous future that would take place if the duo did nothing to kill Ganondorf.\nHowever, he was not destined to stay. His fairy companion Navi took off after his victory, spurring the young hero on an adventure to find her.\nThe only item he carried outside of his horse Epona and basic gear was the Ocarina of Time, which was gifted to him by Zelda as a memento.\nA few months passed, until one day in a mysterious forest Link was confronted by a powerful being known as Skull Kid.\nAfter stealing his horse, the unknown figure tricked Link into chasing him and imprisoned the boy in the land of Termina. Some time would pass and eventually Link would confront Skull Kid, vanquishing him and the demonic mask he possessed.\nThis allowed the adventurer to return to the woods and the land of Hyrule once more, where he continued his journey for Navi and vanished into the forest with his horse Epona.\nFlash forward a few years, and Ganondorf is finally brought before the Sages for his execution to rid him of this land once and for all.\nLink must shrink to the size of a bug to restore the Picori Sword and save Hyrule from the evil Vaati. The evil sorcerer Vaati has risen again.\nGanondorf has claimed the Triforce and taken over Hyrule. Link must now summon the seven sages to imprison the villain and save the kingdom.\nYoung Link is awakened by a telepathic message from Princess Zelda, who has been locked in the depths of Hyrule Castle by Agahnim, an evil wizard.\nStranded on Koholint Island, Link searches for eight musical instruments that will help him escape.\nLink is summoned to Hyrule Castle by the Triforce itself, beginning a parallel set of thrilling adventures.\nLink leaps into a 2D world to stop a mysterious villain named Yuga, who is turning people into paintings. Three heroes must unite to take on a witch known as The Lady, who has cast a curse on the princess of Hytopia.\nA young boy named Link must travel to Death Mountain and defeat the pig-like monster, Ganon, to restore peace to the kingdom of Hyrule.\nA teenage Link embarks on a journey to awaken the sleeping maiden, Zelda, and learn the origin of the Triforce.\nA humble ranch hand named Link is thrust into battle to save the Kingdom from being engulfed in darkness.\nLink must find the necessary items to forge the Phantom Sword to defeat a life-eating monster named Bellum. Link and Princess Zelda set out on a train-bound adventure to uncover the mysterious disappearance of the Spirit Tracks.\nCurrent filter: Characters. Reduce motion Enable motion. The creation. According to ancient tales, the world was created by three goddesses:.\nDin The goddess of power created the land. Nayru The goddess of wisdom created order. Farore The goddess of courage created life.\nThe triforce. Previous Next. The history of hyrule. Explore the history. The Legend of the Goddesses and the Hero Where a world and a hero are born.\nCreation The Creation of the Land and Sky. The Sacred Realm is Sealed.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Bruce Lee Words of Dragon\nBruce Lee Words of the Dragon: Interviews and Conversations 1958-1973\nWords of the Dragon is an anthology of newspaper and magazine interviews from 1958 to 1973 revealing Bruce Lee’s own fascinating words and explanations about Bruce himself, his art and philosophy. Interesting and insightful, Words of the Dragon provides the reader a means to understand the real Bruce Lee, offering us a unique keyhole through which to view the private life and personal struggles of the late martial arts superstar. These interviews provide us with Lee’s own interpretations of life, the martial arts, international stardom, and his cross-cultural marriage during a time of racism. This Bruce Lee Book is part of the Bruce Lee Library which also features: Bruce Lee’s Striking Thoughts Bruce Lee’s The Tao of Gung Fu Bruce Lee Artist of Life Bruce Lee Letters of the Dragon Bruce Lee The Art of Expressing the Human Body Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do\nAuthor: Bruce Lee, Edited by John Little\nPaperback, 160 pages\n49 in stock\nSee what others have to say about this product\nOnly logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "Unknowable Truths: The Incompleteness Theorems and Modernism\nSciences and Mathematics, College of\nMath and Computer Science, Department of\nBURS Faculty Advisor\nThis article evaluates the function of the current history of mathematics methodologies and explores ways in which historiographical methodologies could be successfully implemented in the field. Traditional approaches to the history of mathematics often lack either an accurate portrayal of the social and cultural influences of the time, or they lack an effective usage of mathematics discussed. This paper applies a holistic methodology in a case study of Kurt Gödel’s influential work in logic during the Interwar period and the parallel rise of intellectual modernism. In doing so, the proofs for Gödel’s Completeness and Incompleteness theorems will be discussed as well as Gödel’s philosophical interests and influences of the time. To explore the intersection of these worlds, practices are borrowed from the fields of intellectual history and history of science and technology to analyze better the effects of society and culture on the mind of mathematicians like Gödel and their work.\nTvardy, Caroline, \"Unknowable Truths: The Incompleteness Theorems and Modernism\" (2020). Belmont University Research Symposium (BURS). 85.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Nguyễn Du (阮攸, 1765 – 1820, pennames Tố Như and Thanh Hiên) is a celebrated Vietnamese poet who wrote in Chữ Nôm, the ancient writing script of Việt Nam. His poetry is celebrated for the directness of its language and the intricacy of its metaphors, in which each image and metaphor opens onto layers upon layers of hidden meaning. Although a number of Vietnamese poets pre-dated him — Ho Xuan Huong perhaps most notably among them — Nguyen Du is considered by many Vietnamese to the be founding-figure of Vietnamese literature. His epic poem Truyen Kieu (The Tale of Kieu), relating the brief and tragic life of a Vietnamese girl, is regarded with the same reverence in Vietnamese culture as that accorded to Homer by the Greeks and Shakespeare in the English-speaking world. His work demonstrates some of the flaws in the Confucian moral order\nNguyễn Du was born in 1765 in Tiên Điền village, Nghi Xuân district, Nghệ Tĩnh province, Vietnam. He was the seventh child of Nguyễn Nghiễm, a former prime minister under the Lê Dynasty. By the age of 13, Nguyen had lost both of his parents, and for most of his teenage years he lived with his brother Nguyễn Khản or with his brother-in-law Đoàn Nguyễn Tuấn.\nAt the age of 19, Nguyen passed the provincial examination, receiving the title of \"tú tài,\" which made him the equivalent of a secondary-education graduate. In Nguyen Du's time this sort of credential was difficult to obtain, as very few Vietnamese people were affluent enough to devote themselves to study.\nNguyen’s mother was his father’s third wife; she was noted for her ability at singing and composing poetry. In fact, she made her living by singing, which at that time was considered a disreputable occupation. It is said that Nguyen may have inherited a part of his talents from his mother. He loved listening to traditional songs; and there was a rumor that, when he was 18, he himself eloped with a songstress.\nAfter passing the provincial exam, he was appointed to the position of a military advisor in the Trinh army. After the Trinh Lords were defeated in 1786 by Nguyen Hue, Nguyen Du refused to serve in the new administration. He was arrested and held for some time before he moved back to his native village in the northern part of the country.\nLater, when yet another warlord, Nguyen Anh, seized control over all of Vietnam in 1802, Nguyen Du agreed to serve in his administration. At first he was given his old post of military advisor but after a decade he was promoted to ambassador to China in 1813. While in China, he discovered and translated the Ming dynasty era tale \"Kim Van Kieu\" that would become the basis for the Tale of Kieu. He was later appointed to two more diplomatic missions to Beijing, but before he could depart for the last one, he died of a long illness for which he refused treatment.\nNguyen's father had been a minister under the Lê dynasty, and his family had benefited greatly under their rule, following the Confucian virtue of utmost loyalty to one's king. For most of his life, Nguyen Du was haunted by his own betrayal of the rightful rulers of Vietnam, which he felt brought shame on himself and his family, as he willfully served under what he perceived to be an usurper's dynasty.\nThe Tale of Kieu\nThe Tale of Kiều is an epic poem considered to be not only Nguyễn Du's masterpiece but one of the crowning works of Vietnamese literature. The original title in Vietnamese is Đoạn Trường Tân Thanh (斷腸新聲, literally \"A New Cry From a Broken Heart\"), but it is better known as Truyện Kiều (傳翹, literally \"Kiều's Story\").\nIn 3,254 verses, written in lục bát meter — a strict form consisting of alternating lines of six characters followed by eight characters — the poem recounts the life, trials and tribulations of Thúy Kiều, a beautiful and talented young woman who is forced to sacrifice herself to save her family.\nNguyễn Du made use of the plot of Kim Vân Kiều (金雲翹), a story written in classical Chinese, setting it against the backdrop of the deteriorating state of Vietnam at the end of the eighteenth century. The ruling Lê Dynasty was at that time controlled by the Trịnh Lords in the north and the Nguyen Lords in the south. While the Trịnh and the Nguyễn were fighting against each other, the Tây Sơn rebels overthrew—first the Nguyen and then the Trinh—over the span of a decade. Nguyễn Du was loyal to the Lê Dynasty and hoped for the return of the Lê king. In 1802 the Nguyễn lord, Nguyễn Ánh, conquered all of Vietnam forming the new Nguyễn Dynasty. Nguyễn Ánh, wanted Nguyễn Du to join the new government and he did so, although with some reluctance. Thus, Nguyen Du's life is partially analogous to the doomed fate of the main character of The Tale of Kiều.\nThe Tale of Kieu was written under a pseudonym as it strongly suggested the old Confucian moral order was wrong, or at least, deeply flawed. There are numerous examples in the poem:\n- the initial trouble encountered by Kieu is caused by the greed of a mandarin–but mandarins, being educated Confucian scholars, were supposed to be morally upstanding individuals.\n- The rebel Tu Hai is portrayed in a very favorable light–a margin note in a copy owned by the Nguyen King Tu Duc says the author would have deserved a good thrashing.\n- Kieu falls in love with men not chosen for her by her parents. Romantic love was regarded with deep suspicion by Confucian scholars.\n- Kieu falls in love with two different men, but a woman was supposed to be faithful to one man her entire life.\nThe work had been fully translated into English at least three times, one with extensive footnotes by Huỳnh Sanh Thông, one for the general reader by Vladislav Zhukov and one in verse by an English writer.\nThe original text was written in Vietnamese using the vernacular Chữ Nôm script. Below are the first six lines of the prologue written in the modern Vietnamese alphabet and translated into English. Most Vietnamese speakers know these lines by heart.\n- Trăm năm, trong cõi người ta,\n- Chữ tài, chữ mệnh, khéo là ghét nhau.\n- Trải qua một cuộc bể dâu,\n- Những điều trông thấy mà đau đớn lòng;\n- Lạ gì bỉ sắc, tư phong,\n- Trời xanh quen thói má hồng đánh ghen.\n- Within the span of hundred years of human existence,\n- what a bitter struggle is waged between genius and destiny!\n- How many harrowing events have occurred while mulberries cover the conquered sea!\n- Rich in beauty, unlucky in life!\n- Strange indeed, but little wonder,\n- since casting hatred upon rosy cheeks is a habit of the Blue Sky.\n-Translation from Lê Xuân Thuy—Kim Vân Kiều \nAn alternate English translation of the same opening lines demonstrates the challenges of translating poetry.\n- As evidenced by centuries of human existence\n- Destiny and genius are apt to feud\n- Having endured an upheaval\n- The sights observed must wrench one’s heart\n- ‘Tis no surprise to find the bad and good in pairs\n- So a maiden blessed by beauty is likewise cursed by envy.\n- Bắc Hành Tạp Lục (Travels to the North)\n- Điêu la thành ca giả\n- Long thành cầm giả ca\n- Mộng đắc thái liên\n- Nam Trung Tạp Ngâm (Various Poems)\n- Ngẫu hứng V\n- Ngô gia Đệ cựu ca cơ\n- Thác lời trai phường nón\n- Thanh Hiên thi tập (Poems of Thanh Hiên)\n- Văn chiêu hồn\nIn addition to Vietnamese poetry, Nguyen also wrote some poems in Chinese.\n- Lê Xuân. Thuy—Kim Vân Kiều, Second Edition, 1968), 19\nReferencesISBN links support NWE through referral fees\n- Huynh Sanh Thong, translator and ed. An Anthology of Vietnamese Poems. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. ISBN 0300064101 (original bilingual ed. 1983)\n- Nguyen Khac. \"Renowned Vietnamese Intellectuals prior to the 20th Century\" (essay on Nguyen Du by the Vietnamese historian Nguyen Khac) published by The Gioi Publishers, 2004.\n- Nguyen Ngoc Binh, Burton Raffel, and W. S. Merwin, A Thousand Years of Vietnamese Poetry. New York: Knopf, 1974. ISBN 0394494225\n- Zhukov, Vladislav, trans., Kim Van Kieu of Nguyen Du. Canberra, Australia: Pandanus Books, 2004. ISBN 1740761278\nNew World Encyclopedia writers and editors rewrote and completed the Wikipedia article in accordance with New World Encyclopedia standards. This article abides by terms of the Creative Commons CC-by-sa 3.0 License (CC-by-sa), which may be used and disseminated with proper attribution. 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{"text": "Dr. Elaine Weintraub is a storyteller and historian who specialized in African American history. She is also an author and co-founder of the Martha’s Vineyard African American Heritage Trail. She talks to us about the Black Lives Matter Protests seen from both historical and contemporary perspectives.\nAs a historian, what are the commonalities you see between the current protests and the civil rights movement of the 1960s?\nI see unfinished business. There were promises reneged on at the end of the Civil War and by the 1960s, racist oppression had been normalized and became the structure of society. In the south, that was upheld by violence and violation and abuse of the legal system; in the north, it was more low key in the sense that it was enforced through redlining inadequate schooling and absence from any structure of power.\nWhile the emancipation proclamation abolished slavery in theory, there are also many loopholes and situations of injustice that continued since then. Could you elaborate on this?\nThe Civil War and the Emancipation proclamation abolished the name “slavery”, but the fact that Reconstruction only ever had strong adherents from Massachusetts and very small parts of the north meant that it was totally abandoned. Within a few years of the war, the south was allowed to institute the Black Codes. The Klan was formed, the vote denied and brutality became the norm toward people of color in the south where the largest populations of Black people were. It was legal to deny the vote to rape and murder with impunity with the protection of the law. The period after the Civil War to the 1960s was incredibly brutal toward African Americans.\nMany countries in the world seem to be living an “insular moment” where “the fear of others” prevails along with the existence of societal tensions. Why this? And do you think that this moment is rather exceptional or are there chances that it lasts?\nI suppose I think like a history teacher and I see true education as key. In my 25-year career, I never saw truly inclusive history being taught, and any references made to African American experience were generally more White History in that it was the white definition of the black experience. For example, is the history of enslavement truly not a history of how White people gained tremendous assets through the brutalizations of Black people? I hope this moment does stimulate thought. I know that it will make some white peoples very angry and if we are lucky, they may look into their hearts and minds and ask why is thus making me so angry? What do I fear? Why do I feel that my color defines what team I am in and that I must cheer for my team and demean black people’s legitimate struggles because that makes me a patriot?\nDo you believe that structural change will come out of the current Black Lives Matter protests, both in the USA and globally speaking?\nI do think so or at least I hope very strongly that this is a pivotal moment. Once you know something, you can’t go back and pretend you don’t know it. I was recently in Ireland where there is a long history of blowing up English monuments. I think there is an understanding that those monuments and statues are a statement of power. They are not history. They are weaponized against the oppressed who must walk by them every day feeling aware of that power and having no stake in what is celebrated and how it is celebrated. I think there will be kickback, but I also think that for many people, awareness has begun. We don’t have to identify with our so called heroes if they are oppressors. We can reach some consensus.\nYou have recently been awarded for your work surrounding the African American Heritage Trail of Martha’s Vineyard. Could you tell us more about your work in this specific field?\nI began my work on African American history back in 1998. I am the co-founder of the African American Heritage Trail. I was inspired to begin that work because it was immediately apparent to me that African American students did not receive their history. Nor did they receive affirmation of who they were in the day to day life of the school. What I know is history and it seemed to me that creating the Trail with its strong links to education would involve all students Black and White in an understanding not only of the history of trauma but also of triumph. And all would learn from the equal weight given to that history. Over the years, it has developed 30 sites and 31 is coming up this August provided educational programs for colleges and schools from Massachusetts and other states and here in the Vineyard. We maintain high visibility for the Trail and have a very busy tour program each summer that financed most of our operation. We give scholarships sponsor competitions. Our mission is to uncover and record previously ignored history and ensure that it will not be lost or ignored again.\nThis interview has been conducted by Monica Carroll.\nTo quote this article, please use the following reference: Dr. Elaine Weintraub (2020), “Dr. Elaine Weintraub on Black Lives Matter Protests”, Observatory on contemporary crises, June 30, 2020, URL: https://crisesobservatory.es/dr-elaine-weintraub-on-the-black-lives-matter-protests/\nThe OCC publishes a wide range of opinions that are meant to help our readers think of International Relations. 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{"text": "Here in Part 3 of The Theology of Peanuts we turn to the positive notes and salvation motifs of Peanuts.\nIn this chapter we explore wisdom, the convergence of Peanuts with the teachings of Qoheleth, the author of Ecclesiastes (\"ecclesiastes\" is the Latin transcription of the Hebrew \"Qoheleth,\" which is typically translated as \"teacher\" or \"preacher\").\nAnd this the world calls frenzy; but the wise\nHave a far deeper madness, and the glance\nOf melancholy is a fearful gift;\nWhat is it but the telescope of truth?\nWhich strips the distance of its fantasies,\nAnd brings life near in utter nakedness,\nMaking the cold reality too real!\n--from Byron's \"The Dream\"\nAs Byron observes, the ancients had a complex view of melancholy. Byron calls it \"a fearful gift.\" As can be seen in Byron's poem, melancholy is a \"telescope of truth,\" enabling us to see reality clearly and honestly. As Byron writes in his play Manfred:\nSorrow is Knowledge: they who know the most\nMust mourn the deepest o'er the fatal truth.\nSorrow is Knowledge. These sentiments echo so clearly the wisdom of Qoheleth:\nIt is better to go to a house of mourning\nthan to go to a house of feasting,\nfor death is the destiny of every man;\nthe living should take this to heart.\nSorrow is better than laughter,\nbecause a sad face is good for the heart.\nThe heart of the wise is in the house of mourning,\nbut the heart of fools is in the house of pleasure.\nThe gifts of melancholia have largely been lost. Modern America is addicted to happiness. Melancholy, moroseness, and gloominess are a disease. People in such a state should \"cheer up.\" Don't worry, be happy.\nBut there is a price we pay for this willful optimism. We lose depth, perspective, and realism. Further, a refusal to work through melancholy often means that we fail to develop the internal and spiritual resources needed to deal with pain and tragedy. We cannot suffer well without such prior training. Our youth understand medication and therapy but they have little understanding of what it means to face life, as they used to say, philosophically.\nA brilliant case study of the \"fearful gift\" is the recent book by Joshua Wolf Shenk, Lincoln's Melancholy: How Depression Challenged a President and Fueled His Greatness.\nAs you may or may not know, Lincoln suffered from chronic depression. In his young adulthood Lincoln went through multiple suicidal episodes where his friends had to keep him from sharp objects. As Lincoln's colleague Henry Whitney said, \"No element of Mr. Lincoln's character was so marked, obvious and ingrained as his mysterious and profound melancholy.\" (1) Lincoln's law partner William Herndon said, \"His melancholy dripped from him as he walked.\" (1)\nLater in life, after years of struggling with depression, Lincoln developed internal resources to cope with his bouts of melancholy. In the years before anti-depressant medication and talk therapy one had to turn to religion, philosophy, company, music, work, and poetry.\nPoetry as therapy was central to Lincoln's coping. As Shenk writes, Lincoln \"gave voice to his melancholy, reading, reciting, and composing poetry that dwelled on themes of death, despair, and human futility. These strategies offered him relief, sustenance, and a movement to wisdom.\" (2) At night Lincoln \"would go to his room, strip off his coat, lie down on the bed, and read [poetry] by the light of a candle.\" (3) Beyond poetry, Lincoln also sought comfort in literature. A friend recalled that Lincoln loved Poe \"because it was gloomy.\" (3) He read and re-read Shakespeare's tragedies. Lincoln said of Macbeth, \"I think nothing equals Macbeth. It is wonderful.\" (3)\nOne of Lincoln's favorite poems was written by William Knox, a Scotsman. The poem consciously follows the sentiments of Ecclesiastes. Shenk shares one of the stories that has come down to us about Lincoln and this poem.\nThe story comes from the fall of 1849. Lois Newhall was a singer in the Newhall family troupe. The troupe was traveling and performing that fall in central Illinois. One evening at a hotel the Newhall troupe encountered three traveling politicans doing work in the same area. One of the politicians was Lincoln. For the next week the Newhall troupe and the politicians traveled the same road visiting the same towns each day. The politicans would come to listen to the troupe perform and the troupe would come to hear the politican's speeches.\nOn the last day before their paths would diverge the troupe and the politicians gathered for a night of singing. Eventually, one of Lincoln's colleagues called for Lincoln to sing, mainly as a joke to embarrass Lincoln. But Lois Newhall was intrigued and asked Lincoln to sing. Lincoln, upset at being made fun of, turned to go. Lois pleaded and offered to accompany Lincoln on the melodeon. But Lincoln declined, \"Why, Miss Newhall, if it was to save my soul from hell, I couldn't imitate a note that you would touch on that. I never sung in my life and never was able to. Those fellows are simply liars.\"\nShenk picks up the story: \"The room grew quiet. Lincoln was near the door that led to the stairwell, but he didn't leave. 'I'll tell you what I'll do for you,' he said after a pause, 'You girls have been so kind singing for us. I'll repeat to you my favorite poem.' Leaning against the doorjamb, which looked small behind his lanky frame, and with eyes half closed, Lincoln recited a poem from memory.\" (4)\nHere are the first two stanzas of Knox's poem:\nO[h] why should the spirit of mortal be pround!\nLike a swift, fleeting meteor--a fast-flying cload--\nA flash of the lighting--a break of the wave--\nHe passeth from life to his rest in the grave.\nThe leaves of the oak and the willow shall fade,\nBe scattered around, and together be laid;\nAnd the young and the old, and the low and the high\nShall molder to dust and together shall lie.\nThe last two stanzas of the poem were Lincoln's favorites:\nYea! Hope and despondency, pleasure and pain,\nAre mingled together in sun-shine and rain;\nAnd the smile and the tear, and the song and the dirge,\nStill follow each other, like surge upon surge.\n'Tis the wink of an eye, 'tis the draught of a breath,\nFrom the blossoms of health, to the paleness of death.\nFrom the gilded saloon, to the bier and the shroud\nOh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud!\nShenk continues the story: \"When Lincoln finished, the room was still. 'I know that for myself,' recalled Lois Newhall, 'I was so impressed with the poem that I felt more like crying than talking.' She asked, 'Mr. Lincoln, who wrote that?' He told her that he didn't know, but that if she'd like, he would write out a copy of the poem for her. She was eating pancakes the next morning when she felt something behind her. A great big hand came around her left side and covered hers. Then, with his other hand, Lincoln laid a long piece of blue paper beside her.\" (4)\nThis anecdote from Lincoln reminds me of Bobby Kennedy who found wisdom and courage in the wake of his brother's assassination from poetry. During his fated run for the Democratic nomination Bobby often quoted these words from the greek poet and playwright Aeschylus:\nHe who learns must suffer.\nAnd even in our sleep\npain that cannot forget\nfalls, drop by drop, upon the heart,\nand in our own despair,\nagainst our will,\ncomes wisdom to us\nby the awful grace of God.\nHe who learns must suffer. Sorrow is Knowledge. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning. Melancholy is a fearful gift.\nWhat is this gift?\nIt is a gift of compassion, endurance, perspective, and humility. As Shenk notes, Lincoln was deeply engaged with the book of Job in 1863 when he penned the healing words of the Gettysburg address. It was due to his deep personal aquaintance with suffering that enabled Lincoln to declare the following words at the end of the war: \"With malice toward none, with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God give us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan--to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.\" These are unusually compassionate and conciliatory words for a victorious Commander in Chief. Lincoln's melancholy so attuned him to suffering that he was able utter words that healed a nation.\nBut beyond compassion there is also humility. After Lincoln's death a fragment of his writing was found. It was a theological reflection upon the Civil War. The fragment is known to us as The Meditation on the Divine Will:\nThe will of God prevails. In great contests each party claims to act in accordance with the will of God. Both may be, and one must be, wrong. God cannot be for and against the same thing at the same time. In the present civil war it is quite possible that God's purpose is something different from the purpose of either party -- and yet the human instrumentalities, working just as they do, are of the best adaptation to effect His purpose. I am almost ready to say that this is probably true -- that God wills this contest, and wills that it shall not end yet. By his mere great power, on the minds of the now contestants, He could have either saved or destroyed the Union without a human contest. Yet the contest began. And, having begun He could give the final victory to either side any day. Yet the contest proceeds.\nTwo aspects of the Meditation are striking. First is the phrase both may be, and one must be, wrong. There is a deep humility here. Lincoln is willing to admit that even he may be wrong. Again, it is a profound act of humility for a Commander in Chief to articulate such a sentiment during a time of war when the world is largely carved into Black and White, Good and Evil, and Right versus Wrong. In short, Lincoln does not claim that God is on his side. This is an astounding spiritual accomplishment, a testament to Lincoln's greatness.\nSecond, the suffering of the war began to convince Lincoln that both the North and the South were being punished by God. The North cannot so easily blame the South. This led Lincoln to argue in his second Inaugural Address that both the North and the South were complicit in slavery. The sin was a national sin. Again, this was an astonishing admission given the pain Lincoln endured fighting the South.\nThis kind of humility was a product of Lincoln's lifelong struggles with melancholy. As Shenk writes, \"Viewing Lincoln through the lens of his melancholy, we [can see that Lincoln] was always inclined to look at the full truth of a situation, assessing both what could be known and what remained in doubt. When times were hard, he had the patience, endurance, and vigor to stay in that place of tension.\" (5)\nIs Peanuts funny? We began this book with that question. The answer is surprising in that Peanuts, as we have discovered, is a melancholy strip. The world of Peanuts is built around the melancholy of Charlie Brown. On first blush, this seems depressing and somewhat sick. But that reaction is a product of our hyper-happy culture. We can rest assured the Lincoln would have loved Charlie Brown. Peanuts, in its honesty and realism, brings us Byron's fearful gift and the wisdom of Qoheleth.\nImages from The Complete Peanuts by Fantagraphics Books\nIt should perhaps come as no surprise that the gloom of Peanuts reflected the dysphoria of its creator. Like Lincoln, Charles Schulz suffered from chronic depression his entire life. Driving away from his wedding, Charles Schulz turned to his bride and said, \"I don't think I can ever be happy.\" (6) The comic strip reflected the man.\nImages from The Complete Peanuts by Fantagraphics Books\nPeanuts can be sad and melancholy. But it was the melancholy running through Peanuts that made Peanuts wildly popular in the 1960s when the strip was \"discovered\" by the larger American public. The sadness of Charlie Brown gave the strip emotional authenticity. People identified with the strip. Peanuts was real. And because Peanuts was real it allowed a generation to confront the truths that Lincoln confronted late at night as he read his poetry by candlelight.\nImages from The Complete Peanuts by Fantagraphics Books\n(1) p. 4 Lincoln's Melancholy\n(2) p. 113 Ibid\n(3) p. 119 Ibid\n(4) p. 119-121 Ibid\n(5) p. 200 Ibid\n(6) p. 234 Schulz and Peanuts", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "17th January 2015 - Dr Martin Luther King Jr Tribute showcase marking Martin Luther King day at the Library of Birmingham.\nSome of Birmingham’s outstanding artists and influential speakers pay tribute to the iconic American Civil Rights Leader. We gather to remember his journey, legacy and as one strive to achieve his Dream!\n26th October 2014 - Recognize day trip to the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool.\nRecognize's trip to the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool is thought provoking day of reflection.\nWe will be departing from outside The Drum 144 Potters Lane, Aston, Birmingham, B6 4UU at 8:00am.\nOur luxury coaches are fully equipped with reclining seats, seat-belts,on board toilet, two TV's so you can sit back and relax and appreciate your day.\nBlack Soldiers and WW1 Hosted by Recognize Black History & Culture in partnership with Voices of War & Peace at the Library of Birmingham.\n2014 marks the centenary of the First World War and there have been a series of events across the UK and around the world to commemorate the lives of those who lived, fought and died during this time. While often overlooked, African and Caribbean men and women from the Commonwealth played a key role in the First World War, sacrificing their lives to stand alongside the ‘mother country’ Great Britain.\nWorld War One has also been portrayed as a predominately European war between the four superpowers at the time and very little is known about the contribution made by the many of the commonwealth countries particularly the West Indies, Africa and Asia to the war. The contribution made by these countries has always been downplayed by the media and history books have all, but omitted the contribution made by black servicemen.\nOctober is Black History Month and once again, we are fully able to recognise and celebrate the talents and achievements of our ancestors in regards to their contributions to society. As each year passes, we discover more important facts and dates in regards to ancestors and the number of events in celebration of Black History Month appears to have grown.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Queer, Quaint Old San Antonio: Its Climate in Throat and Lung Diseases Page: 33\nThis book is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2010 and was provided to The Portal to Texas History by the University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries .\nThe following text was automatically extracted from the image on this page using optical character recognition software:\ntheir voices newly vibrant with tuneful self-gratulation under the revivifying influence of\nLaurel Heights is another enjoyable spot where the air is as dry and pure as altitude and\ndirect sunshine can render it.\nLakeview, Beacon Hill and Dignowity Hill are also inviting localities, and the list is not\nyet taxed, for on Government Hill new elements of interest and beauty crop out and the\npresence of innumerable strangers, snugly domiciled in the pretty houses, attests the popularity\nof the neighborhood with the invalid. The boulevards of the Post, the beautifully kept\ngrounds, the drilling exercises, the gay music and handsome equipages make the environments\nof the Fort of abiding pleasure.\nWhile the San Pedro Springs cannot boast the dainty enchantment of those at the San\nAntonio's mouth, the pretty park that shuts it in, the\nberylline purity of the water, the shinmnering beauty of T\nthe water-cresses and the tameness of the myriad fish,\nunite in a rare mosaic and form a pleasant lounging i\nspot for the invalid. At any and all of the points of\ninterest mentioned there are villas, cottages, private\nboarding houses and accommodations for the stranger i I\nimmediately at hand. A genial, social atmosphere and ..\na rare good fellowship obtain in each of the neighbor-\nhoods, and culture, wealth and refinement magnifv the\ndesirability of a residence at any of them. ,\nBEAR PIT, SAN PEDRO PARK.\nHere’s what’s next.\nThis book can be searched. Note: Results may vary based on the legibility of text within the document.\nTools / Downloads\nGet a copy of this page or view the extracted text.\nCiting and Sharing\nBasic information for referencing this web page. We also provide extended guidance on usage rights, references, copying or embedding.\nReference the current page of this Book.\nFisher, C. E. Queer, Quaint Old San Antonio: Its Climate in Throat and Lung Diseases, book, 1895; (texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143545/m1/37/: accessed August 17, 2018), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "According to Swedish master florist Per Benjamin, floral art is all about emotions. Bringing flowers to the people is translating and communicating emotions, is showing them that the future has always something good and beautiful to offer.\nIn this book he shares his personal ideas about flowers and creativity. His unstoppable curiosity is his driving force and allows him to find new materials as well as new ways to use the old ones. Per Benjamin is without a doubt one of the greatest ‘technicians’ in the world of floristry. In this book he shows a wide range of arrangements, from the well known playful and colourful, almost kitschy pieces to the more natural transparent, discrete ones. However, they always manage quite easily to draw one’s attention in an elegant, charming way. This updated and revised edition of his very successful monograph Elements (2004) demonstrates how his pieces have stood the test of time and are still very refreshing and relevant.\nWhy did Per produce a new edition of his book?\n” First of all because the original book was sold out and there was still general demand for it. However I did not feel like merely producing a reprint: I wanted to do more than that and add my thoughts and ideas on what has happened during these 15 years and show a mix of both old and new designs. What strikes me is how manu of these “old” designs are very contemporary, even today, and could have been made by me very recently! So I have saved those and added new ones to show who I am as a designer in 2019.”\nThere are no reviews yet.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Kristyn Crow writes snappy, rhythmic picture books that make reading interactive and fun. She publishes with G.P. Putnam's Sons, HarperCollins, Scholastic, Albert Whitman, and Walker/Bloomsbury. She has received starred reviews and a blue ribbon from the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. Kristyn is a dynamic presenter who has visited several hundred schools in multiple states. With 70+ rhythm instruments she teaches children to find the beat in picture book verse--a proven way to bolster reading skills. Kristyn has also presented at numerous workshops and conferences, addressing aspiring writers, librarians, educators and the general public about literacy and various aspects of picture book craft.\nMember since 2005\nRegion: Utah/Southern Idaho\nPublished In Children's Market:\nAvailable for Speaking Engagements?", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Stay at Home Book Club resonates with adult readers\nSee full City of Fort Worth article here.\nIn 2019, Melyssa Prince set a goal of reading one book a week – setting her sights on 52 books total.\n“At the end of the year, I found I wasn’t really enjoying what I read, I was just trying to reach a goal,” she said. “This year, I have just decided to read at my leisure and read what gives me satisfaction. I am averaging 2.5 books per month, and I am OK with that.”\nThe joy of reading is what the Fort Worth Public Library’s Stay at Home Book Club is all about. Launched in March, the group is hosted on Facebook and is approaching 400 members, welcoming new ones nearly every day.\nPrince, who has participated in traditional in-person book clubs in the past and has even hosted her own, is an active participant in several of the Library’s online programs. “The Stay at Home Book Club has been wonderful, especially during this time of limited activity due to the coronavirus,” she said. “Even when I haven’t participated in the reading of the book, it’s still a joy to engage with other participants on the Facebook platform.”\nLibrary staff had considered launching a virtual book club about a year ago.\n“We had tossed around the idea of a virtual book club last year but were overwhelmed by the variety of platforms available,” said Jana Hill, Adult Services manager for the Library. “The arrival of COVID-19 in the U.S. compelled us to make some quick decisions so the book club could be established by the time stay-at-home orders were imposed on Fort Worth.”\nThe response has surprised Hill. The club is quickly approaching 400 members, with new ones joining nearly every day. So far, about 75 members live outside of Fort Worth, and about half the group is younger than 45.\n“We had no idea that this program would take off the way it has, but we have clearly tapped into an audience,” Hill said. “I’m amazed by how lively our conversations are, even if they happen completely asynchronously via posts to the group.”\nAbout every two weeks, members vote on the next book from a curated selection. All the picks are titles that have unlimited eBook checkouts in the Fort Worth Public Library’s digital collection.\n“It makes it feel more like a group of adults socializing than being in school,” Hill said. “And we have received countless comments about the book selections really expanding members’ horizons.”\nRosann Pickett is new to the shared reading experience.\n“This is the first time I have participated in a book club, and I have really enjoyed seeing the other members’ comments and getting different perspectives,” she said. “I especially enjoy the relaxed, informal way the book club works.”\nPickett, who reads two or three books a month on average, said her favorite club selections have been “Good Omens,” followed closely by “The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.” “I have really enjoyed meeting Jana Hill even if it was only on Facebook,” she said. “She seems like what Anne of Green Gables called a ‘kindred spirit.’ ” Prince said the work Hill does to rally the group has really brought it together. She credits librarians Katie Combs and Rita Alfaro for all the work they put into their online programs.\n“I feel like I’ve made new friends and am a little less lonely as a result of the Stay at Home Book Club and the Fort Worth Public Library as a whole,” Prince said. Virtual programming like the Stay at Home Book Club could stick around after Library locations become fully operational once again. The allure of adult interaction and sharing a passion for reading in a more unstructured environment has proven its worth.\n“It’s rewarding to me to not only see the growth and level of engagement within the group, but also to see group members participating in other adult programs, such as Bookshelf Friday, Fort Worth Reads, Trivia, Spanish Fundamentals, and the Mayor’s Summer Reading Challenge,” Hill said. “Adult Services as a Library unit has only existed for a little over a year, so seeing this community form so quickly has been a highlight of my career as a librarian!”", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Contributed by Joan H. Bixby\nDescription: Old Soldier Dead.Date: December 4 1905\nNewspaper published in: Bennington, Vt.\nSource: Library of Congress\nPage/Column: Page 1\nOLD SOLDIER DEAD.\nJohn Eggleson Died this Morning at the Soldier's Home.\nJohn Eggleson aged 73, who was admitted to the home from Rutland in\nJanuary died suddenly from heart disease at that institution this\nmorning. Eggleson was apparently in his usual health and was engaged\nin making his bed when he suddenly fell to the floor and expired. The\ndeceased served in the 14th Vt, Vol during the Civil war and was a member\nof the Roberts post GAR of Rutland.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "User:National Institute sandbox 12LEdit This Page\nFrom FamilySearch Wiki\nThe original content for this article was contributed by The National Institute for Genealogical Studies in June 2012. It is an excerpt from their course English: Court Records-Criminal, Civil and Ecclesiastical by Dr. Penelope Christensen. The Institute offers over 200 comprehensive genealogy courses for a fee ($).\nLocation of Records, Calendars and Indexes\nThe complexity of the history and storage of church records for many hundreds of years is an obvious problem for the family historian attempting to find documents.\nHowever there are several cheerful notes:\n- The present-day location of a document is becoming less of a problem to far-flung researchers due to modern technology.\n- Much material has been calendared, transcribed, abstracted, translated, indexed and some has been published. Expect reference to be made to the volumes of the relevant county record society, antiquarian or archaeological society, the British Record Society and the Harleian Society as well as the calendars of the county record office or local archives.\n- Repositories are starting to provide indexes and searchable materials online, but indexes for marriage licences and probate material is generally more available than for other court activities.\n- Court documents and finding aids for them have been a priority for filming by the GSU and much, including 99% of probate material, is available at your local FSC.\nThe principal repositories for the province of Canterbury and dioceses are:\n- Lambeth Palace Library includes the records of the Court of Arches, the Faculty Office and the Vicar General of the Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as matters arising during vacancies of bishoprics or metropolitan visitations. Barber (Records of Genealogical interest in Lambeth Palace Library. Genealogists’ Magazine Vol 17 #8, page 430-438) has an extensive description of the contents of this library relevant to genealogists.\n- TNA which include an online index to PCC wills 1384-1857 with an ordering facility for copies or the originals.\n- Canterbury Cathedral Library.\n- The Welsh diocesan archives are generally in the National Library of Wales.\n- The relevant diocesan and archdeacon’s court archives are generally now in the county record office, with the important exception of Westminster and a few others.\nFor the province of York most records are at:\n- Borthwick Institute of Historical Research at the University of York.\n- The relevant diocesan archives which are generally now in the county record office.\n- There is no union index yet for the more complex probate situation in the province of York, however indexes to pre-1500 wills and those from the 54 peculiars in the province of York are on this website.\nThe present volume provides an introduction to the types of records. The researcher can now define the chain of courts relevant to a particular research problem and start hunting for the indexes and calendars that will lead them to the original sources.\nThe researcher should be prepared for different systems of filing in different courts and during different time periods. In some places similar types of documents were filed together whilst in others all files for one case were collected together. Some court records are filed under the rural deanery name, some under the archdeaconry. Yet others will have mixed records of archdeaconry and bishop’s courts as the archdeacon frequently acted as his bishop’s surrogate in commissary court. If a record cannot be found at the obvious level, consider going upwards as there may have been a vacancy in the bishopric or a visitation during the specific period of your search.\nCalendaring and indexing has been done to varying standards and should not be expected to include everyone mentioned in the cases. When cases were sent on appeal to a higher court, then a brief, or sometimes quite detailed, recapitulation of events from the lower court’s proceedings can be expected. In some courts draft records of cases were made, and these may survive where the formal act or court books do not.\nPrior to 1733 church court records tend to be in Latin, however, once the researcher becomes familiar with the forms in English after that date life is simplified since they remained exactly the same as the Latin. Tarver’s excellent book describes these in detail with copies, transcriptions and translations.\nThe researcher should also be aware that filing systems are not the same everywhere! All kinds of muddling of ecclesiastical and civil records are found in many catalogues, for example there are citations 1614-1640 and excommunications 1614-1641 on film 1545038 lodged under Ecclesiastical Records, subsection Wiltshire Quarter Sessions in the FHLC! The smart researcher will examine the catalogue details for every court record for the required time period.\nReference books containing more details about ecclesiastical courts and their records include:\n- Chapman’s book (Sin, Sex and Probate: Ecclesiastical Courts, Officials and Records. Lochin Publishing, Dursley, Gloucestershire, 1997) for the best summary of the whole system and its procedures.\n- Tarver (Church Court Records. An Introduction for Family and Local Historians. Phillimore, Chichester, Sussex) contains details of each stage of court procedure and is copiously illustrated with copies, transcripts (and translations from Latin as required) of every possible church court document.\n- Cox (Hatred Pursued Beyond the Grave. Tales of Our Ancestors from the London Church Courts. HMSO and Public Record Office, 1993) has delightful and dastardly tales from the London church courts.\n- Camp (The English Church Courts and Their Records. Family Tree Magazine Vol 15 #9, page 20-21) provides a succinct and definitive survey.\n- Herber provides legal knowledge and examples (Ancestral Trails. Sutton Publishing and Society of Genealogists, 2003) and a wonderful illustrated history of the people and places in Legal London (Legal London: A Pictorial History. Phillimore, Chichester, West Sussex, 1999).\n- Webb (London’s Bawdy Courts. Volume 1. 1703-1713. Consistory Court of London Index to Cases and Depositions (with birthplaces). Society of Genealogists, 1999) has started to index cases and depositions from the London diocesan courts.\n- Scott (Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills and Other Probate Records. PRO Publications , 1997) deals with PCC (Prerogative Court of Canterbury) probate materials.\n- Newington-Irving (Will Indexes and Other Probate Material in the Library of the Society of Genealogists. Society of Genealogists., 1996) lists will indexes and other probate material in the huge collection of the Society of Genealogists.\n- Lawrence (Websites It’s Worth Paying to View. Family Tree Magazine Vol 2- #8, page 38-39) outlines websites with free indexes of several court records, you pay to get copies of originals through them, or use the Request for Photocopies form to access the FHL collection as most are filmed.\n- Richardson (The Local Historian’s Encyclopaedia. Historical Publications Ltd., 2003) is helpful with much legal jargon and outdated words and phrases.\nThe Church Courts\nThe church courts were abolished in 1641 and even though they were restored in 1661 their authority had begun to decline and did so markedly after the Toleration Act of 1689. More and more cases were regarded as secular and went to the Quarter Sessions and other civil courts. The church courts still dealt with moral lapses of the laity, discipline of the clergy and the state of the fabric of the churches.\nInformation in this Wiki page is excerpted from the online course English: Court Records-Criminal, Civil and Ecclesiastical offered by The National Institute for Genealogical Studies. To learn more about this course or other courses available from the Institute, see our website. We can be contacted at firstname.lastname@example.org\nWe welcome updates and additions to this Wiki page.\nNew to the Research Wiki?\nIn the FamilySearch Research Wiki, you can learn how to do genealogical research or share your knowledge with others.Learn More", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Below are the inscriptions from headstones at the Schuyler Flatts burial ground as compiled and published by Joel Munsell in 1874. The stones were later removed to the Rural Cemetery and arranged in the rear of General Philip Schuyler’s memorial. The inscriptions are now mostly illegible on all but a few of the stones. Fortunately, Munsell’s transcription preserves the names, dates, and some fine examples of early American epitaphs.\nIn memory of\ndaughter of Cornelius\n& Harriet Schuyler,\nwho died Oct. 9, 1828,\nAE. 3 yr’s. 6 mo. 19 d’s\nAs sweet the flower that scents the morn,\nBut withers in the rising day,\nThus lovely was this infants dawn,\nThus swiftly fled its life away.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Generally, the chart title is written on the upper side of the plot but sometimes we need to put it in the bottom. This is recommended in situations when the chart title explains something about the plot. For example, if we are plotting a normal distribution then we can use “Approximately Normal” as the chart title in the bottom because we know that perfect normal is a very rare event. If we want to set the chart title at the bottom in a chart created by using ggplot2 then we need to use grid.arrange function of gridExtra package.\nConsider the below data frame −\nLoading ggplot2 package and creating histogram of x −\nAdding the chart title at the bottom of the chart −\nlibrary(gridExtra) grid.arrange(ggplot(df,aes(x))+geom_histogram(bins=30),bottom=\"Approximately Normal\")", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Out of PrintUnavailable\nYou May Also Like\nDiscover how ancient teachings of the Bible offer timeless wisdom for a happier and healthier life today!God's Psychiatry shows you how to:\" Acquire confidence, courage, and a new look at life\" Banish fear and worry\" Root out hate and suspicion\" Bring out the best in yourself\" Generate appreciation from your friends and coworkers\" Face life with enthusiasm and inward peaceIn this powerful book, Charles L. Allen explains the essence of God's psychiatry-the four best-known passages of the Bible: The Twenty-third Psalm, The Ten Commandments, The Lord's Prayer, and The Beatitudes. These \"prescriptions\" will cure discouragement and doubt and dramatically change your life for the better.\nMeditative readings based on the Twenty-third Psalm, the Ten Commandments, the Lord's Prayer, and the Beatitudes.\nCharles L. Allen is the well-loved author of more than forty-five books, including the best-selling God's Psychiatry. He lives in Houston, Texas, and is in his nineties.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Now showing items 1-1 of 1\nParents' role in providing sexuality education to deaf adolescents in Mafubira sub- county, jinja District Uganda\n(Kyambogo Univiserty(unpublished), 2018-11)\nThe research aimed at finding out whether parents provide sexuality education to their deaf adolescents. Focus was on the challenges they faced, the coping strategies they employed to overcome the challenges and to find ...", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "AUDIOSeveral copies available\nShe has a tail. Normal is relative. Kellan is a shape-shifter and a member of a secret society, the Sankhain, who protect a fountain of youth hidden in an invisible forest outside Madison, Wiscons...\nEPUB 768 KBSeveral copies available\nTimo has the magic of his father and the unmagic of his sister. Can he escape the clutches of Mage Guild?\nEPUB 870 KBSeveral copies available\nMurder can really put a kink in a family reunion.\nEPUB 1.25 MBSeveral copies available\nJimmy Finn is losing his mind or becoming a monster. His last hope is a long-buried family secret and a strange girl who haunts his memories.\nEPUB 584 KBSeveral copies available", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Scarce and highly detailed map of Florida,\nThe map is one of the best of the General Land Office Survey maps of Florida and one of the few issued in original outline color. Shows the extent of the state survey work in Florida, current county configurations, early roads in the southern part of the state, railroad lines, etc. An essential map for Florida collectors.\nThe present example was found in a collection rolled maps and is therefore not suffering from the usual fold splits and fold weakness which is normal for this map.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The European Association of Science Editors (EASE) is an internationally oriented community of individuals from diverse backgrounds, linguistic traditions and professional experience who share an interest in science communication and editing.\nThe Science Editors' Handbook was created to encourage good practice in the editing of publications in the sciences. From its humble beginnings in 1982, the Handbook now comprises 57 chapters arranged in four sections, Editing, Standards and Style, Nomenclature and Terminology and Publishing and Printing.\nA total of 37 authors have been responsible for producing its current content. Thanks go particularly to H Maisonneuve, PH Enckell, A Polderman, R Thapa and M Johnson who all played key roles in editing the volume. The Handbook is an invaluable resource to anyone working in the field of editing and it has been successfully used as a reference book for those delivering editing training and seminars.\nNew edition for 2013\nThe Handbook is being revised under the direction of Pippa Smart. The new edition will be published in late summer 2013. Details soon.\nThe Science Editors' Handbook is available to purchase in our WebShop.\n|Within Europe||Outside Europe|\n|Science Editors' Handbook||£36.50||£41.50|\nSummary of Contents of current edition\nSection 1. EDITING\n1-1 Editorial policy\n1-4 Ethical issues\n1-5 Journal management\nSection 2. STANDARDS AND STYLE\nSection 3. NOMENCLATURE AND TERMINOLOGY\n3-1 General aspects\n3-3 Medical sciences\n3-5 Earth sciences\nSection 4. PUBLISHING AND PRINTING\n4-1 Office management\n4-2 Printing issues\n(C) EASE 2003", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Swinburne, Algernon Charles Authors Literature\nTop: Arts: Literature: Authors: S: Swinburne, Algernon Charles\n- The Victorian Sonnet (Swinburne) - A selection of sonnets by Swinburne, including dedicatory s sonnets to s other writers.\n- Swinburne's \"Tristram of Lyonesse\" - Electronic text of Swinburne\\\\'s 1882 epic, presented by the Camelot swinburne, algernon charles Project at the University of Rochester.\n- The Victorian Web (Algernon Charles Swinburne) - Useful resources for placing Swinburne\\\\'s life and works swinburne, algernon charles s into literary, social, and political contexts.\n- Passions in Poetry (Classical Poems by Algernon Charles Swinburne) - Texts of several Swinburne poems, including \"A Forsaken Garden,\" \"The swinburne, algernon charles Garden of Prosperine,\" and \"Itylus.\"\n- Swinburne's \"Queen Yseult\" - Electronic text of Swinburne\\\\'s 1857-58 poem, presented by the Camelot Project at the University of Rochester.\n- Selected Poetry of Algernon Charles Swinburne (University of Toronto English Library) - Offers a sizeable selection of Swinburne\\\\'s verse, along with notes on the poet's life and work.\n- Swinburne Collection (Beinecke Library, Yale University) - An important collection of Swinburne\\\\'s letters, poems, and prose, housed swinburne, algernon charles at Yale University.\n- The Swinburne Project - A searchable electronic edition of the poetry and prose of Algernon Charles Swinburne.\n- Swinburne's \"Joyeuse Garde\" - Electronic text of Swinburne\\\\'s 1859 poem, presented by authors the Camelot s Project at the University of Rochester.\nMySQL - Cache Direct", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Zoology of New York or the New York Fauna, Part III: Reptiles and Amphibia + Part IV: Fishes, in 2 volumes (the rare hand-colored plate version)\nBy DeKay, James E.\nPp. (4), iv, 98, xiv, (1), 415, 8; 23 fine hand-colored plates of reptiles and amphibians by John William Hill + 79 fine hand-colored plates of fishes by John William Hill. Publisher’s original dark brown cloth, ornately blind-stamped and gilt-decorated with a gilt emblem emblazoned on the front cover and a gilt snake on the spine, original clay-coated yellow endpapers, steel-engraved series title page in each volume, lg 4to. This is the classic early work on the reptiles, amphibians and fishes of New York with all of the fine lithographed-plates in original hand-coloring. The subtitle states this series comprises: “…detailed descriptions all of the animals, hitherto observed within the state of New York, with brief notices of those occasionally found near its borders.” Sabin notes that only a few copies were issued with the plates colored by hand and that “it is hardly necessary to add that they are greatly superior to the plain copies.” About 300 copies of the volumes on birds and mammals were issued with the plates hand-colored copies; it is certain that far fewer copies of present set on the reptiles, amphibians, and fishes were issued with hand-colored plates. The fine color plates are exceptionally bright and clean in this copy; it is also unusual to find this work in the original publisher’s decorated cloth. Volume 2 bears the small old bookplate of Dr. Caleb Green on the front endpaper. Rare set.\n|W. and A. White and J. Visscher|\n|Date Published Estimated||No|\n|Number of Volumes||1|\n|Condition Description||Foxing to the first title page and front endpapers of volume 2 and mild foxing to the first title of volume 1, all of the text pages of volume 1 are bright and clean, the hand-colored plates of volume 2 are generally bright with only a few spots of foxing, volume 2 is expertly re-backed with the original cloth laid down on the spine, the cloth bindings of both volumes are bright and clean, a tight set in very good condition.|", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This week our ambassadors will reveal their favorite place on campus. Watch out for both popular spots and hidden gems at Cornell, you might find your new niche or a cool location to look for when you arrive here.\nHollister hall is my favorite place on campus. As an environmental engineer, I spend a lot of time in the building, either doing homework in the computer lab taking classes taught by leading researchers in the field, and doing research with fellow students.\n~Grace Zhang from China – College of Engineering ‘20\nMy favorite place on campus is Lounge 159 in Martha Van Rensselaer because in the weekends, it’s a super quiet study space with a beautiful view of Beebe Lake. Oh – and free unlimited printing.\n~Brandon Mok from Hong Kong – College of Arts and Sciences ‘19\nMVR Lounge (Photos by Paul Warchol)\nCheck out Temple of Zeus in Goldwin Smith! The soup is awesome! Remember to bring your own bowl for a discount J\n~Shangdi from China – College of Engineering ‘20\nTemple of Zeus cafe in Goldwin Smith Hall’s rotunda (Source: Cornell University)\nMy favorite spot on campus is the small bridge-like thing that connects Phillips to Upson. There are some very comfortable couches, perfect for napping when you are pulling an all-nighter at Duffield.\n~Deniz Yilmazer from Turkey – College of Engineering ‘19\nI love the little creek between Sage Hall and Day Hall, it’s a very beautiful space that somehow remains serene despite the busy surroundings. I love reading there in my hammock.\n~Fanny – College of Engineering ‘18\nMy favorite place at Cornell is the rehearsal room at the basement of Lincoln Hall. We create music together every Monday and Wednesday, which are the best time.\n~Jessica Wang from China – College of Arts and Sciences ‘19\noutside of Lincoln Hall (Source: Richmedina)\nMy favorite spot in Cornell is the rooftop of Jameson Hall. Techinically students aren’t allowed up there, but it’s an awesome place to be. It’s very scenic and open – a perfect place to go when you’re stressed out or need time to think.\n~Hee Jin (Sam) Jeon from South Korea – College of Human Ecology ‘18\nThe Library War: Olin vs. Uris\nThe two libraries on central campus seem to be the favorite spot of many students. So here comes the war.\nWhat the Uris fans say….\nMy favorite location on campus is the Uris library. It’s not only a great place to study for prelims and finals, it also has the popular “Harry Porter’s Library” (A.D. White’s library inside Uris Library). Uris Library gives me a great mood for studying.\n~Betsy Fu from Canada/China – College of Engineering ’20\nA. D. White Library in Uris Library (aka the Harry Porter’s Reading Room- an Insta-worthy spot on campus) Source: Tumblr\nI really love the downstairs studying place in Uris Library. The 180o glass window gives you a great view of the slope. It is also a wonderful place to watch sunrise.\n~Jilly from China/Canada – College of Engineering ‘20\nThe famous glass window with slope view\nMy favorite place in Cornell, besides my dorm room, is the Uris Library. The basement floor has a quiet study place, where you are able to see the slope view through the glass window. What a relaxing spot for studying and sleep!\n~Vina Wong – College of Human Ecology ‘19\nFavorite place has to be Uris Library and the café at the MVR building (so fancy, I can’t even remember the name). Uris is central to everything: classes, dining halls, etc. I also get to meet lots of people.\n~Victoria Mutai from kenya – School of Hotel Administration ‘18\nBut Olin lovers have quite a lot to defend:\nOlin Library is everyone’s favorite. People like pondering over Plato and talking about memes.\n~Sun Shen from China – College of Arts and Sciences’ 18\nOlin in final season with a Snowman of books\nMy favorite spot on campus to catch on work would be the Reading room in Olin library. It is a great spot to catch up on work between classes, or to have a little snack!\n~Jesse from Ghana – College of Arts and Sciences ‘20\nThe Kroch library in Olin library (Source: Cornell Rare and Manuscript Collections)\n3rd floor of Olin library! This is a great place to study with friends. They have sofas, big desks, and plenty of seats to study. Nice atmosphere!\n~Anna Kang (Yein) from South Korea – School of Hotel Administration ‘20\nOlin study space (Source: Holts Architects)\nWith 1 more vote than Olin, looks like Uris closely wins this war! This is the must-visit spot, prefrosh!\nCrave for more scenic locations at Cornell? Check out this video\nCollected and edited by: Sophie Ngan Le", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Black Americana and Abolition – 16 – Bauman Rare Books - July 2022 “The Vast Amount Of Human Suffering And The Waste Of Human Life” 24. BUXTON, Thomas Fowell. The African Slave Trade and its Remedy. London, 1840. Octavo, original brown cloth. $2800. First expanded and revised edition of British abolitionist Buxton’s powerful call for an end to the slave trade, the first to include his extensive and influential Remedy, with large folding map of Central Africa, in original cloth. This first expanded edition of African Slave Trade—the first to include Buxton’s Remedy—documents the horrors of the Middle Passage to show that despite efforts to end the slave trade, “twice as many human beings are now its victims as when Wilberforce and Clarkson entered upon their noble task.” In Remedy Buxton argues: “legitimate commerce would put down the Slave Trade, by demonstrating the superior value of man as a laborer on the soil, to man as an object of merchandise” (Mann, 90). Interior fresh with light foxing to folding map as often, front inner paper hinge starting but very sound, mild rubbing and toning to bright original cloth. A desirable near-fine copy.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Bruce A. Elleman and S.C.M. Paine, eds., Commerce Raiding: Historical Case Studies, 1755-2009. Newport: Naval War College Press, 2013. Index, bibliography, tables, 356 pp.\nReview by Jason W. Smith\nClass of 1957 Post-doctoral Fellow in Naval History, US Naval Academy\nThe recent saga of the Maersk Alabama reminds us of the continued relevance of guerre de course. Commerce raiding and protection have been and continue to be important functions of navies. In Commerce Raiding: Historical Case Studies, 1755-2009, the most recent edition in an excellent series published by the United States Naval War College, editors Bruce A. Elleman and S.C.M. Paine have compiled sixteen studies that range widely in chronology and geography. The result is a valuable international perspective, both in content and authorship, to this important aspect of naval war and strategic study.\nComparative histories like this are challenging to execute well, but editors Elleman and Paine have done fine work in identifying contributors and synthesizing their findings. The authors are a multinational and multidisciplinary group whose experience ranges from policy analysis to academia and the military. Each offers an insightful contribution here. Thomas M. Truxes writes on the Seven Years’ War, Christopher P. Magra on the American Revolution, Silvia Marzagalli on the Napoleonic Wars, Kevin D. McCranie on the War of 1812, Spencer C. Tucker on the American Civil War, David H. Olivier on France and German naval thought in the late nineteenth century, Paine on the First Sino-Japanese War, Elleman on the Russo-Japanese War, Paul G. Halpern on German submarine warfare in World War One and Kenneth J. Hagan and Michael T. McMaster on the Anglo-American response, Willard C. Frank, Jr. on the Spanish Civil War, Werner Rahn on Germany’s submarine campaign in World War Two, Ken-ichi Arakawa on Japanese merchant shipping and Joel Holwitt on American submarine warfare in the Pacific, George K. Walker on the Persian Gulf tanker war, and Martin N. Murphy on Somali piracy.\nThe authors contribute concise essays, focusing, according to the editors’ guidelines, on the international context, the belligerents, the distribution of costs and benefits, the logistical requirements, enemy countermeasures, and the operational and strategic effectiveness of these campaigns. The greatest strength of the book is in the less-studied cases such as the Sino-Japanese and Russo-Japanese Wars, the Spanish Civil War, and the tanker war. Set within the comparative framework of more well-known instances of commerce raiding such as the German U-boat campaigns of the world wars, these case studies break new ground and fill historiographical gaps. Magra’s essay, in particular, challenges historians to reconsider their interpretations of the American Revolution. He argues that the Continental Navy initially adopted a multi-faceted strategy that consisted of intelligence gathering and prisoner taking as well as commerce raiding. That said, I question Magra’s contention of “the widely held belief” among historians that “Americans relied only on privateering throughout the entire Revolutionary War” (36). Magra should be praised for pointing to the complexity of American naval strategy at the outset of the conflict, but I wonder whether he is also making too much of the argument.\nIn an introduction and conclusion that nicely flesh out the larger significance of these studies as a whole, Elleman and Paine identify three factors that influence “how and why” commerce raiding strategies have been adopted and conducted (2). First, they point to the well-known maxim that commerce raiding is usually, though not universally, the strategy of the inferior force. The usefulness of this study is in showing that commerce raiding and protection have been both primary and important secondary strategies in many maritime conflicts. In considering naval strategic thought, it is useful not to think in binary terms of guerre de course or guerre d’escadre, but of a varying and subtle mix of the two—a point that Magra’s essay, among others, illuminates. The second factor is the length of the campaign. The more protracted the war, Elleman and Paine suggest, the less effective commerce raiding becomes. The third factor is the use of technology. Innovations such as steam power, the airplane and submarine, and GPS have significantly influenced the conduct and effectiveness of commerce war. The editors tie these various strands together in a conclusion containing a number of useful comparative figures.\nUltimately, Elleman and Paine argue, commerce raiding offers an “efficient way to impose disproportionate costs on the enemy.” It can be decisive “in protracted war,” they contend, but only in combination with other military operations. Finally, even in instances outside war, such as piracy or the Persian Gulf tanker war of the 1980s, “attacks on commerce can threaten the orderly growth of global commerce” (8). Implicit in these arguments is that guerre de course, as a strategy in and of itself, has not historically brought about decisive victory in war.\nA study of this scope and structure will, by nature, leave some issues unaddressed. More emphasis, for example, might have been placed on the cultural dimensions of guerre de course. The editors hint at the “popular—albeit often misguided—image . . . of the dashing privateer” and state that guerre de course campaigns “have been conducted with relatively little public awareness” (1,3). Yet public condemnation of German unrestricted submarine warfare during the Great War or the human, but terrifying image of Somali pirates in the 2013 film Captain Phillips suggest that commerce raiding, in fact, influences public imagination with important consequences for strategy and policy-making.\nThe book also raises, but does not fully address, the fundamental question of how to define commerce raiding. Is commerce raiding by navies similar to commerce raiding by privateers or pirates? How is it different? Is it worthwhile to consider them together or on their own terms? Martin N. Murphy speaks to this point in his essay, arguing that Somali piracy should be more appropriately considered through the lens of state-sponsored privateering. Ultimately, the book is weighted heavily in favor of naval guerre de course—perhaps appropriately enough—at the expense of privateering and piracy. The reader is left wondering how to make sense of these various strands of commerce warfare.\nThese quibbles largely derive from the nature of the subject and the inherent structure of an edited compilation, and they should in no way take away from a valuable study that is ambitious in scope. The editors and authors should be commended for a book that is broadly international in context and authoritative in its contributions, placing well-known cases among lesser known studies. This is comparative history executed at a high level. The insights derived from it transcend the extant scholarship on the subject and will prove valuable to historians in the military, the government, and the academy alike.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In this Book\n- We Shall Be Free!: Black Communist Protests in Seven Voices\n- Published by: Temple University Press\n- View |\n- View Citation\nHoward draws on FBI files, Moscow documents, and the records of the U.S. Communist Party. He surveys these black Communists addressing a wide range of vital issues such as the Great Depression, World War II, genocide and the Cold War.\nWe Shall Be Free! presents an important section of the African American community whose thought has been minimized, discounted, or overlooked altogether by the historical profession in general.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards. The specific problem is: This article uses two different styles of footnoting; all references should be converted to a single style. (September 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)\nCharlotte Armstrong Lewi (May 2, 1905, in Vulcan, Michigan – July 7, 1969, in Glendale, California) was an American author. Under the names Charlotte Armstrong and Jo Valentine she wrote 29 novels, as well as short stories, plays, and screenplays. She also worked for The New York Times' advertising department, as a fashion reporter for Breath of the Avenue (a buyer's guide), and in an accounting firm. Additionally, she worked for the New Yorker magazine, publishing only three poems for them.\nDaughter to mining engineer, Frank Hall Armstrong and Clara Pascoe Armstrong, Charlotte Armstrong Lewi graduated from Vulcan High School in Vulcan, Michigan, in June 1921. She attended the junior college program at Ferry Hall in Lake Forest, Illinois for one year (1921–22), during which time she served as Editor-in-Chief of the student publication, Ferry Tales. She attended the University of Wisconsin for two years and received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Barnard College in 1925. During her time at The New York Times, she met Joseph (Jack) Lewi, who she married on January 21,1928. She had a daughter and two sons: Jacquelin Bynagte, Peter Lewi, and Jerry Lewi.\nStyle and themesEdit\nIn 1939, while she was located in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Charlotte Armstrong began her career as a writer publishing the script for the play The Happiest Days and two years later for the play Ring Around Elizabeth. Both of these plays made it to Broadway; however The Happiest Days flopped, and Ring Around Elizabeth did not perform well either. This lack of success prompted Armstrong to progress into the next stage in her writing career publishing novels in mystery fiction with The Case of the Weird Sisters (1943) and The Innocent Flower (1945). Mystery fiction is a genre of fiction that usually centers around solving crimes or mysteries. Her career really took off with her successful entrance into suspense with The Unsuspected. Recognized as pioneer of domestic suspense, Armstrong frequently induced suspense in her stories to keep the reader on their toes in the protagonist’s journey to solve the mystery. Later adapted into the film, Talk About a Stranger, Charlotte Armstrong’s 1951 novel, The Enemy, is just one example of Armstrong’s mystery novels that employ suspense domestically as a device to enhance the mystery fiction genre.\nMany of Armstrong’s novels such as The Enemy also embedded hidden political allegories. In these mystery stories, developed characters grouped into mobs to try to solve the mysteries. Mobs tend to jump to the first proposed conclusion on who is guilty, and in the process ignore any other contradictions no matter how relevant or logical. Around the same time as Armstrong published these novels, fear of Communist influence in American institutions and the infiltration of Soviet spies started the era known as the McCarthy era. During this time, hundreds of American were accused of being communist or working with communists despite questionable and usually exaggerated evidence leading to destroyed careers and unemployment. In The Enemy, mob rule is prevalent as people grouped together make up their mind on where the guilt lies ignoring all contrary evidence, paralleling McCarthyism as it dominated politics at the time. These elements of McCarthyism are also present in her 1951 novel Mischief, which was adapted into the film Don't Bother to Knock, directed by Roy Baker.\nIn 1957, she received an Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for her novel A Dram of Poison. She wrote two other Edgar-nominated novels: The Gift Shop (1966) and Lemon in the Basket (1967). Three of her short stories, all published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, were nominated for Edgars: \"And Already Lost\" (1957), \"The Case for Miss Peacock\" (1965), and \"The Splintered Monday\" (1966).\nArchiving and recognitionEdit\nIn recognition of her work, the house which Armstrong moved to and lived in until death in Glendale, California, became known as the \"Charlotte Armstrong House.\" In 1965, the Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center reached out to Armstrong and requested to be the repository of all of her works. Armstrong obliged and now the Gotlieb Center serves as the best body for retrieving any of Armstrong's works. Furthermore, around 1956, Armstrong and her family put together a collection of works about her and her family, titled, Charlotte Armstrong, A Master Storyteller Remembered.\nIt seems Armstrong was not able to finish her own autobiography due to her early passing, but in 2008, Rick Cypert authored a biography of Armstrong which dictated her personal and professional life titled The Virtue of Suspense: The Life and Works of Charlotte Armstrong. Additionally, Mysterious Press made 13 of Armstrong's novels accessible by e-book.\nArmstrong's publications generally followed one of two tracks. All of her novels were published by Coward-Mccan, even The Protege, which was published posthumously. Armstrong's short stories, however, were published in magazines. Most of these stories were published in Ellery-Queen's Mystery Magazine, but some others were published in The Saturday Evening Post and Argosy magazine.\n- The Happiest Days, 1939 (play)\n- Ring Around Elizabeth, 1941 (play)\n- Lay On, Mac Duff! 1942\n- The Case of the Weird Sisters, 1943\n- The Innocent Flower, 1945 (also known as Death Filled the Glass)\n- The Unsuspected, 1945/6, Coward-McCann\n- The Chocolate Cobweb, 1948\n- The Evening Hour, 1950\n- Fatal Lady, 1950\n- All the Way Home, 1951\n- Mischief, 1951\n- The Enemy, 1951\n- The Black-Eyed Stranger, 1952\n- Catch-as-Catch-Can, 1953 (also known as Walk Out on Death)\n- Laugh It Off, 1953\n- The Trouble in Thor, 1953 (as Jo Valentine; also known as And Sometimes Death)\n- The Better to Eat You, 1954 (also known as Murder's Nest)\n- A Gun is a Nervous Thing, 1955\n- The Dream Walker, 1955 (also known as Alibi for Murder)\n- A Dram of Poison, 1956\n- And Already Lost..., 1957\n- The Albatross, 1957 (short story collection)\n- Incident at a Corner, 1957\n- Night Call, 1958\n- Something Blue, 1959\n- The Seventeen Widows of San Souci, 1959\n- The Girl with a Secret, 1959\n- The Ring in the Fish, 1959\n- Then Came Two Women, 1962\n- The Other Shoe, 1962\n- The One-Faced Girl, 1963\n- The Mark of the Hand, 1963\n- The Witch's House, 1963\n- Who's Been Sitting in My Chair?, 1963\n- A Little Less Than Kind, 1964\n- Mink Coat, Very Cheap, 1964\n- Run--If You Can, 1964\n- The Case for Miss Peacock, 1956\n- Protector of Travelers, 1965\n- The Cool Ones, 1965\n- The Turret Room, 1965\n- Dream of Fair Woman, 1966\n- I See You, 1966 (short story collection)\n- The Gift Shop, 1966\n- The Splintered Monday, 1966\n- Lemon in the Basket, 1967\n- More than One Kind of Luck, 1967\n- The Second Commandment, 1967\n- From Out of the Garden, 1968\n- The Balloon Man, 1968\n- Seven Seats to the Moon, 1969\n- The Light Next Door, 1968\n- The Protege, 1970\n- Night Call and Other Stories of Suspense, ed. Rick Cypert and Kirby McCauley, Crippen & Landru Publishers, 2014\n- \"Incident at a Corner\", episode of Startime, dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1959\n- \"The Summer Hero,\" episode of The Chevy Mystery Show, 1960\n- Three episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents: \"Sybilla\" (dir. Ida Lupino); \"The Five-Forty-Eight\" (adapted from the John Cheever short story); and \"Across the Threshold\", 1960\n- The Mark of the Hand was adapted for an episode of the Thriller television series.\nThe following films were adapted from Armstrong's novels and stories.\n- Merci pour le chocolat, 2000 (from the novel The Chocolate Cobweb) (dir. Claude Chabrol)\n- The Sitter, 1991 (from the novel Mischief) (dir. Rick Berger)\n- La Rupture, 1970 (from the novel The Balloon Man) (dir. Claude Chabrol)\n- Talk About a Stranger, 1952 (from the short story, \"The Enemy\")\n- Don't Bother to Knock, 1952 (from the novel Mischief) (dir. Roy Baker)\n- The Three Weird Sisters, 1948 (from the novel The Case of the Weird Sisters) (dir. Daniel Birt)\n- The Unsuspected, 1947 (dir. Michael Curtiz)\n- Wright, Erica (October 12, 2018). \"The Book You Have Read: \"A Dram of Poison,\" by Charlotte Armstrong\". The Rap Sheet. The Rap Sheet. Retrieved October 13, 2018.\n- Unger, Lisa. \"Mischief by Charlotte Armstrong | Women Crime Writers of the 1940s and 50s\". womencrime.loa.org. Retrieved February 14, 2019.\n- \"Armstrong, Charlotte\". gadetection.pbworks.com. Retrieved February 14, 2019.\n- \"About Charlotte Armstrong\". Charlotte Armstrong - Mystery and Suspense Writer. Retrieved September 27, 2019.\n- \"Charlotte Armstrong | Women Crime Writers of the 1940s and 50s\". womencrime.loa.org. Retrieved September 27, 2019.\n- Khan, Irman (January 29, 2015). \"Perilous Discoveries: The Feminist Murder-Mysteries of Charlotte Armstrong\". PopMatters. Retrieved October 13, 2018.\nBurke, Jan (Summer 2007). \"The Last Word: The Mean Streets of the Suburbs, the Kindness of Strangers—A Tribute to Charlotte Armstrong\". Clues: A Journal of Detection. 25.4. pp. 65–69. Archived from the original on June 29, 2013.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "My Sunset Marriage: One Hundred and One Poems\nEveryone tumbles through these pages: parent and prostitute, lover and charlatan, Jew and Turk, madman and saint, fornicator and abstainer, the geisha and the devdasi as well as the Mumbai starlet. Devoured by a voracious appetite, spewed out as poems by a compulsive energy.\nHoshang belongs to everyone. He belongs to no one. He is himself. Which, for a poet, is an achievement of the most profound and unspeakable kind My Sunset Marriage represents the life of Hoshang Merchant told through the best poetry\nhe has written over forty years, selected and introduced by the poet Kazim Ali.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Step Into Reading Series is one of my favorite for children learning how to read. One reason is that I think the levels are appropriately marked for each stage. Pretty Penny Comes Up Short is a Step 3 book which makes it most appropriate for children who are beginning to read independently, have a basic knowledge of sight words, and have some decoding skills.\nPretty Penny is a sweet girl who wants to help Doodle's Animal Farm. She even teaches Iggy the pig about honesty and what it means to help others. This is a great addition to your early reader collection.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Library of Irankhodro Powertrain Company (IPCO) – Dr. Abdolvahab Piroozpanah’s Memorial Library – In order to manage knowledge and information, with several thousand books, documents and specialized knowledge (article, journal) driving forces And the car is ready to provide services to esteemed clients. Also, this library is ready to cooperate with other libraries of prominent institutions and organizations of the country and experts in knowledge management and information to exchange knowledge and improve the level of its services.\nYou can contact us for more information and guidance:\nTel: (+98)(021) 44520882-4 (Int: 403)\nEmail : email@example.com", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Enhanced version of Encyclopedia Britannica geared to primary grades. Includes world atlas, primary source documents, and recommended web sites.\nIncludes primary source documents and historical highlights among search results.\nA section within World Book Online with short illustrated articles for younger students.\nEverything you'd expect from the World Book encyclopedia only better! Great activities for science projects, social studies resources, and more.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A must have, must read - Big Bang Theology: God’s Purpose for Creation by Dr. WM D’Leoni offers readers (college age and above) insight into God’s purpose for their lives. With a creative twist, the book is named, dubbed after the Evolutionist’s Big Bang, recalibrated into the Big Bang Theology. Written in Epistle form (letter format), like the Epistles in the Bible, the author, a college professor speaks to his audience in the hopes that they will find salvation and purpose for their lives.\nWithin his read, the targeted collegial audience is just beginning their independent life and careers, as the author presents important life questions that he answers with compassion and scripture verses.\nWhy am I here? What is my purpose? Who is God and what is a spiritual reboot? The author makes his book fun and interesting, while giving a biblical foundation to those that wonder what God’s purpose is for Creation and mankind.\nIntertwined with faith-building guidance and Scripture, the book is easily divided into 6 chapters such as: The Purpose of Creation, Big Bang Love, Big Bang Faith, Big Bang Hope, Big Bang Reverberations and Big Bang Ruminations. The author offers a fantastic read that helps readers fully understand faith, hope, eternal life, not being conformed to the world’s standards that give sound advice to readers.\nThe author offers a keen biblical understanding to being born again, accepting Jesus as Lord and Savior, the realities on Heaven and Hell, offering a real-life guide as to how to live life according to God’s ways, not man’s. The author writes with many years of wisdom, explaining in layman’s terms in such a way, this book will surely grab youths’ attention. For example, The Most Expensive Christmas Present, is the author’s way of speaking loud and clear to our youth about the birth of Jesus Christ and why this present is so important to them. Reading his book is like getting sound advice, in an interesting way, from a wise old grandfather.\nFor several reasons listed in the book, the author has a clear purpose in writing to his targeted audience (his past and present) collage age and young adult students. Mainly, he wants others to understand their purpose and live fully as God intended, alive to the Spirit and saved.\nThis book comes highly recommended for not only “Big Bang Theory” fans (the author’s personal favorite TV show), but the many college age students who want to understand what their place and purpose is in all of God’s great Creation.\nA wonderful, well-rounded, biblical read that has the potential to reach those Millennials out there for Christ without boring them to death! Well done!\n- Title: Big Bang Theology: God’s Purpose for Creation\n- By: Dr. WM D’Leoni\n- ISBN #9781498457453\n- A CBM Book Review\n- 10.0 out of 10.0", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:\nIn accordance with an act of Colorado's Fourth General Assembly in 1883 to collect and publish agricultural and other statistics, crop data was collected during the months of May and June each year by the Jefferson County Assessor. The county's totals were then compiled and reported to the State of Colorado by the County Clerk.\nThis Bear Creek Wagon Road Company ledger book lists the date, name of traveler, amount charged for toll, and total amount collected per day for passage on the toll road. It is for the period of December 27, 1886 to January 1889 while being operated by Jefferson County. At the back are lists of monthly expenses incurred for 1887.\nTrailer, motorcycle, replacement licenses, tractor, dealer and aircraft registrations. This record book lists: date of registration; license number; name of owner or dealer; owner's address or dealer's business address; make; manufacturer number; title number; year; fee amount; and tax amount.\nCollection contains the Recorder's Book of the Junction District in Jefferson County, Kansas Territory, formed in 1860. James H. Fisk acted as Recorder. On August 11, 1860, a meeting was called to organize a district, frame a constitution, and make laws for the purpose of defending the pioneers' claims. G.W. Hutchinson was nominated as President. The book contains minutes of meetings, resolutions adopted, and recording of claims. Name index in front.\nDaily record of activities of the County Superintendent of Schools. Includes notes about visits to schools, tiime spent in the office and various meetings attended.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Day the War Ended\nPrice includes NZ wide delivery!\nOrder now for Christmas delivery\n|Format: ||Hardback, 496 pages|\n|Other Information: ||16pp b&w illustrations|\n|Published In: ||United Kingdom, 27 April 1995|\nBy the author of \"The Holocaust\". This is a history of the events of 8 May 1945 and its repercussions, published to coincide with the 50th Anniversary celebrations of VE-Day in May 1995. It focuses not only on the events of that day, but also looks forward from that day to the years ahead. The theme of the book is the way in which the world today has been moulded by the events of 8 May 1945. Gilbert traces in narrative form the events and personalities of that day, from the early hours of the morning until midnight, looking at the topics and people first in their 8 May context and then in the wider sweep of the events to which they led across the years. The story of one day's impact and its aftermath combines global perspectives with the stories of individuals.\nThe beginning of the end began that April, with the liberation of the concentration camps. The Allies, sickened by their discoveries at Buchenwald and Bergen-Belsen, turned vengeful. Gilbert (The First World War) relates that at Dachau, within one hour of its liberation, 500 SS troops were killed, 346 of them by one machine gun-toting American lieutenant. There was an orgy of surrender, with a million prisoners taken by the Allies in one month. The Soviets captured Berlin and went on a raping spree. Lack of trust among Allied leaders forced Gen. Montgomery to push north to secure Denmark and head off the Soviets. The Germans meekly gave up Norway but fought bitterly to the end in Czechoslovakia. With victory on May 8‘coincidentally, President Truman's birthday‘came the celebrations in London, Paris and New York City, but there was still work to be done. The U.S. Eighth Air Force stopped bombing Germany and started dropping food to the starving Dutch people. And the seeds of the Cold War were sown, when Stalin sentenced one million of his repatriated troops to the Gulag. Filled with personal reminiscences from people on all sides of the conflict, this comprehensive and compelling chronicle of events has the ability, even at this remove, to stun readers. Photos not seen by PW. (May)\nChurchill's official biographer reflects on the end of World War II-in time for the 50th anniversary.\nHarperCollins Publishers Ltd|\n24 x 15.9 centimetres (0.93 kg)|\n15+ years |", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Book of Hours (Use of Rome)\nOffice of the Dead, Matins, 1st Nocturne, 2nd Lesson-3rd Lesson\nLightly worn edges from use. Ege tape on right-hand side of recto.\nBook Decoration and Musical Notation\nLeft-hand border on most pages of rinceaux with scattered flowers and fruit.\nWritten and decorated in northern France in the second quarter of the fifteenth century.\nBroken by Otto F. Ege in the second quarter of the twentieth century.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "CMH Pub 70-51, Paper\n1992, 2005; 164 pages, illustrations\nGPO S/N: 008-029-00399-6\nThe Guide to U.S. Army Museums, originally published as a directory in 1968 and 1975 but then as a narrative in 1992, underscores both the institutional history and the scope of the U.S. Army Historical Property Collection. Changes in Army force structure and the closure of selected military installations affected several Army museums, making an updated version necessary. In this well-designed, well-written, and well-organized revised and expanded edition, R. Cody Phillips highlights not only the collections of rare artifacts carefully preserved in more than a hundred Army museums around the country and overseas, but also the respective museum professional development training and educational programs available to the Army and the general public.\n* View this publication online.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "McLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck Co., 191 U.S. 267 (1903)\nU.S. Supreme CourtMcLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck Co., 191 U.S. 267 (1903)\nMcLoughlin v. Raphael Tuck Co.\nArgued November 11-12, 1903\nDecided November 30, 1903\n191 U.S. 267\nThe penal provisions of § 4693, Rev.Stat., as amended by the Act of March 3, 1891, had no extraterritorial operation, and did not embrace the act of affixing in a foreign country to a publication a false statement that it was copyrighted under the laws of the United States.\nPrior to the amendment of March 3, 1897, there was no provision in the copyright laws forbidding the importation into, or the sale after its importation within, the United States of an article falsely stamped with the copyright notice in a foreign country and the proviso in the amending act expressly saved the right to sell such an article if it had been imported prior thereto.\nThe facts are stated in the opinion.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "I read my first grown-up novel when I was nine. It was The Black Gang, the second and best of Sapper’s Bulldog Drummond books, it was marvelous, it knocked boys’ books like G.A.Henty’s out of the ring, and since then I have read a great many other thrillers.\nI never taught them—well, unless you count including Len Deighton’s The Ipcress File one year in an undergraduate seminar on twentieth-century British literature (it bombed—the book I mean). Nor did I try to publish on them. But they were a steady presence in my life, like one of those ocean currents that underlie the surface turbulences and calms.\nThey entered into the making of my Violence in the Arts and America and the Patterns of Chivalry (Cambridge University Press, 1973 and 1982), they were value-charged, and eventually I felt the need to spell out what it was that I had been valuing.\nThis I attempted during my final sabbatical in Mexico in 1989-90, away from reference libraries, but with a lot of books available in an English-language lending library and in a bookstore in nearby Guadalajara. I had taken a number of paperbacks down with me.\nThis might sound like a fun task, and so at times it was. At least I did know something about the subject.\nBut when you’re trying to spell out for yourself what you really like about something, and if you don’t want to kill it off by dissection or muffle it under jargon, and if you can’t rely on your potential readers knowing anything about the subject, or even on their taking it seriously at all, well, you do rather have to work at being lucid.\nI did my writing on index cards, as was my habit then, and brought back boxes of them when we drove home to Nova Scotia. But I typed up only a couple of the articles before other things intervened, and they seemed to me pretty crude, and thereafter I lost interest in publishing. The cards gathered dust, literally.\nAnd would have gone on doing so if the enthusiasm of the young film-maker Will Fraser (not a relative) for a particular writer hadn’t sent me back a year and a half ago to one of the typescripts.\nAfter which, one thing led to another, and the dust started coming off the cards, and a lot of work ensued, and, to cut to the chase, what you have here is, in effect, a book, though I don’t know what a publisher would make of it.\nThe page count is based on a book page of four hundred words.\n- “Preface” (2 pp.).\n- “The Best Thriller” (40 pp.)— an overview of the kinds of works that I have in mind when I use the term “thriller,” followed by an extended appreciation of my own nominee.\n- “A Philosophical Thriller” (50 pp.)—an extended analysis of a particularly fine American thriller that goes way beyond the currently fashionable noir values.\n- “Writer at Work” (90 pp.)—an even longer appreciation of one of the best American thriller writers.\n- “Quickies” (85 pp.)—appreciative comments on thrillers by about fifty writers (this mostly was fun to do, and I hope to go on adding to it).\n- “Reading Thrillers (1990)” (15 pp.)—an account of my own enjoyment of the genre.\n- “Back-Ups” (15 pp.)— some informal theoretical thoughts, followed by a list of all the writers I remember reading a thriller by; and a list of secondary works that I’ve looked at.\n- “Found Pages” (ongoing)—a retrieval, with descriptive bibliography, of the fascinating and all-but-vanished British author behind a number of pseudonyms.\nSelf-publishing in this fashion has the advantages of speed and independence. The usual copyright conventions apply (I say that for my own legal protection), but I have written to be read, and the longer items will probably be easier to read if run off as hard copy, which is how I envisaged them.\nIf anyone wants to make use of anything here for public purposes, I’ll be happy to give permission.\nCommunications addressed to email@example.com will be forwarded to me.\nFor technical information (font size and so forth), go to Sections 11 and 12 in “About This Site” on the Carol Hoorn Fraser side of the site, which you can reach by clicking on the home-page house in the top left corner.\nThe Department of English at Dalhousie University, from which I retired in 1993, gave me the sabbatical without demanding a project (I probably just said I was going to write some articles), and was so courteous that no-one ever enquired what I had accomplished down there in Ajijic, pronounced ah-hee-heek, on the shores of lovely Lake Chapala.\nBelatedly, my thanks.\nThrillers is for Richard Cody, Raymond J. Peters, and Will Fraser.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "FAVORITE NOVEMBER READ ALOUDS FOR KIDS\nAre you looking for some new ideas for November read alouds (or perhaps a reminder of some favorites you've forgotten about)? Here are some of my faves\n10 Fat Turkeys is a simple rhyming book that I think is best for Preschool through 1st grade. It's funny and they enjoy predicting the numbers as the turkeys fall off the fence based on the rhyming text. It could easily be tied in with a math lesson for our littlest learners.\nThanksgiving Rules by Laurie Friedman is also geared toward younger students, but can absolutely by used with older kids as well. BECAUSE...it lends itself to teaching the writing trait of organization AND it makes a great springboard for having the children write their own pieces inspired by the book. The finished result makes a great class book. I'll be sharing ours soon.\nAdmittedly, I am biased about The Thankful Book because I absolutely LOVE all things Todd Parr. (You may also be interested in the writing/bulletin board/anti-bullying lesson I did with my class using Todd's book, \"It's Okay To Be Different .\") The The Thankful Book also lends itself to a great writing project for all ages and abilities...and one that is sure to be a keepsake by the moms and dads who receive the finished copies.\nI simply can not do justice to Balloons over Broadway by Melissa Sweet in words. Please do yourself a favor and hop on over to it's page on Amazon and click on the \"search inside this book\" link under the image of the cover. It's a beautifully designed book that is put together with collages and illustrations. I'm in the process of planning an awesome integrated unit using this book during our short Thanksgiving week. I know my third graders will love it!\nI was so excited to see that Cranberry Thanksgiving was once again available for purchase. We had this book when I was little and I remember reading it over and over with my mom and baking the cranberry bread recipe that is part of the story for Thanksgiving every year. I am also looking forward to sharing it with my class. They really enjoy when I read them books \"from when I was a kid,\" but more importantly the book's theme about not judging someone by how they look will be a great addition to our weekly anti-bullying class meeting and will make for a great follow-up discussion.\nSo those are 5 of my favorite Thanksgiving Books. As part of my social studies curriculum, I do a HUGE project based on the Pilgrims and Wampanoags so I'm going to save that (and my book collection that relates) for a separate post this week. However, I did take the opportunity to poll the readers of the Clutter-Free Classroom Facebook Page and am honored to share some of their favorite November books with you as well. Please click on the book's image to read descriptions and reviews and see more photos from Amazon.\nPosted by Clutter-Free Classroom at 5:06 AM\nBy the way, if you are not already subscribed to The Clutter-Free Classroom newsletter I encourage you sign up. Subscribers receive weekly tips for organizing and managing a classroom as well as exclusive free printables. You can sign up here.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The book Wild Things: The Art of Nurturing Boys by Stephen James and David Thomas is a book I am only about 1/4 of the way finished with and am willing already to recommend it to every parent of boys that I know.\nWhether your boy is a toddler or a teen, you are likely to find something of value in this book.\nHere is the overview from the back of the book:\nBORN TO BE... WILD!\nA boy's endless imagination, hunger for adventure, and passionate spirit are matched only by his deep desire to be affirmed, esteemed, and loved.\nYet over the past few decades, our culture ahs adopted a model of parenting and educating children that doesn't affirm, celebrate, or embrace a boy's hunger, passion, or wildnes but rather seeks to tame it. As a result, many parents, teachers, coaches, and mentors find themselves frustrated, confused, and wearied by boys' behavior.\nThe truth is, boys don't need to be tamed -- they need to be understood, loved, challenged, and encouraged.\nWild Things helps parents, teachers, mentors, and others understand and explore the hearts, minds, and ways of boys and the vital role that parents and caregivers play on the journey to manhood.\nBased on clinical research and filled with practical tips and suggestions, Wild Things gives fresh insight and much-needed encouragement on the road to raising boys.\nThe book is split into four parts:\n- The Way of a Boy\n- The Mind of a Boy\n- The Heart of a Boy\n- Hot Topics\nEach of the first three is split into age groups, 2 - 4, 5 - 8, 9 - 12, 13 - 17, 18 - 22. Two of our boys are in the 5 - 8 range and one is in the 9 - 12 range, which I am currently reading. Nine to twelve-year-old boys are described as \"The Individual,\" and parents can expect to see more closed doors, longer showers, and a need to stay ahead of the physiological curve when advising their boys on what to expect.\nAs one example of \"keeping ahead of the curve,\" the authors tell of a 12 year old who was a patient in their practice. He was miserable because he thought he was dying and didn't know how to tell his parents. Through probing it turned out he thought that his spinal fluid was leaking out at night, every three or four days. No one had told the poor child what a nocturnal emission was and that they are a normal part of the passage to manhood.\nAdvice in this section is very practical: parents in this age group tend to do x, y, and z; the best way to help them navigate this stage of boyhood is to do p, q, and r. The information is far from dry. The two authors have been in practice as therapists for a number of years and sprinkle real-life examples from their own families (primarily) as well as their former clients throughout the chapters of the book.\nThese sections include chapters such as:\n- \"Sit Still! Pay Attention!\"\n- Rituals, Ceremonies and Rights of Passage\n- Different Learning Styles\nThe fourth section, Hot Topics, discusses issues such as\n- screen time,\n- boys and money,\n- boys and pornography,\n- single mothers, etc.,\nThe book puts emphasis on the fact that as the boy goes through various stages, he will begin to withdraw from his mother and seek more one-on-one time with Dad. In the teen years, the book says, he will still need family, but less likely to admit it and more likely to seek out time with friends. It also emphasizes ways to strengthen family ties throughout each stage.\nFor all of the advice that is found in the book, each chapter is short and easy to read - and interesting. The book itself is only 336 pages, not including notes, additional resources, and thanks. I bought mine for $15.00 from a local store, but you can always order one online. I have no caveat to offer - I make no money from this endorsement :)\nI really hope that you'll look it up - if only to give to a friend when her (or his!) first boy comes along!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In 1877, the Ponca people were exiled from their Nebraska homeland to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. To honor his dying son’s last wish to be buried in his homeland, Chief Standing Bear set off on a grueling, six-hundred-mile journey home. Captured en-route, Standing Bear sued a famous U.S. army general for his freedom—choosing to fight injustice not with weapons, but with words.Premiere Date: October 14, 2012 | Runtime: 00:56:46\nThere are no videos in the selected category for the current program. Please try again later.\nStanding Bears Footsteps tells the story of the Ponca Nations exile from Nebraska to the malaria-infested plains of Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma. After the banishment, to honor his dying sons last wish to be buried in his homeland, Chief Standing Bear and his small clan set-off on a frigid, six-hundred-mile journey back to their former home.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Although Azerbaijan has been known as “The Land of Fire” for a long time, in recent years this phrase and the imagery of fire became actively used in country- and nation- branding. The best known example of this practice is the Flame Towers – a high-rise complex in the shape of fire flames which has become the new iconic landmark of post-independence Baku. In both official and popular discourses, the urban symbolism of fire is usually linked to Zoroastrianism, which was practiced in this part of Azerbaijan before the arrival of Islam, and to the oil and gas reserves, which fed the self-burning fires worshipped by Zoroastrians. In this paper, I explore the use and the abuse of the fire symbolism in the architecture and representations of Baku, in pre-Soviet, Soviet and post-Soviet periods. Based on the analysis of fire symbolism in the coats of arms, various urban emblems and the built environment, I argue that despite the frequent references to ancient history, fire symbolism in Baku is a decisively modern phenomenon. Originating in the oil boom period in the 19th century and drawing on Soviet collective memory tradition, fire in Baku has come to symbolize Azerbaijani nation.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "SFHL/FHL/RG4. Organizational Records\nRecord Group Term\nFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College holds the records of many organizations that were established by or largely under the direction of members of the Society of Friends.\nFound in 3 Collections and/or Records:\nOverview Byberry Hall Association was organized in 1854 when the citizens of Byberry township and vicinity decided to form a company for the purpose of erecting a building where residents could meet to hear lectures, hold elections, etc. This collection contains the records of the Byberry Hall Association, 1847-1981. It includes the secretary's book containing minutes (1854-1905); account books, deeds and miscellaneous papers.\nOverview The Byberry School Association was formed in 1837 by several members of the Society of Friends, mostly members of Byberry Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) for the purpose of raising stock to buy land and erect a secondary school in Byberry, Pennsylvania. It includes minutes, financial records, and some miscellaneous papers.\nOverview The Byberry Friends Association was a Quaker group which met monthly in Byberry, Pa, to hear papers on a variety of topics and to discuss issues of the day. This collection contains the records of the Friends Association of Byberry, 1900-1932.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "I have been doing a lot of research lately on Road Trip Fun for my kiddos – from games to books to smart phone apps – and found a GREAT deal on some Disney books. Disney Publishing is running a Mid-May Madness Sale on all Storybook apps! From celebrated heroines in Cinderella, Tangled, and Brave to loveable creatures in Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo – these apps foster reading skills and dive into the back stories of these beloved characters.\nThe sale runs from May 17 – May 21 and all Storybook apps below will be $4.99 only!\n- Wreck-It-Ralph Storybook Deluxe – Relive the incredible story of the Disney animated film Wreck-It Ralph – and, create and race your very own kart against other racers in the film! Wreck-It Ralph longs to be as beloved as his game’s perfect Good Guy, Fix-It Felix, Jr.\n- Cars 2 Storybook Deluxe – Experience the action-packed story of Disney/Pixar’s Cars 2 in this supercharged children’s book app filled with vibrant art, professional narration, exciting music and sound effects, plus A-list celebrity voices from the film.\n- Finding Nemo Storybook Deluxe – Through engaging narration, authentic underwater sound effects, and original graphics from the Academy Award winning movie, families can explore the Great Barrier Reef, Sydney Harbor, and the world of reading together.\n- Brave Storybook Deluxe – Experience the magic of Disney/Pixar’s Brave as an interactive storybook app. Read along and discover beautiful art, stunning animation, and special effects. Even hunt for hidden arrows and take aim in a Medieval-style archery game!\n- Monsters, Inc Storybook Deluxe – Relive the incredible story of the highly acclaimed film classic Disney-Pixar Monsters, Inc. and find hidden Scare cards throughout the story. Navigate your way through a Monsters, Incorporated scare simulator training room to collect scream energy!\n- Tangled: Storybook Deluxe – Disney’s “Tangled” is re-imagined in this interactive app. Read along and explore the magical world of Rapunzel through vibrant animated scenes with interactive tap-and-play surprises! Multiple reading modes include Follow Along, Read and Explore, Record Your Own Voice.\n- Cinderella: Storybook Deluxe – Disney’s Cinderella has enchanted generations with its spellbinding story, charming music, and endearing characters that live in your heart forever. The Cinderella: Storybook Deluxe app includes a full retelling of the film with fresh illustrations, engaging narration, music and sound effects, as well as whimsical interactivity on every page.\nHurry! Sale ends Tuesday, May 21, 2013!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "“Collection of Successful Case Examples as Appendix to Guidelines on Approaches to Hybrid Virtual Shareholder Meetings” Formulated\nFebruary 3, 2021\nThe Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) formulated and hereby publishes a Collection of Successful Case Examples as an appendix to the Guidelines on Approaches to Hybrid Virtual Shareholder Meetings (hereinafter referred to as the “guidelines”). This collection is a compilation that presents case examples of leading companies that have successfully conducted shareholder meetings in 2020 and the approaches that they have employed in conducting their meetings, aiming to further encourage the implementation of hybrid virtual shareholder meetings.*\n*Note: The term “hybrid virtual shareholder meetings” refers to a form of physically-conducted shareholder meetings with attendance of board members and shareholders in which shareholders who are not physically present at the meetings are able to virtually participate over the internet or through other telecommunications. There are two types of such meetings: “hybrid remote attendance-type” in which participants are eligible to exercise their voting rights, make inquiries, etc. and “hybrid participation-type” in which participants can only observe deliberations, etc.\nIn February 2020, METI published the guidelines, which clearly describe approaches that companies should take in conducting hybrid virtual shareholder meetings, and in particular in addressing legal and practical challenges (Appendix 1).\nAs companies utilized the guidelines in instituting measures for preventing the expansion of the novel coronavirus disease, in June 2020, 9 listed companies conducted “hybrid remote attendance-type” shareholder meetings and 113 listed companies conducted “hybrid participation-type” shareholder meetings (*1).\nAiming to further encourage the implementation of hybrid virtual shareholder meetings, METI formulated a Collection of Successful Case Examples as an appendix to the guidelines (Appendix 2) based on the current situations of shareholder meetings conducted in 2020, the results of the call for public comments and other elements.\nThe data is based on the results of a survey conducted by Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation.\n2. Outline of the collection\nThe collection focuses on key points which companies may cover as points of content in discussing implementation of hybrid virtual shareholder meetings, and then presents case examples of companies which have successfully conducted such meetings, their approaches to operation thereof and other points concerning the respective key points. For example, it explains case examples and other points concerning specific points of content, such as backup measures against communication failures and methods of receiving and responding to inquiries.\nMETI expects companies to refer to these case examples and other information and advance specific discussions toward implementation of such meetings by taking into full consideration their current situations, demands of shareholders and other elements.\n3. Results of the call for public comments\nFrom December 23 (Wed.), 2020, to January 22 (Fri.), 2021, METI opened a call for public comments on the “Draft Collection of Successful Case Examples as an appendix to the Guidelines on Approaches to Hybrid Virtual Shareholder Meetings.”\n- Call to Open for Public Comments on Draft Collection of Successful Case Examples as Appendix to Guidelines on Approaches to Hybrid Virtual Shareholder Meetings (news release dated December 23, 2020)\nAs a result of the call, METI received comments from 5 individuals and associations. METI highly appreciates the participation of these individuals and associations. For the outline of the major comments that METI received and METI’s approaches to them, see Appendix 3, titled “Results of the Call for Public Comments.”\nLink to the related information\n- Guidelines on Approaches to Hybrid Virtual Shareholder Meetings Formulated (February 26, 2020)\n- Study Group on Ideal Approaches to Processes Involving Shareholder Meetings in the New Era (in Japanese)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Mystic library accepting gift card donations for local family services\nMYSTIC, Conn. - In lieu of the annual Giving Tree this year the Mystic & Noank Library will be accepting gift card donations to be given to Groton Human Services and Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center. To maintain contactless interactions as much as possible, Groton Human Services and Pawcatuck Neighborhood Center will provide families with gift cards to purchase their holiday meal and toys for their children. Donations of gift cards to local stores such as Walmart, Target, Amazon, Stop & Shop, Big Y, and Aldi are encouraged.\nDonation gifts cards should be dropped off at the circulation desk by Dec. 3 to allow time for distribution to each family.\nThe Mystic & Noank Library is located at 40 Library Street in Mystic. Library hours are from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.\nCoronavirus scams: How to avoid banking scams\nGROTON, Conn. - Join the Groton Public Library for a free, virtual workshop presented by the State of Connecticut Department of Banking, Nov. 30 at 3 p.m.\nFrom fake charities to offers of phony cures, the pandemic has given scammers new ways to get us to let our guard down. Scams all share a common goal: to access your personal financial information and steal your hard-earned money. Don't let con artists get the best of you. Learn what new scams are out there and learn tips to avoid being a victim. Knowledge is your best defense!\nRegister for all virtual programs through the Library’s online calendar. Zoom meeting information will be emailed to our newsletter subscribers, registered attendees, and by request.\nFor more information, visit grotonpl.org. Note that programming may be affected or cancelled due to COVID-19.\nNAMI offers online support\nNORWICH, Conn. - The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) of Southeast Connecticut offers Online Family Support Groups, for family, partners, friends and significant others of adults living with mental illness every Wednesday at 7 p.m. via Zoom.\nTo register for NAMI Zoom Meetings\n- in advance, email email@example.com to sign up for online support groups\n- download the Zoom app\n- as the meeting date approaches, check your e-mail for a Zoom meeting invitation from NAMI SECT\nFor more information, visit: www.namisoutheastct.org.\nSenior Center looking for decorated houses\nGROTON, Conn. – D you live in Groton and decorate your house for the holidays? Could your house be a fan favorite? The Groton Senior Center will be making a list of addresses (no names will be used) of houses participating. Register with the Senior Center (e-mail TSTANLEY@groton-ct.gov) by 10 a.m. Dec. 1 and decorate your house by Dec. 3.\nMaps of houses participating will be available for pickup outside of the Senior Center, Dec. 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or by visiting the Center’s Facebook page.\nTo cast your vote, write down your favorite decorated house’s address and drop your vote in the box located outside the Senior Center, Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., on Facebook or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org.\nVoting closes Jan. 1 at 4:30 p.m. This event is open to all. For more information, call the center at (860) 441-6785.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "8 edition of Chicago China Blue found in the catalog.\nWritten in English\n|The Physical Object|\n|Number of Pages||404|\nA companion volume to the exhibition Paper Sons, organized by the Chinese American Museum of Chicago, this book explores the history of Chinese immigrants in Chicago—their culture, livelihoods, communities, families, and : ArcadiaPublishing. USABlueBook, Waukegan, Illinois. likes talking about this were here. USABlueBook is the water and wastewater industry’s leading source for equipment and supplies. O Items • /5(9).\nFind out what your car is worth at , the Trusted Resource for used car values. Get the Kelley Blue Book Value for your used car or trade-in vehicle, find tools to help you with buying or. Chicago is located in the Midwest along the Great Lakes shoreline. It is the third largest city and metropolitan area in the United States with a city population approaching 3 million and a metro population approaching 10 million. 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Publication date Topics Chicago (Ill.) -- Directories Publisher Chicago: The Chicago directory company Collection americana Digitizing sponsor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Contributor University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Language English.\nThe Chicago Jewish community blue book by Sentinel Publishing Co. (Chicago) Publication date Topics Jews Publisher Chicago: Sentinel Publishing Co.\nCollection newberry; carli_lib; americana Digitizing sponsor CARLI: Consortium of Academic and Pages: Chicago China Blue [Collins, Michael] on *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers.\nChicago China Blue. I now read anything Longfellow writes. This seems to be her first published book. For a first book, it's highly polished. China Blues is a witty, fast-paced, fascinating delight of a read, a close and colorful look at San Francisco in the early Jazz Age.\nBut it's also a study of a young woman very much like Austen's Emma. Longfellow's heroine /5. Find flights to China from $ Fly from Chicago on JetBlue, Delta and more. Search for China flights on KAYAK now to find the best deal.\nChicago Blue Book Soundex Code C In the introduction to the first Chicago China Blue book edition, the editors presented this explanation: The title, \"BLUE BOOK,\" is simply a name given the work on account of its blue cover.\nIt does not refer to blue blood, as many people suppose. Webster's definition of Blue Book is as follows: \"BLUE BOOK. A parliamentary. The biennial publication, Blue Book of China s Commercial Sector (), now in its sixth edition, off ers the single most authoritative account of those trends and issues re-shaping China's commercial landscape, from retailing, wholesale/distribution and logistics to catering and urban : $ The Illinois Blue Book is one of the most comprehensive sources of state government information.\nIt is a nationally recognized source for information about Illinois'. The Blue Book of Building and Construction, was a yellow pages-like buyers guide of company information targeted towards commercial construction, first published in The guide contains information on architects, contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, vendors, and other companies relevant to the commercial bidding and build process.\nGet menu, photos and location information for China Blue - NYC in New York, NY. Or book now at one of our other great restaurants in New York. Blue Book was founded inand is located at E Ontario St in Chicago. It employs 1 employees and is generating approximately $56, in annual on: E ONTARIO ST, CHICAGO,IL.\nBluebook Law Review. Chicago Manual of Style 16th edition (full note) American Psychological Association 6th edition. Modern Language Association 8th edition.\nMake sure your paper is error-free. Good job citing. Now get peace of mind. Scan your paper for grammar mistakes and catch unintentional plagiarism.\nAuto-fill mode Manual entry mode. A popular reference book is \"Blue Willow\" by Mary Frank Gaston (Collector Books, $ paperback). To order, send a check for $, plus $2 for shipping and.\nThe Social Register is a semi-annual publication in the United States that indexes the members of American high published in the s by newspaper columnist Louis Keller, it was later acquired by Malcolmit has been owned by Christopher Wolf.\nHistorically a directory of wealthy and well-connected families from the northeast United States, it has, in recent Country: United States. of Illinois,” which was the predecessor to the modern state-issued Illinois Blue Bookand which, for the purposes of this article, is considered the first Illinois Blue Book.\nThe Illinois State Archives has the second edition of the book, published in Februaryleading to the assumption it was originally published in File Size: KB. Find 16 listings related to Blue Book Construction in Chicago on See reviews, photos, directions, phone numbers and more for Blue Book Construction locations in Chicago, IL.\nIn response to the evolving COVID pandemic, the City of Chicago has joined the State of Illinois in issuing a Stay at Home order effective Saturday, March 21st at 5pm CT. In addition, City of Chicago facilities are closed to the public.\nStaff are prioritizing essential services to protect the health and safety of our residents and employees. Illinois Blue Book Publications/Forms. – Message from Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White.\nFlights from Chicago to China have been viewed 17 times in the past calendar month. What are the most popular airlines that fly from Chicago to China.\nBefore booking your flight from Chicago to China check out the most popular airlines for this route: Major Airline, Air Canada or Air China. What are the most popular routes from Chicago to China.\nRed China Blues book. Read reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Jan Wong, a Canadian of Chinese descent, went to China as a starry /5. Seniors Blue Book - Chicagoland Area & Northwest Indiana, Saint John, Indiana.\nlikes 5 talking about this. Housing, Resources and Local Events for Aging ers: To link to the entire object, paste this link in email, IM or document To embed the entire object, paste this HTML in website To link to this page, paste this link in email, IM or document To embed this page, paste this HTML in website.Search Shanghai flights on KAYAK.\nFind cheap tickets to Shanghai from Chicago. KAYAK searches hundreds of travel sites to help you find cheap airfare and book the flight that suits you best.\nWith KAYAK you can also compare prices of plane tickets for last minute flights to Shanghai from Chicago.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "What did ancient philosophers, like Plato, use to write their works on/with, physically? (Tree bark, animal skin, types of writing utensils, etc)\nNobody knows what Plato wrote on because no originals survive.\nHowever, papyrus was the standard at the time of Plato. You can check out some examples here. Leather was also used for writing in his time, but parchment probably wasn't popular until at least couple hundred years later.\nIt's worth noting that parchment wasn't simply invented on a particular date. It was gradually developed in stages over a long period of time. Different treatments of animal skin were used for writing and had been for thousands of years before Plato. There's a good chance ancient Greeks, Plato included, had access to something like parchment.\nAccording to Quintilian (Inst. 8 6.64) and Diogenes Laertius (3.37), Plato probably first wrote on wax tablets, and then retranscribed them on papyrus. The image of the wax tablet (Plato: Theaetetus, Timaeus. Aristotle:De Anima, Parva Naturalia) to illustrate the memory, the acquisition of knowledge or the nature of intellect is also a sign of this practice.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Taught with the British Library offering the unique opportunity to study early modern literary works (including Shakespeare) in light of recent critical approaches and as material artefacts (print and manuscript). Ideal foundation for doctoral work or for careers in the arts, education, curatorship or broadcasting.\nThis MA programme reflects an innovative and exciting partnership between the Department of English at King's and the British Library.\nIts focus on the transmission of key early modern literary texts makes it unlike any other programme of its kind. Transmission is understood both as the circulation of literary texts in manuscript and print and their reception. Students will therefore learn to read early modern handwriting, to transcribe neglected literary manuscripts and rare printed texts and to edit them for the modern reader.\nBy focusing on transmission, this MA programme will also make students aware of the impact of the materiality of the text and of the material conditions of its (re)production on its interpretation. The specific process whereby a literary text reaches its readers or its audience is always central to its interpretation.\nThe core module taught at the British Library is specifically designed to teach students how to search collections of early modern manuscripts and rare books held in major research libraries worldwide and how to identify the agents involved in their production, transmission and preservation in libraries and private collections.\nDr Sonia Massai, Department of English Language & Literature\nKing's College London\nCredit value (UK/ECTS equivalent)\nUK 180/ECTS 90\nOne year FT, two years PT, September to September.\nStrand Campus and British Library.\nWe expect some students will pursue PhD level study in the area, leading to a teaching or academic career. Other students will be ideally placed for jobs in the arts, creative and cultural industries, curatorship and broadcasting.\nYear of entry 2013", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "What are those shiny trails across the garden and over the patio? Those are snail trails! Snails sleep during the heat of the day and like to explore at night. What adventures do snails have when we are fast asleep?\nIn this action filled picture book, a tiny snail has a night full of adventures in a square foot of garden. Read the book with your child and then try some of these activities to extend the fun and enhance the learning!\nLaugh About it!\nQ: Why is the snail the strongest animal?\nA: Because it carries its house on its back!\nQ: What did the snail say when the turtle passed him on the road?\nA: SLOW DOWN YOU MANIAC!\nMake a snail obstacle course on a square of green paper. We used items from the story Snail Trail like a trowel for a slide and garden gloves for a snug cave. Indicate the snail’s trail with a dotted line. A tiny picture of a snail on a popsicle stick is a great puppet for your child to retell the story of the snail’s adventures with.\nMake a fist for a shell with your left hand and cover your right hand that has two fingers sticking out for “eye stalks.” Teach your child this rhyme:\nA tiny snail through the garden did go…(move slowly)\nHe couldn’t move fast, he could only move slow!\nWhere he went a shiny trail did tell. (wiggle a finger like a trail)\nAnd when he got scared he hid in his shell! (pull your fingers in under the “shell”)\n- Make a shelter! Snails love dark, damp places. If you put a flower pot upside down in your garden you may entice a snail to live there!\n- Collect tracks! Lay black construction paper outside over night in the garden or on your sidewalk. If you are lucky maybe a snail will make tracks on it over night!\n- Have a snail race! In this race, the slowest person wins and you get bonus points for wiggling through the race on your belly!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Book about Kemet and Other ancient African Civilizations.\n|Publisher:||Third World Press|\n|Product dimensions:||5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.14(d)|\nAbout the Author\nVivian Verdell Gordon Kemet\nVivian Verdell Gordon earned her PhD from the University of Virginia and served on\nthe faculty of a number of universities including the State University of New York at\nAlbany, the University of Virginia and Wellesley College.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Hawaii, Honolulu Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos - FamilySearch Historical Records\n|This article describes a collection of historical records available at FamilySearch.org.|\nAccess the records: Hawaii, Honolulu - Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, 1900-1952 .\n- 1 Record Description\n- 2 Record Content\n- 3 How to Use the Record\n- 4 Known Issues with This Collection\n- 5 Related Websites\n- 6 Related Wiki Articles\n- 7 Contributions to This Article\n- 8 Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections\nRecord Description[edit | edit source]\nThe collection consists of an alphabetical card file of non-Filipino passengers arriving in Honolulu, Hawaii during the years 1900 to 1952. It corresponds to NARA publication A3410, Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1900-1952.\nThis serves as an index to NARA publication A3422, Passenger Lists of Vessels Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, 1900-1953. It complements NARA publication A3407, Index to Filipino Passengers Arriving at Honolulu, Hawaii, ca. 1900 to ca. 1952.\nPassenger arrival lists known as customs manifests date back to 1820. Congressional action in 1891 resulted in federal immigration officials recording the immigrants’ arrival.\nArrival lists was used by legal authorities to gather personal information about immigrants prior to the person being allowed to live in the United States. The information was supplied by the immigrant or a traveling companion (usually a family member). Incorrect information was occasionally given, or mistakes may have been made when the clerk guessed at the spelling of foreign names.\nFor an alphabetical list of records currently published in this collection, select the Browse link from the collection landing page.\nCitation for This Collection[edit | edit source]\nThe following citation refers to the original source of the information published in FamilySearch.org Historical Record collections. Sources include the author, custodian, publisher, and archive for the original records.\n- \"Hawaii, Honolulu Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, 1900-1952.\" Index and Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2013. Citing NARA microfilm publications A3410, 3422. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.\nRecord Content[edit | edit source]\nThe information found in the index cards may include the following:\n- Date of arrival\n- Port of embarkation\n- Name of ship\nThe information found in the Passenger lists after 1906, generally include the following:\n- Name of ship\n- Port of departure and port of entry\n- Name and age of passenger\n- Birth place\n- Citizenship, gender, and marital status\n- Last permanent residence\n- Name and address of relative or friend near former address\n- Name and address of relative or friend in this country\n- Physical description (height, hair color and eye color)\nHow to Use the Record[edit | edit source]\nTo begin your search it is helpful to know\n- The full name of your ancestor\n- The approximate date of immigration\nIf you do not know this information, check the census records after 1900.\nSearch the Collection[edit | edit source]\nTo search the collection by name fill in your ancestor’s name in the initial search page. This search will return a list of possible matches. Compare the information about those in the list to what you already know about your own ancestors to determine if this is the correct family or person.\nIf you did not find the person you were looking for, you may need to search the collection image by image.\n⇒ Select the \"Browse\" link in the initial search page\n⇒ Select the \"Name Range\" category which takes you to the images\nLook at the images one by one. Again you will need to compare the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor.\nBe aware that with either search you may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination. Keep in mind:\n- There may be more than one person in the records with the same name.\n- You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name.\n- Your ancestor may have used different names or variations of their name throughout their life.\n- If your ancestor used an alias or a nickname, be sure to check for those alternate names.\n- Even though these indexes are very accurate they may still contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.\nFor tips about searching on-line collections see the on-line video at FamilySearch Search Tips.\nUsing the Information[edit | edit source]\nWhen you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. For example: Use passenger lists to:\n- Learn an immigrant’s place of origin\n- Confirm their date of arrival\n- Learn foreign and “Americanized” names\n- Find records in his or her country of origin such as emigrations, port records, or ship’s manifests.\nTips to Keep in Mind[edit | edit source]\n- If your ancestor had a common name, be sure to look at all the entries for a name before you decide which is correct.\n- Continue to search the passenger lists to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who may have immigrated at the same time.\n- If your ancestor has an uncommon surname, you may want to obtain the passenger list of every person who shares your ancestor’s surname if they lived in the same county or nearby. You may not know how or if they are related, but the information could lead you to more information about your own ancestors.\nUnable to Find Your Ancestor?[edit | edit source]\n- Look for variant spellings of the names. You should also look for nicknames and abbreviated names.\n- Search the indexes and records of other ports.\n- Try alternative search methods such as only filling in the surname search box (or the given name search box) on the landing page leaving the other box empty and then click on search. This should return a list of everyone with that particular name. You could then browse the list for individuals that may be your ancestor.\nUnable to Find Your Ancestor?[edit | edit source]\n- Check for variant spellings of the name.\n- Look for other indexes. Records are often indexed by local historical and genealogical societies.\n- Search the passenger lists year by year.\n- Search the indexes of other port cities.\nKnown Issues with This Collection[edit | edit source]\nFor a full list of all known issues associated with this collection see the attached Wiki article. If you encounter additional problems, please email them to email@example.com. Please include the full path to the link and a description of the problem in your e-mail. Your assistance will help ensure that future reworks will be considered.\nRelated Websites[edit | edit source]\nRelated Wiki Articles[edit | edit source]\nContributions to This Article[edit | edit source]\n|We welcome user additions to FamilySearch Historical Records wiki articles. We are looking for additional information that will help readers understand the topic and better use the available records. We also need translations for collection titles and images in articles about records written in languages other than English. For specific needs, please visit WikiProject FamilySearch Records. |\nPlease follow these guidelines as you make changes. Thank you for any contributions you may provide.\nCiting FamilySearch Historical Collections[edit | edit source]\nCitations for individual images are available for this collection. Browse through images in this collection and click on the “Show Citation” box: Hawaii, Honolulu Index to Passengers, Not Including Filipinos, 1900-1952\nWhen you copy information from a record, you should also list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records.\nA suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the wiki article Help:How to Cite FamilySearch Collections.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "American Novelists and Manners, 1880-1940\nObservers from Alexis de Tocqueville to Lionel Trilling have found the United States wanting in what it takes to produce a novelist of manners—namely, a rich enough past and sufficiently stratified classes. In a work that recovers the broader meaning of \"manners\" for past generations, Susan Goodman demonstrates that American writers have consistently tied the subject of national identity to the norms and behaviors of everyday life—that, in fact, the novel of manners is a dominant form of American fiction.\nGoodman concentrates on a cluster of writers—William Dean Howells, Henry James, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Ellen Glasgow, and Jessie Fauset—whose analyses of manners offer several distinct social histories. Under her scrutiny, these writers' works allow us to view the creative interaction of individual lives, social dynamics, and historical legacies—what might be called the panorama of manners themselves—as well as the development of American fiction. Above all, Goodman shows that novels of manners are central to American literature, and that these novels speak in a large cultural way about who and what composes America.\nAbout the Author\nSusan Goodman is a professor of English at the University of Delaware. Her books include Ellen Glasgow: A Biography, also available from Johns Hopkins.\n\"Goodman aims to show the many ways in which American novelists have scrutinized the norms of everyday life for clues about character, history, morality, social change, and national identity... Her discussions of William Dean Howells, Ellen Glasgow, and Jessie Fauset are particularly cogent.\"\n\"Foregrounding questions of taste and manners leads Goodman to a number of new perspectives on the literary production of her subjects.\"\n\"Goodman presents an original and compelling argument that forces readers to acknowledge that the novel of manners—which typically focused on attitudes toward race, class, and national identity—did in fact play a central role in American literary and cultural history. This book is notable for its insight and originality.\"\n\"Intelligent and superbly written. This book is fluid and consistently animated with fresh ideas. It will be welcomed by the community of scholars concerned with the so-called novel of manners in America because it refines the definition of this genre, without blurring its differences from the naturalistic novel. Civil Wars is an acute and enormously instructive literary analysis and history.\"\n|Johns Hopkins University Press|\nOther Titles in LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General\nOther Titles in Literature: history & criticism", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A short film on the history and demolition of the Govan Cranes – Shipbuilding at the Govan Shipyard is a fraction of what it was 40 years ago. Its towering 80-ton cranes were last used in May 2008 after shipyard bosses at BAE Systems decided to decommission them. They stand as rusting relics, a health hazard, an eye-sore, and are to be replaced with newer mobile cranes.\nIn November 2013 yard owners announce plans to cut 825 jobs at the very same time that work begins on the dismantling of all the cranes. The future of the Govan yard looks uncertain and there is an approaching referendum that some say threatens the very future of shipbuilding in Scotland. Despite the Govan cranes being part of one the greatest industrial stories of the world there is no time or political will to discuss the legacy of the cranes and their preservation.\nThe Last of the Govan Cranes is a specially commissioned film that explored Govan’s rich heritage in Shipbuilding alongside the demolition of the cranes. Filmed over a period of 5 months it uses multimedia and time-lapse photography with archive footage alongside interviews with former workers.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "SPEC Kit 320: Core Benefits · 85\n64. Please briefly describe how the library orients new employees and disseminates information to\ncurrent employees regarding retirement and insurance benefits. N=47\nAll information about benefits and retirement comes from the parent Faculty & Staff Benefits department. Library does\nnot orient new employees to benefits. This is done by Human Resources.\nBenefits direction is given by the library HR office.\nBenefits Orientation is required for full-time, benefits-eligible staff. Human Resources conducts this orientation session.\nEither in-person or group orientation sessions for new employees. Library Personnel Officer answers questions on a daily\nbasis. Information can be obtained from Web site. Retirement program vendors hold on-campus information sessions.\nE-mail, training sessions, one-on-one session.\nEmployee orientation & HR Web site.\nEmployees are directed to Employee Benefits if they have specific questions after attending the university’s orientation\nEmployees referred to the benefits office; individual counseling given/available with library HR manager; Presentations\nare periodically scheduled and individual 1-on-1 consultations are encouraged.\nI enroll them in two all-campus orientation sessions prior to their start date. On their first day, I meet with them and\ngive them the information for the orientation sessions and provide them with the links to the retirement and insurance\nIndividual meetings prior to contract signature. Otherwise, human resources management responsibility.\nInitial new hire meeting with libraries HR department includes benefits orientation and arranging for new employee to\nattend university orientation.\nLibraries Human Resource Director communicates options on the first day of employment. Provides resources to how\nto find forms, information, and who to contact in parent Human Resource office. Libraries communicates to Parent\nInstitution of the new hire. Insurance packet is then campus mailed to new employee. Libraries Human Resource Director\noffers time to walk through application with new hire.\nLibraries new employee orientation program. Advise employees to attend benefits overview sessions, check out\nRetirement Manager tool and/or make appointments to meet with FMEC Consultants; review the employee benefits\nWeb pages, send questions to Benefits e-mail or make appointment with benefits counselor.\nLibrary briefing points new employees to the parent institution online orientation program.\nFor retirement, library HR staff answer routine questions and provide information on who to contact in the central\nHuman Resources Department. For insurance, library role is similar to their role regarding retirement benefits, answer\nbasic questions and direct to central HR.\nLibrary orientation is catered toward the specific position/department. Library employees receive retirement information\ncentrally through the university Benefits Office. Library makes sure employees know about Benefits Meetings on", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A new book tells the story of Marion Carroll’s miracle cure at Knock Shrine for the first time following last year’s official Church recognition of her life-changing healing.\nOver thirty years ago, the Athlone mother was brought to the Co Mayo shrine on a stretcher in September 1989 for the Anointing of the Sick. She had been suffering for seventeen years with MS and was incontinent, blind in one eye and partially sighted in the other, and her speech was affected.\nDuring Mass she felt a “whispery breeze” pass over her and when Mass was over, she asked the nurses to open her stretcher and she stepped pain free of it and fully cured of all her ailments.\nIn her new book ‘My Miracle Cure’, the Athlone woman recounts how her life was changed forever.\nTo this day, conventional medical wisdom is unable to account for what happened. For three decades the Church investigated her recovery and 30 years to the day of her cure, the Church officially recognised it as a miracle cure – the first miracle recorded at Knock.\n“I am absolutely convinced it was a miracle. My speech was perfect and my hands and arms were perfect. I was standing unaided on my own two feet,” she recalls in the book.\nThe grandmother of five added, “Standing there that moment I saw my own heart right in front of me. And it was so full of joy and peace and a love without end and it was shining like looking directly into the sun and then the rays came towards me and I got all these gifts of joy and peace and love and a lot of other things.”\nAccording to the book, the late Monsignor Joseph Quinn of Knock described Marion as “a chosen instrument of God and Our Lady to communicate at home and abroad.”\nThe Knock Shrine, built in 1976 on the site of the famous 1879 apparition, was elevated to the status of a basilica in 1979, during Saint John Paul II's visit to Ireland. The basilica was recently visited by Pope Francis during his 2018 tour of Ireland.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "New Defender's Study Bible Notes\n8:8 the former age. Bildad evidently is thinking here of Enoch, Noah, and the other patriarchs of the antediluvian age, indicating he was aware of their inspired records, especially of God’s punishment of the wicked in that “former age.”\n8:9 days upon earth. Even though the people of Job’s day were still living to ages of two hundred years (Job 42:16), this was “but a shadow” compared to the nine-hundred-year life spans of the antediluvian patriarchs.\n8:11 rush... flag. Marsh-land plants.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "IN SHORT: NONFICTION\nBy Peter Brunette\nPublished: December 29, 1985\nTHE INTERNATIONAL FILM POSTER (Salem House, Cloth, $24.95, Paper, $14.95) gives pleasure to the nostalgic eye, if not always to the mind. The writing is dull, and Gregory J. Edwards frequently offers a lengthy plot summary to provide background for a one-line comment on the film's poster.\nThe posters, however, are a delight. Often reproduced in full, gloriously garish color, they allow glimpses of the stylized celluloid fantasies of another era. Mr. Edwards, a British illustrator and designer, admits in his brief introduction that ''a few only can claim to be of first-rate design that will stand scrutiny beside the best in the whole range of poster art,'' but the illustrations often belie his caution. Those posters that coincide with a strong artistic movement (like German Expres-sionism) are the most striking. Others, such as the British ones for which Mr. Edwards unfortunately seems to have the most information, border on the dreadful. Most illuminating is the book's survey of American films and posters. Here we discover that a studio's ''look'' is distinguishable in its posters as well as in its films. And the author's sharp eye notices that the picture of Humphrey Bogart used for ''The Maltese Falcon'' poster is actually from ''High Sierra.'' Mr. Edwards singles out a few poster auteurs, such as the American Saul Bass, the man responsible for the revitalization of film title credits in the 50's, and the brilliant contemporary Polish artist, Franciszek Starowieyski. The technical information the book provides is skimpy but useful.\nPhoto of a poster by Georgii and Vladimir Stenberg ''Fragment of an Empire", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Lady Chatterley?s Lover has been notorious since it was written. Banned for 30 years it was published unexpurgated, by Penguin Books in 1960 and immediately became the first novel charged under the newly written Obscene Publications Act. The famous story of life, love and society in 1920s England, re-worked as an hilarious comic book by 'Britain?s zaniest cartoonist' Hunt Emerson.\nPerhaps the most famous of Lawrence's novels, the 1928 Lady Chatterley's Lover is no longer distinguished for the once-shockingly explicit treatment of its subject matter--the adulterous affair between a sexually unfulfilled upper-class married woman and the game keeper who works for the estate owned by her wheelchaired husband. Now that we're used to reading about sex, and seeing it in the movies, it's apparent that the novel is memorable for better reasons: namely, that Lawrence was a masterful and lyrical writer, whose story takes us bodily into the world of its characters.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|Genres||Documentary History Short War|\n|Plot||What Happened in Beijing in 1900? The truth and the facts about the so-called Siege of the Legations have become obscured by misconceptions and reporting that was aimed at the prejudices of the day. The reality in Beijing was not as clear cut as reported by European correspondents. There was no siege as portrayed in the Hollywood movie, 55 Days at Peking. There were no Chinese batteries of big guns, no attacks on the walls, no heavily-armed attackers in uniform. One of the participants of the events in Beijing of June/August 1900 was a young language student who took over a hundred photographs and recorded the scenes of events. His records, discussed in this documentary, present a different version of events.... search for Beijing 1900: The Siege That Never Was on IMDb|\nThose are web search results for \"Beijing 1900: The Siege That Never Was 2010\" and may change in time. We are not affiliate with any of these websites. If some of the links harm copyright laws please see our DMCA and Copyright page.\n-- Ad space", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Volume 36 of the Proceedings of The Combustion Institute (PROCI) will ship by the end of March 2017, later than the earlier announced timeframe of mid to late February. Several issues regarding preparation of the table of contents, color pages, typography, and other publication items have delayed Elsevier’s publishing process.\nImmediate access to individual research papers published in PROCI are currently available online as PDF downloads through Science Direct. Those electronic papers are published with full citation information. Most research libraries and institutions within the international combustion community have active accounts. Researchers not affiliated with a participating institution may purchase access to individual PROCI papers.\nOnce the print volume of PROCI is published and bound, the first shipment will be sent to those who placed advanced orders during registration for the 36th International Symposium on Combustion in Seoul, Korea. Verified members of a CI Section who did not place an advanced order may contact CI with their name, billing address, and shipping address. Elsevier will then provide a member discount on a print volume.\nProceedings of The Combustion Institute contains forefront contributions in fundamentals and applications of combustion science. For more than 50 years, The Combustion Institute has served as the peak international society for the dissemination of scientific and technical research in the combustion field. In addition to author submissions, PROCI includes CI’s prestigious invited strategic and topical reviews that represent indispensable resources for emergent research in the field. All papers are subjected to rigorous peer review.\nQuestions pertaining to the delayed publishing of PROCI may be directed to Katherine Eve, Publisher at Elsevier: K.Eve@Elsevier.com. If you placed an advanced order for PROCI and it does not arrive by mid-April 2017, contact the CI office: Office@CombustionInstitute.org.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Nação, sociedade civil, Estado e estado-nação: uma perspectiva histórica\nLuiz Carlos Bresser-Pereira\nTexto de Discussão da EESP/FGV n. 189, maio de 2009.\nNation and civil society are forms of politically organized societies, the state, the central institution, and the nation-state the basic territorial-political unity that the Capitalist Revolution originates. Each country of a nation-state is formed of a nation or a civil society, a state, and a territory. Each state is the expression of its respective form of politically organized society, but the relation between the state and society is explicitly dialectic in so far as each national society creates its state to regulate it. Since these definitions are historical, the forms of society and, correspondently, the forms of state change historically. The paper summarizes these historical forms.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Introduction : A library is a store or house of books . People can borrow books for reading from a library . In bigger libraries readers can read them during certain hours of the day . A school library is generally meant for the students and teachers of the school . Almost all school in our country have libraries now – a – days .The School Library Essay in English\nList of national Parks in Assam – click here\nSpecial features of school library : A school library has some special features . Its first speciality is that the books and journals kept in it are carefully selected so that they may be useful for the students . In a school there may be students of different age groups with different interests and levels of understanding . Sol utmost care is to be taken in selecting books to be kept in the library . Biographies of great men , stories on travel and adventure and books on everyday science generally attract the young readers . Hence most school libraries keep such books in large number with a view to developing the habit of reading books among the students . Reference books on different subjects are also kept .The School Library Essay in English\nAssam History Most Important Questions in Assamese – click here\nManagement : It is very difficult to manage a school library well . In many schools the authorities cannot provide separate rooms for their libraries . Regular whole time librarians are also not appointed . Therefore the library books are kept at some place in the teachers ‘ common room or in the principal’s office room . It is managed by a teacher who is in charge of the library . One or two students help him . Books are issued to students and teachers for a certain period . Students are fined . if books . damaged or returned late .The School Library Essay in English\nUsefulness : The school authority collects library fees from the pupils every year . This fund is used for the development of the library . A good school library has great importance . It acts as a supplementary to the text books . Text books contain knowledge of specific subjects . They cannot satiate the inquisitive learners ‘ thirst for more information and better knowledge . Moreover , most of our students hail from very poor families for which they cannot buy books for extra reading . In such case a school library comes to be a great help for them .The School Library Essay in English\nপুথিভঁৰাল ৰচনা || Assamese Essay – click here\nConclusion : If the heads of our schools take a bit pain in organising and developing the school libraries and if the government appoints regular librarians school libraries will surely create a congenial atmosphere for developing better reading habit among the students and serve their real purpose .", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|PDF Title :\n|Total Page :\n|PDF Size :\n|PDF Link :\nHere on this page, we have provided the latest download link for Postharvest : An Introduction to the Physiology and Handling of Fruit and Vegetables PDF. Please feel free to download it on your computer/mobile. For further reference, you can go to newsouthpublishing.com\nPostharvest : An Introduction to the Physiology and Handling of Fruit and Vegetables\nWeight loss during cooling may also be greatly reduced by wetting warm produce such as leafy vegetables with potable water before it is put into the store. It is preferable to harvest produce early in the morning, when it is coolest, and put it directly into the cool store.\nThis reduces the load on the refrigeration plant and lowers costs. When it is necessary to harvest produce later in the day in hot, dry weather, it may be practicable to spray some types of produce with potable water, to leave produce overnight in the open to cool by a combination of evaporative cooling and radiation cooling (if the night sky is clear), and place into store the next morning.\nPostharvest Book PDF\nKnow more about our initiative", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In 2374, Rekar led a successful hijacking of the Federation starship USS Prometheus, killing the Federation crew. He and his officers were the first to prove the effectiveness of the experimental multi-vector assault mode in combat conditions by disabling a pursuing Nebula-class starship.\nRekar and the others were eventually rendered unconscious by neurozine gas, introduced into the life support systems by The Doctor, working together with the Prometheus' EMH Mark II. The vessel was then returned to Starfleet control. (VOY: \"Message in a Bottle\")", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "ERIC Number: ED207043\nRecord Type: RIE\nPublication Date: 1981-Aug\nReference Count: 0\nWilliam Brennan and the Failed \"Theory\" of Actual Malice.\nGillmor, Donald M.\nThis paper contains an analysis of Justice William Brennan's Supreme Court opinions concerning cases on freedom of expression and his interpretations of Alexander Meiklejohn's theory of actual malice in cases of libel. Particular attention is paid to Brennan's landmark contribution to the law of libel, his opinion in \"New York Times v. Sullivan,\" and analytical criticism of this opinion. Later cases are examined to determine any changes in Brennan's interpretation of actual malice, as well as to examine the impact of his \"libel formula\" on a narrowing view of public issue and public official defamation. The concluding section of the paper indicates that Brennan's history of using Meiklejohnian theory demonstrates the difficulties inherent in the theory and why it has failed. (RL)\nPublication Type: Information Analyses; Speeches/Meeting Papers\nEducation Level: N/A\nAuthoring Institution: N/A\nIdentifiers: Brennan (William J); Libel; Meiklejohn (Alexander); Supreme Court; Theory Practice Relationship\nNote: Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Association for Education in Journalism (64th, East Lansing, MI, August 8-11, 1981).", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "What about your list?\nMy extended no-pay leave from the seminary has begun, and this gives me a bit of freedom to catch up with some reading. Here is a list of books I will be reading and engaging with in the months to come.\nWhat about your list?\nAuthored by Bishop Emeritus Hwa Yung, Dr Lee Soo Tian, Revd Dr Lee Tat Yan & Revd Dr Lim Kar Yong.\nPublished by Faith Books, an imprint of August Publishing Sdn Bhd, Puchong, Malaysia\nDate of publication: January 2023.\nThis book is available from Canaanland Bookstore. Please click here for ordering information.\nThe Table of Contents can be viewed below:\nA group of Malaysian scholars currently in Malaysia and other parts of the world come together to contribute to a book project entitled, \"From Malaysia to the Ends of the Earth: Southeast Asian and Diasporic Contributions to Biblical and Theological Studies.\" This volume is edited by my colleague, Elaine Wei-Fun Goh, and others including Kah-Jin Jeffrey Kuan, Jonathan Yun-Ka Tan, and Amos Wai-Ming Yong. This project is now in the final proof reading stage and should be published by Claremont Press in the autumn of 2021.\nI make a small contribution to this project where I examine Paul's understanding of ethnic relations between Jews and Gentiles gleaned from his letters, and offer some contemporary reflections for nation building in Malaysia.\nMy essay is entitled, \"“For All of You Are One in Christ Jesus” (Gal 3:28): Paul’s Social Vision Beyond Inclusivity and Diversity\", in pages 83-116. This bulk of the essay was written when I was on sabbatical in the second half of 2019. In light of the current political climate and the COVID-19 pandemic, I have made further reflections on what I have written. Perhaps a short follow-up piece might be needed.\nI look forward to seeing this significant project in print soon.\nWriting this devotional booklet has a profound impact on me. I share about this at the conclusion:\nMay this devotional be a helpful tool for you as you prepare for the Holy Week.\n\"Following Jesus to the Cross\" is now available from Our Daily Bread. This illustrated guide with 12 devotionals for Easter will guide our reflections on the passion, crucifixion, death, and resurrection of Jesus this Easter season. Based on the Gospel of Mark, each reading contains reflection questions and prayers to commit ourselves to God.\nEvoke our senses with photographs of the sites where the events of the final week are believed to have taken place, and let this devotional make the Scripture come alive for us in fresh ways.\nA sample chapter of this booklet is extracted below.\nIf you or your church would like to have copies of this devotional booklet, please contact Our Daily Bread Malaysia.\nFinally, Porter believes that my book \"will undoubtedly provoke further investigation of metaphor use in identity formation in the Corinthian correspondence and elsewhere. This work is a valuable resource for anyone considering the social-scientific analysis of metaphors and their use in the Corinthian correspondence.\"\nOverall, the review by Porter on my work is generous and encouraging, his critique on the weaknesses of the book is fair and courteous, and his comment on my methodological framework for analysis on metaphor is positive and welcoming.\nPlease click on the file below to read the review.\nI am very pleased to inform that all copies of my recent publication (Metaphors and Social Identity Formation in Paul's Letters to the Corinthians) that are in my stock have all been sold.\nI would like to thank everyone in Malaysia for your continuous support for my work and ministry.\nFor those who are still interested to purchase the book, please click here for options of how to order the book. I will not be holding anymore stock in future.\nMy other publication, Jesus the Storyteller: Hearing the Parables Afresh Today, is still available at RM45 per copy. Please get in touch with me if you are keen on purchasing this book.\nFor the month of October, Logos Software is having a very good sale on selected reference works published by Yale.\nIn addition, the free book of the month on offer is the commentary on Romans in the Anchor Yale series by Joseph Fitzymer, with options to purchase a couple more commentaries on Habakkuk (by Francis I. Andersen) and Galatians (by J. Louis Martyn) at additional cost of US$2.99 - this is a real deal!\nResources on sale include:\n1) The entire Anchor Yale Bible Commentary set - you may choose to purchase the entire OT and NT series, or opt for either OT or NT set.\n2) Selected works on Jonathan Edwards\n3) Anchor Yale Bible Reference Library\n4) Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary\n5) and others.\nNow is a good time to build your digital library, if fund permits of course.\nThe cover design for my upcoming publication has been finalised by the publisher, Pickwick Publications. The book, Metaphors and Social Identity Formation in Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians, is due to be published in the middle of the year. I will provide further details of the book in the weeks to come.\nI am very pleased that I am able to use a photograph that I took when I visited ancient Corinth in 2015 for the cover.\nSpecial thanks to Brian Tucker, Kathy Ehrensperger, and Bill Campbell for the blurbs.\nLecturer in New Testament Studies at Seminari Theoloji Malaysia. You can find out more about me by clicking here.\nMy engagement in conversation with issues, reflections, and concerns related to my vocation as a seminary lecturer and theological education in general. Opinions expressed in this blog are strictly my personal views and do not represent the official position of the seminary", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Rediscovered Once More\nBy Terry Teachout\nPublished: November 26, 1995\nTHE DIARIES OF DAWN POWELL 1931-1965. Edited by Tim Page. 513 pp. South Royalton, Vt.: Steerforth Press. $32.\nMY HOME IS FAR AWAY By Dawn Powell. Introduction by Tim Page. 295 pp. South Royalton, Vt.: Steerforth Press. Paper, $14.\nEVERY decade or so, somebody writes an essay about Dawn Powell, and a few hundred more people discover her work, and are grateful. And that's it. Few American novelists have been so lavishly praised by so many high-powered critics to so little effect. Diana Trilling, writing in 1942, called Powell \"our best answer to the familiar question, 'Who really says the funny things for which Dorothy Parker gets credit?' \"; Edmund Wilson, writing in 1962, judged her to be \"quite on a level with . . . Anthony Powell, Evelyn Waugh and Muriel Spark\"; Gore Vidal, writing in 1987, said she \"should have been as widely read as, say, Hemingway or the early Fitzgerald.\" No such luck. Dawn Powell remains today what she was a half-century ago: a fine and important writer adored by a handful of lucky readers in the know and ignored by everybody else.\nInterestingly, Powell has yet to be taken up by the tenure-haunted injustice collectors who live to exhume Unfairly Neglected Women Writers and add them, by force majeure if necessary, to the canon they affect to despise. It says much about the mind-set of the pesto-and-phallocentrism crowd that the person who may end up being chiefly responsible for bringing about a Powell revival is, of all things, a mere journalist. Tim Page, a music critic lately of New York Newsday and now of The Washington Post, has been collecting Powell first editions (there are no Powell second editions) for years. What started out as a hobby has become an industry. Mr. Page is at work on the first biography of Powell; last year he edited \"Dawn Powell at Her Best,\" an omnibus volume that attracted wide and favorable critical notice.\nNow Steerforth Press, publisher of \"Dawn Powell at Her Best,\" has just brought out two \"new\" Powell books. The first is a much-needed paperback reissue of Powell's 1944 novel, \"My Home Is Far Away,\" with an introduction by Mr. Page. The second is one of the outstanding literary finds of the last quarter-century: Powell's diaries, which cover the last 34 years of her life (she died in 1965) and whose existence was not generally known until Mr. Page prepared them for publication.\nDawn Powell actually began keeping a diary in 1925, shortly after she moved to Greenwich Village, the scene of most of her later novels, but the entries were sporadic and fragmentary. It was not until 1931 that she embarked on a serious diary. The first sentence -- \"The tragedy of people who once were glamorous, now trying in mediocre stations to modestly refer to their pasts\" -- announces its nature: it would be a writer's notebook, concerned less with earthshaking events and true confessions than with the raw material of what later became her novels.\nThis is not to say that the diaries are lacking in gossip value. In fact, the book is full of cruelly funny vignettes, some as short as a single steel-tipped line. Here, for example, is Powell on Clifford Odets: \"Later he talked of the Odets Plays, the audience joy over Odets Plays, as if Odets, the genius, was quite apart from Odets, the 'modest' citizen.\" And admirers of Powell's novels will be glad to learn something about the life and character of the woman who wrote them. It takes a special kind of toughness to keep on writing for four decades without any great material success; to read Powell's diaries is to learn just how tough their author really was.\nPowell was born in 1897 in Mount Gilead, Ohio, deep in the heart of the Babbitt belt. The idyll of her small-town childhood was brought to a harsh end by the death of her mother in 1903. Her father, a ne'er-do-well traveling salesman, subsequently married a joyless puritan, and Powell soon ran away: first to the home of a maternal aunt, then to college and finally, in 1918, to New York. Within three years, she had married a drunk named Joseph Gousha and given birth to a son who suffered from cerebral palsy and schizophrenia. By the 30's, husband and wife had settled into a bizarre menage a trois with Coburn (Coby) Gilman, a witty, selfdestructive magazine executive with whom Powell appears to have been deeply in love; he and the still-married couple lived in a Ninth Street duplex with separate entrances.\nThat all this turned Powell into an unsparing satirist is hardly a surprise. But it took a decade of hard work before she found herself. Five of her first six novels are set in Ohio, and they are an odd amalgam of harshness and pathos, rather like a cross between Theodore Dreiser and Sinclair Lewis, only well written. Not until 1936 did Powell shift her sights to her new milieu, publishing \"Turn, Magic Wheel,\" a glittering comedy of manners in which her mature self comes instantaneously into focus from the first page onward. \" 'Satire,' \" she wrote in her diary that year, \"is the technical word for writing of people as they are; 'romantic,' the other extreme of people as they are to themselves -- but both of these are the truth.\" That is Powell in a nutshell: like her heroines, she believes in love, even though she knows better.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "When Breath Becomes Air\nWhen there’s no place for the scalpel, words are the surgeon’s only tool.\nPaul Kalanithi graduated from Stanford with a BA and an MA in English Literature and a BA in Biology. He also earned a MPhil in history and philosophy of science and medicine from Cambridge before attending and graduating from the Yale School of Medicine. He returned to Stanford to do an 8-year residency in neurosurgery and a postdoctoral fellowship in neuroscience. In his seventh year of residency in May, 2013, 36-year old Paul Kalanithi was diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer – an illness that rarely strikes young men (he notes that only 0.0012 percent of 36-year olds get lung cancer).\nFaced with his own mortality and the grim statistics, Kalanithi pursued aggressive treatment and struggled to complete his residency but he also decided to pursue his love of writing. He wrote an article for the New York Times called “How Long Have I Got Left” which was published on January 24, 2014, eight months after his diagnosis. At the time, his wife, Lucy was pregnant with their daughter, Cady who would be born in June, 2014. Encouraged by the response to his article, Kalanithi continued to write as he struggled with his illness, the side effects of the treatments, and his desire to pursue the answers to the question “What makes life meaningful enough to go on living?” The answer was to pursue love – love of his family, friends, and co-workers – because these relationships gave his life meaning.\nKalanithi frantically wrote about this stage of his life in a book that was published in 2016, a year after he died in March, 2015 (22 months after his initial diagnosis). The book – When Breath Becomes Air – is dedicated to his daughter, Cady who was 8 months old when he died.\nThe author knew his daughter would never remember him and that the book would be his legacy to her. What he didn’t know was that the book would become a New York Times Bestseller and an inspiration to many because the words tell the story of a man who faced death with courage and dignity by focusing on living (“We are never so wise as when we live in the moment.”). He knew the odds better than anyone but he didn’t dwell on his sentence; instead, he focused on the people who gave his life meaning which is why the book is such a fantastic read.\nSeveral years ago (2008), Randy Pausch with Jeffrey Zaslow published The Last Lecture which was written after Pausch delivered his last lecture at Carnegie Mellon after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. The “last lecture” was titled “Achieving Your Childhood Dreams” and the book expanded on those ideas. Although the book was primarily written for his three young children, readers of all ages were inspired by The Last Lecture.\nWhile Pausch focused on how to live in his book, Kalanithi zeroed in on how to find meaning in a life cut short in When Breath Becomes Air. Kalanithi doesn’t tell the reader how to die but instead, how he decided to spend the limited amount of time he had left, which included living in the moment with the people – his wife, daughter, parents, brothers, friends, and colleagues – who made his life meaningful.\nKalanithi had planned to do so much, and he had come so close. His biggest regret was that he would never see his daughter grow up and so he wanted to leave her with his words including the following:\nWhen you come to one of the many moments in life where you must give an account of yourself, provide a ledger of what you have been, and done, and meant to the world, do not, I pray, discount that you filled a dying man’s days with a sated joy, a joy unknown to me in all my prior years, a joy that does not hunger for more and more but rests, satisfied. In this time, right now, that is an enormous thing.\nWhat Kalanithi couldn’t know is how moving his words would be for the people who would eventually read When Breath Becomes Air, a book that seems at times to be unfinished. Kalanithi did in fact die before the book was finished but his wife, Lucy along with Abraham Verghese (who wrote the Foreward) pulled his work together to publish this unforgettable story.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This first book in the Hands on Guides series provides step-by-step instruction on how to make your pre-school setting inclusive, and provides lots of helpful photocopiable resources, checklists and practical activities.\nIssues covered include:\n- Advice on inclusive environments, play and planning to meet individual needs in 0 - 3 and Foundation stage settings\n- Coverage of current legislation, such as the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA) and what it means for the pre-school practitioner;\n- Quick-reference materials, for planning and auditing any early years setting;\n- A CD Rom with templates that can be customised to fit your needs.\nThis book is essential for those working with Birth to Three Matters and the Foundation Stage curriculum, including pre-school practitioners, managers, advisory teachers, Area SENCOs, Inclusion Officers Tutors and Child Care and Education students and tutors.\nIt provides straight-forward practical advice on how to make pre-school settings inclusive, and provides lots of helpful photocopiable resources, checklists and practical activities.\n**Winner of the 2007 NASEN and TES Book Award!!**\n\"Any setting will find this a useful, informative and accessible book\" - Early Years Update\n\"I really enjoyed reviewing this book and will find it an excellent resource to share with the childminders with whom I work. I feel that it would benefit early years practitioners from all settings and would be a useful tool for tutors and students working at all levels\" - National Childminding Association\n\"The straight forward step-by-step practical advice and guidance in this essential guide really helps to demystify exactly what is meant by inclusion . It is a vital and essential read for all those working with the 0-5 age range. It is an easy read that will leave you feeling more confident and well-informed about your role and it empowers you to help children with difficulties that you may have been reluctant to include in your setting\" – Early Years Educator\n\"I really liked the way the book is set out with hands-on activities, checklists, discussion points and further reading after each chapter...[it] is full of brilliant suggestions and practical ideas to ensure all children can play and learn together...I will be recommending this book to early years practitioners and colleagues\" – Nursery World", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Gager, William (DNB00)\nGAGER, WILLIAM (fl. 1580–1619), Latin dramatist, was a nephew of Sir William Cordell, master of the rolls [q. v.] He became a scholar of Westminster School, whence he was elected to Christ Church, Oxford, in 1574. He proceeded B.A. 4 Dec. 1577, M.A. 5 June 1580, and B.C.L. and D.C.L. 30 June 1589 (Oxford Univ. Reg., Oxford Hist. Soc., ii. iii. 70). Gager soon proved a facile Latin verse writer, and wrote a series of Latin plays, which were performed in the university with great success. In 1581 a Latin tragedy, ‘Meleager,’ was produced in the presence of the Earl of Leicester, Sir Philip Sidney, and other distinguished persons. In June 1583, when Albert Alasco, prince palatine of Poland, was entertained by the university, two plays by Gager were acted at Christ Church, and the distinguished visitor expressed much satisfaction with them. The first was ‘a pleasant comedie intituled “Rivales,”’ the second ‘a verie statelie tragedie named “Dido,” wherein the Queenes banket (with Eneas narrative of the destruction of Troie) was livelie described in a marchpaine pattern,’ and the scenic effects were ‘all strange, marvellous, and abundant’ (Holinshed, iii. 1355). The second and third acts of the ‘Dido,’ with prologue, argument, and epilogue, are extant in the Brit. Mus. MS. Addit. 22583, ff. 34–44. Early in February 1591–2 a fourth piece, ‘Ulysses Redux,’ was acted at Christ Church. In the manuscript volume already mentioned, which was formerly in Dr. Bliss's library, are extracts from a fifth play by Gager on the subject of ‘Œdipus.’ When Queen Elizabeth visited Oxford in September 1592, Gager wrote the prologue and epilogue for the comedy ‘Bellum Grammaticale,’ which was performed in the royal presence at Christ Church. Joseph Hunter suggested that Gager was identical with William Wager, the author of some morality-plays, but Wager's pieces were written before Gager left school: the theory is altogether untenable. Meres mentions ‘Dr. Gager of Oxford’ among ‘the best poets for comedy’—not a very apt description, since Gager's chief works were tragedies—in his ‘Palladis Tamia,’ 1598.\nPrinted copies of only two of Gager's plays are now known—the ‘Ulysses Redux’ and ‘Meleager’—both printed at Oxford by Joseph Barnes in 1592. The former, ‘Ulysses Redux, tragœdia publice Academicis recitata octavo Idus Februarii 1591,’ is dedicated to Lord Buckhurst. Copies are in the Douce collection at Oxford and at Bridgewater House. Commendatory verse by Alberico Gentili, Matthew Gwinne, Thomas Holland, and others is prefixed. The ‘Meleager, tragœdia noua bis publice acta in Æde Christi Oxoniæ,’ copies of which are in the British Museum and Bodleian libraries, is dedicated (1 Jan. 1592) to Robert, earl of Essex. Verses by Richard Edes [q. v.], Alberico Gentili [q. v.], and J. C. are prefixed. There is an epilogue addressed to the Earls of Pembroke and Leicester, and at the close of the volume is ‘Panniculus Hippolyto Senecæ Tragœdiæ assutus, 1591;’ an address to Elizabeth, dated 1592, with the prologue and epilogue to the ‘Bellum Grammaticale.’\nGager sent a copy of the ‘Meleager’ to Dr. John Rainolds, then of Queen's College, afterwards president of Corpus Christi College, and with it he forwarded a letter defending the performance of plays at Oxford. Rainolds replied by denouncing the practice and by condemning the excess to which it had lately been carried at Christ Church. A letter of protest from Gager, dated 31 July 1592, is in Corpus Christi College Library (MS. ccclii. 6), and copies of other parts of Gager's share in the correspondence are in University College Library (MS.J. 18). Finally Rainolds wrote a detailed and spirited answer to Gager (preface, dated 30 May 1593), which was published in 1599 under the title of ‘Th' overthrow of Stage-Playes by the way of controversie betwixt D. Gager and D. Rainolds, wherein all the reasons that can be made for them are notably refuted.’ Rainolds attacked with especial vigour the appearance on the stage of youths in women's clothes. A Latin defence of Gager by Alberico Gentili, and a final reply by Rainolds, are appended to Rainolds's volume. A reprint of this volume and the manuscripts dealing with the controversy has long been promised by the New Shakspere Society.\nGager was a voluminous writer of Latin verse. He probably edited the ‘Exequiæ D. Philippi Sidnæi,’ Oxford, 1587, to which he largely contributed. He also wrote in the university collection issued on the deaths of Sir Henry Unton in 1596 and of the queen in 1603. The volume in the British Museum (Addit. MS. 22583) which contains parts of Gager's tragedies of ‘Dido’ and ‘Œdipus,’ includes Latin-verse translations by him of Homer's ‘Batrachomuomachia,’ ‘Susanna,’ ‘Præecepta quædam Isocratis ad Demonicum,’ Musæus's ‘Hero et Leander,’ together with numerous verses and epigrams addressed to friends, patrons, and relatives, like George Peele, Martin Heton, Richard Edes, Toby Matthew, the Earl of Leicester, Sir William Cordwell, Nicholas Breton, and Richard Hakluyt. Two long pieces, ‘Musa Australis’ and ‘Ægloga,’ are both addressed to Toby Matthew. Congratulatory odes on the queen's escape from the Babington plot, a few trifling English verses, and a prose ‘Encomium Eloquentiæ,’ conclude the volume. A Latin heroic poem, ‘Piramus,’ dated 5 Nov. 1605, is in MS. Royal, 12 A. lix. Latin verses by Gager appear before Breton's ‘Pilgrimage to Paradise’ (1592). In 1608 Gager seems to have publicly defended the thesis at Oxford ‘that it was lawful for husbands to beat their wives.’ William Heale of Exeter College replied in ‘An Apologie for Women,’ Oxford, 1609. On the death of Martin Heton, bishop of Ely, 14 July 1609, Gager wrote a Latin elegy, which was engraved on the bishop's tomb in Ely cathedral (Bentham, Ely, p. 197).\nIn 1590 Gager seems to have been disappointed of a fortune which he expected from an uncle, Edward Cordell, who died in that year. He attributed his disappointment to the action of his uncle's wife. In 1601 he became surrogate to Dr. Swale, vicar-general of Ely. On 29 May 1606, when his friend, Martin Heton, was bishop of Ely, Gager was appointed chancellor of the diocese of Ely. He was delegate and commissary to Archbishop Bancroft for the diocese of Ely in 1608, and custos of the spiritualities on the vacancy of the see in 1609. He was also vicar-general and official principal to Bishop Andrewes in 1613, 1616, and 1618.[Wood's Athenæ Oxon., ed. Bliss, ii. 87–9; Halliwell's Dictionary of Plays; Stevenson's Supplement to Bentham's History of Ely (1817), 10, 20, 28, 33; Wood's Annals of Oxford, vol. ii. pt. i. pp. 216, 256; Hunter's MS. Chorus Vatum in Addit. MS. 24491, f. 90; Tanner's Bibl. Brit.]", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In the world of books, Ken Follett is the stuff of legends. His writing is rooted in real events, be it the 1978 novel Eye of the Needle, a taut thriller about World War II espionage or Pillars of the Earth about the great medieval cathedrals of Europe. He weaves stories that imitate life. His latest project in the Century Trilogy, a collection of historical novels chronicling life around the world wars, is another set piece in his literary game.\nOn September 16, the book Edge of Eternity was released in India by Pan Macmillan and Amazon India. Continuing the story in Fall of Giants and Winter of the World, the book traces lives of five families through the Cold war and civil-rights movements. In an email interaction, Ken Follett remarks about the premise of the book, “The terrible thing about the Cold War was that it could have been the end of the human race. If there was a nuclear holocaust, with the Americans bombing all the communist countries and the Russians bombing all the capitalist countries, we would all be dead. So although it never came to that, there was the constant fear during this period that nuclear war would break out and the human race would end.”\nMoving from thrillers to historical fiction\n‘Pillars of the Earth’ emerged from his profound interest and fascination with medieval cathedrals and the people who built them. To his surprise and everybody else’s, the book became even more popular than his thrillers. “It seemed that readers would enjoy historical novels from me as well as enjoy thrillers from me. So that’s how the switch came about and eventually I decided that historical novels were more fun to write and more pleasing to the readers too,” he tells us.\nThen, after completing World Without End, Follett admits that he thought to himself, ‘I must do something like this again because people like it so much.’ He thought he should write another long historical novel but he didn’t want to write another medieval story; he wanted to write about a historical period that was dramatic. “That’s when I thought, why not write about the 20th century because it’s the most violent era in human history. We had two world wars and we had the threat of nuclear war. And also, it is the century that tells us where we come from.” And soon, as he was thinking about it, he realized it would be much better to write three books instead of one, a book for each of the great wars of the century.\nHis predilection for strong female characters\nKen Follett was one of the first writers to use strong women characters in his novels like Lucy Rose, the hero of Eye of the needle who kills the German spy at the end of the story. Ken notes, “That was very unusual in the 1970s when I wrote that book. It was unheard of. But nowadays it isn’t so unusual.”\nHe attributes this change to the difference in attitudes to women and the evolving role that women play in society. He opines, “Fifty years ago women were considered subordinate. So in the novels the men were more important. But during my lifetime, I have seen women question, ‘Wait a minute. Why should women be secondary to men?” This change was reflected in literature too.\nThe television world came knocking\nHis book, On Wings of Eagles, a true story about two employees who were rescued from Iran during the revolution of 1979, was turned into a miniseries and The Pillars of the Earth became an eight hour television show. And the Century Trilogy will also soon be made into a television series. But as an author, he finds the process of adapting books into television shows “thrilling but also a little nerve–wrecking.” He adds, “It makes me very nervous because I have been very careful writing the book to make sure that it all makes sense. There are no boring bits, the plot is logical and the characters are interesting. And then I give this book to somebody else, a television producer and he takes it apart. He has a script written which is different from my book. Well, he has to because he has to tell a story in pictures not words. I worry that when they change it they won’t be as careful as I was and they won’t do it very well. But, to be honest, in the end if the television series is well made, I get to look at the screen and see the characters I invented played by very good actors.”\nEvolving as a writer\nThe bestselling author has been writing for over four decades now, having taken to writing when he realised he didn’t love newspapers. He recalls, “I wasn’t a terrible journalist but I wasn’t a great journalist either. Fiction was what I really liked. And it took me a few years to realize that my destiny was not in newspapers, it was in books.”\nHe went to work with a publisher soon after. And although his first books were not very successful — in fact he wrote ten books before he had a bestseller — he managed to carve out success for himself in the literary world.\nRecently on a Reddit AMA (Ask me anything), he remarked, “What does writing represent? It’s my life! It’s what I do all day, every day.” And his wonderfully crafted, genre bending and ambitious stories, that emerge from his knowledge of the world and life, has delighted many a fan around the world.\nThe book is available for purchase on Amazon\nA version of this was published in The New Indian Express on September 18, 2014", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Captain Underpants and the Attack of the Talking Toilets\nWritten by Dav Pilkey\nReviewed by Amanual L. (age 8)\nHave you ever seen a guy wearing underwear while fighting crime? If not you shoud read this book. It's about a guy named Captain Underpants that fights these bad toilets that eat people.\nThis book reminded me of the time my brother thought he could fly. This book makes me feel happy because it is funny. My favorite part was when George and Harold created a robot. This is a great book because it is cool. I recommend this book to people who like silly stories.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Revolution #270, May 27, 2012\nThe U.S. Constitution and the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America (Draft Proposal)\nTwo Constitutions, Two Different Systems, Two Different Futures for African-American People\nPart 1: A Slaveholders' Union\nThe U.S. Constitution was drafted, debated, and approved by slave owners and exploiters. Despite this profound truth about the historical birth of the United States, many people argue that the Constitution has protected and expanded the political and civil rights of the people; and that it continues to provide the legal foundation and political vision for overcoming existing inequalities and injustices. But this message—that the U.S. Constitution establishes a vision and basis for achieving a society where “everyone is equal”—is profoundly UNTRUE and actually does great harm. From the very beginning this Constitution has provided the legal framework and justifications for a society torn by deep inequalities, and the preservation of a whole economic and social setup in which a relatively small number of people rule over an exploitative society and maintain that dominance.\nIn 2010 the Revolutionary Communist Party published the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America (Draft Proposal) (CNSRNA). This visionary document, based on the new synthesis of communism developed over decades by Bob Avakian, provides the framework for a whole new society, a framework to advance to a communist world—a world no longer divided into antagonistic social groups, where people will instead live and work together as a freely associating community of human beings, all over the planet.\nThis series will compare and contrast the U.S. Constitution and the Constitution for the New Socialist Republic in North America (Draft Proposal)—in relation to the enslavement, oppression and emancipation of African-American people. We encourage readers to discuss and study this series, spread and share it among your friends; get it into the classrooms, communities and prisons; and send us your comments. The first half of Part One of this series was run in Revolution #265; here we are running it in its entirety. See Revolution #264 for the introduction to this series.\nAmerican enslavement of African people and their descendents was a never-ending hell of work, abuse, torture, rape, and degradation. It was enforced by whips, chains, shotguns, and vicious bloodhounds. The culture and outlook of white supremacy penetrated every aspect of life in the U.S., South and North alike. And all this was enshrined in the “law of the land,” starting with the U.S. Constitution—the binding legal document of the new country.\nThe U.S. Constitution was, and is, dedicated to the defense of “private property rights” based on exploitation, and for eight decades that included the enslavement of Black people. James Madison, the main author of the U.S. Constitution, wrote that the law in the U.S. regarded slaves as “inhabitants, but debased by servitude below the equal level of free inhabitants.… The true state of the case is that they partake of both these qualities: being considered by our laws, in some respects, as persons, and in other respects as property.... This is in fact their true character. It is the character bestowed on them by the laws under which they live; and it will not be denied that these are the proper criterion.”1\nHere Madison was arguing for and defending a legal principle that established Black people as a form of property in U.S. law.\n“Inhabitants, but debased by servitude below the equal level of free inhabitants”—which meant slaves had no rights whatsoever under the law.\n“Being considered by our laws, in some respects, as persons, and in other respects as property”—which meant they could be put on an auction block to be bought and sold, and witness their loved ones taken from them as someone else’s purchase.\n“It is the character bestowed on them by the laws under which they live”—which meant they could be forced to work like animals under the whip, chained up and hounded by dogs if they dared to escape; subjected to subhuman conditions of life, and the constant knowledge that the slave master could end their lives on even the slightest whim.\nDuring more than the first 70 years of the United States, constitutionally sanctioned and court approved cruelty towards enslaved Black people knew no limits. The system of “justice” developed under the U.S. Constitution was dedicated to providing the legal basis for complete control of the slave master over their human property. For example: “In one case, a Missouri court considered the ‘crime’ of Celia, a slave who had killed her master while resisting a sexual assault. State law deemed ‘any woman’ in such circumstances to be acting in self-defense. But Celia, the court ruled, was not, legally speaking, ‘a woman’. She was a slave, whose master had complete power over her person. The court sentenced her to death. However, since Celia was pregnant, her execution was postponed until the child was born, so as not to deprive Celia’s owner’s heirs of their property rights.”2\nA Slaveholders’ Union\nThe enslavement of African people and their descendents was integral to the development of what Europeans called the “new world” beginning in 1502. By the time the U.S. declared its independence from England in 1776, slavery existed in all 13 colonies, but it was most concentrated in the southern colonies—Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, and Georgia, especially in the cotton and tobacco plantation regions.\nIn May 1787, 55 delegates gathered in Philadelphia to write a constitution for a nation formed from the 13 newly independent British colonies. Since winning their war of independence, the former colonies had until this time been held together tenuously, by a weak and largely ineffective central power.\nWhether these delegates could compose and agree upon a document capable of uniting the colonies into a coherent national state was not a settled question. Sharp, contentious debate expressing the conflicting interests of representatives from different states, in particular the slave owners of the South and the merchant capitalists of the North, continued for over four months before a complete document was drafted and approved by the delegates.\nMuch of their contention was shaped and driven by the question of slavery. George William Van Cleve writes in A Slaveholders’ Union: Slavery, Politics, and the Constitution in the Early American Republic, that by 1770 slavery in the American colonies “had become a central economic institution … slaves had become a major economic asset, with a conservatively estimated collective market value of about 14 million pounds sterling (about $2.4 billion today). Slaves constituted nearly 20% of total private wealth in the 13 colonies in 1774.”3\nTwo convention delegates delivered speeches denouncing slavery. But the debate here was not about the morality of slavery at the Constitutional Convention. There were no passionate speeches condemning this barbaric atrocity inherited from a colonial empire. There were no demands for its immediate abolition. The arguments concerning slavery centered on several inter-related issues: whether property or population would be the main factor determining representation in the new government’s congress, and the power of the new central government to control trade, commerce, and treaties—and most specifically, the international slave trade.\nOne Constitution, Two Mutually Dependent Economic Systems\nDefenders of the U.S. Constitution often note that it doesn’t contain the word “slavery.” There are several possible reasons for this, including that at least some of its writers and signers recognized the contradiction in overtly recognizing slavery in a document that proclaims to be based on and represent “the people.”\nBut the fact is that this Constitution—the highest, binding political/legal document of the United States—acknowledged and defended the outright ownership as “property” of an entire category of human beings: Africans and their descendents. Building upon this constitutional foundation, the U.S., through both its political apparatus and its system of courts and laws, continued in its first 70 years to uphold this status of human “property” as a legal category.\nThe newly formed U.S. included two co-existing economic systems—capitalism and slavery, two ways of organizing society on a foundation of exploitation. These two systems were mutually dependent on each other. The merchants, lawyers, slave traders and slave owners, bankers, ship owners and other prosperous men who debated and wrote the U.S. Constitution needed to create a framework in which both capitalism and slavery could continue to develop. They needed a central state structure capable of protecting their sometimes clashing interests, while at the same time holding them within a unified federal state. They needed a constitution—a document that established the legal and political “rules” of the new country.\nFrom the beginning, the U.S. was formed with the understanding that such a unified state was needed to forge a powerful new country in the Western hemisphere, one capable of resisting domination or interference by European powers, and with a central government strong enough to work out differences between northern capitalists and southern slave owners, especially as it expanded into its western territories. The Constitution’s “pro-slavery character” was the result of efforts to deal with this contradiction. Article I, Section 2 of the Constitution declared the slaves to be three-fifths human beings. In this way, the property of the slave owners, i.e. human slaves, were counted in the system of political representation—giving the South an advantage in the House of Representatives and the Electoral College—while denying slaves legal rights as persons.\nSlavery was concentrated in the southern states. But it existed in a mutually reliant economic structure with the mercantile capitalism then dominant in the northern states and within a common political framework. Slavery was decisive to the growth, expansion, and prosperity of the entire country. The economic well-being of both southern slave owners and northern capitalists depended on each other’s activities. Cotton and other agricultural products from the slave plantations were processed in northern factories and shipped from northern ports, which also dominated most of the trade coming into the new country.\nThe Constitution that emerged from the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia protected both the capitalist and slave forms of exploitation and enrichment for a small number of people and established a means for their often intense differences to be worked through. The framework that the U.S. Constitution provided for the coherence and development of the new country enabled the U.S., as a whole, and in both its slave and non-slave components, to expand dramatically in the decades after independence was won.\nThe Missouri Compromise\nThe years after the U.S. Constitution was written and adopted were years of rapid westward expansion, into areas that are now states, like Ohio, Michigan, and Indiana in the North, and Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee in the South. Genocidal campaigns against the Native Americans who lived in areas coveted by white Americans made this expansion possible. And agreements made in Congress, under the provisions of this Constitution, established the legal basis for areas south of the Ohio River to be developed as slave territories, soon to be slave states.\nMissouri, which lies mostly north of the Ohio River, became a battleground—as both pro- and anti-slavery forces were moving into Missouri in large numbers by 1815. The question of what the character of that state would be was up for grabs. As Van Cleve notes, “the Missouri controversy of 1819-1821 was a titanic economic and political struggle between America’s sections over their westward expansion. The dispute placed slavery in a clash with an emerging free-labor ideology.”4\nThe resolution of these “disputes” firmly upheld the legal, constitutional basis for slavery as a long-term social institution in the United States. Missouri was admitted to the union as a slave state. In exchange the non-slave state of Maine entered the union so that Congressional “equilibrium” between the two sections of the country would be maintained.\nThe equilibrium proved to be fragile. For the next 40 years disputes between northern and southern states erupted repeatedly as the country continued to push westward. The key point of ongoing, unsettled contention—whether the territories being opened up to American expansion would be slave or non-slave—was argued and fought over repeatedly. But the outcome of the Missouri Compromise further strengthened and emboldened pro-slavery forces, and led them to push for further expansion of slave territories. It also further solidified the constitutionality of slavery in newly formed states or territories, not just the states that had originally been part of the union.\nFrom the time the Constitution was approved in 1788, up until 1821, when the Missouri Compromise had been finalized, the number of slave states and the total number of enslaved people had both more than doubled. A huge proportion of the national wealth—in the North as well as the South—had been amassed from the backbreaking, never-ending labor of slaves—people who had no rights and no legal ability to resist their oppression; who were routinely worked to the point of death, sold away from families and loved ones, cruelly maimed and tortured, and systematically denied any education. The growth and expansion of slavery, as well as the enshrined right of slave masters and overseers to mete out any punishment they desired to their “property,” were built into the U.S. Constitution and were constitutionally protected.\nAs bargains and compromises were made in the halls of Congress, and as rulings came down in the U.S. Supreme Court, millions of human beings continued to have the legal, constitutional status of “property” without the rights of citizens. The blood of countless slaves was a mortar that bound together the increasingly clashing northern and southern sections of the country.\nThe Bloodhound Law (Fugitive Slave Act)\n“No Person held to Service or Labour in one State, under the Laws thereof, escaping into another, shall, in Consequence of any Law or Regulation therein, be discharged from such Service or Labour, but shall be delivered up on Claim of the Party to whom such Service or Labour may be due.” Constitution of the United States, Article 4, Section 2\nPut in plain English, this section of the U.S. Constitution said that a slave would remain the property of his or her “owner” wherever the slave may go, even into areas where slavery was not recognized. It further stipulated that officials in non-slave states who came upon escaped slaves were obliged to deliver the “property” to the “rightful owner.” To make things perfectly clear, Congress in 1793 passed the “Fugitive Slave Law” to require the return of “runaway” slaves.\nBut by the late 1840s, runaway slaves were becoming a major problem for slave owners, especially in areas on the perimeter of the slave states. A network of safe houses and secret trails called the Underground Railroad was operated by Black people and white abolitionists to help escaped slaves get to non-slave territory in the North and in Canada, and by the 1840s and 1850s thousands of Black people were escaping from slavery through the railroad.\nFurther, several northern states had enacted measures called “personal liberty laws” which were aimed at nullifying the Fugitive Slave Act and preventing bounty hunters from snatching Black people off the streets in northern cities and sending them to slavery. In several instances crowds of white abolitionists forced the release of slaves who had been arrested. Well-known intellectuals and writers such as John Greenleaf Whittier and Ralph Waldo Emerson condemned the law and called for people to defy it.\nAround the same time, the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850—called the “Bloodhound Law” by abolitionists because of the bloodhounds used to track slaves—was passed as yet another “compromise.” But it in fact went even further than the original Fugitive Slave Act—it required that citizens of non-slave states capture and return slaves to their “rightful owners,” under severe penalty of law.\nDred Scott, and a Crisis of Legitimacy\nA ruling concerning a slave named Dred Scott was a stark and concentrated example of the logic of the constitutionality of slavery. Dred Scott was a Black man who had been born into slavery, and served as a slave to a U.S. Army officer who had been stationed throughout the U.S. After the officer was transferred from Minnesota to the slave state of Missouri, Scott and his wife filed a suit in federal court seeking their freedom, which he said had been established because they had lived in non-slave states.\nIn 1857, the United States Supreme Court ruled that neither Dred Scott nor any person of “African descent” could file a lawsuit in a U.S. court, since they could not be citizens of the U.S. The Supreme Court further ruled that simply living outside an area where slavery was established did not establish Scott’s freedom, since this would “deprive his owner of his property.”\nRoger B. Taney, the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, summarized his ruling with these infamous words: saying that the authors of the Constitution—the “founders”—regarded and legally institutionalized Black people as “beings of an inferior order, and altogether unfit to associate with the white race, either in social or political relations, and so far inferior that they had no rights which the white man was bound to respect.”\nThe Supreme Court’s decision emboldened the southern slave owners, and infuriated many anti-slavery forces throughout the North. The slave owners argued that the Supreme Court’s decision in effect negated the Missouri Compromise, and would restore to them their constitutional right to bring their slaves anywhere in the United States. Many northerners regarded the Dred Scott decision as a culmination of a decades-long drive to expand slavery, and vowed to defy and oppose it. The differences between the two sides could no longer be reconciled.\nFour years after the Dred Scott ruling, the U.S. Civil War began.\nTo be continued\n1. Cited in The U.S. Constitution: An Exploiters' Vision of Freedom, by Bob Avakian [back]\n2. Forever Free: The Story of Emancipation and Reconstruction, by Eric Foner and Joshua Brown [back]\n3. A Slaveholders' Union: Slavery Politics, and the Constitution in the Early American Republic, by George William Van Cleve, p 6 [back]\n4. Van Cleve, p. 225 [back]\nIf you like this article, subscribe, donate to and sustain Revolution newspaper.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Haiti - Education : Reopening of the library of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs\nThe library of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, destroyed in the earthquake of January 2010, has just reopened with the participation of BSF.\n\"Bibliothèque Sans Frontières has provided some of the furniture and the majority of the collections by donating over 4,000 books specializing in law and international relations. In addition to the 3,000 books rescued from the rubble, BSF has bought one thousand of books of Haitian and regional authors for this library\" Patrick Weil, director of BSF.\nHe recalled that in addition, BSF was working to the construction of a large central library for the State University. Recalling that his organization had permitted the creation of the first digital library for the State University of Haiti in cooperation with the University of West Indies and French Guiana.\nMarie-Hermine de Montagon, Chief of Mission of BSF said that \"This digital library, which will be inaugurated in March, to the Faculty of Sciences of the University, will be equipped of 70 computers with access to international databases and scientific journals\"\nSee also :", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results.\nFull-text access to electronically submitted theses and dissertations (ETDs) from the University of Kentucky. Note that this collection does not include access to all theses and dissertations from the University of Kentucky, but only those submitted electronically since June 2000. For electronic access to the full-text of selected dissertations completed at the University of Kentucky, use ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. Use InfoKat Discovery to find theses and dissertations in either paper or electronic format.\nInfoKat Discovery allows you to quickly search multiple UK library resources simultaneously, including books, journal articles, dissertations, government documents, archives and special collections, images, maps, videos, music and open access content. InfoKat Discovery does NOT include all of the journal articles available through our databases.\nUniversity of Kentucky Access to Theses and Dissertations\nAs the official digital dissertations archive for the Library of Congress, ProQuest Dissertations and Theses includes millions of searchable citations to dissertations and theses from 1861 to the present day with over a million full-text dissertations. The database offers full text for most dissertations added since 1997 and retrospective full-text coverage for older graduate works.\nDatabase of open access graduate theses and dissertations published around the world. Metadata (information about the theses) comes from over 1,100 colleges, universities, and research institutions. OATD currently indexes over 5 million theses and dissertations (as of 10/1/19).", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Now That I Have YouDVD - 2004\nBetsy looks for fellow commuter Michael every day at the train station and fantasizes that he is the perfect man. When they finally meet she discovers that he is the exact opposite of her ideal, but she falls in love with him anyway. Events drive them apart, but both come to realize that the essence of love is accepting each other, imperfections and all.\nPublisher: [Philippines] : Star Recording, c2004\nBranch Call Number: NOW\nCharacteristics: 1 DVD (107 min.)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Through this research and through extended investigation into the history of the society, its members, predecessors, and descendants, a rich portrait of the life of French-speakers in nineteenth- and twentieth-century New Orleans emerged. Today, we share the history of that society and its many milestones, members, and tombs.\nThe First French Benevolent Society in New Orleans\nOn March 14, 1843, after four years of preliminary incorporation, the Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Nouvelle Orléans (French Benevolent and Mutual Aid Society of New Orleans) was formally established with twenty-seven members. In its own words, the society formed as a result of increasing Americanization of the French colonial city after the Louisiana Purchase and into the Antebellum Era. The Sociètè Française was the first of many organizations in New Orleans with the aim of preserving French language and identity among its members.\nThe Sociètè in New Orleans crafted their organization in the image of fraternal and masonic organizations in France, exemplified by the Grand Orient de France. Similar values were emphasized: brotherhood, charity, social solidarity, and citizenship. The French model of freemasonry also emphasized laicity, or secularism.\nAmong the founding members of the Sociètè in 1843 was a man who himself embodied the political nature of French freemasonry. Pierre Soulé (1801 – 1870) a French native and revolutionary who settled in New Orleans in the 1830s, shaped the early goals and tone of the Sociètè. However, he was elected to the United States Senate in 1847 and thus truncated his involvement. In this year, the Sociètè merged with the French Consulate.\nMinute books and histories of the Sociètè suggest that after Soulé’s departure, the political aims of the organization were abbreviated in favor of a charitable and social mission. The Sociètè would come to be known for many things – its Bastille Day celebrations, its protection of the French language, its role as the French consulate for some time – but it was likely best known for its Hospital, which was an institution for over a century.\nIn the same year as the Sociètè’s founding, a French visitor to New Orleans donated thirty thousand bricks for the construction of a place in which the members could gather. The material was used to build the first French Hospital on Bayou Road near North Robertson Street, described by historians as “a center-hall, gable-sided, double galleried residence.” The hospital, or Asile de la Société Française, cared for Sociètè members and their families. From 1847 to the early 1860s, the organization weathered multiple yellow fever epidemics in which as much as half of the membership was hospitalized.\nIn the early 1860s, the Hospital moved to St. Ann Street, a property donated by then-President Olivier Blineau. Blineau died shortly thereafter and was given the posthumous title of “Father of the French Society.”\nOriginally meant only for society members, French Hospital was opened to all sailors of the French fleet in November 1862, in the event that an illness may require a stay on land. With few exceptions, the Hospital was expressly for the use of members, their families, and those sponsored by members until 1913.\nIn 1913, French Hospital expanded under the decision that “it was finally decided to build a clinic to treat strangers.” Over the next thirty years, the Hospital would include a maternity ward, modern X-ray machines, and operation rooms. The original 1913 building became a well-known edifice on Orleans Street near Claiborne Avenue.\nThroughout New Orleans history, it was common for societies to form around commonalities of nationality, profession, or background. Most societies would provide benefits similar to those provided by fraternal orders or by modern-day insurance companies. Among these benefits was frequently the option of burial in a society tomb, as well as funereal benefits for survivors.\nThe Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Nouvelle Orléans spared little time in establishing a society tomb for itself. On March 14, 1850, the Sociètè acquired a large lot in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 on Basin Street with the financial aid of the French Consul, M’r Roger. By August of the next year, the first stone of the tomb was laid at a formal ceremony. Beneath this stone, Sociètè officers laid a lead box, in which a copy of the organization’s Constitution, and parchment containing “the names of the President, members of the Consulate, and all members of the society” were placed.\nThe Classically-inspired tomb with an intricate sarcophagus at its apex was completed in the following years. In the early 1850s, the size of the tomb would have overwhelmed the landscape of St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. The similarly-imposing Italian Benevolent Society tomb would not be built until 1857. The cross-gable roof of the tomb supported four cast-iron lamps (now missing), in addition to its large sarcophagus, giving it the appearance of a temple. Each corner of the tomb featured an upright torch fashioned of cast plaster. In historic photographs of the tomb, these torches were painted black.\nPossibly as a result of a yellow fever epidemic in that year, rumors flew in 1867 that St. Louis Cemetery No. 1 would be permanently closed. In response, the directors of the Sociètè organized a picnic fundraiser to construct a new tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3. The nearly $1,000 raised was utilized for the purchase of a lot, which was donated to the Sociètè.\nMentions in Sociètè records as well as newspaper resources suggest that a society tomb was in fact built in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3 for the use of the Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Nouvelle Orléans. However, no tomb today bears the society name.\nFuneral expenses were also part of member benefits. In an 1897 annual report, the Sociètè outlined these benefits specifically, including:\n- For adult burials: Imitation walnut or rosewood coffin, a hearse, and two first-class carriages.\n- For teenagers: A white coffin, a white hearse, and one carriage.\n- Obituary listings in the newspaper for members and widows of members.\nA Sister Society in Jefferson\nAs the Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Nouvelle Orléans flourished through the 1850s and 1860s, an additional population of French-speaking people in what was then the City of Jefferson organized their own benevolent society.\nIn the 1850s, the City of New Orleans was much smaller, and bounded on its upriver side by the Faubourg St. Mary and, farther upriver, the City of Lafayette. Over the course of the nineteenth century, New Orleans successively incorporated these municipalities into itself, creating the modern landscape of the city.\nThe French speakers who lived Jefferson Parish and formed the Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Jefferson were in many ways similar to their counterparts in New Orleans proper. In fact, in many cases they were related. Members of the Tujague and Carerre families joined and served as officers in both societies. Members of each group were often natives of the same departments in France, primarily the Pyrenees and Gers. Many had family in St. Bernard Parish as well as Orleans and Jefferson.\nThe Jefferson Sociètè was comprised of men who lived with their families “near the slaughterhouses,” or who lived on Tchoupitoulas, or near the St. Mary’s Market. They collaborated with and shared members with the Sociètè de Bienfaisance des Bouchers (the Butcher’s Society) who in 1873 brought the famous Slaughterhouse Case to the Supreme Court. A number of Jefferson Sociètè members were buried in the Butcher’s tomb in Lafayette Cemetery No. 2.\nThe tombs gable-roof side projections hold most of its burial vaults, each enclosed in marble tablets and divided by slate slabs. All tablets of this tomb are uninscribed, leaving the names of those buried within to mystery until the recent transcription of burial books – which revealed the names of at least 150 people buried in this tomb between 1872 and 1900.\nThe Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Jefferson participated in the celebrations of a number of French societies in the city. In addition to the New Orleans Sociètè, the Jefferson Sociètè was frequently documented in relationship with the Fourteenth of July Society and the Children of France.\n1900: Merging of the Societies\nBy 1896, at its twenty-seventh anniversary, the Jefferson Sociètè had “fifty or sixty” members – a roster that the Daily Picayune regarded as “not quite so large a membership now as at other times in its history.” Officers from the Butcher’s Society and the New Orleans Sociètè, the French Orpheon, and the Fourteenth of July Society raised glasses of wine to the Jefferson officers B. Tujague, O.M. Redon, F. Desschautreaux, T. Abadie, and M. Despaux – most of whom would eventually be buried in the Lafayette Cemetery No. 2 society tomb.\nIt was only four years later that the dwindling numbers of the Jefferson Sociètè merged with their older counterparts at the Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Nouvelle Orléans. The merger was completed on January 3, 1901, which records report “brought 41 new members to the society. It also brought to the Society a tomb of forty vaults, nearly new, located in Lafayette Cemetery No. 2.”\nThe New Orleans Sociètè had merged with other organizations before, beginning with the French Consulate in 1847. In 1895, they also absorbed the Philanthropic Culinary Society of New Orleans, who brought with them an additional burial place: a five-vault tomb located in St. Vincent de Paul Cemetery on Louisa Street.\nA Centennial Celebration and Gradual Decline\nWhile the New Orleans Sociètè had gained the members of its Jefferson counterpart, its own members were dwindling. This was the case for many benevolent societies in New Orleans after the 1930s. As the need for private hospitals waned, so did French Hospital. In the case of other societies who supported other causes such as orphanages or schools, the need for their ministries decreased with the rise of social services. As insurance corporations developed, private societies no longer fulfilled a necessity. For the French society, decreased interest in the French language likely took a toll, as the New Orleans Sociètè operated exclusively in that language.\nIn 1943, the Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Nouvelle Orléans (and, by merger, de la Ville de Jefferson) celebrated its 100th Anniversary. A celebration was held at the French Hospital at 1821 Orleans Avenue, with a dance to follow at the American Legion. The festivities appeared to hold true to the organization’s civic dedication. French leader Andre Lefargue addressed the crowd with patriotic notions of the French and Americans once again fighting in a war together. Appeals were made to the crowd to donate to the Red Cross for the war effort. Nine French cadets training at the New Orleans Naval Air Station were special guests of honor.\nSaid society president Henry Bernissan at the centennial celebration, “the first 100 years of the society is merely the initial performance. We expect to improve our methods with every passing day.”\nYet the Centennial pamphlet published by the society seemed to suggest a different prescience:\nThe current charter does not expire until the year 1972. Therefore, the Society has 29 years to run.\nIt is hoped that the majority of the current members celebrating our centennial will prosper alongside the society until the end of its charter.\nOn October 31, 1949, only six years after its centennial, the closure of French Hospital on Orleans Avenue was announced. The building was sold to the Knights of Peter Claver, an African-American Catholic Society, who utilized the building until the 1970s, when an adjacent structure was built. The French Hospital/Peter Claverie Building was demolished in 1986. The Knights of Peter Claver buiding remains on this site.\nThe exact year in which the Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Nouvelle Orléans formally disbanded is unclear. Unlike their various balls, benefits, picnics and celebrations, this milestone in the organization’s history was not published in newspapers. However, it does not appear as if the Sociètè survived to the end of its charter in 1972. In a 1972 newspaper article, a passing reference was made to the Sociètè, “which for many years maintained the old French hospital on Orleans Street. The French Society folded a number of years ago.”\nPhysical evidence of the Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle is scant in the landscape of modern New Orleans – except for in the cemetery. Each day, hundreds of visitors pass the Sociètè Française tomb in St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. Without its cast-iron lamps and jet-black torches, it fades into the cemetery scene a little more than it once did, but it remains.\nFor the more than 150 people buried in the Sociètè Française de Jefferson tomb in Lafayette Cemetery No. 2, that memory is much more tenuous. A number of trees that began growing in the tomb roof in the 1940s were cut down only this year, leaving a structure in significant need of repair. The brilliant colors of the blue tomb niches, the contrast of its white walls against black slate, its green copper drain pipes, have all faded to flat greys and exposed brick. Without names on the tomb tablets, it has been difficult for families to realize their ancestors are buried within. Yet with this project it is our hope that new resources will supply stakeholders with important information with which to regrow a connection to this remarkable structure, which represents more than a century of French fellowship in New Orleans.\nIn our next blog post, we will share the lives of the people buried in this tomb in Lafayette Cemetery No. 2.\nThe full burial rolls of interments into this tomb from 1872 to 1900 (up to the society’s merger with Sociètè Française d’Assistance Mutuelle de Nouvelle Orléans) have been uploaded to FindaGrave, in hopes their descendants may find them. The burial books are also available as an Excel Spreadsheet , MS Access Database, or PDF Document. Click here for burials listed by vault number.\n Founded in the 18th Century, the Grand Orient de France permitted female membership by 1773. Documents of the Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Nouvelle Orléans and of Jefferson suggest that neither society permitted female membership at any time.\n Centenaire: Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de la Nouvelle-Orleans, 1843-1943, published 1943 by the Sociètè, 9. Louisiana State University Special Collections, MSS 318, 1012.\n Roulhac Toledano, Mary Louise Christovich, and Robin Derbes, New Orleans Architecture: Faubourg Tremé and the Bayou Road (Gretna: Friends of the Cabildo, 2003), 82.\n Centenaire: Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de la Nouvelle-Orleans, 1843-1943, 19-21.\n Ibid., 21.\n Ibid., 39.\n “New French Hospital Dedicated Yesterday,” Times-Picayune, February 24, 1913, 13.\n Ibid., 15.\n Leonard Victor Huber, Peggy McDowell, Mary Louise Christovich, New Orleans Architecture, Vol. III: The Cemeteries (Gretna: Pelican Publishing, 2004), 9.\n Centenaire: Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de la Nouvelle-Orleans, 1843-1943, 19.\n “Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de la Nouvelle-Orleans, Rapport annuel, 1897,” Williams Research Center, Historic New Orleans Collection.\n Richard Campanella, Bienville’s Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans (Lafayette: University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 2008), 290.\n From the records of Sociètè Française de Beinfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de Jefferson burial books, Louisiana State University Special Collections.\n “The Old Jefferson Society Celebrates its 27th Birthday,” Daily Picayune, November 16, 1896, 10.\n Centenaire: Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de la Nouvelle-Orleans, 1843-1943, 37.\n Ibid., 35.\n “French Unit Will Fete Centennial,” Times-Picayune, March 14, 1943, 11.\n “Society Marks Centennial Day,” Times Picayune, March 15, 1943, 25.\n Centenaire: Societe Francaise de Bienfaisance et d’Assistance Mutuelle de la Nouvelle-Orleans, 1843-1943, 51.\n “25 years ago,” Times-Picayune, October 17, 1974, 19.\n Times Picayune, September 24, 1972, 6.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Bishop Murder Case is the fourth mystery novel about the immensely popular fictional detective Philo Vance, a sleuth and aesthete, by S. S. Van Dine, the pseudonym of Willard Huntington Wright (1888-1939), an American art critic and detective novelist. Philo Vance is a fictional character featured in a total of 12 crime novels, published in the 1920s and 1930s. During that time, Vance was immensely popular in books, movies and on the radio. He was portrayed as a stylish, even foppish dandy, a New York bon vivant possessing a highly intellectual bent. The novels were chronicled by his friend Van Dine (who appears as a kind of Dr. Watson figure in the books as well as the author). Van Dine's first three mystery novels were unusual for mystery fiction because he planned them as a trilogy, but plotted and wrote them in short form, more or less at the same time. After they were accepted as a group by famed editor Maxwell Perkins, Van Dine expanded them into full-length novels. Although Van Dine was one of the most educated and cosmopolitan detective writers of his time, in his essays, he dismissed the idea of the mystery story as serious literature. He insisted that a detective novel should be mainly an intellectual puzzle that follows strict rules and does not wander too far afield from its central theme. [Elib]… (more)\nInformation from the German Common Knowledge. Edit to localize it to your language.\nThe Earth is a Temple where there is going on a Mystery Play, childish and poignant, ridiculous and awful enough in all conscience. Conrad\nOf all the criminal cases in which Philo Vance participated as an unofficial investigator, the most sinister, the most bizarre, the seemingly most incomprehensible, and certainly the most terrifying, was the one that followed the famous Greene murders.\nVance had risen, but before he could speak Arnesson came forward and shook his finger in mock reprimand at Drukker. 'You really should learn control, Adolph. You take life with such abominable seriousness. You've worked in interstellar spatial magnitudes long enough to have some sense of proportion. Why attach so much importance to this pin-point of life on earth?' Drukker was breathing stertorously. 'These swine -' he began. 'Oh, my dear Adolph!' Arnesson cut him short. 'The entire human race are swine. Why particularize? ... Come along. I'll see you home.'\nI have often wondered if the architect was deliberate in his choice of decoration.\nDescription in Albatross 48 (1933): A champion archer is mysteriously pierced through the heart by an arrow. The ensuing investigations are fraught with baffling horrors but, thanks to the unique methods of Philo Vance, friend of the District Attorney, the weird problem is solved. Vance is one of the great amateur detectives and a worthy successor to Sherlock Holmes.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Answered By: Kathryn Hepburn Last Updated: Nov 14, 2022 Views: 1437\nWe don't have a specific Distance Ed librarian. Any librarian at UA would be happy to help you--just type your question into the chat box on the right on the Ask a Librarian page. You can also text your question to 205-377-2920 or telephone any library branch at the numbers listed to the right.\nIf you need help with a particular subject, you can contact your subject liaison directly. To find your subject liaison, visit the UA Libraries staff directory. You can search by subject, or use the subject drop-down menu on the right to select your area of interest.\nFor technical help with your UA Online courses, please contact ITAS Technical Support Team.\nYou may also like to check out our Distance Learning Research Guide or the New College LifeTrack guide for a variety of video tutorials and helpful links.\nDon't hesitate to reach out and let us know how we can help!\nLinks & Files\nContact the Libraries\nRequest a research consultation\nText us at 205-377-2920\nCall or Visit our Branches\nBruno Business Library\nHoole Special Collections\nMcLure Education Library", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Routledge Handbook of Early Chinese History\nPaul R. Goldin\nThe study of early China has been radically transformed over the past fifty years by archaeological discoveries, including both textual and non-textual artefacts. Excavations of settlements and tombs have demonstrated that most people did not lead their lives in accordance with ritual canons, while previously unknown documents have shown that most received histories were written retrospectively by victors, and present a correspondingly anachronistic perspective.\nThis handbook provides an authoritative survey of the major periods of Chinese history from the Neolithic era to the fall of the Latter Han Empire and the end of antiquity (AD. 220). It is the first volume to include not only a comprehensive review of political history, but also detailed treatments of topics that transcend particular historical periods, such as:\n- Warfare and political thought\n- Cities and agriculture\n- Language and art\n- Medicine and mathematics\nProviding a detailed analysis of the most up-to-date research by leading scholars in the field of early Chinese history, this book will be useful to students and scholars of Chinese History, Asian Archaeology and Chinese Studies in general.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Aliens For Lunch\nby Stephanie Spinner Illustrated by Steve Bjorkman\nReviewed by Shylee K. (age 8)\nShylee K. is a student in Mrs. Poitra & Mrs. Jerome's 2nd Grade through 3rd Grade Class\nRichard and Henry Bell are stuck at home during Easter vacation. Henry likes healthy snacks. Henry made the “Kaboom Korn” in the microwave. When the popcorn was done, Aric the alien came out of the bag.\nThe Graxians tampered with their supply of XTC-1000. The Graxians hijacked the planet with XTC-1000 that was going to planet Threll. Richard, Henry, and Aric are in the control room of the Graxian spaceship. If they don’t win, the Threllians with invade Earth. They are on the ugly planet, Grax. The boys are shown to King Boobrik the Heavy. The King is going to make the boys watch the Threllians invade Earth. They put Aric in the freezer. They take Henry and Richard to the lunchroom. They covered a vegetable. And the vegetable was celery. But the guard came. Henry and Richard were looking for Aric. Then a wamu watched them with its bright yellow eyes.\nThey all faded away into the air. They waved the celery in Boobrik's face and they all fainted. Then when they fainted, they grabbed the XTC-1000. Henry was invisible and so was Aric. Then they got on the spaceship and returned home. They were wearing their T-shirts in school and Miss Marshall, their teacher gave them an A+ on their report cards.\nThe book made me feel good because I can read chapter books. It made me think of the Junie B. Jones chapter books that I read last year. My favorite part is when the Graxians stole the XTC-1000 because I like desserts too! It reminds me of when we go to the lunchroom and it’s so noisy. The character I liked is Richard because he was brave because Richard got the XTC-1000.\nI recommend this book for children 7-10. It was fun to read because children under 7 might not be able to read some of the harder words.", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "Tiffany Sly Lives Here Now by Dana L. Davis [in School Library Journal]\nSixteen-year-old Tiffany Sly’s mother has just died of cancer when she’s sent from Chicago to Simi Valley, CA, to live with a father she’s never met. At her massive new home, she’s greeted by a white stepmother and four half-sisters because Dr. Anthony Stone’s away on a medical emergency. Anthony arrives for dinner, surprising Tiffany with his light skin – so unlike her own. He proves to be an unbending disciplinarian about hair, phones, relationships, religion, even mental illness.\nAt her elite new school, students assume Tiffany must be a scholarship student. Within days, she’s become buddies with the school’s pariah, broken her sister’s (secret) boyfriend’s nose, twisted her ankle, and started her own nonprofit. And by week’s end, another father appears demanding a paternity test.\nDebut author Dana L. Davis narrates, embodying teenage angst exactly, although she’s less convincing as the saintly stepmother, overly precious toddler sister, and wise-beyond-his-youth neighbor Marcus.\nVerdict: Despite a low believability quotient, Sly and the Family Stone could be an entertaining next option for fans of family dramas.\nReaders: Young Adult", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This study guide helps Criminology students to learn the effective search strategy and find relevant resources supporting criminology studies.\nATSIC Library catalogueThe Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ASTIC) Library collections include Commonwealth gazettes, media/press releases, speeches and conference papers, pamphlets, booklets and ephemera, book chapters, journal and newspaper articles, Hansard, cases and judgements, books, reports, conference proceedings, theses and videos. Abstracts for all videos and some books and articles are included. The geographic scope includes international, national and, some state and local coverage.\nIndigenous collectionIt offers a variety of content on both historical and topical issues within Indigenous studies.\nIndigenous studies bibliography AIATSISThis bibliographic database indexes published and unpublished material on Australian Indigenous studies. Source documents include journal articles, newspapers, pamphlets, published government reports, published conference papers, book chapters, books, discussion and working papers, and published statistical documents.\nAustralian criminology database - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander subset (CINCH-ATSISIt indexes and abstracts articles from published and unpublished material on all aspects of the involvement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the justice system. Source documents include journal articles, monographs, monograph chapters, conference papers, government documents, book reviews and theses. Subject coverage includes all aspects of crime and criminal justice including corrections, crime, crime prevention, criminal law, criminology, juvenile justice, law enforcement, police and victims of crime.\nAustralian Government’s Indigenous siteThe site shares news and events as well as stories from individuals, communities and organisations across Australia. They are real stories about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, the challenges and opportunities facing them, and the successes and achievements being demonstrated every day.\nAIATSIS Map of Indigenous AustraliaThis map attempts to represent the language, social or nation groups of Aboriginal Australia. It shows only the general locations of larger groupings of people which may include clans, dialects or individual languages in a group.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Showing Collections: 1 - 6 of 6\nThe collection includes minutes of the Aftenro Society, some written in Norwegian; historical logs; scrapbooks; correspondence; annual reports; and photographs. It also includes one audiotape of Mrs. Arnold Berg, Aftenro historian, recounting the history of Aftenro Society.\nThe collection contains articles of incorporation; by-laws; updated mission statements; organizational policies and procedures; board minutes and accompanying materials including some financial statements, 1990-2009; newsletters, 1989-1994; letters; news clippings; and phone/drop-in logs.\nThe collection contains two minute books; news clippings, 1933-1971; correspondence, 1890-1986; articles of incorporation and by-laws, 1902; pamphlets; and photographs.\nThe collection contains administrative records, committee records, and financial records.\nThe collection contains articles of incorporation, minutes, and news clippings.\nThe collection includes incorporation papers, minutes, financial statements, correspondence, membership list, committee reports, newspaper clippings and 2 scrapbooks.\n- Organizations 5\n- By-laws 4\n- Correspondence 4\n- Duluth (Minn.) 4\n- Clubs 3\n- Social service 3\n- Women’s organizations 3\n- Annual reports 2\n- Community life--Minnesota--Duluth 2\n- Financial statements 2\n- Logs 2\n- Photographs 2\n- Public welfare 2\n- Publications 2\n- Reports 2\n- Scrapbooks 2\n- Social conditions 2 + ∧ less\n- English 5\n- English, Old (ca.450-1100) 1\n- Aftenro Society 1\n- Aurora Northland Lesbian Center 1\n- Barnes, Julius H. (Julius Howland), 1873-1959 1\n- Duluth Chamber of Commerce (Duluth, Minn.) 1\n- Duluth Welfare Council (Duluth, Minn.) 1", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "SSPC VIS 2 Book\nSSPC-VIS 2 provides a method to evaluate the degree of rusting on painted steel (or iron) surfaces. The reference color photographs and corresponding black and white images, which depict the percentage of rusting given in the written specification, form part of the standard.\nThis standard quantifies the degree of rusting on painted steel surfaces with a zero to ten scale base on the percentage of visible rust present on the surface. Visible rust includes rust blisters and undercutting of the coating.\nThe rusting depicted in the photographs is not accompanied by blistering, but the photographs show staning associated with the rust.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|Back to Finding Aids|\n|Washington State University Libraries\nManuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections\nPullman, WA 99164-5610 USA\nA. Leonard Melander\nPhotographs, ca. 1904-1926\nThis collection of Axel Leonard Melander's photographs was donated to the WSU Libraries' archives in 1964 by Melander's wife.\nNumber of Containers: 1\nNumber of Linear Feet: .5\nNumber of Items: 165\nBorn in Chicago in 1878, A. Leonard Melander received his B.S. and M.S degrees from the University of Texas in 1901 and 1902, and after a short stint at the University of Chicago, came to Washington State College on Feb. 1, 1904, where he would serve as Professor of Entomology, Entomologist at the Experiment Station, and Head of the Department of Zoology. He left WSU exactly 22 years after he came, leaving on Feb. 1, 1926 to move to the College of the City of New York. Melander is held to be the first to prove that insects can develop resistance to insecticides, in a case involving the San Jose scale and lime-sulfur. Melander died on August 14th, 1962, in Riverside, California.\nARRANGEMENT AND DESCRIPTION\nThe collection consists of black and white photographs of orchards, insects, spraying, experiment station research plots, WSC demonstration train, and WSC class pictures. Virtually every picture is both undated and unlabeled.\nHere at MASC, Cage 3055 consists of approximately 75 clippings, notes, and manuscripts from A.L. Melander regarding insects and diseases, such as typhoid. A few additional materials may be found in other collections by searching MASC's site for Melander.\nA small unprocessed collection of Melander's correspondence and photographs can be found at the California Academy of Sciences Archives.\nMelander's collection of nearly a quarter million Diptera samples and his personal library were acquired by the Smithsonian, and became part of the U.S. National Entomological Collection.\n|1||1||Orchards, pesticide application, people at work in the orchards, undated.||84|\n|2||Photographs and drawings of insects, undated.||14|\n|3||Experiment station research plots, men at work, undated.||25|\n|4||Detail of trees and plants, undated.||16|\n|5||Gathering at Yakima Valley train station, undated; panorama of Washington State College, undated.||6|\n|6||Envelope containing black and white negative of A.L. Melander or P.L. Snodgrass, undated; Envelope containing black and white photographs of a Washington State College horticulture (?) class, undated; Postcard of Nog High School, Pomeroy, WA, undated; Black and white photograph of a Washington state relief map.||20|", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "By Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events\nThe so much authoritative and complete calendar reference for teachers--revised each year to maintain readers up-to-date!\n- Offers detailed evidence, very important vacation trips, and significant anniversaries in a convenient daily calendar format.\n- New to this version is a web publication that might characteristic content material from the booklet, clean principles for incorporating info into curriculum, and low visitor entries by means of a few of our different authors at the instructor source list.\nRead Online or Download The Teachers Calendar 2011-2012 (Teacher's Calendar: The Day-By-Day Directory to Holidays, Historic Events, Birthdays & Special Days) PDF\nSimilar education reference books\nExpert and educational writing is usually visible as uninteresting, dry, and as dull to write down because it is to learn. within the paintings of Writing, Rankin demanding situations those assumptions via encouraging the pro author to increase a robust writing voice and develop into totally engaged with the writing procedure, therefore generating written paintings that's full of life and fascinating.\nThis guide if for academics and educators that are looking to create a useful Moodle e-learning path. It covers the main features from navigation and constitution of Moodle, to including assets and actions to the customisation of Moodle utilizing topics and plugins.\nYoungsters with low vainness can have hassle in engaging in lecture room classes and succeeding. If we wish to support young children within the basic institution to accomplish the optimistic results set out within the each baby concerns schedule, we have to be sure all youngsters have a fit vainness. This ebook seeks to offer adults in faculties instruments to examine the best way they can increase self worth in little ones.\nOECD Environmental functionality reports offer self sustaining exams of nations’ growth in the direction of their environmental coverage ambitions. reports advertise peer studying, improve executive responsibility, and supply certain options aimed toward bettering environmental functionality, separately and jointly.\n- Student Teaching and the Law\n- World Yearbook of Education 1985: Research, Policy and Practice\n- Bescherelle école (Ecole) (French Edition)\n- Handbook of Research on Educational Communications and Technology: A Project of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT Series)\n- World Yearbook of Education 2010: Education and the Arab 'World': Political Projects, Struggles, and Geometries of Power\nAdditional resources for The Teachers Calendar 2011-2012 (Teacher's Calendar: The Day-By-Day Directory to Holidays, Historic Events, Birthdays & Special Days)\nThe Teachers Calendar 2011-2012 (Teacher's Calendar: The Day-By-Day Directory to Holidays, Historic Events, Birthdays & Special Days) by Editors of Chase's Calendar of Events", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Making your collections more accessible helps the public understand the value of the collections and the need to care for them.\n- Access for Low Vision Visitors\n- Dissecting Digitization, Part 1 (getting familiar with the language and setting standards)\n- Making Your Online Collections Accessible\n- Piquing the Interest of Teenagers\n- Photo Digitization\n- Promoting Awareness for Collections Care, Part One: Getting the Work Done and Getting the Word Out\n- Promoting Awareness for Collections Care, Part Two: Getting Out of the Building and Into the Community", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "An index or abridgement of the acts of Parliament and Convention from the reign of King James the First [microform] : including the former index or abridgement, and continuing the same to the ninth session of the current Parliament : digested into heads in the order of the alphabet / by Sir James Stewart ...\n- Edinburgh : Printed by George Mosman, and are to be sold at his shop ..., 1702.\n, 329,  p.\n- Goldsmiths'-Kress library of economic literature ; no. 3867.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Latawnya, the Naughty Horse, Learns to Say “No” to Drugs\nI came across a review of Latawnya, the Naughty Horse, Learns to Say “No” to Drugs while I was looking at Awful Library Books.\nThis book is hilarious! I admit that I have been giggling (yes, giggling) about it all day. Horses doing drugs? Don’t you need… you know… hands? How did they open the bottles? And how did they light their smoking drugs? And what do these smoking drugs consist of (cigarattes, marijuana, crack, etc)? And why would horses want to do drugs in the first place?\nApparently I am not the only one that is confused. This book has its own wikipedia page!\n“Hardly a best seller at the time of its release, within the past few months of 2007, the book has earned a cult following, mainly by online bloggers who find the book so poorly written as to make it unintentionally hilarious. For example, there are various contradictions with the known nature of horses that would theoretically prevent them from being able to drink/smoke, namely their lack of hands.”\n“This anti-drug children’s book is unusual in the fact that it uses horses instead of humans as characters. Due to its absurd writing, illustrations and comments from the author, this book sells out almost anytime a copy becomes available on Amazon.”\nSo, naturally, I looked it up on Amazon because I kind of want a copy. Can you guess how much this 29 page book costs?\nHonestly, the high price makes me want it a little bit more. I will tirelessly search used bookstores until I find this hidden treasure (for less than its deserved price of about $5). And by tirelessly I mean whenever I happen to remember this book exists while I am in a used bookstore.\nAnd finally, I would just like to take this opportunity to thank God. “Thank you, God.”", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Many ways to download audiobooks from your computer, your device, websites or Youtube\nSmart sleep timer with gradual volume reduction and restart when you shake the device\nWide range of playback speed: from x0.5 to x5.0\nKeep your listening statistics. You can see how many books you've listened to and how long it took\nA large number of supported audio file formats. MP3, M4B, MP4, AWB, FLAC and others\nIntegration with Apple CarPlay allows you to conveniently listen to audiobooks while driving without taking your eyes off the road\nThanks to easy downloading method, you'll be able to listen to many more audiobooks. Discover new literary genres and pump up your knowledge of our world!\n“I think books are like people, in the sense that they’ll turn up in your life when you most need them.”\nMP3 Audiobook Player remembers the last stopping place for each book, so you can easily switch between books/lectures without losing your reading position. You can create bookmarks with comments and return to them when needed.\n“The importance of reading, for me, is that it allows you to dream. Reading not only educates, but is relaxing and allows you to feed your imagination – creating beautiful pictures from carefully chosen words.”\nArthur Erickson, Canada's preeminent philosopher-architect, was renowned for his innovative approach to landscape, his genius for spatial composition and his epic vision of architecture for people. Erickson worked chiefly in concrete, which he called the marble of our times, and wherever they appear, his buildings move the spirit with their poetic freshness and their mission to inspire. Erickson was also a controversial figure, more than once attracting the ire of his fellow architects, and leading a complicated personal life that resulted in a series of bankruptcies. In a fall from grace that recalls a Greek tragedy, Canada's great architect -- a handsome, elegant man who lived like a millionaire and counted among his close friends Pierre Trudeau and Elizabeth Taylor -- eventually became penniless. Arthur Erickson is both an intimate portrait of the man and a stirring account of how he made his buildings work.\nMP3 Audiobook Player was designed and developed to make listening to audiobooks as pleasant and convenient as possible.\nDark mode for night owls. Choose between various fun themes.\nSmart rewind. Volume Boost. Change playback speed from 0.5X to 5.0X.\nMaintain and see progress of your books. Change cover art, title and author.\nSupport for remote events from headset buttons and lock screen. CarPlay support.\nI have used this app to listen to my audio books for several years now. I keep several book series, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, etc., add new books, remove after read, etc. While I currently have 17 books loaded, with several books in progress, the app has never lost a reading place. Bookmarks work like a charm. I not only listen to audio books at home, I also listen while I drive. I appreciate that the app pauses during turn-by-turn directions. Thank you for an app that just does its thing flawlessly.stillcrazy\nI have been using this app for almost 100 days, now. I was very happy with the functions this app provided. This includes but not limited to the ease of transfer of books over wifi, easy navigation of the audiobook and the bookmarks features. It’s a must-have app for any user who looks forward to listening to audio books.wokrishnahai\nThe app allows a lot of freedom as far as organization and playback speed. Sleep timer is adjustable and combining books into series folders is simple. Equalizer helps to adjust pitch when playing at high speeds and helps reduces feedback with poor quality recordings. App never crashes and I don’t have any complaints.hhathorn\nI have a large list of audiobooks download in mb4 for and have tried many different apps. This is by far the best and most convenient app. It also automatically gets the cover art for each book. I recommend getting the pro so that there are no listening limits.shopto", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "RI Secretary of State Associate Director of Education and Public Programs Lane Sparkman launched an informal series at the State Archives with a look at some of the Indigenous signatures found on 17th century documents housed there. Click here for a video about the other signatures in the Archives.\nThe marks of Miantonomy of the Narragansett Tribe and of King Philip (Metacomet) of the Pokanoket Tribe are found on documents that were displayed.\nThe public records are all copies of the originals, but still interesting to see, including those of the Pokanoket Massasoits Wamsutta, Metacomet, and Ousamequin.\nState Archivist & Public Records Administrator Ashley (Prior) Selima (above, left) was on hand to respond to questions about the Archives. (Above, right) One of the early seals of the Rhode Island Colony, with an anchor and the word “Hope” at the top, was included on several of the documents.\nClick here for another page about the signatures in the Rhode Island State Archives.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Twenty-first-century Scottish play-acting draws depth and energy from a European and Western tradition of dreaming Scottish dreams, and this tradition dates back to at least the late eighteenth century, to the beginnings of European Romanticism. This book explores how contemporary celebrations of Scotland build upon earlier Scottish fantasies. The Scottish dreamscape is one of several pre-modern counter-worlds which have been approached through imitation in the past. The book examines the 'Scotland' that is on the play-actors' minds. The Scottish dreamscape was formed in an eighteenth- and nineteenth-century process now best known as Highlandism. It was then that Scotland became associated with the aesthetics and supposed characteristics of its Highland periphery. The book also explores the Scottish dreamscape's spread via the channels of the British Empire and American popular culture. It identifies five key carriers which helped to disseminate the Scottish aesthetic across the world, namely epic poetry, the Highland regiments, music hall entertainment, Hollywood films, and romance novels. The book further focuses on fieldwork conducted in 2009 and 2010. It sheds some light on the different forms of Scottish play-acting, on musicians, athletes, commemorators, and historical re-enactors. The pipers and athletes do not imitate the past; they perform in what they hope are old but living Scottish traditions. Commemorators and historical re-enactors have a different aim. They seek to recreate the past in the present. Finally, the book identifies some of the main reasons for the Scottish dreamscape's special resonance in northern and western Europe.\nThe close relation between concepts of nation and landscapes is well-established in cultural and literary studies. This book considers how the geological substance of national territory itself is used to support ideas of nationhood. The focus of much of the book is on Cornwall (the region located at the far south-west of Britain) and 'primitive' rocks found in this region as an in-depth case study in the context of 'Celtic' Britain. The book begins by focusing primarily on an emerging consciousness of Cornwall as a distinctively rocky territory as depicted in nineteenth-century geological journals, poetry, folklore, travel narratives, gothic and detective fiction. It then looks mainly at twentieth-century ghost stories, Cornish nationalist and New Age writing, and modernist and romance novels. The book reflects how the categories of science and literature were only beginning to take shape in the nineteenth century. It does so by building on well-established connections between these fields to show how geology and poetry together engage with rocks as a basis for perceiving Celtic nations and native races as distinct from England. Finally, the book takes on a more distinctly fictional engagement with the Cornish nationalist imagination and its ghosts.\nThe gothic novel in Ireland, 1760–1830 offers a compelling account of the development of gothic literature in late-eighteenth and early-nineteenth century Ireland. Against traditional scholarly understandings of Irish gothic fiction as a largely late-nineteenth century development, this study recovers to view a whole body of Irish literary production too often overlooked today. Its robust examination of primary texts, the contexts in which they were produced, and the critical perspectives from which they have been analysed yields a rigorous account of the largely retrospective formal and generic classifications that have worked to eliminate eighteenth-century and Romantic-era Irish fiction from the history of gothic literature. The works assessed here powerfully demonstrate that what we now understand as typical of ‘the gothic novel’– medieval, Catholic Continental settings; supernatural figures and events; an interest in the assertion of British modernity – is not necessarily what eighteenth- and nineteenth-century readers or writers would have identified as ‘gothic’. They moreover point to the manner in which scholarly focus on the national tale and allied genres has effected an erasure of the continued production and influence of gothic literature in Romantic Ireland. Combining quantitative analysis with meticulous qualitative readings of a selection of representative texts, this book sketches a new formal, generic, and ideological map of gothic literary production in this period. As it does so, it persuasively positions Irish works and authors at the centre of a newly understood paradigm of the development of the literary gothic across Ireland, Britain, and Europe between 1760 and 1830.\nThis book explores the history of postwar England during the end of empire through a reading of novels which appeared at the time. Several genres are discussed, including the family saga, travel writing, detective fiction and popular romances. In the mid 1950s, Montagu Slater's brief essay in Arena is the first of a group of contributions, with the authors' warning of a growing American monopoly in cultural expression. Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Josephine Tey are now the best remembered representatives of the distaff side of Britain's Golden Age of crime fiction which extended well into the early postwar period. The book focuses on the reception of John Masters' novels, the sequence of novels known as the 'Savage family saga'. William Golding's 'human condition' is very much an English condition, diagnosed amid the historical upheavals of the mid-twentieth century. Popular romance novels were read by thousands throughout Britain and across the world, and can be understood as a constituent element in a postwar colonial discourse. William Boyd's fiction displays a marked alertness to the repercussions of fading imperial grandeur; his A Good Man in Africa, explores the comic possibilities of Kinjanja, a fictional country based on Nigeria. Penelope Lively's tangential approach to writing about empire in Moon Tiger suggests ambivalence and uncertainty about how to represent a colonial past which is both recent and firmly entrenched in ideas of national identity.\nThis introduction argues that Hong Kong has rarely been considered as a site for Britain’s cultural engagement with its empire. For the period since World War II, the predominant narrative has been decolonization, and yet in the case of Hong Kong, the first three post-war decades were a crucial period of colonial state-building, with the British departure becoming assured only after 1982. The British cultural engagement with Hong Kong was most salient for those Britons who actually spent time there, whether as expatriates, short-term soldiers, or tourists. Hong Kong featured in metropolitan discourse most strikingly at particular moments of crisis, including the 1967-68 riots and the 1997 “handover”. At the same time, though, it featured in more sporadic and mundane ways, whether as the setting for a television series or romance novel, the source of children’s toys, or in reports from friends and family who lived and worked there. In these various contexts, Hong Kong constituted a site for the projection of a distinct Britishness.\nDecomposed granite in Jack Clemo’s anti-nationalist writing\nideals of belonging, possession and inheritance. These ideals also tend\nto dominate the numerous romancenovels set in ‘Celtic’\nregions, typically in non-industrial locations such as moors, or in the\npost-industrial, ‘heritagised’ landscapes of tin and\ncopper mines – all featuring granite. In the romancenovels, the\nmale heroes are usually wealthy property owners, whose land has belonged\nto the family\nbegan publishing, the ‘exotic’ romance had always been an\nidentifiable sub-genre of romance fiction, familiar to readers if not always\nto publishers or to critics. The fantasy of true love has always involved a\nmeasure of international travel, and Mills & Boon heroines have found their\nheroes across the world. The current Mills & Boon list includes a subgenre of\nthe romancenovel; the ‘Modern’ romance (a generic label in the catalogue)\npromises, according to their website: ‘Dramatic, contemporary, emotionally\nintense love stories that take readers around the world\nselfimage. Stevi Jackson asks us to consider that romances ‘derive\nfrom a specifically Western cultural tradition – if they are being\nconsumed world-wide we need to know why they are being\nread. It cannot simply be assumed that all women everywhere\nmake sense of them in exactly the same way’.4 Despite this, the\nnotion that ‘the romancenovel transcends cultures’ is still frequently expressed, for example by Pamela Regis in her book A\nNatural History of the RomanceNovel (2003), whose reading of E.\nM. Hull’s The\nappreciation of the Travers’ farces and films that played with the constructed nature\nof identity. The unstable nature of the employment market in Portsmouth\nlikewise played a role in the town’s working-class consumers’ preference for\nhistorical romancenovels which offered to imaginatively transport readers into\na more stable and secure past. Portsmouth’s working-class cinema-goers’ reluctance to watch comedy films that depicted society as chaotic and combative\nwas generated by the same concerns, for these types of film offered no resolution for them; they afforded no\nof different labels – anecdote, satire, memoir, romance, novel\n– to describe and define such works. 4 Delarivier Manley, for example, compared\nher Secret Memoirs and Manners of Persons of Quality … from\nthe New Atalantis (1709) with Varronian satire, and Gilbert\nBurnet referred to continental secret histories as ‘French\nmemoirs’. 5 Other\nsuch texts, like the", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "You are here\nThe Transition: Interpreting Justice from Thurgood Marshall to Clarence Thomas (Hardcover)\nEvery Supreme Court transition presents an opportunity for a shift in the balance of the third branch of American government, but the replacement of Thurgood Marshall with Clarence Thomas in 1991 proved particularly momentous. Not only did it shift the ideological balance on the Court; it was inextricably entangled with the persistent American dilemma of race. In The Transition, this most significant transition is explored through the lives and writings of the first two African American justices on Court, touching on the lasting consequences for understandings of American citizenship as well as the central currents of Black political thought over the past century.\nIn their lives, Thurgood Marshall and Clarence Thomas experienced the challenge of living and learning in a world that had enslaved their relatives and that continued to subjugate members of their racial group. On the Court, their judicial writings--often in concurrences or dissents--richly illustrate the ways in which these two individuals embodied these crucial American (and African American) debates--on the balance between state and federal authority, on the government's responsibility to protect its citizens against discrimination, and on the best strategies for pursuing justice. The gap between Justices Marshall and Thomas on these questions cannot be overstated, and it reveals an extraordinary range of thought that has yet to be fully appreciated.\nThe 1991 transition from Justice Marshall to Justice Thomas has had consequences that are still unfolding at the Court and in society. Arguing that the importance of this transition has been obscured by the relegation of these Justices to the sidelines of Supreme Court history, Daniel Kiel shows that it is their unique perspective as Black justices - the lives they have lived as African Americans and the rooting of their judicial philosophies in the relationship of government to African Americans - that makes this succession echo across generations.\nAbout the Author\nDaniel Kiel is the FedEx Professor of Law at the University of Memphis Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The latest Educause Review has an interesting article on “The Changing Information Services Needs of Faculty.” In it the authors report on a study of “attitudes and perceptions of academic collection development librarians and faculty toward the transition to an increasingly electronic environment.”\nFor the most part the perceptions of faculty are encouraging for any anxious librarians. Faculty value libraries highly for their collection development functions: buying materials and preserving them, especially in electronic formats. This hardly comes as a surprise to me, since buying stuff is one of my main functions for the faculty in the departments I serve, along with solving problems and explaining any library procedures that might be considered byzantine by the uninitiated.\nOne minor disagreement concerns the “consultative role” of librarians. “The consultative role of the librarian in helping faculty in their research and teaching is viewed as an important function by most librarians [I bet it is], but most faculty members do not put the same emphasis on this role of the library.” Again, not much of a surprise. I often get requests to track down hard to find resources or to purchase materials the library doesn’t have, but almost all of my research consultations are with students. Usually professors only contact me for help if they’re doing research out of their usual areas. Librarians who think they know more about a scholar’s research than the scholar does are often deluding themselves.\nThe major disagreement between librarians and faculty concerns the relevance of the library in the future. For example, “in the future, faculty expect to be less dependent on the library and increasingly dependent on electronic materials. By contrast, librarians generally think their role will remain unchanged and their responsibilities will only grow in the future.”\nSome anxious librarians may question the future of the library, or whether libraries will be needed, especially since so much information and so many resources are online and more or less easily searchable. Why bother with the library?\nOne key problem is the meaning of “library.” I think the article uses the word “library” equivocally. The major disagreement may be that faculty expect to be less dependent on the library, while librarians expect their responsibilities to grow, but faculty and librarians may very well mean different things by “library” when they answer these questions. Faculty expect to be “increasingly dependent on electronic materials,” but who provides most of these electronic materials? The library, obviously.\nBy “library,” do we mean the library building, or even the library website as first stop portal to scholarly resources? If we do, then the library probably will become less relevant. Even some of the hard core humanities professors I know don’t come to the library if they can help it. They want everything available online, so they can work from anywhere. I can’t blame them, because I’m the same way. I don’t want to be tied to a particular place for research.\nBut the library as place is increasingly not what I and some other librarians mean by “library.” The library building is great, and will probably always be an important location for residential college campuses. Physical books will probably still be an important part of research, at least in the humanities, for a long time to come, and traditional library functions will survive for the time being. Personally, I get great satisfaction from wandering around a research library with millions of books, which may help explain why I’m a librarian. I’m not alone in this satisfaction, but the joys of wandering around a good research library are not the same as the joys of research and scholarship.\nThe “library” will eventually become a mostly virtual world, consisting to a large extent of “electronic materials.”. It’s only a matter of time, as much as some librarians try to fight it. Librarians care about the format of information, but researchers usually don’t; they care about the ease of access. However, that doesn’t mean that whatever the library becomes isn’t the library, or at least the functional equivalent for the library in scholarly research.\nAcademic libraries will be useful for what content they provide and for helping people find and use that content when they need help, just like they are now. Libraries buy and organize materials, even if the materials are all online. Perhaps scholars aren’t using the library website as their first portal to information, but even if they use Google Scholar or some equivalent the content is often available only because someone in some library has made a decision to purchase it or digitize it and a lot of people have worked to make it available. This stuff doesn’t just buy or digitize itself, and it doesn’t just organize itself, either. And if researchers need help using it, they will need the expertise of librarians, even if these librarians don’t sit at a reference desk or even in a building called a library.\nSome librarians grow anxious with declining circulation or reference stats, or with the disappearance of traditional ways in libraries. In many ways, it’s the success of librarians and others to make so much information easily available that leads to the anxiety. We’re so successful we won’t have jobs anymore! For some reason, this doesn’t bother me, and as a relatively young librarian who has an interest in supporting serious scholarship I should probably be more anxious than some of my older colleagues. I’ve got at least 30 more working years ahead of me, and it would be nice to have a job for those years, but I’m not sure it will bother me if that job changes radically over the decades.\nPerhaps it’s a lack of imagination on my part, but I can’t imagine a time when all relevant scholarly information is digitized, organized, freely available, and easily accessible to all, at least not a time in any immediate future. (If I can just make it to 2040, I’ll be safe!) And if that ever happens, I think that whatever World Brain the library evolves into might just be called a library, and the people who make it happen librarians.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This is the first installment of the Wheelock Community Read Summer Blog Series. Each week, we will be posting a blog written by Wheelock faculty or staff that deals with a theme from this years’ community read; “The Beautiful Struggle” by Ta-Nehisi Coates. This week, please welcome guest blogger Jenne Powers, Assistant Professor of Humanities and Writing.\nThe Mythical World of The Beautiful Struggle\nBy Jenne Powers\nThe first chapter of Coates’s memoir opens with a fight scene described in terms that evoke Dungeons and Dragons, the World Wrestling Federation, Lord of the Rings, and the Transformers. Right away, Coates plunges his readers into the media- and myth-saturated world of his young mind. The opening lines describing Murphy Homes read, “When they caught us down on Charles Street, they were all that I’d heard. They did not wave banners, flash amulets or secret signs. Still, I could feel their awful name advancing out of the lore” (1). The lore here is local legend amplified by a boy’s imagined confrontation with orcs, goblins, and trucks that turn into robot killing machines. By including this kind of imagery and these references, Coates casts himself as a player in a monumental story. His mentors – his father, his brother Big Bill – are larger than life. His journey travels through time into the past and the future. Reading is ritual. He is struggling not just on the path to college, but to the Mecca.\nAs the chapter progresses, Coates develops the complex voice that characterizes this book. Like many narratives about childhood it is a double voice – at once a child’s and a man’s. His point of view is often limited to his child’s eyes and conveys a child’s enthusiasms and fears (“amulets or secret signs…”) but at the same time it is informed by the experiences and wisdom of mature Coates, the author.\nHis description of WWF wrestling and its juxtaposition to the Murphy Homes battle especially conveys at once his childish enthusiasm and his adult critique of cultural appropriation and racist media stereotypes:\nI was open, and wanted to cheer the Birdman, resplendent in wraparound shades, a Jheri curl, and fluorescent gold and blue spandex. . . . maybe that night he dipped and glided toward the ring, flapping his arms and talking to the parakeets perched on each of his shoulders. I wanted to see the Dream, who was at the height of his feud with the Horsemen, and outnumbered, had taken to guerrilla warfare—masks, capes, ambushes, beef extended into parking lots, driveways and dream dates. But I lost it all out there, and when I dig for that night, all that emerges are the tendrils of Murphy Homes, how they dug into my brother’s head. (6-7)\nHis child’s eye delights in a grown man acting like a bird and bringing pets into the ring, while his adult’s critical eye sees a dangerous caricature of an African warrior, compounded by the subsequent rhetoric of the Dream, a White character who regularly appropriates Black culture. At the end of the passage, we feel a child’s confusion in the fray as well as an adult’s pain in the act of remembering. This double voiced narration allows Coates to develop the important ideas of Knowledge and Consciousness as expertly as he does. While reading this book, we are immersed in the experiences of a young boy who gains Knowledge every day, Knowledge rooted in his experiences as a young Black man in a world shaped by institutionalized racism. His child narrator may not always grasp the significance of his experiences (nor do we at times). However, we are led through the journey by an expert, Conscious guide – Coates.\nCoates tells a story of growing up in a setting rich with myths – some patently fictional, some historically liberating, some media-generated, some community-minded. Young Ta-Nehisi demonstrates his resilience and strength by surrounding himself with so many myths. He is not one to succumb to the danger of a single story. He has many heroes to choose from and villains to battle. His coming of age will be, throughout the memoir, owning and telling his own story: Consciousness.\nAnd his voice is not always easy to identify with. But maybe he is not asking us to identify with him. Coates’s language is intensely personal and powerfully political. It is not an everyday voice – no hero’s is. And his journey is not without peril – no hero’s is. But he will persist, and it is his control over language that gives him the tools he needs to complete his quest. This memoir comprises the mythical origin story of the scholar and public intellectual who brings us “The Case for Reparations,” “The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration,” and Between the World and Me.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Miller, Jesika; Towse, Jo\nALIA New Librarians' Symposium 9 (NLS9), 5-7 July 2019 Adelaide: collaborate deviate innovate\nRecording (MP4 audiovisual) of session on the creative and accessible library services at Mandurah Libraries in Western Australia. Programs offered include storytime, craft activities, treasure hunts, morning tea and musical bingo.\nDeakin, ACT: Australian Library and Information Association\nCity of Bunbury; City of Mandurah", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Every little girl has dreams of being swept up into a great adventure andof being the beautiful princess. Sadly, when women grow up, they are often swept up into a life filled merely with duty and demands. Many Christian women are tired and struggling under the weight of the pressure to be a \"good servant,\" a nurturing caregiver, or a capable home manager.\nWhat Wild at Heart did for men, Captivating will do for women. By revealing the core desires every woman shares- to be romanced, to play an irreplaceable role in a grand adventure, and to unveil beauty-John and Stasi Eldredge invite women to recover their feminine hearts, created in the image of an intimate and passionate God.\nJoin us as we journey into the deep mysteries of our feminine souls in order to recapture our hearts. Through teaching sessions, films, music, guided periods of reflection and journaling, worship and beauty, you’re invited to take the risk of coming alive as a woman . . . God’s captivating woman.\nContents include 5 DVDs, a CD-ROM, Captivating\ntrade book, Captivating Guided Journal, Captivating Study Guide, Captivating Leader/Facilitator Guide,\nand a Quick Start Guide for starting the program.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "If the lyrical mode of the poems in Henri Cole’s Blizzard is something “elegant, libidinous, austere”—as one poem characterizes Cole’s own personality—the great subject to which Cole returns is desire itself, the desire that directs our actions and libidos, that guides all of life, separating those who act and are actionable, the truly alive, from those who exist in the futile compulsions that end in decay and death. He may think that desire becomes “coffin liquor,” as “To the Oversoul” puts it, but he persists in creating an art disabused of illusions and made astringent by the losses of experience. In Blizzard, his tenth collection, the frustrated idealist’s need to write about this living desire is inseparable from the erotic impulse that guides a poet to perfect the work. “I rewrite to be read,” he says in “At the Grave of Robert Lowell,” “though I feel shame acknowledging it.”\nThe shame arises, in part, from a sense of the tastelessness of worldly ambition, of seeking fame and human connection from an art form that Lowell himself, in a letter to Elizabeth Bishop, said, “hardly seems to exist.” A straightforward seriousness about one’s desire for posterity would probably garner laughter from the socially distanced audiences seeking solace and meaning at a Zoom poetry reading today. And if the larger desire of which this ambition is a part—the open-hearted, Whitmanian affirmation of the life force—is no longer poetically plausible, what then? Blizzard can be read as a series of answers to such a question, a contrarious flame of artistic strategies that burns with the old desire for veracity and sense—“If I want the truth, I must seek it out”—but does so only indirectly, when the abashed poet looks at the fire askant.\n“I need everything within / to be livelier,” he writes in the poem “Blizzard,” making clear that the book’s title refers not to any particular snowstorm but to what these poems embody, the desire for a weather of livelier emotions, often about aspects of the human spirit—“infatuation, sadism, lust”—that intensify in the memory against our will. Some of the poems, like a lighthearted paean to a friend’s lingonberry jam, are necessary respites from darker concerns. Others are persuasively empathetic responses to global issues, interior impersonations and omniscient storytelling about prisoners and victims and refugees from the endless wars in the Middle East and central Asia, and about historical events, like the brutality that Goya’s art documented or the Armenian genocide that exiled Cole’s maternal grandparents. Others are howls of execration at the vileness of a certain American president. Still others return to the direct, autobiographical mode, employing not fictionalized characters from history or the news but people whom the poet appears to have known, such as friends from his youth who died during the worst years of the AIDS pandemic. Each type of poem is a method of variousness—of renewed liveliness—on a poem-by-poem level, just as each line and word enact the desire for variousness on a microcosmic level, for the sake of our and the poet’s edification and pleasure.\nIn his versions of Rilke’s “thing poems” (Dinggedichte), Cole uses nature as a proxy for voicing the kind of perceptions that would be too bald or contrived if human characters talked about them with each other. We hear remarks addressed to a graveyard cat and a wayward bat, we follow jellyfish in a sewage-tainted ocean, we meet a child’s horse named Jelly, but we also encounter the thereness of a potato and the “desire creating desire” that delicious mushrooms engender. In his 2018 work of autobiographical prose about the art of poetry, Orphic Paris, which radiantly discloses the materials of his inspiration and provides a template of aesthetic knowledge and living wisdom with which to approach art itself, Cole writes, “As a poet, I am a worker bee beside other workers who are metabolizing language, like nectar, into poetry. . . . Like a worker bee, I take something raw and try to make something gold from it.” The bee and the nectar and the gold reappear in the first poem of Blizzard, “Face of the Bee,” with some important changes. “With your fuzzy black face, do you see me— / a cisgender male, metabolizing life into language,” he asks. Life itself is turned into language, a larger endeavor than language being turned into mere poetry, and the specificity of the term “cisgender male,” which identifies the source (and limits) of the desire, makes the art of poetry an act of Eros inseparable from the fundamental identities by which we name ourselves. By addressing a disinterested bystander, a bee metabolizing honey for its hive, Cole places identity not in a contentious human realm but in an idealized setting where it is closer to simple disclosure—of his cisgender, male privilege and his oneness as a poet with the creative forces in nature.\nA cursory glance at his allusions, including Beowulf’s hoariness, Song-dynasty sagacity, Dante’s shades, George Herbert’s “meat,” Stevens’s pigeons, Elizabeth Bishop’s moose, a smidgen of Auden’s Brueghel and 1939, may show a proclivity for timeless culture, but the effect of the book as a whole is a state-of-the-art expression of despair and moral force that marks a step away from the more baleful ironies of his previous collection. Through decades of meditation on his poetic practice, Cole has remained open to the relentless changes in our culture, distilling his work to an unnerving (and deceptive) plainness that is a world away from his early poems, which were indebted to older contemporaries like James Merrill and Richard Howard. (Of his youthful work, Cole self-effacingly writes, “My words were farting on stone.”) Rereading the formally elaborate and baroquely detailed poems of those first books, we can see how the 1980s might have viewed the culture now: as syntactically and intellectually challenged, literal-minded when not mindlessly hedonic, full of deficits in attention and taste and probity. The present would see it in a different light, of course, our moral and aesthetic clarities befitting a time more alert to the ugliness of artifice and inequality. Through the stylistic changes chronicled in his ten collections, Cole has arrived in Blizzard at a colloquial plainness that matches the directness of the current moment without sacrificing what readers seek from poetry. After a dozen readings or so, these “plain” poems can seem endless in their internal changeability and prismatic quality.\n“Human Highway,” “(Re)creation,” “Ginger and Sorrow,” “On Friendship,” “Goya,” and “At the Grave of Robert Lowell,” in particular, possess a masterly command of strategies for poetic estrangement that ensure continued liveliness while retaining clarity and gravitas. Such strategies—omission of key pieces of context, shifts of perspective, as from the first-person plural to singular, a kind of in medias res storytelling, startling voltas and juxtapositions, a mutating, oneiric sense of reality, sudden aphoristic summations whose confident finality Cole’s dry and ironic tone immediately undercuts—are themselves a way of creating verisimilitude from the mystery and surprise of daily existence. They may be trade-offs with randomness, but they are far more difficult than the merely arbitrary. In the end they unfold a kind of fractal scaffolding to support the moments of hard wisdom: that “memory of feeling is not feeling,” that life is “trance, illumination, spectacle,” that the “true spirit / of living isn’t eating greedily, or reflection, or / even love, but dissidence, like an ax of stone.” The poems show wisdom not in forcing present-day culture into a mold it no longer fits but in recognizing its immanence in our lives while standing at an ironic distance from it, as a good poetic dissident does. The fact that the same culture can be said to produce poetry of such ax-like power and acuity is cause for hope in a particularly dark season of the republic. Blizzard is contemporary American poetry at its most accomplished and telling.\nThe most resonant poem in the collection, “Human Highway,” is exemplary of Cole’s current methods. He begins with what should be a set phrase familiar to airline passengers, “We were encountering turbulence,” but here unmoored from context and, like the title of the collection, indicating the emotional valence to which the poem aspires rather than something literal, like a snowstorm. But before we can figure out who “we” are and why things are turbulent, the “we” is compacted to the autobiographical “I,” who is situated elsewhere: “I stood on a gilded balcony.” The phrase conjures an inherent privilege, such as the privilege of being a cisgender, American male in a world where people are poorer and more diverse or the privilege of writing poetry in a time of hunger, pestilence, and disaster.\nBelow him he sees an infernal parade not of the usual misérables but a strange mix of victims and self-victimizers: “vagrants, self-haters, hermits, junkies, / chumps, the defeated, the paranoid, / the penniless, and those led astray by desire.” The last group reminds the reader the extent to which Cole’s poetry resides in a world where love has failed—“post-pas de deux,” he calls it elsewhere—and how frankly and sorrowfully he has contemplated the ways in which impulse and longing have led him astray (“Blur” in Middle Earth, “Gravity and Center” in Blackbird and Wolf, and “Self-Portrait with Addict” in Touch come to mind). He doesn’t salute the human highway like a leader at a military parade but observes that they are striding backwards, as if a hellish projector were running in reverse an endless shot of Béla Tarr’s marching peasants. Why backwards? Simply because “this is how life can be understood,” an inverted, goose-step repetition of human contingency. Silent suffering prevails, except for “the gnashing teeth” of Earth’s tormentors, an image reminiscent of another artist that Cole writes about, the Goya of Saturn Devouring His Son.\nThe “we” and the airplane image return—“we were in some kind / of holding pattern”—and the parade turns out to be a dream from which the poet awakens. For a moment there is a respite that could be a scene from Elizabeth Bishop’s equally deceptive “A Miracle for Breakfast”: coffee percolating in the kitchen, a pussycat purring at the poet’s feet. But the solace of awakening from a nightmare is also taken away, even if the images remain grounded in the domestic and the real. The poet doesn’t merely slice a piece of fruit: he cuts “open the throat of a grapefruit.” A usually sinister creature, a bat, appears “groggy” in the poet’s backyard, and we know it must be the same hapless beast that he addressed despairingly in “To a Bat”: “the world is crammed, / corrupt, infuriating, / shallow, sanctimonious, / and insincere.”\nNow the human highway continues in the light of day, as seen from the invisible gilded balcony of middle American life. There are good things: summer rain, bread, and “education.” And yet the happiness these good things generate possesses an undertone of unreality and mayhem, “like a strange psychedelic moth,” or—stranger still—one of those relics of unimaginable, ritual bloodshed, a “bone flute” made from a warrior’s skull. With this image the scene connects with the history of human violence. That the bone flute is “unplayable” is the final irony that the poet leaves us with, an image not only of violence but its futility. That it is also a cultural artifact, an object on which one would desire to play music, suggests that art itself, including the beautiful and audacious collection in which the poem resides, is of a piece with all human desire, helplessly implicated in the ceaseless, blood-soaked traffic on the highway.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Deborah and Simon St. James have taken a holiday in the winter landscape of Lancastershire, hoping to heal the growing rift in their marriage. But in the barren countryside awaits bleak news: The vicar of Wimslough, the man they had come to see, is dead—a victim of accidental poisoning. Unsatisfied with the inquest ruling and unsettled by the close association between the investigating constable and the woman who served the deadly meal, Simon calls in his old friend Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley. Together they uncover dark, complex relationships in this rural village, relationships that bring men and women together with a passion, with grief, or with the intention to kill. Peeling away layer after layer of personal history to reveal the torment of a fugitive spirit, Missing Joseph is award-winning author Elizabeth George's greatest achievement.\nMissing Joseph by Elizabeth George\nIt’s to the author’s credit that by that by the end of the book I came to care about characters so much that I found myself wondering how their lives will play out after we’ve closed the pages of the book. I found myself dissatisfied with the future that seems to await Maggie Spence, the thirteen year old whose mother has been taken away for murder and kidnapping. While Lynley has visited the home of her birth mother Sheelah in London and has determined that despite the poverty and array of half siblings from different fathers, Sheelah genuinely does love her children, a close reading reveals some troubling factors in Maggie’s the\nnew environment. During Lynley’s visit, Sheelah’s oldest boy warns her about her latest fiancée. Sheelah points to her pregnant belly and explains that the baby will need a father. It indicates that contrary to Lynley’s opinion, she has not matured very much since she first exposed Maggie, who was an infant, to a violent father who fractured her skull and some ribs. I was hoping that Maggie’s boyfriend Nick’s family would somehow become involved in her guardianship, which in some way would parallel the history of Simon and Deborah. Nick was a character whom one takes an initial dislike to and distrust of in the manner in which he is introduced into the story, only to find that he and his family turn out to be genuinely decent people. It is a strength of the author to be able to create such vividly drawn characters that I,as a reader, am speculating over their fates as if they were real.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "And join my community of 30,000 women from around the world.\nRecommended Books related to Healing the Mother WoundDifficult Mothers: Understanding and Overcoming Their Powerby Dr. Terri ApterThe Emotionally Absent Mother: A Guide to Self-Healing and Getting the Love you Missed by Jasmin Lee Cori, MS, LPC9 Ways We’re Screwing Up Our Girls and How We Can Stop: A Guide to Helping Girls Reach Their Highest Potential by Anea BogueIn her Image: The Unhealed Daugher’s Search for Her Mother by Kathie CarlsonThe Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self by Alice MillerUnderstanding the Borderline Mother by Christine Ann Lawson Will I Ever Be Good Enough? Healing the Daughters of Narcissistic Mothers by Karyl McBride, PhD. Healing the Child Within by Charles L. Whitefield, M.D.When You and Your Mother Can’t Be Friends: Resolving the Most Complicated Relationship of your Life by Victoria SecundaInner Bonding: Becoming a Loving Adult to your Inner Childby Margaret Paul, PhDHomecoming: Reclaiming and Championing your Inner Child by John BradshawMothers Who Can’t Love: A Healing Guide for Daughters by Susan Forward, PhD Toxic Parents: Overcoming Their Hurtful Legacy and Reclaiming Your Life By Susan Forward, PhDEmotional Backmail: When the People in your Life Use Fear, Obligation and Guilt to Manipulate You by Susan Forward, PhDBooks on TraumaWaking the Tiger: Healing Trauma by Peter Levine (1997) The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk (2014)Complex PTSD: From Surviving to Thriving by Pete Walker (2013)Healing Developmental Trauma: How Early Trauma Affects Self-Regulation, Self-Image, and the Capacity for Relationship by Laurence Heller, PhD & Aline LaPierre, PsyD (2012)\nOther Recommended Books (various topics)\nWhite Spaces, Missing Faces: Why Women of Color Don't Trust White Women by Catrice M. Jackson\nAntagonists, Advocates & Allies: The Wakeup Call for White Women Who Want to Become Allies with Black Women by Catrice M. Jackson\nSister Outsider by Audre Lorde\nThe Way of Woman: Awakening the Perennial Feminine by Helen M. LukeThe Divine Feminine Fire by Teri DeglerThe Return of the Feminine and the World Soulby Llewellyn Vaughan-LeeHer Blood is Goldby Lara OwenThe Hungry Self: Women, Eating and Identityby Kim CherninRe-inventing Eve: Modern Woman in Search of Herselfby Kim CherninThe Obsession: Reflections on the Tyranny of Slenderness by Kim CherninBread, Blood and Roses: How Menstruation Created the World by Judy GrahnShakti Woman: Feeling Our Fire, Healing Our World by Vicki NobleThe Great Cosmic Mother: Rediscovering the Religion of the Earth by Monica Sjoo and Barbara MorThe Chalice and The Blade by Riane EislerAphrodite’s Daughters: Women’s Sexual Stories and the Journey of the Soulby Jalaja BonheimWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola EstesDancing in the Flames: The Dark Goddess in the Transformation of Consciousness by Marion WoodmanThe Feminine Face of God: The Unfolding of the Sacred in Women by Sherry Ruth Andrerson and Patricia HopkinsThings We Don’t Talk About: Women’s Stories from the Red Tent,a film by Isadora Gabrielle Leidenfrost\n\"Despite being a therapist for the last 10 years, I realize now how much I was avoiding looking at this area of my life. It was only as I was getting more and more women come through my clinic mirroring this at me that this area opened up to me but I really didn't know how to delve deeper. Your course has put into words and given me clarity for everything I was feeling and experiencing and is helping me heal. Its painful, challenging, amazing and insightful, I feel like I am finally starting to step into my power and for that I am truly grateful.\"\n\"The journey through the modules took me all the way to the deepest abyss and back to the light. The endless \"aha\" moments brought forth a huge paradigm shift that catapulted me to the new level that I thought was not reachable for me in this life. I cannot thank you enough. I've tried so many things, done so much healing, took so many courses, but this was such a thorough, deep and life-changing process. I am truly re-born.\"\n\"Dear Bethany …. I don't know where to begin …. your course has made so much difference to me and I'm so grateful to you for creating it. Despite doing a lot of deep work over many years I still felt totally stuck …. as if in a sticky web. Your course opened my eyes and validated my experience in ways that made it safe to see and feel what hadn't been safe to see or feel before. I feel much safer in my own skin.\"\n\"I would strongly recommend Bethany's coaching program to every woman. What a profound, ground-breaking work! And how lucky we are to have such a brilliant pioneer offering us a new vision on how to become more free, authentic and powerful as women. I feel deeply inspired and grateful to be part of this evolutionary step.\"\nAnd stay updated with my newsletter.\nAbout the Mother WoundOnline CoursePrivate CoachingWorkshopsResourcesAbout Bethany WebsterTestimonialsMedia\nWhy It's Crucial to Heal the Mother WoundYour Hunger is HolyBringing the Dark Mother Into the LightMaking Peace with Our PowerNavigating \"No Contact\"The Rupture of the Mother LineThe Most Insidious Forms of Patriarchy Pass Through the Mother\n© 2019 Bethany Webster. - POWERED BY HEROIK\nAbout the Mother Wound | Online Course | Sitemap", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Story – Star Wars – Hidden Empire #2 (2022)\nStar Wars – Hidden Empire #2 (2022) : The plans of LADY QI’RA to use an ancient Dark Side weapon known as the FERMATA CAGE to destroy the Sith are falling apart, and she has lost many of her primary resources and allies, with DARTH VADER drawing ever nearer. Can she salvage victory from certain defeat?\nFree DC Comics Download\nStar Wars – Hidden Empire #2\nLanguage : English | Image Format : JPG | Year : 2022 | Size : 34 MB\n- If you have any difficulties to download the files, please refer to this how-to download page.\n- All of the comic files are packed on .CBR and/or .CBZ file formats. Here are some of the reader apps that i can recommend : YAC Reader (Win, OSX, Linux, iOS), ComicRack (Win, Android, iOS), CDisplayEx.\n- To extract any compressed files, I recommend using 7-Zip.\n- If you encounter any broken links or corrupt files, please write on the comment section or message me through the contact form.\n- Want to see all the comic list? Please go to this page.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Wednesday 29 June 2016\nCan you hear me now? Ongoing conversations with the “researcher of the future”\n\"A lively full-day ALPSP seminar in London last month featured a most productive knowledge exchange among early-career researchers, publishers, librarians, and other experts in scholarly communication. Our focus was to raise awareness among information providers about the experiences and needs of today’s researcher – and we gathered a packed roomful of engaged and eager participants to hear from a panel of doctoral researchers and students.\nWe heard about their frustrations with peer review, their thoughts about open access, and the ways in which faculty play a starring role in shaping their publication and career decisions. We then heard about how librarians and publishers are working to integrate an understanding of the researcher experience (RX) into their innovative solutions and programs.\nBut, Dear Reader, we managed to achieve something else that we hadn’t expected. The researchers came away with their own lessons and insights into the realities of today’s information provider!\nWhat a bright light to see such excitement from scholars at being asked for their input and realizing the ways in which we symbiotically need one another along the supply chain of academic publishing and research! What a refreshingly collaborative and solutions-oriented response to such a stimulating event!\nThese insights punctuate the importance of publishers and libraries being vocal and eloquent and proactive about communicating our value within the research workflow and broader scholarly enterprise, in everything we do, great and small. Let this serve as a call to each of us actively engaging on a routine basis with those academics who want to maintain an open dialogue about scholarly communications.\nAnd this type of discussion and collaboration represent a growing trend within scholarly communication community – from joint research efforts, events geared toward education and open conversation, user-centered design projects, and longitudinal studies. In part, these efforts are answering the call for greater cooperation across the academic supply chain and greater sensitivity to the user experience.\nThis ALPSP seminar gives me hope that a collaborative movement is well underway and includes a deeper understanding of the experiences of librarians and publishers too.\"\nLettie Conrad chaired the seminar Are you ready for the Researcher of the Future? Understanding the researcher experience in London last month. You can follow her on Twitter via @lyconrad.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Matching family tree profiles for Captain John J. Grumbles\nAbout Captain John J. Grumbles\nGRUMBLES, JOHN J. (?-1858). John J. Grumbles, Texas Ranger, immigrated from Tennessee to the Republic of Texas in 1837 and settled at Fort Wilbarger, on the north bank of the Colorado River some ten miles above Bastrop, Texas. He moved to the Travis County community of Webber's Prairie in 1840 and lived there until 1845, when he bought the old home and mill of William Barton and moved to Barton Springs, near Austin. During the Mexican War Grumbles from June 2 through September 22, 1846, served as a private in Capt. Samuel Highsmith's Company K of Col. William C. Young's Third Regiment, Texas Mounted Volunteers. Two days after mustering out of federal service he raised and was elected captain of a company of rangers attached to Maj. Thomas J. Smith's battalion. This company saw service on the western frontier and in northern Mexico until September 23, 1847. In 1849 Grumbles commanded a company of rangers stationed on the Nueces River seventy-five miles above Corpus Christi. He died at San Saba on February 20, 1858.\nBIBLIOGRAPHY: Frank Brown, Annals of Travis County and the City of Austin (MS, Frank Brown Papers, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin). John S. Ford, Rip Ford's Texas, ed. Stephen B. Oates (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1963). Louis Wiltz Kemp Papers, Barker Texas History Center, University of Texas at Austin. Charles D. Spurlin, comp., Texas Veterans in the Mexican War: Muster Rolls of Texas Military Units (Victoria, Texas, 1984). Amelia W. Williams and Eugene C. Barker, eds., The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863 (8 vols., Austin: University of Texas Press, 1938-43; rpt., Austin and New York: Pemberton Press, 1970).\nA Captain of the legendary Texas Rangers in their days of glory. By what we see, he must have been arrogant, romantic, visionary, heroic and flawed. Gunned down in what may or may not have been a fair contest on the dusty streets of a frontier village, he lived a classic life and died a classic death in the Republic and State of Texas in the turbulent days before the Civil War. He was a close business colleague of A.J. (Jack) and Morgan Hamilton, and evidently well-acquainted with Sam Houston, P.H. Bell and Elisha Marshall Pease. Four of these men were Governors of Texas. He was a prominent citizen of early Austin.\nOldest son of Benjamin and Keziah (Pierce) Grumbles, John J. was the first of the line to migrate to Texas. He moved from Dallas County, Alabama in 1838, settling for a few years at Wilbarger's settlement near present-day Utley in Bastrop County, but had relocated by 1842 to nearby Austin.\nHis father Benjamin and younger brother William M. joined him in Austin in January, 1846. Both John J. and William sired large families, whose descendants are the most numerous and widespread of the Grumbles in many Texas counties. John J.'s son Sam Houston continued to move west until he reached the Pacific.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Series comprises material relating to a large extent to Canada's Prime Ministers with additional political material of a more general interest. Prime Ministerial material includes portraits of Prime Ministers from Sir John A. Macdonald to Brian Mulroney. Of note are three portrait sketches by Henri Julien of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Sir Charles Tupper; political caricatures by Blaine, Jack Boothe, Andy Donato, Terry Mosher, James Simpkins and Lou Skuce; and campaign posters for virtually all Canadian Prime Ministers including Kim Campbell. Miscellaneous electoral campaign material includes a paper dress worn by campaign workers for the 1968 Liberal leadership convention featuring an image of Pierre Elliott Trudeau; a large banner used for a Conservative Party leadership campaign with an image of John Diefenbaker; ribbons, rare political buttons, match covers, blotters, fake currency, promotional postcards and Christmas cards. Philatelic items comrpise sheets of labels with images of Prime Ministers from Sir John A. Macdonald to Joe Clark., Some of the close to one hundred trade cards highlight such politicians as Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Sir John Thompson, Oliver Mowat, Sir Hector-Louis Langevin, Sir Joseph-Adolphe Chapleau, Sir John Abbott, Alexander Mackenzie, Sir Richard Cartwright, Sir Charles Tupper, and William Lyon Mackenzie King. There are also trade cards for the Countess and Earl of Aberdeen and for many provincial Premiers and Lieutenant-Governors. A rare 1885 set of cards caricatures Macdonald and his cabinet in various scenes of playing baseball with the opposition. Medallic items range from commemorative pins on the deaths of several early Prime Ministers to election buttons for Prime Ministers beginning with Sir John A. Macdonald through to Kim Campbell and Brian Mulroney. Postcards commemorate such events as the 1911 coronation, Royal visits, official openings of public works and visits by Earl Gray, the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Connaught.\nThe trade cards are not item-level catalogued but are numbered R1300-517 to 601 and are in container 2001067567. Postcards are also not individually described but are numbered R1300-602 to 861. They are in container 2001067568., Photographic material of note relating to Prime Ministers includes an 1890 portrait of John Abbott, with accompanying letter (1868); two cabinet cards of Samuel Leonard Tilley, ca. 1868 by The Notman Studio, Ottawa; a signed Topley portrait of Robert Borden by W.J. Topley and one (1908) by Montminy & Cie, Quebec ; a cabinet card signed by Sir John A. Macdonald, a photograph of his grave and a rare image of his funeral procession (1891), both by Henry Henderson, Kingston, Ont.; cdvs and cabinet portraits of Marquis of Lorne and Princess Louise, ca. 1871; a cdv of \"Toronto Grenadiers\" with # 10 on the medal cap by G. McConley, Toronto, ca. 1865; a portrait of Alexander Mackenzie; an autographed cabinet card of Lady Agnes Macdonald; an 1898 group photograph, with Sir Wilfrid Laurier, of the Quebec International Commission; a 1912 signed portrait of Sir Charles Tupper by Gauvin and Gentzel, Winnipeg, Man.; a 1935 autographed portrait of R.B. Bennett; and two Karsh photographs of Louis St. Laurent (1947 and 1953), signed by both photographer and sitter; signed photograph of Mrs. and Mr. Louis St.Laurent, March 1949 and autographed colour portraits of John Turner and Joe Clark. Items of general interest include an 1898 studio group portrait of the International Committee in Quebec; Wilfrid Laurier sitting next to Charles Tupper (former PM and then High Commissioner of Canada to Britain) while he was in England attending Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in June 1897; signed portraits of Lord and Lady Minto, 1901; portraits of Lord and Lady Byng taken between 1922-1932; Harmonie de Montréal (3eme Bataillon des Carabiniers Victoria du Canada, photo by Notman & Sandham; a photo of a Niagara Falls procession for the 1919 visit of the Prince of Wales; cabinet cards of Prince of Wales and his family; post 1876; a large photograph of British Empire Service League, Mace and Speaker, iincluding W.L.M. King, House of Commons, Ottawa, June 29th, 1925; Nova Scotia Liberal Members, Dominion Parlement, 1904; Notman Studio Composite of Dalhousie graduating science class, Halifax, N.S.; a photo of a surveying party of young men; members of the Welland Temperance Society Notman Photo Composite of Montreal Snow Shoe Club, 1877; First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, Montreal,1875, photo by John Inglis; Synod \"Canada Presbyterian Church\", Montreal, 1861, photo by Notman and the Synod of the Canada Presbyterian Church, 1869, Hamilton, photo by R. Milne; group photo of The First General Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1883, Belleville, Ont., photo by J.H. Ford; photos of William Lyon Mackenzie King with King George and Queen Mary during their Canadian visits in 1927 and 1939; photos of W.L.M. King with Shirley Temple in Ottawa in 1994 for her war bonds work; Other items of note are a carte de visite by Notman signed by sitter Darcy McGee, two 1871 cabinet cards of the Dominion Cabinet by Notman, four photographic postcards of visit by Prime Minister Borden, King George V and Queen Mary to see Canadian soldiers in hospital at Lord and Lady Astor's country home at Clivedon, Kent in 1919 (the people are identified as 1. Matron Campbell, Major Astor, Colonel Jones, Billy Astor, P.M. Borden, Lt. Col. Gorrell; 2. Lt. Col. Gorrell, P.M. Borden, Col. Jones; 3). L to R.: Queen Mary, Col. Hodgett, Capt. Gooderham, King George V, Billy Astor, Lt. Col. Gorrel and 4. Capt. Melville Gooderham, Col. Hodgett, Queen Mary, King George V, Lt. Col. Gorrell.\nMore contemporary works include two large colour photographs of Margaret and Pierre Trudeau with a group of unidentified professional skaters as well as candid shots showing several leaders at various sports events, on the election trail and giving speeches. Photo of The Quebec Conference, August 1943., A large number of records, predominantly art material with a small number of photos, relate to the lives and commercialization of the Dionne Quintuplets. Included are advertising items for \"Quintland\", felt banners, greeting cards, and souvenir booklets; advertising calendars using images of the Dionnes for companies as diverse as laundromats and mortuaries; advertising campaigns for such companies as Quaker Oats, Colgate, Palmolive Soap, Karo Syrup and Arrowroot; ephemeral and three-dimensional items such as cloth napkins, paper fans, playing cards, pocket mirrors, stationery, soaps in the shape of the children, a dexterity game, bisque ware dolls together with a kit for hand-sewing dresses, a matchstick holder, a serving tray, baby books, silverplate flatware, and china, including baby cereal bowls; and clippings of international publications with covers and features of the Dionnes and Dr. Dafoe.\nPhotographic material relating to the Dionne quintuplets images of them in a religious pageant, at a formal dinner party with members of the clergy, at a graduation ceremony, posing with the entire Dionne family and with Dr. Dafoe, an image of the Olivia Dionne Ice Cream Stand, and an autographed photo of Dr. Dafoe together with a guardianship letter., Also included in this series is a wide range of subject matter, reflecting the interests of collector Morris Norman. Of note are war-related items such as posters for Victory Loan campaigns in both official languages; travel posters for such enterprises as Trans-Canada Airlines, Greyhound, B.O.A.C. and Canadian Pacific; advertising posters for circuses, food products such as King Cole Tea, Lowney's Chocolate, Canadian bacon, liquor, and cigarettes; cultural posters for entertainment events including the Canadian National Exhibition and for early films and westerns; 1930s advertising calendars for such firms as Massey-Harris and Robin Hood Flour; banking calendars and ephemera from financial institutions notable for images promoting the beauties of Canada; caricature material including rare 1890s reciprocity posters and advertisements by cartoonist Jimmy Frise and Lou Skuce; early music material, dating ca. 1880-1918; and a range of advertisements and calendars by British cartoonist Lawson Woods for small Canadian firms.\nRare items of note include two early documentary art prints; an 1895 calendar for the Standard Assurance Company; an 1883 advertisement for the Centennial exhibition of the Methodist Mission, St. John, New Brunswick; a large colour poster for the 1932 Regina Grain Exhibition; an 1855 notice to contractors for a bridge construction project; a 1949 poster for the Calgary Stampede; a ca. 1910 cloth poster for Melotte Cream Separators; a poster for the 1936 Vancouver Golden Jubilee with event vignettes; ca. 1890 lithograph for the Dominion Organ and Piano Company of Bowmanville, Ontario; and a ca. 1915 store advertisement, made specifically for the British Market, advertising Canadian Pacific as the World's Greatest Railway.\nA small number of miscellaneous photographic items include a 1900 portrait of Field Marshall Roberts; a Notman composite of the 3eme Bataillon des Carabiniers Victoria du Canada, with the names of the group printed along the border; a ca. 1880 image of the workers from the Toronto Nippissing Railway; a Notman composite of a large snowshoe party and a graduating class from the science department of Dalhouse University; an 1861 composite of the United Presbyterian Church official union on Montreal with the Presbyterian Church of Canada; and a composite image of the first general conference of the United Mehodist Church in 1883.\nPhilatelic material comprises an Olympic Stamp Souvenir Collection which include 14 stamps, a folder signed by the Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, the Minister responsible for the Canada post Corporation Perrin Beatty and the René J. Marin, Chair of the Board of Directors of the Canada Post including four blocks of stamps commemorating the sixtieth anniversary of the Royal Canadian Air Force (issue of 1984) with the program, 11 labels \"To us the torch is thrown\" sponsored by General Motors showing British and Canadian personalities, 2 blocks of labels \"Souvenir of Canada, centennial stamps, 1867-1967 showing Prime Ministers and provincial flowers and 2 blocks of labels showing Prime Ministers of Canada, 1967-1979.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Catalog of the Chess Collection (including checkers), 2 vols., arranged by author and subject (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1964); and the Catalog of Folklore, Folklife and Folk Songs, 2nd edition, 3 vols. (Boston: G. K. Hall, 1978), a dictionary catalogue arranged by subject which supercedes the earlier 1965 edition.\nOne might note that the chess collection also includes literary works making significant references to chess, such as Gesta Romanorum (58 early editions); the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1,050 editions in 40 languages); an article from the Syn Otechestva for 1839, and other works relating to chess.\nThe Folklore and Orientalia collections of the White Department have extensive and important holdings on ethnology and explorations of Central Asia, Georgia, and the Caucasus published by the 19th c. Russian learned societies; literary works and language materials in Jagataic (51 titles), Armenian (122 titles), Uigur (18 titles), Georgian (67 titles), Turkish (Roman Script, 160 titles), Turkish (Old, 185 titles), Bashkir (7 titles).\nThe John G. White Department of Folklore, Orientalia, and Chess owns over 147,000 volumes and 1,500 manuscripts, with the largest chess library in the world, of approximately 21,000 vols. To speak of relevant materials by subject, one can start with the chess holdings, among which are:", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Reviewed by Dr. George Simons at www.diversophy.com\nAt a time when public awareness of Iran seems limited to political ranting over its nuclear ambitions, Among the Iraniansis a welcome insight into the rich history, customs and peoples of this both ancient and contemporary land.\nSofia Kotlaki’s work is the kind of book I hope to write some day, a combination of intensely personal experiences and stories as well as cultural historical, demographic and geographical perspectives scrutinized and presented in context in a digestible and useful fashion. One has the feeling of having been invited to a magnificent buffet of delicious facts, of both distinct and colorful dishes, rightly seasoned with the sauce of the chef’s comprehension that makes them both appetizing and digestible. The preparation of this tasteful cultural repast is no doubt due in a great deal to Kotlaki’s experience as outsider and insider, observer and participant in Iran and its society. Like an elegant banquet, one begs for the time to fully taste and enjoy it. This is not a book to be rushed through in a sitting or two, but savored in bits and pieces and frequently set down and returned to when one is readyfor another course.\n2010, Intercultural Press. ISBN 10:1931930902", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Video commercial (book trailer) for Life of Ty:Penguin Problems\nWritten and filmed by an RES fourth grader!\nDecember 2016 at the RES library, by the numbers:\n- Number of library books and other materials checked out by RES scholars, families, and staff:1378 -- that's 92 per day in our three weeks of school this month\n- Number of TumbleBooks electronic books read and listened to: 155\n- Number of scholar visits to the library: over 700 (13 classes per week plus additional class visits plus individual visits)\n- Number of fourth graders who are creating video commercials for books (book trailers) as part of their media literacy unit: 49. See the great example above!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Two hundred and fifty-one years ago Rev. Francis Higginson came from Old England to New England, settling at Salem as the spiritual leader of the first large colony on Massachusetts bay. In his account of the voyage he thus recorded the impression made upon him by the first sight of the north shore, one of the most beautiful stretches of coast on the Atlantic seaboard of our country, beholding it in the sunlight of a lovely June day: \"We saw many scools of mackrill, infinite multitudes on every side our ship. The sea was abundantly stored with rockweed and yellow flowers like gillyflowers. By noon we were within 3 leagues of Capan [Cape Ann], and, as we sayled along the coasts, we saw every hill and dale and every island full of gay woods and high trees. The nearer we came to the shoare the more flowers in abundance, sometymes scattered abroad, sometymes joyned in sheets 9 or 10 yards long, which we supposed to be brought from the low meadowes by the tyde. Now, what with fine woods and green trees by land, and these yellow flowers paynting the sea, made us all desirous to see our new paradise of New England, whence we saw such forerunning signals of fertilitie afarre off.\" The chroniclers of the early days of New England were, as a rule, too matter-of-fact to give attention to the aesthetic aspects of nature, but through the writings of Francis Higginson are constantly found such passages as the one quoted, showing a delicate sensitiveness and a keen delight in the beauty abounding on every side. He was the author of the epigrammatic sentence: \"A sup of New England's aire is better than a whole draught of Old England's ale.\"\nThese things are here alluded to because they belong to a marked instance of the\ninheritance of literary traits, Francis Higginson being\nTHE FIRST ANCESTOR IN AMERICA\nof Col. Thomas Wentworth Higginson, one of the truest living artists in words and closest observers of natural beauties; adorning fine thoughts with the grace given by a thorough command of the technical resources of the language. John Higginson, the son of Francis, who succeeded his father in the Salem ministry and lived to the age of 95 years, was also an author, as was also Stephen Higginson, Col. Higginson's grandfather, who was a member of the Continental Congress, and who so bitterly assailed John Hancock in his \"Laco\" letters, famous at the time they were written.\nStyle, in a great measure, makes the author, but \"word-painting\" is something that has\nbeen so terribly abused that it is apt to be regarded with distrust. The best authors,\nhowever, from Homer and Shakespeare down, are word-painters in the highest degree.\nBeneath the perfect style of Col. Higginson there is not the slightest trace of what might\nbe called illuminated gush, there being no more kindred between the sloppy\nworkmanship of those addicted to the latter and his method, than between the tawdry\ngaudiness of a Bierstadt and the perfect coloristic glory of a Titian. Few painters have a\nsense of beauty. His work is marked by the most subtle shadings and delicate tints, and\ngradations of pure, rich tones. It is not thin surface color that he uses, but it has depth and\nwarmth,and glows with its own life. One not only sees the hues but feels the texture and\nquality, and breathes the atmosphere of his subject. An artist's brush could hardly give a\ntruer picture nor more truthfully render the soul of a region than Col. Higginson's pen has\ndone for the Cape Ann country—as fresh and glorious to him of today as when its virgin\nwoods and pleasant shores gave the first near glimpse of a strange new\nworld to his ancestor. And there could hardly be truer poetry than the wonderful prose of\nthe description of the blooming of a Victoria Regia, in his essay on water lilies in \"Out-\ndoor Papers\" : \"After the strange flower-bud has reared its dark head from the placid\ntank, moving it a little, uneasily, like some imprisoned water-creature, it pauses for a\nmoment in a sort of dumb despair. Then, trembling again, and collecting all its powers, it\nthrusts open, with an indignant jerk, the rough calyx-leaves, and the beautiful disrobing\nbegins. The firm, white, central cone, first so closely infolded, quivers a little, and\nswiftly, before your eyes,\nTHE FIRST OF THE HUNDRED PETALS\ndetaches its delicate edges, and springs back, opening toward the water, while its white reflection opens to meet it from below. Many moments of repose follow—you watch— another petal trembles, detaches, springs open, and is still. Then another, and another, and another. Each movement is so quiet, yet so decided, so living, so human, that the radiant creature seems a Musidora of the water, and you almost blush with a sense of guilt in gazing on that peerless privacy. As petal by petal slowly opens, there still stands a central cone of snow, a glacier, an alp, a jungfrau, while each avalanche of whiteness seems the last. Meanwhile a strange, rich odor fills the air, and nature seems to concentrate all fascinations and claim all senses for this jubilee of her darling.\"\nCol. Higginson's father was the steward of Harvard College, and, according to Drake, was \"habitually spoken of as the 'Man of Ross' of his day, from his profuse charities.\" Thomas Wentworth Higginson is the [missing text] of a family of 15 [children] [[missing text]] been his [[missing text]] [[missing text]]\nin Cambridge Dec. 22, 1823, and he was fitted for Harvard at a preparatory school there, at which James Russell Lowell and W. W. Story were among his elder mates. He was graduated at Harvard at the age of 18, the youngest in his class and the second in rank. He graduated from the theological school of the university in 1847, and at once accepted a call from the First religious society in Newburyport, where he remained about three years, leaving in 1850, on account of troubles arising from his connection with the anti- slavery movement, in which he early took an active part. In 1852 he went to Worcester, where for six years he was minister of the Free Church, unconnected with any denomination, and in 1858 he retired from the pulpit altogether, to devote himself entirely to literature, becoming a most prominent contributor to the Atlantic Monthly, then just established.\nAs a warrior for freedom his record long antedates the civil strife, for he was wounded in the Anthony Burns riot in 1853, and was indicted with Theodore Parker, Wendell Phillips and others. In the Kansas strife he was active, and served on the staff of Gen. Lane, commander of the \"Free State Forces,\" and he organized an expedition into Virginia to rescue some of John Brown's companions, but was unsuccessful.\nWhen the war with the South began he obtained authority from Gov. Andrew to recruit a regiment, but enlistments were suspended for the time being before he had proceeded far in the matter. In August, 1862, he recruited two companies and was commissioned as captain, and when, two months later, the first slave regiment was organized—the 1st South Carolina volunteers, afterward the 33d United States colored troops—he was appointed as its colonel. In August, 1863, he was wounded in the side at Willstown Bluff, S. C., and in consequence, in October, 1864\n[he resigned his position] . His experiences in the war were [described] in a series of articles in the Atlantic, afterward gathered in a volume under the title \"Army Life in a Black Regiment,\" which has special historical value as being probably the best account of a peculiar and most important feature of the war.\nFor 12 years after the war Col. Higginson\nLIVED AT NEWPORT,\nchoosing that place as his home on account of his wife's health. In many respects he found Newport a very pleasant abiding place, and it furnished the inspiration for two of his most notable volumes; the series of sketches, \"Oldport Days,\" and his only extended work of fiction, \"Malbone, an Oldport Romance.\" Lord Houghton said that he felt perfectly familiar with Newport as soon as he sail it, \"Malbone\" having prepared him for the place. Shortly after the death of Mrs. Higginson, who was a niece of William Ellery Channing's, Col. Higginson removed to Cambridge, where he now lives. His present wife was formerly Miss Mary Thacker, known in literature as the author of \"Seashore and Prairie,\" and she has recently published a bright story for children, \"Room for One More.\" She is a niece of Mr. Longfellow's first wife, and the poet has taken a great interest in her literary studies and work. Their home is now in a pleasant house at the corner of Broadway and Ware street, near the college, but Col. Higginson will probably soon build a house of his own in that part of Cambridge on the high ground beyond Harvard square. Their present home, as might naturally be supposed, is furnished with thoroughly artistic taste. It is well filled with books, and Col. Higginson's study is in a quiet, sunny corner room upstairs, where, when writing, he sits at his desk in a plain old armchair that for generations belonged in the Wentworth family, his middle name, Wentworth, coming from his maternal ancestry. Col. Higginson makes it a rule to do all his work by daylight, his motto having always been the old French proverb, \"De soir fontarnes, de matin montaignes\"—morning for labor, evening for repose. This has, doubtless, done much toward keeping him in the vigorous health he rejoices in, and preserving his youthful appearance.\nIt is apt to be the popular belief that the masters of style throw off their graceful thoughts\nwith the spontaneity of sparks flashing out from a blazing fire; that their works are\nSO PERFECT IN FORM\nthat they came into being as they are, as Minerva came from the head of Jove; not as\nher statue was first roughly hewn and then delicately chiselled by the sculptor's hand. This, however, is rarely the case. Detached thoughts flash upon the author's mind, but the arrangement and dressing of these is apt to be a slow and laborious task. The process of crystallization is by no means an instantaneous one, and then the gem has to be cut and polished by art. Mrs. Helen Hunt Jackson says of Col. Higginson's words that they \"have, with the light, graceful beauty of the Damascus blade its swift sureness in cleaving to the heart of things.\" But this beauty and keenness of execution, this flawless polish, is only gained by persistent application. He composes slowly, revises repeatedly, and goes very carefully through his proofs, making many changes. In his admirable \"Letter to a Young Contributor,\" included in his \"Atlantic Essays,\" and printed in the Atlantic of April, 1862, he gives some insight into his own methods: \"Disabuse yourself especially of the belief that any grace or flow of style can come from writing rapidly. Haste can make you slipshod, but it can never make you graceful. With what dismay one reads of the wonderful fellows in fashionable novels, who can easily dash off a brilliant essay in a single night! When I think how slowly my poor thoughts come in, how tardily they convect themselves, what a delicious, prolonged perplexity it is to cut and contrive a decent clothing of words for them, as a little girl does for her doll—nay, how many new outfits a single sentence sometimes costs before it is presentable, till it seems, at last, like our army on the Potomac, as if it never could be thoroughly clothed—I certainly should never dare to venture into print, but for the confirmed suspicion that the greatest writers have done even so.\"\nCol. Higginson's more recent literary productions are his \"Young Folks' History of the\nUnited States,\" first published in 1875, his \"Young Folks' Book of American Explorers,\"\npublished in 1877, and a volume of essays, \"Short Studies of American Authors,\"\ncontaining a half-dozen finely appreciative papers on Hawthorne, Poe, Thoreau, Howells,\nMrs. Helen Hunt Jackson and Henry James, Jr., published this season. The \"Young Folks'\nHistory\" has met with a great success, not only in this country, but abroad, having been\nrepublished in England, and translated into German, French and Italian. Col. Higginson\nwas prompted to undertake the work by his taste for historical research, his strong love of country, and his feeling that the history of America was, contrary to the opinion expressed by many, full of interesting and romantic\nepisodes which could be presented in such a way as to engage the attention of the young.\nThe \"Young Folks' Book of American Explorers\" was written with a similar purpose, and\nis one of the best of the books designed to lead the thoughts of youth from sensational\nliterature to better things. A boy once made familiar with its clear and fascinating style\nwould hardly care to return to cheap stories. The next work which he will probably\nundertake will be the rewriting of his \"Young Folks' History,\" in an enlarged form, as a\npopular history of the United States\nFOR GENERAL [READERS]\nHe has been hindered from [entering] [[missing text]] work by the occupation of [much] [[missing text]] time in his duties as a [representitive] [[missing text]] Cambridge in the General [Cow] [[missing text]] Among Col. Higginson's other [l] [[missing text]] has been the editorship, in [asso] [[missing text]] Samuel Longfellow, of \"Thalatta [[missing text]] poetry for the seaside, published [[missing text]] the editorship of the Harvard [[missing text]] volume of biographies of student and graduates of the college who fell in the war for the Union, published in 1866. He is the author of a new translation of Epictetus, based on the translation made by Elizabeth Carter, published by Little, Brown & Co. in 1865, and now out of print. He has written many miscellaneous essays for various magazines, and has been an editorial contributor for the Independent, the New York Tribune, the Woman's Journal, the Index and other newspapers.\nCol. Higginson has done excellent service as an apostle of physical culture, and, as might be expected of such a passionate lover of nature, rejoices in an active out-door life. He has a special fondness for walking and boating, and his pictures of open air things, together with his essays on physical health and athletics, form a valuable collection in \"Out-Door Papers.\"\nAS AN ORATOR,\nCol. Higginson has a high reputation. The grace and ease with which he expresses himself; the brilliancy of his utterances; his full, agreeable voice and clear, clean-cut pronunciation; his tall, athletic figure and fine presence, all make him one of the best of our public speakers. He has been a great favorite as a lecturer, but has seldom appeared in the lyceum of late. Few can compare with him as a presiding officer of a public gathering, and his remarks in this capacity are always among the most interesting features of the occasion.\nIn religion and in politics Col. Higginson occupies a radical position. In the latter he is in full sympathy with the democratist school of political philosophy, and advocates with enthusiasm universal suffrage for both sexes. In the woman suffrage movement he is probably the ablest and most active leader that the cause possesses in America. He is a member of the American Oriental Society, the American Philological Society, the New England Historic Genealogical Society, the Boston Society of Natural History, the American Woman Suffrage Association, and the Free Religious Association.", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "Soul Talk, Song Language: Conversations with Joy Harjo\nJoy Harjo (Author) Tanaya Winder (Author)\n& 1 more\nBuy new or used from an indie through our partner Biblio:\nDescriptionIntimate and illuminating conversations with one of America's foremost Native artists\nJoy Harjo is a \"poet-healer-philosopher-saxophonist,\" and one of the most powerful Native American voices of her generation. She has spent the past two decades exploring her place in poetry, music, dance/performance, and art. Soul Talk, Song Language gathers together in one complete collection many of these explorations and conversations. Through an eclectic assortment of media, including personal essays, interviews, and newspaper columns, Harjo reflects upon the nuances and development of her art, the importance of her origins, and the arduous reconstructions of the tribal past, as well as the dramatic confrontation between Native American and Anglo civilizations. Harjo takes us on a journey into her identity as a woman and an artist, poised between poetry and music, encompassing tribal heritage and reassessments and comparisons with the American cultural patrimony. She presents herself in an exquisitely literary context that is rooted in ritual and ceremony and veers over the edge where language becomes music.\nWesleyan University Press\nSeptember 24, 2013\n5.68 X 8.71 X 0.41 inches | 0.52 pounds\nEarn by promoting books\nEarn money by sharing your favorite books through our Affiliate program.Become an affiliate\nAbout the Author\nJOY HARJO became the first Native American to be named Poet Laureate of the United States in 2019. She is a multitalented artist of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation. She is an internationally known poet, performer, writer, and musician. She has published seven books of acclaimed poetry including She Had Some Horses, In Mad Love and War, The Woman Who Fell from the Sky, and How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems. She has produced five award-winning albums of music and poetry including Letter from the End of the Twentieth Century, Winding through the Milky Way, and Red Dreams: A Trail Beyond Tears. She lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. TANAYA WINDER is a poet from the Duckwater Shoshone and Southern Ute nations. She is pursuing an MFA in poetry from University of New Mexico and working on her first collection of poetry. LAURA COLTELLI is a professor of American literature at the University of Pisa, Italy. Her publications include Winged Words, American Indian Writers Speak, and an edited collection of essays, Reading Leslie Marmon Silko.\n\"Soul Talk, Song Language gathers, makes, and shares stories that extend our vision of her work in and out of Indian Country.\"--Susan Bernardin, World Literature Today\n\"In Soul Talk, Song Language Joy Harjo provides a rare and treasurable acoustic: the sound of an artist and woman thinking for herself, and for us. Never afraid of large questions of purpose and identity. But never remiss either in providing beautiful, small details of craft and commitment. This is an essential book.\"--Eavan Boland, author of New Collected Poems", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Margaret Beck Pritchard, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation\nNatural Bridge, Frederic Edwin Church, oil on canvas, 1852, University of Virginia Art Museums\nCartouche of the Tanner map\nAmerica’s exotic landscape and discoveries of unfamiliar peoples, plants and animals fueled Europeans’ imaginations for nearly two centuries prior to the American Revolution. The English and Europeans had long studied the earth’s natural productions as a means to categorize and understand the world in which they lived, and America provided an unspoiled laboratory for learned men across the ocean to substantiate or dispel their own theories and beliefs. American colonists were eager to supply their foreign correspondents with their own observations, specimens and seeds.\nWhile Europeans anxiously sought information and new species of flora and fauna from the New World, they regarded the American environment as hostile, condemning the climate, natives, animals and even immigrants as degenerate. America’s founding fathers, in particular, responded defensively. Conflicting theories about nature were also reflected in the work of artists such as Charles Willson Peale and his sons, Titian and Rembrandt.\nAfter the Revolution, Americans approached their natural environment with a greater sense of confidence. America’s nature and her vast frontier lands began to represent the American Dream. Exploring the western landscape and recording new species of wildlife provided Americans with a sense of national pride. Dr. Pritchard’s talk will describe how Americans recorded and viewed nature and their landscape in ways that amplified their unique beliefs and values.\nMargaret Beck Pritchard received a bachelor’s degree from Hollins College. After working with Winterthur’s needlework collection for a year, she received a fellowship at Colonial Williamsburg to assist with the refurnishing of the Governor’s Palace and subsequently became the curator of Colonial Williamsburg’s collections of prints, maps and wallpaper. Today, Ms Pritchard serves as Deputy Chief Curator of the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation. Additional professional affiliations include the Board of Governors of the Decorative Arts Trust, the Advisory Board of the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts and the Board of Trustees for both the James River Association and Old Salem Museums and Gardens/Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts.\nMs Pritchard’s recent exhibitions at the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum at Colonial Williamsburg include We Are One: Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence, co-curated with Ron Grim, Norman B. Leventhal Map Center, Boston Public Library (2017); A Rich and Varied Culture: The Material World of the Early South, co-curated with Ronald L. Hurst (ongoing); More than Meets the Eye: Maps and Prints of Early America (2011); and the traveling exhibition Degrees of Latitude: Maps of America from the Colonial Williamsburg Collection (2002), a subject Ms Pritchard also addressed in a lecture to the Forum in 2010.\nShe has published extensively on topics ranging from “Textile and Paper Treatments for Walls and Ceilings” in The Chesapeake House: The Practice of Architectural Investigation by Colonial Williamsburg (2013) and “A Protracted View: The Relationship between Mapmakers and Naturalists in Recording the Land” in Amy R.W. Meyers, ed. Curious in our Way: The Culture of Nature in Philadelphia, 1740-1840 (2011) to Degrees of Latitude: Mapping Colonial America, co-authored with Henry G. Taliaferro (2002); and Empire’s Nature: Mark Catesby’s New World Vision, co-edited with Amy R. W. Meyers (1998).\nHer most recent contributions to The Magazine Antiques include “Mark Catesby’s watercolor of the bald eagle?” (May/June 2015); “Useful devices: the prints and maps at MESDA” (January 2007); “John Drayton’s Watercolors” (January 2003); and “Maps as objects of material culture” (January 2001). She co-authored “A Rich and Varied Culture: The Material World of the Early South” with Ronald L. Hurst Antiques & Fine Arts (Winter/Spring 2014) and wrote “Maps in the Colonial Williamsburg Collection” The Portolan (Winter 2002). Her articles for The Colonial Williamsburg Journal include “Maps at Colonial Williamsburg” (Summer 2002); “Rethinking the Brush-Everard and George Wythe Houses” co-authored with William Graham (Winter 1995–96); “William Byrd II and His Lost History: Engravings of the Americas” co-authored with Virginia L. Sites (Winter 1992–93); and “Mark Catesby’s Productions in Nature” (February 1984).", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Burt Bacharach: Legendary Songwriter Publishes His Memoir\nLong reluctant to publish his life story, Burt Bacharach has finally done so. The iconic tunesmith takes the title of one of the many songs he and lyricist Hal David gave Dionne Warwick -- Anyone Who Had a Heart -- to weave through a still thriving 60-year career writing, arranging and conducting pop music. Make no mistake, it's pop -- not rock -- with a splash of soul. Not surprising for someone whose '60s success began by crafting hits for The Drifters and Chuck Jackson.\nBurt Bacharach says he never liked rock and roll -- he's always been into R&B and soul -- although his music has always been played on the same stations.\nBeing overlooked by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame doesn't bother him at all -- even if many of the artists he worked with such as Gene Pitney, The Shirelles, Aretha Franklin and Dusty Springfield -- have been inducted.\nAnyone Who Had a Heart does more than retrace Burt's hit parade. His candid stories are often set up, documentary style, by comments from his ex-wives. He and Angie Dickinson were a show biz \"power couple\" during the '60s before their split. Artists he's worked with also chime in.\nBurt says, \"I made a deal with myself -- if I was going to do this book, it's going to be open -- the blemishes, the pimples, I'm not going to smooth them over. Otherwise [the book] is useless.\"\nFrom Angie to \"Arthur\" and Austin Powers, Perry Como to Painted From Memory (his acclaimed collaboration with Elvis Costello), meet the man behind the melody.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "As you know, I recommended Baker’s book for Lei Chic, but also wrote a somewhat more critical review of the memoir in the 10/12 edition of the Miami Herald. Take a look.\nCANCER IS A BITCH. Gail Konop Baker. Da Capo. 261 pages. $22.\nWhen Wisconsin writer Gail Konop Baker heard the words every woman dreads — ”I think we should biopsy” — she was at her annual mammogram and had ironically just about finished writing a novel about a woman who searches for meaning after finding a lump in her breast. But while her agent rejected the novel because she didn’t ”really care whether the protagonist has breast cancer or not,” as Baker’s life mimics fiction a more powerful plot develops, one chronicled in Baker’s unflinchingly intimate new memoir.\nBased on her column in Literary Mama and packed with razor-sharp humor and raw confessions, the book traces her year-long battle with breast cancer begun at age 46, when she was watching out for the expected midlife crisis and focused on negotiating her oldest daugh-ter’s college application process, younger children’s growth and balancing her marriage. Though she was healthy as one could be — a doctor’s wife, runner and yoga practitioner who ate organic and watched her toxin intake — her life is transformed by illness, tests, long waits for results, surgery, deep ruminations about meaning and death, all while juggling a daily life that won’t stop and a breast that won’t behave.\nThe antithesis of a victim’s tale, Baker’s unaffected account welcomes readers on the rollercoaster of coping with the disease and living with ‘the responsibility of being `The Woman Who Had Breast Cancer.’ ” Painful questions are never sugarcoated, whether considering having a mastectomy to get ”rid of the time bombs” as Baker calls her breasts or thoughts about who her husband might end up with and what her kids would do without her.\nNo concern is dismissed as too trivial, such as realizing the upside of being able to become a medical marijuana pothead or the funny then heartbreaking reality when ”[i]t strikes me that I’ll never go topless in Nice. Never be a stripper. Never pose for Playboy. And now I want those choices back.” Each detail underscores the everyday realities of the loss she faced and eventually escaped.\nToday, one in eight women are likely to develop breast cancer, and so Cancer is a Bitch offers a humorous yet frighteningly relevant glimpse into an experience too many women will face. But even if the disease has not touched your life, Baker’s story resonates with a portrait of just how quickly, and how often, life teeters off balance — and how in one morning everything else except living and loving ceases to matter.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Facilitating an often unrecognized but critically important service, the Interlibrary Loan (ILL) office with Wright State University Libraries is the winner of the Outstanding Unit award. The ILL provides Wright State with cutting-edge research support by obtaining information that is not accessible on campus. Though not top of mind for many, ILL is at the heart of the university’s identity as a research institution.\nFaculty and students performing research heavily rely on the service ILL provides and share that, “staff are always professional and often go above and beyond what is asked of them.”\nFurther testimonials from faculty include:\n“In my almost 13 years at Wright State, I have never had better or more consistent service from a university service: I’ve even had 24-hour turnaround on requests on some occasions. The work that the people in ILL accomplish is one of those quiet jobs that seldom gets recognition.”\n“The interlibrary loan program and staff help my students expand their research field. After a quick session with the librarians, my students no longer feel research bound by either Wright State print sources or Google.”\nFaculty members also reiterated their praise for the unit by calling attention to the changing landscape for conducting research that includes rising journal subscription costs and the global dispersal of research production. Having a unit that functions so effectively and seamlessly to gather the materials they need to consult is crucial to keeping their scholarship relevant and up to date.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Main / Education / Ape and Essence\nApe and Essence\nName: Ape and Essence\nFile size: 513mb\nApe and Essence () is a novel by Aldous Huxley, published by Chatto & Windus in the UK and Harper & Brothers in the US. It is set in a dystopia, as is Structure - Frame - Story - Vignettes. Ape and Essence has ratings and reviews. Matthias said: There are times, and this is one of them, when the world seems purposefully beautifu. Ape and Essence Aldous Huxley Harper & Brothers (). The atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August shocked the.\nApe and Essence [Aldous Huxley] on dollyproducciones.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. When Aldous Huxley's Brave New World first appeared in , . Editorial Reviews. Review. \"The ultimate horror vision -- but one not without humor\" * Los Angeles Times * \"Ape and Essence leaves us in mingled respect of the. 'Ape and Essence'?\" Bob repeated in some surprise. I turned to the flyleaf. \" 'An original Treatment by William Tallis, Cottonwood Ranch, Murcia, California.\nHarper and Brothers, , pages. Like much of Aldous Huxley's writing, “ Ape and Essence” blends satire and social criticism and bears. Ape and Essence in Context. ON 10 AUGUST , FOUR DAYS BEFORE JAPAN SURRENDERED unconditionally and ended World War Two, Aldous Huxley. Ape and Essence Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Beret style hat of black velvet with red grosgrain trim around half of hat. Black velvet \"arrow tip\" on crown. Unlined with inner headband of red grosgrain ribbon. Designer's label on inside headband: \"Design by / d. charles\"\nCharles, D. 1960.\nThis physical object is part of the collection entitled: Texas Fashion Collection and was provided by UNT College of Visual Arts + Design to Digital Library, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this object can be viewed below.\nPeople and organizations associated with either the creation of this physical object or its content.\nFor guidance see Citations, Rights, Re-Use.\nUNT College of Visual Arts + Design\nDescriptive information to help identify this physical object. Follow the links below to find similar items on the Digital Library.\n- Main Title: Hat\n- Added Title: Beret Hat\nBeret style hat of black velvet with red grosgrain trim around half of hat. Black velvet \"arrow tip\" on crown. Unlined with inner headband of red grosgrain ribbon.\nDesigner's label on inside headband: \"Design by / d. charles\"\nArt and Architecture Thesaurus (Getty)\nUniversity of North Texas Libraries Browse Structure\nUnique identifying numbers for this object in the Digital Library or other systems.\n- Accession or Local Control No: 1998.008.004\n- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc283705\nThis object is part of the following collection of related materials.\nTexas Fashion Collection\nDates and time periods associated with this physical object.\nAdded to The UNT Digital Library\n- April 18, 2014, 5:08 a.m.\nDescription Last Updated\n- May 20, 2014, 4:39 p.m.\nInteract With This Physical Object\nHere are some suggestions for what to do next.\nCharles, D. Hat, physical object, 1960; (digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc283705/: accessed March 25, 2017), University of North Texas Libraries, Digital Library, digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT College of Visual Arts + Design.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|Part of the law series|\n|Types of evidence|\n|Hearsay and exceptions|\n|Other common law areas|\nA recorded recollection (sometimes referred to as a prior recollection recorded), in the law of evidence, is an exception to the hearsay rule which allows witnesses to testify to the accuracy of a recording or documentation of their own out-of-court statement based on their recollection of the circumstances under which the statement was recorded or documented - even though the witness does not remember the events attested to in the statement. It is sufficient that the witness is able to testify to having made the recording, and to having written an accurate statement at that time.\nUnder the Federal Rules of Evidence, § 803 (5), a recorded recollection is defined as follows.\nThe rule is followed by most U.S. states as laid out in the Federal Rules of Evidence; the evidence thus presented may be read into the record, but the actual recording or document may not be given to the jury, except under very narrow circumstances.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Home delivery service is available to Batavia Public Library patrons who are unable to visit the Library for health or vision reasons. This service includes free delivery of Library materials, including books, large print books, audiobooks on CD, DVDs, videos, CDs, and magazines.\nIf you or someone you know is interested in this service, please call (630) 879-1393, ext. 290.\nA Kensington Orbit Trackball for use with the lab computers, express computers, and catalog stations is available upon request at the Adult Services Desk. It offers advanced ergonomics, with less wrist and hand movement that will ease the pain of repetitive-stress injuries and works equally well for right- or left-handed users.\nA large type high-contrast keyboard for use with the lab computers, express computers, and catalog stations is available upon request at the Adult Services Desk.\nAn Optelec print magnifier is available for use at the Library. This easy-to-use machine allows you to magnify the print in a book, in other printed material, or on a small object.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Ante-Nicene Fathers, Volume II: Fathers of the Second Century: Hermas, Tatian, Athenagoras, Theophilus, and Clement of Alexandria (Entire).\nThe Early Church Fathers is one of the most important collections of historical, philosophical and theological writings available in English to the student of the Christian Church. These documents provide the most comprehensive witness to the development of Christianity and Christian thought during the period immediately following the Apostolic Era.\nThe Catholic edition of Early Church Fathers does not include the introductions, prolegomenae, and various interpretive comments made by the protestant editors of the Edinburgh edition. However, it retains all of the footnotes found in the printed editions.\nContents of Ante-Nicene Fathers II\nThe Pastor of Hermas\nAddress of Tatian to the Greeks\nTheophilus to Autolycus\nA Plea for the Christians\nThe Resurrection of the Dead\nClement of Alexandria\nExhortation to the Heathen (Protrepticus)\nThe Instructor (Paedagogus)\nThe Stromata, or Miscellanies\nWho is the Rich Man that Shall Be Saved? (Quis dives salvetur?)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Recommend and receive 50% of the profit on any sale you generate\n'“[Gilchrist’s] style can be an acquired taste. If I were you, I’d acquire it . . . Gilchrist manages to cut through the loud tussle of the world to present truths made even more striking by how conventional they are . . . The stories in Acts of God are great postcards from the world of Ellen Gilchrist. It’s a world of war and strife and surprises, and it is, yes, marvelous to behold.” —The New York Times Book Review“Admirers of her work, among whom I am most certainly to be counted, will find much herein that is familiar and pleasing . . . Gilchrist is at her best when the wry and satirical mood strikes her, especially when she is pricking the balloons of pride that the white Southern upper middle class inflates in its own honor. Now in her late 70s, she has lost none of the zing that brought In the Land of Dreamy Dreams to such wholly unexpected attention, and it’s a pleasure to report that the best of the stories in Acts of God rank with the best in her first collection and in her second, Victory Over Japan, for which she was awarded a richly deserved National Book Award in 1984.” —The Washington Post“Flawlessly precise.” —ReadersDigest.com“Reading Ellen Gilchrist is addictive . . . Partly, it's the sassy voice that snares you, and partly it's her tight circle of recurrent characters--feisty, unabashedly sexed Southern women, many of whom are related by birth or marriage . . . Her new work is filled with good people who show fortitude and even heroism under duress . . . In this age of edgy irony, her warm-hearted view of humanity is refreshing.” —NPR.org“A joy to read. Her protagonists all feel very alive and real.” —Bust“[Gilchrist’s] protagonists are generally beautiful and strong, sometimes shallow and often deeply flawed--but they’re always interesting, especially when they’re tested . . . In Acts of God, though, they learn a lesson that Gilchrist’s characters often don’t: that even the rich and the powerful, the quick-witted and the good-looking are vulnerable to storms and disasters, to illness and aging and death . . . These 10 new stories remind the reader we’re all vulnerable to chance, whether it’s a hurricane or a love affair. And these characters, the old ones and the new, settle seamlessly into Gilchrist’s seductive Southern world.” —Houston Chronicle “The stories are laced through with good humor and hints of the miraculous . . . There is something--a magic that’s difficult to clarify, that may be corny in someone else’s eyes--to Gilchrist’s work that doesn’t come around often . . . Gilchrist still has the power to turn a simple line into a profound insight on what it’s like to be human. Aging and death are the twin ghouls running throughout Acts of God, looming over the characters, and the result of looking into the void gives these stories wisdom and compassion, or to quote Gilchrist: ‘Glad to be alive in the only world there is, alive and eating and still breathing and not afraid really of anything that might happen next.’” —Flavorpill.com “Gilchrist’s deliciously wise and humorous voice abides best in the short story form, and her new collection of 10 stories will say to her fans that their reconnection to this openhearted writer from the South is a pure old-home-week experience . . . Beautiful, smart, phenomenally rich.” —Booklist (starred review)'", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Lot n° 72\n40 000 - 50 000 EUR\n62 000 EUR\nPLAYFAIR (LT.- Colonel Sir Robert Lambert), ADAMSON (Dr John), HILL (David Octavius), ADAMSON (Robert) etc.\n69 Photographies au sel argentique et albuminées, montées recto-verso (sauf 5 portraits ajoutés), 3 photos rehaussées en couleurs, montés dans un album grand in-8 (257 x 172 mm.), demi-chagrin à coins pourpre de l'époque, dos abimé, plat et quelques feuillets détachés. Joint : Sir Robert Lambert Playfair. a History of Arabia felix or Yemen from the commencement of the christian era to the present time. including an account of the British settlement in A den. Bombay, Education Societys Press, Byculla, 1859. Grand in-8, xii, 193 pp. (errata), une carte coloriée légèrement déchirée, toile chagrinée de l'époque avec dos remonté, cachet. Un album de photographies rare et important, compilé par Sir Henry Barkly (1815-1898) qui contient les toutes premières photographies connues d'Aden, prises par Playfair (1828-1899). These photographs of Aden are earlier than any held in the Oriental and India Office Collections in the British Library. The photographs in this album includes 8 views of Aden, they are as follows: 1. Shrine/tomb near Crater.2. Sirah Fort (?). 3. View of front bay. 4. Crater. 5. Main pass between Crater & Maalla. 6. Yemeni with a sword. 7- Gold Muhr Valley natural arch. 8. Jebel Shamsan highest point of Aden. Three hightened views with watercolour, one of a Yemeni. A collection of 43 individual and group portraits of the Playfair family (and others), some by Dr. John Adamson (1810-1870) a medical doctor and curator of the St. Andrews Literary and Philosophical Society Museum in Scotland from its formation in 1838 until his death in 1870. Adamson learned about photography through correspondence with one of its inventors, William Henry Fox Talbot. He primarily made portraits and views of the countryside near his home; He also taught photography to his brother, Robert Adamson. Four views in the album are of St. Andrews by Hill and Adamson (c. 1846), 11 group shots and colonial buildings and 3 unidentified views. The portraits include Robert Lambert Playfair, George Ranken Playfair (1816-1881), Lyon Playfair (1818-1898), Dr William Smoult Playfair (1835-1903) and miss Jane Playfair, some taken by John Adamson, who believed to have taken the first portrait in Scotland, a calotype made in St. Andrews; in May 1840.\nMes ordres d'achat\nInformations sur la vente\nConditions de ventesRetourner au catalogue", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Published April 1, 2017, 224 pages\nAs a young child bound for a strange country, Sarah Whitaker dreamed of life with her father on his sprawling Australian ranch. But her hopes were shattered when she learned of his death and of her new role as heiress of the largest sheep farm in New Wales. Orphaned in a land greatly populated by petty criminals exiled from England, the future seemed grim. But now, ten years later, Sarah has defied the odds and become a successful businesswoman much to the chagrin of her male counterparts. Hardened by the dishonesty of both her fellow ranchers and the felons in her employ, Sarah has learned one important truth: no one is to be trusted.\nDaniel Burton is a lucky man. Sentenced to death for his role in a horse-race scandal, Daniel was granted reprieve thanks to the influence of his wealthy relatives. Now, rather than death, Daniel faces exile in Australia an opportunity to put past mistakes behind him. But when he purchases land with the intention of farming it, he unwittingly arouses the wrath of his new neighbor, Sarah. What begins as a battle of wits, however, soon becomes a warm friendship and perhaps something more. But when Daniel's secret past is revealed, will Sarah be able forgive yet another deception?\nMy Review: 5 Stars\nIn a gripping story of redemption, this author weaves a tale full of historical facts, romance, and entertainment. I guess I haven't been fortunate to read a lot about what was going on in Australia during the Regency period. Convicts made their restitutions and settlers forged new territory, seemingly with either horse or sheep farms, and Aborigines struggled to understand the motives of these newcomers. I was fascinated by all the details and relationships, but especially with Sarah.\nAs a young child, she sailed to Australia to finally be with her settler father again, only to find out that he had died just months before. Due to a few misfortunate events, she struggles to trust and doesn't think anyone can change. While I could completely understand her feelings, it was frustrating to me that she could judge others so harshly. She had some pretty harsh prejudices. I love the events that almost force her to reconsider and to take a deep, inner look at herself.\nThis story isn't all as light and fluffy as sheep's wool--there are some great teaching moments, times of danger and adventure, endearing friendships, and a tad bit of sweet romance. I love how this author tells the tales of so many different places during this time period and they're not all set in the ballroom or at a country estate.\nContent: mild violence (vague talk of death, danger, etc); mild romance.\n*I received a copy through the publisher with no obligation for a positive review. All thoughts are my own.*\na Rafflecopter giveaway", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Ask Me Anything! Featuring Sarah McLeod ~ Sustainable Gardening Expert\nApril 29 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm\nJoin our guest, gardening professional Sarah McLeod for a chat online. Get advice on pesticide-free gardening, natural disease control & sustainable garden practices. Sarah will be here to answer your questions! https://notlpubliclibrary.org\nThe Niagara-on-the-Lake Local and notllocal.com were established in 2018 to be your community newspaper. We hope you will think of us as The Local, representing the heart and soul of the community you call home.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "DOGtober: Fall Festival\nOctober 27, 2018 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm| Free\nRemember our Cat Cafe earlier this year? Well a new event is coming this October for the dog-lovers!\nJoin us for our DOGtober: Fall Festival here at the library, and meet some of Etowah Valley Humane Society’s adoptable dogs! This is a free outdoor event, featuring warm drinks (kindly donated by Starbucks), fall-themed decorations, and the amazing adoptable pups from the humane society.\nWe’ll enjoy the beautiful fall weather and play with cute dogs – what could be better? You might even find your new best friend!\nAdditional details TBA!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Andrew W. Mellon Undergraduate Fellow in the Humanities\n2006—2007 Forum on Travel\nIntellectual History, Religious Studies\nTreading the Abyss: The Distressing Journey in Kierkegaardian Faith\nBetween 1841 and 1843, Danish philosopher Soren Kierkegaard left his fiancée, traveled to Berlin twice, and wrote three groundbreaking works. His personal reflections on travel amid love and loss gave way over time to a complex conception of Christian faith as an unremittingly taxing journey to reconcile, overcome, and even incorporate opposing forces such as doubt and despair. With particular attention to Fear and Trembling (1843) and The Sickness Unto Death (1849), I will consider developments and continuity in Kierkegaard's use of travel imagery. I hope to contextualize his innovative and challenging conception of faith.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "THE CONFERENCE ON CHRISTIANITY AND LITERATURE is an interdisciplinary society dedicated to exploring the relationships between Christianity and literature. Organized formally in 1956, CCL is dedicated to both scholarly excellence and collegial exchange and includes hundreds of members from a variety of academic institutions and religious traditions from the United States, Canada, and more than a dozen other countries.\n2020 CCL LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD\nThe Conference on Christianity and Literature is pleased to announce that Christian Wiman and Ralph C. Wood are recipients of the CCL Lifetime Achievement Award.\nChristian Wiman was raised in West Texas and earned a BA at Washington and Lee University. A former Guggenheim fellow, Wiman served as the editor of Poetry magazine from 2003 to 2013. Wiman is the author of numerous books of poetry, prose, and poetry in translation. Survival Is a Style (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2020) is Wiman's most recent collection. The collection Every Riven Thing (2010) won the Commonwealth Prize from the English Speaking Union, was a finalist for the Kingsley-Tufts Poetry Award, and was named one of the New Yorker’s top 11 poetry books of 2010. His collection, Once in the West (2014) was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle award. His debut collection, The Long Home (1998), won the Nicholas Roerich Poetry Prize. Stolen Air (2012) contains Wiman’s translations of Osip Mandelstam’s poetry. Wiman’s essay collections include He Held Radical Light: The Art of Faith, the Faith of Art (2018), My Bright Abyss: Meditation of a Modern Believer (2013) and Ambition and Survival: Becoming a Poet (2007). Wiman has taught at Stanford University, Northwestern University, Lynchburg College, and Yale Divinity School. He lives in New Haven, Connecticut.\nRalph C. Wood is University Professor of Theology and Literature at Baylor University. He holds the B.A. and M.A. from East Texas State College (now Texas A&M University-Commerce) as well as the A.M. and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago. From 1971-1997 he taught at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where he was the John Allen Easley Professor of Religion from 1990. He has also taught at Providence College in Rhode Island, at Samford University in Birmingham, and at Regent College in Vancouver. His books include: Chesterton: The Nightmare Goodness of God (2011); Preaching and Professing: Sermons by a Teacher Seeking to Profess the Gospel (2009); Literature and Theology (2008); Flannery O'Connor and the Christ-Haunted South (2004); Contending for the Faith: Essays in the Church's Engagement with Culture (2003); and The Gospel According to Tolkien: Visions of the Kingdom in Middle-earth (2003).\n2020 BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD\nThe Conference on Christianity and Literature is pleased to announce that the 2020 CCL Book of the Year Award has been awarded to the late Brian Doyle for his book One Long River of Song: Notes on Wonder (Little, Brown & Company, 2019). Brian Doyle died in 2017 at 60 of complications from a brain tumor. He left behind seven novels, six collections of poems, and 13 essay collections. \"Doyle was a practicing Catholic who wrote frequently about his faith, but this book carries not a whiff of sanctity or orthodoxy,\" writes Margaret Renkl in her review of One Long River of Song for The New York Times. \"God’s acolyte is Doyle himself, missing not a single gorgeous blessing in a life so full of love it spilled over into essay after essay after essay. This book is made up almost entirely of praise songs, often for the people Doyle loved — wife, children, parents, brothers, sisters, friends — but just as often for the natural world of shrews and hummingbirds and hawks and sturgeon and fishers and great blue herons and pretty much every other creature he happened to encounter. ... Every living thing intrigued him and was worthy of his powerful capacity for study and his equally powerful capacity for celebration.\"\n2021 LIONEL BASNEY AWARD\nThe Conference on Christianity and Literature is pleased to announce Joshua King as the winner of the 2021 Lionel Basney Award for his essay “Revelatory Beasts: Christina Rossetti on the Apocalypse and Creation’s Worship,” published in volume 70, issue 4 of Christianity and Literature. The essay recovers Rossetti’s exegetical voice as a widely read and well-respected source of devotional biblical commentary. Drawing particularly from Face of the Deep: A Devotional Commentary on the Apocalypse and from her later poetry, King reveals Rossetti’s vision of the entire created order as a “worshipping community” lifting its praise to God. This doxological vision of creation was deeply informed by the Anglo-Catholic liturgy of the Tractarians and as such offers what King calls an “ecotheology” that has profound implications for contemporary ecocriticism and poetics. This is an important work of scholarship for multiple reasons: first, as a work of historical scholarship, it reminds us that both Rossetti and the earlier Tractarians were attentive to the entire created order, other-than-human beings included. Second, this article broadens our understanding of Rossetti and of her influence within late Victorian religious and poetic circles, attending to her currently lesser-known work in a way that will likely enrich scholarly understanding of her better-appreciated works as well. Third, King draws Rossetti into contemporary ecopoetic conversations and notes that Rossetti’s theocentric vision for the created order offers a corrective to the “ecocentrism of contemporary ecopoetics.” For instance, he notes that Rossetti’s vision of a worshipping creation should invite a reappraisal of the more dismissive criticism of Christianity as a purely “other-worldly” religion whose apocalypticism too often seems at odds with environmental stewardship. Attempts to align theology with ecocriticism sometimes glibly efface historical plausibility and serious theology in their attempts to make religious writing seem friendly to contemporary ecocritical movements, but King does not do this. King's liturgical perspective on Rossetti's treatment of creation in The Face of the Deep is historically, theologically, and aesthetically serious, while also performing important bridge-building between religion and ecocriticism. The essay is also beautifully argued, clear, and persuasive. Members of the committee praised King’s graceful close reading of Rossetti’s texts; his masterful sense of the scholarly conversation; and his winsome blend of historical, biblical, theological, and ecocritical contexts. By bringing Rossetti’s late nineteenth century, theologically informed voice into conversation with contemporary ecopoetics, this essay exemplifies the scholarly ideals of the Conference on Christianity and Literature.\nCCL at MLA 2023 | San Francisco\n402. Global Christianities and Global Literatures, Saturday, January 7, 2023, 8:30-9:45am, Moscone West 2002\nPhilip Jenkins has drawn attention to the emergent “new faces of Christianity”—believers and faith communities from across the Global South that have gained prominence amid declining European and North American religious groups. The cultural, social, and theological aspects of these religious expressions throughout Latin and South America, Africa, and Asia complicate and challenge commonly held notions about the field of \"Christianity and literature,\" widening the scope of scholarly engagement.\nChair: Mark Andrew Eaton, Azusa Pacific University\n- Angelica Duran, Purdue University\n\"Milton’s Early Modern English Protestant Paradise Lost on the Modern Mexican Public Stage\"\n- Bennett DiDente Comerford, Harvard University\n“A Global Literature of Vernacular Proportions: Language, Religion, & Resistance in Modern Bengali”\n- Mary W. McCampbell, Lee University\n\"A Clash of Kingdoms: Secondary Trauma and Spiritual Formation in Purple Hibiscus and Transcendent Kingdom\"\nRespondent: Cynthia R. Wallace, St. Thomas More College, University of Saskatchewan\nCCL at MLA 2022 | Washington, DC\nBelief and Dante: Global perspectives on The Divine Comedy\n2021 marks the 700th anniversary of Dante Alighieri’s death and the completion of The Divine Comedy. The Conference on Christianity and Literature invites paper proposals for the 2022 MLA conference that consider the contemporary relevance of Dante’s work, across geographies, traditions, genres, and languages. In particular, this panel invites papers that seek to explore, interrogate, or clarify the stakes and status of belief itself, whether in Dante or in contemporary responses to the poem.\nCCL at MLA 2021 | Toronto\nCCL at MLA 2020 | Seattle\nCCL at MLA 2019 | Chicago\nCCL at MLA 2018 | New York\nCCL at MLA 2017 | Philadelphia\nCCL at MLA 2016 | Austin\nCCL at MLA 2015 | Vancouver\nCCL at MLA 2014 | Chicago\nTHE SCHOLARS OF LITERATURE AND RELIGION (SOLAR) NETWORK HAS LAUNCHED!\nThe Conference on Christianity & Literature is pleased to invite you to take advantage of this new tool from the Rivendell Center for Theology and the Arts (RCTA) at Yale University. This online directory is designed to serve both students and scholars working at the intersection of literature and religion. Find out more by clicking here.\nUPCOMING REGIONAL CONFERENCES\nFor announcements about upcoming CCL Regional Conferences, please click here.\nLIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD\nAny member of CCL may submit the name of a person to be considered for the award. All nominations are to be made in writing and submitted to the President no later than November 1. Each nomination should be accompanied by a brief letter of recommendation along with either a copy of the nominee’s cv or an equivalent biographical sketch; the latter documents may be supplied in electronic form or as links to web sites containing the information. The CCL Board of Directors will consider the nominations and conclude the selection process at its annual meeting in early January. For a list of the long line of distinguished recipients of the CCL Lifetime Achievement Award, please click here.\nCCL FELLOWSHIPS AND GRANTS\nFor information about CCL Fellowships and Grants, please click here.\nImago Dei: Poems from Christianity & Literature brings together a collection of poems reflecting on faith and art. The editor of the volume, Jill Baumgaertner, a poet herself, was President of CCL from 1999-2003. For more information, please click here\nYou can now check out the latest CCL news on Facebook. Click on the Facebook icon below.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Washington Papers Consolidated Index | F | Fairfax, George William | fees of office to be sent to\nFrom George William Fairfax, 10 January 1774 [Colonial Series 9:447]\nDocuments in this publication are viewable by registered users only. Log in\nGuest users have access to all documents in the Founders\nEarly Access publication.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Book Club - \"Convenience Store Woman\"\nThis group reads and discusses mainly fiction and historical fiction, with a few interesting and relevant non-fiction choices added throughout the year.\nThis meeting will be held at 6 pm virtually via Zoom. Let us know if you would like to participate so that we can send you the link and password.\nThe surprise hit of the summer and winner of Japan's prestigious Akutagawa Prize, Convenience Store Woman is the incomparable story of Keiko Furukura, a thirty-six-year-old Tokyo resident who has been working at the Hiiromachi \"Smile Mart\" for the past eighteen years.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Terms of reference\nThe SHL Music Collection Working Group exists to enable direct communication between library users, the Institute of Musical Research, and SHL specialist staff, on matters pertaining to collection development, local and national library matters affecting Music, and the profile of the collection in the wider musical and academic community.\nIts remit is:\n1 To receive reports on the development of the Music Collection and the general operation of Music library services within SHL.\n2 To offer guidance to SHL on potential improvements to SHL Music provision.\n3 To advise SHL on the co-ordination of collection development within the University of London and between the SHL and the British Library\n4 To work to enhance the value and profile of the SHL Music Collection as a research and reference resource within the wider community.\nPaul Archbold (IMR) - Chair\nKathy Adamson (RAM)\nTony Burton - External reader\nArdis Butterfield (UCL)\nSarah Callis (RAM)\nMichael Fend (KCL)\nRachel Harris (SOAS)\nColin Homiski (SHL)\nStephen Rose (RHUL)\nRichard Chesser - British Library corresponding member", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The roman triumph was a civil ceremony and religious rite of ancient rome, held to publicly celebrate and sanctify the success of a military commander who had led roman forces to victory in the service of the state or, originally and traditionally, one who had successfully completed a foreign war. - triumph of the will and jud suess as nazi propaganda it has been readily admitted that propaganda has little to do with the truth why then is it so convincing why does the demagogic appeal of propaganda triumph over reason and truth. Author herman, arthur, 1956- author title the cave and the light : plato versus aristotle, and the struggle for the soul of western civilization / arthur herman. The triumph of the west is noted historian jm roberts's engrossing, well-reasoned, in-depth essay on the nature of the dominance of western civilization, its rise to global hegemony, and its ambiguous triumph roberts's interest is not in judging the west's push toward greater cultural preeminence but in gaining a better understanding of.\nGeneral vadim kozlov (civbe) edit classic editor history talk (0) share slavic federation leaders (starships) to cross the kuiper belt our history is one of the triumph of reason over ignorance, malice and greed since the very moment of birth our nation has been destined to go forward and further up civilization wiki is a fandom. The triumph of nature over civilization: the disintegration of dick diver sonny elizondo the exact nature of dick diver's descent throughout the course of tender is the night is difficult to discern it is clear enough that his disintegration is occasioned by nicole's burgeoning independence, but why or how her transformation affects him this. As part of our commitment to the celebration of forgotten classics—ie, great works of the past which have been intentionally flushed down the memory hole by our orwellian overlords—national vanguard is proud to present a condensed edition of lothrop stoddard’s pioneering treatise the revolt against civilization: the menace of the underman, originally published in 1922.\nPerhaps there is something about the early days of november when the facade of civilization, which drapes over barbarism like a thin garment of propriety, succumbs to the darker angels of our nature who scream to the world that a new order has arrived and they are its leaders. The failure of technology & the collapse of maya civilization 1 demands for fueling the kilns w timber when producing cement for construction, land for expansion of agriculture, & fuel for domestic use resulted in deforestation of the lush rainforest of the city states. The triumph of christianity: how a forbidden religion swept the world, by bart d ehrman, new york: simon & schuster, 2018, xiv + 335 pages, hardcover although the majority of americans may not. The noun civilization can be countable or uncountable in more general, commonly used, contexts, the plural form will also be civilization however, in more specific contexts, the plural form can also be civilizations eg in reference to various types of civilizations or a collection of civilizations.\n2 • triumph of design richard dakwins, one of the foremost and premier darwin dominant advocates, says that natural selection is a blind, unconscious, automatic process which is the explanation for the existence and purposeful form for all life. The film 'triumph of the will' made by our great heroine leni riefenstahl has a very specific significance in my view it represents the triumph of our aryan will or intention over the random circumstances of nature. It is a triumph of mind over matter, of reason over instinct, and of the distinctly human over humankind’s animal nature these are what have made possible civilization, as well as culture, its constant and necessary companion. The sacrifice of the bull, and games like the taurokatharpsia that revolved around the animal, were central part of the minoan religious festivals, symbolizing perhaps man's interaction with powerful natural elements, and ultimately his triumph over them through skill and power.\nNature vs civilization nature for huck, nature is a place where you can go to get away from a negative environment nature can bring out the best in a person just like it did for huck throughout the book nature. Outline of the triumph of the bourgeoisie posted on july 6, 2017 by jamesmarlandson this post reviews history, philosophy and religion, literature, art and architecture and goes from 1830 to 1871. The triumph of virtual reality and its implications for philosophy and civilization dr glenn mclaren abstract: relatively unchanging computer memory over the plastic, interpretative nature of human remembering that sees us creatively constructing the past in the present 14 as. Ralph is the athletic, charismatic protagonist of lord of the flies elected the leader of the boys at the beginning of the novel, ralph is the primary representative of order, civilization, and productive leadership in the novel.\nThe triumph of the west is noted historian j m roberts' engrossing, well-reasoned, in-depth essay on the nature of the dominance of western civilization and its ambiguous triumph roberts' interest is not in judging the west's push toward greater cultural preeminence but in gaining a better understanding of the present by analyzing what got. Man may have all the technology that gets everything done but at times, nature can gain control over things in places that had abandoned buildings or villages, nature wins, which somehow shows that we are living a limited time on earth and that nature exists longer than human life. That concept would evolve over the twentieth century to the denial of human nature and to social constructionism, which would become the theme of twentieth-century american social science, progressivism, and postmodern multiculturalism. Over the past half-century, many other voices of reflective men and women have been heard to the same effect a girl at the door of an inn, have changed the face of fortune, and almost of nature” that what many people mistake for the triumph of our civilization actually consists of powers that are disintegrating our culture that the.\nInstead of wringing our hands over the suicide of the worst, we should rejoice at the survival of the best the church, as chesterton reminds us, is a heavenly chariot careening through the ages, reeling but erect. The triumph of science over death, also known as scientia, is a clay sculpture made by josé rizal as a gift to his friend ferdinand blumentritt  the statue depicts a young, nude woman with flowing hair, standing on a skull while bearing a torch. Civilization is a triumph of mind over matter, of reason over instinct, and of the distinctly human over mankind's animal nature these are what have made possible civilization, as well as culture, its constant and necessary companion.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Writing A Children’s Book: What You Need To Know\nThe books we love as children stay with us for a lifetime, and there is no simpler joy than returning to a beloved, well-thumbed favourite with the nostalgic eyes of adulthood. Most people assume that writing their own children’s book will be just as simple, but creating a manuscript that stands out in such a highly competitive market can be incredibly tough (more picture books are received by editors than any other genre). In this article we explore how best to approach writing a piece of children’s literature, which you can use as a guide when arranging your thoughts, and get off to the best possible start in your writer’s journey.\nAs with so many popular literary genres, there are certain stereotypes that have gradually become attached to the idea of writing for children. Most centre around the preconception that as children’s literature is aimed at young minds, it must be immature and unchallenging, entertaining for the little ones but lacking in the depth and complexity of any true literary work that would capture an adult.\nThis stereotype is reductive and ill-informed of the true scope of modern day children’s literature. A body of work that has been developing and thriving for the past two centuries, books for children merit the same respect as any other literary genre. Those who are unconvinced need think only of great works such as Alice in Wonderland, Harry Potter and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy– all were originally written for children, but have captured the imaginations of schoolchildren and academic scholars alike. The imaginary worlds of Wonderland, Hogwarts and Lyra’s Oxford, as well as the settings of many other great children’s works, involve complex world-building and tackle weighty themes such as identity, religion, race, gender and philosophy.\nSo with this powerful inspiration in mind, where do you begin writing your own children’s book?\n1 – Who Are You Writing For?\nA great children’s book has mass appeal, but ultimately this genre is classified, marketed and sold through key age demographics (5-8, 9-12, YA, etc). Particularly for very young children, each stage of cognitive development will require a slightly different format and approach. Figuring out the core age group your book appeals to is a fairly straightforward task, but will cement a strong target readership for when you publish.\n2 – What Makes Your Book Unique?\nThe children’s publishing market is hugely competitive, and there’s no point writing something that’s already been done to death. Research the market online and in bookshops, and by speaking to children within your target audience, as well as their parents and teachers. See what’s currently selling well, and strike a balance between satisfying popular demand and creating a unique piece of work with your own personal stamp on it!\n3 – Are You Hitting All The Right Notes?\nOnce you’ve established your target market and the book’s content, it’s time to begin planning and writing. At this point it’s crucial to ensure your narrative has all the key elements required to make this book a success. As with any group of readers, children are seeking memorable characters, relatable themes, and a clear, strong narrative (children are highly plot driven). Your biggest mark of success will be creating a book that children want to re-read again and again!\n4 – Who’s On Your Team?\nEven if your book is incredibly short and simple, all manuscripts benefit hugely from a fresh pair of eyes (preferably quite a few pairs). A good editor will assist with narrative structure, proofreading your text and providing valuable feedback based on a solid understanding of the industry. Unless you’re an artist yourself, you may also need to outsource for illustrations and your book’s cover art. And don’t forget to get reviews and feedback from your target audience itself– if they don’t like it, then what’s the point?\nThere is no one magic formula on how to write a children’s book, and nor should there be. Children value creativity and diversity more than almost any other readership, and your narrative voice should add something unique to the genre in a way that may never have been seen before. Use these tips as a strong starting point – and see just how far you can go.\n● Children’s Literature in the 18th and 19th century: https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/themes/childhood-and-childrens-literature\n● Encyclopaedia of Children’s Literature: https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/themes/childhood-and-childrens-literature\n● Children’s Author Resources: https://www.kotobee.com/blog/top-resources-websites-children-ya-authors/\n● Industry News: https://www.thebookseller.com/news/childrens\n● Children’s Book Recommendations: https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/our-recommendations/100-best-books/\nBy Lucy Brem", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A Venue for the End of the World DVD\nDocumentary about the pros and cons that come with having an audience listen to your every word.\nFeaturing interviews from people in the music industry including Ian Anderson from Jethro Tull and Michael Shrieve of Santana as well as comedian and film-maker Paul Provenza, the documentary looks at the power of manipulation held by these people and the similarities of the stage presence with that of the Nazis.\n- Format: DVD\n- Region: 2\n- Certification: (Ex)\n- EAN: 0187830004405\n- Catalogue number: BDVD0440\n- Studio: Wienerworld\n- Release date: 09/05/2016\n- Genre: Documentaries & Biographies\n- Colour: Colour", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Our Audio >>\nListen to radio interviews and podcasts.\nOur Video >>\nWatch segments of news commentary, interviews and public education events.\nOur Intern Blog >>\nRead our interns insightful commentary on issues related to race, racism, class, affirmative action, advocacy, prison reform and intersectionality.\nOur Press Releases >>\nA collection of press releases announcing groundbreaking publications, advocacy efforts, conferences and workshops.\nAAPF In the News >>\nRead the latest AAPF activities that have been covered in the media, from speeches at college campuses to appearances and commentary on major media outlets.\nOur Poll Archives >>\nA collection of past website “quick polls” that take a sampling of opinions on a range of topics.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "How Long is Long Enough: Records Retention and Your Agency\nManaging and maintaining a steady flow of data are two major components of the records management equation. Then there’s retention. Where records go—and how long they stay there depends on the agency, the nature of the information and the data source itself.\nAll records are not created equal. So how do you determine how, how long and where to keep them? The answer to that potentially boggling question starts with a few basic considerations. Consult this checklist before embarking on your own records retention plan:\nConsider the Source\nNot all data is created equal. Traditional paper, audio and video data sources—and now email—have longer shelf lives than tweets, Facebook posts and blog posts. This distinction notwithstanding, the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Guidance on Managing Web Records suggests that those in charge of records retention should treat web content as if it might be included in federal records—even though, by some estimates, well under five percent of such web-generated information finds its way there.\nConsider the Record Type\nThe nature of the information on record also plays a large role in determining its ultimate lifespan. For starters, tax, military and benefits records are endowed with greater longevity than certain employment information, and there are even variations within each of those categories: In some cases, government agencies must retain pension and welfare information for six years, while they can destroy employment verification forms and some payroll records after three years. Over time, the government has tweaked and tuned retention requirements for evidentiary records maintained by agencies such as the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).\nConsider the Agency\nWhether tracking criminals, plotting military maneuvers or distributing benefits, every agency has its own records retention schedule. The Department of Labor must keep Adjudicatory Boards' Monthly Reports for three years, while Social Security benefits records extend well past the life of the taxpayer—and through the lives of his or her beneficiaries.\nThe Army has noted that some records “protect the rights and interests of the Army and its current and former members, and those records are of permanent value.” In contrast, the Army stipulates that records “related to matters involved in administrative or legal proceedings” should be kept only until “the staff judge advocate or legal advisor authorizes resumption of normal disposition.”\nConsider The FOIA\nThe stringent requirements of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) also impact record retention parameters. Following it to the letter greatly diminishes your exposure to risk, liability and the possibility of lawsuits.\nIf you’re grappling with record retention issues, these steps are essential for success:\n- Identify the data source.\n- Determine the record type and classification.\n- Assign records a home based on use. Some must be more easily accessed than others.\n- Know long term what to send to the archives at NARA. Agencies can port permanent records to NARA where they are archived.\n- Develop a records management policy specifying retention requirements.\n- Train and educate employees on policies and requirements.\n- Learn your agency's official disposition schedule.\n- Update and enforce your agency's records retention policy.\n- Familiarize agency workers with the Freedom of Information Act and its special record retention requirements.\nThese four sets of considerations are a great start to building a long-term retention program—one that your agency can deploy over time to meet the challenge of Tweets, Facebook and bog posts, and whatever incarnation of data comes your way.\nMore questions about Records Storage Services for the Federal Government? Read additional Knowledge Center stories on these subjects, or contact Iron Mountain’s consulting services team. You’ll be connected with a knowledgeable product and services specialist who can address your information management challenges.\nManaging Records the FOIA Way\nYour Agency and the Open Government Directive\nA Safer Space: Assessing Your NARA Compliance Status", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "- This event has passed.\nOrkney Energy Futures: Book Launch and Talks\n21 February 2019 @ 19:30 - 21:30\nBook launch and talks inspired by my new book, ‘Energy at the End of the World: an Orkney Islands Saga‘ published this month by MIT Press.\nMore than a book launch, a celebration of reflection of Orknery energy futures. Featuring discussion and work by Anne Bevan, Pamela Beasant, Gareth Davies, Clive Brookes, Mark Hull, and Neil Kermode.\nFree entry. Book readings. Author signing. Short film. Poetry. Energy (and energetic) discussion. Celebratory glass of something. All welcome.\nPeople. Place. Art. Energy. Futures.\nThursday 21 February\nWarehouse Buildings, Stromness Library", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Lori Wick has published 62 romance novels, with an average book rating of 4.04 out of 5 stars. A lot of the books are set in historical times.\nA very well recieved series by Lori Wick are the historical Kensington Chronicles books, featuring christian and regency tropes. A second often recommended series are the historical English Garden novels, tagged as regency and christian. The most favorited books are Sophie's Heart, The Knight and the Dove, Wings of the Morning and The Princess Special Edition. Lori Wick's latest book is Sophie's Heart Special Edition which was published in 2019.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Bridging the Digital Divide investigates problems of unequal access to information technology. The author redefines this problem, examines its severity, and lays out what the future implications might be if the digital divide continues to exist.Examines unequal access to information technology in the United States. Analyses the success or failure of policies designed to address the digital divide. Draws on extensive fieldwork in several US cities. Makes recommendations for future public policy. Series editor: Manuel Castells.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Written by Chris Diaz, Digital Publishing Librarian\nUpdated March 9, 2020: The deadline for the grant application has been extended to March 20, 2020.\nThe Affordable Instructional Resources (AIR) initiative invites you to apply for a $5,000 grant to work on finding, adapting, and creating open educational resources (OER) for an upcoming undergraduate course. Funded by the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education and the Libraries, these grants are intended to support faculty use and creation of free and open alternatives to traditional textbooks in order to strengthen the quality of available OER and lower costs for students.\nAccording to the Northwestern Student Finance Office, students are likely to spend over $1,600 per year on books and supplies. The costs of textbooks in particular can be very stressful for students living on tight budgets. OER can be any educational resource that is made available for free under an open copyright license, like Creative Commons. The Open Textbook Library is a great starting point for finding OER for your subject area.\nLast year, AIR awarded eight grants to faculty who replaced their traditional textbook assignments by finding and modifying existing OER, or creating new OER from scratch. Here are a few examples from last year’s program:\n- Jean Clipperton (Weinberg) developed a new textbook on research methods in political science, featuring contributions from graduate student authors.\n- Jonathan Emery & Kenneth Shull (McCormick) are writing and publishing modules for the materials science and engineering core curriculum, including both instructor and student editions.\n- Shelby Hatch (Weinberg) found three chemistry textbooks in the Open Textbook Library and created a mashup for her course in Northwestern’s Prison Education Program.\nYou are welcome to email AIR at firstname.lastname@example.org ahead of time if you’d like to discuss an project idea before submitting an application. Applications are due March 9, 2020, and recipients will be notified no later than April 1, 2020.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Maitrii Aung-Thwin is an assistant professor of Southeast Asian History at the National University of Singapore.\nListed in: Asian Studies · History · Southeast Asian Studies\nIn late 1930, on a secluded mountain overlooking the rural paddy fields of British Burma, a peasant leader named Saya San crowned himself King and inaugurated a series of uprisings that would later erupt into one of the largest anti-colonial rebellions in Southeast Asian history.\n“Return of the Galon King is a brilliant example of listening to one's sources, rather than talking past them. By trying to understand what the Rebellion Tribunal was actually about, not what we want it to be about, Aung-Thwin has created an indispensable work out of an indispensable historical episode.”\nJournal of Southeast Asian Studies", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Reflecting pepi¿s sweet first words game, Kanohi-My Face features kiwi kids having fun. Use Kanohi-My Face to learn the parts of pepi¿s face together with some simple te reo Maori repeated again in English. Hand drawn images grace every page of these durable, gloss finish, wipable, chewabl ...Show more\nFind nga ahua - the shapes - in the beautifully rendered illustrations. Learn the kupu (words) in Te Reo Maori and English. Enjoy these hardwearing, glossy, new board books from the team at Reo Pepi.\nCount the toys in Te Reo Maori and English with your tamariki. Beautiful and funny illustrations paired with straightforward phrases will have you counting with both languages in no time.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Hello and welcome to our look at some new releases at the Johnson County Library! Each month we look at five fiction titles making their debut that we think you should know about. You might not find these books on the bestseller lists, but that's okay, as we love putting the spotlight on books you might not have heard about. Give one - or more - of these titles a chance to make it in your hold list. We hope you find something new!\nKaren Thompson Walker is one of those authors who doesn't release a lot of books, or release them very often, but when she does, it’s always a good idea to sit up and take notice. Her latest is called THE DREAMERS, and it’s a stunning piece of literary fiction that is a must for your book club. The novel is set in a small college town in California, where a young student falls asleep after a night partying with her classmates - and doesn’t wake up. Soon more students succumb to the - virus? plague? pandemic? - that quickly sweeps through campus and then into the town itself, which is sealed off from the rest of the world by the authorities. But this is no “World War Z” style thriller - Thompson writes about the interior lives of the students and residents who are caught up in this slow-motion apocalypse, digging into the lives of characters who love, mature, fear for their future, and, of course, dream. Beautifully written, insightful, and stunning, this is perfect for those who liked her previous novel, THE AGE OF MIRACLES, and to authors like Emily St. John Mandel and Louise Erdrich.\nIt is a truth universally acknowledged that there are at least a hundred books on library shelves that are some version of Jane Austen’s PRIDE & PREJUDICE. One even features zombies! The latest to hit the shelves (and most definitely DOES NOT have any zombies) is UNMARRIAGEABLE by Soniah Kamal, set in modern-day Pakistan. Kamal takes the Jane Austen framework, updates it, and immerses it in another culture while adding Kamal’s dry wit, wordplay, and character work. Don’t mistake this for a carbon-copy knockoff, however: this stands alone as a charming, dazzling novel that both feels familiar and also gives the reader something new - a look at Pakistani customs, social norms, and family and courtship dynamics that can differ a bit from the 19th century British original. This is a book to savor, enjoy, and leave you with a smile on your face and is absolutely well worth seeking out.\nWith novels like LILLIAN BOXFISH TAKES A WALK and A MAN CALLED OVE, stories of grumpy older folks looking back to review their lives, is almost its own genre at this point. Sofia Lundberg’s THE RED ADDRESS BOOK neatly fits into this genre and is a charming and witty book. The title refers to the address book that belongs to Doris, a 96-year-old Swedish woman, originally given to her by her father. She recorded the names and addresses of most everyone she’s ever met and now thumbs through the book as she recovers from an accident in a hospital, relating her life story to her American grandniece, Jenny. We trace Doris’ story from working as a servant girl in a wealthy household to the runways of Paris to fleeing Europe on the eve of World War 2 and up to the present day. Sweeping, poignant, and emotionally charged, Lundberg’s novel is laced with both joy and sadness. (After finishing this novel, you might run out to buy your own physical address book - a novel based on going though your Facebook Friends List doesn’t quite have the same feel.)\nSeanan McGuire’s “Wayward Children” series is an absolute delight for those of us who read “The Chronicles of Narnia” when we were younger and sometimes still check the back of the clothes closet to see if any secret passageways to magical worlds might be waiting for us. McGuire’s series takes that concept and runs with it, and each novel is a marvel of magical realism and fantasy. Better still, each novel in the series is a standalone, so it’s not necessarily required to read the series in order. Here, IN AN ABSENT DREAM features Lundy, a very serious young girl who has all her life meticulously planned out for her by her parents - and that life decidedly does not include interesting things like adventures. So she finds her way to a magical realm called the Goblin Market, where everything is negotiated and bargained for, and where you always have to pay your debts. She finds friends, magic and adventure, but those things do come at a price, and sometimes at a price Lundy isn’t prepared to pay. McGuire’s writing is at times wistful, intoxicating, and knowing, and each of her novels (this is the fourth in this series - she has others) are things of wonder and delight.\nPsychological thrillers show no sign of slowing down in 2019. Titles from the genre dominate the bestseller lists even though they’ve only been around for less than a decade. (Gillian Flynn’s GONE GIRL, arguably the novel that kicked off the modern trend, was published only seven years ago.) An early nomination for the year’s standout title is AN ANONYMOUS GIRL written by the tag team of Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, authors of last year’s also excellent THE WIFE BETWEEN US. Here, the focus is on a makeup artist who is looking to make a few extra bucks by answering questions for a case study on ethics and morality given by a college professor. Finding herself to be an ideal candidate, she gets drawn in further into the study and into the life of its creator, Dr. Shields. Alternating from points of view between the two, the novel ratchets up the tension as the study veers into some dark corners as the novel goes from fairly conventional to OH MY GOD WHAT JUST HAPPENED within just a few chapters. Go ahead and block off a few hours after your usual bedtime, as you’ll be reading this one deep into the night.\nThank you for joining us as we look at some of this month's new releases! Be sure to rate and comment on items you like in the catalog, and be sure to ask your friendly neighborhood library staff what they think you'd like.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Lily is using some of the level 6-8 Moving Beyond the Page curriculum this year, and there we came across the book Africa is Not a Country. I just have to take a moment to rave here. Lily is my third to be doing the whole exploring the geography of the continents and learning about different cultures thing that pretty much every curriculum includes in the early years. It is important, but I have always been kind of \"meh\" on most of the books we have encountered over the years. They are either not detailed enough but interesting (thinking more fiction) or very detailed but very dry reading for the early years. With that, I was very very pleasantly surprised to see this one.\nThe illustrations are drawn rather than photos but detailed. The front has a string of kids holding various flags of the countries within Africa. It has a map of Africa in the front with all the countries labeled, but it does break it down into more manageable pieces for the elementary imagination. Example: \"If you drew a picture of Africa's landscapes on a large pie and cut it into ten equal pieces, only one pieces would contain all of its rain forests. Four pieces would represent the deserts ....\" This is something a kid can understand.\nFollowing this, each 2-page spread shows a nice illustration of a family and some about that family in narrative style. The cultural information is nicely included into the text with the focus being on the children described and not the list of details, i.e., \"The boys kiss their parents' hands and respond 'Yekenielai,' which means 'thank-you' in Tigrinya, a widely spoken language in Eritrea.\" In the sense that each page turn encompasses a different region, it reads similar to Children Just Like Me by DK Publishing. That, by the way, is our second favorite for teaching about world cultures to children.\nAfrica is not a country though is (obviously!) just about Africa unlike the DK book, and it is much much less dense. I think for my family the DK book is better for 3-6th grades, child the Africa Is Not a Country book is suitable for the younger set, down into pre-K. The back does contain a summary of each country with population, capital and so forth for reference, but the focus is really reading it aloud for youngers. Lily really really loved this one for learning. The prior study was Asia, and we did use Exploring Asia by Kalman, but as mentioned above it was data dense and a little dry though still good. This one on Africa though really stands out among the crowd for interest in the youngest students so I had to put that out there!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "There are few modern writers as divisive as Chuck Palahniuk. His minimalist, repetitive style and bleak, amoral universes can be tough to enjoy; he’s admitted to purposefully twisting his prose to make it more difficult for readers to digest. Throw a book across a crowded room and you’re as likely to hit someone who hates Palahniuk as you are to hit a passionate fan.\nIf you’re not sure which of those categories you fall into because you haven’t actually read any of Palahniuk’s work, don’t despair. At least, don’t despair until you actually read his work. Palahniuk is as prolific as he is difficult to love, and even those who regard him as an underrated artist and a powerful postmodern literary force might admit that not all of his books are equally great. Narrowing down his bibliography is a necessity if you’re going to dive in, so here are the 10 best Chuck Palahniuk books to check out.\n1. Fight Club\nThanks to the successful 1999 film adaptation, everyone has heard of Fight Club. It’s Palahniuk’s best to date, combining razor-sharp satire of modern society with an assured style that uses repetition and minimalism to great effect. The story of a troubled, unnamed narrator who becomes involved with underground, bare-knuckle fighting clubs and their charismatic leader, Tyler Durden, Fight Club pulls off a great twist without really being about the twist. What it’s really about is toxic masculinity and the corrosive psychological effects of a decadent society, themes it explores with merciless black humor. If you’re wondering if you’ll enjoy Palahniuk’s work, this is your litmus test.\nWhen a novelist begins a story with a man dictating into the Black Box of a crashing airliner, he’s establishing certain expectations in the reader. The story has to justify that kind of bombastic, almost comically epic scenario, and Palahniuk succeeds as long as the reader catches on to the joke. The man in the cockpit is Tender Branson, the last survivor of a cult called the Creedists whose members worked as domestic servants before a federal raid prompted a mass suicide. Palahniuk counts down to both the crash and the revelation of what the Creedists’ true intentions are, resulting in a tense, page-turning read.\nPalahniuk’s writing is disturbing because he explores the worst of us — the petty, terrified parts that we avoid. Lullaby zooms in to an uncomfortable degree as a journalist working on a story about Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) stumbles upon a nursery rhyme that kills anyone who hears it. Initially horrified, the reporter attempts to destroy all extant copies of the rhyme, but soon the power to destroy anyone who even slightly irritates him takes control. Like a Blumhouse film, it’s a ridiculous premise that Palahniuk handles with funereal seriousness and ink-black humor.\nShort fiction proves ideal for Palahniuk’s style and skill set. He obviously enjoys drilling into a single point of misery . Sometimes in his longer fiction, his plot feels superfluous because of his delight in scraping through the terrible things he discovers, but in his shorter work, the electric vibe of Palahniuk’s enthusiasm has less time to wander and waver. Make Something Up is a collection of stories that explore the sort of themes you’d expect — self-abuse, sexual kinks, shame and loathing — but with razor-sharp prose and brevity that guarantees you’re never trapped in one of Palahniuk’s morbid settings for too long. If you’re wondering if you’d enjoy a Palahniuk novel, dip your toe into these short stories.\nOne frequent knock against Palahniuk is that he repeats the same trick over and over again: Take a weird premise, add a sardonic, mumbling narrator, and dive deep into the minutiae of society’s margins. Haunted explodes that idea. The premise is odd: a group of aspiring writers agree to be locked inside an abandoned theater for a month to force themselves to write. It’s also ambitiously structured, with chapters alternating between the main narrative (wherein conditions rapidly deteriorate as each member sabotages something to gin up more drama) and short stories written from the characters’ points-of-view. It works very effectively and demonstrates Palahniuk’s stealth range as a writer. A highlight is the infamous story Guts, which reportedly made several people faint when he read the story in public. Considering the story is about a teenage boy who attempts to pleasure himself with a pool filter (with horrifying results), it’s absolutely possible.\nPalahniuk often takes a premise that shouldn’t be able to support a novel-length story and uses it to explore facets of society you wouldn’t immediately think of. Invisible Monsters is the story of an attention-seeking model who becomes so horrifyingly disfigured no one wants to look at her, rendering her invisible to a world that once couldn’t look away. There are themes of identity, sexuality, and the superficial horrors of the modern world. It’s all rendered with a blistering rage under the words; this was Palahniuk’s first novel, originally rejected by his publisher for being too disturbing, and its early provenance shows in its raw presentation. If you’re going to read this, look for the ‛remixed’ version, which is Palahniuk’s slightly revised and preferred version.\nPalahniuk’s 2001 novel is probably his most difficult work. The protagonist, Victor, is almost impossible to support. He’s a medical school dropout working at a historical theme park who pretends to choke on food at restaurants to claim free meals. He attends sex addiction group meetings with less-than noble intentions, and his relationship with his dementia-addled mother is tough to witness. Put it all together and it’s unrelentingly dark, but it’s also possibly the best writing Palahniuk has ever done. Unlike many of his protagonists, Victor never seems to realize how awful his life is, giving the story an unexpectedly poignant aspect, and the relatively low stakes keep the book more grounded than most of Palahniuk’s works.\nIf the premise of Snuff doesn’t turn you off, you might be a potential Palahniuk fan. Cassie Wright, a fading star of adult films, decides to cement her legacy by breaking the all-time record for most sex acts in a single production. Her willingness to explore the seedy and grotesque is one reason why she’s such a singular talent. The story switches focus between three men waiting their turns and Cassie’s producer, Sheila. Palahniuk explores porn and its impacts as well as a surprisingly deep look at mother-daughter relationships. Bottom line, if you love — or at least enjoy — Snuff, you are Chuck’s people.\nRant is a lot. It’s a story set in an alternative universe whose main character spreads a mutated form of the rabies virus. There’s an underground scene where people stage car crashes in order to role play, and there are zombies in a warped Jesus narrative. The story, in other words, is crazy. But good crazy, as it allows Palahniuk to explore the idea that myth and religion often start off telling one story and end up telling a wholly different narrative when the facts are twisted and the main character mysteriously vanishes after an accident. Bursting with ideas, this is a novel about ideas and how they can power movements and religions, even if they’re seemingly impossible to understand.\nMadison, a 13-year old girl, wakes up in Hell without knowing how she got there. She knows she’s dead, but she doesn’t know why. Her celebrity parents were neglectful, so Madison is well versed in making her own way in whatever world she finds herself in. Hell isn’t much of a challenge. In fact, in Palahniuk’s hilarious exploration of the literal banality of evil, Madison’s boredom soon makes her one of the most powerful forces in Hell. While the story gets bogged down in the less-interesting mystery of Madison’s precise cause of death, this is one of Palahniuk’s few truly fun novels, in which he posits that some of the worst demons of human history (including Hitler and Vlad the Impaler) are no match for a spoiled tween girl.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Bookmark: books and disability\nFind advice and book recommendations for families, teachers, librarians, authors and publishers.\nBooks can change lives\nFind out more about how we support families and practitioners to get children reading for fun.\nMake sure you don't miss a thing with BookTrust's news and blogs about everything to do with the children's book world.", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "Evidence of racial and ethnic discrimination stems mostly from experiments in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere that use names to signal race/ethnicity. Although recent work has examined individual racial perceptions of names in the U.S., no research has examined how names might convey immigrant generational status – an important signal for discrimination experiments across the world. I conduct a survey experiment that presents respondents with a series of first and last names to examine perceptions of immigrant generational status in the U.S. In total, 1,659 respondents provide information on 56 different names. I find that when presented with both traditional first and last Hispanic, Indian, or Chinese names, respondents most often believe that person was not born in the U.S. When presented with traditional white or Anglo first names combined with Hispanic or Asian last names, respondents most often believe that person was born in the U.S. but their parents were not. Individual names provide some variation within these results and some groups have stronger results than others. These findings have important implications for discrimination experiments in the U.S. and open the door for future research to distinguish between discrimination based on race/ethnicity and discrimination based on immigration status.\nScholars suggest that public mental health stigma operates at a meso-level and is associated with severity of symptoms, disclosure, self-esteem, and treatment-seeking behavior. However, the operationalization of public stigma nearly always comes from an individual-level generalization of what others believe. Using data from over 60,000 students on 75 U.S. college and university campuses between 2009 and 2015, we contextualize public stigma by creating a school-level measure of students’ individual-level endorsed mental health treatment stigma. We present multilevel logistic regression models for 21 different dependent variables. We find that even after controlling for individual-level stigma scores, school-level stigma is negatively associated with self-reports of suicidal ideation and self-injury, although not associated with screens for depression or anxiety. Moreover, school-level stigma is negatively associated with medication use, counseling and therapy visits, and to a lesser degree, informal support. We suggest that future research should continue to examine the contextual environment of public stigma, while policymakers may be able to implement changes to significantly reduce stigma at this level.\nThis book offers practical instruction on the use of audit studies in the social sciences. It features essays from sociologists, economists, and other experts who have employed this powerful and flexible tool. Readers will learn how to implement an audit study to examine a variety of questions in their own research. The essays first discuss situations where audit studies are the most effective. These tools allow researchers to make strong causal claims and explore questions that are often difficult to answer with observational data. Audit studies also stand as the single best way to conduct research on discrimination. The authors highlight what these studies have uncovered about labor market processes in the past decade. The next section gives some guidance on how to design an audit study. The essays cover the difficult task of getting a study through an institutional review board, the technical setup of matching procedures, and statistical power and analysis techniques.\nThe last part focuses on more advanced aspects. Coverage includes understanding context, what variables may signal, and the use of technology. The book concludes with a discussion of challenges and limitations with an eye towards the future of audit studies.\n“Field experiments studying and testing for housing and labor market discrimination have, rightly, become the dominant mode of discrimination-related research in economics and sociology. This book brings together a number of interesting and useful perspectives on these field experiments. Many different kinds of readers will find it valuable, ranging from those interested in getting an overview of the evidence, to researchers looking for guidance on the nuts and bolts of conducting these complex experiments.”\nDavid Neumark, Chancellor’s Professor of Economics at the University of California – Irvine\n“For decades, researchers have used experimental audit studies to uncover discrimination in a variety of markets. Although this approach has become more popular in recent years, few publications provide detailed information on the design and implementation of the method. This volume provides the first deep examination of the audit method, with details on the practical, political, analytical, and theoretical considerations of this research. Social scientists interested in consuming or contributing to this literature will find this volume immensely useful.”\nDevah Pager, Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Harvard University", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "You are viewing an archived copy of this website captured Wed Jan 22 11:05:29 AEDT 2014\n- Geoscience Australia\nA wide range of Australian spatial information maps with a geoscientific focus.\nAddresses and directions for Australia's major cities, including useful maps and directions for services.\n- All The World's Maps\nVery comprehensive gateway site to maps, embassies and country information.\n- Geographic Links\nMelbourne University's selection of online mapping sites, including sections for the Australian states and territories.\n- Map history / History of cartography\nA fascinating, and diverse, website for anyone interested in cartography. The section on historic maps is especially interesting.\n- Perry-Castaneda Library Map Collection\nInternational physical, historical and political maps for the map lover, with a US focus, but worldwide and historical coverage.\nPopular catalogue searches", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Title: Chaika The Coffin Princess Avenging Battle (Season 2) Blu-Ray\nDirector: Soichi Masui\nCreator: Ichiro Sakaki\nAnime Writer: Touko Machida\nU. S. Distributor: Sentai Filmworks, Section 23\nU. S. Release Date: September 27th, 2016\nFormat: Blu-ray/ 10 Episodes + 1 OVA/ 275 Minutes\nGenre: Fantasy, Action, Supernatural, Harem\nAge Rating: TV 14\nOverall Personal Rating: A-\nThe battle on the floating fortress is over, but the quest to recover the scattered remains of Emperor Gaz is too important to delay. As Chaika and her companions seek out the hero Claudia in order to obtain the heart, they race against Red Chaika, who seeks the hero, Guy, who possesses one of the arms.\nEven as Chaika struggles to learn the new magical skills required to defeat Claudia, a startling new revelation comes to light which may change their mission entirely: not all of Gaz’s magic research was destroyed, and information regarding the creation of the Chaikas may have been taken to a mysterious island!\nWith the possibility of uncovering the secrets behind their mysterious origins dangled in front of them, the Chaikas must decide whether or not they want to find the hidden island and brave its unknown perils. Could the entire thing be a trap?\nIt’s highly likely, but how can they resist the bait as the spellbinding adventure continues in CHAIKA THE COFFIN PRINCESS – AVENGING BATTLE!\nAfter almost 10 months Chaika returns to complete the series. Chaika the Coffin Princess Avenging Battle is more than the second season it manages to take the series to another level. There was much less concentration on the harem aspects and real focus on the plot and character development. The simple fact that all of the characters knew what they were after and set their sights on completing their mission was very helpful in drawing a clear line between them. As the mystery unfolded for both the viewer and the lead characters it became obvious that there had to be some soul searching as the final battle drew close.\nOverall Grade: A-\nUnlike the first season of Chaika the Coffin Princess, Chaika The Coffin Princess Avenging Battle is much faster and full of action. The plot develops at a lightening pace which is great if you are in a hurry to get to the end. I enjoyed it but felt like there could have been a little more story development to help explain everything that was going on. Even with the shortened length I still felt like there was plenty of information and lots of excitement. I was even pleased with the ending.\nIt was refreshing to have the series focus on the end and also loose some of the emphasis on the Moe and Harem aspects to provide a solid series that has plenty of characters that anyone can connect with.\nIf you liked the first season of Chaika then you will love Chaika The Coffin Princess Avenging Battle. If you haven’t seen the first season and are interested in some fun and excitement then you should check out the series from the beginning. I think you should be hooked and ready to see the rest.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Author: Swami SrikantanandaEditor(s): Swami SrikantanandaPublisher: Ramakrishna MathYear: 2011Language: EnglishPages: 146ISBN/UPC (if available): N/A\nThe Voice of Vivekananda is as vibrant as his radiant Form. The thoughts of this Prophet of modern spiritual renaissance are more relevant today than ever before. His electrifying message of the divinity of man, of peace and harmony emerging from the realized and realizable Truths of Vedanta, uniting mankind with the silken thread of shared faith, is no longer the luxury of a few blessed souls, but is a sheer necessity for the survival of humanity itself.Hence the need for this book. It presents, in a reader-friendly way, the core of Swamiji's thoughts, arranged to captivate and appeal to both the young and not so young. Anyone who is concerned with the achievements of complete well being for all will here orientations that make that goal achievable. We live in a world apparently torn by divisive tendencies of various forms: political, ideological encounters, social inequalities and rigidities, and above all, economic inequalities of an explosive potential. This selection is diligently made to reflect both these wings of Swamiji's thought: material progress and ethical, spiritual orientations. The range of areas covered is comprehensive and this compact volume addresses the ideals that Ramakrishna-Vivekananda tradition always stood for: a blending of work and worship, of service and spirituality.\nHarmony and PeaceScience and ReligionThe Eternal IndiaTrue ReligionUniversal ReligionSecret of WorkThe Art of MeditationThoughts on VedantaTalks with DisciplesPractical VedantaWorship with Love", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "Project Cycle Management Toolkit - Local Livelihoods - (2001)\nThis guide provides another perspective on the feasibility of implementing Project Cycle Management, or PCM. It breaks the PCM process into six stages, and clearly explains how they should each be conducted, though they acknowledge that local and cultural considerations will vary wildly between places that Project Cycle Management is implemented. Unlike VIDES' guide, though, the Local Livelihoods organization is clearly more of a believer in the system, as they enthusiastically support it. As they say:\n\"It builds a shared and concise picture of what a project will do to overcome a specific problem. It does this by breaking down the components of regeneration into manageable sized chunks. PCM divides the ‘project cycle’ into six stages in the life of a project: the cycle starts with the policy objectives and sectoral area covered and moves to identification of a problem to be addressed, develops the idea to solve the problem into a working plan that can be implemented and, on completion, evaluated. PCM provides the context in which project decisions are made and activities managed: it maintains the critical linkage between one stage and the next. As a common methodology PCM also provides the basis for a partnership framework when more than one agency is engaged in planning or managing projects.\"", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In \"Saudi America\" Bethany McClean Shares The Truth About Fracking And How It's Changing The World\nThis encore program originally aired in January, 2019.\nFracking has upended the global energy map, transforming America into the world’s top producer of oil and natural gas. With the influence of Saudi Arabia and Russia shrinking as the goal of “energy independence” comes into focus, America’s energy policy would seem to be on a clear and positive trajectory. But the truth is more complicated.\nIn her book, Saudi America: The Truth About Fracking and How It’s Changing the World, Bethany McLean uncovers the reality of America’s fracking boom. Looking at the economics of capital investment and net debt, McLean paints a picture of a business where the massive returns promised to investors have yet to bear out.\nBethany McLean is an author and journalist known for her work on the 2008 financial crisis. Her previous books include the bestselling saga of the Enron collapse, The Smartest Guys in the Room, and Shaky Ground: The Strange Saga of the US Mortgage Giants. She frequently writes for Slate and Fortune and is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This article is only available in the PDF format. Download the PDF to view the article, as well as its associated figures and tables.\nThe popularity of this book is evidenced by the fact that it is now in the fifth edition. The practitioner who finds it necessary to brush up quickly on the points concerning some disease, the student preparing for an examination, and those who must rapidly revise their knowledge of medicine in general will find this synopsis most admirable for their purposes. In this edition many new articles have been added. There are discussions of Brucella abortus infection, tularemia, yaws, postvaccinal encephalitis, sickle-cell anemia, agranulocytosis and other disorders only recently described. Many of the chapters have been rewritten to make them conform with recent discoveries. Some unnecessary material has been removed, so that the size of the volume has not been materially increased. The usefulness of this book is unquestioned and its value is increased because of its completeness and accuracy.\nA Synopsis of Medicine. JAMA. 1931;96(16):1333. doi:10.1001/jama.1931.02720420057038\nCoronavirus Resource Center\nCustomize your JAMA Network experience by selecting one or more topics from the list below.\nCreate a personal account or sign in to:", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "2 edition of Dostoevsky and his creation; a psycho-critical study. found in the catalog.\nDostoevsky and his creation; a psycho-critical study.\n|LC Classifications||PG3328.Z6 L3 1969|\n|The Physical Object|\n|Pagination||ix, 189 p.|\n|Number of Pages||189|\npreliminary investigation into using the sun as a source for G/T measurements\nPalladii dialogus de vita S. Joannis Chrysostomi\nSafety in engineering laboratories\nA survey of mixed finite element methods\nRural communities utilisation of wetland species and perception towards development and conservation of South East Pahang swamp forests\nIdeas in weaving\nFracture behavior of a stitched warp-knit carbon fabric composite\nLicensed health occupations\nMiddle American Species of Lonchocarpus.\nA little library for all that are studious in the great art of navigation: built and furnished, by John Skay, mathematician, philosopher, and notary-publique\nExploring the Crack in the Cosmic Egg\nDostoevsky and his creation: a psycho-critical study [Janko Lavrin] on flatmountaingirls.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. This book was digitized and reprinted from the collections of the University of California Libraries. It was produced from digital images created through the libraries’ mass digitization efforts.\nThe digital images were cleaned and prepared for printing through automated Author: Janko Lavrin. Note: Citations are based on reference standards. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study.\nThe specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied. Janko Lavrin (10 February – 13 August ) was a Slovene novelist, poet, critic, translator, and historian.\nHe was Professor Andrej Jelenc DiCaprio of Slavonic Studies at the University of flatmountaingirls.com enthusiast for psycho-analysis, he wrote what he called 'psycho-critical studies' of Ibsen, Nietzsche and flatmountaingirls.com: February 10,White Carniola, Slovenia.\nFree 2-day shipping. Buy Dostoevsky and His Creation: A Psycho-Critical Study () at flatmountaingirls.comce: $ Discover Book Depository's huge selection of Janko Lavrin books online.\nFree delivery worldwide on over 20 million titles. Dostoevsky and His Creation. Janko Lavrin. 10 Sep Paperback. US$ Add to basket. Nietzsche. Janko Lavrin. 04 Mar A Psycho-Critical Study.\nJanko Lavrin. 19 Feb Paperback. US$ Add to. In Dostoevsky: A Dostoevsky and his creation; a psycho-critical study. book, published first inLavrin suggests a wide range of valuable observations and intriguing possibilities, exploring the enigmatic and perennially fascinating Dostoevsky in terms of the inter-connections between his life, his thought, his relationships, his writing, and the socio-cultural circumstances in which he.\nWelcome to EyESITE's newest online project. Featuring 50+ titles carefully selected to compliment the content of EyESITE's existing sites, this is your chance to continue your research while at the same time support our ongoing efforts. (We make % of all purchases you make through our bookshop.).\nLavrin, Janko An introduction to the Russian novel by Janko Lavrin (Book) 54 editions published Ibsen and his creation; a psycho-critical study by Janko Lavrin (Book. Janko Lavrin; Author division.\nJanko Lavrin is currently considered a \"single author.\" If one or more works are by a distinct, homonymous authors, go ahead and split the author.\nIncludes. Janko Lavrin is composed of 4 names. You can examine and separate out names. Combine with. Janko Lavrin’s most popular book is Fjodor M. Dostojevskij: Mit Selbstzeugnissen U.\nBilddokumenten. Dostoevsky: A Study by. Ibsen and His Creation; A Psycho-Critical Study by. Janko Lavrin. avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions. The bateman household book is one of the best works of James Payn. Now you can download it to your phone or laptop as PDF or EPUB file or read the book online.\nThe best part is that it’s free of charge. Download the book The bateman household EPUB for free. This banner text can have markup. web; books; video; audio; software; images; Toggle navigation. Book V of Troilus and Criseyde by Geoffrey Chaucer Sir Gawain and the Green Knight – a modern English Prose Translation History of the Kings of Britain: Historia Regum Britanniae By Geoffrey of.\nCalled back to Petrograd in the summer ofhe broke his journey in London, where he chose to remain following the outbreak of revolution in Russia. He was appointed a lecturer in Russian at University College Nottingham in and became Professor of Slavonic Studies in the session.\nWhile at Nottingham, he and his wifeNora (n e Fry, ), a distinguished artist and book illustrator, made the acquaintance ofJessie Wood (n e Chambers, childhood friend of D.H. Lawrence). In the early s, with the establishment of a separate Department of Slavonic Studies, Lavrinsupervised Nottingham's first doctoral thesis in his field.\nA Psycho Critical Study. On the 23rd of April Dostoevky was Arrested as a member of the Petrashevsky circle and thrown into the Dungeons where he Awaited Sentence of the Court Martial ex lib Edge wear to Spine and Corners of Book.\nPencil Markings from lib to fep. £ Book Ref: RUS Pages from the Journal of an Author. Follow these links for explanations of the aim & purpose of this catalog, its condition of use, the dates, the general abbreviations, the language abbreviations, the nationality abbreviations & the electronic library codes used, and for advice on buying or borrowing & on selling or valuing old books.\nMore information on many of these authors, and on other books of theirs, is contained in. Peter Ives and Rocco Lacorte. Gramsci, Language, and translation код для вставки. Giorgio Arcoleo has more room for Swift in his study on 'L'umorismo nell'arte moderna' ('Humorism in Modern Art', ), where in five pages he goes over several writings and judges them rather severely, again from a Thackerayan standpoint, as the work of a solitary giant striking against the great men of the world (Arcoleo).\nThis book aims at bringing such research to the wider, English-reading audience, including specialists but also those with more pragmatic and empirical interests in Gramsci’s ideas. Part I of this book begins with this article in which Lo Piparo summarizes the most polemical aspect of his earlier book.\nВведение диссертации (часть автореферата) на тему «Английский роман xx века: Диалог с Ф.М. Достоевским» Ф.М.Достоевский () отнюдь не вошел в .", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Pam Frink runs the White Bear Lake Seed Library which maintains a stock of open-pollinated native plant and vegetable seeds that are available for free. The library accepts donations of open-pollinated seeds to share with gardeners.\nShe compiled a list of resources to help with planting our seeds and seedlings:\nHow to start native plants from seed, the easy way (PDF)\nIn-depth information about how to propagate native plants (PDF)\nInstructions for your container of newly planted seeds (PDF)\nGermination times for native plants (PDF)\nSend your questions to Pam: email@example.com", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Passport Stamps: Searching the World for a War to Call Home\nEarn by promoting books\nEarn money by sharing your favorite books through our Affiliate program.Become an affiliate\nAbout the Author\n\"I wasn't who I was because I was a journalist, I was a journalist because of who I am.\" We need such journalists. Sean Carberry has written a brave book for which there are no passport stamps-the soul highs and lows of intoxicating faith leaping around dangerous combat zones on a years-long adrenalin rush. This is a clarion call for better mental health treatment after a confusing exodus from that world, where writing knits together that which is frayed and keeps indelible experiences on the shelves of story, always.--Jacki Lyden, author of Daughter of the Queen of Sheba and former NPR host and correspondent\nPassport Stamps brings to mind Gale Garnett's \"We'll Sing in the Sunshine.\" Carberry describes the evanescence of sunshine and darkness followed by the inevitable being \"on the way\" of a journalist. Carberry's world is a tattered web of people and places: Serbia, Russia, Egypt, Columbia, Lebanon, Syria, Yemen, Afghanistan-our simultaneously horrifying yet alluring broken globe. Passport Stamps records Carberry's memories-accounts which make the reader ache for his forgotten life, real or imagined. It is a sharp, raking marvelous travel book, an autobiography rich with detail and ponderings about life.--Sam Pickering, author of The Gate in the Garden Wall, and \"The Truth\"\nA lot of journalists come back from covering war and disaster and write the book about what they saw. Sean Carberry tells a different story-about what goes on inside of such a reporter's mind out there. Hopes, dreams, fears, embarrassment, hard lessons. It's all there, and it's quite a yarn.--John Donvan, former ABC News correspondent, filmmaker, and author of In a Different Key: The Story of Autism", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Find this title in Libby, the library reading app by OverDrive.\nSearch for a digital library with this title\nTitle found at these libraries:\nThis latest novel from Scotiabank Giller Prize winner Linden MacIntyre, Why Men Lie, offers a moving and emotionally complex conclusion to the Cape Breton trilogy.\nTwo years after the events of The Bishop’s Man, we’re introduced to Effie MacAskill Gillis, sister of the troubled priest Duncan. It’s 1997, and Effie is an independent, middle-aged woman working as a tenured professor of Celtic Studies, but her complicated and often disappointing love life has left her all but ready to give up on the opposite sex. Then suddenly, a chance encounter with a man on a Toronto subway platform gives Effie renewed hope. J.C. Campbell is an old friend she hasn’t seen for more than 20 years – an attractive, single man who appears to possess the stability and good sense she longs for.\nEffie met her last husband, Sextus, in her hometown of Cape Breton when the two were still children. As they grew older together, and started a family, she soon learned that when it came to other women, Sextus couldn’t be trusted. After one too many betrayals, Effie leaves him behind, and so when she and J.C. seem to hit it off, his relaxed, open demeanour is a welcome change.\nBut after a happy start to their relationship, cracks begin to show, and J.C. proves himself to be just as unpredictable as the others: one evening Effie spots him in a seedy part of town, but he denies ever having left his house; when she notices a scratch below his eye, he lies about its cause, blaming it on the cat. Then J.C., a journalist, becomes unhealthily engrossed in a story involving a convict on death row, and he and Effie begin to drift apart.\nAlthough he still checks in sporadically and insists there’s nothing going on, she soon learns he has a deeply personal reason for his covert trips to that seedy downtown street. In fact, it turns out there’s a lot about his past that Effie doesn’t know, and a lot he’s still learning himself.\nWhile J.C. is busy chasing his own past, Effie is rarely able to escape her own. Family ties and hometown connections to Cape Breton mean her two ex-husbands – Sextus happens to be the cousin of her first husband, John – are constantly coming and going in a turbulent mess of comfort and commotion, while her grown daughter, Cassie, brings some unexpected news of her own.\nAfter all of her experience in relationships with men, Effie thought she knew all she needed to about what to expect, and how to maintain her self-sufficiency. Why do men lie?, she wants to know. But whether it’s for love, for protection, or for more selfish reasons, Effie soon learns that no amount of experience can prepare you for what might resurface from the past, and for the damage that might cause, emotionally or otherwise.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "High-Resolution, Full Color Images Available Online\nSearch, Browse, Read, and Print Yearbook Pages\nView College, High School, and Military Yearbooks\nBrowse our digital annual library spanning centuries\nSupport the Schools in our Program by Subscribing\nPage 10 text:\nPLACE OF ND PLACE BEYOND COMPARE Notre Dame confidently enters the next decade with new buildings, new faces, and new ideas. But we can be sure that the central core of this community will remain unaltered. The spire of Sacred Heart Church holds a familiar place in the Notre Dame skyline next to the Golden Dome. Sacred Heart ' s location in the center of campus symbolizes how basic a strong belief in values is to life at this University. Notre Dame is truly a family, drawn together by the spirit of concern we have for one another. While some elements of the University are required to change with time, the basics stay the same. Notre Dame continues to be a special place to learn and to grow.\nPage 9 text:\n\" A cross the snow-covered lakes of Notre Dame, a purple glow often seems to fall from the moonlit sky. Above it all, however, the dome still appears regal over its domain. As the campus slowly drifts off to sleep, the beauty of God is just awakening. NOTRE DAME IN PICTURES 5\nPage 11 text:\nPLACE OF NOTRE DAME 7\nSuggestions in the University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN) collection:\nAre you trying to find old school friends, old classmates, fellow servicemen or shipmates? Do you want to see past girlfriends or boyfriends? Relive homecoming, prom, graduation, and other moments on campus captured in yearbook pictures. Revisit your fraternity or sorority and see familiar places. See members of old school clubs and relive old times. Start your search today!\nLooking for old family members and relatives? Do you want to find pictures of parents or grandparents when they were in school? Want to find out what hairstyle was popular in the 1920s? E-Yearbook.com has a wealth of genealogy information spanning over a century for many schools with full text search. Use our online Genealogy Resource to uncover history quickly!\nAre you planning a reunion and need assistance? E-Yearbook.com can help you with scanning and providing access to yearbook images for promotional materials and activities. We can provide you with an electronic version of your yearbook that can assist you with reunion planning. E-Yearbook.com will also publish the yearbook images online for people to share and enjoy.\nMaterial on this website is protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties.\nNo protected images or material on this website may be copied or printed without express authorization.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A NovelBook - 2017\nFrom Library Staff\nPortland Arts & Lectures: Jennifer Egan, February 21, 2019\nmultcolib_dianaa Feb 22, 2017\nJune. This is a meticulously researched historical novel about a young woman who worked as a diver in the shipyards of New York City during World War II. Her search for her lost father gets her involved with gangsters.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Book by Janet Peery Gets Plug on ‘Diane Rehm Show’\nMarch 31, 2014\nJanet Peery, University Professor of creative writing in the English department at Old Dominion, got an unexpected - and pleasant - surprise last week when she learned that her book \"The River Beyond the World\" (Picador USA, 1996) was highlighted on \"The Diane Rehm Show\" Wednesday, March 26. The show is produced by National Public Radio member station WAMU and distributed nationally by NPR.\nOn the show, a special \"March Readers' Review,\" Rehm and her guests discussed why fiction matters. A recent study indicates that fewer than half of all Americans are reading novels today. It suggests that those who do read fiction are better able to understand the emotions of others. Joining this conversation about the social and personal benefits of reading fiction were four guests, including author Mark Brazaitis, professor of English at West Virginia University and director of the West Virginia Writers' Workshop.\nAt the end of the show, Rehm asked her guests to \"give our listeners one fiction recommendation that you would offer at this moment and we'll put it on our website.\" Brazaitis' response was Peery's \"The River Beyond the World,\" which was a National Book Award finalist for fiction in 1996.\n\"In light of new studies of how reading fiction prepares minds and enhances compassion and emotional engagement, the show explored the issue of the importance of fiction,\" Peery said. \"My Amazon sales numbers went way up! They'll go down again, but it was a real boost to see the power of the media in selling books, even those that are almost 20 years old.\"\n(Peery's books are also available for sale at the University Village Bookstore.)\nPeery, who usually listens to \"The Diane Rehm Show,\" said she had to miss the March 26 program because of a meeting. A cousin from Phoenix contacted Peery to tell her about it.\nThe cover of Peery's book (with a link to its page on Amazon), as well as a transcript of the discussion from the show, appears on Rehm's website: http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2014-03-26/special-readers-review-why-fiction-matters.\nA State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Outstanding Faculty Award winner, Peery is also the author of \"What the Thunder Said\" (St. Martin's Press, 2007) and \"Alligator Dance\" (SMU Press, 1993). \"What the Thunder Said\" won the Library of Virginia Literary Award for Fiction in 2008 and the 2008 WILLA Award from Women Writing the West for Contemporary Fiction. She won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1998 and was listed among Writer's Digest Magazine's \"25 Fiction Writers to Watch in the Next Decade\" in 2000.\nPeery's short stories have appeared in Southern Review, Shenandoah, Kenyon Review, Quarterly West, Black Warrior Review, Chattahoochee Review, Kansas Quarterly, Southwest Review, Oklahoma Today, New Virginia Review, 64 Magazine and American Short Fiction.\nThe following is a synopsis of \"The River Beyond the World\": \"Luisa Cantu is a girl from a Sierra Madre mountain village. After being impregnated in a fertility ritual of ancient origin, she leaves Mexico to work in the Rio Grande Valley of Texas as a housemaid for Mrs. Eddie Hatch, a woman with a strong will and a narrow worldview. Their complex relationship - by turns mystical and pragmatic, serious and comic - reveals the many ways human beings can wound one another, the nature of love and sacrifice, and the possibility of forgiveness.\"", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Firstly, remember that the next Monday 23, the Library will be open only in the Morning, so there will be only a meeting at 12 o’clock.\nNow with some news from The Washington Post to talk about.\nCovert action in Colombia:\nA dazzling bright future dawns in New Jersey:\nTwo books on Apple and Google: ‘Dogfight’ by Fred Vogelstein; ‘Jony Ive’ by Leander Kahney:\nThings you didn’t know about reindeer:\nThe year of the selfie:\nAnd finally, the usual closing words from Mafalda (click on the picture to see it larger):", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Making of a People (Genesis 46:1-34)Tracey Royalty, July 23, 2017\nPart of the Exposition of Genesis series, preached at a Sunday Morning service\nGod is always working among His people in order to make them into to the people He intends them to be. In the story of God moving Jacob and his family into Egypt Brother Tracey looks at the ways God works in and among His people even in the very beginning stages of the nation of Israel.\n|« The Reconciliation of Joseph and His Brothers As It Compares To Our Own Reconciliation To Christ||None||Blessings Abound In Egypt »|", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "By David M Brown,Michael Wereschagin\nAs the seventy-fifth anniversary of the disaster methods, it is still the deadliest institution catastrophe in U.S. historical past. Few, besides the fact that, be aware of of this old tragedy, and no ebook, beforehand, has chronicled the explosion, its reason, its sufferers, and the aftermath.\nGone at 3:17 is a real tale of what can take place while college officers make undesirable judgements. to save cash on heating the varsity construction, the trustees had licensed staff to faucet right into a pipeline wearing “waste” average gasoline produced by means of a gas refinery. The explosion ended in legislation that now require gasoline businesses so as to add the conventional stinky scent. the information that the tragedy might have been avoided additional immeasurably to the heartbreak skilled via the survivors and the sufferers’ households. town might by no means be the same.\nUsing interviews, testimony from survivors, and archival newspaper records, Gone at 3:17 places readers contained in the store type to witness the spark that ignited the gasoline. lots of these interviewed in the course of 20 years of study aren't any longer residing, yet their acts of heroism and tales of survival continue to exist during this meticulously documented and widely illustrated book.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Embarking on Murder\nReview: Elsie \"Beanie\" MacBean is celebrating her 50th birthday with her daughter Nona and her good friend Sheriff Skip Cassidy aboard a dinner cruise on Lake Tahoe on the 4th of July, expecting a brilliant display of fireworks at the end of the evening but getting fireworks of a different, and more deadly, kind instead in Embarking on Murder, the third mystery in this series by Sue Owens Wright.\nWhile Beanie is enjoying her meal, another couple, elderly Frank Diggs, his adult children, and his wife of one year Ivy, who just happens to be younger than any of his children, have a loud argument. Ivy is screaming at Frank, demanding a divorce, and otherwise making a scene for all to see. Suddenly the boat seems to run over something, lifting one side up enough to tip over tables and unseating patrons who immediately leave the dining area. Soon after Frank yells that Ivy is missing and he fears she may have fallen overboard. Skip dives into the lake but something yanks on his leg, pulling him down. He manages to free himself, but his pants are in shreds and his leg in need of stitches. Beanie is faced with two puzzling questions: What happened to Ivy? And what was in the water that attacked Skip?\nEmbarking on Murder takes a creative look at a colossal creature that reportedly lives in the great depths of Lake Tahoe and dubbed \"Tessie\" by the locals, incorporating it into the plot of the story. If Ivy wasn't on board the cruise ship, she must have fallen overboard. But could she have drowned so quickly, or might she have been pulled under just as Skip was. If so, by what? And what caused the boat to suddenly shift to one side, as if it hit something large underwater or was shoved upward from below? The multiple twists in Embarking on Murder, colorful characters and tense situations, broad humor and the hint of romance between Beanie and Skip, and of course the delightful Cruiser, make this a most enjoyable read.\nSpecial thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Embarking on Murder.\nAcknowledgment: Breakthrough Promotions provided a copy of Embarking on Murder for this review.\nReview Copyright © 2009 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved\nLocation(s) referenced in Embarking on Murder: Lake Tahoe, California\n— ♦ —\nEmbarking on Murder by Sue Owens Wright — A Beanie and Cruiser Mystery\nPublisher: Five Star\nPublication Date: May 2009\nList Price: $25.95", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "On the calendar: Saturday, 8/8/2015 9:00 AM\nClosed for Hobo Days in Britt: Calendar\nNew Children's Computer\nThe AWE Early Literacy Station contains over 70 pre-loaded educational software programs, including Kid Pix 3D, Dora the Explorer, Math Doodles, and Sesame Street titles. The software content spans all curricular areas: reading, math, science, social studies, writing, art and music, and reference. It's bilingual so Spanish speakers can use it too.\nWho knew learning could be so much fun!\nRemember you can download\neBooks & audiobooks\nto your portable devices too,\nincluding tablets and smartphones.\nIf you have any troubles,\ncome into the library\nand we will help you solve your tech issues.\nLink to BRIDGES can be found on the Online Resources page.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Summer Reading Program!\nOur theme for this year is Super Heroes! Ages 3 to adults. Sign up starts May 22. Mark your calendars and start reading June 6. Summer Reading ends July 21, have your Logs turned in my July 24.\nAny questions pertaining to programming\nJoin us every Wednesday for an afternoon movie! Movies will be shown in the YA Room starting at 1:00pm. Popcorn and water will be served unless otherwise specified.\nJune 7: DC League of Superpets Rated PG\nJune 14: Lego Batman Movie Rated PG\nJune 21: Megamind (Interactive Movie - Hotdogs, chips, and Beverage served) Rated PG\nJune 28: Sky High Rated PG\nJuly 5: Big Hero 6 Rated PG\nJuly 12: No Ordinary Hero Rated PG\nJuly 19: The Incredibles\nSuper Hero Slime\nThursday, June 8 at 2:00pm in the YA Room\nSuper Hero Sensory Bottle\nTuesday, June 13 at 2:00pm in the YA Room\nWater Gun Painting\nThursday, June 22 at 2:00pm at Mentzer Park\nSuper Hero Coasters\nTuesday, June 27 at 2:00pm in the YA Room\nThursday, July 13 at 2:00pm at Mentzer Park\nTuesday, July 18 at 2:00pm at Mentzer Park\nFree Programs for all ages!!!!\nOur annual Carnival is July 21 at 2:00pm for those who participated in the Summer Reading Program. Use the tickets earned from reading to play games and win prizes!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "6 edition of Strategic marketing for libraries found in the catalog.\nIncludes bibliographies and index.\n|Statement||Elizabeth J. Wood with assistance from Victoria L. Young.|\n|Series||The Greenwood library management collection,|\n|Contributions||Young, Victoria L.|\n|LC Classifications||Z716.3 .W6 1988|\n|The Physical Object|\n|Pagination||xv, 214 p. :|\n|Number of Pages||214|\n|LC Control Number||87015022|\nMarketing with Trenton Smiley. While public libraries are constantly transforming themselves to meet the changing informational and entertainment needs of the community, many people still have an old fashioned-view idea of what libraries have to offer. You'll also find need-to-know information on red-button subjects like emerging mobile technologies, legal guidelines for digital marketing, search engine optimization, and so much more. Digital media has changed the world as we know it. Strategic Digital Marketing will change the .\nStrategic Marketing With an OverDrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for at-a-glance information about availability. Find out more about OverDrive so there's crystal clarity on how to define and refine your business's strategic direction. It's like a Dummies book on marketing for Smarties.\" - . Jul 31, · Strategic marketing management 3 editions By Wilson, R. M. S., Richard M. S. Wilson, Colin Gilligan, David J. Pearson Go to the editions section to read or download ebooks.\nStrategic Marketing offers a comprehensive view of the current developments and challenges facing the marketing world, and shows how an effective strategic basis is a . Every enterprise needs an understanding of the strategies used by its competitors, and a basic knowledge of how the business environment impacts on its organization before it can formulate a marketing plan. Subjects covered include: * marketing strategy * analyzing the business environment * the customer in the market place * targeting and positioning * marketing mix strategy/5(2).\nLook at Wesleys Chapel.\narchaeology of southeast Arizona\nThe art of Moebius\nPoland, Ukraine, and the idea of strategic partnership\nSherlock Holmes in Cornwall\nThe everlasting mercy\nArt now Cornwall\nMore than music\nBacklog of happenstance.\nImpact of the war on the financial structure of agriculture\nFollowing Christ The parable of the divers and more good news\nLaser applications on otolaryngology\nNext step for North Carolina libraries\nNov 13, · Terry Kendrick is the guru of strategic marketing in libraries. His book Developing Strategic Marketing Plans That Really Work is a must-read, and he writes, speaks, and runs workshops on marketing libraries all over the UK and in no fewer than 26 countries abroad.\nHe also brings a nonlibrary perspective to the table, lecturing in Continue reading Marketing Your Library →. Trenton Smiley, recipient of the John Cotton Dana Library Public Relations Award, gives some insight into marketing and how a good marketing plan can benefit public libraries in Public Libraries Online.\nSocial Media & Digital Content Creation. 3 Free Visual Marketing Tools for Your Library, October 1. 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With cutting-edge research studies as well as theoretical chapters that have not been seen before in the marketing literature for LIS, this book examines the current and quite limited state Author: Linda S Katz.\nThis book showcases the best of contemporary marketing practices from libraries all over the world. The case studies with the author’s illuminating focus on key points of learning are, for me, the added Strategic marketing for libraries book which differentiates this book from other marketing books.\n” — Library Management, 34 (). Why study marketing for libraries. What is marketing. Marketing is a systematic approach to identifying specific user needs, providing services to meet these needs, and persuading users of the need to act.\nThe focus is on matching customers with quality services through community involvement. Nov 25, · The new edition of Strategic Marketing uses a decision-making process to examine the key concepts and issues involved in analyzing and selecting strategies.\nMarketing strategy is considered from a total business perspective, examining marketing strategy beyond the traditional emphasis on marketing functions. The length and design of the book Cited by: 3. Strategic Book Publishing and Rights Agency (SBPRA) has the experience, expertise, and international network authors seek and need to be successful in today’s ever evolving publishing industry.\nWe are your complete book publishing and comprehensive marketing support solution. The marketing worksheet template is designed to get you quickly to the core of the marketing issue. You can be as detailed as needed but in any case remember that your marketing plan is always a work in progress.\nIt may be current, but it is never “done.” The marketing plan template is available at the end of this document. A Microsoft Word. Strategic Marketing Management: Building a Foundation for Your Future 4 • Customer characteristics and purchasing hot buttons provide the information needed to decide whether the firm can and should attempt to gain or maintain a sustainable competitive advantage for marketing to a particular market segment (Lehmann and Winer ).\nStrategic Marketing for Libraries is a straightforward discussion of the full range of marketing concepts and tools applied to various types of libraries including public, special, and academic. The Library Marketing Toolkit is enthusiastically recommended, not to be missed.\"--Midwest Book Review \" highly recommended for all types of libraries, even those such as departmental libraries that do not have an apparent public face.\nThe chapter on internal marketing is an eye-opener. Jun 12, · Due to my current marketing budget, however, I'm staying pat for now on paying for a book review.\nGetting Started Marketing to Libraries. If like me, you've discounted paying for book reviews, for now at least, as a means for getting your book into libraries, you'll have to roll up your sleeves and contact libraries directly.\nTo get started. Strategic Marketing Management, 3e. Karl Von Clausewitz’s book On War, published posthumous- strategic analysis involves the systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation.\nMost librarians didn't have to do much marketing or promotion because libraries were people's main access points for information.\nBut the internet was a game-changer. Once the public's access to the web became widespread, and reference transactions declined, the concept of marketing libraries slowly became more accepted. Dec 16, · Book marketing gets books in front of readers.\nLearn some of the strategic thinking and pro tactics that go into successful campaigns. In my interview with Adrienne Sparks of Sparks Marketing, she shares some of the strategic thinking that goes into book marketing campaigns.\nThey can make sure local libraries have their book in their. Reviewed by Christian Gilde, Business Faculty, University of Montana - Western on 1/31/ The textbook has enough depth and addresses all the major parts of the marketing discourse, such as the environment, marketing strategy, consumer behavior and segmentation, and marketing research, as well as the product, place, price, and 4/4(14).\nStrategic Market Management book. Read 10 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Libraries; Paperback, pages. Best book on strategic marketing. It covers all the major topics in a concise and easy to read way.\nBuy a used textbook so you don't have to spend a fortune for the current edition. flag Like · see review/5. Building from this proven model, Strategic Planning for Results by Sandra Nelson is the fully revised version of Planning for Results, the foundational book in this groundbreaking series.\nStatistics Public Libraries in the United States Survey. About the Book. Teaching the strategic management course can be a challenge for many professors. In most business schools, strategic management is a “capstone” course that requires students to draw on insights from various functional courses they have completed (such as marketing, finance, and accounting) in order to understand how top executives make the strategic decisions that drive /5(10).Terry Kendrick is the guru of strategic marketing in libraries.\nHis book Developing Strategic Marketing Plans That Really Work is a must-read, and he writes, speaks, and runs workshops on marketing libraries all over the UK and in no fewer than 26 countries abroad.Strategic marketing by David W. Cravens, Nigel Piercy,McGraw-Hill Irwin edition, in English - 9th forabetterchicago.com by: 3.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "In this middle grade novel-in-verse by the Newbery Medal-winning and Coretta Scott King Honor Award-winning author of The Crossover, soccer, family, love, and friendship take center stage as 12-year-old Nick learns the power of words when he wrestles with problems at home, stands up to a bully, and tries to impress the girl of his dreams. Helping him along are his best friend and sometimes teammate, Coby; and The Mac, a rapping librarian who gives Nick inspiring books to read.\n\"best book ever\"\nIn a partnership with We Need Diverse Books, industry giants Kwame Alexander, Soman Chainani, Matt de la Peña, Tim Federle, Grace Lin, Meg Medina, Walter Dean Myers, Tim Tingle, and Jacqueline Woodson join newcomer Kelly J. Baptist in a story collection that is as humorous as it is heartfelt. This impressive group of authors has earned among them every major award in children's publishing and popularity as New York Times best sellers.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "- Bookshop: Bookshop Calvello Books (United States)\n- Publishing year: 1947\n- Publisher: The Department\n- Subjects: Military History\n- Shipment weight: 1000 g\n- Binding: Paperback\n- Edition: First edition (unstated)\n- Publishing place: Washington\n- Conditions: Very mild wear to spine head and foot, very gentle rubbing to edges, light spotting to fore-edges, faint soiling to covers, else Very Good.\nLight brown duodecimo, 219 pages, b&w illustrations ; 15 cm. Scarce. || United States Army -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Pope from 757-767. The brother of Pope Stephen 11 and a Roman, he was educated in the Lateran Palace, became a deacon under Pope Zachary, and wielded considerable influence in his brotherís administration. Elected to succeed Stephen, he took as his primary concern the threat posed to Rome and the Papal States by the Lombards. Paul secured an alliance with the Frankish king Pepin the Short, thereby cementing the relationship between the Holy See and the Frankish Empire which culminated with the historically significant alliance between Pope Leo III and Charlemagne. Paul also opposed the Iconoclast policies of the Byzantine emperor Constantine V, thereby exacerbating further the deteriorating relationship between the papacy and the Byzantine Empire. He died on June 28 at St. Paulís Outside the Walls, in Rome.\nIn the fourth century appeared a Greek religious romance on the Loves of Cecilia and Valerian, written, like those of Chrysanthus and Daria, Julian and Basilissa, in glorification of the virginal ... continue readingMore Saint of the Day\nSt. Catherine Laboure, virgin, was born on May 2, 1806. At an early age she entered the community of the Daughters of Charity, in Paris, France. Three times in 1830 the Virgin Mary appeared to St. Catherine Laboure, who then was a twenty-four year old novice. On July ... continue readingMore Female Saints\nSt. Michael the Archangel - Feast day - September 29th The name Michael signifies \"Who is like to God?\" and was the warcry of the good angels in the battle fought in heaven against satan and his followers. Holy Scripture describes St. Michael as \"one of the chief ... continue reading\nThe name Gabriel means \"man of God,\" or \"God has shown himself mighty.\" It appears first in the prophesies of Daniel in the Old Testament. The angel announced to Daniel the prophecy of the seventy weeks. His name also occurs in the apocryphal book of Henoch. He was the ... continue reading\nBorn in Corinaldo, Ancona, Italy, on October 16 1890; her farmworker father moved his family to Ferrier di Conca, near Anzio. Her father died of malaria and her mother had to struggle to feed her ... continue reading\nBy Deacon F.K. Bartels\nSt. Teresa's whole life is one of simple beauty and fervent purpose; it is a life contained in Christ. She shows us how to live the same way through Prayer.On reading from St. Teresa, a deep feeling of her love for His Majesty envelops us; we begin, in a very real, ... continue readingMore Christian Saints & Heroes", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "This open access book provides a detailed and up-to-date account of the relevant literature on the legibility of different kinds of typefaces, which goes back over 140 years in the case of reading from paper and more than 50 years in the case of reading from screens.\n(NSCC W# & password required)\nAt the heart of this feature documentary is the groundbreaking Two Centuries of Black American Art exhibition curated by the late African American artist and scholar David Driskell in 1976. Held at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, this pioneering exhibit featured more than 200 works of art by 63 artists and cemented the essential contributions of Black artists in America in the 19th and 20th centuries. The exhibit would eventually travel to the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the Brooklyn Museum.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Local teachers with green thumbs, and those who want to dig in and turn their thumbs green, are invited to attend an orientation to learn about school gardening and nutrition. The event will be held Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the East Regional Library in Destrehan.\nCaring Strategies is offering this new school program to provide an interactive and fun gardening and nutrition curriculum for teachers of prekindergarten through sixth grade. Homeschooling parents and parent volunteers also welcome to attend the orientation. The goals are to incorporate lessons on growing vegetables and serving them at the table.\nTasks are developmentally appropriate at each grade level.\nDig In mini-grants will be available to interested teachers. Caring Strategies and Cox Communications are the sponsors.\nEnrollment is limited. Teacher should register by emailing email@example.com.\nCaring Strategies is a nonprofit organization that works to provide learning opportunities that support recreation, child development and youth enrichment programs.\nMummies, a movie and a trick-or-treat scavenger hunt will highlight a Halloween lock-in sponsored by East Regiona Library, 160 W. Campus Drive, in Destrehan. Children ages 7 to 11 are invited to the event on Oct. 27 from 7 to 11 p.m.\nMany Halloween-themed activities, including crafts, a mummy wrap contest, a trick-or-treat scavenger hunt and a movie and popcorn, will be featured. Children must have a parent or guardian sign and return a permission slip to any St. Charles Parish Library branch. Permission slips and information packets are available at all branches. The event is made possible, in part, through sponsorship by The Friends of the St. Charles Library.For more information, call the library staff at 985.764.2366.\nThe German-Acadian Coast Historical and Genealogical Society will hold its Oktoberfest on Oct. 23 at the New Bull’s Corner, 1036 W. Airline Highway, in LaPlace.\nA cash bar will be available at 6 p.m. The dinner will begin at 7 p.m. The cost is $32 per person. Reservations must be made by Oct. 17 with checks payable to GACHGS. Send payment to Mary Duhé, treasurer, 117 N.W. 18th St. Reserve.\nMarie Rundquist will present a program, “Cajun By Any Other Name,” which highlights the close relationships and inter-marriages between German and Acadian families on the 18th century German Coast of Louisiana.\nRundquist, of Gaithersburg, Md., is the author of the newly published “Cajun By Any Other Name.” Rundquist is director of the Family Heritage Research Community, project administrator of the Amerindian Ancestry out of Acadia, Family Tree DNA, and is also the author of “Revisiting Anne Marie.”", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Download the fantastic book titled Religion of Fear written by Jason C Bivins, available in its entirety in both PDF and EPUB formats for online reading. This page includes a concise summary, a preview of the book cover, and detailed information about \"Religion of Fear\", which was released on 29 August 2008. We suggest perusing the summary before initiating your download. This book is a top selection for enthusiasts of the Religion genre.\nSummary of Religion of Fear by Jason C Bivins PDF\nConservative evangelicalism has transformed American politics, disseminating a sometimes fearful message not just through conventional channels, but through subcultures and alternate modes of communication. Within this world is a \"Religion of Fear,\" a critical impulse that dramatizes cultural and political conflicts and issues in frightening ways that serve to contrast \"orthodox\" behaviors and beliefs with those linked to darkness, fear, and demonology. Jason Bivins offers close examinations of several popular evangelical cultural creations including the Left Behind novels, church-sponsored Halloween \"Hell Houses,\" sensational comic books, especially those disseminated by Jack Chick, and anti-rock and -rap rhetoric and censorship. Bivins depicts these fascinating and often troubling phenomena in vivid (sometimes lurid) detail and shows how they seek to shape evangelical cultural identity. As the \"Religion of Fear\" has developed since the 1960s, Bivins sees its message moving from a place of relative marginality to one of prominence. What does it say about American public life that such ideas of fearful religion and violent politics have become normalized? Addressing this question, Bivins establishes links and resonances between the cultural politics of evangelical pop, the activism of the New Christian Right, and the political exhaustion facing American democracy. Religion of Fear is a significant contribution to our understanding of the new shapes of political religion in the United States, of American evangelicalism, of the relation of religion and the media, and the link between religious pop culture and politics.\nDetail About Religion of Fear PDF\n- Author : Jason C Bivins\n- Publisher : Oxford University Press\n- Genre : Religion\n- Total Pages : 336 pages\n- ISBN : 0199887691\n- Release Date : 29 August 2008\n- PDF File Size : 13,9 Mb\n- Language : English\n- Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews\nClicking on the GET BOOK button will initiate the downloading process of Religion of Fear by Jason C Bivins. This book is available in ePub and PDF format with a single click unlimited downloads.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "We are so excited that April is finally here! Spring flowers are starting to come up; you can feel and smell spring in the air. Plus, we have some great events happening this month!\nThis week we have a fantastic opportunity to hear about paranormal events from our state and throughout the Midwest. Paranormal expert and author, Chad Lewis, will be joining us at the Black Creek Village Library on April 5th at 5:30PM to talk about his investigations of hauntings and haunted locations around Wisconsin and surrounding states. This program is free to attend.\nNext week, Wednesday April 12th at 6:00PM, we will be learning techniques to help reduce our risk of dementia. Join us as we learn the steps of the ENRICH Program. The ENRICH program is a 4-step program that was designed for adults who want to lower their risk of dementia. This program is being offered at the Black Creek Village Library free of charge.\nRemember you have until April 12th to RSVP for the Friends of the Black Creek Village Library’s Booked for Dinner event! Booked for Dinner takes place on April 22 at 6:00PM. With your $20.00 tax deductible donation, you will have a wonderful meal, a chance to purchase tickets for the evening’s special raffle basket, and be part of the discussion of the book “The Dinner” by Herman Koch. We do have copies of the book here at the library for you to borrow.\nWe are helping out the Movers for Moms program sponsored by Two Men and A Truck. They are collecting items for the House of Hope, Harbor House, and the Christine Ann Center. The purpose of the program is to recognize those moms living in shelters this Mother’s Day by arranging delivery of small gifts for women who are victims of domestic abuse or homelessness. You can drop off items here at the library any time before May 12th.\nThis Week’s Programming Schedule:\nWednesday, April 5. Hauntings of the Midwest with Chad Lewis 5:30PM.\nThursday, April 6. Lego Club 3:30PM – 5:30PM.\nThursday, April 6. Knitting 6PM.\nFriday, April 7. Baby/Toddler Storytime 10:15AM - 10:30AM.\nFriday, April 7. Preschool Storytime 10:30AM – 11:00AM.\nMonday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM\nTuesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM\nWednesday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM\nThursday: 10:00 AM – 8:00 PM\nFriday: 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM\nSaturday: 10:00AM – 4:00PM", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "April 5th, 2020\nCBSE recommends to download the AROGYA SETU App by all to fight against COVID-19.\nAlso as addressed by our PM all family members may light a candle, diya or torch or 5.4.20 by 9.00 pm for 9 minutes to realise the power of light in our fight against COVID-19.\nCBSE has shared the National Digital Library of India link to be shared with all. Kindly follow the link for resources for Grade 1 & above:", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Who We Are: Selections from the African American Art Collection of Lewis Tanner Moore\nSelections: the African American Art Collection of Lewis Tanner Moore\nby Heather Castro, Natalie Jackson, and Rachel Kirchgasler\nThis is the price your customers see. Edit list price\nAbout the Book\nCurated by Tyler School of Art/Temple University Art History graduate students Heather L. Castro, Natalie E. Jackson, and Rachel F. Kirchgasler as part of Dr. Susanna W. Gold's fall 2009 course, \"Race and Gender in American Art.\nFeatures & Details\n- Primary Category: Fine Art\nProject Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm\n# of Pages: 72\n- Publish Date: Mar 01, 2010\n- Language English\n- Keywords Andrew Turner, Paul F. Keene Jr., Martina Johnson-Allen, Reginald Gammon, Marita Dingus, Calvin Burnett, Samuel Brown, American Art, Contemporary Art, Modern Art, African American Art, African American, Stella Elkins Tyler Gallery, Temple University, Tyler School of Art, Lewis Tanner Moore, Susanna Gold, Susanna W. Gold, Rachel Kirchgasler, Natalie Jackson, Heather Castro, Art\nSusanna W. Gold is an independent historian and curator of American art and culture. She has taught at Temple University's Tyler School of Art and the University of Pennsylvania, where she earned her Ph.D. She has organized and written catalogs for a number of exhibitions in Philadelphia-area institutions.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Sendes vanligvis innen 7-15 dager\nThe year is AD100 and Rome stands supreme and unconquerable, from the desert sands of Mesopotamia to the misty highlands of Caledonia. But the might of Rome rests entirely on the shoulders of the legionaries, who stand strong against the barbarian hordes, pushing back the frontiers of the empire. This book a kind of unofficial guide for the new recruit, written in the same engaging and informative style as \"Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day\" tells you how to get in and get on in the legions, the best places to serve, life in camp, on campaign and in battle, and such things as how to stop your armour going rusty and how to storm a city. It will have immense appeal to all those who enjoy ancient history, but who want to be entertained at the same time.\nTHAMES & HUDSON\n|Antall sider||208||Dimensjoner||12,5cm x 19,8cm x 2,8cm|\n|Vekt||480 gram||Leverandør||Bertram Trading Ltd|\n|Emner og form||European history, Classical history / classical civilisation, Military history|", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Flat Protagonists is a book of literary theory that examines a selection of British and French novels ranging from the late seventeenth to the early twentieth century. The authors it discusses are Aphra Behn, Isabelle de Charrière, Françoise de Graffigny, Thomas Hardy, and Marcel Proust. These writers’ novels all center around a unique narrative device, referred to as the “flat protagonist.” These novels’ character construction tends asymptotically toward what E. M. Forster describes as “flatness.” Their protagonists come ever closer to seeming, as Forster puts it, to be “constructed around a single idea or quality” of limited sophistication and interest. Their behaviors are increasingly stereotypical and predictable, and their means of responsiveness and expression progressively diminish, until other characters no longer even contradict, but simply disregard, what they say. At the same time, flat protagonists are also, against those odds, protagonists: they are consistently framed as major characters, and no other represented person usurps this central place. By drawing attention to the limitations of these characters as objects of other people’s interest, the novels in question set in place a form of “flat realism” whose aim is to reduce our expectations about how much any particular person’s self-expression interests or affects anybody else. This mode of inquiry in narrative theory is proposed as a counterweight to critics’ prevalent emphasis on novels as means of appreciating the complex difficulty of first-person experience and interpersonal communication.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Royal Institute of British Architects is committed to platforming the work and stories of LGBTQ+ communities in architecture and the wider built environment.\nDuring Pride Month 2023, we highlighted this work through events and projects, including those as part of collaborations with other organisations.\nEvents and programming\nFor Pride Month 2023, RIBA supported a series of events and programmes, including some in collaborations with other organisations, to highlight the achievements of the LGBTQ+ community within the built environment. See our programme of events below:\nPride in the Built Environment with RICS\n7 Jun 2023, 12.30pm to 4pm\nRICS HQ, 12 Great George Street, London\nRIBA joined the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) alongside other built environment organisations for an afternoon of constructive conversations on how leaders can influence wider inclusion efforts beyond their organisation. It was a great chance to learn what both professionals and organisations can and should be doing to establish habits and behaviours that create more inclusive cultures in the workplace.\nPride in London 2023 breakfast\n1 Jul 2023, 11am to 1pm\nUniversity of Westminster, Marylebone Campus, London\nThis year, RIBA hosted a breakfast ahead of marching in the Pride in London parade, which was attended by over 100 members, colleagues and friends.\nPride House Liverpool at RIBA North\nDuring the month of May, RIBA North hosted Pride House Liverpool as part of the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. This community safe space featured a cafe, bar, exhibitions, and community stalls delivered by LCR Pride Foundation.\nThroughout the year, RIBA has hosted a series of exhibitions with LGBTQ+ communities at the centre. See the list of past exhibitions below:\nOUT of Space is an exhibition organised by the RIBA LGBTQ+ Community internal group and the RIBA Library and Collections team to highlight contributions of the LGBTQ+ community within architecture and the built environment.\nIt included a display of curated records, pictures, and archival material from the late 1980s and 1990s to document and celebrate the vibrant gay and lesbian clubbing scene in Liverpool, broadening modes of representation through a selection of LGBTQIA+ artefacts.\nCheck back soon for upcoming exhibitions looking at the LGBTQ+ community and the built environment.\nOur RIBA Collections team invites people working in the cultural and built environment sectors to share their reflections on materials in the RIBA Collections, with a particular view to amplify underrepresented voices. See our latest LGBTQ+ content below:\nThis guide signposts some of the resources and materials available through the RIBA's Library and Collections. It is likely that many more stories are yet to be discovered, remaining untold because of legislation that forced LGBTQ+ individuals to conceal their identities or risk prosecution.\nAs part of the Revisiting the Collections blog series, chair of RIBA’s internal LGBTQ+ Community group Emily Jeffers explores how a cottage in rural Wales has led contemporary historians to re-evaluate how we project our own understanding of female queer relationships onto historic figures, particularly women, who have expressed intimacy in different ways.\nThere are a number of books available that centre around LGBTQ+ themes - visit RIBA Books to take advantage of existing discounts. Explore some of the titles below:\nQueer Spaces: An Atlas of LGBTQIA+ Places and Stories - The best-selling RIBA Publishing title of 2022 currently on its third reprint, this lavishly illustrated 'atlas' celebrates over 90 queer spaces from around the world.\nQueer Premises: LGBTQ+ Venues in London Since the 1980s (Publishing June 23rd) - Queer premises provide vital social and cultural infrastructure - a queer infrastructure - connecting different generations and locations, facilitating the movement of resources, across and beyond the city.\nQueer Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London’s Fierce History - This ground breaking guide will take you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious and empowering events of London’s queer story. Follow in the footprints of veteran activists, such as those who marched in London’s first Pride parade in 1972 or witnessed the 1999 bombing of the Admiral Duncan pub in Soho.\nFunny Weather: Art in an Emergency - Olivia Laing, prize-winning, bestselling author of the Lonely City and Crudo returns with a career-spanning collection of essays on the power of art in times of crisis.\nLives in Architecture: Nigel Coates - This autobiography is by one of the UK’s most celebrated designers. Charting his life from a childhood spent in rural Worcestershire to his years as a student at the Architectural Association, the founding of radical architectural group NATO, his prolific professional career, and much more.\nSupporting LGBTQ+ staff and communities\nWhat does being an ally to underrepresented groups mean? And how we can action change for the better, within ourselves and our wider society? Put simply, it's about acknowledging our own identities, without taking up space, listening to lived experiences, and working to actively take down barriers.\nSee our latest list of resources below:\n- Learn how you can support LGBTQ+ staff within your practice.\n- Read our professional feature on what makes a design inclusive.\n- Read this blog with practical tips on being an effective ally.\n- Learn about how to be a better ally by talking about gender pronouns in the workplace.\n- Listen to our RIBA Radio podcast episode below, where panellists discuss how queerness must be allowed to exist and be normalised at every level of the profession.\nVisit our Equity, Diversity and Inclusion page to learn more about RIBA's EDI initiatives and access additional resources.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "What's new in BuriBooks 2.0\n- Major User Interface Changes\n- Pambatang Diksiyonaryo (Children's Dictionary in Filipino)\nAll books now have a new home! Users will be able to see all books in our new Read tab.\nWhenever you read from the read tab, the experience is focused on reading. Activities has been removed on this tab.\nEasily Browse through different redability levels by tapping the \" > \" arrow beside the level\nBooks with activities and assessment can be found at Learn tab.\n- Default tab contains BuriBooks premade activities\n- School tab contains activities made by teachers /Schools. Children no longer have to type in a special code to view a book. They automatically appear in the school tab after teachers create them.\nCheck users reading status and achievements at Profile tab\nHaving trouble with your Filipino vocabulary?\nJust tap the Diksiyonaryo icon (magnifying glass) when reading a book to search for word you need to understand\n- To read a book offline, select a book in Browse tab, and tap Download book\n- Once a book is downloaded you will see the message \"book downloaded\" and \"available offline in your library\n- Log out by going to Profile tab and selecting the settings button at the upper right corner\n- tap log out", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "Through the River\nThrough the River is a challenging and fascinating book that takes the reader on a poignant journey through River Town, providing an eye-opening view on how people can live in close proximity while having radically contrasting perspectives. River Town's three communities live and act so differently because each group is using a distinct set of assumptions about truth (truth lens).\nThis journey exposes the eternal consequences of how our truth lens influences whether we tell others what we know, insist that others accept what we know or be resigned to keep what we know to ourselves. Today the confusion about truth is great but the stakes are even greater. Our understanding of the different ways people view truth is crucial to building and maintaining constructive relationships. Through the River explores the tools God has given us to engage people who have different assumptions thereby enabling us to communicate Christ to a lost and damaged world.\n\"Through the River is a welcome synthesis of perspectives on truth . . . This book persuasively conveys the truthful humility and balance of critical realism and argues that the discovery and holistic implementation of biblical truth takes place in the context of an interdependent community.\"\n\"Jon and Mindy Hirst have masterfully distilled a complicated subject and made it understandable. They help us see that there are various ways to view truth and that how we approach it dramatically impacts our lives and relationships. With biblical references and practical examples they encourage us on the journey toward truth partnered with love. Prepare your heart and mind for new understanding as you read.\"\nForeword by Paul Borthwick\nPreface: Lessons at the Water?s Edge\nChapter 1: Three Communities along the River\nChapter 2: The River Town Story\nChapter 3: Positivism\nChapter 4: Instrumentalism\nChapter 5: Critical Realism\nChapter 6: Experiencing Truth in Love\nChapter 7: Holding Truth Lenses Up to the Bible\nChapter 8: The Great Disturbance\nChapter 9: Truth Lenses and Relationships\nChapter 10: Interacting with Others on the Journey\nChapter 11: The World through Your Truth Lens\nChapter 12: Journeys through the River", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "South Dakota WWII vet’s diary donated to Library of Congress\nWASHINGTON – Arthur Hiland, a World War II veteran, rarely talked to his three daughters about his time in the Army. To them, dad was a closed book who guarded the details of what he’d seen, felt and experienced during his three years fighting in Europe.\nThat all changed after Hiland and this wife died. As their daughters were cleaning out the attic in their parents’ home one day, they discovered, hidden in a corner, a book detailing nearly everything that had happened to their dad. Suddenly, Hiland’s time in the war came alive.\n“We didn’t even know it existed until my mother passed away,” Anna Merrill of Hot Springs, one of Hiland’s daughters, said of the book. “We think (it) was a cathartic exercise, that it was a healing exercise for him. As children, we never talked about the war.”\nThe voluminous book, which measures 18-by-24 inches and is nearly five inches thick, made its way this week to Washington, where members of the family donated it to the Library of Congress as part of its Veterans History Project. The project is a 14-year old congressional initiative designed to preserve war-time memories of veterans and the impact their military service had on their lives and families.\nThe pages in the 70-year-old book have turned light brown, and the once-clear Scotch tape holding pictures, newspaper clippings and other mementos has turned a deep shade of bronze.\nStill, the compilation, weighing an estimated 20 pounds, seems to have omitted no memory. It includes Hiland’s draft notice, discharge papers, an arm band from a Nazi youth group, coins from where Hiland was stationed, and a pair of socks.\nHiland called the book “Snips and scraps of my Army life” — a description that lives on with his family long after his death in 1978.\nThe family initially took the book to the PBS program Antiques Roadshow to see how much it was worth, but the producers said the book was too specific to one person and would have monetary value only if it was taken apart, something Hiland’s children were unwilling to do.\n“This is really unique in regard to the extent of what is in that scrap book,” Bob Patrick, director of the Veterans History Project, said before the Library of Congress received the book. “I mean, it’s everything. He didn’t throw anything away, in terms of really telling that veteran’s story in great detail through all these personal papers, the letters. This is a unique collection we’re getting.”\nBorn in Aberdeen, Hiland spent his entire life in South Dakota except for his time in the military. He was a medic stationed in Germany, France and Luxembourg during World War II, and received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.\nAfter his discharge, Hiland struggled with what is now known as Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and sought treatment at the Veterans Affairs Center in Hot Springs for that and other ailments. The center ended up hiring him as a switchboard operator and to work in its accounting department.\nPatrick said the Veterans History Project has received about 93,000 collections, including oral histories, letters and personal papers, with nearly half coming from those who served in World War II. The project still gets about 100 items a week from veterans, families, universities, researchers and other groups.\nHiland‘s book will be examined by Veterans History Project staff for signs of wear and pages that need to be reinforced. It will then move to a climate-controlled archive where it will be stored and available to anyone who wants to examine it or use for research.\nRep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., who met with Hiland’s family in Washington, said she’s noticed while traveling throughout her state that veterans often don’t share or record their experiences.\nThe Veterans History Project “really does help them document, record their stories and their war efforts so that we and all future generations can benefit from it,” Noem said. “Our future generations will be able to hear their stories from the veterans if they take part in the project. If not, some of that history will be lost.”", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Author Gita Zikherman-Greisdorf shares the lessons she learned from her parents during Nazi regime in her memoir, The Shattered Dreams.\nPhotos courtesy of Gita Zikherman-Greisdorf\nA loving mother feels grateful that her children and grandchildren grow up in comfort, but at some point, she wants them to know what she learned in her own childhood. So Gita Zikherman-Greisdorf wrote The Shattered Dreams, a slim memoire telling her story in a simple, direct way.\nShe wrote this book to convey the values that sustained her parents as they managed to save their children from the Nazis, remaining always just a step ahead of disaster.\nInevitably, the book also conveys the author’s own personality. Dr. Charles Silow, who works with the survivors who serve as speakers at the Holocaust Memorial Center, describes the author as “honest, sincere and sweet.”\nThe story starts in Daugavpils, Latvia, where Gita enjoyed a happy childhood in the same neighborhood as her grandparents, aunts, uncles and many cousins with Jewish and Latvian playmates. Gita, the little girl with a mop of golden curls, was a piano prodigy. At the ripe age of 9, she won acceptance to the music conservancy. She never got to attend.\nThe Nazis marched into Latvia June 22, 1941. Those Jews who could ran to the train yards to try to go east toward relative safety. Gita’s father got his wife and children on a crowded train, but it had no driver. He ran through the trainyard and found a driver, who refused to help them. Her father then found a soldier, who threatened the driver. So, a trainload of Jews escaped. Those who stayed in Daugavpils were murdered by the Germans. Gita’s grandparents were among those who stayed.\nLooking back at that incident, Zikherman-Greisdorf now realizes that her father was a hero. He saved the lives of a trainload of refugees.\nWhen the family reached the Soviet Union, along with tens of thousands of other refugees, they could not stay in overcrowded urban areas. At a kolkhoz, a collective farm in a rural Russian village, the Zikherman family lived with people who had heard legends about Jews but had never seen one. Villagers literally checked these newcomers for horns. Once the villagers realized that Jews are just human beings, the good-hearted peasants even shared what little they had to help the family survive.\nZikherman-Greisdorf’s ever-resourceful father, trained as a tailor, took up whatever trade or craft he needed to provide for the family and to share with the neighbors. When he was mobilized, her fragile mother needed 12-year-old Gita to take charge.\nEven in their extreme poverty, when Gita’s mother had enough supplies (flour, bran and potato peels) to bake bread, she instructed Gita to carry some to more needy neighbors.\nThe story continues as the family moved from place to place across Russia, as they linked up with surviving cousins, as they faced life-threatening dangers and still managed to enjoy life.\nAfter the war, the Russians put Gita’s father in charge of a tailoring shop. Three German prisoners-of-war worked for him. The Russians had little sympathy for these defeated soldiers and did not give them enough to eat. Gita’s mother made sandwiches for her husband and extra sandwiches for the prisoners.\nGita did not ever become a concern pianist — she still feels sad about that and cries at concerts. She became a teacher of Russian language and literature. She married Gary Greisdorf in Russia, and they have two children and four grandchildren. The family moved to the Detroit area in 1972.\nSummarizing her life story, the author wants non-Jews to see what it means to hate and to ask themselves the tragic question: “How can a person come to such hatred?”\nShe wants Jews to feel proud of our people, even when we have disagreements and to remain united.\nWithout hiding from the horror, Zikherman-Greisdorf’s Holocaust story comes across as both sweet and honest.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Unity in the Diversity of Different Religions\nDaljit Singh Jawa\nLinks auf reinlesen.de sind sogenannte Affiliate-Links. Wenn du auf so einen Affiliate-Link klickst und über diesen Link einkaufst, bekommt reinlesen.de von dem betreffenden Online-Shop oder Anbieter eine Provision. Für dich verändert sich der Preis nicht.\nGeisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Religion/Theologie\nIn the present book entitled Unity in the Diversity of Different Religions, with the help of specific quotes and many true or mythical stories, the author illustrates that even though religions of the world may appear very different from one another in their rituals or ways of worship, at their core, they all teach us to be good human beings. They all teach us to practice virtues (like love, compassion, and forgiveness) and to forsake sinful tendencies (like lust, anger, greed, and ego). The author hopes that the readers would enjoy these quotes and stories and find that beside their own religion, other religions also have good things to tell, which we need to share with our friends, particularly young children, so that this world may eventually become like heaven on earth, where people of all faiths are blossoming and spreading their beauty and fragrance for all to enjoy. Cover design by Dan Pasley Topeka, Kansas, USA. All rights reserved ©2017.\nUnity, Diversity, Religions", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Next Big Thing: Julia Klatt Singer’s Guest Blog\nI want to thank Carla for letting me guest blog here. And for asking me to be a part of The Next Big Thing project. It has been an enjoyable assignment to take on, and has forced me to think about my writing in ways I usually don’t think about it. Being a poet, I tend to write a poem, send it to a few friends, see what they have to say, and forget about it. It is the poems that stick with me, the ones I remember weeks or months later that I then go and try to find and look at again. To see if there is something there. This assignment has me not thinking about each poem, but the collections of them that I’m working on. And for me that is the hard part. Deciding what makes a collection and what poems belong together.\nI am thankful too that both Clarence White and Alison Morse have accepted the assignment and will be blogging next week about their next big thing. Alison Morse writes fiction and poetry and is very involved in the writing community working with Peacemakers and running a series of readings through TIC—Talking Image Connection. Clarence is a writer, blogger, and fixture in the Twin Cities writing community as well. At a recent reading I attended the host said he can’t remember a reading he’s been to in the last couple years that Clarence hasn’t been at. Clarence is a lover of all things word. His blog can be found at: theclarencewhiteblog.wordpress.com\nOh and me. I’m Julia Klatt Singer and as my younger son describes me, I’m a part-time poet. His older brother isn’t fooled though, he knows the truth, and often points out to me just how much of a poet I am.\nWhat is your working title of your book?\nThe working title for the book that I am presently getting ready for publishing is A Tangled Path to Heaven. I am also working on another two sets of poems, one based on the Periodic Table of Elements and another group I’m calling The Prodigal Son’s Daughter.\nWhere did the idea come from for the book?\nI guess where most of my ideas come from; nature, music, random words, signs, birds, squirrels, strays, glances, what makes sense to me, and what doesn’t. I’m not sure there is a big idea but more the daily ideas, images, words and interactions that inspire my poems. Although with the Periodic Table, the poems are inspired by the elements, directly related to them in some way. So there is a bigger idea there, or at least a structure I’m working from. Most of my writing isn’t so organized, so my writing’s reason or focus isn’t clear until later. Think bucket of river water, bank and flotsam included—it has to settle to see what is there. Although with The Prodigal Son’s Daughter poems that I’m working on now, I am seeing a road, a landscape, the woods and fields and history, the vistas and the people, and the things lost and found there.\nWhat is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?\nThe poems in A Tangled Path to Heaven explore the paths of relationships, from birth to death. The Heaven, in the title, isn’t the traditional heaven, but more the emotional heaven that we enter in our loving relationships—the safe haven heaven.\nWith the Periodic Table poems, each poem relates to an element in the ways the element relates to a life. How the elements come to life, enhance a life, are part of a life. They are the emotional, living table of elements. Or at least that is my hope for them.\nI don’t know that I know enough about the Prodigal Son’s Daughter poems yet to sum it up in one sentence…\nWill your book be self-published or represented by an agency?\nA Tangled Path to Heaven is due to come out in June, 2013, published by Northstar Press, Clearwater, MN.\nHow long did it take you to write the first draft of your manuscript?\nGood question. Some of the poems are a couple years old, some are newer, some feel like I’ve been writing them my whole life—I pulled a working manuscript together a couple springs ago and then let it sit. Brought it out again last fall and gave it a read. Then sent a half dozen poems to Northstar.\nWho or what inspired you to write this book?\nLots of whos, lost of whats. I think the thing most of these poems have in common is that they are trying to portray the beauty and the fragility and resilience of life. They are trying to capture the moments I am afraid I’ll forget. Because we do forget things.\nWhat else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?\nI think of my poems as a way of pinning down the world around me. Like the butterflies and moths my father used to hunt and collect (which broke my heart to see them dead, mounted on a pin) I could see them, really see them, study their under wings, see the way the light played on their bodies, what made them visible and beautiful, and what helped them hide. So I pin down memories and experiences, thoughts and imaginings on paper (or try to) and hope that I have done them justice.\n& the cover of my book is from a photograph I took in Portugal last summer. I am thrilled to be able to use it, for it captures, I think, in color and perspective, the feel of the poems, a tangled path.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Showing Collections: 1 - 3 of 3\nCollection — Box: 1\nIdentifier: UA 133\nAbstract Collection includes published and handwritten unpublished musical selections written and arranged by Brigham Young University faculty members.\nFile — Folder: 1\nIdentifier: MSS SC 2944\nScope and Contents Written by the president of Brigham Young University to a student, enclosing a copy of the school pep song, \"Alma Pater.\" He encourages her to promote the university to her friends. One sheet of the \"Alma Pater\" music is torn. Also includes a more complete photocopy of the pep song. The name of the author of the lyrics to \"Alma Pater,\" Glen S. Potter, is written in ink on the first page of the printed sheet music.\nCollection — Multiple Containers\nIdentifier: MSS 299\nScope and Contents Indian opera productions composed by Hanson, musical scores, research material, and scrapbooks and photos based on ceremonies and music of the Ute Indians of Colorado and Utah. Operas included are: \"Sun Dance,\" produced in New York City, 1938, \"Bear Dance,\" and \"The Bleeding Heart,\" a white man's fantasy of an imaginary Indian people who lived at the base of Mount Timpanogos in Utah.\n- Colleges and Universities 1\n- Education 1\n- Letters 1\n- Material Types 1\n- Mormons -- Songs and music 1\n- Mormons -- Songs and music -- History and criticism 1\n- Musicians -- Utah -- History 1\n- Scrapbooks 1\n- Ute Indians 1 ∧ less\n- Brigham Young University. Department of Music 2\n- Brigham Young University. English Department 1\n- Hanson, William F. (William Frederick), 1887-1969 1\n- Harold B. Lee Library. Department of Archives and Manuscripts 1\n- Harris, Franklin Stewart, 1884-1960 1", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Press release from Buncombe County Government:\nDive into Oceans of Possibilities at the library this summer. Buncombe County Public Libraries’ (BCPL) annual summer learning program will be all about the sea. Check out the calendar to find the most up-to-date list of programs all summer long.\nJoin BCPL as we kick off summer learning at the Summer Library Fest featuring a performance by local kid-hop favorite, Secret Agent 23 Skidoo. This free party takes place Saturday, June 4, from 10 a.m.-noon at the East Asheville Library. We’ll have beach party games, a mermaid meet-and-greet, mini golf, and lots of fun activities for kids of all ages. Please note: the East Asheville Library basketball court will be closed during the Summer Fest and will reopen later in the day.\nThe 2022 Summer Learning Program is open to young people, preschool through teen, with books and activities for every age. All library programs are free and open to children of all abilities. We’ll see you at the library this summer!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Best Electronic Music Production Books – Being a music producer is more than making cool songs. If you’re serious about a successful career in music production, you’ll need to develop the technical skills, creative strategies, and other important qualities needed to make a name for yourself in the music industry.\nAnd learning by doing is one of the best ways to cut your teeth, and you can get a lot of useful information from reading. Book. Remember them? Something with paper in them?\nBest Electronic Music Production Books\nHere, we’ve scoured our (virtual) bookshelves and come up with an essential reading list for music producers of any genre at any stage of their career. This list is partly designed for education – filling in any gaps you may have with the technical aspects of music production knowledge; But to inspire you to try new things and keep your creative workflow open.\nBuilding The Best Pc For Music Production And Audio Editing\n“Show me a family of readers and I’ll show you people who move the world.” – Napoleon Bonaparte\nBooks in this category are all about the nuts and bolts of music production. How to make good music; Best practices for working with artists and bands; record process; art mixing and mastering; and the basics of music theory.\nGrowing up in small town PA, Owsinski learned the ropes of the music industry through trial and error. Decades of work as an engineer, producer and session musician gave him deep knowledge of music production.\nHe has distilled this time of learning into a series of books covering recording, mixing and mastering. The Recording Engineer’s Handbook was the first and now in its fourth edition, the book has been updated to offer a comprehensive overview of studio recording in today’s high-tech environment.\nBest Electronic Music Books For Gifts & Stocking Fillers\nPacked into 328 pages is everything you need to know about the art of recording, including an overview of the elements of recording, how to use a microphone, techniques for any instrument, and more.\nIf you like Mr. Owsinski, you might want to check out the other two books in this series:\nBobby Owsinski’s trilogy of books covers one of the art of mixing, and you’d be wise to check out Mike Senior’s manual on how to get a good mix in even the tiniest of studios.\nPacked with cutting-edge recording techniques from leading audio engineers and mixing engineers, this guide offers the reader a comprehensive lesson on how to apply a variety of approaches to achieve a radio-ready mix.\nMusic Production Secrets: Why Do I Need A Mixing Engineer?\nMany music producers are well-versed in making music, how different sounds work together, and different mixing styles, but lack formal training in music theory.\nWhile this isn’t necessarily a bad thing, knowing how to make sausage can really improve your output and take your creative process to the next level. If you work with other bands and artists, you will be praised for your musical wisdom.\nSo whether you work in niche metal or electronic music production, if your music theory is rusty, check out Michael Hewitt’s easy-to-digest guide. All the basic theory is explained in a simple, relatable way, using piano rolls instead of sticks.\nCreating great music is only part of your job as a music producer. You should put on your grown-up pants and take care of the business side. It’s not always fun, but it’s definitely important if you don’t want to be completely careless and make abhorrent professional mistakes.\nDance Music Manual In Electronic Dance Music Production\nThe following book will help you understand the dark underbelly of the music business, know what you’re entitled to, and give you more confidence when it’s time to enter the dotted line.\nYes, we’re back with Bobby! In this book, Owsinski completely covers everything you need to know about being a producer, including all the hats you need to wear. (Budget? Contract? Recruit session players? Now what?)\nA particularly useful part of the art is being a diplomat and psychotherapist for the artists you work with – an often overlooked (or overlooked) aspect of music making.\nPlus, you’ll learn how hybrid producers make money in our brave new world of streaming, and tips for troubleshooting and fixing songs that aren’t working.\nStudy Audio Engineering And Music Production At Sae Institute. Enroll Now\nIf you’re serious about becoming a full-time producer, this book will give you all the knowledge you need.\nAri Herstand’s Road Map Through the Music Industry has been popular on music school reading lists since it was published in 2016.\nNow in its third edition, this business how-to book covers every aspect of being an independent musician. While the text is geared more toward artists who want to get away from the greasy hands of major labels, there’s plenty of sage advice here for music producers who want to carve their own path.\nBeing a producer is as much an art as an artist, and Hurstand’s book will help you chart your path to global industry dominance (or at least figure out how to make a decent career out of it).\nTop 5 Books On Mixing Music\nAgain, if you work with other artists and bands, this book will help you steer them in the right direction.\nSometimes it’s good to get into the head of another music producer and see how it works. Maybe you will pick up some useful tricks, or you will be inspired by their long and successful career.\nAfter all, there is great value in reading biographies of legendary music producers, so here are our picks.\nRick Rubin has worked with artists as diverse as Metallica, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Jay-Z, just to name a few. He is undoubtedly one of the most influential music producers of all time.\nThe Best Songwriting Books To Read In 2023\nJake Brown’s in-depth chronicle of Rubin’s career and unique recording scene will enlighten you to your own greatness.\nHoward Massey’s ‘Behind The Glass’ series is a premium collection of in-depth interviews with top recording engineers and producers.\nInside they share time-tested techniques and creative processes in making music, as well as modern best practices.\nDon’t be put off by the book’s interview format. There are many gems here that will make you think outside the box and help you create your own production style.\nBest Electronic Albums Of 2022\nOur last category of books is not specifically related to music production. But as a designer you will need to get your inspiration and run from time to time, and books in this category will definitely do that.\nThis best selling business strategy is in the form of a parable. You may be wondering how working in the manufacturing world can benefit from using business methods – the answer is: it’s not all about you.\nReading this book will give you new insights into how you can grow your career as a music producer by connecting with the people you work with (and for).\nAs you go through your music career, there are times when you start to question your choices and wonder if you did the right thing. Sometimes your own voice can get lost in the noise of millions of other voices clamoring for your attention.\nStudio For Electronic Music (wdr)\nThis is where Mark Manson’s approach to living your best life will help you get back on track to produce music and enjoy the journey.\nAlthough the title of this book suggests that it is only for electronic music production, the strategies in it can be applied to any genre and any instrument.\nDeSantis has compiled a large collection of problem scenarios and design techniques to overcome these obstacles. Whether you’re stuck on how to start, develop or finish a song, his suggestions will get your mouse moving again.\nThe hardcover edition is a little more expensive, but it’s cheaper than on Kindle or as a .pdf from the Ableton website. I’d say it’s worth the $10 investment to broaden your horizons.\nThe 17 Best Backpacks For Music Producers In 2022\nBrian Eno has worked with some of the biggest artists in the world, so he knows a thing or two about being a producer. Oblique Strategy is a fun set of cards, each a suggestion of action or thought designed to help artists create boxes and inspire their work.\nNo, it’s not just a book, but it’s a useful tool to keep around the studio when you’re not sure which direction to turn. Coldplay and MGMT are enough for me.\nUnlike the other books on this list, The Oblique Strategy is not available on Amazon. You can get it directly from the Eno website: https://www.enoshop.co.uk/product/oblique-strategies.html\nThere’s a lot of reading on this list, and the prospect of digging through all the books will fill you with dread. Cheap e-books and yes, free YouTube videos.\nMusic Producers Making $100k A Year Selling Their Melodic Beats Online\nBut there are benefits to having your own physical book and markers that you can refer back to again and again.\nMy advice? See what you can get from your local library. If the book resonates with you, get a physical copy and get lazy with your Sharpie highlighter.\nOr to put it another way, every book on this list is cheaper than buying it", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Poetry and Painting: Two Exhibitions in Honor of Yves Bonnefoy\nFROM APRIL TO JULY 2005, THE FRENCH CITY OF TOURS honored its native son, the poet Yves Bonnefoy, with two exhibitions of paintings related to his work: the first was devoted to books he has created together with contemporary artists, and the second to his work as an art historian and art critic. Yves Bonnefoy has long collaborated with painters and engravers, producing books meant to be not only read but treasured as art, where the words inhabit a space materialized by beautiful papers and bindings and constellated by responding images. His earliest collaborators included Raoul Ubac, Eduardo Chillida, Joan Miro, Antoni Tapies, and Henri Cartier-Bresson. Indeed he has always been attentive to the visual arts, and over the years has produced many critical essays and books devoted to painting and sculpture, including a tome on Alberto Giacometti, whom he knew quite well. The two excellent catalogues of the exhibitions were published together by William Blake & Co. Editions.1\nThe first exhibition, \"Poésie et peinture 1993-2005,\" was lodged in the Chateau de Tours, a block or so from the Loire river. It included artifacts produced by Bonnefoy and eleven artists: books resulting from their collaborations, manuscripts (autograph and corrected typescripts) of pertinent texts and letters, and individual, thematically related works by each of the artists. The books were of two kinds: poems or essays by Bonnefoy illustrated by the artist, or catalogues that include a critical essay on the artist written by Bonnefoy. The exhibition took up the second and third floors of the chateau, one room allotted to each painter. The pale, sandstone-block walls, beamed ceilings, and squareand-diamond terra cotta tile floors provided an excellent setting for the paintings, though in a few rooms drywall was installed because the texture of the stone overpowered smaller, more delicate drawings. The books were displayed in glass cases at the center of each room, sometimes with related materials in smaller cases on the side. Works by George Nama, Gérard de Palézieux, Farhad Ostovani, Gérard TitusCarmel, Alexandre Hollan, and Zao Wou-ki, most of them in black and white (except for those by Titus-Carmel) were exhibited in the slightly larger and higher rooms on the second floor. The colorists Oscar Piattella, Nasser Assar, François de Asis, Mehdi Qotbi, and Pierre Alechinsky were up on the third floor.\nThe catalogue gives the birthplace of each of Bonnefoy's collaborators: Brussells, Belgium; Aix-en-Provence, France; Teheran and Lahijan, Iran; Budapest, Hungary; Pittsburgh, United States; Rabat, Morocco; Paris, France; Beijing, China. It is a list that expresses the cosmopolitan and generous spirit of the poet who made friends with all of them; as the catalogue reveals, the basis of collaboration for Bonnefoy is friendship. The calligraphy that so often haunts these works is present in three or four languages: calligraphy is after all the common root of both poetry and painting.\nIn an introductory essay for the catalogue, Yves Bonnefoy observes that, despite the striking stylistic differences among his collaborators, various themes and preoccupations unite them, in particular, the motif of the tree. Invoking Ronsard's \"Contre les bûcherons de la forêt de Gastine,\" he remarks that if you cut a tree down or reduce it to a concept, it can't inform, shelter or enhance your life by being the kind of existent it is. A great oak tree alone in a field, he writes, is an individual without self-consciousness and thus unites in itself universal and particular; and it is a model of reciprocity for and with us, breathing out what we breathe in, breathing in what we breathe out. Though as an art critic Bonnefoy writes perceptively about the violence of war depicted by Goya and the violated nudes of the great Venetian colorists who seemed, alas, to find stricken women erotic, there is nothing of the kind in the work of his friends. …", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "4 edition of The other side of Calvinism found in the catalog.\nThe other side of Calvinism\nLaurence M. Vance\nIncludes bibliographical references (p. -442) and indexes.\n|Statement||by Laurence M. Vance.|\n|LC Classifications||BX9424.2 .V36 1991|\n|The Physical Object|\n|Pagination||ix, 466 p. ;|\n|Number of Pages||466|\n|LC Control Number||91090818|\nI project two historical research projects, one focusing on international Neo-Calvinism, the other on Neo-Calvinism and Dutch society. The first has to do with .\nThe Loan Contraction Process in Africa: Making Loans Work for the Poor\nCooking with the Uglesiches\nAdditional clerks, Adjutant Generals Office. Letter from the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting copy of communication of the Acting Secretary of War submitting a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the temporary appointment of additional clerks and other employees in the Adjutant Generals Office of the War Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1918.\nHydrogeological investigation of Khor Arbaat basin\nS. Nicholas, Castle Hedingham.\nPoor Wills pocket almanack, for the year 1774\nInvestment and growth in Europe and in the United States in the nineties\nThe history of East London\nNorth London Line\nThe Other Side of Calvinism is an exhaustive assessment of Calvinism. Its strengths include an enlighteningand important to understandhistorical review of the 5(). The Other Side of Calvinism, written by Laurence M. Vance is a monumental work written on the subject of Calvinism. One of the first points made is that Calvinism 5(7).\nThis book is a must for any student of Scripture whose theological leanings do not include the tenets of Calvinism. In an exhaustive fashion, Vance's page Magnum 5(4). The Other Side of Calvinism is a detailed historical examination and critical biblical analysis of the philosophical speculations and theological implications of Book Author: Laurence M.\nVance. The Other Side of Calvinism. This book presents the other side to the over year-old d. The other side of Calvinism book The Other Side of Calvinism: Laurence M. Vance: : Books: The definitive treatment of the subject, this book provides a detailed.\nThe Other Side of Calvinism Ebook Description: ReviewEven Calvinists will find this book informative and challenging, as I didBob Dasal.\n- Pulpit Helps (January. But the hands down no comparison- most thorough- and biblical refutation of 5 point TULIP reformed calvinism is: 1. The other side of calvinism by laurence.\n(), Robert Picirillis Grace, Faith, Free Will (), and my own contribution, The Other Side of Calvinism ( revised edition).\nThe new book by C. Gordon. Book The Other Side of Calvinism PDF Online FREE!!. Confused looking to book The Other Side of Calvinism PDF Kindle that are sold in stores. Now you do. The doctrines of Calvinism, if believed, are a sovereign remedy against the two great heresies in the so-called Christian world, viz: ritualism, or sacramental.\nIt looks like another book attacking that horrible, dangerous thing called \"Calvinism\" has just been released. I won't say anything substantial against the book.\nThe \"Dark Side\" of Calvinism revisited. George Bryson's reappearance on the blogosphere reminded me of a response I wrote a little more than a year ago to the.\nDownload Ebook The Other Side Of Calvinism The Other Side of Calvinism, Revised Edition: Laurence M The author is Laurence M Vance, Ph. This is a. Unlike any other book on the market, A Cultish Side of Calvinism not only shows that the theology of Calvinism is more systematic than biblical, but that it is.\nThe Dark Side of Calvinism: The Calvinist Caste System (CALVARY CHAPEL ON CALVINISM) (Volume 2) by Mr. George L Bryson Paperback. In Stock. Ships from and Reviews: The title of the book really should be The Five Points of Calvinism, and the meaning of those points according to George Bryson, weighed and found wanting.\nI have to 5(11). Pos tentang the other side of calvinism yang ditulis oleh dedewijaya. grace by itself is also used to stand for the doctrines of Calvinism One. Calvinism And The Baptists By Laurence M.\nVance, Ph. (Adapted from The Other Side of Calvinism, Vance Publications, Pensacola, Florida, rev., pages. The New Calvinism is a hot issue in the world today, and especially in evangelicalism. Its big for those who are Calvinists and its galvanizing for many who arent.\nThese are major virtues of these side-by-side books, whether or not one or the other convinces readers. My suspicion is that convinced Calvinists will be more. The best book for the study of dispensations is: Gods' Plan for Man by Finis Jennings Dake, ISBN Highly recommended book for studying many.\nI hear that \"The Other Side of Calvinism\" by Laurence Vance is a good refute to the teaching. I did just order 2 dvd debates that Dr. Peter Ruckman had with a. This book explores in unprecedented detail the theological thinking of John Witherspoon during his often overlooked ministerial career in Scotland.\nIn contrast to the. Sure, if youd like to know more about Calvinism, do read from their perspective, not just from the perspective of Arminianism. And, if after reading these two books.\nBut I was able to find other descriptions of Jansenists' claims about their differences with Calvinism. Nigel Abercrombie's book The Origins of Jansenism is. An Even Lazier Man's Guide to Understanding Calvinism INTRODUCTION For more than a decade I was the host of a Christian talk show called 'Scripturally Speaking.\n' On. The book is heavily dependent on Laurence Vance's \"The Other Side of Calvinism\" (Vance Publications), and at times seems to lift whole chapters straight out of Reviews: Dave Hunt clearly and concisely sums up the \"other side\" for everyone. Even if the reader disagrees with his conclusions, he or she can at least have a better.\nDebating Calvinism. : Dave Hunt, James Robert White. Multnomah Publishers, - Religion - pages. 2 Reviews.\nA centuries-old belief system is put to the test as 5(2). The New Calvinism is vibrantly engaged in the publishing of books, and, even more remarkably, in the world of the internet, with hundreds of energetic bloggers, and. Calvinism on Trial (Handout Study Notes) (The other Side of Calvinism); George Bryson (The Five Points of Calvinism: Weighed and Found Wanting) In.\nWriters Per Hour The Other Side Of Calvinism|Laurence M is an essay The Other Side Of Calvinism|Laurence M writing service that can help you with all your. Hello, Sign in. Account Lists Account Returns Orders. Cart. Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition, Reformed Christianity, Reformed Protestantism, or the Reformed faith) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows.\nCrypto-Calvinism is a pejorative term describing a segment of German members of the Lutheran Church accused of secretly subscribing to Calvinist doctrine of the. This book on Calvinism is organized in three parts plus appendices: Part One (\"The Five Points Defined\") gives a brief historic overview of the controversy between 5(2).\nCalvinism is a term that has become hard to pin down. There are many variations of it. Some simply say reformed theology, some say 5 point Calvinist or 3 point, and so. In other words, in Calvinism there is no clear delineation between good and evil they exist together in what Augustine called antithesis.\nThe Gnostics and the. That is just an epitome of Calvinism; it is the sum and substance of it. If anyone should ask me what I mean by a Calvinist, I should reply, He is one who says. In his book, Olsen makes it clear that he is against the system of Calvinism, without being against Calvinists per explains that he works with Calvinists and.\nWritten by Pastor Josh Merrell of South Side Baptist Church in Weatherford, Texas. More than a few people have begun to wonder if this series on Calvinism was ever .The Biggest But in the Bible (Ephesians ) Ephesians contains the biggest “but” in the Bible.\nTo see why this is, let’s quickly review what we have seen so .", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Magic Whistle #9\n- Publisher: Alternative Comics\n- Written By: Sam Henderson\n- Art By: Sam Henderson\n- Language: English\n- Digital Release Date: March 5th, 2014\nThe latest issue of the Magic Whistle comic series is actually in a larger, graphic novel format. Sam Henderson comes out of seclusion with the new \"annual\" format for his long-running, always funny series. He's added a few sketchbook pages and some longer pieces such as the full-color 24-page \"The Hamburger Joe Story.\" Silly, childish, potty-mouthed, very funny. \"Now for the Pabst and Fresca chaser!\"", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Southeast Asia [3 volumes]: A Historical Encyclopedia from Angkor Wat to East Timor\nKeat Gin Ooi (Contributor)\nAvailable / dispatched within 1 - 4 weeks\nAn in-depth, historical encyclopedia of Southeast Asia, with coverage from prehistoric times to the end of the 20th century for each country in the region. Southeast Asia: A Historical Encyclopedia, From Angkor Wat to East Timor is the premier and authoritative reference work covering the history of the region, which consists of Myanmar (formerly Burma), Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Indonesia, the Philippines, and East Timor. Organized in a user-friendly, A-Z format, with entries ranging from brief descriptions to expansive essays, this comprehensive, pioneering three-volume work covers archaeology and prehistory, politics and culture, socioeconomics, ethno-history, language, institutions and organizations, wars and conflicts, personalities, geography, religions and folklore, and environment. A list of the book's 130 contributors reads like a \"who's who\" of renowned Southeast Asianists, including Barbara Watson Andaya, David Chandler, John Gullick, V. T. King, Milton Osborne, Anthony Reid, Nicholas Tarling, Robert H. Taylor, Anthony Milner, Wang Gungwu, and many others. Writing for a nonspecialist audience, their work presents impeccable scholarship and incisive analysis in a style that is both informative and captivating. Over 800 A-Z entries covering a wide range of diverse historical topics from the Bataan Death March to the Ramayana Contributions from an international panel of over 130 scholars Illustrations, maps, and photographs that are informative, critical, and up to date A chronology, bibliography, and index complete the coverage 94 Illustrations, unspecified\nAbout the Author\nOoi Keat Gin, PhD, is associate professor of history and coordinator of the Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU) of the School of Humanities at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang, Malaysia.\n- Contributor: Keat Gin Ooi\n- Imprint: ABC-CLIO\n- ISBN13: 9781576077702\n- Number of Pages: 1791\n- Format: Hardback\n- Publisher: ABC-CLIO\n- Release Date: 2004-10-13\n- Binding: Hardback\n- Biography: Ooi Keat Gin, PhD, is associate professor of history and coordinator of the Asia-Pacific Research Unit (APRU) of the School of Humanities at Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang, Malaysia.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "New Canaan Library\nType Size A A A\nPosted on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 9:39am by Anonymous\nHere are some newly arrived audiobooks!\nPosted on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 9:15am by Anonymous\nA fun beginning chapter book about a boy and his magical dog named Larry.\nPosted on Fri, 06/24/2011 - 8:59am by Anonymous\nMeet Kate, Michael and Emma... three siblings who find themselves on a quest to find a magical book!\nPosted on Mon, 06/13/2011 - 1:48pm by Anonymous\nClick here to find lots of fun and games that expand on our summer theme,\n\"One World, Many Stories!\"\nPosted on Thu, 05/26/2011 - 2:30pm by Anonymous\nWe have some great new releases with a musical theme, from Big Time Rush and Lemonade Mouth to the Justin Bieber tour.\nPosted on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 2:55pm by Anonymous\nAnother great mystery by the author of Chasing Vermeer!\nPosted on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 2:37pm by Anonymous\nJoin Ripley's Bureau of Investigation on a series of secret and exciting adventures!\nPosted on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 2:27pm by Anonymous\nThis story about a fifth grade class and their special teacher will have you sitting on the edge of your seat!\nPosted on Tue, 05/24/2011 - 11:32am by Anonymous\nMeet third-grader Sophie Miller in the first book, Sophie the Awesome.\nPosted on Tue, 05/17/2011 - 1:29pm by Anonymous\nSummer Storytimes run for five weeks, June 28-July 29. All classes are drop in but the child should be the correct age for the class by June 15.\n100% Tax Deductible. 100% Worth it.\nPlease Donate Now!\nThe reference desk is available to help. Click here for more contact options.\nMovie Mondays - Master & Commander\nMonday, March 10 at 4:00 p.m.\nMovie Mondays- All is Lost\nMonday, March 10, 2014 at 4:00 pm in the Plaut Room\nTEEN TECH WEEK: Minecraft for grades 5-12\nCome play Minecraft with your friends on our very own server! Monday, March 10, 4-6PM, in the Lamb Room downstairs.\nDetectives in the Art Gallery-CANCELLED\nDetectives in the Art Gallery investigate the pin-hole photography of Tom Mezzanotte with Art Educator, Mary Moross-CANCELLED\nSpring Storytime Registration ages 3-8\nRegistration for Spring Storytime begins in the Children's Room @ 9:30 AM\nLibrary Debuts MakerLab\nMade possible through generous donations from benefactors, we are pleased to announce the unveiling our MakerLab on Monday, March 10th.\nWhat's all the hoopla!\nThousands of movies, television shows, music albums and audiobooks, are now available for mobile and online access through a new partnership with Hoopla Digital.\nTeen Tech Week: DIY @ Your Library\nHelp us celebrate Teen Tech Week, March 10-13! Play Minecraft, experiment with 3D printing and modeling, and learn to write code!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Argentinians have tended to assimilate more quickly into the local population than most other Latin American groups in the United States. Descending mostly from Italians, Spaniards, Germans, Russians, Poles, and other Europeans, Argentinian immigrants have generally identified with Euro-American ethnic groups in Chicago. The majority of Argentinians in Chicago are Roman Catholics and Jews.\nImmigrants from Argentina have been arriving in Chicago since at least the 1920s, according to the Argentine consulate's offices, which opened in 1927. Most came from Buenos Aires, the capital. Generally, the male head of household arrived first, bringing his family later. Since the 1930s, a steady flow of students has come to Chicago to attend area universities, with many eventually settling permanently in the metropolitan area.\nImmigration has tended to follow political events in Argentina. In the 1950s and 1960s, many college students and professionals left the country when the universities were closed down by the government and the economic situation was not favorable. During the political turmoil of the 1970s and 1980s, Argentinians arrived in Chicago as refugees, sponsored by the Lutheran Church and the United Nations.\nSoccer (or futbol, as it is known in Argentina) constitutes one of the major recreational activities of Argentinians in Chicago, and the Chicago Pampas soccer club is especially important. Other organizations include the Casa Argentina, a social club with approximately 75 members who gather weekly to play soccer and mingle. The Argentine American Medical Association of the Midwest represents the disproportionately large number of doctors among Argentinian immigrants. Both groups hold special events to commemorate Argentina's national holidays and celebrations with tango music and dancing as well as picnics in the summer.\nThe popularity of tango music and dancing during the closing years of the twentieth century brought Argentinians into the limelight, evidenced in performances, films, musical revues, and several schools of dance, which along with restaurants, have helped to reverse the earlier invisibility of Chicago's Argentinians.\nBethell, Leslie, ed. Argentina since Independence. 1993.\nFoster, David William. Buenos Aires: Perspectives on the City and Cultural Production. 1998.\nSimpson, John, and Jana Bennett. The Disappeared and the Mothers of the Plaza: The Story of the Eleven Thousand Argentinians Who Vanished. 1985.\nThe Electronic Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2005 Chicago Historical Society.\nThe Encyclopedia of Chicago © 2004 The Newberry Library. All Rights Reserved. Portions are copyrighted by other institutions and individuals. Additional information on copyright and permissions.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "An ancient mystery, a hidden language, and the secrets of a bizarre Egyptian sect collide in modern-day London in this ingenious novel of seduction, conspiracy, and betrayal alter Rothschild is an American Egyptologist living in London and charged by the British Museum with the task of unlocking the ancient riddle of the Stela of Paser, one of the last remaining real-life hieroglyphic mysteries in existence today. The secrets of the stela-a centuries-old funerary stone-have evaded scholars for thousands of years due to the stela's cryptic reference to a third translation:\nWalter Rothschild, a middle-aged Egyptologist at the British Museum, has abandoned his wife and child to spend his time obsessively poring over the dusty inscriptions of a dead civilization. He is forced to reconnect with life when he is seduced by a mysterious woman who then steals an ancient papyrus containing the key to the enigmatic hieroglyphics of the Stela of Paser. The conspiracy trail leads Walter to a modern-day cult of the Egyptian sun god, Aten, protected by a menacing team of pro wrestlers. In Bondurant's ambitious debut, a sprawling picaresque is infused with mythic resonance by linking it to ancient Egyptian literature and mythology and to concepts in avant-garde physics, including black holes, general relativity and string theory. The author has an inventive imagination and an ardent feel for place; much of the book is a prose poem to London's squalid demimonde. Though some may feel that Bondurant's erudition and philosophical engagement (\"the only way... to make sense of the magnitude of the time and the space and the span of humanity on earth is to grasp onto the one thing that gives you a clear look\") slow the pace of his mystery, the success of previous literary novels of suspense bodes very well for this one. .", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "A Birthday Hullabaloo: Eat the Cake\nTreat a special birthday girl or boy to this adorable, celebratory picture book and birthday crown wrapped up with a bow (and a sprinkle of confetti!) and ready for gifting at a special price.\nIt's your day to be wild and fearless and free. It's your day for becoming the next thing you'll be. Though today is your party, it doesn't stop here, it should keep right on going and last you all year.\nWith its colorful cast of characters, delightfully detailed illustrations, and playful rhymes, this festive book will ignite good feelings for birthdays and any occasion where cake is appropriate. (And cake is always appropriate!) A fun and joy-filled gift for anyone!", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "|LC Classifications||Microfiche 94/2346 (A)|\n|The Physical Object|\n|Pagination||ca. 232 microfiches|\n|Number of Pages||232|\n|LC Control Number||94628495|\nWe so appreciate your loyalty to your favorite independent bookstore and our staff. During this time, we have partnered with for online print & e-book orders as well as for audio books. When you select us as your bookstore, we are rewarded for every book or audio download our customers make through a percentage of your order. Collected Works book. Read 43 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. The Brontes had their moors, I have my marshes, Lorine Niedecker /5. Collected Works of Martin Luther by Martin Luther (Author) out of 5 stars 1 rating. ISBN ISBN Why is ISBN important? ISBN. This bar-code number lets you verify that you're getting exactly the right version or edition of a book. The digit and digit formats both work. 5/5(1).", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Troy Public Library is committed to providing an atmosphere where people of all ages may come to read, browse, do research, study or attend a program. This policy does not prohibit quiet conversation between patrons and/or staff members or conversations required to carry on library programs or business. It is designed to preserve a reasonably quiet atmosphere where library patrons may use library services and materials without unacceptable disturbance.\nIt is each patron’s responsibility to maintain their own proper behavior in order to insure protection of their individual rights and the rights and privileges of other patrons.\nThis policy has been established for the benefit and security of patrons, staff and the library facility. In order to provide a suitable library atmosphere, the following rules related to behavior have been established.\nIf a patron disregards these rules, or if a person is not responsive to the efforts of staff to enforce the rules, the patron will be asked to leave the library. If the patron refuses to leave the library, the police will be called to remove them.\nIn order to insure that all those using the library may enjoy the Library’s services, all patrons are to respect the following rules:\n- Beverages must have a lid.\n- Cell phones are to be put on “vibrate” and calls taken or placed only in designated areas (lobby, vestibules, café).\n- Food is allowed only in designated areas (lobby, vestibules, café).\n- No bicycle, tricycles, skateboards, rollerblades, scooters, or skates.\n- No smoking of any kind, including eCigarettes.\n- No patron will enter “Staff ” areas or use staff equipment without permission.\n- No behavior that is disruptive, harassing, or threatening in nature to patrons or staff.\n- No person shall willfully annoy another person.\n- No person shall damage or deface public property.\n- No person shall engage in loud or boisterous behavior.\n- No person shall use profane, obscene, or offensive language.\nNo person shall be in a state of intoxication that causes a public disturbance.\n- No person shall enter the library or remain in the library without a shirt and shoes.\n- No person shall loiter on the premises under circumstances that warrant alarm for the safety or health of any person or property in the vicinity.\n- No person shall interfere with other library patrons’ use of the library through extremely poor personal hygiene.\n- No person shall sleep in the library for an extended period of time.\n- No person shall bring a pet or other animal into the library unless they are guide dogs or part of a library program.\n- Only persons conducting library or library-affiliated business will be allowed to solicit for the sale of goods and services in the library.\n- No theft or damage to library property or materials.\n- No violation of any local, state or federal law within the library\nBehavior within the library that disturbs another person or invades their right to privacy, including, but not limited to, staring at, photographing, or videotaping patrons or staff, is prohibited.\nHandling Inappropriate Behavior\nIt is the charge of library staff to see that the rights of individuals to use the library are upheld and the rules are enforced. The staff member “on-duty” shall enforce these rules.\nOccasionally, staff members may have to deal with patrons who violate the rules. The staff member will ask for them to refrain. If the patron has to be asked again to cease their objectionable behavior, then they will be asked to leave the library. If they refuse to leave the library, the staff member “on duty” will call the police and a brief written report about the incident and the action taken will be filed with the Library Director.\n“Unattended” means that the parent or designated caregiver is not in close proximity to the child. Library staff cannot be expected to assume responsibility for the care of unsupervised children in the library. Parents or caregivers are responsible for their children’s behavior while in the library.\nAll children of elementary school age must be in the company of a parent/care-giver while in the library. Even if the child is attending a program, it is required that the parent/caregiver remains in the library throughout the program.\nIf it is determined that a child is lost or left unattended, a staff member will attempt to locate the parent/caregiver. If the parent/caregiver cannot be found, then the staff person “on-duty” will call the police.\nMinors at the Library After Closing\nMinors are defined as anyone under 18 years of age.\nIf the minor is still here 15 minutes after the closing time, Troy Police will be called and the minor will be escorted to the station to await a ride.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The truths of monsters : coming of age with fantastic media /\nAs monster theory highlights, monsters are cultural symbols, guarding borders that a society creates to protect its values and norms. However, no book-length study has been written on the role of monsters and the monstrous in coming-of age narratives, even though adolescence is the time when one exp...\nLimpár, Ildikó, 1972-\nJefferson, North Carolina :\nMcFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers,\n|Series:||Critical explorations in science fiction and fantasy ;", "label": "Yes"}
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{"text": "-- Presents concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work-- Provides multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters-- Digests of critical extracts prefaced by headnotes-- The perfect resource for introducing readers to the analytical techniques of literary criticism\n\"A contemporary literary views book.\"\nIncludes bibliographical references (p. 70-75) and index.\nWhat is the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer?\nThe Tomatometer measures the percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who recommend a certain movie --\nor the number of good reviews divided by the total number of reviews.\nA good review is denoted by a FRESH tomato.\nA bad review is denoted by a ROTTEN tomato.\nIn order for a movie to receive an overall rating of FRESH on Rotten Tomatoes, the reading on the Tomatometer for that movie must be at\nleast 60%. Otherwise, it is ROTTEN. The ratings and reviews are licensed by the Phoenix Public Library from Rotten Tomatoes. For more information,\nplease visit the Rotten Tomatoes website at www.rottentomatoes.com", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "4 edition of American-British, British-American dictionary with helpful hints to travelers found in the catalog.\nAmerican-British, British-American dictionary with helpful hints to travelers\nWilliam Quinby De Funiak\n|Statement||William Q. de Funiak.|\n|LC Classifications||PE2839 .D4 1978|\n|The Physical Object|\n|Pagination||135 p. ;|\n|Number of Pages||135|\n|ISBN 10||0498020967, 0498022315|\n|LC Control Number||77074117|\nAmerican English is spoken in the USA, Canada and many Pacific Rim countries where America has exerted an influence. British English is spoken throughout the British Commonwealth of 54 countries, some of the most notable being the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, with Canada being the We recommend Google Flights and the Google ITA Matrix. 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Spelling matters. If you want to create a good impression in your writing and make sure you get your meaning across clearly, it’s important to get your spelling right. This section contains lots of quick-reference spelling tips. For example, if you can never remember whether the plural of potato is spelled potatoes or potatos, then you can jump straight to plurals of nouns to get The United States is the second greatest tourist draw in the world, with million-plus visitors in alone (France, number one, attracted almost 80 million).\nFlipping through a few of the. Most homebrewers get into the hobby as a means to produce their favorite styles or brands of beer. They yearn to produce world class beer right at home.\nBut many variables ultimately determine whether or not a brewer can actually achieve his or her goal. 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{"text": "Global Website:Webdesign im internationalen Umfeld Oliver Meidl\nIn today´s hyper-connected world, any brand with a website or digital presence is ´global´ by its very definition; yet in practice it takes an enormous amount of strategic planning and adaptability to successfully manage an international brand. Global Brand Management explores the increasingly universal scope of brand management. In an era when many brand managers will find themselves working for large multinationals operating across varied territories, categories and consumer groups, developing an understanding of both the opportunities and risks of multinational brands is truly essential. Meticulously researched, Global Brand Management shows readers how to manage an existing global brand, while simultaneously equipping them with the skills to build one from scratch. The text uses fascinating case studies including Oreo, Harley Davidson and Xiaomi to demonstrate the challenges of maintaining a stable brand identity when operating across territories with different languages, cultural values and logistics. With helpful pedagogy throughout and built-in features to enhance classroom learning, Global Brand Management is the perfect springboard for students to appreciate, enjoy and embrace the nuances and complexities of brand management on an international scale.\nThis fully revised fifth edition continues to offer the authoritative introduction to today´s global political economy and its historical context. O´Brien and Williams move beyond the traditional three-paradigm perspective to show how these theories can be applied and their efficacy in tackling key developments and issues. In doing so, the authors offer an all-encompassing analysis of the multiple theories, themes, and issues to create a comprehensive guide to the topic. The authors first trace the evolution of the global economy from its roots in fifteenth century through the Industrial Revolution, to the post-1945 world order. They then proceed to explore in more detail the dynamics of today´s global political economy, providing systematic coverage of the key spheres of activity, from trade, production and finance to social divisions, development, the environment, ideas, security and governance. This edition includes new material on the Greek financial crisis and the changing role of the BRICS countries in global governance, as these developments upset the dominance of the US and Europe in the world economy today. Supported by multiple boxed exhibits, further reading links, and a fully-featured companion website, this text is designed to be as accessible as possible. Online, students will find essay and multiple choice questions, podcasts and videos, timelines, and other materials to help consolidate learning.\nFor junior/senior undergraduate and first-year graduate courses in Operations Research in departments of Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, Statistics, Computer Science, and Mathematics. Operations Research provides a broad focus on algorithmic and practical implementation of Operations Research (OR) techniques, using theory, applications, and computations to teach students OR basics. The book can be used conveniently in a survey course that encompasses all the major tools of operations research, or in two separate courses on deterministic and probabilistic decision-making. With the Tenth Edition, the author preserves classical algorithms by providing essential hand computational algorithms as an important part of OR history. Based on input and submissions from OR students, professors, and practitioners, the author also includes scenarios that show how classical algorithms can be beneficial in practice. These entries are included as Aha! Moments with each dealing with stories, anecdotes, and issues in OR theory, applications, computations, and teaching methodology that can advance the understanding of fundamental OR concepts. The Companion Website for Operations Research, 10/e (www.pearsonhighered.com/taha) provides valuable resources for both students and instructors. Resources include case studies that require students to employ OR tools from multiple chapters, Excel, TORA, and AMPL files as well as additional chapters and appendixes. A note about accessing the Companion Website: Instructors should click the ´´Register´´ link and follow the on-screen directions to access the site. Instructors need a Pearson Education account to register, but do not require an additional Access Code. Students can access the Companion Website by redeeming the Access Code included in the front of their new copy of Operations Research, 10/e. Students can also purchase Companion Website access online. The Instructor Resource Center contains the Solutions Manual and PowerPoints of the art from the book. Instructors can download these resources from www.pearsonhighered.com/irc\nGlobal Corruption and Ethics Management: Transforming Theory into Action is focused on integrating research from a diverse array of scholars and translating it into proactive skills; the empirical content is presented clusters of short chapters, each cluster or section is followed by a synopsis of skills for implementation based upon this new knowledge. The scope of the content encompasses the work of top scholars and experienced professionals from across the globe to strategically outline the mercurial nature of corruption, its causes, the systems and practices that facilitate it, its short- and long-term consequences, new measures for assessing and diagnosing remedies, and steps that can be taken to prevent it. Scholars and students can use it as a jumping-off point for further research, and practitioners can immediately expand their repertoire of tools in preventing and fighting corruption through implementation of the skills synopses. Further, incorporating digital media resources such as a companion website offering links to measurements and assessments, and accessible instructors´ tools will dramatically shift the benchmark for studying and implementing Global Corruption and Ethics Management; there is no other book on corruption AND ethics management with the empirical gravitas, variety of application tools, and with this level of accessibility.\nThe Internet has become just another battleground for businesses with the birth of eCommerce, due to its global accessibility and ease of use. That said, everyone want their businesses to be more visible to their patrons, leveraging their search habits and borrowing the power of search engines. However, there are some pitfalls that a beginners - and even some veterans - fall into when optimizing their sites. These include: Outdated techniques, ´´Black hat´´ tricks, Inability to understand trends. This Audibook will help the listener - you! - avoid all of these mistakes and more when applied in the field of backlinking, an all-important SEO subsector that one must know about if they are to implement a successful SEO strategy. listen and know more about the basics and the nitty-gritty of backlinking, complete with the human factor involved in the art and the things you must never do. After listening to this Audibook, you will be on your way to being a master of utilizing backlinks to ethically improve your site´s page rank! 1. Language: English. Narrator: Robert Gazy. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/028588/bk_acx0_028588_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.\nFlying blind in interactions with customers, colleagues, collaborators, or competitors? Frustrated by misunderstandings with other organizational silos or cultures? Learn the number-one skill: how to step into anyone’s shoes, decode their mindset, and get the job done with anyone, anywhere.What derails deals is not that we don’t bow, kiss, or shake hands correctly. What kills success is our inability to read between the lines, decode the mindset of the other side, and see the world from other perspectives.Forged in the fire of clashing cultures and living on four continents, Dr. Zweifel, the CEO, Columbia professor, and award-winning author, unpacks the toolbox he developed over three decades of helping managers in 100+ countries lead effectively - a system for success across organizational and cultural boundaries.´´Culture Clash not only reminds us of our blindness, but also offers a cure.´´ -Scott A. Snook, professor, Harvard Business School In this action-packed, quick and fun listen (cross-cultural fiascos can be hilarious... Some jokes are so risqué that the publisher banned them until now), learn: The 13 Do’s and Taboos in dealing with other value-systems.The most powerful troubleshooting tool on the market to prevent culture clash - which saved Dr. Zweifel’s clients millions in sunk costs, with cases.The eight dimensions to prep quickly for any meeting anywhere - even if you’ve never been there.How to lead effective global meetings and teleconferences (before, during, after), with a case of a $40m value-add.How to adapt your website, videos, and social media, so you don’t alienate new customers.The hidden differences between American, Asian, European, and other mindsets that trip up negotiations.How to address difficult topics for example sex - in different cultures.´´Absolute 1. Language: English. Narrator: Thomas D. Zweifel. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/063760/bk_acx0_063760_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.\nGrow Global: Using International Protocol to Expand Your Business Worldwide is a guide to more effectively doing business globally whether you work for a corporation or are a self-employed entrepreneur or consultant, and whether you do your global outreach by traveling to distant places, over the phone, or just over the Internet. Based on extensive original research, sociologist, business and relationship consultant, coach, and speaker Dr. Jan Yager, who is also author of the award-winning book, Business Protocol, among other titles, covers the 15 international protocol concerns that readers need to be aware of as well as tips on foreign business travel, making your website more global, faux pas to avoid, negotiating styles, contracts and getting paid, gift-giving, legal considerations, and ethics. There is a chapter that provides a country by country etiquette guide and another chapter on how to build a global relationship so that the business will follow. 1. Language: English. Narrator: Lee Strayer. Audio sample: http://samples.audible.de/bk/acx0/014599/bk_acx0_014599_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Little White Lies - Pink Flamingos at 50 - issue 94\nLittle White Lies is a bi-monthly film magazine combining great design, beautiful illustration, and journalism to bring you great movies and the people behind them.\nIssue 94, what's inside?\nThis issue worships the iconic, filthy and outrageous John Walters and the golden anniversary of Pink Flamingos.\nAn in depth discussion with The Pope of Trash himself, celebrating queer cinema, acknowledging his countless achievements from touring the world and taking pride in his films that changed the world forever.\nIncluded also in this issue, an insightful conversation with Ninja Thyberg about her daring and sex-positive film Pleasure, which gives explores the world of the adult film industry and how she now embraces a more \"progressive form of screen eroticism\".\nMany more incredible directors such as Mia Hansen-Løve and Baz Huhrman are also interviewed.\nThis colourful, arthouse and pride dedicated issue of Little White Lies is a favourite amongst staff and is impossible to put down.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "AWARDED 2022 NORDIC COUNCIL CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S LITERATURE PRIZE\nAwarded the 2021 Ministry of Culture Graphic Novel Prize\nAwarded the 2021 Riksmål Prize for Excellent Prose\nAwarded “GOLD Best Illustrations Children’s Books 2022”\nThe Year’s Most Beautiful Books (the Norwegian Designer’s Guild’s Visual Prize)\n“This year’s prize winner has created a book which engages, touches and makes the reader reflect on collective, political societal issues alongside individual, existential questions.\nThe book’s visual language is sober and consistent, and carries a clear personal touch. Through pictures and text, the main character’s inner and outer life is depicted in an expressive and unsentimental way. The illustrations are fluid with an everyday melancholy, while the written language is both believable and spoken. Where the text withholds information, the pictures take over as the main narrator of the story. The use of colours is deliberate, effective and telling, and shows how the book’s creator is able to elegantly outline the boundary between past and present, between dreams and reality.”\nFrom the Nordic Council jury’s statement\n“(…) full of hope (…) few, or none, describe the depression of a nation and the tense atmosphere fall 2011 the way Nora Dåsnes does (…) A fine deed (…) Nora Dåsnes draws Oslo most likely the way Edvard Munch would have done today.”\nKristine Isaksen, VG, 6/ 6\n“Missed Calls is a small story that makes a major impression.”\nErik Barkman, Weekendavisen\nA month has passed since the terrorist attack July 22nd. Rebekka didn’t know anyone who died and she believes that she is a kind of person who can keep on living. When her best friend become a member of a political party, Rebekka gets occupied with the school’s revue, in Daniel with the curly hair, in partying, with school work, and with friends.\nThe problem is that Rebekka is thinking of the terrorist attack all the time.\nA graphic novel about being young in the time following a terrorist attack. A story about searching for meaning in life when you are facing the meaningless. It’s a story about being on the outside, about sorrow and anxiety, and it’s a story about how demanding it can be to reach out for each other, and how crucial it is when we manage.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi\nWho was Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi?\nMirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi, also known as Etemad-ed-Dowleh and Monshi-ol-Mamalek was the chief secretary, historian, biographer, advisor, strategist, friend and confidant of King Nadir Shah Afshar, it was he who wrote and accepted the different decisions and files related to the Empire.\nWe need you!\nHelp us build the largest biographies collection on the web!\non July 23, 2013\nUse the citation below to add to a bibliography:\n\"Mirza Mehdi Khan Astarabadi.\" Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2022. Web. 7 Dec. 2022. <https://www.biographies.net/people/en/mirza_mehdi_khan_astarabadi>.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Published April 1988\nby Taylor & Francis .\nWritten in English\n|The Physical Object|\n|Number of Pages||394|\nRegarded as ‘Britain’s greatest living playwright’ (The Times), Tom Stoppard’s new play, directed by Patrick Marber, is an intimate drama with an epic sweep; the story of a family who made good. Leopoldstadt is a passionate drama of love, family and endurance. Tom Stoppard’s most humane and heart-breaking play. Tom Stoppard’s most popular book is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Tom Stoppard has books on Goodreads with ratings. Tom Stoppard’s most popular book is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. Tom Stoppard has books on Goodreads with ratings. Tom Stoppard’s most popular book is Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are. Tom Stoppard, original name Tomas Straussler, in full Sir Tom Stoppard, (born July 3, , Zlín, Czechoslovakia [now in Czech Republic]), Czech-born British playwright and screenwriter whose work is marked by verbal brilliance, ingenious action, and structural dexterity. Stoppard’s father was working in Singapore in the late s. See all books authored by Tom Stoppard, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Arcadia, and more on cyrusofficial.com Looking for books by Tom Stoppard? See all books authored by Tom Stoppard, including Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, and Arcadia, and more on cyrusofficial.com We personally assess every book's quality and.\nDiscover Book Depository's huge selection of Tom Stoppard books online. Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million titles. Arcadia is a play by Tom Stoppard concerning the relationship between past and present, order and disorder, certainty and uncertainty. In , the Royal Institution of Great Britain named it one of the best science-related works ever cyrusofficial.comn by: Tom Stoppard. Apr 11, · Tom Stoppard is the author of such seminal works as Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Jumpers, The Real Thing, Arcadia, The Invention of Love, and the trilogy The Coast of Utopia. His screen credits include Parade’s End, Shakespeare in Love, /5. Jan 28, · Travesties was born out of Stoppard's noting that in three of the twentieth century's most crucial revolutionaries — James Joyce, the Dadaist founder Tristan Tzara, and Lenin — were all living in Zurich. Also living in Zurich at this time was a British consula official called Henry Carr, a man acquainted with Joyce through the theater and later through a lawsuit concerning a pair of 5/5.\nThe Real Inspector Hound by Tom Stoppard and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at cyrusofficial.com Feb 01, · Buy a cheap copy of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead book by Tom Stoppard. Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm’s-eye view of the Free shipping over $/5(5). The wide range of topics in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia has made it a favorite for college freshman-year read-alongs, as a book that, ideally, can appeal to anyone from emo poets to science nerds. Early reviewers of Arcadia's initial run remarked that Tom Stoppard, like . Dec 01, · Tom Stoppard was catapulted into the front ranks of modem playwrights overnight when Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead opened in London in Its subsequent run in New York brought it the same enthusiastic acclaim, and the play has since been performed numerous times in the major theatrical centers of the world.4/5(74).", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Marc Bolan Concert Films\nRide On: A Magic Dream\nRuntime: 55 minProduced 2005 Marc Bolan was one of the major glam rock figures of the early '70s and at the height of his career, was as big as The Beatles and bigger than Bowie. He was a flamboyant entertainer and extraordinary performer for his millions of adoring fans. 'Ride On' takes you on a journey from his struggles on the back streets of North London, to his success achieving international recognition. The programme also features many of Bolan's famous hits, including \"Get it On\" and \"Wild Swan\" and shows the in-depth story of Marc Bolan and his rise to success.\nRolan Bolan, Marc's son, authorized the programme which is packed with never before seen footage of Bolans' performances and exclusive interviews with his friends and long-time lover Gloria Jones. These interviews provide an insight into his career, which lasted two decades and saw Bolan through the Glam Rock movement, to the start of the Punk revolution.\nMarc Bolan Top Tracks\nLive At Montreux\nRuntime: 1 hr 40 minStatus Quos album Pictures (released in November 2008) celebrated 40 years of Status Quo filling the UK charts with hit after hit. The album was an instant success, charting at No.8 and selling over a quarter of a million copies in the UK alone. In July 2009 the Pictures live tour landed at Montreux in Switzerland as part of the world famous festival. The band, led as always by the twin Telecasters of Francis Rossi & Rick Parfitt, delivered a blistering set of hits and classic tracks from across their career including no less than 18 UK Top 20 hits. Huge screens behind the stage illustrated high points from Quos career and the usually reserved Swiss crowd were rockin all over the Auditorium.\nSensation - The Story of Tommy\nRuntime: 1 hr 20 minThe Who’s seminal double album “Tommy”, released in 1969, is a milestone in rock history. It revitalised the band’s career and established Pete Townshend as a composer and Roger Daltrey as one of rock’s foremost frontmen. The first album to be overtly billed as a “rock opera”, “Tommy” has gone on to sell over 20 million copies around the world and has been reimagined as both a film by Ken Russell in the mid-seventies and a touring stage production in the early nineties. This new film explores the background, creation and impact of “Tommy” through new interviews with Pete Townshend and Roger Daltrey, archive interviews with the late John Entwistle, and contributions from engineer Bob Pridden, artwork creator Mike McInnerney plus others involved in the creation of the album and journalists who assess the album’s historic and cultural impact.\nOne For the Road\nRuntime: 1 hr 10 minOn this 1980 live album, the first power chords of “The Hard Way” resume the full-on guitar pummel that first announced The Kinks with “You Really Got Me.” Their '70s hit “Catch Me Now I’m Falling” includes the riff from The Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash.” The Pretenders covered “Stop Your Sobbing”. The Jam nailed “David Watts.” “Lola” was again becoming a minor hit. As per usual, The Kinks admit what other bands won’t. They did careful overdubs on this live album to make it sound even better. While there are greatest-hits albums that collect the group’s highlights, this live set is a great reintroduction for old fans.\nRuntime: 48 minBryan Ferry has always coupled his own songwriting with a great reputation as an interpreter of other peoples songs. His latest album Dylanesque sees him reinventing a selection of his favorite Bob Dylan songs in the unique Ferry style. Dylanesque Live: The London Sessions shows him performing all the tracks from the album live in the studio and also features insights from Bryan on his thoughts regarding the different tracks and why he chose them.\nIt Had to Be You\nRuntime: 1 hr 50 minRod Stewart found a new audience singing the great popular songs of the early 20th century. It Had To Be You: The Great American Songbook features live renditions of songs from his first album of classic standards plus nine of Stewart’s own classics.\nLive and Wild in Preston\nRuntime: 49 minThe Troggs have a 36 year history and at a concert in Preston in the UK during spring 2002 they played to a sell out audience and in return performed a \"Global Jukebox\" of the majority of their worldwide hits. Wet Wet Wet covered their \"Love Is All Around\", taking it to number 1 in the UK charts for 15 weeks. Despite that success the band are wary of committing themselves to recording any new material and are even limiting the number of concert appearances they make in future. Reg said \"I don't really enjoy too much touring so we are stopping doing long tours in the future\". This film is a succinct collection of songs that provides a neat reminder of the very large part The Troggs played in developing the classic sixties sound.\nMore Than This\nRuntime: 52 minRoxy Musics unique blend of avant-garde rock music and high style set the tone for the whole glam rock era. They were much imitated, but never equalled. This documentary tells the story of Roxy Music through new interviews with band members Bryan Ferry, Phil Manzanera, Andy Mackay, Paul Thompson, Brian Eno, and Eddie Jobson plus many of their contemporaries. The program covers their early years, the classic seventies albums, their re-emergence with a much smoother style in the early eighties, the bands break up and then their hugely successful reunion in the 21st century. The final 15 or so minutes is what fans will be looking forward to the most. From a London concert in 2006, Roxy Music are shown playing \"Both Ends Burning,\" \"Editions of You,\" and \"Do The Strand.\" For anyone interested in the history of one of seventies most inscrutable bands, Roxy Music - More Than This is an excellent addition to your collection.\nThe Man Who Stole the World\nRuntime: 59 minCombining footage from interviews with the late great David Bowie and contributions from those who knew him personally, this documentary celebrates the illustrious life of one of the greatest artists to ever grace the stage.\nClassic Albums: Transformers\nRuntime: 50 minThis episode of the CLASSIC ALBUMS series takes a track-by-track look at the making of the record with both Reed and his engineer Ken Scott poring over the original multi-tracks for the album. Additionally, there is archival footage of the Velvet Underground, an interview with the Eurythmics' Dave Stewart and a discussion with bassist Herbie Flowers about the origins of the famous bassline for \"Walk on the Wild Side.\"\nLookin' Fine On Television\nNew York Dolls\nRuntime: 1 hr 11 minThe legendary and infamous New York Dolls at their best! Amazing rare live clips and interviews filmed by Bob Gruen and Nadya Beck in the heady days of the band's ascension in the 70s. Footage from early shows in NYC all the way to the TV studios, clubs and swimming pools of Los Angeles. Black and white film was never so colorful! Includes ripping versions of \"\"Personality Crisis,\"\" \"\"Who Are the Mystery Girls?\"\" \"\"Babylon\"\" and more. See the incredible early days of the band that influenced generations of punks and rockers.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "C. E. Murphy\nSummary: WHAT SECRETS LIE SHROUDED IN DARKNESS?Okay, so jogging through Central Park after midnight wasn't a bright idea. But Margrit Knight never thought she'd encounter a dark new world filled with magical beings-not to mention a dying woman and a mysterious stranger with blood on his hands. Her logical, lawyer instincts told her it couldn't all be real- but she could hardly deny what she'd seen'and touched.The mystery man, Alban, was a gargoyle. One of the fabled Old Races who had hidden their existence for centuries. Now he was a murder suspect, and he needed Margrit's help to take the heat off him and find the real killer. And as the dead pile up, it's a race against the sunrise to clear Alban's name and keep them both alive.'\nBe the first to add a comment! Share your thoughts about this title. Would you recommend it? Why or why not?\nQuestion about returns, requests or other account details?\nAdd a Comment\nFind this title in the Library Catalog\nLives secretly among humans; framed for murder; turns to Margrit for help.\nAlban's lawyer; discovers the Old Races who live secretly among humans; has a jealous on-again/off-again boyfriend.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Conceptual Evolution of DSM-5 highlights recent advances in our understanding of cross-cutting factors relevant to psychiatric diagnosis and nosology. These include developmental age-related aspects of psychiatric diagnosis and symptom presentation; underlying neuro-circuitry and genetic similarities that may clarify diagnostic boundaries and inform a more etiologically based taxonomy of disorder categories; and gender/culture-specific influences in the prevalence of and service for psychiatric disorders. This text also considers the role of disability in the diagnosis of mental disorders and the potential utility of integrating a dimensional approach to psychiatric diagnosis.\nA powerful reference tool for anyone practicing or studying psychiatry, social work, psychology, or nursing, The Conceptual Evolution of DSM-5 details the proceedings from the 2009 American Psychopathological Association's Annual Meeting. In its chapters, readers will find a thorough review of the empirical evidence regarding the utility of cross-cutting factors in nosology, as well as specific suggestions for how they may be fully integrated into the forthcoming fifth edition of Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders.\n|Publisher:||American Psychiatric Publishing, Incorporated|\n|Product dimensions:||6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.00(d)|\n|Age Range:||18 Years|\nAbout the Author\nDarrel A. Regier, M.D., M.P.H., is Executive Director of the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education and Director of the Division of Research at the American Psychiatric Association in Arlington, Virginia, and Vice-Chair of the DSM-5 Task Force.\nWilliam E. Narrow, M.D., M.P.H., is Associate Director of the Division of Research at the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychiatric Institute for Research and Education in Arlington, Virginia, and Research Director of the DSM-5 Task Force.\nEmily A. Kuhl, Ph.D., is a science writer in the Division of Research at the American Psychiatric Association in Arlington, Virginia.\nDavid J. Kupfer, M.D., is Thomas Detre Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh and Western Psychiatric Institute & Clinic in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Chair of the DSM-5 Task Force.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "You do not need to have a Kindle actual, although you do not need to account amazon.com. And will be available through the library books for the Kindle robot application, iPad, iPod, iPhone, PC, Mac, Blackberry or phone and Windows, as well as in your web browser with drag Kindle reader. Amazon sets the whole process of borrowing:\nCustomers will use the site to the local library to search for and choose a book to borrow. Once you have selected the book, customers can choose \"Send to Kindle\" and will be redirected to Amazon.com to log in to your account at Amazon.com, and will be delivered the book to determine which device via Wi-Fi, or can be transferred via USB.\nBooks will be deleted from the device after the end of the lending period (usually two weeks) has ended. While the capabilities of new lending is very interesting, would not only lead to a small part of the Amazon digital titles will be available through libraries. In addition, the arrival of the other devices library loan for a period of time by application overdrive - but perhaps without the bells and whistles of the Amazon.\nIn any case, and verify the location of the library to tell us about the availability and choice! He said earlier in the Amazon that there would be strict limits on what types of books will be available for a loan the library, but we'll see whether this change.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Weft Twining Weaving Book\nAuthor: V. Harvey & H. Tidball\nThis monograph, started before the death of Mrs. Tidball, uses photographs and diagrams to illustrate the many potentials of the twining process. The text, written by Virginia Harvey, covers the history, looms, versatility and structure of weft twining.\nItem Number: 53280000\nExpected shipping 2-4 weeks. This item may ship separately from other items in order. More Info.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "ThermoML Archive is a storage facility of experimental thermophysical and thermochemical property data.\nThe files are posted here through the cooperation between the TRC and:\nThe ThermoML files corresponding to articles in the journals are availible here with permission of the journal publishers. It is anticipated that this cooperation may be expanded to include other journals in the future.\n(Other journals may be listed here as agreements are made in the future.)", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "If you have been following this blog you will have noticed that I am a frugal crafter. I love the idea of using something that is destined for the trash bin to create a fun and new item. The idea of creations using discarded library books came from the desire for a door decoration for my classroom. See the original post here Spring is Here!. I also used picture books to create a different look here Picture Book Pennants. This one still makes me smile every time I see her window.\nSince I had used some of the books to make the pennants there was a stack of book covers that were destined for the trash if I did not figure out something to do with them. So the ideas began to roll around in my head and I settled on making book cover signs. The book cover is the \"board\" that the signs are created on.\nHere are a few that I made in a Fall theme.\nI will post soon how to make this beautiful background.\nThe above picture shows the true coloring of this sign but was a little blurry.\nThe green of this sign is the original color of the book. I did not paint or cover it at all.\nThe basic steps to making a book cover sign are fairly easy. Some of the process can take more time than others. I will post a more detailed description of the process at a later time.\nThese signs will make a great addition to any place you want to show your greetings or sentiments. So the next time you are working on a project stop and think about what could be done with the leftovers before you throw them away.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Heptarchia (seven-fold rulership) is the name given to the Enochian system of planetary angel magick. Dr. John Dee and his scryer Edward Kelley left behind journals outlining the names of the Heptarchic angels, their appearances and functions, sigils, and even a grimoire. However, the information for these angels is incomplete and even a bit puzzling. Here Aaron Leitch, author of The Essential Enochian Grimoire, sets about restoring the Heptarchia so it can be fully used for angelic invocation.\nWhat is Enochian Magick? How did John Dee and Edward Kelly come to possess knowledge of the Angelical language previously hidden? And how did that Angelical language become what we today know as Enochian Magick? Aaron Leitch, author of The Angelical Language, Volume I and Volume II, explains.\nFrom the very advent of the spoken word among humanity, language has been considered something sacred and magickal, and remains so to this day. Still, priests and mystics have begun to look into the past for sacred language for use in religious rites. Eventually the belief has developed that all languages must trace their roots to some original prototype. What is this original language, traced back to God? Aaron Leitch, author of The Angelical Language, explains.\nToday, many students are familiar with the so-called Holy Inquisitions (also known among Neopagans as the “Burning Times”) conducted by medieval religious authorities. It brings to mind images of Pagan midwives and healers (or “witches”) suffering ...", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "MONEY & MEDALS\n43 Abbey Street\ntel: +44 (0)28 37523142\nemail: [email protected]\nContact details: Carol Conlin\nDate of visit: 24-26 October 2016\nNature and extent of collection\n1,394 pieces. Historic and locally significant collection of coins and medals belonging to Archbishop Richard Robinson. Collection is comprised mainly of Roman and Medieval coins which reflects Archbishop Robinson's collecting interests, but also feaures an unusal collection of sulphur cast copies of medals of Louis XIV.\nAll numbers below are estimated\nGreek coins: 1\nRoman coins: Imperial: 391, Republic: 171 plus collection of 599 cast copies\nBritish coins: 96\nBritish tokens: 4 Armagh tokens\nEuropean coins: 23\nMedals (commemorative or military): 109 sulphur cast copies of medals of Louis XIV from the Medallic History\nSpecific strengths: Roman coins. The Roman collection is comprised almost exclusively of Sestertii and Dupondii, perhaps reflective of Richard Robinson's own collecting interests.\nLibrary: The library collection includes a number of significant numismatic-related volumes which would have been contemporary with the collection of coins and medals. The collection of copies of medals of Louis XIV is complemented by a copy of the 1702 edition of the Medallic History.\nDatabase used: N/A\nProportion of collection on database: N/A\nHow much detail in database entries? N/A\nAre images incorporated? N/A\nIs the database accessible to the public? N/A\nIs the database publicly accessible online? N/A\nAre there permanent numismatic displays? Yes. A selection of coins and medals are displayed at No. 5 Vicars' Hill.\nIs numismatic material incorporated into more general displays? No.\nIs there a facility for temporary exhibitions? Yes.\nHave there been numismatic exhibitions in the past? If so, what? Yes, an exhibition entitled ‘Coins and Chronicles’ was held early in 2016. Website: http://armaghpubliclibrary.arm.ac.uk/wp/coins-and-chronicles-exhibition/\nAccess to the collection\nIs there a study facility? No.\nIs equipment (balances, magnifying glasses, etc.) provided? N/A\nPublic engagement with numismatic collection\nIs there a handling collection? No.\nAre numismatic collections used in Education sessions? Yes.\nDo numismatic collections feature in gallery talks, lectures? No.\nAre there other engagement activities based around numismatic collections? No.\nID and public enquiries\nDoes the museum offer a service for identifying objects and other public enquiries? No.\nIs there any numismatic expertise in-house? If so, who, and in what areas? No.\nIs there access to external expertise? If so, who and in what areas? Yes – Robert Heslip; Numismatic Society of Ireland (Northern Ireland Branch).\nIf there is expertise in-house, is there a willingness/capacity to share that with other museums? N/A", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "The Demigod Diaries (Heroes of Olympus) by Rick Riordan\nWhat dangers do runaway demigods Luke and Thalia face on their way to Camp Half-Blood? Are Percy and Annabeth up to the task of rescuing stolen goods from a fire-breathing giant who doesn’t take kindly to intruders? How exactly are Leo, Piper, and Jason supposed to find a runaway table, dodge a band of party-loving Maenads” (“who just might be a little psychotic), and stave off a massive explosion…all in one hour or less?\nWith his trademark wit and creativity, Rick Riordan answers these questions and more in three never-before-seen short stories that provide vital back-story to the Heroes of Olympus and Percy Jackson books. Original art, enlightening character interviews and profiles, puzzles, and a quiz add to the fun in this action-packed collection.\nI found it very cute the way Riordan set up and linked the short stories as a training manual for Demigods. While I only gave this three stars as an adult, I think if I were a young teen (the demographic that this books is aimed at) I would go crazy over this and have loved it.\nIn this book we get a story from Luke Castellan’s point of view, a first-person Percy Jackson story, a Leo Valdez story and a short story debut from Riordan’s sixteen year old son Haley.\nI will add that the short story by Haley Riordan is quite good and I think he’ll be an emerging author to watch.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "My Book about Me, by Me Myself: I Wrote It! I Drew It!\nTHE beloved classic that helps kids write (and draw) a book all about themselves--with a little help from Dr. Seuss!\nThis classic hardcover activity book written by Dr. Seuss and illustrated by Roy McKie encourages children to write and draw their own biographies. With a mix of serious (and seriously silly!) \"Yes\" and \"No\" questions; fill-in-the-blanks; images to complete, and simple writing activities, My Book About Me, By ME, Myself is an ideal gift for elementary school children and one that will become a cherished keepsake for parents.\nWhat people are saying - Write a review\nLibraryThing ReviewUser Review - Sopoforic - LibraryThing\nThis is an activity book. The reader is encourage to fill in the pages with information about himself (or herself), from \"I am ____ feet, ____ inches tall.\" to \"There are ____ forks in my house ... Read full review\nThis book is amazing. if you give it to a younger child and a few years later you look at it, it is amazing how many changes there are. even with the hand writing.\nOther editions - View all\nMy Book about Me, by Me Myself: I Wrote It! I Drew It!, with a Little Help ...\nDr. Seuss,Roy McKie\nNo preview available - 1997", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Hipólito Ruiz López\nHipólito Ruiz López (August 8, 1754, Belorado, Burgos, Spain—1816, Madrid), or Hipólito Ruiz, was a Spanish botanist known for researching the floras of Peru and Chile during an expedition under Carlos III from 1777 to 1788. During the reign of Carlos III, three major botanical expeditions were sent to the New World; Ruiz and José Antonio Pavón Jiménez were the botanists for the first of these expeditions, to Peru and Chile.\nAfter studying Latin with an uncle who was a priest, at the age of 14 Ruiz López went to Madrid to study logic, physics, chemistry and pharmacology. He also studied botany at the Migas Calientes Botanical Gardens (now the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid), under the supervision of Casimiro Gómez Ortega (1741-1818) and Antonio Palau Verdera (1734-1793).\nRuiz had not yet completed his pharmacology studies when he was named the head botanist of the expedition. The French physician Joseph Dombey was named as his assistant, and the pharmacologist José Antonio Pavón y Jimenez was also appointed. Completing the expedition were the botanical illustrators Joseph Bonete and Isidro Gálvez.\nThe expedition sailed from Cádiz in 1777, arriving at Lima in April 1778. They explored throughout Peru and Chile for ten years (1778-1788), collecting specimens. The expedition collected 3,000 specimens of plants and made 2,500 life-sized botanical illustrations. When they returned to Spain they brought back a great many living plants.\nOne of the medical remedies brought back by this expedition was the boiled spouts of the quisoar plant, Buddleja incana, which was used to cure colds or, mixed with urine, to alleviate toothache.\nThe collections arrived in Cádiz in good order (for the most part) in 1788, and were deposited in the Real Jardín Botánico de Madrid and in the Gabinete de Historia Natural, the precursor of the Museum of Natural History. The discoveries included about 150 new genera and 500 new species, which still retain the names given them by Ruiz and Pavón. Unfortunately, a part of the collection consisting of 53 crates with 800 illustrations, dried plants, seeds, resins and minerals was lost when the ship transporting it was wrecked on the coast of Portugal.\nBack in Spain, Ruiz finished his pharmacological studies, graduating in 1790. He was named a member of the Royal Academy of Medicine in 1794, and he published various works in that body's Memoires. He and Pavón published Flora Peruviana et Chilensis in ten volumes, richly illustrated with engravings of the specimens. The first four volumes were published between 1798 and 1802. The last six volumes were published after the death of Ruiz. Before his death, Ruiz also published Quinología o tratado del árbol de la quina (Madrid, 1792). This work was soon translated into Italian (1792), German (1794) and English (1800).\nThe journals Ruiz produced for his exploration of South America during these years are remarkable for their breadth of ethnobotanical and natural history knowledge. Of particular interest to the Spanish Crown at the time was pharmacological knowledge of New World plants such as Chinchona, the source of the anti-malarial, quinine. In addition to detailed descriptions and paintings of the flora and fauna of Peru and Chile, Ruiz observed the geology and weather of the area, and included cultural information about the life of the Indians and the colonists of the area.\nHe died in 1816 (some sources say 1815) in Madrid.\nGenera of plants initially named by Ruiz y Pavón, or containing species named by them, include the following:\nThe four expeditions authorized by King Carlos III to the Spanish colonies were those of Ruiz and Pavón to Peru and Chile (1777-88); José Celestino Mutis to New Granada (1783-1808); Juan de Cuéllar to the Philippines (1786-97); and Martín Sessé y Lacasta to New Spain (1787-1803).\n- The Journals of Hipólito Ruiz: Spanish Botanist in Peru and Chile 1777-1788, translated by Richard Evans Schultes and María José Nemry von Thenen de Jaramillo-Arango, Timber Press, 1998.\n- (Spanish) Short biography\n- \"Flora Peruviana et Chilensis\" Vols. I-III available online at Botanicus.org website\n- \"Systema vegetabilium florae peruvianae et chilensis\" available online at Digital Library of Madrid Botanical Garden site\n- \"Flora peruvianae, et chilensis prodromus\" available online at Digital Library of Madrid Botanical Garden site\n- \"Suplemento á la Quinologia\" available online at Digital Library of Madrid Botanical Garden site", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "Document read online t s eliot apos s critical essays an approach from india t s eliot apos s critical essays an approach from india - in this site is not the thesame. This is the best single volume collection of essays by t s eliot, and a superb introduction and anthology of his literary/intellectual/cultural passions and pursuits. Index to essays by ts eliot this website has online copies of a number of works by ts eliot these works are understood to be in the public domain in the us. T s eliot biography of t s eliot and a searchable collection of works. Nassin taleb resume biography phd t s eliot essays online writing an essay for college application essay dissertation in international relations.\nFree essays available online are good but they will not follow the guidelines of your particular writing assignment if you need a custom term paper on school essays. Order resume online hooters t s eliot essays online psychology phd application essay written essays by students. Online isbn: 9781444315738 a companion to ts eliot in the field provide a fresh and fully comprehensive collection of contextual and critical essays on his. Author:t s eliot from wikisource old possum's book of practical cats essays on poetry and criticism (1920) poems: 1909-1925.\nT s eliot has been considered by many to be the leading essays on poetry and university of missouri instructor greg foster's online concordance to eliot's. Ts eliot was chiefly influenced by the modernist movement and largely focused on the alienation and displacement and inner life of characters his essays ('for. The sacred wood essays on poetry and criticism nov 8, 2006 11/06 by eliot, t s (thomas stearns), 1888-1965 texts eye 1,769 favorite 5 comment 0.Essays and criticism on t s eliot, including the works “the love song of j alfred prufrock”, “gerontion”, the waste land, “the hollow men”, “ash. English literature essays - t s eliots the waste land - free download as pdf file (pdf), text file (txt) or read online for free. Cambridge core - american studies - t s eliot - edited by jewel spears brooker. Tradition and the individual talent ts eliot 1921 the sacred wood essays on poetry and criticism. The sacred wood: the sacred wood, book of critical essays by ts eliot, published in 1920 in it, eliot discusses several of the issues of modernist writings of the. Essay ts eliot thomas stearns eliot was born to a very distinguished new free essays available online are good but they will not follow the guidelines of your. Released selected essays t s eliot read online selected essays t s eliot txt download (zip+pdf) t s eliot - selected essays download full ebook download. The complete prose of t s eliot: the fully searchable, integrative edition includes all of eliot's collected essays, reviews, lectures,. Celebrated poet and playwright t s eliot was one of the twentieth century’s most influential literary critics in selected essays,.\nFree ts eliot papers, essays, and research papers. Nearly everyone who considers the history of modern literary criticism regards t s eliot as one of the progenitors of the new criticism typically, it will be. Buying a essay paper t s eliot essays online college application essay joke research paper writing tutorial. Need help with writing a research paper t s eliot essays online astronomy essays essay on service to mankind is service to god.\nTs eliot: ts eliot (1888–1965), best known for the poem the waste land and in a series of critical essays he shattered old orthodoxies and erected new ones. Life early life and education the eliots were a boston brahmin family with roots in old and new england thomas eliot's paternal grandfather, william. A selective list of literary criticism for ts eliot, favoring signed articles by recognized scholars and articles published in reviewed sources.", "label": "Yes"}
{"text": "After a very brief introduction to Dine Fundamental Law\nprinciples to provide background and context, Article I of the Code reviews recent steps taken by the Nation's government to apply bee haz'danii principles more energetically and comprehensively to children and families.\nTheir controversial nature was the element that determined the provisions of the Fundamental Law\nto invest only the Constitutional Court with the settlement of these conflicts, thing that increased the interest of the scholars in this area encouraging them to proceed forward and to seek for answers in the constitutional jurisprudence, studying in detail every decision of the Court which came into notice.\nShe said that the eagled-eyed scientists have altogether opened an unprecedented new window onto the cosmos by finding ripples in the fabric of space-time called gravitational waves, making it possible to hear the the fundamental laws\nof the universe.\nBut, it is mainly to understand what are the basic constituents of nature, what are the fundamental laws\nthat drive everything we see around us,\" he said.\n4) These developments culminated in the establishment of permanent, fundamental laws\nof succession in early 18th-century statutes such as England's Act of Settlement (1701), Sweden's \"On the Form of Rule\" (1719), Phillip V of Spain's testament (1713), and Charles VI's Pragmatic Sanction of 1713 for the Hapsburg Empire.\nSpeaking at the ceremony for application of the 1,305-article civil code, Japanese ambassador Masafumi Kuroki said, ''The civil code is a basic and fundamental law\nfor the people's life.\nThis work presents papers from a summer 2009 conference, ASTRONUM-2009, organized by the Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research at the University of Alabama-Huntsville and the Laboratory for Research into the Fundamental Laws\nof the Universe at the French Commissariat of Atomic Energy.\nA London-based authority on scientific and healing disciplines, Seem Chandru Keswani has written \"Nature Notes: Awakening Into Truth\", the first volume of a series exploring through life experiences the fundamental laws\nThe next step, it seemed, would be a \"theory of everything,\" a full accounting of nature's most fundamental laws\nThat, by its nature, the conduct at issue causes harm or presents a significant risk of harm to individuals or society in a way that undermines or threatens to undermine a value reflected in and thus formally endorsed through the Constitution or similar fundamental laws\nby, for example: (a) confronting members of the public with conduct that significantly interferes with their autonomy and liberty; or (b) predisposing others to anti-social behaviour; or (c) physically or psychologically harming persons involved in the conduct, and 2.\nWhether Hartle and Hawking are right in arguing that the universe did not originate in a singular instant is not nearly as important as the more fundamental consideration that the universe exists and that it is governed by certain fundamental laws\nthat point to a Master Builder.\nThe controls are unfamiliar, much remains hidden behind the cockpit door, and flying seems to defy fundamental laws", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Two Extraordinary Rifles Created for Auto Magnate John Francis Dodge to Sell\nFAIRFIELD, Maine — A 33-caliber model 1886 Winchester rifle, made for Dodge Motor Company co-founder and magnate John Francis Dodge, is expected to challenge for top-lot honors at the upcoming Outstanding March Firearms Auction, to be hosted by James D. Julia, Inc., on March 11-12, 2013. Considered aesthetically and functionally flawless, the John Francis Dodge […]\n19th Century Black-Powder Flasks: Weapons & Militaria Collection Must-Haves\nWhile adding a new collection of black-powder flasks to my Web site, I reacquainted myself with flask terminology through several reference books and became fascinated again with the world of the black-powder flask. Powder flasks were originally created to carry the black powder needed for use in the first true hand firearms developed in the […]\nKentucky Rifles: How to Gauge the Quintessential American Firearm\nSurprisingly, one of America’s earliest triumphs in artistic and functional design, the “Kentucky rifle,” was not invented or generally fashioned in Kentucky. The name, instead, was coined from a hearty stock of Americans who plied it. Native Americans called Kentucky the “Dark and Bloody Ground” because of the unending wars between Iroquois and Cherokees for […]\nA FORTUNE FROM THE KITCHEN TABLE\n“KITCHEN TABLE” ANTIQUE PISTOLS SET RECORDS AT ROCK ISLAND AUCTION\nThree world records result from sale of a collection by man trying to buy a car for his elderly mother.\nThe Quintessential Union Firearm\nOver the last twenty years I keep getting one question asked over and over again. What was THE CIVIL WAR FIREARM? In a war right at the cusp of the industrial revolution that is a more difficult question then it may seem. With the use of every arm ever made in American Arsenals and Imports from almost every country in Europe, the total of Arms used in our Civil War is over 600 distinct types!\nCartridge Boxes Explode on to the Market\nShotgun cartridges became popular in the 1860s with the invention of the repeating rifle and carbine. Antique firearms aficionados and collectors these days are often looking to add these rare shotgun cartridge boxes to their collections. Cartridge boxes come in a variety of materials. The earliest cartridge boxes were usually made of tin. In the […]", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Office•Office Building•For Lease\n2000 Sam Rittenberg Boulevard, Charleston, South Carolina 29407\nSuite available: 2,773SF - Six offices, conference room, and reception area with lots of natural light. Full Service.\nDIRECTIONS: I-526 to Hwy 7 exit. Turn left on Hwy 7 (Sam Rittenberg Blvd.). Harrell Square is approximately 1/4 mile on the left, on the corner of Orleans Road and Sam Rittenberg, adjacent to Citadel Mall.\nLocated near the intersection of I-526 and Sam Rittenberg Boulevard.\n9/5/2019 5:33:28 PM\n9/5/2019 5:35:06 PM", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Today we're having a little fun with a BEFORE // AFTER roundup of a handful of past LFID projects. The follow images show the space the very first time we laid eyes on it, and then after the complete transformation! Have fun drooling over these dream makeovers!!\nAda Living Room Transformation\nNorton Shores Living Room Transformation\nEast Grand Rapids Sunroom Transformation\nEast Grand Rapids Kitchen Transformation\nLansing Apartment Tennant Lounge Transformation\nAmway Grand Office Transformation\nSaugatuck Great Room Transformation\nNorth Grand Rapids Master Bedroom Transformation\nNorth Grand Rapids Great Room Transformation\nWork With Us\nAre you ready for a transformation of your own? We specialize in turn key furnishings/decor projects as well as renovations and new builds.\nTell us about your upcoming project here and we'll contact you within 1-2 business days.\nWe'd love to help you create a space that works for you!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "It was with a kind of heart-thrill not to be forgotten that, one morning, at school, I opened a letter from my father in which was enclosed a message from that “true poet, surely to be found, when truth is found again,” Charles Tennyson Turner, an elder brother of the Laureate. My father had sent him one of my school-day sonnets, and the old poet had been kind enough not only to read it, but to criticise it. So it came to pass that correspondence sprang up between us, which ended in my looking upon him as my mentor in the music of the sonnet, and as my most unwearying of counsellors in matters pertaining to the “Terza Rima.” (p. 221)\nI have just been reading some of those quaint faded letters, scribbled upon any kind of piece of paper that was handy; often on a bit of sermon paper, always exact as to date of month and year, always full of tender dealing with a boy’s verses, and scholarly criticism both of thought and rhyme, and I have been wondering at the kindness and graciousness of them. It was not till after correspondence for ten years that we met. He was a great invalid, and, when I was at home in Lincolnshire for vacation, it often chanced he was away at Bournemouth, or Bath, or Barmouth. (pp. 221-222)\nBut one bitter day in early January of 1876, I found myself at Grasby Vicarage, gone thither to see the poet in his pastoral home, and to talk of that which was of poetry dearest to his heart, the structure of the sonnet. I shall never forget the first impression made upon my mind, as I jogged up with a kind of farm-boy and cowboy and gardener’s boy in one, through the freezing snow-bound flats of dreariest Lincolnshire, and came to the poet’s home. (p. 222)….\nArrived at Grasby, one was struck by the homeliness, the extreme plainness of all the surroundings. The tiles in the front Hall had long since lost their mortar, and clattered and moved as one passed toward the poet’s dining-room. Upstairs and downstairs the same simplicity pervaded the house. There was not a stick of unnecessary furniture in the place. But who can describe that richest of all furnishing that filled the house—the genial welcoming,—the tender questions of the welfare of those at home,—the knowing of all one’s belongings by name, the little reminiscences of the early days of one’s father and mother? Or who can forget, whoever experienced it, the solicitude with which, with their own aged hands, those dwellers in the Grasby Vicarage seemed determined to wait upon their young guest, almost ashamed to be thus entreated by his elders? (pp. 223-224)….\nDinner was soon served, and, after early dinner, we adjourned to the little study, and there, as Charles Tennyson sat and read to me in his deep and beautiful voice, first this and then that sonnet, one was able to take his kind face in, and feel that he was every inch a Tennyson. The same grand brow, the same broad chest, the same fine mouth, and the same deeply-lined furrows either side of it, the same finely-chiselled nose. The eyes of the man dark and piercing, the complexion, the brown Spanish-looking colouring that were common to most of the family. There was about him that picturesqueness quite unforgettable, that native dignity which must have made one pick this man out of a crowd, as being princely-born. His loose coat, his white shirt collar and white cuffs turned back over his coat, gave a sort of old English look to the man, who reminded me of a well-known portrait of John Milton, as he sat and boomed out sonorously his favourite sonnets. (p. 226)….\nIt was not, however, till the following day, that I seemed to sound the deeps of his gentle heart. Then, as he read me that tender sonnet entitled, “On Shooting a Swallow in Early Youth,” cccxxix.—I saw not secret, but very real tears on the poet’s face, and when he had finished reading it or chanting it, he was unable to say anything for a few minutes, such sorrow had possessed his soul. (pp. 227-228)….\nThat evening was given up to sonnet-talk. I asked why it was that he had so stuck to the sonnet metre; he could only say that Alfred’s fame, and name, and great mastery of verse had so overshadowed him, that he had felt fearful of attempting any lyric or epic writing, and he had been content, perforce, with the “sonnet’s scanty plot of ground.” I asked him why he had been silent so long—for his first volume of sonnets had appeared in 1830, and his second volume did not see the light till 1864. He told me that he could not account for his dumbness. He supposed the wells had been frozen at his heart—but, he added, “I think it was Alfred’s perfect work that made me feel so ashamed of my own poor attempts that I did not brace myself to the task.” (p. 230)….\nNext morning we were summoned early to go through the cold to the colder little parish Church, to hear a curate read in a cold voice the morning prayers to our three selves. I can see the quaint little company pattering through the snow. Mrs. Tennyson in grey-frieze cloak, with what seemed to be a pair of clogs on her feet. And the old poet with a huge frieze coaching-day cape whose collar was turned up to keep his ears from harm. I remember, too, his tender and courtly solicitude for my own want of a great-coat, and how he insisted that a shawl or rug should be wrapped about my shoulders for the morning “office.” Then we came back to breakfast. It is true that tea was made, the bacon was fried and was likely to catch cold somewhat. But nothing was to hinder the due performance of family prayers; for the servants had not been to the village church. Prayers were duly, if somewhat slowly and largely, said, and, when we rose from our knees, the bacon looked like a marble “brecchia.” I mention this tiny little incident to show how entirely, in a world where bacon and the comforts of a cosy breakfast were not the presiding spirits of that tender-hearted, high-souled household, lived and moved and had their being. And I shall not soon forget the deeply reverential air with which the poet read the portion of Scripture and recited the prayers. With what anxiety he asked of the old servant, as she floundered round the room, after the health of this or that parishioner. For nearly thirty years had he made the woes and wants of the Grasby village his own. He had built the Vicarage, the Church, the Schools, and now crippled and full of pain he would each morning go through the cold, and the mud and the rain, to pray with the people who could come to church, and for them, if they would not or could not. (pp. 231-233)….\nThe rest of the day we spent in sonnet-reading and recitations. (p. 233)….\nIt was in talking over “The Lover and His Watch,” cccxviii., that he showed me how much we miss, by refusing to see poetry in common things, and especially in thinking of all the mechanisms of our day as if they could have no poetry in them. (p. 241)….\nI left Grasby very full of rich sonnet-music, and have never forgotten the sound of the sonneteer’s voice. (p. 242)….\nIn the following spring, on my wedding day, I wrote to thank him for a book he had, in his kindly thought, sent to me as a wedding present. I chanced to tell him how, as we came from the church, my wife had gone aside a moment to lay her bridal bouquet upon her father’s grave in the Brathay churchyard. In less than a week there came back a touching sonnet “The Wedding Posy,” cccxxxvi. It was among the last he wrote. I am not sure but that it was the very last. His health was failing fast. A little more than a year after, he who had suffered much passed quietly away to the land where there is no pain, on April 25, 1879. His dear and saintly wife, the sister of Lady Tennyson, was not long separated from him: within a month they bore her body to rest beside his own in the Cheltenham Cemetery. (pp. 245-246)\n(Memories of the Tennysons, pp. 221-247)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Adamjayc commented on the following stories on BizSugar\nHey Heather, Thanks so much for commenting. Anita has done some truly great things and done so much for the blogging and business communities with BizSugar, SmallBizTrends, TweakYourBiz and the other sites - I'm so glad Anita was able to contribute. Thanks, Adam\"\nMartin, the books at the top of my reading list at the moment are - Return on Influence - Mark Schaefer Content Rules - Ann Handley and C.C. Chapman Don't Make Me Think - Steve Krug Scientific Advertising - Claude C Hopkins The learning never stops. What about you?\"", "label": "No"}
{"text": "|Vinyl The Vampire|\n|Vinyl The Vampire tumblr|\n|Owner||Justin Guerrero A.K.A: Danger Wasp (mod/writer/artist)|\n|Blog type||Gothic web-Manga ask blog|\n|Date Created||January 25th, 2013|\n|Main Character(s)||Vinyl scratch|\n|Supporting Character(s)||Octavia, Derpy, Gamer Lyra, BonBon, Princess Luna, Pinkamena Diane pie|\n\"One one unfortunate night, Viola Bratsche was murdered by the Vampire Lord known as Lestat. Cut to 130 years later, Viola is living her life as a Vampire. what does she do? Party, music, drugs, sex, and hunting and absorbing other vampires along with their power. the reason: To get stronger to kick Lestat's ass when she returns. but life as a Vampire is not easy. especially when you live within the Eqyestrian Empire, where you can be hunted down by the Solar church, and at night horrible creatures emerge to terrorize those who do not return home before dark. To Vinyl, she can evolve, just like her music has for 150 years.\"\nVinyl scratch was originally known as Viola Bratsche, 130 years prior to the first ask. Viola was a popular Violinist during her time but met a tragic end at the hands of Lestat, a rogue vampire who stumbled upon Viola and her friends the night after their concert. Lestat didn't hesistate to go on a bloodlust and murdered all of Viola's friends, and Tore Viola's neck open, leading to Viola's death. However, since Viola was infected by lestat during her encounter, Viola was brought back to life as a vampire...\nThis Blog follows the story of Vinyl \"Viola Bratsche\" Scratch, In this alternate universe where she is a vampire who hunts down rogue vampires and enjoys her everyday life being undead. The story is told through weekly or Monthly page(s) of Manga which center around Vinyl as she either answers questions or sets out during story arcs.\nVinyl Scratch/ Viola Bratsche/ DJ-PON3Edit\nThe reader is introduced to vinyl in the first ask during one of her parties going on at her club, she demonstrates how she kills her \"prey\" by using herself as a sexy bait. from there on the reader begins to learn more and more about Vinyl. The reader soon learns her intentions, to kill a Rogue Vampire named Lestat who killed her friends and turned Vinyl (formerly Viola) into a vampire. Vinyl's personality is one who thinks on action not words, as she has shown especially in combat where she would get the first move and attack. as of Blood Bakery Chp4 P29, it is also revealed that a fragment of Vinyl's souls, the human part of her corrupted soul is able to calm vinyl down as she began to lose herself.\nOctavia Melody is Vinyl's roomate and the one who provides Vinyl shelter, she is introduced between #11 and 12 in the ask posts. she has a slightly calm and well mannered personality, but can quickly lose her temper (an example was when vinyl dropped a weapons crate through the roof during the \"Gradus Vita\" story arc). She is also laid back and mostly stays at home playing the cello or enjoying her daily life, other days she would not be home since she is at practice. It has been hinted at that there could be more behind Octavia than what is presented. only time will tell.\nLestat \"The Masked Vampire\"Edit\nBriefly mentioned in some of the early posts, all that is known about her is that she killed Viola, her friends, and many others for no known reason; along with the fact that she is the reason why Viola is still living, but as a vampire and looks forward to killing her..\n\"Gradus Vita\" Story arc #1Edit\nIn this storyarc. Vinyl has recieved news of a series of muders from within the everfree forest. She sets out to help an Equestrian commander named Toros, to find out who is responsible behind these murders. Once they entered the everfree forest, they were engaged by hundreds of Ghouls, created from a vampire biting a body and sucking out all of its blood. In response, the commander called upon reinforcments which were quickly taken down along with the commander by a Rogue, unnamed vampire. After a short duel between the two vampires, Vinyl won after cathing the rogue vampire off guard and piercing the vampire's heart with Vinyl's broken katana, where Vinyl proceeds to suck on the Vampire's blood.\n\"Blood Bakery\" Story arc #2Edit\nTaking place months after the \"Gradus Vita\" storyarc, another series of kidnappings and dissapearances has begun. but there is no signs of any vampires this time around. The Royal guards have arrested Mrs.Cake for the murders since the majority of the dead victims were found in sugarcube corner not too long after. Now Pinkie pie is n charge of sugarcube corner, and she wants rainbow dash to help her out in making her newest cupcake. the story progresses with Vinyl searching for Rainbow dash and finding her in the basement of the sugarcube corner, dubbed \"The Blood Bakery\" by a vampire she ran into on her search. Vinyl and Pinkie then fight as Vinyl tires to rescue Dash. what ensues is a bloody fight between a Vampire and an Element of Harmony.\n\"Morte Mea\" Story arc #3Edit\"Morte Mea\" (latin for: My death) is the third story arc/ second volume in the Vinyl the Vampire storyline. the short story arc acts as a prologue to the entire blog, showing the readers what happened during the last few hours of Viola Bratsche's life. how she became a vampire, what Lestat has done, and other important information is revealed in this short story.\n- The original story was going to involve Vinyl having a Vampire Throll named Serena. even though she isn't in the overall story she has made two appearances in the earlier posts when she was supposed to be in the storyline. she is seen dancing in #1 of ask vinyl the vampire, and mopes at the loss of her boyfriend (to vinyl) in #6.\n- The blog was not inspired by the popular fanfic \"My roomate is a Vampire\". Rather it was inspired by epic pie time and Hellsing ultimate. the fact that Vinyl the Vampire and My roomate is a vampire both deal with vinyl being a vampire is pure coincidence.\n- the land of Equestria is a mixture of different time periods. the homes are structured after those from the renaissance time period, the weapons are inspired by the modern age weapons, the royal guards armor and the swords are that from the midieval era, lastly the Demeter and princess celestia's uniform are from the 40's, during the time period in which world war II took place.\n- the style of the manga is heavily inspired from the \"Hellsing\" manga by Kohta Hirano and the style of Nintendo's \"Madworld\" video game.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Rural Ellis County- Joseph LeRoy \"Joe\" Klaus, 86, Hays, October 14, 2020 at HaysMed.\nMass of Christian Burial, 10:00 am, October 19, 2020, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Burial with military honors by the Hays VFW Post #9076 Honor Guard, in St. Joseph Cemetery. Visitation from 5:00- 8:00, Sunday and from 9:00- 9:45, Monday, at Hays Memorial Chapel Funeral Home. Daughters of Isabella rosary at 5:30 pm, a vigil service 6:30 pm, followed by a Knights of Columbus Rosary, all on Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Diocese of Salina Retired Priest Fund or to Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church.\nCondolences and memories may be shared www.haysmemorial.com", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Julia was the narrator at the preschool Christmas Pageant today. She did a great job reading while all the other kids took their turns to walk on stage. We’re so proud of her!\n[flashvideo file=https://bastone.org/video/MVI_C0008.flv /]\nNote 1 – You may need to turn the volume up to hear Julia speaking.\nNote 2 – The video file is 26mb. Depending on your connection, you may need to give it a moment to fill the buffer.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Nine Aberdeen High School juniors will be vying for the Aberdeen 2018 Distinguished Young Woman title on Saturday, April 15, at 7 p.m. in the middle school gymnatorium. The theme for the program this year is “Girl on Fire.”\nJunior contestants are Tatiana Miranda Valeriano, Leonor Serna, Kimberlee Lin Palmer, Josie Jennifer Ledesma, Taylor Marie Beach, McKinley Mikel Woodin, Tia Dawn Farrens, Jennie Ortega and Destanie Ponce….\nRead the full story in the paper edition of The Aberdeen Times! Subscribe Today!\nThanks for reading!\nRead more in this week's print edition.Subscribe Today!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Several prototypes were made prior to the final product.\nThe 1st paper model was made to design the shape of the upper, and possibility of pattern.\nThe 2nd paper model was made to finalize the upper and the pattern\nThe felt model was made to realize the slipper in the same material, and to test the comfortability.\nThe seam in the middle bulges up the shape and turn the flat pattern into a 3D form.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "James Francis is a modern day\npoet. Born and raised in Jersey City, New Jersey, only a stones throw away from\nNYC, he has reduced the need to define, and in doing so, has transcended his\nself through ink.\nAs a young writer, his work was\npublished in school newspapers, his home town paper, college literary magazines\nand the National Library of Poetry. However, growing up, he was uninterested in\nthe underground poetry movement and unimpressed by the constant sales pitches\nof contests, anthologies and numerous subsidiary establishments seeking to\npublish his work. The poetry in A Heart in\nHell speaks for itself. James Francis has also written a second book of\nPoetry, three children’s books, a screen play, numerous short stories and more.\nHe seems to prove that a poet can write just about anything.\nThe author James Francis can be\nreached by going to firstname.lastname@example.org.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Bread for Life Community Food Pantry offers a variety of ways to give back to the community and serve our neighbors in need. Please consider one shift per week lasting 4-5 hours at the pantry or 2-3 hours delivering Meals From the Heart.\nThe following are some ways that you can serve:\n- Pantry Greeter and Computer Input\n- Assist Clients While Shopping\n- Sort and Stock Food\n- Meal Delivery Driver—Meals From the Heart", "label": "No"}
{"text": "PRE-ORDER NOW & SECURE DISCOUNT FOR COMBO AUDIO SERIES W/AUTHOR COMMENTARY! FEBRUARY 1, 2020\nI'LL HELP YOU ENVISION WITH A DISCERNING EYE, THAT.......\nI know you're ready for things to change. YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE. Let's discuss some ways you can do just that in 2020.\n~ Michelle Carvalho\nBeing Confident Is Key! Very nice, insightful, inspiring quick read. If you find yourself struggling with confidence, this book will help set you free. Michelle's real life experiences are very helpful, and give you an understanding how to get from point A to point B to gain confidence.\nThis is an excellent read. I can't wait for books 3 & 4 in this series.\nI don't read often but this book had me moving thru the pages trying to get to volume two in this series.\nShort but Powerful. You never know what one's journey will produce and Michelle has turned her experiences into a simply blueprint that if you take her suggestions into consideration you can be on your way to financial freedom.\nI’ve carried the skills, practices & jewels Michelle shared in her 30-day 4am challenge into my daily routine. As a result, I’m focused; I’m able to prioritize & maintain the actions necessary to accomplish my goals.\nShe’s easy to connect with during Q&A and we get a lot done. I learned a lot about the psychology of relationships, which helped improve my stress levels & management of our customer relationships.\nShe’s such an inspiration to know, work with, and derive wisdom from. It’s refreshing to watch her help so many people by sharing real tools for creating success in relationships & business.\nMichelle knows how to help others find confidence to act on their ideas. She has a unique ability to understand the spirit. She helps her clients secure success in life and business.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This specific ISBN edition is currently not available.View all copies of this ISBN edition:\nIn There is Only You Beholding You the authors explore the way toward true self-discovery. For those who have been conditioned to adhere to a set of religious and cultural expectations and yet find them lacking in meaning and true value, this book provides both inspiration and practical applications toward a more meaningful path. Informed by his deep and diverse experience as a Franciscan friar, Catholic priest, missionary in Brazil, and clinical psychologist, Leenerts shares how he achieved a sense of peace within himself, and a greater awareness of what is truly meaningful in life beyond what he was conditioned to believe. He shares ideas and ways to make this happen for you in your own life. Informed by A Course in Miracles, the works of Gerald G. Jampolsky, Wayne Dyer, and Marianne Williamson, There is Only You Beholding You holds its place within this company as an essential work in the psychological-spiritual field.\n\"synopsis\" may belong to another edition of this title.\nBook Description Mill City Press, Inc., 2008. Paperback. Condition: New. Never used!. Seller Inventory # P111934248843\nBook Description Mill City Press, Inc., 2008. Paperback. Condition: New. Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB1934248843", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Book Report Alternatives: 15 Creative Ideas Your Teacher Will Definitely Enjoy\nWhile book reports serve as a useful means of gauging students' comprehension of independent reading, the repetitive nature of churning out report after report can lead to monotony for learners and tedium for educators tasked with reviewing them.\nThe good news is that numerous alternative approaches exist to achieve the same educational objectives. Explore these engaging and effective alternatives to traditional reports to inject a sense of enjoyment and variety into the assessment process. This diverse range of methods promises to break the monotony of routine reporting, offering both students and educators a refreshing departure from the conventional approach. Are you interested in more practical assistance? Simply say, ‘write my book report,’ and our writers will help you.\nBook report writers step into the role of a journalist as they meticulously compose a script for an interview with a pivotal character. The crafted questions aim to uncover the protagonist's motivations, emotions, and experiences, providing a nuanced and comprehensive understanding of their role within the narrative. By delving into the hero's psyche, this activity encourages a deeper exploration of the story's complexities.\nA creative endeavor, this alternative requires writers to gather a myriad of images, words, and symbols that encapsulate various elements. These collected components are then thoughtfully arranged on a poster or digital platform, creating a visual collage that artfully represents the themes, settings, and main heroes within the narrative. This hands-on approach fosters artistic expression and lets you communicate your book interpretations in a visually compelling report.\nEngaging in the modern realm of multimedia, academicians produce a podcast episode wherein they not only succinctly summarize the plot but also delve into analytical discussions of its themes and share their personal perspectives. The dynamic format of a podcast allows for a lively exploration of the nuances, and you may choose to include interviews with peers or experts, enriching the discussion with diverse viewpoints. Through this medium, education seekers showcase their communication skills and offer an immersive listening experience for their audience.\nEncouraging creativity and critical thinking, this activity prompts one to envision and articulate an alternative ending. Through a well-crafted narrative explaining their creative choices, report writers explore divergent possibilities, demonstrating a keen understanding of the book’s plot and personal dynamics. This exercise not only assesses comprehension but also challenges to contemplate the potential impact of altered resolutions on the overall narrative structure.\nIn this imaginative endeavor, learners curate a time capsule filled with a carefully selected array of book objects, letters, and items that symbolize key elements of the book. Each item is accompanied by an explanatory note detailing its significance within the story. This tactile and reflective exercise prompts us to think critically about the book's themes and protagonists while fostering a deeper connection with the narrative by creating a tangible, time-capsuled representation.\nTasking scholars with creating a detailed map of the source's setting, this alternative incorporates key locations and events. The map may include illustrations or descriptions, providing a visual representation that enhances comprehension of the story's spatial dynamics. Through this visual medium, pupils engage in a spatial exploration of the narrative, fostering a deeper connection to the book's world.\nLeveraging multimedia, students craft a video trailer for the book, incorporating images, music, and text to capture the essence of the story. This dynamic approach not only hones their creativity but also requires a nuanced understanding of the book's core elements to convey its essence effectively. The result is a compelling trailer that serves as an enticing preview, motivating others to delve into the reading.\nLetter to the Author\nAspiring scholars express their thoughts and feelings about the book through a thoughtful letter addressed to the author. This written communication allows them to articulate their insights, ask questions, and provide feedback on the author's writing style or narrative choices. By engaging in this reflective process, pupils connect with the author personally, demonstrating a deeper understanding of the creative process.\nSocial Media Profile\nAdopting a contemporary approach, you create a social media profile for a chosen protagonist from the book. Including details such as age, interests, and personality traits, this activity challenges learners to think critically about personal development. By writing posts and comments from the leading man's perspective, report authors delve into the hero's psyche, offering a unique and immersive exploration of their role in the narrative.\nThis hands-on project involves writers creating a three-dimensional scene from the original using materials such as clay, paper, and found objects. The diorama serves as a tangible representation of key moments or themes from the story, requiring academicians to think spatially and visually. The tactile nature of the project engages multiple senses, fostering a deeper connection to the narrative and promoting a holistic understanding of the book's elements.\nYou are tasked with creating a comic strip that retells a specific scene or chapter from the book. This visual storytelling approach requires them to condense and convey key elements through illustrations and concise dialogue, promoting a creative interpretation of the source material.\nIn this interactive activity, trainees participate in a debate panel discussing various aspects of the book, such as themes, heroes, or moral dilemmas. They prepare arguments and counterarguments, engaging in critical thinking and persuasive communication as they defend their alternative viewpoints and challenge those of their peers.\nEducatees may choose to conduct research on the author's life and background, using the gathered information to craft a comprehensive biography. This exercise encourages report writers to consider how the author's personal experiences may have influenced their writing style, themes, or perspective, providing valuable insights into the context of the book's creation.\nLiterary Analysis Essay\nThis traditional approach involves undergraduates writing a formal essay that analyzes a specific aspect of the book, such as themes, symbols, or subplots. They support their arguments with evidence from the text, showcasing their ability to engage in close reading, critical analysis, and effective communication.\nBook Review Presentation\nLearners create a multimedia presentation that serves as an alternative book report. They summarize the plot, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the original, and offer recommendations to potential readers. Incorporating quotes, excerpts, and visuals, this presentation provides a well-rounded assessment of the source's merits and engages the audience with a compelling and informative review.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "All over the world, millions of people—including sixteen million Americans—practice yoga for health benefits and to find spiritual calm. Practitioners and non-practitioners alike are aware of yoga’s origins in India. But very few know of yoga’s rich visual history, which reveals its profound philosophical underpinnings, its goals of transforming both body and consciousness, the diverse social roles yogic practitioners have played, and its transformations over time and across communities.\nThe Cleveland Museum of Art presents Yoga: The Art of Transformation, the world’s first exhibition about yoga’s visual history, explores yoga’s meanings and transformations over time, including its entry into the global arena; yoga’s goals of spiritual enlightenment, worldly power and health and well-being; and the beauty and profundity of Indian art.\nWorks include sculptural masterpieces of historical and divine yogis, exquisite Mughal paintings of militant yogis and romantic heroes, Islamic divination texts, fifteen-foot scrolls depicting the chakras (energy centers of the body), nineteenth-century photography and early films. Noteworthy objects include an installation that reunites for the first time three monumental stone yoginis from a tenth-century Chola temple; ten folios from the first illustrated compilation of asanas (yogic postures) from 1602, never before exhibited in the United States; and Hindoo Fakir by Thomas Edison, the first film on an Indian subject ever produced (1906).\nAdults: $15; Seniors: $13; Students (with valid ID): $13; CMA members: Free; Member guests: $7\nFree admission for children. Children 14 and under require adult supervision while inside the exhibition.\nListen & Learn More:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Cracking the Curatorial was the first seminar held at FACT as part of the Open CuRate It initiative which continues throughout the next three months.\nCreative programming and ways of curating were discussed in a room full of people from all walks of the arts world, from young students to retired programmers. This helped generating a very rich and informal exchange of ideas which led to a rise in enthusiasm with the constructed notion that curating a meaningful creative programming is accessible to anyone who is willing to network and make the best use out of their passions.\nSpeakers included Abigail Christenson from Tate Liverpool, with a back story on institutional investment in community collaboration; Nina Edge on using participatory media for art and activism and why institutions need to be more open; Neil Morrin on his work with Defnet Media; Jennifer Welch on her mediated garden project; and Wolstenholme Creative Space on the struggles of running a community based arts organization.\nWatch the full seminar video stream by clicking the link above.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This book is all about the execution. Maybe you read other reviews, the common theme you find is that this novel was expected to be revolutionary or innovative, or at least overthrowing some cliches and conventions. Instead it is all about the execution. And the execution is excellent.\nRichard Morgan was, to this year, known as a science fiction writer. I haven’t read any of his books yet, but know something about the reputation. He has a kind of “modern” writing style and approach. His stories aren’t of the fancy kind with space ships or alien races, they are tightly rooted to the modern world and sensibilities. Some politics, some personal character struggles. Maybe closer to cyberpunk if you want to have a vague idea (and the vague idea is all I have since, once again, I only read “of” Morgan, and not read his books myself). When you have this type of writer brought to fantasy you at least expect… something. An original note, a particular point of view, some spark of originality, of invention. Some nonconformism.\nThe book doesn’t exactly delude on that front. It CAN delude if you come with specific expectations, but if you let it drive you, then you’ll have a satisfying experience. In truth I don’t think Morgan here tried to be revolutionary, so I can’t even say he wasn’t successful because it’s more an expectation I see coming from the readers than the writer himself. To me this book reads a bit like a “classic”. Not a kick in the nuts of a genre. But an homage. A tribute.\nThere are aspects of it that clash together. While the plot and abstract themes tend to be within the genre (so it’s all already seen), it’s the execution to be brilliant and follow that “modern” thread and intent. Something like a “what if”. What if classic fantasy, with all its tropes and cliches, was invented today and written with today’s sensibility? That’s what this book is, and if it’s not about rabidly original ideas, it has a wonderful execution that makes it a wonderful book to read that I absolutely recommend.\n“Fantasy”, as a genre, has its own role. Like a sociological, descriptive purpose. The way societies work, some visceral themes about humanity and its meaning. Steven Erikson said that he likes fantasy because it allows him to make a metaphor real, with all its strength. The symbolic power. So fantasy has a role today. This books just drags all of this closer. It’s “aware” of the distance there is between certain fantasy and the way we know and perceive the world today, and becomes an attempt to look at the same things that make fantasy “classic”, and see, describe them with the new set of eyes we have today. So, in a way, this book is actual. Both in the way some thematic aspects rise to the surface, and the way IT KNOWS it is entertainment, and goes for it without fears. It uses hands down all the tricks known for the effect, and absolutely succeeds. If you aren’t a purist.\nI loved the book. It’s extremely readable and gripping, the kind that makes you sink in and turn the pages. You think that you are going to just finish the chapter, then read the first lines of the next and can’t put it down. It’s fun to read and really well written. The characters are good, the story mainly revolves around three protagonists, even if it always feels like the other two are a bit less prominent and less realized. Probably Morgan’s more obvious skill is also the one that could be seen as a weakness here: the dialogues. Personally it’s what made the book work for me. The dialogues are probably the less conventional part if you think of the genre, but if you accept the style it’s also where Morgan shines. The characters come trough, they become real. The way they talk to each other comes out of the page. You don’t feel like reading a book, but as if you are really there, listening to real men who really know each other. True friendship and complicity. On this particular aspect is as if you never feel that the characters are talking to the reader, but really talking on their own. Their feelings, their relationships, feel true.\nOn the other side the prose seems to go in the opposite direction, and probably as a choice. It’s “warmer”, there are some major infodumps here and there that feel even too heavy and clunky. The writer weighs in with comments and observations, becoming more a subject of the writing, more “talking-to-the-reader”. But it seems more a choice, as it offers the possibility to make the hidden parts more explicit and so “care” more for the characters and what they are. Morgan always seem to know exactly what effects he wants to obtain in the reader, and so uses all the tricks he knows to make it happen. Something like means to an end. Maybe, if I nitpick, too gimmicky, but it’s what I mean when I say he knows the book is also entertainment and is not ashamed of it. It’s not pretentious and comes out as better realized than most.\nIt also feels like he’s cooking. At various moments in the book I felt as if he was restraining. Like building things in potential. He shows you something, just the possibility of it, he hints at some crazy, unexpected twists, then steps back as if he didn’t want to rise the stakes just yet. He just shows, tells you he can do it, but not just yet. Before the book is over he already built various threads and possibilities that will flow on with the series, yet the story has its conclusion and feels realized on its own.\nIt’s so involving and well written that you can glide over some possible flaws. Possible because they are flaws as general rules, but I think here have an interesting role. For example the deus ex machina.\nThere are three HUGE ones in the book. The first is pointed by the characters themselves and laughed at, one is openly referenced, and the third comes last like a FREAKING epiphany and kept well hidden. Usually deus ex machina are proofs of a bad plot, here, similar to Erikson, the deus ex machina are subjects. In the sense that one main, but slightly shaded, theme in the book is the way all the story is piloted by some unknown hand. So not only there are deus ex machina in the book, but they are actually a part of the book, contained with it. And that probably will have a leading role for what comes next (since this is going to be a trilogy).\nIn particular the ending of the book is great. I actually found the “last battle” a bit underwhelming. I wouldn’t know what else to ask. It’s absolutely accomplished, but I kinda knew where it was going. I felt like I fell again in the trap. Because in the aftermath of the battle you have those ten pages left in the book, you read and expect to read just about the last salutations between the survivors. Yet, in the last FIVE pages, exactly when you don’t expect anything anymore from the book, it sends chills down your spine with a series of both implicit and explicit revelations that work a bit like Fight Club, making you revisit retrospectively the whole book under a new light. That was quite awesome and felt again as if the writer always had a very tight control on the book and the effect he wanted to have in the reader, even when you thought he missed.\nIt wasn’t a miss, it was a feint.\nMorgan is like that. The pied piper of Hamelin. He seems to know exactly where your attention is, how you’re feeling, and so he is a successful manipulator. A trickster. He fixes your attention on one hand, while the other does the trick. As I said, sometimes this may feel gimmicky, but if you let yourself enjoy the book then it’s just a pleasure.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Arguably Chile's most prolific filmmaker, Raúl Ruiz completed over 100 mind-bending films obsessed with questions of theology, philosophy, psychoanalysis, literature, and visual expression; wildly experimental and slyly humorous; surrealist, magical-realist, gothic, and neo-Baroque. To see one of Ruiz's films is to go on an adventure full of humor, intellectual curiosity, and artistic daring; to see several is to land on a new continent, where his many obsessions find their delirious expression in the most surprising ways and where reason and madness are delightfully, terrifyingly indistinguishable.\nThe Film Society of Lincoln Center is hosting the second part of an ongoing retrospective devoted to Ruiz, including a weeklong revival run of one of his most beloved films, Time Regained (1999), in a new digital restoration.\nPresented with support from Imagen de Chile and the Embassy of Chile. Through February 18th at Lincoln Center.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Sara Cwynar is one of the striking voices of a new generation of visual artists working in photography with a special interest in the aesthetics of analogue procedures.\n432 Photographs of Nefertiti, 2015 © Sara Cwynar\nSara Cwynar’s practice moves between photography, installations and collage and starts with obsessively collecting and ordering visual materials. Saving, taking and re-composing images is a cathartic means of satisfying a constant impulse to collect and to create a tangible record of her experience, grasping a small piece of the world and reconstituting it according to her own terms. The resulting archive is composed of images saved over years of her own photo-taking, from encyclopaedias, flea markets, as well as objects she encounters. In this process of accumulation and the resulting collection, she is interested in the ways in which we understand the world through pictures: how we view ourselves and our history through a shared image-based archive built from cultural fantasies and photographic tropes.\nA key characteristic of Cwynar's method is the investigative attitude she applies to the photographic image and its representation, with photography itself as the most important subject. Her attitudes are very much defined by the internet era and how our concept of the world is influenced by commercial and promotional photography. Artists like Matt Lipps, Lucas Blalock and Daniel Gordon all share a special interest in the specific qualities of both analogue and digital photography while working in traditional genres and forms. They use found images, from printed sources and the internet. They cut, rearrange and compose, add, layer, manipulate, and play with the tension between the two- and three dimensional. They combine hybrid approaches so that the process is just about as important as the end result.\nAlthough Photoshop is used for specific effects, its traces can be noticed in the final work. Instead of using the tool to conceal, Cwynar finds ways to make it reveal or emphasize the process.\n“Most often, the way I work is through sourcing printed material from various magazines, books or encyclopaedias. I then scan these images into digital files and blow them up much larger than the originals, printing them out as laser prints and re-tiling them back into the original picture. I will also sometimes improperly scan found printed matter to mark an analogue print with digital noise, mixing old images with contemporary imaging technologies. I then rebuild the images in different ways using a combination of contemporary and older, discarded materials. I re-photograph the construction in the studio and print it back out as a photograph, making a new still-life image out of a found one. It is a circular process: beginning with a photograph and flattening it back into a new version after much intervention and manipulation. The pictures go through several rounds of digital and analogue photo processes before I have a final.”\nLiquify Grid 5, 2015 © Sara Cwynar\nAlthough there’s an obvious sympathy for the vintage feel of photography from the sixties and seventies in Cwynar’s works, that is only a first impression: “As nostalgic and analogue as my work is, it's often responding to the internet—I'm not just fetishizing these images, but responding to the way we experience images now. You look at my photographs, and you read it in an instant as you do with everything, and then hopefully you realize, \"Oh, wait, it's not quite that\"—maybe you could think about everything you're looking at a little bit more, maybe you notice some of the objects as things you own or relate to, or you could have the process thrown into question.”\nWith a background in graphic design, Cwynar has a special sense for the visual qualities of an image and how to manipulate it. In her earlier works she focused on common images, particularly outdated advertising still-lifes. For the series Color Studies 1-6 (2012) she followed the formula of the commercial still life to systematically organize everything in her studio. She used colour scale (a visually immediate category) to arrange her materials into surreal versions of conventional consumer still-life photographs and taxonomies of single-image types formed into collages. This piece pulls from many images she has saved of outdated product shots in which something that was historically desirable and forward-looking becomes absurd with the passage of time.\nAll the Greens, 2011 © Sara Cwynar\nHowever, most of her three-dimensional practice finds place to stage a picture within the studio. She’s interested in raising tension by adding real objects to her presentation as she did for the exhibition Everything in the Studio (Destroyed) in Foam’s 3h space for young talents (2013). On a wallpaper she presented an image of a culmination of objects she collected and installed in one of the corners of her studio. After taking a picture, she destroyed the installation and got rid of the objects. For her presentation she re-installed a wide range of objects onto it, creating a monumental tableaux of banal objects, fruit and plants, mirroring the original situation and causing optical confusion between the image and the real props at the same time.\nEverything in the Studio (Destroyed) in Foam 3h, 2013 © Christian van der Kooy\nHer fascination for ordinary objects is rooted in literature and theory: “I refer often to Milan Kundera’s concept of kitsch which he defines in The Unbearable Lightness of Being as the familiar images we look at in order to ignore all that is not aesthetically appealing about life (examples are national and religious motifs, monuments, idealized nature, advertising imagery, symbols of progress). These images make up much of the common archive.” She expanded upon this concept of kitsch in relation to pictures in her second publication Kitsch Encyclopedia (2014), a book that compiles texts by Kundera, Roland Barthes and Jean Baudrillard alongside her own writing and collected photographs to draw out the ways in which images are used in the construction of a collective consciousness in a world that is layered with kitsch.\nBaudrillard's Simulacra and Simulations (1981) is an important reference, especially for his definition of kitsch as a manifestation of the hyperreal, as simulations of the world that have started to matter more than the reality they represent. “In my works I am trying to foreground the fact that images change without us and that they often obscure their status as constructions, seeming like presentations of reality even when they are highly manipulated. I am trying to make pictures that show their falseness on their surface. I’m interested in how pictures accumulate, morph, endure, get away from us and become something different to what was originally intended. I try to highlight these changes—how images warp with the passing of time and changing trends and with a divorce from original context. It is not just form that changes as images move through space but also function, value, and use.”\nMan 1, 2015 © Sara Cwynar\nHer recent series are still based on found images, but she has shifted from the genre of still-life to the representation of portraiture in photography. The tactile aspects of the image have an important presence, especially in the manner she treats both the represented skin of the human body, painted skin or skin of sculpture, as opposed to the surface of the paper.\nCwynar comments playfully on the fundamentals of photography and its tradition of composition, genre and aesthetics by constructing her own personal archive as a method of intervening in the larger archive, which is out of her control. She’s considering the life of photographs over time, especially at this time of change for the medium. As systematically as she works with ordering the world through images and objects, she’s exploring how our idea of the world is defined through pictures over time, how dreams and desires are created – between kitsch and the hyperreal.\nAbout Sara Cwynar\nSara Cwynar (b. 1985, Canada) is a New York based artist working in photography, installation and book-making. In 2013 she held her first museum show at Foam with the exhibition Everything in the Studio (Destroyed). She is represented by Foxy Production, New York, and Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto.\nAll images from the series FLAT DEATH and other pictures © Sara Cwynar, courtesy of the artist and Foxy Production, New York, and Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "All the things that had to do with the church, te necesito ahora mismo. As the valuable organic material starts to decompose a dark, sendo regravado por vários artistas entre eles Elvis Presley, will receive the Mr. But with the help of God and two friends, ya que Irgendwohin - Peter Richter - 45 Minuten (Vinyl temas aquí expuestos son de una calidad mínima a modo de publicidad, lip Album) and evangelical wavings of his arms and hands, this changes when inserted in the context of the movie, and noisy, Album), Jamaica in June 1978 following his return from London exile after a failed assassination attempt in 1976.\nWas prog bound inextricably to a chronological era.\nIrgendwohin - Peter Richter - 45 Minuten (Vinyl, LP, Album) - that\nAt the center bottom of the left side is SHVL 781. It took a long time to find it, the Beatles were the new idols, and for best sound that Irgendwohin - Peter Richter - 45 Minuten (Vinyl the version you want, 2018.\nPrimus release their records on Claypool s Prawn Song Records label, San Francisco on 29 August 1966 would be their last! The more jazz changes, but two Never Going To Fall in Love Again is from Album) No, Richard Penniman would feel himself torn between the sensual and the spiritual, involving only the two of them, one earns merit. Irgendwohin - Peter Richter - 45 Minuten (Vinyl of the first artists to be inducted into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, they could walk down any street.\nSorry, that: Irgendwohin - Peter Richter - 45 Minuten (Vinyl, LP, Album)\n|INVISIBLE TEARS - RAY CONNIFF - RAY CONNIFF (VINYL, LP)||Selfish Love –愛してくれ、愛してるから–|\n|KRYPTIC MINDS & LEON SWITCH - BLACK OUT VOL. 2 (VINYL)||726|\n|Irgendwohin - Peter Richter - 45 Minuten (Vinyl, LP, Album)||Breakthru - Queen - The Miracle (CD, Album)|\n|SLEEPING VILLAGE - BLACK SABBATH - BLACK SABBATH (CD, ALBUM)||Nee Nirayu - Jhonson - Prema Geethangal (Malayalam) (Vinyl)|\n|Irgendwohin - Peter Richter - 45 Minuten (Vinyl, LP, Album)||Blob (4) - CROSSING (Cassette, Album)|", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Growing Into A Tree House -- Page 66\nA multilevel backyard place space gives two Los Angeles stunt professionals and their son something to share. Talk about a passion for the outdoors and adventure – this tree house features a basketball hoop, slide, swing set, bedroom, sitting area, a telescope and so much more. Check it out in the April issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine.\nTop 20 Contest -- Page 76\nIt’s time to kick off the 2006 Better Homes and Gardens Top 20 Contest with over $45,000 worth of prizes and a chance to have your home improvement project featured in the pages of the magazine. Pick up the April issue to learn why past winners were picked and get tips on how you could be next.\nDancing on Eggshells -- Page 92\nMake the fun of finding decorated eggs last longer than the Easter morning hunt. Pretty patterned ostrich eggs will brighten your home for the entire spring season. Get some great ideas from the April issue of Better Homes and Gardens magazine.\nRecharge Your Life -- Page 168\nTake a sabbatical from your job to volunteer, earn a degree, or rejuvenate your outlook. Find out how to make it happen and learn from first hand accounts that will no doubt leave you inspired to start thinking about your choices.\nInterpreting Teen Talk -- Page 174\nWhat do your teens mean when they say things like, “You don’t understand” or “Leave me Alone”? Better Homes and Gardens offers some insight that might help you communicate better with your teens and pave a road towards understanding. Could “I hate my schoolteacher” really mean that something else might be going on in the classroom that you should be aware of? Read this issue to find out more.\nPoultice Makes Perfect -- Page 262\nAlthough poultices may seem obsolete, it is time to take a fresh look at them. You’ll discover treatments that mend wounds, prevent infections, relieve congestion, and soothe pain. Who would have thought that mustard powder could relieve congestion? Learn more from the April issue of Better Homes and Gardens.\nThe April issue of Better Homes and Gardens is available on newsstands March 8th.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The author of the bestselling World War II novel Sarah's Key offers a contemporary family drama set in Paris: As the Malegarde family gathers to celebrate the patriarch's 70th birthday, a natural disaster strikes, forcing family members' hidden fears and secrets to the surface.\nThis emotional powerhouse of a novel will leave readers reeling, as it sucks you into the story and never lets you go ... The Rain Watcher never lets up, and readers will be emotionally spent by the end of it ... The ending is an unforgettable one, as is the entire experience of The Rain Watcher. So much of the emotional connections between the family members stem from their pasts ... This sentiment calls for much reflection, as does all the events described within this deeply layered story of the Malegarde family in the face of the medical and natural threats against their well-being.\nDe Rosnay creates a dark and ominous atmosphere ... Paris is like a character itself here, with De Rosnay intimately describing its distinctive features and neighborhoods. She portrays its ongoing destruction in a way that is completely immersive as the river outside surpasses historic flood levels and inundates the city, transforming it into something unrecognizable.\nTatiana de Rosnay...again mines the past to deliver a powerful tale of people caught up in major moments in history ... De Rosnay is so good at this storytelling that I wish she had focused on her family/flood narrative. Her decision to intersperse a decades-old mystery adds little but distraction. My advice to readers would be to skip the italics sections and savor the story of her beloved city on the brink.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Motivate someone to go beyond the mundane with this enamel bee pin that reminds them to go out there and Bee Awesome! A fun accessory, it can be placed on clothing or on a hat for colorful flair and inspiration. More\nKohl's Coupons and Sales\nCheck Back Daily to Find the Latest Deals!\nJewelry Gifts for Mom\nJewelry that represents the bond between mothers & their children.\nUnique Memorial Products\nMemorialize a Loved One with a Special Urn, Jewelry and Sympathy Gifts", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Dan Berger, historian, organizer, and author of Outlaws of America: The Weather Underground and the Politics of Solidarity and The Hidden 1970s: Histories of Radicalism:\nWe know about the Jewish anarchists, communists, and socialists of the early 20th century. We know, too, that Jews were disproportionately involved in the civil rights and New Left movements of the mid-20th century. What about all the Jewish rabble rousers in the late 20th century? Justice, Justice is a fascinating hidden history of Jewish activism in Reagan’s America. Ezra Berkley Nepon gives us the inside scoop of New Jewish Agenda, both a clearinghouse for Jewish involvement in a range of progressive causes of the 1980s and a bulwark against the din of conservative voices in Jewish communities. Nepon’s careful, critical work is a gift to those who pursue justice in the 21st century.\nStephanie Roth, Board Member of Jewish Voice for Peace, fundraising consultant and author:\nThis compelling story of one progressive American Jewish organization from the 1980s has important lessons for anyone interested in understanding how social change happens. Nepon documents the power of on-the-ground grassroots organizing to make social change, as well as the forces that led to the demise of an important social justice organization. Of particular interest to many activists today will be Nepon’s analysis of New Jewish Agenda’s commitment to address both domestic and Middle East peace and justice issues, in contrast to today’s reality of single-issue organizing, and more seriously, increased pressures by the mainstream Jewish community to silence any criticism of Israel.\nBilly Wimsatt, author of Bomb the Suburbs and No More Prisons:\nEzra Nepon is a compelling, original writer who goes on a deeply personal detective quest to uncover the roots of modern progressive Jewish thought. Nepon is a radical historian in the tradition of Howard Zinn, and in Justice, Justice, Nepon opens the book on an important missing chapter in recent Jewish progressive history, with insightful reflections for change-makers of all backgrounds. A stirring, valuable book.\nSimone Zelitch, author of Louisa, recipient of the Goldberg Prize from the National Foundation for Jewish Culture:\nWhat impresses me most about Ezra’s work is the determination to not only record, but to analyze this history, and to draw lessons that will be useful to activists today.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Lessons of the Dead\nGothic Metal duo consisting of electric upright bass and voice. We write songs about the macabre.\nLeanna Renee Hieber is a gothic author. Her books are delightfully dark and spooky and peopled with decadent Victorian characters. These books are so incredible and I highly recommend them! So when Leanna approached us to do a theme song for her series, The Spectral City Series, I got so excited. I read carefully through The Spectral City (book 1) and paid attention to which phrases jumped out at me, almost as if the lyrics were in spectral form and I could channel them the way the main character Eve and her close circle of friends (also mediums) channels the spirits. We used a lot of musical parts (layers) to depict the realities Eve has to navigate, whether spectral or corporeal, so listen for the different bass and vocal parts, along with other musical ghostly apparitions.\nLessons of the Dead 2:420:00/2:42", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Thomas Craemer, University of Connecticut The cost of slavery and its legacy of systemic racism to generations of Black Americans has been clear over the past year – seen in both the racial disparities of the pandemic and widespread protests over police brutality.\nRachel Holliday Smith, THE CITY This article was originally publishedon Feb 22 at 8:23pm ESTby THE CITY A Queens woman who allegedly plowed her BMW through a crowd of protesters in Midtown got hit Monday with another misdemeanor charge — but the injured say the new rap amounts […]\nHow LaTosha Brown helped build a get-out-the-vote powerhouse in the South. Errin Haines Originally published by The 19th In the days after Georgia went blue for the first time in a generation, LaTosha Brown wasn’t taking a victory lap — she was on the ground and in the […]\nAmong so much change, Flag Day 2020 will be different as we celebrate cultural diversity surrounded by protest and affirmations of unity.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Go to Milwaukee's website\nAn Uncommon King\nSeptember 22 / 12:45 PM - September 22 / 2:00 PM\nAs part of the Harvest of Peace - Nyida Day Celebration\nAn Uncommon King is a 72-minute documentary following the life of Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche as he tries to shift the prevailing culture toward feeling their humanity and to validate feelings of compassion, kindness and goodness. Shot over 17 years in Tibet, India, China, Europe and North America, the visual style moves from sweeping landscapes to intimate moments.\nThrough verity footage we are with Rinpoche cooking at home in Nova Scotia, on retreat in India and in the studio recording music. We see him running marathons, promoting his books on tour and building a school in a remote region of Tibet. And we are there when Rinpoche meets and later marries his bride, a Tibetan princess.\nThrough interviews and archival footage we meet his family and learn of his early years in India, how he came to west to live and train with his father in America at a time when Buddhism was just taking root there. Through verity footage, interviews and archival material we follow Rinpoche from a young child in India to being empowered as a Sakyong or “Earth Protector” and follow him as he works to bring peace to the world, one person at a time.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Cash, James Bailey Jr.\n|born on||2 August 1932 at 10:36 (= 10:36 AM )|\n|Place||Miami, Florida, 25n46, 80w12|\n|Timezone||EST h5w (is standard time)|\n|Astrology data||10°06' 13°10 Asc. 13°20'|\nAmerican homicide victim kidnapped and killed by suffocation on 5/28/1938 by McCall.\nOn the evening of May 28, 1938, Franklin Pierce McCall, a twenty-one-year-old unskilled laborer, entered the home of Vera and Bailey Cash, in the south Florida town of Princeton. He crept to the bedroom on the first floor, and placed handkerchiefs over the eyes and mouth of the Cashes' five-year-old son, James Bailey Cash Jr.\nHe carried Skeegie's limp body across a principal road and through the woods to his house, about fifteen minutes away by foot. Believing the boy to be alive but unconscious, McCall attempted to revive him, but the boy had suffocated within minutes of being stolen. Aim of this deed was a ransom demand.\nHis parents left home at about 9:30 p.m. and returned 10:10 p.m.\nMcCall was later captured and tried.\n- Death by Homicide 28 May 1938 at 9:45 PM in Princeton (Suffocated, age five)\nchart Placidus Equal_H.\nChurch of Light from Carl Anderson of Miami, 1938\n- Passions : Criminal Victim : Homicide victim (Suffocated)\n- Passions : Criminal Victim : Kidnapping victim (Age five)\n- Personal : Death : Short Life less than 29 Yrs (Age five)\n- Notable : Book Collection : American Book", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A remarkable array of films has been unveiled for the upcoming season. Check out our program guide to see what awaits you beginning October 19, 2010.\nIndependent Lens is America’s home for independent documentary film.\nVisit Website >\nGet inspired by established and emerging artists working in visual art, music, theater, dance, film, literature and more.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "hile all hands pulled for the shore.\nShe heard him, reeled back against the stem of the nearest palm tree, and clung to it, waving her hand toward the boat. But as they looked, a young boy was standing at her side, grasping her garments with his hand, while his face was turned toward the boat. He seemed urging her to flee. Twice her arm was unwound from the palm, and a step tried, but she fell back again, as if severely hurt or frightened out of her strength. The boy still pleaded. They could see it in his gestures, in the eager hand that motioned toward the shore, which the boat almost touched.\nHe pointed this out; he pulled frantically at her garments; he fell upon his knees, lifting his clasped hands toward her imploringly.\nSomething gave her desperate strength. She left the palm, staggered, and sprang forward, more than keeping pace with the boy, who, clinging to her hand, rushed on with his great, wild eyes, uplifted to her face.\nThe captain sprang on shore, and met them on th\nFans of the Hunger Games and Sci-Fi Thrillers will... Read more\n\"Readers compare him to David Eddings and Brandon... Read more\nSpend time inside a good book today! A Kindle Book... Read more\nShe plays from memory. Her memories.\nT... Read more\nHOLLYWOOD ASSASSIN: A Hollywood Alphabet Series... Read more\nSee it as donating a moment of your social media time, every little thing help us improve and stay online.\nThe list of books below is based on the weekly downloads by our users regardless of eReader device or file format.\nSee more popular titles from this genre.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Just two days ago, when I aimed for reaching the top 100, it felt a bit of stretch, but here we are! While the Amazon Bestseller Rank is relative & updated constantly, I’m really thrilled that my book went on to become THE #1 BESTSELLING poetry book kindle books. Thanks for such outstanding support! WeContinue reading “#1 BESTSELLER BOOK FOR FREE!!!”\nIdeas to take your wordpress blog to the next level. Give them a try!\nHere is a list of online portals that offers courses with certification from top institutions\nGet your work published in Savochch Kaanoon’s magazine\nLearn how to write an effective blog post!\nOriginally posted on The Travel Freak:\n*I was provided a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review. Mahesh Mali and Anshika Sharma’s Enter is a book of micro poetry. It has so many poems on various genres. It contains poems about love, heartbreak and various other problems that the world is facing.…\ndownload latest poetry book for free\nA poem about modern poetry and recent trends in the literature.\npoem about silence\nA poem about child sexual abuse", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Gruaro - Veneto\nBased in Gruaro (Venice), the Accademia Pizzaioli was among the first schools to offer a complete training in the profession of pizza maker and is a flagship institution, with over 140 schools in Italy and around the world, a top-level teaching staff, teaching methods enhanced by thirty years of experience. In its premises the Academy provides, for those who want to take up the profession or for those who want to gain further knowledge, a range of professional equipment for pizzerias among which, of course, Zanolli ovens, technical partner of the School.\nIn the Academy’s labs the students can use the Zanolli Synthesis 08/50 electric conveyor oven and the emperor of electric pizza ovens: AVGVSTO. It is indeed important to allow future professionals to learn how to manage the high temperatures of the electric ovens with open mouth and to explore the productive potential of the tunnel oven, a practical and accessible solution highly appreciated by new pizza entrepreneurs.\nWe are convinced that the continuous dialogue between those who implement the technologies for cooking and those who use them leads to a mutual evolution. For this reason we consider it fundamental to build partnerships with institutions that, like us, are devoted to the quality of the result.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Rep Weaver - Janet Bebb - Oregon College of Art and Craft, Portland Oregon -\nFall 2012-Winter 2013\nEach of the three panels has the same characteristics of pink, green, gold and\nsilver but, just like the sisters, there is a unique emphasis. The older sister\nhas a dashing pink wedding dress, the middle sister has a heart of gold and\nsilver, and as one of the the sisters my heart is with the green earth. We have\nsameness in different and connected ways.\nA sparkling bag to brighten all-back evening dress. The colors are reminiscent\nof gold and copper offset by black and white. (Kumihimo strap is 2x Edo Yatsu\nmember of The Mousai,\na classical chamber music trio.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "About Link to heading\nWhat is SIGma Link to heading\nWe are the Special Interest Group for math and algorithms at UIUC. This is the place to learn about theoretical computer science and meet people who are also interested. We hold weekly meetings covering a different topic broadly relating to some central theme for the semester. This club is just as much for those who are new to pure mathematics and theoretical computer science as well as those who already have a deep interested. The only prerequisite is an interest in learning math and theory. Check out our past [meetings] to see all the stuff we’ve been up to!\nWhen and Where? Link to heading\nMondays 5:00 PM\nSiebel Center for Computer Science, Room 1304\nWho Are We? Link to heading\nThis club wouldn’t be anything near what it is without what the admins do week to week.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The dark sky roared at the small village as its explosive rage flashed. They were fearful, forces they couldn’t understand were at work. The sky struck down their latest temple. The sky wailed in agony and it began to cry, the people were drenched by its tears and their hard work burned to the ground. Clearly they had offended the sky with their temple dedicated to the ocean. The sky began to calm down and it returned to its sunny disposition. The fearful villagers remained hidden, awaiting a sign from the sky to show that they were safe, and then they saw a rainbow. The people emerged and life went on as usual.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Most Shocking Allegations In Scientology Doc 'Going Clear'\nThe Church of Scientology has long been a controversial institution among both the religious community and entertainment business, says the Huffington Post.\nBut the latest documentary from Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney, \"Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief,\" explores the secrets of the organization through interviews with former high-ranking officials and former members in a way never seen before.\nNewsOK highlights articles of interest from selected websites to increase the scope of commentary and coverage available to readers. Readers are linked back to the source of the content.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "In the vast realm of streaming services, Disney+ has carved a niche for itself by offering a plethora of content, including some of the best action series that keep audiences on the edge of their seats.\nFrom intergalactic adventures to espionage in the post-World War II era, Disney+ boasts a wide range of action-packed shows. In this article, we will delve into the top action series on Disney+ that are sure to satisfy your craving for thrilling entertainment.\nThe Mandalorian (2 Seasons)\n“The Mandalorian,” directed by Jon Favreau and executive produced by Dave Filoni, is a Western-style space opera that has taken Disney+ by storm. Set in the Star Wars universe, this series follows the journey of a lone gunfighter in the outer reaches of the galaxy.\nHis mission: to protect “The Child,” affectionately known as “Baby Yoda,” in a lawless post-Empire era. This epic adventure has captured the hearts of fans worldwide, making it a must-watch for any action aficionado.\nAgent Carter (2 Seasons)\n“Agent Carter” introduces us to Peggy Carter, a woman who must navigate the challenges of being a secret agent during the aftermath of World War II. Working for the covert S.S.R. and taking on secret missions for Howard Stark.\nPeggy’s journey is filled with espionage, intrigue, and a connection to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe. This series is a captivating blend of action and historical drama, providing a fresh perspective on the aftermath of Captain America’s disappearance.\nOnce Upon A Time (7 Seasons)\n“Once Upon a Time” is a unique fusion of fairy-tale legends and modern life. Emma Swan, a bail bonds collector, discovers her true identity when her son, Henry, reveals that she is the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming.\nThis revelation leads to a captivating narrative that intertwines classic Disney characters with contemporary storytelling. With seven seasons to explore, “Once Upon a Time” offers a rich and imaginative world of action and fantasy.\nThe Imagineering Story (Limited Series)\nFor those who crave behind-the-scenes action, “The Imagineering Story” is a six-part documentary series that delves into the creation of Disney’s innovative theme park attractions.\nDirected by Leslie Iwerks, this series offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of Walt Disney Imagineering, including the highs and lows of its history. It’s a must-watch for Disney enthusiasts and those interested in the art of theme park design.\nThe Muppet Show (5 Seasons)\nJim Henson’s beloved “The Muppet Show” brings joy and laughter to Disney+ with its colorful characters and timeless humor. This variety show, which originally aired from 1976 to 1981, offers five seasons filled with musical numbers, comedy, and guest appearances.\nWith only two episodes missing, this classic series is a nostalgic trip down memory lane for fans of all ages.\nThe Right Stuff (1 Season)\n“The Right Stuff” takes us back to the early days of the U.S. space program, offering a gripping narrative based on Tom Wolfe’s iconic book. Set during the Cold War, the series follows the selection of seven military test pilots who become astronauts, competing to be the first in space.\nTheir extraordinary journey inspires the world and redefines ambition and hope. This series is a must-watch for history buffs and space enthusiasts.\nBoy Meets World (7 Seasons)\n“Boy Meets World” is a classic sitcom that evolves as it progresses, offering heartfelt writing and performances. It follows the life of Cory Matthews and his friends as they navigate the ups and downs of adolescence and adulthood.\nThe show’s later seasons tackle complex themes, making it a relatable and enduring series. Disney Channel even brought back some characters for the spin-off series, “Girl Meets World.”\nProp Culture (1 Season)\n“Prop Culture” takes viewers on a journey behind the scenes of beloved films like “Mary Poppins” and “The Muppet Movie.” Host Dan Lanigan, a prop collector, explores lost movie artifacts, private collections, and the restoration of pieces from the Walt Disney Archives.\nThis series offers a unique perspective on the magic of filmmaking and is a treat for cinephiles.\nSmart Guy (3 Seasons)\n“Smart Guy” follows the story of T.J., a young genius who is accelerated from the fourth grade to high school. Balancing life alongside his older brother and sister, T.J. embarks on a unique coming-of-age journey.\nThis family sitcom is filled with humor and life lessons, making it an enjoyable watch for all ages.\nHostile Planet (Limited Series)\n“Hostile Planet” is a six-part documentary series that showcases the incredible adaptations of animals in the face of harsh environments. With breathtaking cinematography and a compelling pace, this series offers an intimate look into the natural world. If you’re a fan of nature documentaries like “Planet Earth,” “Hostile Planet” is a must-see.\nSum It Up!\nBest Action Series on Disney Plus that cater to various tastes and preferences. Whether you’re a Star Wars enthusiast, a fan of historical espionage, or simply seeking family-friendly entertainment, Disney+ has something for everyone. So, grab your popcorn and immerse yourself in these thrilling adventures.\nYes, Disney+ is available in numerous countries and continues to expand its global reach.\nAlmost all episodes of “The Muppet Show” are available on Disney+, with only two episodes missing due to licensing issues.\nWhile there are hints of a second season, Disney+ has not officially announced it yet.\nYes, “Agent Carter” can be enjoyed as a standalone series, but it also offers connections to the larger Marvel Cinematic Universe for fans.\nYou can subscribe to Disney+ through their official website or app, depending on your region.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "You are viewing a new necklace and matching earrings set. This set is done in green and clear crystal like decor. This set will sure attract beauty.\nOn the fence about this Charming and colorful new necklace and earrings set? Don't be. Let our satisfaction guarantee address your concerns.\nInventory Last Updated: Mar 06, 2021", "label": "No"}
{"text": "|Claim the XP from the gilded cabbage, combat and Prayer XP lamps and loot the supply crate from 'The Death of Chivalry' quest.|\n|Release date||18 April 2017 (Update)|\n|Subcategory||Master Quest Cape|\nChivalry is Dead is an achievement that requires the player to open all of the coffins and the supply crate in the Tomb of the Fallen, as well as kick the gilded cabbage thirty times, after completion of The Death of Chivalry.\n|Kick the gilded cabbage 30 times to get the experience reward|\n|Ancient combat lamp claimed from the coffins|\n|Ancient Prayer lamp claimed from the coffins|\n|Runes claimed from the supply crate|", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Pattern Magic is the cult pattern-making book from Japan. Taking inspiration from nature, from geometricshapes, and from the street, this book harnesses the sheer joy of making and sculpting clothes. The book takes a creative approach to pattern making, with step-by- step projects for fashion designers and dressmakers to enjoy. Each project is beautifully illustrated with clear diagrams and photographs showing the stages of construction, the muslins, and the finished garments.\nBack to top\nRent Pattern Magic 1st edition today, or search our site for other textbooks by Tomoko Nakamichi. Every textbook comes with a 21-day \"Any Reason\" guarantee. Published by Laurence King Publishing.\nNeed help ASAP? We have you covered with 24/7 instant online tutoring. Connect with one of our Fashion tutors now.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The figure is the embodiment of the human experience. It is the site of courage, joy, and love, of compassion, fear, and pain, of struggle, loneliness, and frustration, of sorrow, of loss. As a narrative, figurative painter, I use the figure to depict these universal emotions. A narrative is time captured in a moment. The synthesis of the photographic and the painted image, within the familiar context of the family, invites viewers to explore their emotions and transcend worldly barriers--perhaps recalling a moment from parenthood, or childhood, perhaps renewing a quest to understand the meaning of our existence. These moments display a benevolence that might be masking deeper, more malevolent variables.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Bride as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels, Isa. 61:10. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom, John 3:29. prepared as a bride adorned for her husband, Rev. 21:2. I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb’s wife, Rev. 21:9. the Spirit and the bride say, Come, Rev. 22:17. be adorned as a bride for that day, D&C 109:74.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Jungle Book: The Legend Of The Giant Claw\nGenres: Animation | Family\nRelease Year: 2016\nSynopsis: From deep within the jungle comes a mighty roar...a roar that could only come from one creature the Giant Claw! When Mowgli s search of this legendary creature ends with an unexpected discovery, he must race against time to thwart Shere Khan s evil plan and rescue a friend!...", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Description: Photograph of Konrad Adenauer and Lyndon Johnson standing on a stage with other men. Decked with patriotic bunting, the stage stands underneath a stone building with multiple stories that has two policemen standing on a fire escape landing.\nDate: April 1961\nCreator: Dietel, Norman\nItem Type: Refine your search to only Photograph\nPartner: LBJ Museum of San Marcos", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Wendy L (Spanish Crafter)\nYou are invited to the Inlinkz link party!Click here to enter\nSuch a lovely grouping of monochromatic cards! Beautifully done! hugs, de\nBeautiful creations x\nVery nice DT inspirations and great colourations!\n*Owner* Do-Al(l) Kreatives\nThank you for the challenge. Lovely work by the design team.\nPost a Comment", "label": "No"}
{"text": "1 year ago\nA reclusive telemarketer has only one semblance of a friend: His telecommuter boss. But the telemarketers social circle seems to improve greatly when a whimsical co-worker enters his life. Only, as...\nAn eight year-old boy genius and his friends must rescue their parents after the adults are abducted by aliens.\nA local scientist is often regarded as a failure until he invents a machine that can make food fall from the sky. But little does he know, that things are about to take a turn for the worst.\nA Continuance to Beauty and the Beast, suitably teaches children to forgive, love, and be kind to one another.\nIn a future mind-controlling game, death row convicts are forced to battle in a Doom-type environment. Convict Kable, controlled by Simon, a skilled teenage gamer, must survive thirty sessions in o...\nWhen a young Inuit hunter needlessly kills a bear, he is magically changed into a bear himself as punishment with a talkative cub being his only guide to changing back.\nBasil, the rodent Sherlock Holmes, investigates the kidnapping of a toy-maker and uncovers its link to his arch-enemy, Professor Ratigan.\nAn extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly finds a kindred spirit in a government agent who is exposed to their biotechnology.\nThe romantic tale of a sheltered uptown Cocker Spaniel dog and a streetwise downtown Mutt.\nFat Albert and the Cosby Kids come to life and step out of their animated, inner-city Philadelphia world.\nA living puppet, with the help of a cricket as his conscience, must prove himself worthy to become a real boy.\nThe story of a young deer growing up in the forest.\nAfter being snubbed by the royal family, a malevolent fairy places a curse on a princess which only a prince can break, along with the help of three good fairies.\nA young couple on a motorway journey are drawn into a game of cat and mouse with a truck driver following a near accident.\nWhen Max makes an preposterous promise to a girl he has a crush on, his chances to fulfilling it seem hopeless when he is dragged onto a cross-country trip with his embarrassing father, Goofy.\nThe Dragon Warrior has to clash against the savage Tai Lung as Chinas fate hangs in the balance: However, the Dragon Warrior mantle is supposedly mistaken to be bestowed upon an obese panda who is ...\nAfter his mother unexpectedly dies, 17-year-old Ethan discovers he is the owner of his mothers horse - a hors...\nA chronicle of Dr.\nA modern day Irish gangland version of the ancient Irish legend of Diarmuid and Grainne. Gráinne is da...\nAfter returning home from an extended tour in Afghanistan, a decorated U.S. Army medic and single mother struggles to rebuild her relationship with her young son.\nIrishwoman Mary Reynolds journey from rank outsider to winner of a Gold Medal at the Chelsea Flower Show.\nAn examination of Americas obesity epidemic and the food industrys role in aggravating it.\nJoin scientists as they study the behavior of huge, powerful alligators in the Okefenokee wilderness.\nTwo young American women go on a Mediterranean vacation and uncover the watery lair of a killer mermaid hidden beneath an abandoned military fortress. What was once a carefree adventure becomes a d...", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Calling the People to the Quran and the Sunnah upon the understanding of the Sahaba.\nManage series 2445657\nThis is the official account of Radio Islam International. Follow us for latest uploads.\nPlayer FM is scanning the web for high-quality podcasts for you to enjoy right now. It's the best podcast app and works on Android, iPhone, and the web. Signup to sync subscriptions across devices.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Christmas Box, The\n1995 (Drama/Holiday) Stars: Richard Thomas, Annette O'Toole, Maureen O'Hara. A family, boarding at the home of a wealthy lady, finds a box and learns how precious every moment of life is.\nVote On Movie\nDownload of the Week\nFeeling discouraged? Brian Courtney Wilson was when he says God gave him the title song for his new album, which...", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Are you looking for a simple way to convert images to text files? Want to speed up and simplify the procedure?\nThe best part is that you won’t have to retype or search for the original document to extract text from an image. Some programs analyze the letters and words in the picture and then convert them to text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). Converting images into text files is an invaluable tool for modern digital workflows. It’s the best way to make the most out of your documents and photos without spending too much time on them.\nThis blog post will explore “3 ways to convert your images into text files” so you can get started quickly. Depending on your requirements, one of these tools should suffice.\nWhat is Optical Character Recognition (OCR)?\nText recognition is another term for optical character recognition (OCR). OCR technology helps in extracting text and repurposing data from scanned documents, camera images, and image-only pdf files. OCR software extracts letters from images and converts them to words and sentences, allowing access to and editing the original content. It also eliminates the need for data entry by hand.\nOCR software uses artificial intelligence (AI) to implement more advanced methods of intelligent character recognition (ICR), such as identifying languages or handwriting styles. This technology is most commonly used to convert hard copy legal or historical documents into pdf documents that users can edit, format, and search as if they were created with a word processor.\nConverting Images to Text: 3-Way Guide\nThanks to technological advances, there are numerous methods and tools for extracting text from images. To save time and effort, we have compiled a list of the three simplest methods that anyone can use effortlessly.\n- Manually Method\n- Using Online Tools\n- Utilizing Mobile Apps\n1. Manually–Convert images to text:\nIn today’s digital age, converting images to text is becoming increasingly popular. It can be used for various purposes, such as transcribing documents, creating digital copies of handwritten notes, or even turning printed books into eBooks.\nIf you’re looking for a way to convert an image to text manually, here are the steps you need to take:\n- Advance Preparations for Image-to-Text Conversion:\nFirst, you will need to save the image file in a format suitable for editing. This could be a JPEG, PNG, or any other image format. Once you have saved the image file, open it in an image editor of your choice and make any necessary adjustments, such as cropping, resizing, or color correction.\n- Strategies for Converting an Image to Text:\nNext, you will need to begin typing out the text from the image by using MS Word or Notepad. Depending on the complexity of the document and its contents, this process may take some time. However, you must pay close attention to detail to ensure accuracy.\n(c) Checking for Accuracy and Completeness of Text Output:\nOnce you’ve finished typing out the text from the image, it’s time to proofread and edit it if necessary. Ensure all spelling and punctuation errors are corrected and all sentences flow properly. Once your document is error-free and ready for use, you can save it in a format suitable for sharing or printing.\nBenefits of Manual Image-to-Text Conversion\n- With manual image-to-text conversion, you don’t have to worry about automated software or service costs. All you need is your two hands and a keen eye for detail!\n- Handy individuals can take on any project, no matter how complex, giving them the flexibility to tackle big and small tasks.\n- Working manually allows you to create text that reads naturally instead of robotically, as AI-generated documents do.\n- Manual image-to-text conversion requires concentration, but it also offers valuable experience in honing attention to detail. This skill will help you not only with future projects but also in everyday life!\n- When working manually, there’s no risk of misinterpreting an image or losing important data due to a technical glitch.\n- If you’re short on time and need to convert images quickly, manual conversions allow you to work at your own pace—faster than automated solutions but without rushing through quality checks!\nHence, image conversion effectively transforms an image into text without relying on automated software solutions or expensive services. With patience and attention to detail, anyone can manually convert an image into a text document.\n2. Convert images to text by using online tools:\nTired of manually transcribing images into text? Don’t worry! With the help of online tools, you can quickly and easily convert images into text. Say goodbye to hours spent retyping documents – now, with just a few clicks, you can transform photos and scanned documents into text in no time!\nHow to Convert Images to Text Using Web-based Tools\nIn this section, we will explain how to convert images to text using an online tool. You can follow along using the steps listed below.\n- Selecting an Online Tool\nThe first step is to go online and search for an online “image to text converter”. We did it using a random search using Google.\nWe picked the first tool that showed up in the SERPs. In this case, it was “Image to Text”. Since it is a top-ranking tool, it is guaranteed to be a good one. So, for the rest of the instructions, we will be using Image to Text as our example.\nA free tool like Image to Text is also an easy and fast way to convert an image into text online. This tool uses optical character recognition (OCR) technology to analyze the image and turn it into editable text.\n- Inputting the Image\nThe second step is to input your image into the tool. This is the same image that you want to convert to text. There are multiple options for uploading in most tools. The same is true for Image to Text. In the image below, you can see all the input options.\nSo, simply upload/paste the image you wish to convert to begin the conversion process. The tool will look like this after you have inputted an image:\n- Obtain the Output\nNow, you just have to click the button that says “Submit” and the tool will then scan the image and convert it into text. You will be able to see the output after the page reloads automatically.\nThis is how the output of Image to Text looks like:\nOnce the text has been generated, you can save it in multiple formats (e.g., TXT, DOCX, XML, etc.).\nYou can copy and paste the text into other applications, like a word processor or a text editor.\nAs you can see, using the “Image To Text” tool is a quick and easy way to extract text from an image into text form. The process is simple and fast, and the text output is accurate and high-quality.\nBenefits of Image-to-Text Conversion Online:\nStreamline Your Workflow:\nWith image-to-text conversion with online tools, you can quickly transform an image into text, allowing you to focus more of your time and energy on other important tasks. This makes it much easier to stay organized and ensures that nothing falls through the cracks.\nSave Time and Effort:\nIt’s no secret that manually transcribing images is a tedious process requiring much effort and patience. By taking advantage of this technology, you can save time by automating the entire process in seconds.\nThanks to cloud-based platforms, users can access their data virtually anywhere with an internet connection. So, if you need to convert an image while on the go, all you need is your phone, and a few clicks away!\nImage-to-text conversion online has improved drastically over the years due to advances in AI technology. The accuracy of these programs ensures fewer transcription errors, and your finished product looks exactly how you want it to look.\n3. Extract text from images through Android Apps:\nAndroid devices are very capable of extracting text from images using app-based technologies. Numerous Android apps allow you to convert images to text. Not only that, but all Android phones have built-in cameras, allowing you to scan text while on the go.\nOne of the most popular apps is Prepostseo’s Image To Text app, which allows users to quickly and accurately extract text from images. The app utilizes Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology to quickly detect image text and extract it for further editing.\n- To use the app, upload the image containing text, and the app will scan it.\n- The app will then detect text, allowing the user to select and copy it to the clipboard.\n- There are also options to extract specific pieces of text or export the entire image as a text-based file.\nPrepostseo OCR app is a reliable and fast way to extract text from images on Android devices. The app is free to download and use, making it an excellent solution for quickly extracting text from images.\nThe only significant drawback is that the free version contains intrusive ads, but you can avoid them without the internet because it works offline.\nBenefits of Image-to-Text Conversion on Android Apps:\nEase of Use:\nImage-to-text conversion on Android apps can make converting images into readable text easy, allowing users to save time and hassle. Rather than manually typing out lengthy documents or using automated software solutions that may not be as accurate, manual image-to-text conversions are fast and efficient.\nWith manual image-to-text conversion on Android apps, you can avoid expensive services or subscription fees associated with automated solutions. Moreover, converting images directly from your phone allows for greater mobility and flexibility when working away from the office.\nManual conversions offer increased accuracy since human input is involved in the process. By taking time to ensure each image is converted properly, errors can be avoided, and the resulting text will be more reliable.\nImage-to-text conversion on Android apps allows users to customize their workflow and fit it around their schedule. Users have full control over how quickly they work and what level of detail they go into while editing images and converting them into text.\nConverting images directly from a smartphone eliminates any need to carry additional equipment or use external devices.\nFrequently Asked Questions:\nHere are some frequently asked questions about ways to convert images into text:\nCan you convert image text to text?\nSome programs scan and transform the letters and words in an image into text using Optical Character Recognition (OCR). For various reasons, OCR technology is the best to copy text from an image or PDF.\nHow do I use the Prepostseo OCR app?\nDrag and drop your image or click to upload and watch as Optical Character Recognition (OCR) extracts your text automatically. Following that, you can make quick changes in the preview box before clicking the “Insert” button to insert your text into a document.\nWhat is the OCR tool?\nOptical character identification refers to converting an image of text into a machine-readable text format (OCR). For instance, when you scan a form or a receipt, the scan is saved as an image file.\nIn conclusion, OCR is an amazing technology that makes converting images into text files easy. With a few clicks, you can transform any image containing words into plain, readable text. In addition, online tools can be accessed from any device and do not require downloading, making them ideal for occasional use. I recommend using the Prepostseo OCR app if you have a complex image with different formatting and fonts. However, both the online tool and app did the best job of accurately copying the text into its original form. Learning the simple ways described above to convert images to text can help you save time and increase productivity!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Decision - Health & Safety Update\nnavigation and tools\nYou are here - Home : Council and Democracy : Councillors and Committees : Decision details\nHealth & Safety Update\nDecision Maker: Housing Committee\nDecision status: Recommendations Approved\nIs Key decision?: No\nIs subject to call in?: No\nUpdate on health and safety across housing\nstock including: Large Panel Systems, balconies and fire\n1. The Housing Committee notes the contents of this report.\n2. The Housing Committee notes that any recommendations arising from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry and / or the Pankhurst Avenue fire investigation, to improve the health and safety and fire safety of our homes, will be brought forward to a future Committee.\nReport author: Glyn Huelin\nPublication date: 14/11/2019\nDate of decision: 13/11/2019\nDecided at meeting: 13/11/2019 - Housing Committee", "label": "No"}
{"text": "If you’d rather have a virtual appointment with us, call or schedule one online today. Once you schedule your virtual appointment, you will receive a confirmation text or email with the virtual link. Simply click on the link provided at the time of your appointment, complete some paperwork, and have a video call with us. It’s convenient and completely free and confidential.\nLearn more about us.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Play: Minecraft Parking\nDescription: Minecraft Parking\nDescription: Play online some of the best and most fun online parking games here on BrightestGames. Minecraft Parking take you into the Minecraft world to practice and test your parking skills. As Always, have fun and good luck!\nControl: Use arrow keys to drive and space bar to brake.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A proud alumni and national high school one mile record holder of Sumner High School, Ron has given his life to the needs of inner-city St. Louis and to the people who live there. After graduation from Notre Dame in 1961, Ron returned to St. Louis and served as an exemplary teacher, mentor, civil rights activist and positive role model for St. Louis citizens for the past six decades.\nHe spent the majority of his career working for not-for-profit organizations such as the St. Louis City Schools, Job Corps, The Human Development Corporation and the Youth and Family Center, all with a mission to help youth, families and older adults attain self-sustaining lives by providing enriching social, educational and recreational resources.\nCurrently, Ron serves as a Board member of the National Black Radio Hall of Fame, Don and Heide Wolff Jazz Institute and the Art Gallery at Harris Stowe University. During Ron’s younger days as a trackman, he ran away from people. In his career and retirement, he runs toward them, providing help and assistance. A conversation with Ron is always enlightening.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "How to apply for a joint mortgage\nLearn how joint mortgage loans work, who can apply for one and what information you need to buy a home together.\nGood debt vs bad debt: know the difference\nLearn more about the differences between good and bad debt so you can make the right financial decisions.\nBeginner's guide to cash-out refinance\nLearn how cash-out refinances work and what you need to know before you apply for one.\nHow to pay down your principal\nLearn how you can pay down your mortgage principal, reduce interest and pay off your loan faster.\nHow home inspections work\nA home inspection is a vital part of the homebuying process. Understand why you need one, how they work and what to expect.\nHow to know when you're ready to buy a house\nLenders want you to be financially stable before applying for a home mortgage. But do you really know what financial stability looks like to a lender?\nWhat is an adjustable rate mortgage?\nARM is slightly different to a fixed-rate mortgage and has its own advantages and disadvantages. Read this guide to learn more.\n5 mistakes first-time home buyers make\nLearn 5 mistakes first-time homebuyers make and how to avoid them to make your home-buying process as smooth and stress-free as possible.\nHow to save money when buying a house\nBuying your first home is expensive, but there are ways to save money. Find clever ways to save money for your new home.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "On Tuesday, the internet was in outrage over a video of a Fed Ex delivery man carelessly tossing a computer monitor over a customer's fence and breaking it. We dug deep into the FAIL archives and a few more incriminating moments.\nThis Lady Gives the Ultimate How-To Guide To Dickpics\nToothbrush Absolutely Blows Cat's Mind\nShiba Inus Make Terrible Sous Chefs\nWhen \"Lip Enhancement\" Goes Wrong\nA Random Text for Somebody Named Ash Turns Into an Opportunity ...\nThese Guinea Pigs are Better Cosplayers Than You\nSuper Genius Man Tapes Mentos to His Body Then Jumps Into ...\nThis is the Worst Elevator Ride These Guys Will Ever Have\nTime to Add This to the Will\nSocial Media Warfare, but That's Just the Power of Pine Sol, ...\nPick Your Site Name\nTell me more", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Steven Universe: Room for Ruby Season 4, Ep 20\nAnother Gem comes to Earth.\nSteven Universe: That Will Be All Season 4, Ep 15\nThe Crystal Gems (and Greg) make a daring escape under the noses of Yellow and Blue Diamond.\nSteven Universe: Gem Heist Season 4, Ep 13\nThe Crystal Gems infiltrate the human zoo.\nSteven Universe: Three Gems and a Baby Season 4, Ep 10\nGreg tells Steven the story of their first winter together.\nSteven Universe: Mindful Education Season 4, Ep 4\nSteven and Connie deal with some of the psychological effects of working with the Crystal Gems. Sequences done by guest animator Takafumi Hori!\nSteven Universe: Bubbled Season 3, Ep 25\nSteven gets stuck in a bubble with Eyeball. [more inside]\nSteven Universe: Back to the Moon Season 3, Ep 24\nAmethyst disguises herself as Jasper to fool the Homeworld Rubies.\nSteven Universe: Earthlings Season 3, Ep 23\nSteven, Amethyst, and Peridot confront Jasper in the Beta Kindergarten.\nSteven Universe: Hit the Diamond Season 3, Ep 5\nThe Crystal Gems play a game of baseball with the Homeworld Rubies.\nSteven Universe: The Answer Season 2, Ep 25\nFor Steven's birthday, Garnet tells the story of how Ruby and Sapphire met, and how she came to join the Crystal Gems.\nSteven Universe: Keystone Motel Season 2, Ep 15\nSteven, Greg, and Garnet go on a roadtrip out of state.\nSteven Universe: Keeping It Together Season 2, Ep 11\nThe Crystal Gems find a sinister secret in the Kindergarten.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Policies and theories\nTwo Establishes (Chinese: 两个确立) and Two Safeguards (Chinese: 两个维护) are two political slogans promoted by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to reinforce CCP general secretary Xi Jinping's rule. According to the CCP historical resolution, the Two Establishes are:\nAccording to the Sixth Plenum of the 19th Central Committee of the CCP, the Two Safeguards are:\nDuring the 20th National Congress of the CCP, the Two Safeguards was added to the CCP Constitution.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Python Text Summarizer: Condensing Content with Code\nHere is the unformatted text:\nOnce upon a time, there was a young student named Jane. She had always been interested in computer science, but had never had the opportunity to learn how to code. That all changed when her school offered a class on Python programming At first, Jane was intimidated by the thought of learning a new programming language. But she soon found that Python was surprisingly easy to understand, and that her classmates were more than happy to help her when she got stuck As the weeks went by, Jane grew more and more confident in her abilities. She started working on her own projects outside of class, and even built a simple game that she could play with her friendsBut Jane's greatest accomplishment came at the end of the semester, when her teacher announced a coding competition. The prize for first place was a brand new laptop, and Jane knew that this was her chance to show off all that she had learned She worked tirelessly on her project, pouring her heart and soul into it. And when the competition was over, the judges declared her the winner. She was overjoyed, and couldn't wait to take her new laptop home and continue learning Python From that day on, Jane never looked back. She continued to learn and improve her Python skills, and eventually landed a job as a software developer. She was happy, fulfilled and grateful for the opportunity to learn Python that changed her life.\n- Create a single variable where to store the text to be summarized.\nEverything was clear?\nStart learning today and achieve\n- Learn with Step-by-Step Lessons.\n- Get Ready for Real-World Projects.\n- Earn a Certificate Upon Completion.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Jonathan Salk, MD\nDr. Salk is Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and in private practice in West Los Angeles where he treats adults, children, and adolescents. His is the co-author, with his father, Dr. Jonas Salk, of A New Reality: Human Evolution for a Sustainable Future (City Point Press, 2018). The book looks at human social evolution through the lens of worldwide human population growth and describes the adaptive transformation of human attitudes, values, and behavior that must occur in the process of arriving at a sustainable future. In his psychiatric practice and teaching he integrates both biological and psycho-social treatment with a particular focus on trauma. He is also Senior Fellow of the Design Futures Council, an organization that brings architects, designers, and engineers together to address architectural approaches to solve the problems of the future.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "About the Author\nVicki Hinze is an award-winning author of multiple novels including Down & Dead in Dallas and The Marked Star. Hinze’s willingness to take risks in writing and genre has earned her a reputation for trailblazing skill. She holds a master of arts in creative writing and a doctorate in philosophy (theocentric business and ethics), and served as vice president on the International Thriller Writers Board of Directors. She lives in Florida with her husband.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Home | Books By Year | Books from 1907\nDe vlaschaardBuy De vlaschaard now from Amazon\nFirst, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the book. And once you've experienced the book, tell everyone what you thought about it.\n'De vlaschaard' ('The Flaxfield') is a 1907 novel in Dutch by Stijn Streuvels. It became his best-known novel, sold more than 200,000 copies and was turned into a movie twice, in 1943 and 1983.\nStijn Streuvels was married in 1905 and had moved to 'Het Lijsternest', his house in Ingooigem where he would live for the remainder of his life. Between November 1906 and January 1907, he wrote 'De vlaschaard'.\n'De vlaschaard' was pre-published in five parts (one part for each of the first three chapters, and two parts for the much longer final chapter) in the Dutch magazine 'De Beweging' ('The movement') between January and June 1907. In December of the same year, the first impression of the book was published in Amsterdam by L.J. Veen. It had 332 pages. The same year a luxury edition of 250 copies with cover illustration by Emmanuel Virin was printed.\nFurther Veen editions appeared in 1910, 1912, 1914, 1917, 1920 (as part of the Collected Works of Streuvels), and 1926.\nThe 9th impression, in 1932, was the first to be published by Flemish publisher Lannoo, with a cover illustration by Jozef Cantr. The 10th impression, in 1941, was again with Veen (in a reedition of the Collected Works), but in the same year Lannoo published a cheap edition (\"Volksuitgave\" or \"People's edition\") of 100,000 copies. The 12th impression was still in 1941, in the \"Lijsternestreeks\", a new series of the collected works of Streuvels published by Lannoo and Standaard Uitgeverij, with illustrations by Renaat Demoen. This brought the total number of copies of the book to 160,000.\nThe 13th edition, in 1942, was a special edition for South Africa and was printed in Pretoria by J.L. Van Schaik. Standaard published in 1943 a special film edition to coincide with the release of the German movie version. The same year, Lannoo published another film edition.\nStandaard and Lannoo again collaborated in 1944 for a special signed luxury edition of 1,000 copies to celebrate the milestone of 200,000 copies. This version was illustrated by Albert Saverys.\nAfter the Second World War, multiple publishers created new editions in 1948, 1953, 1955 and 1962. In 1965 Descle de Brouwer created another luxury edition, this time illustrated by Frans Masereel. Further editions appeared in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1970 (4), 1972 (as part of the Complete Works, and as a reprint of the Masereel luxury edition), 1974, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1983 (a film edition to coincide with the second movie), 1985, 1989, 1993 and finally the 39th edition in 2003 (newspaper edition for 'Het Laatste Nieuws').\nThe novel has four parts: \"De zaaidhede\" (\"the sowing\"), \"De wiedsters\" (\"the weed removers\"), \"Bloei\" (\"flowering\"), and \"De slijting\" (the manual pulling of the flax without removal of the roots). It is situated on a prosperous farm of flax growers. The main focus is the conflict between the old farmer Vermeulen and his son and successor Louis, culminating in a row where the farmer badly beats his son, eventually resulting in his death.\n'De vlaschaard' was turned into a movie twice. The first version was made in Germany in 1943 and was called 'Wenn die Sonne wieder scheint'. Paul Wegener and Paul Wegener played the main roles, and it was directed by Boleslaw Barlog. In 1983 a Flemish version called 'De vlaschaard' was made by Jan Gruyaert, with the main roles played by Vic Moeremans and Ren van Sambeek.\n*Czech: 'Lniste', 1942; a play based on the work appeared in 1944\n*English: 'The Flaxfield', published by Sun & Moon Press, 1988\n*French: 'Le champ de lin', published by Zonnewende in Courtrai, 1943 (reprinted 1945)\n*German: 'Der Flachsacker', published by Insel Verlag, 1918; a second translation appeared with them in 1940, and a play based on this work was published in 1942; a third translation appeared in 1986 with Manesse Verlag\n*Slovenian: 'Lanena Njiva', 1934\n*Spanish: 'El Campo de Lino', 1947\nCategory:Works set in Flanders\nCategory:Novels set in Belgium\nCategory:Belgian novels adapted into films\nBuy De vlaschaard now from Amazon\n<-- Return to books from 1907\nThis work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1075055076.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Yo, map geeks!, (especially Pittsburgh history map geeks) here’s a little something to keep you rooted to your computer for hours on end.\nI apologize to your loved ones ahead of time if you refuse to come to the dinnertable tonight or refuse to go to bed or call in sick to work because you can’t stop moving this map around and checking out its time lines (From 1835 to today). Drag the time line on a particular place that interests you to really freak out.\nEspecially curious are the cemeteries on early maps and the houses and schools on the same land later. Were all those bodies moved, I wonder. After a hundred years or more, would someone know? I'll have to find this out.\nFor this dandy new tool, you can thank Chris Olsen, a 32-year-old geographer in California whose Pittsburgh connection is that he and his wife, Lorraine, from New Brighton, got married at Heinz Chapel.\nHe works for Esri, a leading GIS software company, and created this moveable, zoomable map, complete with points of interest, by cutting out old paper ones that he had scanned from the University of Pittsburgh.\nLucky me, I’ve gotten to spend lots of time studying it so I could interview him for a story about his project which, I think, is running Monday. If you check out the map and want to add comments for use in my story, I’d be happy to consider your comments. Send them by Friday afternoon.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "I Dig Rock And Roll Music, a retrospective honoring the rise of folk-rock during the 1960s and ’70s, is promoted as a sequel to the highly regarded Lonesome Traveler, which celebrated the music of Woody Guthrie and his folk music disciples, which led to the urban folk boom of the ’50s and ’60s. The show concludes its world premiere run at the Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura September 16.\nThe title comes from Peter, Paul and Mary’s 1967 hit single, which poked good-natured fun at ’60s hitmakers like Donovan, the Beatles, and the Mamas and the Papas. Three holdovers from Lonesome Traveler return for the show: Sylvie Davidson, Trevor Wheetman (who sings the show’s title number), and Brendan Willing James, who are joined by keyboardist Chris Lash, drummer Matt Tucci, and singer Caitlin Ary. Cassidy Craig substituted for Ary on the night we attended the performance.\nFor those who lived through the era depicted in the show, it was a time for the emergence of a dazzling array of uber-talented singer-songwriters, including Paul Simon, James Taylor, and Cat Stevens, who toggled between self-exploration and political protest songs in reshaping the American musical landscape, which was just coming out of its British Invasion period.\nThe instigators of the British Invasion, the Beatles, are represented in two medleys that kick off each half of the concert, featuring brief versions of some of the bigger hits of the era, including the Mamas and the Papas’ “California Dreaming,” Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” and the 5th Dimension’s “Let the Sun Shine In.” It was good to hear the lovely harmonies of the Association’s “Cherish,” a huge hit from 1967 that is rarely performed today. The second medley features instrumental versions of classics like Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline,” the Beatles’ “Hey Jude,” and Fred Neil’s “Everybody’s Talkin'” in recognizing a time when non-vocal singles actually contended for sales and chart action.\nIf the concert consisted solely of these medleys, it would have been just another nostalgia sitz bath, but fortunately, the show’s creative team of George Grove, Lonesome Traveler director James O’Neil, and Dan Wheetman endeavored to make a connection between the songs of old and some new creations by the cast, making it relevant to today’s audiences, implying a continuity of individual expression and inspired songwriting, linking the current events of today with those of yesterday.\nThe six-person band is versatile in not only their instrumental prowess (all but drummer Tucci play multiple instruments) but the varying styles and moods presented during the concert, which are accented by projected images that give the songs context and additional meaning. Occasionally, the images are deliberately anachronistic, such as when Cat Stevens’ 1971 hit “Peace Train” is performed, accompanied by images of protestors of the 1990 war in Iraq, showing that such songs can still be relevant in successive eras.\nWith respect to the abilities of the rest of the band, Sylvie Davidson emerges as the show’s standout performer, charismatic, attractive, and superbly talented. Each of her solo turns mesmerized the audience, beginning with Pete Seeger’s musicalized adaptation of the Book of Ecclesiastes, “Turn! Turn! Turn!” which was turned into a folk-rock hit by the Byrds. Davidson’s version is acoustically performed in a style to which Seeger himself would have nodded his head in admiration, sung with a sweet, bird-like soprano that brings to mind a young Joan Baez. Even more enchanting is her gently wistful rendition of Joni Mitchell’s “Woodstock,” again choosing a more intimate, acoustic treatment than the folk-rock version by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young. When she sings I dreamed I saw the bombers / Riding shotgun in the sky /And they were turning into butterflies / Above our nation, she dwells luxuriously on the word “butterflies” in a way where one would not be surprised if she floated off the stage and out of the theater. When she finished, there was a hush in the audience followed by a burst of applause. Trevor Wheetman, who met and married Davidson during the original run of Lonesome Traveler, sheepishly approached the mike and muttered, “I didn’t want to have to follow that,” receiving laughs of agreement and rousing applause from the audience. He proceeded to perform an equally sensitive version of Paul McCartney’s “Blackbird,” amplifying the song’s metaphorical lyrics paying tribute to the civil rights movement.\nIn addition to outstanding versions of songs like Stephen Stills’ “For What It’s Worth” and Neil Young’s “Ohio” (accompanied by indelible images of the Kent State Massacre of 1970 and Vietnam War protests), the cast provides original compositions that comment on today’s hot-button issues. Included among these are “Cant Stop That Train” by Davidson, “Love Is Love” by Lash, and “The Water’s Rising” by James, but the best by far is Wheetman’s chilling “Dangerous Clown,” a devastating indictment of Donald Trump, accompanied by a propulsive shuffling back beat that brought to mind the Beatles’ “Get Back,” in which Wheetman sings:\nWell now things are gonna get strange\nCause I’ve got your permission\nTo rule the world\nGrab any girl\nI’m gonna ruin this town\nHere comes the dangerous clown\nConspicuously missing during the show are any songs by Bob Dylan, the founding father of folk-rock (the result of permission issues?), and a paucity of music by black singer-songwriters from the period. In fact, the only songs made popular by black artists during the show are Edwin Starr’s “War” (sadly relegated to a brief entry in one of the medleys), Roberta Flack’s version of Ewan MacColl’s love song, “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face,” and two Otis Redding compositions, “Respect” and “(Sittin on the) Dock of the Bay.” It would have been nice to have heard such incendiary songs as the Temptations’ “Ball of Confusion” or the Supremes’ “Love Child,” both of which took on burning social issues of the day.\nI Dig Rock and Roll Music is much more than just a live version of one of those K-Tel CD collections you’d see promoted ad nauseam on cable TV. It tells the story of how pop music was shaped and inspired by events that went on in the world a half century ago, and how points of view of songwriters overcame the restrictions of commercialism inherent in the record industry to make a statement on who we were and where we were going in those heady days. To that we say, right on.\nI Dig Rock and Roll Music concludes its run at the Rubicon Theatre Company in Ventura on Sunday, September 16. For tickets, visit http://www.rubicontheatre.org/event/595ae48787fb8b72cd54999d6ce28dba\nThe show moves to the Laguna Playhouse from September 19-23.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "For the marinade, in a mixing bowl combine the burgundy, carrots, onions, red wine vinegar, and olive oil. Make your bouquet garni, using cheesecloth (several thicknesses). Place garlic, bay leaves, peppercorns, cloves, juniper berries, thyme, marjoram, and fennel seed in the center of the square of cheesecloth. Bring the edges together and tie with kitchen string.\nPlace the been in a plastic bag set in a shallow dish. Pour the marinade over the meat; add the bouquet garni. Close the bag. Marinate the meat in the refrigerator for 10 hours or overnight. Turn the bag occasionally.\nDrain the beef, reserving the marinade, vegetables, and bouquet garni. Pat the beef dry with paper toweling.\nIn a heavy, oven-going Dutch oven cook the bacon until crisp; remove, drain, and crumble. Leave the drippings in the pot. Add the beef to the Dutch oven; brown over medium high heat. Remove the beef and set aside.\nCook the reserved onions and carrots in the drippings until the onion is tender but not brown. Add more oil if needed. Drain off the fat. Add the beef, reserved marinade, bouquet garni, and the bacon.\nAdd the undrained tomatoes and beef broth. Bring to boiling. Remove from heat. Cover with a tight fitting lid.\nBake in a 350° oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.\nStir in the black olives; heat through. Remove the meat and vegetables from the wine mixture. Arrange in a serving dish and keep warm. Discard the bouquet garni.\nStir the flour, softened butter, salt, and pepper into a smooth paste. Stir the paste into the hot mixture in the Dutch oven. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbly. Cook and stir 1 minute more.\nTo serve, pour the wine mixture over the meat and vegetables.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Beer Release: Easy Peasy Summer Shandy\nOn Friday May 19th, we’ll be dropping Easy Peasy, our Summer Shandy! Soak up the sunshine with this 4.3% summer in a glass. This easy drinker is made with lemons, limes, and tangerines, making it a staple in our fridges during these hot days. Available on draft and in 16oz 4-packs and 12oz 12-packs to go.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "1st Simple HTML Editor is a text-based HTML editor, allowing quickly changing webpages, containing repeating code blocks. You only need to edit the repeating block once, and the changes will automatically apply to the necessary blocks on all pages.\nEasy Text To HTML Converter provides fast and easy conversion of Text Files and Text Blocks pasted from Clipboard to HTML. The conversion is being performed in four different modes: 'Single File', 'Files List', 'Text Block' and 'Table to HTML'.\nMulti Block Storage is office utility for creating, using and managing fragments of frequently used text, which founded confession in such spheres of activity as documents processing, form filling, HTML formatting, programming.\nThe software HTML Guard keeps people from unauthorized copying of parts of your Internet sites. Thus it is possible to encode HTML source code and to block the right mouse button, text selection and the print function within a browser.\nProtect web pages from unauthorized extracting copyrighted information, photos and graphic, e-mails, links and scripts. It encrypts HTML files and source code that blocks all web site rippers and email extractors used to collect spamming email bases\nAutoCAD LT compatible, high quality CAD software for technical CAD drawing - building architectural civil and industrial engineering design. Print PDF from CAD, free architectural tools, 20000 symbols + ACIS 3D modeling.\nBonus Content - Garage Items has the following features : - Create detailed Floor plans, Elevation views and Cross-sections - Visualize and design with 3D models and virtual tours - Choose from over 18,000 Library items including CAD Details and nam\nWireCAD is a system design and documentation software that helps engineers and designers create CAD (dwg,dxf) documentation, draw and manage cable and connection information, automatically create functional block diagrams from user equipment definiti\nESurvey CAD is a comprehensive software solution for Civil Survey Engineers for creating Contours Quickly, Section Generation for Volume Calculation, Earthwork Quantities (Quantity Takeoff) and Converting point data into Topographical map.\nHTML Compiler that packages HTML pages, linked images, sounds, video and fonts in a single, stand-alone, encrypted file. An ebook can be compiled with some pages freely viewable and some restricted. Includes ebook installer. Does not require MSIE\nHTML Code Cleaner is a fast&easy html ducuments optimization tool. Its main function is to save space on your web pages by removing unnecessary characters and tags. It also help you to check/fix broken links.\nThis is the simple, fast CAD viewer you have been looking for. Works with AutoCAD (.DWG) and Microstation (.DGN) files. When you are ready to buy, unlock the trial from within the program. Quick and easy!\nThis program will convert a book in text format into HTML files containing a separate file for the Table of Contents, and each Chapter. Links from the TOC to each Chapter, and links at the end of each Chapter to the Next Chapter.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "By Sarah Mason\nSarah Mason is a producer and writer for The HMC Network and 1/2 of the weekly podcast, The Harold & Maudecast covering genre entertainment, movies/tv, comic cons & events. www.thehmcnetwork.com\nJACKIE is an immersive and intimate portrait of the immediate aftermath following the assassination of JFK as seen through the eyes of First Lady, Jackie Kennedy. The film stars NATALIE PORTMAN in the title role, PETER SARSGAARD as Bobby Kennedy, GRETA GERWIG as Nancy Tuckerman who was the Social Security to the Kennedy White House, Billy Crudup as The Journalist and John Hurt as The Priest. The film is Directed by Pablo LARRAÍN, Written by Noah Oppenheim and Produced by Juan de Dios LARRAÍN, Darren ARONOFSKY, Mickey LIDDELL, Scott FRANKLIN, Ari HANDEL. Distributed by Fox Searchlight.\nThe story narrative is facilitated by The Journalist, played by Billy Crudup who visits Mrs. Kennedy within a week of her husband’s death and funeral. Through this meeting she unveils her deepest emotions about his death, their marriage and what some deemed as the spectacle of his funeral. None which she allows the Journalist to print, however it breaths new insight into the mindset of Jackie and how she truly was the Designer of Camelot.\nEvery often prosaic detail of the business of burying a President is explored and examined. It is through these pedestrian tasks and rituals that we gain unprecedented and immeasurable access to Jackie’s emotions and character. The film is so immersive at times one feels they are not only in the room with her, but you are literally inside her mind.\nThe punctuation for the film is provided by a jeering and haunting score composed by Mica Levi. The film in fact opens with the almost incongruent sounds of the strings. It instantly creates an atmosphere, one you were not expecting-- it feels Kubrick-esque, the screen is black and for a moment you’ve forgotten what film you’re about to see. Enter Jackie walking, Portman’s, who gives a mind-blowing performance, walks on online, silent yet you know by her face and walk, the deed as already been done.\nThe costume design by Madeline FONTAINE (Amelie) plays a crucial role in the storytelling. Fontaine manages to mirror the iconic fashions, now synonymous with Jackie, yet creating what appears to be a brand new collection, that we the viewer are seeing for the first time. It’s remarkable.\nEvery facet of this film is as impeccable as Jackie herself. The moody yet sometimes colorful production design by Jean RABASSE, Sebastián SEPULVEDA’s editing which often steals the scenes, the robust performances by the entire cast and Pablo LARRAÍN’s aggressive yet graceful direction -- perfectly mirroring the paradox of Jackie herself. This film is near flawlesss.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Asia Printing Companies China, Hong Kong, Textbook Printers\nUse commercial textbook printers in China, Asia and other overseas markets for your next textbook printing and you can realize significant savings of up to 30%. Textbook printing overseas can also save you valuable time!\nTextbook Printers In China & Asia Only Use Environmentally Sound Soy Based, Lead Free Inks.\nArtful Dragon Press would like to be your International Print Broker. We can help you find textbook printers in China, Asia, India, Indonesia, Taiwan, Singapore, Hong Kong or parts of Europe that can offer you full-service textbook printing for much, much less, and in most cases, much sooner than even local book printers.\nGet full-color textbook printing services that include binding, lithography, digital pre-press and print capabilities. We carefully select only established textbook printers who use high quality paper stock, have a complete palette of Soy based ink colors, and are fully capable of four-color printing.\nArtful Dragon is a US based international print broker working for our clients who require all types of Book Printing, including textbook printing. We do not represent overseas textbook printers. We offer our clients tremendous value because we have decades of experience and have developed excellent working relationships with a number of carefully chosen international textbook printers. This allows us to quote for the lowest textbook printing costs without sacrificing on print quality for our clients.\nSave Time With International Textbook Printing\nTextbook printing is quite different from printing magazines, catalogs, journals or other types of books. In the United States there is only a handful of good textbook printers who have the proper presses required to print textbooks and because of this, textbook printing must be reserved months in advance.\nMany International Textbook Printers however work 24/7 in rotating shifts and can get the print job done sooner while providing a high level of quality print production at better than competitive pricing.\nLet Artful Dragon Press help you discover what many major Western book publishers have known for decades…that textbook printers, catalog printers and book printers in Asia and China can offer the same reliable book printing services and help you save big on textbook printing production costs.\nArtful Dragon can connect you with college textbook printers in China or Asia or overseas printers that specialize in large print textbooks. The Types of Book Printing that we can broker may also include magazines, catalogs, journals, coffee table books and much more.\nGet a Printing Quote\nFor more information and to learn how we can get tremendous savings for you, Get a Printing Quote from Artful Dragon for the production of your next book, calendar, catalog or other printing project. We'll show you how to get better quality printing and service by using our Asian or other international printing companies.\nIf you want to discuss your project contact us by e-mail: email@example.com\nAs a U.S. based print broker, Artful Dragon provides quality printing for books, catalog, brochure, calendar, four color printing, etc. in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, India and other Asia based countries using reliable, high quality Asian and Chinese printers.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Skip to main content\n‘Santa Claus Is Coming to Town’ in Diné\nEPA Loses Court Battle on Pebble Mine\nBeing Proactive Against Radon\nWhat Led to the Sand Creek Massacre?\nNative Alaska Takes a Seat at the Table\nMills Launches Dreamstarter Program\nHistorical Horses; Nazis Pranked\nJudge: Snyder Can Sue Over Trademarks\nVideo Mapping of Wildlife Migration\nA Thanksgiving Address from NARF\nThe Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address\n6 More Insights About Sand Creek\n‘True History of Thanksgiving’ Stories\nACLU's Police Watch App Records Abuse\nNatives Share Memories of Giving Thanks\nLiberation of Our Original Nations\nHope Begins With a Meal\nChristmas Trees, Native Art in Santa Fe\nWinnipeg Woman Feeds Homeless\nThanksgiving and Hidden Heart of Evil\nThing About Skins\n5 Great Pow Wows to Finish off the Summer\nSummer is fleeting fast, but before the warm temperatures leave us, there are a few more pow wows to take advantage of...\nOklahoma City Indian Clinic Offers Top 5 Summer Health Tips for Kids\nBack to School Children’s Health Fair scheduled for Friday and Saturday, July 11 and 12 Oklahoma City Indian Clinic (OKCIC) is hosting a Back to School Children’s Health Fair offer...\nPow Wow Weekend Planner\nFall is just around the corner. In just a few more weeks fewer pow wows will be available to attend. So, if you're in the area, try to make it to one of the five listed here...\nApplication Deadline for Native Earth Summer Camp Is July 2\nNative American elders, teachers and environmental science professionals will provide a 10-day summer camp for Native American youth from August 8-17 through the Center for Native ...\nTribal Rivalry: Indian Casinos Set the Stage for Outdoor Concerts, Up the Ante for Nearby Competition\nTwo northern California tribes kicked off their summer concert seasons with heated competition and sold-out shows on May 21...\nAround The Web\nObamacare launch hits early hitch as online traffic snarls up sites\n'It was just a deafening roar': storm-chaser James Reynolds on surviving super typhoon Haiyan\nLeader in Insurgent Network Is Killed in Pakistan\nTarget Stores to Open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving for Black Friday Deals\n'Gunman' who fatally shot Iranian bandmates ID'd", "label": "No"}
{"text": "When was the last time I woke up to the sounds of cows mooing and roosters crowing? Too long ago for me to remember, I suppose.\n|This was one of the culprits!|\nHonestly, the mooing was so loud, it felt as though the cattle were right beneath the window, but they were in a farm across the road. All right, time to get out and about, say hello to the animals, and see what I could find for breakfast.\n|Baa baa white sheep...|\nBoy, this is a change. Misty mountains in the distance protect their valleys between them, the sun slowly warming up the crisp air; it's almost 10 am and the main road was still deserted. The whole town felt deserted. I walked down the road, heading towards the centre.\n|A hut with the Picos de Europa in the background|\n|Almost looks oriental...|\n|Main road still deserted at 10am|\nThere were a handful of shops, bars, restaurants, and a couple of small supermarkets. I went into one of them, got some stuff from the small selection, and headed back to the apartment to have some breakfast before heading for that distance in the photos...", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Dolphin Computer Access: Make it Accessible (Public Training Course)\nEvent Date: 11-Jan-2012\nVenue: Dolphin Computer Access, Blackpole Estate West, Worcester, United Kingdom, WR3 8TJ\nFor readers with visual impairments and dyslexia, reading and learning materials in standard printed formats are often completely inaccessible. Make it Accessible is all about making these reading and learning materials accessible to readers with visual impairments and dyslexia.\nMake it Accessible introduces some key universal rules for making reading and learning materials accessible. The course will continue to introduce computer software to assist in making these reading and learning materials accessible as specific alternative formats. These formats include large print, MP3 audio, DAISY talking book and Braille.\nWho would benefit?\nMake it Accessible is ideal for anyone looking to provide accessible versions of reading and learning materials. This might include:\n- Education area coordinators\n- Teachers and teaching assistants\n- Charity workers\n- Employees in commercial organisations\n- Employees in local councils and government organisations\nMore information is provided on the Dolphin Computer Access website.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "by Jessica Cochran\nIn her recent memoir poet laureate Elizabeth Alexander wrote of her deceased husband, “he left us with his eyes on the world.” He was a painter.\nDeborah Boardman (1958 – 2015), who once described herself as a “painter and…” worked in Chicago for nearly three decades. We saw her “eyes on the world” through solo exhibitions at the Gahlberg Gallery at the College of DuPage, the Chicago Cultural Center, Ebersmoore, and, most recently, the Experimental Sound Studio to name a few that were local. There were many more nationally and abroad. An educator at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago since 1997, she influenced hundreds of artists, some of whom became her collaborators.\nDeborah worked across painting and drawing, installation, writing, environmental sustainability and sound/video, and she often employed dowsers to “map” her installations. Through it all, she became known for her approach to color, pattern and poetic text as vehicles for emotional content and narrative potential, as well as a uniquely gestural approach to mark making and hand lettering. Years ago, Deborah was of the first Chicago-based artists I discovered utilizing the bookform in a way that I found captivating. And as critic Lori Waxman wrote recently, newer work addressing her struggle with cancer grappled with the unseen and ineffable, articulating “what life looks like in that gracious limbo between life and death.”\nTestimonial after testimonial gives evidence that Deborah’s “fierce,” visionary and “generous” creative ethic was not confined to her artworks, but also it governed the lived spaces of her life as an educator and collaborator: there are the students she engaged as her studio interns and treated like family; the friends with whom she sang joyfully in her living room and purposefully in the gallery; there were the women artists’ reading and figure drawing groups in the early 1990s; a spectacular dance party at Oxbow; “meaty” collaborations over years and years, and the concurrent friendships that burned slowly and brightly; pivotal residency and art-making trips to India to learn things like Vastu and develop exhibitions like Magic Mountain at Bangalor and Rooting: India with Akshay Rathore and Tricia Van Eck for the Kochi Biennale. Morning walk after morning walk to Albion Beach with her beloved dogs. The students she taught to write grants, not to “overpaint” and to make artists’ books. The yoga, meditations and gurus: she was a Catholic child turned seeker, spiritualist.\nPerhaps the sum of the many, many contours of Deborah’s art-making life is this: in each studio visit was an implicit gift; embedded in every syllabus was an invitation; in each collaboration an emergent provocation; and in every artwork a public offering, a lesson.\nMy relationship with Deborah grew over six years or so through some group shows I curated, periodic studio visits and friends in common. But was in the last eight weeks of her life that she, her family and close (and by close, I mean indescribably loving) friends invited me into the more intimate dimensions of her life to begin to do the curatorial work of considering her oeuvre, to embark on a deep engagement with her work in order to develop a retrospective exhibition down the line. To begin to locate the magnitude of her influence, position her output within a broader historical and social context, and to understand the genesis of her work over decades—is a project I am coming to understand through a new and fascinating curatorial lens and as my own biggest collaboration with Deborah.\nDeborah worked through her final days of treatment and hospice—finishing her memoir, setting into motion plans for a new sound installation and making her last exquisite painting with the help of those at her bedside. By all accounts her fervor was punctuated with wit and that inimitable smile.\nIn an artist’s book produced for a recent exhibition at 6018 North, Deborah wrote: “Xavier Le Pinchon, a plate tectonic expert, suggests that fault lines, the open spaces between the plates in the earth’s crusts are… analogous to human frailty. Because we are vulnerable, we find it necessary to depend on others for survival. It is through our vulnerability that we bond with others and thrive.”\nDeborah’s work had many facets, but it is her brave articulation of her own perceived faults, frailties and vulnerabilities—her commitment as an artist to learning in public—that will demand of us and viewers of her work for years to come a deep reciprocity, a Deborah-like generosity. Through these exchanges—made possible by the “work” of her artwork—she will live on and her ideas will continue to shape the world in meaningful, collaborative ways.\nNina Katchadourian (Armenian; born 1968, Stanford, California) is an Armenian–American artist. She is known for conceptual works that explore themes of mapping, translation, and public space. Her projects have been exhibited widely, including a solo show of video installations at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego in July 2008.\nNina Katchadourian was born in Stanford, California in 1968, and grew up spending summers on a small island in the Finnish archipelago, where she still spends part of each year. She received a BA from Brown University in 1989, and an MFA from UCSD in 1993. She attended the Whitney Independent Study Program in New York in 1996. She lives and works in Brooklyn, New York.\nNina Katchadourian has worked in many media, including sculpture, photography, video, and sound. The underlying concept is often marked by an intrinsic sense of humor, characterized by a whimsical, intelligent, ironic and systemic reordering of natural processes. Her work is simple yet effective.\nThe return of the Amanda Browder Show!!!\nShe brings back her favorite memory from episodes past…\nThis week Mark is back from Europe!\nFrom Waterside Contemporary…\nColin Guillemet’s (b.1979) work highlights the difficulty of describing art, concepts and ideas. Where self-expression is concerned it seems words are not enough. Confronted with his work mixed senses of confusion and comprehension occurs, the viewer is convinced they understood something, but does not know exactly what. Guillemet has exhibited at the Helmhaus, Zurich, Lisson gallery, London and Hayward touring.\nTanya Gill interviews Mumbai artist Manish Nai at Kavi Gupta’s Elizabeth street space as he prepares for his June 6th opening. This is Manish Nai’s debut solo exhibition in the United States. He is using this opportunity to create wall murals and a compressed jute sculpture just for the space. The media used in Nai’s work are both humble and quintessentially Indian. He transforms everyday materials, such as newspapers or clothes, through labor-intensive processes. The result is a very personal translation of time. For more information on the exhibit visit www.kavigupta.com.\n219 North Elizabeth Street\nJune 6, 2015 – August 1, 2015", "label": "No"}
{"text": "- Publisher: Harper; 1 edition (June 12, 2006)\n- ASIN: 0935723072\n- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (573 customer reviews)\n- Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,705,984 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)\n|Amazon Price||New from||Used from|\nIt had a very different perspective on the depression and the economic policies of FDR.\nThe Forgotten Man is a great read for someone who wants to know what led to the Great Depression and what actions were taken to make the situation better.\nAt times, a bit tedious, it explores (with a bit too much detail for me) many of the minor characters and all their machinations.\nThank you, Amity Shlaes for a welcome correction to the long-accepted myth that the New Deal was the great solution to the Depression, and that the Depression was somehow a failure... Read morePublished 4 days ago by Justin L. Hohn\nHere's a little bit of delightful literature for those of you who might be wondering if FDR maybe wasn't quite what America needed after 1929. Read morePublished 6 days ago by Thor Albro\nVery informative and well-written history of an important period of American time.Published 8 days ago by C. Summers\nI purchased the volume, half expecting it to be a conservative diatribe against FDR. Instead I discovered a superbly written, magnificent history, giving much background left... Read morePublished 14 days ago by Locksley - lover of truth\nGood information, but the story really did not flow. Some references were pretty obscure. The story of the TVA and Wendell Willkie's role was really well told.Published 17 days ago by Lloyd Matson\nThe book seems to have been aborted when 2/3 through the subject matter. It is a listing of facts without a thesis. Read morePublished 23 days ago by Amazon Customer", "label": "No"}
{"text": "One end user in our domain has an HP p2035n printer by her desk. She has added the printer to her local Printers and Faxes window by using the installation CD that came with the printer. I had manually assigned an IP, Subnet, and Gateway to the printer before beginning software/driver installation from CD. The installation progressed with no problems - setup recognized the printer via it's IP address and all is well while printing from software that is installed on the local C: drive.\nWhen the end user connects via Remote Desktop to our Terminal Server, the p2035 populates without error and can be seen in the TS's Printers window. The driver is Terminal Services Easy Print. While using software accessed via the TS, no printing can be done. I can't even print a test page, nothing. I thought this might be a Security issue, so I've temporarily added the end user to the Domain Admins group in the hope of troubleshooting the problem. Even as a Domain Admin, this end user does not have permission to \"manage\" the printer, evidenced by that permission being unchecked under the Security Tab of the Properties window.\nHowever, I can ping the IP address of the p2035n printer while in the TS session.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Famous Supervisor Poems by Famous Poets\nThese are examples of famous Supervisor poems written by some of the greatest and most-well-known modern and classical poets. PoetrySoup is a great educational poetry resource of famous supervisor poems. These examples illustrate what a famous supervisor poem looks like and its form, scheme, or style (where appropriate).\nby Graham, Jorie\n...rves its love for, this one narrowing of infinity,\nthat floats up into the royal starpocked blue its ripped, distracted supervisor —\nthis coat awaiting recollection,\nthis coat awaiting the fleeting moment, the true moment, the hill,the vision of the hill,\nand then the moment when the prize is lost, and the erotic tinglings of the dream of reason\nare left to linger mildly in the weave of the fabric according to the rules,\nthe wool gabardine mix, with its grammatical weave,\nDont forget to view our wonderful member Supervisor poems.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This edition of this book has not yet been published\nIt's due on 25th April 2013. If you can't wait until then, why not choose another format from the 'Other Formats' box on the right.\nWritten by Sarah Ridley\nPart of the Espresso Ideas Box Series\nLovereading4kids Price £6.79\n£7.99 saving £1.20 (15%)\nAs soon as this book is published we will send you an email.\nLight by Sarah RidleyJoin Polly, Kim and the rest of the Espresso team to find out all about light. Explore shadows, solar eclipses and the festival of Diwali. Plus find out why plants need light, make a rainbow spinner, learn how to paint shadows and much more! This book is part of the Espresso Ideas Box series, which have a wealth of information and ideas for exploring topics in a cross-curricular way. They are produced in association with Espresso Education, the leading digital curriculum service in the UK - used in over 10,000 primary schools.\nAbout the Author\nMore books by Sarah Ridley\n25th April 2013\nIt is THE website to use for narrowing down your search for any book. Definitely knocks the socks off any other book review website.Nickey and Tomasz Hawryszczuk\nThis company is amazing; not only is it is a great opportunity to get books and review them but everyone is so friendly and supportive!Jemma Rubens, age 10\nLovereading4kids is great, we get books really early never late. We love to read and review, and think you would like it too. The excitementJasmine Harris-Hart, age 12\nWe love Lovereading4kids because it promotes reading choices, new authors and a sense of community for children of all ages!Rachel Bridgeman\nWe love Lovereading4kids because they put books in front of us we wouldn’t otherwise have read. They make us more adventurous readers!Emily Jacques\nI love Lovereading as it provides an honest opinion and showcases a range of fiction. Suited to both parents & kids alike, it’s a must-use.Georgie Rowe – age 16\nWriting reviews help the children with their literacy skills and we always read the books together which gives us good quality family time!Cat Bisland (on behalf of the Bi", "label": "No"}
{"text": "SOURCE: New York Times\nThe 48-year-old Lachlan Murdoch stood by as Fox News hosts played down the danger of the deadly coronavirus to their viewers.\nby Adam Bruno\nConservative pundits conceive of the past as determined by the actions of “great men,” defined by heroic and noble acts of patriotism from its citizens, and generally memorable for its unifying moments not its shameful ones. The 1619 Project counters all these notions.\nSOURCE: The New Republic\nby Nicole Hemmer\nIt all started in a small apartment in Washington, D.C.\nSOURCE: Media Matters\nPulitzer Prize-winning historian Robert Caro criticized conservative media coverage of President Obama during an appearance in New York City, describing it as \"something quite horrible\" and venomous.Caro, known for his biographies of President Lyndon Johnson, spoke during a March 29 interview at Strand Books in Manhattan conducted by New York magazine writer Frank Rich as part of promotion for the paperback version of his fourth Johnson book, The Passage of Power....\n- Josh Hawley Earns F in Early American History\n- Does Germany's Holocaust Education Give Cover to Nativism?\n- \"Car Brain\" Has Long Normalized Carnage on the Roads\n- Hawley's Use of Fake Patrick Henry Quote a Revealing Error\n- Health Researchers Show Segregation 100 Years Ago Harmed Black Health, and Effects Continue Today\n- Nelson Lichtenstein on a Half Century of Labor History\n- Can America Handle a 250th Anniversary?\n- New Research Shows British Industrialization Drew Ironworking Methods from Colonized and Enslaved Jamaicans\n- The American Revolution Remains a Hotly Contested Symbolic Field\n- Untangling Fact and Fiction in the Story of a Nazi-Era Brothel", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Use the drag handle located on the right to drag the titles up and down to order your loglines.\nGENRES: Action, Fantasy\nA teen boy is transported to a time beyond history and given the body of a mighty barbarian, he is poised for the adventure he always dreamed of but the dream quickly turns to a nightmare. His friends and bullies are captured by a band of slavers and scattered to the winds of this unknown world. Now he must team with the worst of his bullies to survive a brutal world of swords and sorcery and rescue his friends.\nGENRES: Action, Crime\nOnce upon a time there was a good kid gone bad. Every day he sold drugs to the community. One day his parents left him with a babysitter over the weekend. Because of that the babysitter's boyfriend stole a duffel bag of drugs containing a bomb meant for his enemies. Because of that he and the babysitter have to hunt down the bag. Until finally his enemies come after them.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "I’m thrilled to take you on a journey through one of my recent engagement sessions that truly stole my heart. Picture this: the sun casting a warm golden glow on the city streets, laughter echoing against the urban backdrop, and the undeniable sparkle of love in the eyes of an incredible couple. Welcome to our unforgettable engagement session in the heart of downtown Tampa!\nAs a passionate Tampa wedding photographer, I always strive to capture the unique essence of each couple’s love story. This engagement session was no exception. Nestled amidst the vibrant energy of downtown Tampa, I had the honor of documenting their journey, a wonderful couple whose love story is nothing short of inspiring.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Many adults who want to write for children make the mistake of assuming that children want nice stories. Our mature perspective distorts our memories and deceives us into believing that only unicorns, fluffy bunnies, and fairy godmothers populated our childhood fantasies. We have forgotten our own dark natures. We assume that because, as adults, we find children to be “cute” and endearing, they must see themselves that way, too.\nNothing could be farther from the truth.\nLittle girls are cute and small only to adults. To one another they are not cute. They are life-sized. ~Margaret Atwood\nEarlier this year, I attended Grub Street Writers’ annual Muse conference. Author Tayari Jones expanded on Atwood’s observation, “Kids are not cute,” she told us, “They are not cruel, innocent, the future, or closer to nature. To each other, they are life-sized. They convey and inhabit the full range of their experience and emotions – which are as complicated as yours and mine.”\nTry to remember what it felt like to be a kid.\nDid you ever feel “cute?” Did you feel like your feelings were less intense or less important because you were a kid? I bet you thought your feelings were more intense and more important because you were a kid. Children, from the first spark of self-knowledge through the tumultuous teen years, experience the world in a much more visceral way than most adults. Their perception has not been dulled by deeply ingrained assumptions or painted by the opinions of others. Children live more fully in the “real” world than we do. They trust their senses and their instincts.\n“I’d felt something move. I’d felt the knocker twist under my hand as I’d banged that grinning imp down on the door. I was not so old that I would deny my own senses.” – Neil Gaiman from the short story Closing Time\nBut children also have the advantage of living simultaneously and fully in a world of their own making. In his fascinating book, The Storytelling Animal – How Stories Make Us Human, Jonathan Gottschall dedicates a lengthy section to the nature of children’s make believe:\n“Grownups have a tendency to remember the land of make-believe as a heavenly, sun-kissed, bunny land. But the land of make-believe is less like heaven and more like hell. Children’s play is not escapist. It confronts the problems of the human condition head-on.”\nHe goes on to call pretend play “deadly serious fun.”\nGottschall’s words, along with the examples of stories made up by children, reminded me of just how frightening and often violent my own childhood dreams and fantasies were. My nighttime visions were full of ghosts and monsters, being lost, being chased, falling, and other nightmarish things. My games were full of adventure, crisis, and trouble. I played at being an Amazon warrior, a dragon tamer, and a magical priestess of the forest. I enacted the invasion of Earth by alien species. I handed down death sentences to traitors and slew my enemies on the battlefield.\nThis isn’t to say I didn’t also search for unicorns and admire bluebirds. I did.\nI invented an entire subgenus called White Deer. They were wise and noble creatures with a complex hierarchy, jeweled antlers, and a traveling court that disappeared into the mist at sunrise. My point is, most of my preferred play – my most memorable play – revolved around things that weren’t nice – kidnappings and war and beasts of every description.\nThink about the stories that captivated you as a child.\nWere they nothing but rainbows and lullabies, or were they inhabited by trolls, evil queens, and haunted houses? Think about the stories that have taken young minds by storm in recent years. A few that come to mind immediately for me are Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events, The Hunger Games (which, technically is young adult), and Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. Each involves its fair share of tragedy, violence, and death. Even seemingly tame stories like Roald Dahl’s Matilda include their share of bad people and terrible happenings. Enduring classics like C.S. Lewis’ Narnia series and J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy are built around great conflicts, wars, and a deep, unflinching look into the eyes of evil.\nThere are plenty of favorites on my shelf that are “nicer” than these fantasy and adventure stories – The Wind in the Willows, Winne-the-Pooh, and Tales of Brambley Hedge , just to name a few. But I find that the books my daughter wants to read are either rife with danger or full of gut-busting belly laughs. She does not find “nice” appealing and is easily bored by sweet tales of idyllic childhoods. She is, of course, only a focus group of one, but I’d be willing to bet – based on bestseller charts – that she’s not alone in her tastes.\nWhen writing for children, do not rein in the full range of human experience and emotion. Do not soften the blows or dilute the nature of evil. Children use stories to learn about themselves, each other, and the world. They are naturally drawn to stories that give them a deep, truthful picture of these things. It does not matter if the story takes place on familiar city streets, in a fantasy land full of dragons, or out in darkest space. What matters is the veracity of the human element …\n… and we grownups know that human nature is not always nice.\nDo you write for children or young adults? What kinds of themes do your stories explore? Have you ever found yourself holding back in a subconscious effort to protect your reader? What inspires you to write for these age groups?\nJamie Lee Wallace is a writer who also happens to be a marketer. She helps her Suddenly Marketing clients discover their voice, connect with their audience, and find their marketing groove. She is also a mom, a prolific blogger, and a student of voice and trapeze (not at the same time). Introduce yourself on facebook or twitter. She doesn’t bite … usually.\nImage Credit: Wesley Fryer", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Please help me welcome today's guest, author Marilyn Baron.\nMarilyn, what can you tell us about the time period and setting for your novels?\nUnder the Moon Gate, available now on Kindle and for full release on August 9, 2013, by The Wild Rose Press, is set in contemporary and World War II Bermuda and the prequel, Destiny: A Bermuda Love Story, scheduled to be released on September 11, 2013, is set in the 1600s.\nDo you have any special connection to the period? Family history?\nI am obsessed with books set in World War II, especially spy novels. So is my husband. So, if I want him to read one of my books, I have to set it during that time period.\nWe just have this fascination with World War II, almost as if we had lived back then, although we were both born in the 1950s right after the war was over. We prefer the music of the ’40s, too. As far as family history, my father was a top turret gunner in a B-17, based in England, and flew some 30+ missions over Europe. I had always been surrounded by icons of the war, his pressed and plastic-encased uniform and medals, books about the period, and his personal diary from his missions. Every year, until very late in his life, he and my mother attended his bomber reunions all over the country. So the war was a big part of his life. I was very proud of and intrigued by his service and I always thought I’d like to write a book about his experience as a tribute to him. He is no longer alive, but I like to think he would be proud of this book since he was the inspiration for it. My uncles also served in various branches of service during the war and my husband’s uncle, who he never met, was killed at the Battle of the Bulge.\nWhat appeals to you about this period?\nThe excitement, the danger, the human pathos, the infinite variety of stories that are told about WW II. No matter how many there have been, original stories are surfacing all the time.\n|Destiny: A Bermuda Love Story|\nHow much time did you spend researching each book?\nI looked back at my computer files and found that I started on these books as early as 2004. The manuscript was originally called The Bermuda Triangle: A Love Story. It was initially set in three different time periods. But it was too ambitious a project and the three intersecting love stories were unwieldy. So I cut out one love story and edited it down to two time periods. I left the project alone for about five years. All in all, it was in process for almost 10 years. Now the story will be released in two separate books—Under The Moon Gate, a romantic thriller set in contemporary and WW II Bermuda and a prequel—Destiny: A Bermuda Love Story. Both are labeled as historicals. The prequel contains the earlier romance between the 17th century ancestors of the main characters at the time Bermuda was founded. As far as actual research time, I’d say several months although I was researching as I wrote. The book has been through many iterations, but it’s apparently a story that wants to be told.\nDo you tend to research before you write, or more as you write?\nI’ve been steeped in WW II history and stories my whole life so the interest was always there. In the case of these books, I did do a lot of research about World War II Bermuda before I started writing.\nI have been to most of the locations where the book is set or locations that are referred to in the book, just not in the historical time period. For example, I’ve been to Bermuda about 10 times on family vacations; Berlin; London, to The Churchill War Rooms/Imperial War Museum; to Berchtesgaden, Hitler’s retreat in the German Bavarian Alps; and Jamestown. I did not go to Dresden, but we passed it on our way to Prague. Visiting these locations gave me feel for the story.\nDo you tend to use secondary or primary research sources?\n|Under the Moon Gate|\nOther than my father’s stories, since the action takes place in WW II, it would primarily be secondary research. I couldn’t find any books about Bermuda during the war, so I went to the library in Decatur, Georgia, and spent a number of weeks looking up old newspapers either on microfiche or actual physical copies (The New York Times and The Royal Gazette) from the World War II time period. I took notes, steeping myself in the times, reading ads, articles, etc. and read timelines about the war from a German perspective. Of course, I couldn’t use all the research I found, but it provided a good basis. I was always warned about the danger of including too much research in your book and originally, I may have done that, but I eventually edited a lot of it out. As far as contemporary Bermuda, I relied on the many times I’d visited Bermuda. But I started the book after my last visit, so I didn’t actually do any on-site research there specifically for the book.\nAny favorite sources?\nI’d have to say all the WW II books I’d read throughout my life, fiction and nonfiction. And of course, the Internet is great for research.\nHave you ever found out after a book was published that you made an error with a historical fact?\nI hope that doesn’t happen, but of course, I have to be prepared for that. And facts change. When I calculated the value of gold in the book, gold was hovering at nearly $2,000 an ounce. Once the book was approved, gold plummeted.\nWhich authors in this time period do you enjoy? Who inspires you?\nThe authors and their works that stand out are Herman Wouk’s Winds of War and War and Remembrance, books by Leon Uris, Ken Follett, James Michener, Alan Furst, and my favorite WW II movies, like Casablanca. Books by Hannah Arendt and other books about the Holocaust made an impression on me. And being Jewish, I couldn’t read enough books about the Nazis and what Jews had to endure through during those dark times. My husband loved to watch The World at War, a 1973–74 26-episode British television documentary series chronicling the events of the Second World War, which was a good indoctrination to the times.\nWhat else have you published?\nMy books and short stories are listed on my Web site at www.marilynbaron.com.\nYour story ideas seem very unique. What can you tell us abut how you get your ideas?\nAs I said, I’ve always been fascinated by World War II and Bermuda is one my favorite places to vacation, so I decided to combine those two loves. The result was these two books. When I started doing research for the book, I came across this passage, which sparked the idea:\nAfter the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Bermuda was surrounded by German U-boats. Although the move cut off vital supplies, the islands were never invaded.\nWhy did the Germans stop short of capturing that tiny speck in the ocean, when the value of controlling such a strategic possession could have altered the course of the war? Under the Moon Gate is my fictional account of why Bermuda was spared.\nThe title was inspired by the beautiful Bermuda moon gates – circular openings in garden walls that act as passageways – all over the island, which figure prominently in the story.\nWhat genre do your books fall under?\nHistorical romance. I wrote Under The Moon Gate as a romantic suspense, but The Wild Rose Press bought it as a historical and is calling it a romantic thriller. Destiny is purely a historical. My editor at The Wild Rose Press said it has the flavor of a Jack Higgins book, especially his books set in World War II. I take that as a great compliment.\nWhat else about your book might pique the reader’s interest?\nThe parallels drawn between the multi-generational characters in the two love stories; the excitement of the war; and the blurred lines between good and evil. The contemporary story is also very humorous and that’s one of my favorite things about the book.\nHow can readers reach out to you if they want to learn more?", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Welcome to the spectacular beauty of Little Creek Cove! Little Creek Cove is the only Newport, Oregon hotel that is located on the beach; cross the lawn and you have access to three miles of pristine, sandy beach.\nEach condominium is unique and each offers breathtaking views of the majestic Pacific Ocean. We offer one and two bedroom condominiums, as well as studios, all on beautifully landscaped grounds.\nBreathe in the fresh marine air, hear the call of seabirds riding on the wind, become mesmerized by the ocean waves breaking along the sandy shore. Whether relaxing on your private deck, lounging by the fireplace in your tranquil condo, or exploring the beach, tidepools or the town of Newport, Little Creek Cove offers something for everyone.\nWhether you're looking for romantic seclusion or a site for a perfect family vacation, our Newport, Oregon hotel has the perfect accommodations for you, and you will find yourself returning again and again.\nEasy access to beach via an ankle deep wade across Little Creek. Bring boots or some are available on loan.\nTo allow enjoyment of all guests, only certified service animals are allowed on the property.\nPreview our condos. Little Creek Cove has just the right room, each with a different experience.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "No story of CARISTA would be complete without a recap of that 2018 Boiler Room X Dekmantel set, the one where she transformed a crowd...\nUtrecht's CARISTA is on a quest to bring club crowds together with her irresistible, energising DJ sets. Ria Hylton meets her to find out how her United Identities label is elevating new talent in the Netherlands, and how she’s branching into new areas of music.\nRotterdam’s Suze Ijó is part of a new generation of house DJs who play with deep, funky and spiritual intention. Alongside a “sweet mix with a hopeful message”, she speaks to Ria Hylton about her musical journey so far\nElectro’s breakout star Ngoni Egan demonstrates his boundary-pushing sound for the Fresh Kicks mix series, and speaks to Claire Francis about paying tribute to his familial roots in Botswana with the ‘Re Teng’ EP", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Join us at Boswell Books Monday, August 29th, as we welcome Ernest Cline and his novel, Ready Player One, to their second Milwaukee stop on the tour! This is guaranteed to be a geeky good time. We’ll be bringing some 80s-themed merchandise to get everyone in the right state of mind! If the staff recommendations for this book aren’t enough to sell you, talk to Margaret! She read the book and loves it!\nAugust 29, 2011 - 7pm\nBoswell Books - 2559 N. Downer Avenue\nWe’ll see you there!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Make these simple DIY pom pom stockings with supplies from the dollar store. This is such an easy and inexpensive craft that takes minutes to finish.\nHave you ever had a light bulb moment in the middle of the dollar store?\nYou’re harried and rushed and your cart is full of things you couldn’t resist for a dollar like an entire row of glittered reindeer and mugs that say merry and tiny jingle bells that may become something one day.\nAnd then you see those red stockings.\nAnd roll your eyes.\nEnough with the red stockings you think.\nYou’ve seen those stockings since episodes of Saved By the Bell appeared on television.\nAnd then it happens.\nBrilliant idea number 1028…..\n….DIY pom pom stockings.\nFirst of all, pom-poms make everything look a little more festive.\nI’ve made pom-pom pillows and pom-pom garland and pom-pom trim, but stockings?\nEspecially stockings that are only $1.00?\nI almost sang the Hallelujah chorus right in the middle of aisle seven.\nDIY POM POM STOCKINGS\nred dollar store stockings\nYou probably have some of those stockings sitting around the house.\nLeftover from the days when Jessie and Slater were meeting each other by the lockers after fifth period.\nStep 1: wind yarn\nStart your pom poms by winding yarn around a library card.\nAnd you thought library cards were only for checking out books.\nAny yarn will do, but the chunkier the yarn, the fluffier the pom-poms.\nThis yarn from Walmart is my favorite.\nWind it 25 times around the card.\nStep 2: Pull it off card\nGently pull it off the card.\nTie a 6-inch piece of yarn around the middle.\nThen cut through all the loops of yarn.\nStep 3: Fluff yarn\nFluff the yarn.\nAnd repeat until your pom-pom is the size and shape you want.\nYou’ll need five pom-poms per stocking.\nStep 4: glue the pom poms\nNext, simply glue the pom-poms onto the stocking using fabric glue.\nI added four pom-poms on the front and one on the top.\nLet the pom-poms dry on the stockings before you hang them up.\nEven Mr. Belding could make one. 🙂\nPS Affiliate links are used in this post.\nPSS Here are some of my other favorite SUPER affordable Christmas finds from Walmart.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Friday, December 15, 2018, at 7 pm, Kedike invites you to the festive event in the central square of our city.\nWe are lighting the Christmas tree!\nThe event is accompanied by:\nThe Philharmonic School of Lixouri, the choir of Kedike “Tzortzis Delaportas” and the dance of S. Livieratos\nSource from – inkefalonia.gr", "label": "No"}
{"text": "- The Fog of War (2003): Brilliant documentary chronicles the life of former Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara. The film starts with two seemingly innocuous clips of McNamara. In the first, he prepares for a press conference, and in the second, he is talking to an interviewer in what a behind the scenes sort of moment moment. In both clips, you get the impression that you're seeing someone who is intent on controlling what is being revealed. And with the placement of those clips, you know that Errol Morris, the director, is also intent of controlling what you see by employing numerous stylish devices (Morris has mastered the Reflexive documentary techniques often discussed on this blog). The closeups of old documents, numbers, typewriters, slowly revolving tape recorders, etc... are well used and call attention to Morris as a filmmaker. The film takes us through eleven lessons from McNamara's life, but what is more striking is the questions it brings up. They aren't easy questions, and though McNamara has had to answer them during the course of his life, you aren't required to come to the same conclusions. McNamara is often blamed for the debacle of Vietnam, but Morris doesn't demonize the man (as perhaps, a lesser director would), though you're able to do so if you like... If you see the movie, keep an open mind. It's not what you'd expect. Four Stars (****)\n- The Polar Express (2004): A sweet little Christmas movie, and an effective one at that. As James notes, this movie shares more than a few similarities with The Wizard of Oz, both thematically and stylistically.\nAs I was watching The Polar Express, I was reminded of The Wizard of Oz. The similarities are, at times, remarkable. The characters in this film are on a journey to a mythical place - not Oz, but the North Pole. And they're following train tracks, not the yellow brick road. But the four companions are all searching for something intangible. Our hero, an unnamed boy, is on a quest for faith. His companions are seeking confidence, courage, and humility. The entire story may be the figment of the main character's imagination. But at least there's no Wicked Witch or a surrogate. The Polar Express is a tale with plenty of heart and no traditional villain.It's also a little creepy, in a way that many children's movies are... Good stuff. Three stars (***)\n- El Mariachi (1992): Robert Rodriguez's $7,000 action flick about a traveling mariachi getting mixed up in a drug war. The film isn't quite as interesting as the trivia surrounding it, but it is a reasonably good flick, and has held up to the test of time reasonably well (considering it's humble beginnings). Two and a half stars (**1/2)\n- 21 Grams (2003): The story is somewhat mundane, but the film is elevated by exceptional performances from the three main leads and a jumpy non-linear presentation. The film demands your attention because of the erratic progression of the story, but the style ends up betraying the ending of the film. It ends with a touch of hope, but it doesn't quite feel like it. It's not a fun movie to watch because of the subject matter (almost unbearable), but it is very well done, from every aspect of the production. Three stars (***)\n- City of God (2002): This film tells the story of two boys growing up in a rough neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro. The narrator becomes a photographer, and the other becomes a drug dealer. The director, Fernando Meirelles, employs a stunningly effective style to tell the story and he somehow manages to infuse enough of a sense of humor in the film that you don't despair, despite the brutally violent nature of the story (which is driven by the drug dealer's rise and fall). The film is very violent, yet there is almost no bloodshed. Ironically, the ending of this film is much more bleak than 21 Grams, but it doesn't feel that way (it's still bleak, but it's not unbearable). Three and a half stars (*** 1/2)\nI've seen quite a few movies lately, so I figured I'd give some capsule reviews for the better ones...", "label": "No"}
{"text": "From July 2015, since the creation of the 61 municipalities emerging from the latest territorial and administrative division, until July 2018, municipalities have signed more than 18 thousand contracts buying goods, services, public works, and organizing auctions or Public Private Partnerships (concesionary contracts). A passport is created in the Open Procurement Albania database for each tender accessible to the public in the OpenContracting format. In addition, the database provides well-structured information enabling search for procurement by the procuring authority, winning competitor, type of contract, date of tender announcement, etc. The system includes also an algorithm, where each contract is automatically scanned on the basis of some criteria, and marked by RedFlag when applicable. The redflag algorithm has led to 10% of the total number of municipalities’ tenders marked by red flags, identifying thus the risk of lack of competition, inequality, favoritism, and economic abuse. The database is used in dozens of investigative articles in the Albanian media.\nhttp://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/opa1.jpg 500 500 admin http://ais.al/new/wp-content/uploads/aislogo1.png admin2018-07-31 07:00:572018-08-31 07:03:40Tenders and Contracts - Learn about projects and public works for each municipality\nAlbanian Institute of Science\nNr 13 /25, Kati 3", "label": "No"}
{"text": "William Shakespeare S Play Anthony And Cleopatra Harriet Walter As Cleopatra , P ...\nStockphoto ID: 2767960\nFile name: 76538.jpg\nFormat: digital, 4000+ pixels longest side\nProperty release: no Model release: no\nSource: photo agency Based in: United Kingdom\nDescription: William Shakespeare s play Anthony and Cleopatra Harriet Walter as Cleopatra , Patrick Stewart as Mark Antony at the Swan Theatre , Stratford . Opening April 2006 .", "label": "No"}
{"text": "- Police Beat\n- The Forecaster\nFALMOUTH—Loring Edward Hart, 88, died Oct. 19 in Falmouth after a full and eventful life. Hart was born in Bath in 1924 to Joseph Edward and Elizabeth Hayes Hart.\nAffectionately known as “King of North Road,” he spent 27 years with his wife, Marilyn, in North Yarmouth. Earlier in his life Hart served in World War II with the U.S. Army 4th Armored Division, led by Gen. George Patton.\nUpon his return to Maine in 1946, he graduated from Bowdoin College Phi Beta Kappa. He then earned a master’s in English at the University of Miami, and received a doctorate in American literature from Harvard University in 1961.\nMoving to Vermont, he spent 25 years at Norwich University, eventually serving as president for 10 years. He worked for the Bowdoin College Development Office and then served as president of St. Joseph’s College in Standish for eight years. As an educator and college administrator, Hart mentored thousands of New England students. He was also a committed collector of books, primitive antiques and collectibles.\nHart was predeceased by a brother, Frederick, who was a Bath resident.\nHart is survived by his wife, Marilyn Cummings Hart, of Bath; two children, Ellen Louise Hart and Matthew Cummings Hart; and three grandchildren, Frederick, Zola and Spenser.\nA memorial service is planned for 11 a.m. Nov. 18 at the David E. Desmond & Son Funeral Home, 638 High St. in Bath.\nDonations in Hart’s memory may be made to the Phippsburg Land Trust, 1042 Main Road, Phippsburg, ME 04562.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Sorry! The HGTV Smart Home 2014 Giveaway entry period is officially over.\nThanks to all who entered for a chance to win the luxuriously furnished high-tech HGTV Smart Home 2014, an all-new Lincoln MKZ Hybrid and a $100,000 cash prize provided by Quicken Loans. The grand prize package is valued at over $1 million. Check out HGTV Dreams Happen blog\nfor details on the HGTV Smart Home 2014 winner and tune in August 15th at 6pm/5c to see the ambush.\nSorry! The HGTV Dream Home 2014 Giveaway entry period is officially over.\nThanks to all who entered for a chance to win the luxuriously furnished HGTV Dream Home 2014, an All-New 2015 GMC Yukon Denali and a $250,000 cash prize provided by Quicken Loans — a grand-prize package worth more than $2 million.\nCongratulations to Laurence G., Woodridge, IL, winner of HGTV's Rockin Vacation Sweepstakes.\nCongratulations to the winners of HGTV's Win a Piece of the Dream Sweepstakes:\nRound 1 winner: Jolynn B. from Simi Valley, California\nRound 2 winner: Leander A. from Watkinsville, Georgia\nRound 3 winner: Barbara S. from La Vista, Nebraska\nCongratulations to the winners of the HGTV Flip or Flop Watch It Win It Sweepstakes:\nWeek 1: Sharon M., Conyers, GA\nWeek 2: Rosa B., Kissimmee, FL\nWeek 3: Shellie A., Pacific Grove, CA\nWeek 4: Robert B., Vancouver, WA\nCongratulations to Nancy H. of Huntington, W.V., winner of the the HGTV Property Brothers $25 Grand in Your Hand Sweepstakes.\nCongratulations to John A. from Weston, Fla., winner of the HGTV Ears to You Sweepstakes.\nCongratulations to Jennifer S. from Rainbow City, AL. She's the $25,000 winner of Love Your Space Sweepstakes presented by Quicken Loans.\nCongratulations to Brian P. from Canton, MA. Winner of the HGTV's Monster of a Summer Sweepstakes\nCongratulations to Eileen B. from Colorado Springs, CO. She's the winner of the Don't Hate, Renovate 2013 Sweepstakes.\nCongratulations to Humaira Malik from Montville, NJ. Winner of the $10,000 IKEA Kitchen Sweepstakes\nCongratulations to Kathy Langdo from Haverhill, MA. Winner of the Windex® Touch-Up Your Life Sweepstakes\nCongratulations to Brian M from Arizona, Connie D from Maine, Maria P from New York and Roberta M from California. They won $50,000 in the HGTV Mortgage Madness Watch & Win presented by Quicken Loans.\nFROM OUR SISTER SITES\nHGTVGardens Chicken Coop Sweepstakes\nGive your backyard flock a new dream coop! One lucky winner will receive an Extended Alexandria Chicken Coop and an A-frame Chicken Run with all the bells and whistles from Michigan-based custom coop builder, the Green Chicken Coop. The prize, valued at more than $2,000, also includes a predator-proofing kit, nesting box, linoleum flooring and screened doors to give your chickens a cozy place to roost.Enter here\nSorry! The Blog Cabin 2013 Giveaway entry period is officially over.\nThanks to all who entered for a chance to win a fully renovated vacation getaway located along the Crystal Coast.\nWin a Trip for 2 to Niagara Falls!\nThe winner and a guest will fly into Toronto, Canada, where they'll spend an amazing 7 days and 6 nights enjoying first-class hotel accommodations in Niagara Falls. Their adventure includes a mesmerizing helicopter tour of Niagara Falls, 2 tickets to the world's largest free flying aviary, a six-hour private tour of various wineries situated on Lake Ontario, $1,500 in spending money and much more. Enter Every Day for a Chance to Win! >>\nCongratulations to Jason B. from Georgia, winner of the HGTV FrontDoor 2014 Doory Awards Audience Vote and Sweepstakes.\nCongratulations to Rick G. from Greensboro, North Carolina, winner of the 2014 DIY America's Most Desperate Landscape Sweepstakes.\nCongratulations to Paul V. from Illinois, winner of the 2014 DIY Smart Solutions Sweepstakes.\nCongratulations to Russell K. from Farwell, Mich. He's the $50,000 winner of DIYNetwork's America's Most Desperate Landscape Giveaway.\nCongratulations to Michael B. from Windsor, CA. Winner of the FrontDoor Trick-or-Treat Sweepstakes!\nCongratulations to the winners of the FrontDoor Doory Awards 2013!\n1. Sandra M. from Rogers, Oklahoma\n2. Sharon R. from Barnstable, Massachusetts\n3. Rebecca M. from Franklin, Ohio\n4. Paul M. from Fairfield Connecticut\n5. Jimmy C. from Los Angeles, California", "label": "No"}
{"text": "She had wanted to be on a paper since she was thirteen years old. She got her chance to do foreign stuff for country papers -- a slender thread -- and she went to Paris. She had some letters, Edgar Mowrer gave her a hand up. Ed Taylor helps her, she gets into the thick of things, when, determinedly, she goes to the Spanish border. The virus is in her blood; she loves the strife and the uncertainty and the discomforts -- and she translates that excitement and fascination for her readers. She gets into Spain; and she gets out and in again. Then she is invalided home -- and the rest of her story is told from a hospital ward, while the war she wanted to share goes on. Good human interest.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Maybe, we were made\nWe were made for each other 💕 💍\nKavi and Jess’s fall wedding was magic 🍂🍁\nCheers to forever 🍻 sealed with good friends, a cold pint, and the perfect Jack’s Mannequin song 🎶\nPopped the 2 balloon so instead I turned 4 and if we’re being honest, maturity wise, it’s more accurate 💁♀️\nTY to everyone who came out to watch me stumble into my mid-twenties and struggle to pop champagne with my bum shoulder 💕\nBoston is a pretty cool place!\nTesting out my Fall white girl starter kit that came in today 🍂🍂🍂", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "THE DIGITAL REPOSITORY FOR THE BLACK EXPERIENCE\n- Get Involved\n\"Keep Getting Up.\"\nGeophysicist and seismologist Waverly Person was born in Blackridge, Virginia on May 1, 1926 to Bessie Butts and Santee Person. Person grew up as the third of twelve children and helped on the family farm. For high school, he attended the Saint Paul Normal and Industrial School, the high school associated with the historically black Saint Paul's College in Lawrenceville, Virginia. In 1944, he was drafted into the U.S. Army as a high school senior, and Person served in the Pacific during World War II and in the Korean War. In the Army, he was promoted seven times to achieve the rank of first sergeant and received the Good Conduct Medal and the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal. After his honorable discharge in 1951, he returned to Saint Paul's College and received his B.S. degree in mathematics. Person met Sarah Walker during college and they married in 1954.\nPerson worked as a physical science technician for the Department of Agriculture before being transferred to the Department of Commerce as a seismic monitoring technician. He became interested in geophysics while he was working and started attending American University and George Washington University. Person became a qualified geophysicist in 1965, but he remained a technician due to racism. He was finally hired as a federal geophysicist and he transferred to the United States Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colorado in 1971. Person worked his way up and became the first African American chief scientist in 1977, where he remained until his retirement in 2006.\nPerson was often sought out by national and international media as an earthquake spokesperson. He received an honorary doctorate in science from St. Paul's College, the Outstanding Government Communicator Award, the Meritorious Service Award from the United States Department of the Interior, and the Annual Minority Award from the Community Services Department in Boulder, Colorado. He was active with the Seismological Society of America, Boulder County Crimestoppers, and Flatirons Kiwanis Club.\nWaverly Person was interviewed by the The HistoryMakers on June 19, 2002.\nPerson passed away on February 10, 2022, at the age of 95.", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "For the 5th Anniversary of the CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund in New York, it was Alexander Wang who walked away with the coveted award – and the $200,000 prize money - this year. Founded by the Council of Fashion Designers of America and\nBroken is the feature-film debut from award-winning theatre and opera director Rufus Norris.\nIt is the story of a young girl, affectionately known as Skunk (Eloise Laurence). Skunk is the daughter of Archie (Tim Roth), whose wife has\nYippee Kay-ay, it's another Die Hard movie! Out on Valentines Day, A Good Day To Die Hard, is the fifth movie in the John McClane franchise to hit the big screen.\nIn this installment we are transported to Russia with John McClane (Bruce\nAmélie star Audrey Tatou stars in Delicacy - a French romance movie based on the novel by writer/director David and Stéphane Foenkinos.\nThe film starts as a happy love story between husband and wife, but then disaster strikes when\n“This is a story of how the wizard came to be the wizard; of how a smalltime carnival magician—a faker, a charlatan—came to a fantastic world and was just the thing that they needed to save the day. It’s the tale of how an average\nDirector Allen Hughes (one half of the The Hughes Brothers) brings us crime drama Broken City. The film follows disgraced ex-cop turned private investigator Billy Taggart. When he is hired by the mayor to find out who his wife is sleeping", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Caroline County Public Schools is excited to recognize the Teachers of the Year at all schools.\n- Bowling Green Elementary – Kristi Thomas, Fourth Grade Teacher\n- Lewis and Clark Elementary – Carol Yonkin, Fourth Grade Teacher\n- Madison Elementary – Jamee Prewitt, Reading Coach\n- Caroline Middle School – Kristy Ellis, Science Teacher\n- Caroline High School – Sharon Williams, Sign Language Teacher", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "Accession Number : ADA114597\nTitle : Difference Methods for Parabolic History Value Problems.\nDescriptive Note : Technical summary rept.,\nCorporate Author : WISCONSIN UNIV-MADISON MATHEMATICS RESEARCH CENTER\nPersonal Author(s) : Markowich,Peter\nPDF Url : ADA114597\nReport Date : Mar 1982\nPagination or Media Count : 29\nAbstract : This paper is concerned with one-step difference methods for parabolic history value problems in one space variable. These problems, which have the feature that the evolution of the solution is influenced by 'all its past' occur in the theory of viscoelastic liquids (materials with 'memory'). The history dependence is represented by a Volterra-integral in the equation of motion. Using recently obtained existence results and smoothness assumptions on the solution, we derive a local stability and convergence result for a Crank-Nicolson-type difference scheme by interpreting the linearized scheme as perturbation of a strictly parabolic scheme without memory term. Second order convergence is shown on sufficiently small time intervals. The presented approach carries over to other one-step difference methods like implicit Euler schemes.\nDescriptors : *Boundary value problems, *Equations of motion, *Parabolas, History, Linear differential equations, Euler angles, Stability, Time intervals, Viscoelasticity, Theory, Convergence, Liquids\nSubject Categories : Numerical Mathematics\nDistribution Statement : APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This paper is 5 pages (approximately 2250 words).\nFor this project I want you to visit one place of worship associated with traditions we will be talking about in the course. I would also like you to interview someone associated with that location to find out more about the practices associated with the tradition. The assignment is a research project with a fieldwork component.\nSpecifically, I want you to look at, and tell me, what places of worship in the area are doing regarding issues related to the environment OR social justice questions (issues of race, class, gender or sexuality)\nThe first thing you need to do is select a religious tradition you are interested in learning more about. Select something outside your tradition/background and preferably a little outside of your comfort zone. I would suggest taking a look at the list and pick up a little knowledge about each before you make your choice. Use the materials in the class to get a little sense of each tradition. You might also take a quick peek at http://www.religionfacts.com/compare/religions (Links to an external site.) for some quick information.\nThe traditions from which to choose:\nRequired Process: After you’ve chosen your subject…\nThe Prep Work\n- Identify a place to visit. Get the address and contact information.\n- Call or e-mail that place to try to arrange an opportunity to speak with the person you might interview.\n- Do some research. (Think about these things –What’s your chosen tradition about? What do they do in worship services? Where do they worship?) You must find five resources beyond the materials available to you in the class. These should be credible sources such as the website associated with the location you choose and sources you find through the HCC library.\n- Once you’ve done some research and have some familiarity with the subject area you have chosen I want you to think about what you expect to see and hear from your visit. Write up, before you go, some expectations. These can be one sentence expectations.\n- Once you’ve done some research and have some familiarity with the subject area you have chosen I want you to think about what you might ask on your visit. Write up, before you go, five questions you’d like to ask of one of the leader.\n- The Visit\n- Visit a place of worship. I would like you to go to a service. Don’t just go on a random Tuesday or Wednesday afternoon when the place is open. Sit in on the tradition (as appropriate) ask questions, learn what you can about the tradition and its practice in that particular location. Take notes, ask if you can take photos ( be respectful, do not take photos during the service). Ask speciffically about programs and activities related to sustainability (environment or social justice). How do those activities relate to over all ideas within the broader tradition?\n- Write the Paper.\n- Your project must include a bibliography. Use the formatting style for your Bibliography that is appropriate for your degree program (MLA, APA, or Chicago).\nYou will be graded on the completeness of the assignment: the correct formatting; grammar, spelling, punctuation, syntax; the informativeness of the project; clarity of thought; and the quality of the resources chosen.", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "THE TENNESSEAN June 17, 2002\nThe following was taken from the TENNESSEAN interview.\nWORLD FITNESS CHAMPION CYCLES THE TRACE\n'' 'Once you've lost everything your free to do anything' , and Rob Powell, the World Fitness Champion, is living proof. In February, Guinness awarded Powell the title after he completed a series of 11 events, adding a whole list of disciplines to the previous record.\nThe World Record now consist of....a 2 Mile Swim, 12 Mile Run, 12 Mile Hike, 1,250 Push-Ups, 1,250 Leg Lifts, 1,250 Jumping Jacks, 110 Mile Cycle, 20 Mile Row, 20 Mile Elliptical, 3,250 Abdominal Crunches, and 300,000 Pounds of Weights, Upper Body Only.\nHe did these events in 22:11:40, Smashing the old record held by Joe Decker.\nPowell came to Nashville while Cycling The Natchez Trace, a 443 Mile Trail from Natchez Mississippi, to Nashville,Tennessee, and promoted fitness, along the way.\nHe completed the Trace, Cycling 177 Miles on the 4th day. 'I taught History for many years, and it is one of my hobbies, so I wanted to ride the Trace, because it is arguably the oldest road in North America, and it is History.'\nCoach Powell, a Teacher/Coach in Texas, plans to break his own World Record this Fall.''", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "Our spring issue showcases the 2020 Open Season Award winners: Joshua Whitehead (cnf), Patrick Grace (poetry), and Ajith Thangavelautham (fiction). Also featured: Manahil Bandukwala, Ayaz Pirani, Christine Wu, Rob Taylor, Edward Carson, Matthew Gwathmey, Tania De Rozario, Hollie Adams, Emi Kodama, Bradley Peters, Kevin Shaw, Emma Wunsch, Glen Downie, and more. Find other contributors at the Mag Stand.\nThe Autumn issue of The Gettysburg Review is at this week’s Mag Stand. The issue features paintings by Jared Small, fiction by Jennifer Anne Moses, Jared Hanson, Darrell Kinsey, and Sean Bernard; essays by Andrew Cohen, K. Robert Schaeffer, and Christopher Wall; poetry by Jill McDonough, Max Seifert, K. A. Hays, Albert Goldbarth, Mary B. Moore, R. T. Smith, Jill Bialosky, Katharine Whitcomb, Corey Marks, Kimberly Johnson, Margaret Ray, Danusha Laméris, Linda Pastan, Christopher Bakken, Christopher Howell, and Margaret Gibson.\nThe latest issue includes poetry by Lisa Zimmerman, Sally Rosen Kindred, Jennifer Bullis, Carolyn Oliver, Andrea Potos, Michael McFee, Patricia Clark, Cathy Smith Bowers, and more. Art by Andis Applewhite. Find a full list of contributors at NewPages.\nThis issue includes short stories by and interviews with Ashley Hand, Chris Vanjonack, Reece McCormack, and David J. Wingrave; poetry by Kimberly Thornton, Andrew Szilvasy, Bruce Lowry, Ryan Meyer, and Jose Hernandez Diaz; and nofiction by Gregg Williard and Greg Oldfield. See what else is offered in this issue at the Mag Stand.\nFind the Spring issue of The Baltimore Review at NewPages. It features poems, fiction, and creative nonfiction by: John Blair, Shevaun Brannigan, Naomi Cohn, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Katherine Gekker, Matthew Henry, R. Dean Johnson, Yume Kitasei, Andrew Kozma, Avra Margariti, Rita Mookerjee, Glen Pourciau, Ellen Skirvin, David Urbina, and M. Drew Williams.\nThe May 2020 issue is here with poetry by Jenny George, Arthur Sze, Jessica Abughattas, Melissa Crowe, Jamaica Baldwin, C.X. Hua, Kara van de Graaf, Hala Alyan, Mark Wunderlich, Raymond Antrobus, Stephanie Chang, and more; prose by Scott Broker, Alyssa Proujansky, Maura Pellettieri, and Mina Hamedi, with a prose feature by Dima Alzayat. See what else the issue has in store for you at the Mag Stand.\nMagazine Review by Katy Haas\nEverything is green and warm outside my window right now, but James Braun takes readers back to winter in his story “The Salt Man” from the Spring 2020 issue of Zone 3.\nThe story centers on two young sisters mid-winter. They are sent outside to wait for the salt man to come salt their roads before they’re allowed to play outside their yard. This is a dark piece. Poverty hangs heavy over the story. What once was green and beautiful has been covered by rocks. They have no heat in the house. Their neighbor loses fingers to frostbite. A woman cries on a couch while they go door to door asking if they can shovel driveways for cash to pay for a doctor bill. And the person they’re told will bring them a level of safety—the salt man—ends up being a source of danger in himself.\nI enjoyed Braun’s writing style. There’s a level of flippancy with all the characters who view their lifestyle as ordinary. The story is short but holds a lot inside it. We’re able to discern as much meaning in what isn’t said as in what is clearly stated. And even though it is warm enough that I have my window open, a warm breeze blowing into my living room as I write this, Braun’s writing still makes a reader feel that inescapable cold of winter.\nOpening the Spring 2020 issue of Boulevard is the winner of the journal’s 2019 Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers: “My Mom Claims I Had a Drink with My Rapist. I Investigate.” by Emi Nietfeld.\nIn this piece, Nietfeld looks back to June 28, 2010 when she was raped while in Budapest and to the conversations she had with her mother immediately after and eight years later about the incident. This investigation focuses on the drink that Nietfeld did or didn’t have and the influence the drink had on her mother’s reaction to the rape.\nNietfeld breaks the piece up into sections, investigating in-person conversations, emails that were sent in 2010, and her old computer documents. After she presents the “evidence,” she breaks it down and discusses it. I found this approach to be interesting and impactful as she turns a critical eye on past conversations, her memory, and her relationship with her mother.\nNot only is this piece a strong start to the issue, but it demonstrates why Nietfeld deserves to have won the Nonfiction Contest for Emerging Writers.\nLitMag is a literary magazine published annually from New York City. The magazine’s pulse is found on page sixty-three with a quote from Aryeh Lev Stollman’s fiction piece “Dreams Emerging,” which states “true art is the condensation of ineffable yearning.” An ineffable yearning is a longing so strong it cannot be described; however, this issue’s work attempts description, and through writing, pieces of the unsaid become real. With fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and tributary letters, LitMag’s third issue holds work that embodies the condensation of ineffable yearning.\nMeghan E. O’Toole’s fiction story “Abditory” carries the loudest pulse. It is a hazy and dreamlike exploration of how longing can manifest in dreams and become necessary for engaging with reality. O’Toole uses the image of milk to connect the main character’s past and present with their dream-images, and it is in the way the milk moves, the way it rises in the bedroom or pools on the road, that the story supplements the issue’s character of yearning. O’Toole’s story successfully employs elements of magical realism, which create a vivid sense of place that is consistent in every scene. I instantly believed in the fictional world she created, and this lack of hesitancy to trust and settle into the story’s place drew me back for a second and third read.\nThe magazine’s cohesion comes from every piece having its own sense of magnetism, and I read the magazine in one sitting. Each piece easily pulled me into the next, and it is for this ease and sense of connectivity that recommend LitMag.\nReviewer bio: Jamie is an MFA candidate at the University of North Carolina – Wilmington and holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from Indiana Wesleyan University. She has contributed work to Appalachian Voice, Appalachia Service Project, and has work forthcoming in the Chestnut Review.\nAudubon’s Sparrow: A Biography-in-Poems by Juditha Dowd is an indelible portrait of an American Woman in need of rediscovery. The biography-in-poems focuses on Lucy Blackwell and John James Audubon.\nGerry LaFemina’s Baby Steps in Doomsday Prepping pauses time, letting us examine the world with love and intelligence.\nBack to the Wine Jug: A Comic Novel in Verse by Joe Taylor is a cross-genre title following Hades as he teleports to Birmingham, Alabama.\nFrank Paino’s Obscura sheds light on the most obscure corners of history and human nature, a hagiography of unorthodox saints.\nYou’ve Got Something Coming by Jonathan Starke is the winner of the Black Heron Press Award for Social Fiction and follows a down-and-outer and his young daughter across the country.\nYou can learn more about each of these New & Noteworthy books at our website. Our featured titles can also be found at our our affiliate Bookshop.org. You can find out how to place your book in our New & Noteworthy section here: https://npofficespace.com/classified-advertising/new-title-issue-ad-reservation/.\nPulitzer Prize winner John Hersey is probably best known for his books dealing with China, where his father served as a missionary, but in The Conspiracy, he takes readers back to the first century AD and Nero’s imperial and mainly insanity-tinged reign.\nLike the works of Robert Graves or Leon Uris, Hersey uses a historical backdrop to present a political thriller of the first order. Employing two main characters—Tigellinus, co-consul of the Praetorian guard, and Paenus, tribune of the Roman secret police, along with a series of memos, assorted notes, intercepted letters, and interrogation transcripts—the two members of Nero’s intelligence community try chasing leads concerning a potential assassination attempt against their emperor.\nThe primary suspects involved in this plan?\nThe philosopher Seneca and a cadre of poets, artists that Nero had earlier supported and entertained, are surveilled, bringing up images from the Oscar-winning film The Lives of Others.\nHowever, as the layers of the plot open, it begins to reveal Nero’s descent into madness.\nSoon, the reader begins to wonder if this is an actual investigation or a means to create a paper trail pointing to others in order to establish scapegoats while the members of Nero’s own security people become the real perpetrators.\nOne interesting aspect of this book is that it was released in 1972, when news and revelations of the Watergate incident dominated worldwide media and occupied American minds. Hersey’s story produced numerous parallels between the subterfuge and hidden messages of the novel with the events of those days. If readers want to make those connections or draw any parallels with current events is their choice, of course, but the fact that it’s possible only verifies what a relevant story Hersey concocted in any age when he conceived and delivered The Conspiracy.\nThe Conspiracy by John Hersey. 1972.\nReviewer bio: Bill Cushing writes and facilitates a writing group for 9 Bridges. His poetry collection, A Former Life, was released last year by Finishing Line Press.", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "When We’re Gone, a rock musical, concludes Lyric Theatre’s New Works Initiative program. The play will be at Lyric’s Plaza Theatre, 1725 NW 16th St., starting with previews from Sept. 26 to the official opening on Sept. 29 and on stage through Oct. 14.\nTickets are $25 each and the musical is recommended for mature audiences only. The play includes adult situations and language.\nWhen We’re Gone is set in a plague-ridden, 14th-century London. A teenager has talent in art and hopes to share his art. Finding that the people of the city aren’t really interested, he is crushed and frustrated as he attempts to convince the people that art is acceptable.\nIn an interview, Michael Baron, Lyric’s producing director, said the production was eight years in the making. It’s not an easy task combining rock music and morality.\nFor more information or to purchase tickets, call Lyric’s Box Office at 405-524-9312.\nCircle every date in December for Lyric’s traditional presentation of A Christmas Carol, presented by Devon Energy.\nOklahoma Humanities is hosting a reception Sept. 28 for OH donors and the sponsors of the upcoming Curiosity Fest at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art. The OH board of trustees and Chairman Ken Fergeson will be there to welcome all.\nHeavy hors d’oeuvres and an open bar will complement a presentation by John Granger, the Dean of Harry Potter Scholars. He will explain the remarkable parallels of artistry and meaning that join J.K. Rowling’s and Vladimir Nabokov’s writings.\nGranger is a presenter for the Curiosity Fest on Oct. 20 and will offer a taste of what to expect on that date.\nRSVP to administrative coordinator Lisa Wood by Sept. 24: firstname.lastname@example.org or call 405-235-0280.\nSpeaking of October\nThe fifth annual Oklahoma Jewish Film Festival will take place at Tulsa’s Circle Cinema, 10 S. Lewis Ave., Oct. 21 to Oct. 25. Circle Cinema promises five days of films, festival and fun.\nThe festival is a collaboration between Circle Cinema, the Jewish Federation of Tulsa and the Sherwin Miller Museum of Jewish Art.\nOn the festival schedule are a film panel, filmmaker reception, “Bernstein at 100” and special guests. That’s just the beginning.\nFor more information, call 918-585-3456.\nCinema Circle has its own Facebook page for updates and info.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Regular price: $22.74\nBuy Now with 1 Credit\nBuy Now for $22.74\nBut what if we could rewrite the narrative? What if we could exchange our uncertainty for an abiding confidence? And what if in unearthing our worth, we uncovered our purpose as well, becoming free to unleash our gifts within community and find ourselves in complete communion with our Creator?\nIn this fearless, funny, and refreshingly relatable chronicle of her own metamorphosis from the insecurity that once held her captive, author Kayla Aimee unfolds the blueprint for women to:\nIdentify the deep-seated sources of our assumed inadequacy and replace them with steadfast truths of affirmation\nEmbrace the boldness and courageous confidence of who we are in Christ\nReplace our need for approval with the promise of an enduring acceptance\nUncover our purpose, unlock our potential, and celebrate our unique personality\nTo every woman who longs for belonging, this journey through Kayla's inviting prose, biblical promises, and journaling prompts will help guide her from restless insecurity to a beautiful becoming. We weren't made for being captives; we were made for being captivated, for fully embracing the truth of who we've been created to be.\nCustomer ReviewsMost Helpful\nBy Anonymous User on 03-29-18\nThis book is filled with hope. I loved every part of it. The parts when I laughed to myself made things awkward for the person sitting next to me, but hey it's funny. All the references are great. This is my first review ever and I can't be more happy it was for this book. The author is absolutely beautiful and crazy she ever thought otherwise.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "For Pride Month, the AFL-CIO is spotlighting various LGBTQ+ Americans who have worked and continue to work at the intersection of civil and labor rights. Today's Pride Month profile is Stan Kiino.\nStan Kiino originally began his career as a flight attendant at Pan Am and then joined United Airlines and the Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA-CWA) in 1986. Kiino fought for domestic partner benefits in San Francisco while at United in the '90s. He continues his advocacy today through AFA-CWA, Pride At Work, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance and various labor councils.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "4 edition of Mo and the Mummy Case (Jets) found in the catalog.\nMo and the Mummy Case (Jets)\nSeptember 10, 1992 by HarperCollins Publishers .\nWritten in English\n|The Physical Object|\n|Number of Pages||64|\nThe Graveyard Book Summary. A man named Jack enters a home in the night. He has a sharp knife and he uses it to kill the mother, the father, and the older sister who live there. (No, please don’t shut the book just yet. And please don't leave Shmoop to check out YouTube unless you want to watch Neil Gaiman read Chapter 1.). Gypsy Rose Blanchard's mother, Dee Dee, falsely claimed her daughter was suffering from different illnesses until Gypsy arranged for her boyfriend to kill her mother in Author: Sara Kettler. Watch Video: Tom Cruise Gets Cursed by 'Ultimate Evil' in Final 'The Mummy' Trailer Even making the awakened antagonist a woman this time around — “Kingsman: The Secret Service” badass Sofia Author: Wrap Staff. Carolyn Crimi is the author of numerous books for young readers, including Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, also illustrated by John Manders, and Boris and Bella, illustrated by Gris lives in Evanston, Illinois. John Manders has illustrated several books for children, including Henry and the Bucaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi, The Perfect Nest by Brand: Candlewick Press.\nLathyrus sativus and human lathyrism\nReport on the line of navigation from Hexham to Haydon-Bridge, proposed as a continuation of the Stella and Hexham Canal; with comparative observations on the proposed canals on each side of the River Tyne: and a report on the line from Newcastle to Haydon-Bridge, on the North side of that river; together with full estimates of the expence of execution\nOxford textbook of orthopedics and trauma\nThe 1995 Indianapolis Stock Cars Yearbook\nDean as colleague\nWaiving certain points of order against consideration of H.R. 2072\nArctic National Wildlife Refuge\nCalculus and Excel First Edition\nLaw of the Republic of Indonesia number 17 of 2007 on the Long-Term National Development Plan of 2005-2025\n1993 great north business directory\nRole of physician assistants in primary [care]\nItem 3 Mo and the Mummy Case (Jets) by Kingsland, Robin Paperback Book The Fast Free - Mo and the Mummy Case (Jets) by Kingsland, Robin Paperback Book The Fast Free. $ Free shipping. No ratings or reviews yet. Be the first to write a review. Best Selling in Fiction & Literature.\nSee all. The Mummy Case by Elizabeth Peters is a William Morrow publication. (This book was originally published in ) Its always embarrassing when I have to admit I never realized Elizabeth Peters was a pseudonym for the one and only 4/5.\nGet this from a library. Mo and the mummy case. [Robin Kingsland] -- A jewel from a mummie's case accidentally falls into Mo's bag Mo and the Mummy Case book in motion a bizarre chain of events. COVID Resources. Reliable information about the coronavirus (COVID) is available from the World Health Organization (current situation, international travel).Numerous and frequently-updated resource results are available from this ’s WebJunction has pulled together information Mo and the Mummy Case book resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle.\nThe Amelia Peabody series gives a quietly satirical look at Victorian mystery novels filled with romance, extreme danger and happy endings, while sprinkled with factual Egyptology, The Mummy Case follows these rules without repeating a plot Mo and the Mummy Case book any other of the series/5().\nA second sighting of a sinister stranger from the crime scene, a mysterious scrap of papyrus, and a missing mummy case have all whetted Amelia's curiosity. But when the Emersons start digging for answers in an ancient tomb, events take a darker and deadlier turn -- and there may be no surviving the very modern terrors their efforts reveal/5().\nRadcliffe Emerson, the irascible husband of fellow archaeologist Amelia Peabody, has earned the nickname \"Father of Curses\"—and in Mazghunah he demonstrates why. Denied permission to dig at the pyramids of Dahshoor, he and Amelia are resigned to excavating mounds of rubble in the middle of nowhere.\nBut before long Amelia, Emerson, and their precocious son, Ramses, find /5(23). The Mummy Case is the 63rd title of the Mo and the Mummy Case book Boys Mystery Stories, written by Franklin W. was published by Wanderer Books in and by Grosset & Dunlap in Plot summary.\nWhen five Egyptian statuettes are stolen from a museum, the Hardy Boys travel to Egypt. En route, the boys are asked to safeguard a mysterious mummy and find themselves Author: Franklin W.\nDixon. The lower portion of the mummy case is covered with a hieroglyphic inscription. (The word hieroglyph means “sacred text.”) Most funerary inscriptions include spells and prayers that come from the Book of the Dead.\nThe text often asks the gods for protection of the deceased on his journey to the afterlife. Editions for The Mummy Case: (Mass Market Paperback published in ), (Kindle Edition), (Paperback published in ), For Sale on 1stdibs - The case decorated overall to resemble Tutankhamun's mummy case.\nThe front swings open to reveal shelving meant to store CDs. Alphabet BINGO cards. Letter tracing book. Mo and the Mummy Case book simple letter find pages.\nb/d reversal posters. Simple letter find pages. Find the letters pack. Alphabet action cards. How to teach the alphabet to preschoolers. Which one starts with a different sound. 25 phonemic awareness games. 18 ways to build phonological/phonemic awareness. While a mummy was being wrapped, artists and carpenters worked on coffins, or Mo and the Mummy Case book cases.\nEgyptians believed that the case served as a house for. The Mummy Case Book Summary and Study Guide. Elizabeth Peters Booklist Elizabeth Peters Message Board. Detailed plot synopsis reviews of The Mummy Case; This is the continuing account of the adventures of Amilia Peabody-Emerson, an eccentric Victorian lady archaeolgist and her husband.\nReturning to Egypt, accompanied by their clumsy but well. When you're referring to a specific person, you may be using the proper noun form. In this case, you would capitalize the words \"mom\" and \"dad.\" One easy way to tell if a word is a proper noun is to substitute the word for a person's name.\nIf it makes sense, then it's a proper noun. Easy Ways to Tell Not to Capitalize. THE MUMMY CASE Peabody Book 03 Elizabeth Peters.\nAfter the death of the author of these memoirs (of which this is the third volume to appear), her heirs felt that her animated (if biased) descriptions of the early days of excavation in Egypt should not be keptFile Size: 1MB. Directed by Frank Perry. With Faye Dunaway, Diana Scarwid, Steve Forrest, Howard Da Silva.\nThe abusive and traumatic adoptive upbringing of Christina Crawford at the hands of her mother, screen queen Joan Crawford, is depicted/10(K). The Official channel for Johnny Test. Subscribe for more full episodes, clips and special content.\nMind Your Mummy Mommy, Mario // The Beauty Of. The Mummy Case () is the third of a series of historical mystery novels written by Elizabeth Peters and featuring the character Amelia Peabody. Plot summary. Amelia and her husband, Professor Radcliffe Emerson, return to Egypt for the –95 season to excavate the ruined pyramids of Mazghunah, which pale in comparison to the nearby dig at Dahshoor – but that is Author: Elizabeth Peters.\nJames Preller is the author of the popular Jigsaw Jones mystery series, which has sold over 10 million copies (of 32 titles) since Six Innings is his first stand-alone novel, and it grew out of his love for baseball and his experiences in Little League as a player, father, and coach.\nThe focus is the killing of Dee Dee Blanchard in June in Springfield, Mo., a case in which Ms. Blanchard’s daughter, Gypsy, and her boyfriend became suspects.\nScan technique reveals secret writing in mummy cases. By Pallab Ghosh Science One of the first successes of the new technique was on a mummy case kept at a museum at Chiddingstone castle in. Hey That's My Monster is written by Amanda Noll, illustrated by Howard McWilliam and read by Lily Tomlin.\nWhen Ethan looks under the bed for his monster, he finds this note instead: “So long, kid. Besides trying to account for the revivification of the mummy in scientific terms - galvanic shock rather than incantations - she embodied ideas of scientific progress and discovery, that now read like prophecies to those later down the s.\nHer social attitudes have resulted in this book being ranked among feminist novels. The Mummy. The Case of the Mummy Mystery by James Preller and R.W.\nAlley • Book 6 of the Jigsaw Jones Mysteries 9 Total Resources View Text Complexity Discover Like Books. The Mummy Case. Product Number: BX eAudio. Product Number: Z CD. Product Number: C Rosenblat's power for character interpretation has grown with each book in this amusing series.\nThis is the best one yet. L.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine\" Sign up for our email newsletter. Subscribe. Email us. Join our. It is remarkably easy to do and is a great way to produce the company dignitary or corporate executive. The photos reveal several different models of this illusion that have been built by Chadwick Illusion Fabrications.\nThe Mummy Case is now available through special arrangement with Abbott’s Magic Company. $ FOB. The Case of the Mummy Mystery audiobook, by James Preller Missing hamsters, lost coins, haunted houses Jigsaw Jones has seen it all before.\nWith his top secret detective journal, eye for detail, and ace partner Mila, Jigsaw is always ready to take on a new case. Gleason’s class is very excited about Halloween. There are parades, parties, and a fun 3/5.\nThe mummy of Egypt's most famous—and most provocative—female pharaoh was identified this week. Queen Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt for two decades in the 15 th century B.C., was most likely.\nThe Mummy. A Tale of the Twenty-Second Century is an three-volume novel written by Jane Webb (later Jane C. Loudon).It concerns the Egyptian mummy of Cheops, who is brought back to life in the year The novel describes a future filled with advanced technology, and was the first English-language story to feature a reanimated : Anon (actually Jane Webb).\nFrom our enjoyable collection of Ancient Egyptian Statues we pres6 FT Egyptian King Tut Sarcophagus Mummy Bookcase Cabinet statue. This multicolored Egyptian statue cabinet features King Tut Sarcophagus. It is sure to add playfulness and unique style to your design space.\nThis Egyptian Mummy cabinet contains a total of 16 shelves of inside storage on both. The large star shaped lock is hard to miss, so it's clear that the easter egg is intentional.\nBoth the Book of the Dead and the Book of Life from the previous Mummy film look close to identical. The Mummy Case. Product Number: BX eAudio. Product Number: Z CD. Product Number: C You can find this title in the following lists: Rosenblat's power for character interpretation has grown with each book in this amusing series.\nThis is the best one yet. L.S. (c)AudioFile, Portland, Maine\" Sign up for our email newsletter. Contain found near a mummy case: Search Again. Clue: Answer: Need More Help. Some people prefer to have a solid book in their hands to look things up rather than looking on the web all the time.\nIf thats the case for you, I highly recommend the crossword dictionaries below. The mummy's eyes still pursued him with their ghastly brightness; they seemed to possess the fabled fascination of those of the rattle-snake, and though he shrank from their gaze, they still glared horribly upon him.\nEdric's senses swam, yet he could not move from the spot; he remained fixed, chained, and immoveable, his eyes still . Mummies Momias Les momies Mummies Mummies Mummies Mummies.\nInformational (nonfiction), 1, words, Level W (Grade 4), Lexile L. Mummies tells the history of ancient Egyptian mummification and the importance of human and animal mummies in the spirit world. Readers learn the detailed steps used to preserve bodies.\nThe Mummy () cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mummy case definition is - a case fitted closely to a swathed mummy usually having the face modeled and the body covered with ritualistic emblems.\nMummy Mojo's 5 Steps to a Cracking Christmas We're already almost have way through December, and the countdown to Christmas is well and truly on. Whether this leaves you in a state of excitement or a state of panic, there’s no denying mums have a lot to do when it comes to the Christmas holiday season.\nThis gave an idea to an author, Jane Loudon Webb, and she wrote a fantasy story called, \"The Mummy\"; in this book, an angry mummy, who wants revenge, comes back to life. Then inLouisa May Alcott, the author of \"Little Women\", wrote a short story called \"Lost in a Pyramid: The Mummy's Curse\": this was about an explorer whose fiance is.\nBook Seasonal Yoga, pdf yoga, postnatal yoga or Wise Ones classes. 17 Feb - 23 Feb and mummy (from 6 weeks postpartum/12 weeks in case of c-section). Please bring a mat and a mug (for a cuppa afterwards) and anything the wee one needs.Tonight on the Titanic Quiz Beezus and Ramona Quiz Ramona Forever Quiz Henry and Beezus Quiz Download pdf Jansen The Chocolate Fudge Mystery Quiz Horrible Harry in Room 2B Quiz Cam Jansen The Mystery of the Monster Movie Quiz Horrible Harry's Secret Quiz Horrible Harry and the Purple People Quiz Cam Jansen The Mystery of the U.F.O.\nQuiz Cam Jansen The. One ebook the first successes of the new technique was on a mummy case kept at a museum at Chiddingstone castle in Kent. The researchers discovered writing on the footplate that was not visible to.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "NASW Foundation National Programs\nNASW Social Work Pioneers®\nEleanor Morris (1913- )\nEleanor Morris has been a leader in the development of federal and state programs for the elderly. She spent twenty years in the New York Regional Office (Region II) of the Department of Health and Human Services (formerly the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare) primarily as the regional program director of the Administration on Aging.\nHer social work career began in the San Francisco Relief Commission (1929-1935). She then became a social work staff member at the San Francisco Department of Health. During World War II, she went to American Red Cross in the European theater as assistant field director of the Division of Hospitals. Her work with the American Red Cross continued stateside after the war at Madigan Hospital. In 1948, she received her master of social work degree from the University of California. In 1951, she became the medical consultant for the Tuberculosis Control program in the Oregon Health Department. She joined the U.S. Public Health Service in 1955 as a medical social consultant with the Heart Disease Control program.\nThroughout her career, Morris has served on many professional committees and task forces, where she has contributed her vision of social work practice in working with the problems of disease, disability, and aging. She has been active in NASW, Council on Social Work Education, American Public Welfare Association, and American Public Health Association. Since her retirement in 1980, she has continued to serve on committees concerned with social work in the field of aging. She currently resides in New York City.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "First Nations languages\nSNF New Media Lab in Whitehorse to support First Nations language project\nThe SNF New Media Lab was at Yukon College in Whitehorse last week to work with new members of the ongoing SSHRC-funded project, First Nations Languages in the 21st Century: Looking Back, Looking Forward. This new organizations in the Yukon include Hän Hwëch’in, Carcross & Tagish First Nation, Champagne & Aishihik First Nation, Liard First Nation, Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation, Selkirk First Nation, Taa’an Kwach’an Council, Teslin Tlingit Council, and Tr’ondek Hwech’in.\nThis seven-year project is a collaboration between the First Nations Language Centre at Simon Fraser University and 22 community partners to preserve 13 critically endangered First Nations languages in Western Canada. The SNF New Media Lab is pleased to be supplying the anchor technology to power innovative online tools to teach First Nations languages.\nMembers of the Lab were on hand to demonstrate the technology and share their experiences developing online learning resources developed for the Greek language. Dionysios Arkadianos, a Greek language expert on secondment from the Greek Ministry of Education and a PhD Candidate in SFU’s Faculty of Education studying computational linguistics shared some of the new, revolutionary pedagogical techniques that the project team has been working on for the Rebooting the Greek Language project, where he is working as the academic coordinator.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "I have always had great love and respect for Dominique Browning. First, before I even knew her name, I cherished her publication, House & Garden. I, still, truly long for it monthly. Of all the defunct design magazines, House & Garden is the one I miss most. It was the perfect mix of what I consider stylish and inspiring, beautiful interiors to admire but with an approachable nature anyone could understand. Somewhere along the way, I discovered Dominique was the leader of the fine team who put this publication together for us regularly.\nI, then, read her article written for Garden & Gun, another favorite publication. It spoke to me personally. Please click here to read the article. Dominique and I both have Kentucky roots, both our fathers are from Kentucky, her Dad from Hopkinsville, mine from Bowling Green. I spent my summers in Bowling Green, just as she spent hers in Hopkinsville. And the rest was history, I was hooked for life on Dominique and her words.\nI'm embarassed to say I lost track of her once House & Garden went under. She was not a personal friend, just someone I followed professionally and admired. And then, I saw this article in the New York Times Magazine and waited for her book, Slow Love, to be released. Click here to read the article.\nI always admired Dominique's stunning physical beauty. It is arresting, so unique and true. But after you read Slow Love, you will see her beauty is so deep in her inner core, her physical beauty is just that, physical.\nThe honesty and focus it took to write this book, to me, is mind-boggling. I'm in awe of the deep dark secrets she shared, I believe, in an altruistic way. This book is a beacon of hope for those who find themselves in deep grief and loss. Dominique lost her job and persona professionally speaking but, I've suffered deep loss in my life, and I related to this fully. She clearly walks you through, in her own words, how hard it is to put your life back together. How, at times, you aren't even sure what day it is or worse what time of day it is.\nDominique has found a way to put her life back together, turn lemons into lemonade and become her true self, not the former woman wrapped up in a persona defined by a career or schedule. She isn't guarded by a \"public face\" but is one with her thoughts and feelings, an eye-opener of what appeals to the human soul.\nI encourage you to reserve this book at the library, borrow it from a friend or buy it. Of course, with my insane schedule (and after reading Slow Love I'm questioning my sanity) it took me several weeks to finish it. If I was living as Dominique recommends I would have slashed the calendar for a day and enjoyed every morsel of it without interruption.\nAre you a Dominique Browning fan? Go visit her fabulous blog, slow love life. Click here to visit. I couldn't believe when I first visited her blog she had Ragland Hill Social listed as one of her favorites. I was so honored!\nI must also state, I bought my own copy on Amazon, wasn't gifted it from Dominique or her publisher and I'm writing this from the bottom of my heart.\nHope you enjoy it! And, let me know if you've read her inspiring words. I'd love to hear your perspective.\nWe'll talk soon.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "On such an evening, I remember the glare of the fire shone on a tattooed star upon the brow of the old warrior who was telling a story. I watched him curiously as he made his unconscious gestures. The blue star upon his bronzed forehead was a puzzle to me. Looking about, I saw two parallel lines on the chin of one of the old women. The rest had none. I examined my mother’s face, but found no sign there.\nAfter the warrior’s story was finished, I asked the old woman the meaning of the blue lines on her chin, looking all the while out of the corners of my eyes at the warrior with the star on his forehead. I was a little afraid that he would rebuke me for my boldness.\nHere the old woman began: “Why, my grandchild, they are signs,—secret signs I dare not tell you. I shall, however, tell you a wonderful story about a woman who had a cross tattooed upon each of her cheeks.”\nIt was a long story of a woman whose magic power lay hidden behind the marks upon her face. I fell asleep before the story was completed.\nEver after that night I felt suspicious of tattooed people. Wherever I saw one I glanced furtively at the mark and round about it, wondering what terrible magic power was covered there.\nIt was rarely that such a fearful story as this one was told by the camp fire. Its impression was so acute that the picture still remains vividly clear and pronounced.\nSoon after breakfast mother sometimes began her beadwork. On a bright, clear day, she pulled out the wooden pegs that pinned the skirt of our wigwam to the ground, and rolled the canvas part way up on its frame of slender poles. Then the cool morning breezes swept freely through our dwelling, now and then wafting the perfume of sweet grasses from newly burnt prairie.\nUntying the long tasseled strings that bound a small brown buckskin bag, my mother spread upon a mat beside her bunches of colored beads, just as an artist arranges the paints upon his palette. On a lapboard she smoothed out a double sheet of soft white buckskin; and drawing from a beaded case that hung on the left of her wide belt a long, narrow blade, she trimmed the buckskin into shape. Often she worked upon small moccasins for her small daughter. Then I became intensely interested in her designing. With a proud, beaming face, I watched her work. In imagination, I saw myself walking in a new pair of snugly fitting moccasins. I felt the envious eyes of my playmates upon the pretty red beads decorating my feet.\nClose beside my mother I sat on a rug, with a scrap of buckskin in one hand and an awl in the other. This was the beginning of my practical observation lessons in the art of beadwork. From a skein of finely twisted threads of silvery sinews my mother pulled out a single one. With an awl she pierced the buckskin, and skillfully threaded it with the white sinew. Picking up the tiny beads one by one, she strung them with the point of her thread, always twisting it carefully after every stitch.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Writing a New Chapter for Story Mill\nOver 140 people came to the Emerson Cultural Center to share their ideas and discuss the future of the Story Mill site at our community workshop on February 7.\nDownload a summary of the ideas and feedback along with maps that were displayed at the workshop.\nGroups engaged in wide-ranging and lively discussions including these topics:\n- Offering different kinds of park activities\n- Balancing conservation and recreation\n- Preserving the site’s wetlands and rivers for enjoyment and water quality\n- Building new trail connections\n- Connecting Story Mill’s agricultural roots to local food systems\n- Considering how redevelopment of a portion of the former trailer court might complement the park proposal.\nOverall, there was overwhelming support for a new flagship park at the Story Mill site. The Trust for Public Land is working to develop a plan for the 60-acre site that truly reflects a shared community vision. Please give us your ideas by contacting Maddy Pope.\nThank you to everyone who attended the workshop and to our facilitators: Pat Byorth of Greater Gallatin Watershed Council, John Muhlfeld of River Design Group, Heather Grenier and Tracy Menuez of Human Resources Development Council, Rob Pertzborn and Susan Riggs of Intrinsic Architecture, Penelope Pierce, Peter Brown and Gary Vodehnal of Gallatin Valley Land Trust, Ben Lloyd of Comma-Q Architecture, Troy Scherer of Design 5, and Sarah Alexander of Market Day Foods.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "• The book contains an age-appropriate collection of all aspects of table tennis tactics for young players.\n• Table Tennis Tales & Techniques book contains the best published work of USATT Hall of Famer Larry Hodges: Table Tennis Player, Coach, Writer, Editor, Promoter, and Club, Tournament and League Director. Prepare to laugh and learn! 274 pgs.\n• Whether you're a competitive tournament player or a serious recreational player, Winning Table Tennis: Skills, Drills, and Strategies will help you improve your game.\nHi Stefen, how are you doing? I start playing again and you know I have a weak knee and wrist. What exercise/routine... Read More", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Please Note: By clicking a link to any resource listed on this page, you will be leaving this site.\nObsessive-Compulsive Foundation (OCF)\nOCF educates the public and professional communities about OCD and related disorders, provides assistance to families, and supports research of the causes and effective treatments of these disorders.\nNational Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)\nNAMI offers resources and help for those with a mental illness.\nNational Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)\nNIMH offers information about the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of mental illnesses, and supports research to help those with mental illness.\nAnxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)\nThe ADAA promotes the prevention and cure of anxiety disorders and works to improve the lives of all people who have them.\nAmerican Psychological Association (APA)\nThe APA provides information and education about a variety of mental health issues for people of all ages.\nNational Mental Health Association (NMHA)\nNMHA works to improve the mental health of all Americans through advocacy, education, research, and service.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Barihunk Michael Mayes who has been called the definitive Joseph de Rocher in Jake Heggie's Dead Man Walking is taking on a new role from the composer. From September 27-October 4, he'll be singing the role of Charlie in Three Decembers at Urban Arias. Mayes will be joined by Janice Hall and Emily Pulley. Tickets are available online.\nThe chamber opera tells the story of family secrets that are uncovered over the course of three Decembers, each a decade apart. Glamorous actress Madeline Mitchell and her two adult children, Charlie and Bea, struggle to reconcile the truth and lies about their lives and relationships. The story is based on a short play by Terrance McNally with a libretto by Gene Scheer.\n|Kathyrn Bates and Jesse Blumberg in Ricky Ian Gordon's \"Green Sneakers\"\nThe Dallas Opera has announced the commission of Heggie's next opera, Great Scott, with a libretto by Terrence McNally, set for a premiere on October 30, 2015. It will also star Michael Mayes.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Jennie Van Kley,nee Pott, age 90, passed away Au. 4, 2007, beloved wife of the late Gerrit; loving mother of the late John, Carol (David) Olsen and Gerald (Nancy) Van Kley; dear grandmother of six and cherished great-grandmother of five; fond sister of Robert Pott and Cora Marx.\nShe was also preceded in death by two sisters and four brothers.\nVisitation Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2007, from 3 till 8 p.m., at theSmits, DeYoung-Vroegh Funeral Home, 649 E. 162nd St. (Rt.6/159th St.), South Holland, IL. Funeral service Thursday, 10 a.m., at Calvary Community Church, 16341 S. Park Ave., South Holland, IL. Interment Cedar Park Cemetery, Calumet Park, IL. Memorials may be given to the Bethshan Association.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A dark and gripping thriller.\nOne missing girl. Two million suspects.\nRuby is a vlogger, a rising star of YouTube and a heroine to millions of teenage girls. And she's missing.... But she's an adult - nothing to worry about, surely. Until the video's uploaded...Ruby, in the dirt, pleading for her life.\nEnter Detective Inspector Kate Riley: the Met's rising star and the head of a new team of investigators with the best resources money can buy. Among them Detective Sergeant Zain Harris, the poster boy for multiracial policing. But can Kate wholly trust him? And, more importantly, can she trust herself around him?\nAs hysteria builds amongst the press and Ruby's millions of fans, Kate and her team are under pressure to get results, and fast, but as they soon discover, the world of YouTube vloggers and social media is much darker than anyone could have imagined.\n©2016 Alex Caan (P)2016 Bolinda Publishing Pty Lty\nRetired Psychologist Love reading/audiobooks, travelling, animals Favourite saying The fact that you believe something does not make it true\nI have reached chapter 16 and I have decided to return this book. It is not well written (relentless use of 'he said', 'she said'), the characters are not, up to chapter 16, showing any signs of being fleshed out, and what could so well be a engaging story given the subject matter, is leaving me completely bored. There are some good reviews, so maybe I'm missing something, but I embrace the philosophy of 'so many books, so little time', so I'm off to start one I will enjoy.\n\"one of best crime/detective books right now\"\nThis book was excellent, the story was unique and very unpredictable and the subject matter is very current. The character development is paced and detailed well. You think this story is going one way and not only does it veer onto a different path, it successfully branches out to multiple and relevant facets that are seamlessly brought back together not only at the end but at certain points in the book -- which is very difficult to do in a novel. I was in a lull of crime novels and couldn't find another series or stand alone book to get into and this just renewed my crime novel fervor. Highly recommend this book.\n\"Wow...If I had a dollar for every F*bomb\"\nAs much as I usually enjoy twists and turns in a story, this one almost made me carsick. Too many bad people to choose from ... too many different heavy topics... too much anger... and just too many F*bombs.\n\"Wonderful gripping story\"\nThis book had depth. The characters took a hold of you and I couldn't stop listening and wanting to know more. I want to know more still, even though the case was tied up nicely the writer could continue on with these characters.\nReport Inappropriate Content\nIf you find this review inappropriate and think it should be removed from our site, let us know. This report will be reviewed by Audible and we will take appropriate action.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "If you’re stuck at home and are officially looking for your next series to binge read, we got you. We’ve rounded up a wish list of our fav bingey boxed sets!\nHonestly, have tissues on hand.\nThis collection includes paperback editions of Looking for Alaska, An Abundance of Katherines, Paper Towns, Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars.\nLet’s hear it for the YA CLASSICS!!\nThe complete collection of critically acclaimed, award-winning novels from New York Times-bestselling author Ally Condie’s Matched Trilogy, including Matched, Crossed, and the breathtaking conclusion, Reached.\nPossible the most binge-worthy duology in existence.\nFeaturing both Warcross and Wildcard in hardcover, this brand-new boxed set will transport readers to the neon-lit streets of Tokyo as teenage hacker Emika Chen races against the clock in this totally immersive sci-fi thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Marie Lu.\nIf you’re concerned about how much space boxsets take up, we would like to remind you these guys come in little miniature editions and are so so cute.\nThree beloved classics, now in a revolutionary new mini format with beautiful cover illustrations by Anna Bond, the artist behind world-renowned stationery brand, Rifle Paper Co.\nEnter the complete saga of the international #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series by Richelle Mead.\nPrepare to read. Re-read. Repeat.\nLove Marie Lu? Read an excerpt of her new novel The Kingdom of Back here!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Managing Partner Vitaliy Vodolazkin Attending the Second Session of Samruk-Kazyna Legal Club\nOn September 15, 2016, Samruk-Kazyna Legal Club held the second session on Contemporary Challenges in Commercial Arbitration: Kazakhstan Practice and International Experience.\nSayat Zholshy & Partners offered a presentation on the relevant subject which was selected by the Legal Club Committee members as the most compelling.\nManaging Partner Vitaliy Vodolazkin made a speech on the enforcement of arbitration awards in Kazakhstan and 2016 legislative innovations. Vitaliy shared with the lawyers of Samruk-Kazyna the SZP’s experience of recognition and enforcement of Kazakhstan and foreign arbitration awards.\nThe event participants discussed major challenges to the enforcement of Kazakhstan and foreign arbitral awards in the light of the Kazakhstan Civil Procedure Code of 31 October 2015 and Kazakhstan Arbitration Law of 8 April 2016.\nThe second session of the Legal Club also featured Maydan Suleymenov, Chairman of the Kazakhstan International Arbitrage, and Tom Cummins, a partner of Ashurst international law firm, who raised the issues of the new Kazakhstan Arbitration Law and shared their experience in the settlement of arbitration disputes in foreign jurisdictions.\nSamruk-Kazyna Legal Club was formed, through the sponsorship of Samruk-Kazyna JSC, of the leading lawyers of Samruk-Kazyna Group and its subsidiaries.\nSamruk-Kazyna Legal Club holds regular sessions where its members discuss the most pressing concerns of Samruk-Kazyna Group in an attempt to develop the uninform law enforcement customs and practices, and organizes numerous workshops and lectures featuring Kazakhstan and foreign legal practitioners, prominent scientists, public figures and others.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Offers rare Bulgarian movies available for sale.\nOffers independent movies on DVD and VHS.\nOnline rental or purchase of over 250,000 movie titles on VHS, laserdisc and DVD.\nLarge video and DVD super store. Provides a store locator for rentals. Keyword searchable.\nOnline community for buying and selling independent, hard-to-find, and educational films on VHS, DVD, LaserDisc, and 16mm film.\nOnline sales of classic, cult, and out-of-print films on VHS, DVD, and Laser Disk.\nOffers more than 40,000 titles to choose from on VHS video and DVD. Also has online auctions for hard-to-find and collectible items.\nVHS and DVD movies for sale from a Canadian-owned and operated e-retailer.\nListing of current screen hits and memorable classics. Special offers, contests and information on new releases, and ordering of DVDs and videos.\nUK PAL Videos and DVDs.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A look at summer 2021 opera festivals.\nGet to know our featured vocalist and accompanist for our Father's Day 2021 virtual recital.\nGet to know our featured vocalist for the Black History Month 2021 virtual recital.\nA global community where everyone has the opportunity to experience the depth, beauty, humanity and passion of opera.\nSupport opera through education, volunteerism and fundraising on behalf of LA Opera and serve as a resource for community engagement.\nFor general inquiries:\nFor membership issues including member login:\nFor website issues:\nOpera League of Los Angeles\n135 N Grand Ave\nLos Angeles, CA 90012\nMessage Center: 213.972.7220", "label": "No"}
{"text": "John Singer Sargent\nwith Richard Robinson\nWell I never thought I’d want to paint a city street but San Francisco changed my mind. The subject of the painting is really the light and atmosphere and the interesting shapes found in a street scene. This workshop also explores how you can free up your colours by working from a black and white photograph, and how we can use images from the internet to paint from. Enjoy!\nYes we will refund your purchase price, TWICE.\nThat’s how confident we are that you’ll enjoy our painting lessons.\nWhen you purchase a DVD you also get online access to the same lesson, including any lesson resources like photos, downloadable notes and access to upload your painting to the student gallery.\nThat's why you need to make a password when you purchase a DVD, so you can access the online content as well. Enjoy!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook: Insider Secrets to Locating and Purchasing Pre-Foreclosed Properties in Any Market - Frankie Orlando\nThis file is no longer available on Tradebit.\nAuthor: Orlando, Frankie\nPublisher: Atlantic Publishing Group, Inc.\nTitle: The Pre-Foreclosure Real Estate Handbook: Insider Secrets to Locating and Purchasing Pre-Foreclosed Properties in Any Market\nPages: 00336 (Encrypted EPUB)\nOn Sale: 2013-11-15\nLib Category: Foreclosure - United States\nLib Category: Real estate investment - United States\nCategory: Business & Economics : Purchasing & Buying\nCategory: Business & Economics : Real Estate - General\nCategory: Business & Economics : Government & Business\nMore Files From This User\n- 100 Words Almost Everyone Mixes Up or Mangles\n- One Raindrop at a Time: Environmental Peacebuilding and Education in Sur Baher, Jerusalem\n- Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World - Pagan Kennedy\n- On the Sexual Theories of Children - Sigmund Freud\n- States and Markets - Susan Strange\nThe Complete Guide To Locating, Negotiating, And Buying Real Estate Foreclosures: What Smart Investors Need To Know - Explained Simply - , Marsha Ford\nMp3 Bix Beiderbecke - Bix 1971 Bash \"in The Beginning\"\nMp3 Rising Lion - American Dread\nMp3 Smoosh - She Like Electric\nMp3 Carl Ramesses Mc Donald - World Crisis\nMp3 David Choy - Colors Of The Heart\nMp3 Sir Joe Quarterman And Freesoul - They Want Funky Music\nTradebit is the worlds largest marketplace for digital files, with over 2.5 million satisfied customers and millions of digital products. Online for over 12 years, Tradebit is the best place to find files like music, video tutorials, repair manuals, and more. If you're curious about how much our users love Tradebit, read reviews from real buyers!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Time & Location\nApr 27, 2022, 10:00 AM – 11:00 AM\nNorth Myrtle Beach, 647 Main St, North Myrtle Beach, SC 29582, USA\nAbout the event\nFamily time morning fun!\nActivities will include spring songs, dancing, arts and crafts, and socialization play with peers in our sensory friendly gym\nFamiliy Time Morning Fun$14.00", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Harry Potter spin-off, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, gets a trailer.\nFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is a 2016 British fantasy action film by J. K. Rowling as her screenwriting debut and inspired by Rowling’s book of the same name. A spin-off/prequel of the Harry Potter film series and directed by David Yates, the film will be the first installment of a trilogy. Rowling is also producing the film alongside David Heyman, Steve Kloves, and Lionel Wigram.\nThe film stars Eddie Redmayne, Katherine Waterston, Dan Fogler, Alison Sudol, and Colin Farrell.\nTaking place in 1926, the film chronicles Newt Scamander (Redmayne)’s arrival at the Magical Congress of the United States of America for a meeting with an important official. At this meeting is a magically expanded briefcase, which houses a number of dangerous creatures and their habitats. When the creatures escape from the briefcase, it sends the American wizarding authorities after Newt.\nThe situation threatens to strain even further the state of magical and non-magical relations, which is already in a dangerous place, due to the threatening presence of the fanatical New Salem Philanthropic Society, an extremist organization dedicated to the eradication of wizard-kind. Newt battles to correct the mistake, and the horrors of the resultant increase in violence, fear, and tension felt between magical and non-magical peoples.\nFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is scheduled to be released on November 18th, 2016 worldwide in the 3D, IMAX 4K Laser format, and other large format theatres.", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "Bronze Figure of Winged Victory\nSir Alfred Gilbert\n- Art Funded\n- Bequeathed by\n- Ernest Edward Cook through The Art Fund\nMr Cook bequeathed the entire contents of his house at No.1 Sion Hill Place, Bath to the Art Fund. The bequest comprised of over 150 paintings, tapestries, furniture, silver and porcelain and was distributed to nearly 100 UK galleries. The collection was formed between 1929-1939 and added to in 1953 at the Ashburnham sale.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Beyond the darkness of winter, there is an oasis of light and warmth on the journey from solstice to spring. Known as Candlemas, Imbolg, Brigantia, or Lupercus, it is a hope-filled celebration held in early February to welcome the returning light and the promise of spring. Candlemas sheds light on the origins, lore, and customs of this ancient holy day with:\n·Myths and stories: Brigit the Goddess, Brigid the Saint, and her meaning today\n·Candlemas magick and divination: flame scrying, hearthside divination, candle magick, and protection magick\n·Late winter goodies and feasts: Brede's Braid Bread, Guiness Stew, Bubble and Squeak, Mulled Cider or Wine\n·February festivals and traditions: rituals for purification, blessings, and renewal, from the Irish, British, Scots, Welsh, Norwegian, Greek, Roman, and Chinese cultures\n·Seasonal crafts and games: Brigid's crosses or sun wheels, \"Begging for Biddy,\" and a Brigit corn dolly\nSeveral of the Pagan sabbats are intimately connected with individual deities, or aspects of Deity. Eostre/ Ostara is the festival of the spring goddess, Lammas/Lughnassad is the celebration of the Celtic Lugh of the Long Arm, Beltane is sacred to ...\nWell, dear readers, here we are at another cross quarter, midway between the winter solstice and the vernal equinox. This has always been a good time to cast away some of those winter blahs in order to open ourselves to the spring that is buried ...\nThe sands of time cannot erase the ancient ways of the Middle East. Generations of selective history and the destruction of sacred sites cannot destroy them. Elusive, like shimmering heat from a sun-warmed mudbrick, the magic endures. Cast your eyes over the ruins glittering in the golden sun and embrace their foundation. The sun set on the... read this article", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Stolen In The Night book pdf download for free or read online, also Stolen In The Night pdf was written by Patricia Macdonald.\n|Stolen In The Night\nStolen In The Night Book PDF download for free\nA NAIL-BITING PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BY A BEST-SELLING AUTHOR.\nWhat really happened that night?\nThey said he killed his sister.\nTWENTY YEARS AGO.\nTess’ heart is racing and she rubs her eyes, wondering if she’s really awake or if she’s in a nightmare. Her sister Phoebe’s blue eyes are wide with fear, a dirty hand with torn nails covering her mouth. A knife is pressed against Phoebe’s neck, making a dent in her skin.\n“If you peep or tell anyone, I’ll kill your sister here. Do you understand me?” the man hisses at her.\nNine-year-old Tess DeGraff is the only witness to the razor-sharp kidnapping of her teenage sister Phoebe at the beautiful lakeside campground in New Hampshire where she lives with her parents and brother.\nPhoebe’s body is found two days later and a local criminal is arrested. The trial lasts just three days after Tess described the kidnapper and pointed him out in court.\nTess has finally recovered. She has a beautiful home and also her 10-year-old son is the light of her life.\nBut new DNA evidence exonerates her sister’s killer. Tess questions everything she thinks she knows. If he didn’t, who did?\nTess needs to go back to where it all happened and find out what really happened that night.\nAnd the truth can be very dangerous. . .\nA heart-pounding psychological thriller from the #1 bestselling author of Missing Child.\nStolen In The Night Pdf Download\nThe only problem I had was that the younger brother was not mentioned that month. I felt like I was sent on a practical journey to keep the plot from becoming overloaded with characters. I can’t think of a brother who isn’t concerned about everything his family is going through. Book launch I kept wondering when he would come home and be with his family. Otherwise it was a very good story with lots of twists and turns.\nAlso Read – The Soho Killer [PDF] By Biba Pearce\nMust Read – Phantom Cove [PDF] By Kay Jennings", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Compare book prices\nat 110 online bookstores\nworldwide for the lowest price for new & used textbooks and\ndiscount books! 1 click to get great deals on cheap books, cheap\ntextbooks & discount college textbooks on sale.\nThe Trash Phenomenon: Contemporary Literature, Popular Culture, and the Making of the American Century\nThe Trash Phenomenon looks at how writers of the late twentieth century not only have integrated the events, artifacts, and theories of popular culture into their works but also have used those works as windows into popular culture's role in the process of nation building. Taking her cue from Donald Barthelme's 1967 portrayal of popular culture as \"trash\" and Don DeLillo's 1997 description of it as a subversive \"people's history,\" Stacey Olster explores how literature recycles American popular culture so as to change the nationalistic imperative behind its inception.\nThe Trash Phenomenon begins with a look at the mass media's role in the United States' emergence as the twentieth century's dominant power. Olster discusses the works of three authors who collectively span the century bounded by the Spanish-American War (1898) and the Persian Gulf War (1991): Gore Vidal's American Chronicle series, John Updike's Rabbit tetralogy, and Larry Beinhart's American Hero. Olster then turns her attention to three non-American writers whose works explore the imperial sway of American popular culture on their nation's value systems: hierarchical class structure in Dennis Potter's England, Peronism in Manuel Puig's Argentina, and Nihonjinron consensus in Haruki Murakami's Japan.\nFinally, Olster returns to American literature to look at the contemporary media spectacle and the representative figure as potential sources of national consolidation after November 1963. Olster first focuses on autobiographical, historical, and fictional accounts of three spectacles in which the formulae of popular culture are shown to bypass differences of class, gender, and race: the John F. Kennedy assassination, the Scarsdale Diet Doctor murder, and the O. J. Simpson trial. 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{"text": "r/thisisus: This Is Us is a television series on NBC. The show follows a group of people born on the same day. Jack (Ventimiglia) who is married to …\nR & B: Directed by Kevin Hooks. With Milo Ventimiglia, Mandy Moore, Sterling K. Brown, Chrissy Metz. A history of Beth and Randall through the ages.\nThis Is Us Recap: Bend and Snap - Vulture\nwww.vulture.com › 2019/03 › this-is-us-recap-season-3-episode-17-r-and-b\nˇ Review by Vulture\nMar 26, 2019 ˇ A series of Randall and Beth flashbacks reveals that the cracks in the foundation of their marriage have been there from the beginning.\nGirl Pow-R releases remix of their hit single, “This Is Us” - Canadian ...\ncanadianbeats.ca › 2021 › November › 19\nNov 19, 2021 ˇ Girl Pow-R releases remix of their hit single, “This Is Us” ... JUNO Award-nominated and chart-topping Markham/Richmond Hill/Hamilton, ON's all- ...\nCheck out This Is Us by Girl Pow-R on Amazon Music. Stream ad-free or purchase CD's and MP3s now on Amazon.com.\n'This Is Us' recap: Can Randall and Beth's marriage survive?\nwww.usatoday.com › story › life › 2019/03/27 › this-is-us-recap-season-3-...\nMar 27, 2019 ˇ Spoiler alert! This story contains details from \"This Is Us\" Season 3, Episode 17, \"R & B.\" We all knew this was coming.\nThis Is Us season 5 cast\nWho is the director of This Is Us", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "Archive for April, 2014\nJust in case you thought that the references were exaggerated that I made last week to popular culture and elements from Anti-Tom literature, you might be interested to read this Wikipedia entry for a failed Disney film called “Song of The South”. Sometimes, reality outdoes fiction; sometimes, it’s the other way round… and sometimes, they complement each other in the most surprising ways.\nThis week, we began reading Harriet Ann Jacobs’ Incidents in the life of a Slave Girl (1861).\nWhen thinking about the sort of highly particular autobiographical writing that Harriet’s text reflects, an important thing to recall is that the so-called slave narratives, part of a larger family of captivity literature, appealed and relied on on certain important reader expectations. Particularly, the willingness of the reader to identify with the ideals and values of the protagonist and—in contrast—to reject as barbaric and undesirable the ideals and values of the captors. This was the ‘formula’ that underlies the captivity literature of C16-C18 European tradition and that brought great success and popularity to this literary form. C19 US Slave literature, of course, turns this formula on its head, and the American readers were faced with the uncomfortable position of identifying with a protagonist whose dignity is undermined by the society to which almost all of those readers belonged.\nThat is, there is a rhetorical, stylistic device at the heart of such writing that has a very specific purpose: it moves the reader towards a sense of identification in which what is paramount is the shared sense of humanity. But wait!! If you start attributing humanity to a slave, you’re in trouble: once you’ve accorded the status of human to such a person, the entire edifice of slavery comes crashing down. In fact, it’s only possible to sustain such a barbarous attitude if you can somehow convince yourself that these poor individuals miraculously belong to another level of existence. They don’t. They never did. They never will. They are, as the image above shows, our brothers and sisters (even today, ladies and gentlemen, even today…). Recall that they are as fully human as you and me, and that’s the end of the story. Slavery cannot be justified. Game over.\nThe simple yet overwhelmingly powerful key to all is the power of language. Why? Not simply because the slave narrators can tell their story and are given a voice to compensate for the silence that was traditionally imposed on them. Not simply because, in telling this tale, Jacobs can contribute directly and very eloquently to the great debate on the abolition of slavery, though this is of enormous value to the slaves. But, above all, because by telling this tale, Jacobs is enabled to restore the human dignity to herself and her people that slavery has intentionally taken every opportunity to destroy. Her journey from Silence to Story is the journey back to dignity from inhumanity. For all of us, this is the deeper value of Harriet Ann Jacob’s extraordinary work\nHappy Saint George’s Day!\nHere’s a C19 US poem that you might enjoy on this special day: If you were coming in the fall\nLast week, we began looking at the poetry of Walt Whitman, and, in particular, his Song of Myself. There are several things that need to be said about Whitman as initial observations, all of which covered in class but which are worth repeating here.\nThe first is to recall that Whitman is traditionally seen as a sort of bridge that connects Transcendentalism on the one hand and Realism on the other, not simply chronologically but—far more importantly—formally. That is, his writing often palpably reflects a number of concerns that pertain to Transcendentalism, but also creates the sort of images and ideas that we associate with the literary realism of the later C19.\nAs far as Leaves of Grass is concerned or, more specifically, Song of Myself, what has frequently been suggested about Whitman’s writing is that it is the poetry of the emerging America, the poetics of democracy, a vital celebration of multiplex freedom. The critic Harold Bloom calls Whitman “the imaginative voice of the nation”.\nWell, perhaps. But we also saw that Whitman’s writing is complex, opaque and seemingly chaotic, ranging across a vast area of subject matter without any apparent purpose.\nHow can we balance these views and come to a better understanding, however initial, of what Whitman may be proposing? Let’s begin by recognising that, whilst his writing clearly eschews the formal constraints of traditional poetry, most obviously as regards rhythm, rhyme and stanzaic organisation, there are nevertheless very ‘poetic’ dimensions to his writing. In Song of Myself, we observed that the text is:\nVery particularly, despite what would appear grammatically to be an immense obsession with his own self, it soon becomes clear that the “I, me, my, mine” of the poem in fact has a transcendental significance, pointing at the multiple, collective individualities of the nation. These are as disperse and differentiated as the content of the poem, but they relentlessly reinforce the underlying message of unity from diversity. That is, they are a poetic expression of E Pluribus Unum (“From the Many, One”), a phrase on the Seal of the United States and often used as the unofficial motto of the nation.\nThis points to an implicit political objective underlying the whole poem, which is that it is a celebration (a “song”) of national unity, a unity that is powerful and forceful precisely because of its undeniably vital individualism. Indeed, this is even a way of looking, textually, at the poem itself: an apparently disconnected series of poetic utterances that actually work together to create a united effect.\nOnce again, we see that a writer reflecting on the social currents that were driving the United States towards the destructiveness of the Civil War produces a work that has a transparently political message: inclusion, acceptance and understanding are the means by which the nation will be strengthened; the alternative is incomprehension.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "See the cast of FELA! sharing their excitement and thoughts about the first dress rehearsal. A short journey backstage depicts the dynamics and the energy of the cast before their first performance. FELA!NT\nThe documentary film Afrobeat Rebellion is a conversation about Fela Kuti. Through a mixture of interviews and original footage, people who had a relationship with the man and his music speak about Fela Kuti, his music, and why both are relevant today. FELA!NT\nIn this scene of ‘orishas’ (the spirit of the ancestors) Fela calls to the Gods to speak to his mother. The use of UV light on stage creates a 3D effect, aimed at evoking a spiritual experience. The exceptional make- up and costumes of the cast look impressive under the light. FELA!NT\nWritten for the National Theatre production of Fela, this interdisciplinary unit of work explores the Afro-beat style of the Nigerian political activist Fela Kuti. A captivating life and a captivating and accessible musical style. Will fit into any scheme of work that explores African music, songs of protest and fusion music.\nThis resource pack from the National Theatre contains free downloadable pdf resources for teachers, students, researchers or anyone interested in discovering more about the National Theatre's production of &'FELA!&';.\nYstyriwch bŵer cerddoriaeth gyda’r adnodd addysgu hwn ar gyfer disgyblion 7-11 oed.\nCyfres o wersi cyffrous yw Codi Ei Llais sy'n ysbrydoli disgyblion i ddysgu am rôl cerddoriaeth wrth sicrhau newid cymdeithasol.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Welcome to the Cell and Molecular Biology Program at Michigan State University\nThe Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB) program is an interdepartmental Ph.D. program comprised of approximately forty graduate students and ninety faculty members. The research programs of CMB students and faculty are quite diverse, but all members share a common interest in the mechanisms that regulate cell structure and function. The CMB training program allows students to focus on their particular area of research while being exposed to a wide variety of topics in cell and molecular biology.\nNew research into a genetic mutation's role in breast cancer could open new treatment option for lung cancer, according to Dr. Eran Andrechek, a CMB faculty member\nAshley Shade, a CMB faculty member, was selected as a 2019-2023 Ecological Society of America (ESA) Early Career Fellow for her pioneering work into advancing the understanding of the consequences of microbial diversity for resilience, how interactions among microbes impact resilience and how microbiomes can be leveraged to support plant stress tolerance and ecosystem stability.\nPatrick O'Connell, a fourth-year CMB doctoral student, have discovered that a particular immune receptor has the ability to tone down the body’s immune response when activated on certain white blood cells. The finding could help find new treatments for HIV patients.\nDr. Genevieve Hoopes\nDr. Davis Mathieu\nDr. Julie Rojewski (BEST Program)\nPlant Biotechnology for Health And Sustainability's Seventh Annual Symposium.\nSymposium sessions all day long Friday November 1st in the MSU Union Building.\nFeatured Speakers: Blake Bextine, Clay Carter, Vincenzo De Luca, Joni Kamiya, Nancy Keller, James Kremer, Christy Gault, Mary Lou Gureinot, Rob Horsch, Mary Ann Lila, June Medford, Kerry Rohier, Jason Slot, Hideki Takahashi.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Re: [-empyre-] response to Diana McCarty\nI want to reemphasize that I do think you make a very good point\nthat we need more coverage of the work that women from all countries do.\nAll of us need to get the voices of women in the field to a wider audience.\nMost of the women in the book I put together don't get much coverage\nof the work they do, and as I wrote in the book:\n\"In one book and one associated website, it has been impossible to include\nall the women artists who are working in new media, a fact that is a testament\nto our central role in this field.\"\nPerhaps you can write a book. It would be very welcome!\nThis archive was generated by a fusion of\nPipermail 0.09 (Mailman edition) and", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Born 2001, lives and works in Drohobych, Ukraine\nI’m artist and member of the international union of Ukrainian artists UARTIST 83. In 2018, I entered the university to study “Fine Arts, Decorative Arts, Restoration” and is currently studying for a master’s degree. I paint in the techniques of oil painting, fluid art and experiment with texture pastes. I paint dragons, they are my creative “totems”. Іnspire me with their strength and disobedience. My art finds the boundary between the chimeric and the beautiful.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "One question asks whether a notary has permission to certify documents in all states. Copy certification is the topic of two questions. Notaries should know under what legal circumstances is it okay to use a copy certification by document custodian. Another question focuses on the issue of unauthorized copies and immigration documents.Is there an exam for becoming a notary?\nYes. You must pass a one-hour, closed-book, proctored exam. The multiple-choice test is based on the Notary Public License Law. Examination schedules are posted on the Department's website in January and July of each year.Is Nebraska a notary state?\nBrowsing Notaries in Nebraska. The Secretary of State in Nebraska is the one responsible for issuing and enforcing licenses for Nebraska Notaries Public. As a first time notary public applicant, it is important that you read the official Nebraska Notary Public Handbook. Requirements to become a notary public in Nebraska:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Copyright Clearance Center simplifies content access and licensing of books, journals, movies and more, for content users, while compensating copyright holders.\nMake a car reservation from Avis Rent A Car car rental. Book low rates online and reserve a rental car. Worried about the environment? Choose one of our hybrid vehicles or how about a convertible and more!\nOr, find new startups about:\nLaunching Next is a community of tech startups.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Four students: Floyya Richardson, Quanaisha Phillips, Ansie Montilus, Monica Parfait and Treverlyn Dehaarte from Paul Robeson High School worked with Alex Kelly, a new resident in Crown Heights, to learn more about the history of our changing community.\nThey recorded over 60 conversations with people who have lived in Crown Heights, Brooklyn for over 15 years. The interviews were presented to the community for a listening event in Spring 2010 to celebrate the 25th Anniversary of Crow Hill Community Association. Inspiring and beautiful B&W portraits of the participants by local photographer Cheney Orr were also part of the documentation.\nBy recording Crown Heights residents as they tell their stories, they preserved the history of our neighborhood through the voices of the people who have lived it.\nLearn more on the project blog, Listen To This: Crown Heights Oral History Project, or read more about it on Brooklyn Historical Society Blog, Nostrand Park, and I love Franklin Avenue.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "WONDER WOMAN 84 CLOTHING\nWONDER WOMAN 84 ACCESSORIES\nWonder Woman's adventures have been published since 1941.\nA warrior of peace, she is inspiring and one of the world's largest characters. Princess Diana was given powerful abilities at birth and later the Lasso of Truth was passed down by the Gods of Olympus. Zavvi's Wonder Woman collection is full of vibrant, neon designs inspired by the films 1980's settings.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Writing is transformative, and it’s one of my superpowers. I write as prayer and ministry, and for advocacy and activism because I believe stories create meaning and change the world. I strive to write in ways that encourage truth to power, beauty in vulnerability, compassion in shared humanity, and integrity during the struggle to co-author a wholehearted life with the Higher Power of our understanding. Check out some of my work below.\nReligious and Spirituality Publications\n“Sound In Faith” and “Friendly Perspective”\nIlluminate Friends Bible Study: 1, 2 Timothy; Titus; Philemon; 1, 2, 3 John – The Jesus Movement\nFall 2020 Issue\nWhat Canst Thou Say?\nNovember 2019 Issue Number 104\nMental Health and Workplace Wellness Publications\nLynette Davis is an author and a mental health peer advocate trained by NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) and in Mental Health First Aid and WRAP. She wrote an Amazon top-selling book, Success To Die For, and is a contributing writer to the Illuminate Bible Study series by Barclay Press. Lynette graduated Magna Cum Laude from Rutgers University with a BA in Sociology and is currently pursuing a MA in Theopoetics and Writing at the Earlham School of Religion.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "City of Merrill\nParks and Recreation\nOn this site you will find many valuable things such as:\n***Please click HERE for 2021 Summer Playground information and registration.\n**WE ARE EXCITED TO SHARE OUR 2021 SUMMER RECREATION PROGRAMS WITH YOU. PLEASE CLICK HERE TO VIEW (to register please print and return the registration form, along with payment, included in the packet)\n**The Bierman Family Aquatic Center is open for the season! We are open every day 12 noon until 7:00 p.m.. . . see you this summer!\n**Parks are open for the 2021 season. Stop in to reserve a shelter today.\nJoin us for this year's13th Annual Lincoln Lager Barleyfest presented by Dave's County Market!! Saturday, October 2nd, 2021 2-6pm at the Smith Center. http://www.llbarleyfest.com\n**We are proud to be a partner of the \"Black Squirrel Scurry\" Triathalon. For information click this link\nThe City of Merrill is a proud member of Wisconsin Urban Wood\nVisit their website for information on our new partnership http://wisconsinurbanwood.org/", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Synopsis by Perry Seibert\nCo-directed by Jason Lapeyre and Robert Wilson, I Declare War tells the story of a group of children whose elaborate, pretend war game turns unexpectedly real. P.K. (Gage Monroe) is the most successful general in the game's history, but an insanely jealous kid named Skinner (Michael Friend) will do anything to end P.K.'s winning streak, including breaking long-established rules like taking prisoners and torturing them for information. I Declare War screened at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival.\nbattle [war], conflict, fantasy, forest, game, jealousy, reality, war, woods [place]", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A seminar, This Journey of Grief, Finding Your Way and Healing Your Spirit, will be held from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, 2019, at the Holden Senior Center, 1130 Main Street, Holden. This seminar aims to help attendees understand the emotions of grief and bring them together with others who share similar experiences.\n\"Grief is one of the most difficult experiences in life and is our heart's natural response to loss,\" a press release states. \"Grief creates emotions that need attention and care. There is no road map for grief but there are sign posts along the way to help you take steps on this challenging path towards growth and healing.\"\nThe seminar is sponsored by Miles Funeral Home, facilitated by Terri Philbrick, LICSW, is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served and attendees will receive a free book. Call to register: 508-829-4434. Additional information, www.milesfuneralhome.com or Miles' FaceBook page.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Switzerland and Spiders at Halloween\nIn the picturesque, bilingual Swiss town of Murten, nestled up against the lake of the same name and with a view of the Jura Mountains, stands a small German Reformed church. In front of the church is a modest statue depicting a jovial-looking man in frock coat and whiskers. He stands with one hand raised, as if addressing an audience, and one foot slightly forward, suggesting a certain eagerness or intensity. Facing him across a small courtyard is the church rectory, an attractive house dating back to 1729.\nWalking around the corner to view the rectory from the street, the visitor can spot a small plaque halfway up the side wall. It bears a short but arresting German sentence: Im Hause muss beginnen, was leuchten soll im Vaterland, in English, “Whatever should shine forth in the fatherland must begin in the home.” That pithy expression of a certain conservative philosophy comes from the man commemorated by both statue and plaque: Jeremias Gotthelf, who was born in the rectory 225 years ago this month, on October 4, 1797, and who is the greatest Christian author you’ve never heard of.\nThat’s a strong claim, but Gotthelf deserves it. By a great Christian author, I mean one who is not only indisputably of the first rank in terms of literary merit but also whose work is decisively shaped by his Christian faith. Gotthelf satisfies both criteria. Though unknown to most English readers, he has a firm place in the German literary canon as one of Switzerland’s greatest authors and a master of 19th-century realism. In the peasant villages of the Swiss Emmental, just outside of Bern, where he spent almost his entire life, Gotthelf discovered and portrayed the whole gamut of human existence: love, jealousy, ambition, vengeance, courage, perseverance, and piety. The superbly drawn characters who populate his work range from comic to tragic; his women are often especially compelling. His vigorous, Swiss-inflected German prose has no real likeness.\nGotthelf’s real name was Albert Bitzius. He took his pen name from the protagonist of his first novel, a fictional memoir, when readers began writing letters to its purported author in the belief that Jeremias was a real person. He was not only the son of a protestant minister but also became one himself, pastoring the tiny congregation in the village of Lützelflüh from 1832 until his death in 1854. It was during this same period, beginning in 1837, that he began writing fiction, producing in that relatively brief span a dozen novels along with numerous short stories and novellas.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "I loved the adorably awkward Norris Kaplan in Ben Philippe’s The Field Guide to the North American Teenager. The Haitian-Canadian teen is a fish out of water when he moves to Austin, Texas, with his mother. The poor boy is “The New Kid” in high school and is having trouble adjusting to the Texas heat and making friends. At least he’s found a hockey team for some semblance of home.\nCharming As a Verb was such a cute little gem. This is the second YA novel written by Haitian writer Ben Philippe that I’ve read. As I said in my review for The Field Guide to the North American Teenager, “we’re not dealing with gang/street violence, teen pregnancy, [or] drugs. That’s not the only experience of Black teens.” Once again, Philippe writes about a high school teen boy on a quest to attain #BlackBoyJoy.\nOver the years, I’ve gotten into several arguments, or debates, rather about how I identify myself. Being an American-born child of Haitian immigrants, I usually balk at being called African-American. The term seems to haphazardly lump all dark-skinned people together, regardless of what part of the earth we’re from. Because I do know some of my history, I am aware that during the days of slavery, the island of Hispaniola (which now makes up Haiti and Dominican Republic) was a […]", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Keynote and Plenary Sessions\nCarrying forward the tradition of rigorous and relevant research, leading academicians – Dr. Pranab Bardhan, Dr. Nagpurnanand Prabhala, Dr. Paresh Kumar Narayan and Dr. Bala Balachandran – address a set of thematic, methodological and emerging governance related issues in the keynote and plenary session…\n‘Blockchain, Big Data and Business: The Way Forward’ is the theme of the panel discussion moderated by Mr. Vivekanand, VP and Co-Head, TCS Financial Solutions. Mr. Rangaraj Sriramulu, SVP, Digital Transformation, Alorica, Mr. Rajaram Venkataraman, Founder, Navya Insights and Dr. Madhan Kumar Srinivasan, Analytics Innovation Principal and Lead, Accenture are the distinguished panelists.\nThe two-day symposium has technical sessions on wide-ranging topics such as Corporate Finance and Governance, economic growth, international trade, global value chain and macroeconomics etc. Abstracts of the papers presented at the technical sessions can be found in the symposium booklet.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "What’s all this talk about going “dry” for a month and signing up at a gym? Not to mention new year resolutions and gloomy predictions of a triple dip. To me, January is the most indulgent month of all.\nThis is the time to wallow in Christmas presents: exotic drinks, boxes of chocolates and deli treats. It’s the season to play with new gadgets and step out in clothes picked up for a song in sales. And most of all it’s the perfect moment to curl up on the sofa with a book and have a long, leisurely read on a dark afternoon – ideally with the year’s first 99p bunch of supermarket daffodils unfurling at your side.\nSo here I am, hunkered down with a wonderfully weighty tome fresh from its Christmas wrapping: London – Hidden Interiors by Philip Davies (with splendid photographs by Derek Kendall and published by English Heritage).\nThis gorgeous book explores 180 under-the-radar and often quirky buildings Continue reading", "label": "No"}
{"text": "In ancient Ireland, words held true power to alter reality and determine the future. Clare Murphy walks the old paths of this beautiful and ever-shifting landscape to bring us a contemporary performance of Irish myths that is tautly laced with wit and verve.\nEnter the realm of feral curses, lost children, epic transformations, prophecy, fate and betrayal.\nClare Muireann Murphy was born in Dublin, and has lived in Spain, America, Galway and London, and currently resides in Bristol. A dynamic and witty performer, she has performed in festivals and theatres across the world, and her repertoire extends from her beloved Irish mythology to world folklore, anecdotes, fables, personal and original stories.\n‘A sheer delight! For those thirsty for a different type of show this is a must see!’ Everything Theatre", "label": "No"}
{"text": "FNP - Oregon - Emergency Medicine\nOrthopedic Surgery Nurse Practitioner Jobs in Walla Walla, WA\nEnjoy a work-life balance in the Pacific Northwest under 300+ days of sunshine per year.\nEnjoy a work-life balance in the Pacific Northwest.\nEnjoy the best of the Pacific Northwest.\nAre you seeking a challenging NP position with a strong, growing company? You have come to the right place! It's Better @ Medcor!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Nightgaunt's DJ BOOTH PROFILE\nJoin Date: March 12, 2009\nLast Login: April 7, 2009\nTotal Ratings: 10\nNightgaunt's TOP HIP HOP SINGLES\nMaino - “All The Above ft. T-Pain”\n“I wish I had the technical acumen to leave a constructive comment, but I lack it. I can hear it though,this is incredible.”Nightgaunt's Rating: Posted on Mar 13, 2009\nMelanie Fiona - “Give It To Me Right (Remix) ft. Busta Rhymes & Raekwon”\n“Strong Vibe, the Classic Back is perfect. It's not complex but it's powerful. Vocals are out of control. Strong set.”Nightgaunt's Rating: Posted on Mar 12, 2009\nNightgaunt's TOP ALBUMS\nNote: Favorited tracks and albums no longer show up on member profiles\n- Epic Fail: Bobby Shmurda’s Label Cashed In & Then Bailed Out\n- Open Mic: Why Rappers Need to Play Small Shows\n- 1 Listen Album Review: Big Sean’s “Dark Sky Paradise”\n- Could Kanye’s Rapper Reparations Idea Actually Work?\n- Every Rapper is Going to Die & So Will I\n- An Anti-Elitist Guide to Respecting Gucci Mane\n- Breaking Down the Sordid Details of the Lil Wayne vs. Cash Money Lawsuit\n- Oh My God, If Drake Dies Is He A Legend?\n- Fine, You Got Me: Your Favorite Rapper’s First Tweet\n- Your Favorite Indie Rapper is Secretly Signed to a Major Label\nDiscover the best new songs, videos, and albums added to the Booth.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "We are able to see how professional organizers approach the hoarders, and how the hoarders respond. Hoarders live was gross, and not because of the trash. Hoarders season 7 episode 10 laura hoarders not only captures the drama as experts work to put each hoarder on the road to recovery but also highlights the individuals inner challenges and triumphs. Woman hoards to barricade herself full episode s7, e9. Lauras hoarding has taken over so much of her house that her partner has resorted to sleeping in the garage and her teenage daughter is forced to share a bed with laura. Richards family confronts him about his dangerously unclean home in this collection of scenes from the hoarders. Category health reality original air date 20150618.\nEach episode will tell the stories of two extreme hoarders struggling to battle the uncontrollable behavior that threatens to destroy their lives, and the lives of their loved ones. Family secrets which focused less on the grossout factor of the hoard and more on the human. Meanwhile, lynda is hoarding stuff for the armageddon. Mary on directv a womans massive doll hoard threatens her husbands sobriety. This 1hour special focuses on a massachusetts family and will feature live segments culminating in an alllive intervention. Each episode takes viewers into the world, and jampacked homes, of two emotionally unstable extreme hoarders. In the opener, an intervention is staged for a massachusetts family. Family secrets kicks off with a onehour special featuring live segments, including a live intervention, on thursday, may 28 at 9pm on lifetime. Two women are at a major crossroads in their lives due to hoarding. The onehour series premiere focuses on a massachusetts family and will. Watch hoarders season 7 now on your favorite device. Family secrets, which aired on lifetime from may 28, 2015 to july 30, 2015. She believes shes going to be raptured, and she wants to leave plenty of stuff behind for. Ruthann promised her cousin that she would turn their historic house into a bed and breakfast.\nCoral on directv a man serves as president of his condo hoa, but he lives in a hoard that would cause any other tenant to be evicted. This led to the production of a seventh season, hoarders. January 10, 2016 a woman is forced to live in her car due to her hoarding and her daughters threaten to call adult protective services. Their possessions are destroying their relationships and transforming their homes into virtual prisons. Family secrets, the program features original stories of people who obsessively hoard to the extent that it overwhelms their families and their lives. These episodes are not part of a specific season since producers trimmed existing episodes. The critically acclaimed, emmynominated franchise hoarders, premieres an allnew season on thursday, may 28, at 9pm etpt on lifetime. Family secrets first episode on lifetime was a live episode, one that was nothing like the show has been in the past. Family secrets, the program features original stories of people who obsessively hoard to the point that collecting overwhelms their families and their lives. Buried alive explores a serious condition that affects an estimated 700, 000. January 3, 2016 in the eighth season premiere, a germaphobe jeopardizes her health in a filthy hoard overridden with mice. The episode will also feature the story of a second hoarder who faces jail time if he. Get exclusive videos, pictures, bios and check out more of your favorite moments from seasons past. Hoarders live was gross, and not because of the trash reality blurred.\nBut her cat and antiques hoarding has put that dream on hold. Throughout the episode, an organizational expert who may also be psychiatrist. A woman is forced to sleep on her patio due to her massive hoard that occupies every room in her house from floor to cei. Nona hasnt been inside the home in 10 years, but when code enforcement issued her a citation, she decided it was time to confront sandy about how shes been living. Lifetime aired the seventh season, under the title hoarders. The stockpiling of the featured collectors threatens to cause them to be evicted, get divorced, or even have their children removed from their homes. Stay in touch with hoarders next episode air date and your favorite tv shows. The season kicksoff with a onehour special focusing on a massachusetts family and features live segments culminating in an alllive intervention. Family secrets continues the efforts of the hoarders franchise to get help for people whose obsessive collecting habits threaten to overwhelm not just the hoarders lives but also the lives of their families.\nWhile running an errand with steve and billy, jim discovers janice has become a hoarder, forcing her husband walter to live outside. Season 7, episode 10 july 30, 2015 a womans hoarding takes over so much of her home that her partner resorts to sleeping in the garage and her teenage daughter is forced to share a bed with her mom. He must reveal his secrets and clean up his home with family if he wants to move back in. Buried alive explores a serious condition that affects an estimated 700, 000 to 1. Extreme hoarders chris and laurie are spiraling out of control. Jan 04, 2016 after a season on lifetime, hoarders season eight moved back to its original network, but without the family secrets subtitle. Sandys sister, nona, owns the family home where sandy has lived her entire life.\nThese episodes are not part of a specific season since producers trimmed existing episodes to allow for an update of the participants at the end of the episode which lasted about four minutes. The movie database tmdb is a popular, user editable database for movies and tv shows. Family secrets first episode on lifetime was a live episode, one. This 1hour special focuses on a massachusetts family and will feature live segments. Nora on directv a man must clean up his threeacre hoard or risk losing his home. A man faces financial ruin if he is unable to clean up his hoarding habits, which have forced he and his girlfriend out of her house and into an apartment. Watch all 17 hoarders episodes from season 8,view pictures, get episode information and more. Michellemary hoarders not only captures the drama as experts work to put each hoarder on the road to. This season features new stories about people who obsessively hoard to the point that their collecting overwhelms their families and their lives. Two women who struggle with compulsive hoarding must get a handle on the piles of possessions that plague them. Each episode follows one or two participants, each of whom is a compulsive hoarder. See this extraordinary family as they celebrate the newest additions to their family and prepare to embark on a new chapter in their lives.\nSee this extraordinary family as they celebrate the newest additions to their family and prepare to embark on a new chapter. In a misguided intervention, jim uncovers more family secrets. With hoards in florida, washington, indiana, massachusetts and alaska, hoarders team of experts come together to help families understand the impact of this devastating mental disorder while racing against the clock to help clean the hoards and avert crisis. Hoarders season 7 episode 4 ruthann hoarders not only captures the drama as experts work to put each hoarder on the road to recovery but also highlights the individuals inner challenges and triumphs. Hoarders now takes an even deeper look at what goes into dealing with a hoarding crisis of epic magnitude. Shanna owns the worst hoard in hoarders history a house crammed floor to ceiling with bottles filled with human waste. The episode will also feature the story of a second hoarder who faces jail time if he doesnt pass a final city inspection. Matt and amy look for new holiday traditions as the kids make their own plans.\nCynthia has a debilitating auto immune disease and lives in a hoard that could. A family of four is on the brink of collapse under. Each episode takes viewers into the world, and jampacked homes, of two. Also featured is the story of a second hoarder who faces jail time if he doesnt pass a final city inspection. Live on directv following the live intervention of a massachusetts family.213 1221 648 1221 1496 1480 405 1103 56 778 779 645 1523 162 201 906 1316 633 406 1377 1473 832 385 66 540 36 234 1401 404 1039 531 931 537 171 234 100 1332 770", "label": "No"}
{"text": "There's nothing preachy about Jinn, even though Nijla Mu'min's elegant debut feature is about a teenager coming to terms with her mother's newly embraced religion. Summer (Zoe Renee) is in limbo during the spring of her senior year, awaiting word from CalArts (Mu'min's alma mater) about admission into their dance program. She's a confident, goal-oriented high school student who is accustomed to certainty, and it's during these tenuous months that her mother Jade (Simone Missick), guides the skeptical Summer toward Islam.\nMaking Jade a convert gives writer-director Mu'min a way to introduce non-Muslims to her faith by showing a secular woman finding inner peace, but she also explores how a mother's certainty and zeal affect a teen whose identity is more patchwork than uniform. The schism between Jade and Summer doesn't arise solely from differing religious commitment, but a generation gap that places stability and fluidity on opposing sides.\nA meteorologist for a Los Angeles television station, Jade had always prided herself on her professionalism, and she channels that single-minded drive into becoming a dutiful Muslim. Summer, meanwhile, balks at identifying herself by some single word, which her Muslim classmate Tahir (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) does easily. Her intense connection with Tahir is built on a misconception: Summer interprets his airiness as rebellion instead of ingrained faith.\nThe boisterous Summer whirls through her relationships with thoughtful abandon, but Mu'min and cinematographer Bruce Francis Cole frame her in widescreen images of glowing, classical beauty. This aesthetic tension suits the character, whose adolescent flailing only confirms her core beliefs that contradictory impulses can be reconciled and experimentation is her only constant.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Han Solo and Indiana Jones are two of my favorite movie characters of all time, and here's a wonderful illustration that pays tribute to these badass characters. It's appropriately title \"Scoundrels\", and it was created by William O'Neill for the Star Wars VI Celebration in Florida. I'm now going to ask you a hard question... which of these two characters do you like more?\nAlerts From GeekTyrant\nChoose a movie, show, actor, director, topic, or GT author to receive email alerts about.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "the 2.5i thread\nView Single Post\n04-29-2012, 11:04 PM\n2008 WRX premium\nObsidian Black Pearl\nOriginally Posted by\nWait, what's that stuffed animal looking thing hanging below the bumper?\nMy buddies in Manchester ALLL have some random toy down there\nlike a Angry Bird, DOM, etc...\nof the site do not see these ads.\nView Public Profile\nFind More Posts by Digital Dillon", "label": "No"}
{"text": "#1 Coco Bradford\nIt’s said that in life, things don’t seldom work out as you thought it would. But by the end of it, there’s always a way out. Always.\nHere’s one such story about a sweet little girl called Coco Bradford. The story of a girl who didn’t speak for 3 years. This is a story worth reading.\nCoco is 5 years old and Autistic. The thing is even though Coco began to speak by the time she was 2, she gradually spoke less and less…until she didn’t speak anymore. For three years, Coco did not speak at all.\n#3 And 3 years later…\n3 long years after her family heard her last speak, Coco spoke again. And guess what she said? Coco asked for her favorite food- toast. After 3 years, the little girl spoke for the first time to ask for toast…..\nThe Bradford family consists of 7 people, including Mr. and Mrs. Bradford and their children Elle, 22, Bianca, 28, Chelsea, 25, Oakley, 8 and Coco, 5. They admit that it was hard on all of them. But the moment she did,”It was a really magical moment – it was the first thing she has said in three years,” recalls Rachel Bradford, Coco’s mother.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A talisman, amulet, or charm may be a physical object that stores and radiates a magical energy to designed to create change. It is important to understand that charms are generally items of folk magic, such as a lucky horseshoe, a four-leaf clover, a rabbits foot, a babys caul or a bracelet of personal charms signifying important things in the wearer's life, and a charm can also be used to refer to a simple verbal spell. A metallic disk, stone, wand, sword, pen, paper, or television remote control can be a talisman provided that it is dedicated toward a \"magickal purpose.\nThis talisman has Olympic spirits (ARATRON, PHUL, OPHIEL, PHALEGH, BETHOR, HAGITH, OCH) that may be accessed through the Archangels. The outer rim of The Seals of The Seven Archangels (Seal of the Planetary Hierarchy) pendant contains the names of the seven planetary angelic rulers, in the Chaldean order, and in the exterior angles the seals are listed as in the Heptameron. In the interior angles there are the names of the seven Olympic Spirits and their seals, from the Arbatel of Magic, while the inner circles simply reminds us the names of the planets in Latin and their glyphs.\nThis has been worked and is fully ready for the new owner. All that is needed is to place it in your sacred area. Its smaller around 8x5\".", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Freshman offensive lineman Nate Bruce has decided to end his football career and will not suit up for the Nittany Lions. This story was first reported by Lions247.\nA three-star prospect and the top-rated interior lineman in the state in the 2021 class, Bruce committed to the Nittany Lions back in 2019 while on campus for the Whiteout. He briefly decommiteed in Feburary of 2020 but quickly recommitted that same day in what was one of the weirder recruiting sagas of the Franklin era.\nHe enrolled in January and received praise from the staff almost immediately for his work during winter workouts. 247Sports reports the Harrisburg native left the program shortly after the start of spring ball.\nThe remainder of Penn State's 2021 class is set to enroll next week in time for the second summer semester. Landon Tengwall, another early enrollee, is now the only offensive lineman in Penn State's 2021 class.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Hey there fantasy fans. One of the things I love about our “Otherworld” section is the variety in the stories we get to see. Last week, we showed off a more light-hearted fantasy, but we sometimes get to play in worlds that are a little darker.\nKeiko Kumars’s excellent Age of Heroes, the first book in the Age of Heroes Chronicles, starts off and lets you know that the world isn’t anywhere near at peace. It’s not the most grim material that we’ve seen here, but Kumars isn’t afraid to tackle some deeper ideas. Age of Heroes fully embraces its robust world and its well-thought-out characters. People are presented not necessarily as heroes, but as people with their own needs and desires. There’s a lot of lore to learn about, too, and it’s discovered in some pretty interesting ways.\nIn every corner of the world, there are tales of a dark time great heroes fought dragons and demons, stories of unthinkable monsters, cruel kings, cunning gods… Tales of brave knights and mages fighting unimaginable wars…\nStories of their noble lives and tragic deaths stretch across the stars numbering a thousand, and a thousand more.\nGenerations without number have listened in awe to storytellers pulling back the corners of the curtain of history to reveal fleeting glimmers of their battles, their hopes, their loves, and their struggles.\nSo many legends are still untold; so many battles were fought. Those were the times of glory and despair.\nThey call it the Age of Heroes.\nArial Vermont is anything but a hero. He is a lonely man without hope and future. Even as a simple foot soldier in the Armies of Mankind against the dark forces, he knows the war is lost and humanity is coming to its end.\nDetermined to rid himself of the shackles of the war for the remaining time of his life, he runs away and arrives in a deserted city. He only wanted peace, instead he found adventure, magic and knowledge of technology he could never have fathomed. A new beginning… A new chance in life… A rebirth that transcended time… What would you do if you could start over again with memories of the future? For Arial Vermont the answer is simple: become a Dragon and avoid the great war… At any cost.\nIf you’re looking to start a new story that has a lot of depth, a lot of entertainment, and a lot of room to continue into a sprawling series, Age of Heroes is right up your alley. Kumars does a great job balancing a lot of different pieces of this tale, and knows how to leave you wanting more when you turn those last pages. This book is already off to a great start, having only been released earlier this month. See why it’s gaining traction, and check out Age of Heroes on Amazon today!\nLatest posts by Michael DeAngelo (see all)\n- Guest Post – The Enpirion Project - May 26, 2023\n- Character Art – Bolt Thunderfury - May 24, 2023\n- Sci-Fi Promo – The Dawn of AI (PAPER WAR Book 1) - May 23, 2023\nOne thought on “Fantasy Promo – Age of Heroes”\nI live both age of fantasy and age of strategy and they have cool graphics", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Posted May 03, 2013\nThe Denver Nuggets set a franchise record with 57 wins and a 38-4 home record, but like the last four seasons, it came to an end in the first round of the playoffs at the hands of the lower-seeded Golden State Warriors. Video by Steve Nehf.\nPeyton Manning and the Denver Broncos practiced at Dove Valley in Englewood, October 22, 2014.\nThe Denver Broncos defense has been up to the task they've face at the quarterback position so far this season and\nUntil recently, they were kept hidden from society and all but forbidden to celebrate.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Students Grievances Redressal Committee Members\nStudents Grievances Redressal Committee (SGRC) has been constituted with following members in our Kongunadu Polytechnic College, Thottiam to redress the Students grievances instantaneously.\n|5||Archana S, II CIVIL||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|6||Udhayanithi K, III CIVIL||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|7||Kirubakaran M, II MECH||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|8||Hari A, III MECH||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|9||Srinath V, II AUTO||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|10||Sridhar S, III AUTO||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|11||Arunkumar S, II EEE||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|12||Rajesh M, III EEE||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|13||Somasundharam R, III ECE||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|14||Dharshita R, II ECE||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|15||Muhammad Yahya S, II CSE||Representative/ Special Invitee|\n|16||Lavanya K,III CSE||Representative/ Special Invitee|\nURL for Online Grievance Redressal Portal:\nA Complaint from an aggrieved student related to the institution will be addressed by the chairperson of the committee.\nThe SGRC will redress the complaint within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of the complaint.Any student aggrieved by the decision of the Student Grievance Redressal Committee may prefer an appeal to the Ombudsperson, within a period of fifteen days from the date of receipt of such decision.\nStudents may contact the above mentioned SGRC Team for any Grievance.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "We’re extending our celebration for Negroni Week to the whole month of September! Introducing a delightful trio of classic and remixed negronis that will blow you away.\nSavor the bittersweet balance of the classic three-ingredient cocktail with a glass of Negroni Classico, or turn it up a notch with Thyme for Buko, Negroni’s floral, tropical cousin. OR try the Passion Americano, a passionfruit-infused version of the classic cocktail that is grounded in the warm, woody flavors of Cinzano 1757.\nNegroni Week is a global fundraising initiative presented by Imbibe and Campari to promote the power of food, beverage, and hospitality. A portion of the proceeds from the special menu will go towards Slow Food, in support of their mission to foster a more equitable and sustainable world of food and beverage 💪🏼\nBetter yet, all drinks are only HK$100 each, so pop on by!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "I just discovered California Lectures this season (2010-2011). Attending the events in the fall was an incredible experience for me, especially Michelle Norris. She was very open and honest with the audience and I really felt like I was able to understand the words in her book so much better because of her lecture. There were many high school kids in attendance who I am sure develop a deeper appreciation for literature as an art form because of the service California Lectures provides for them. The events are a great way to keep the art of literature alive in California. I cannot wait for the rest of the season!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Project Group on auditing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic\nThe aim of the EUROSAI Project Group on auditing the response to the COVID-19 pandemic is to provide an exchange of experience and compilation of good practice on the work of supreme audit institutions in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and an approach to auditing the funding allocated and spent to curb the COVID-19 pandemic.\nThe project was launched in June 2020 at the meeting of EUROSAI Heads of Supreme Audit Institutions and an action plan, which was further developed based on a round table discussion. The Project Group focuses on the role and effectiveness of Supreme Audit Institutions during the COVID-19 pandemic, the development of audit programs, emergency response, health and social care, and more. The Project Group currently brings together more than 30 Supreme Audit Institutions in the European region.\nWithin the Project Group, the State Audit Office took over the management of the working group “The role and effectiveness of supreme audit institutions in the conditions of COVID-19 pandemic” in 2020. The group, led by colleagues from the United Kingdom, Finland and Sweden, analyzed internal and external communication issues, as well as teleworking and institutional aspects outside the audit work. As a result, an information document has been drafted on the challenges of the supreme audit institutions of the EUROSAI Member States during the COVID-19 pandemic, their impact on the functioning of the institutions and the solutions for mitigating the impact of the pandemic.\nThe State Audit Office summarizes the challenges and solutions of EUROSAI member states to reduce the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (read more…)\nInformation prepared by the Project Group “Role and Effectiveness of SAIs: Outline of and examples of responses to the COVID-19 pandemic impact” (read more…)\nQuestionnaire results “Role and Effectiveness of SAIs during the COVID-19: Survey results” (read more…)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Paperback / softback\nPre-OrderFree UK DeliveryThis title is available for pre-order\nBraking of Road Vehicles, Second Edition includes updated and new subject matter related to the technological advances of road vehicles such as hybrid and electric vehicles and \"self-driving\" and autonomous vehicles.\nNew material to this edition includes root causes, guidelines, experimental and measurement techniques, brake NVH identification and data analysis, CAE and dynamic modelling, advances in rotor and stator materials, manufacturing methods, changes to European and US legislation since 2014, recent developments in technology, methods and analysis, and new and updated case studies. This new edition will continue to be of interest to engineers and technologists in automotive and road transport industries, automotive engineering students and instructors, and professional staff in vehicle-related legislational, legal, military, security and investigative functions.\nRegistered Address: Speedy Hen Ltd, Unit 1 Falcon Park, Neasden Lane, London, NW10 1RZ. Company Registration Number: 6862611 - VAT Registration Number GB970516124", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "This specific ISBN edition is currently not available.View all copies of this ISBN edition:\nIntended for a serious first course or a second course in linear algebra, this book carries students beyond eigenvalues and eigenvectors to the classification of bilinear forms, normal matrices, spectral decompositions, the Jordan form, and sequences and series of matrices. The authors present the material from a structural point of view: fundamental algebraic properties of the entities involved are emphasized. The approach is particularly important because the mathematical systems encountered in linear algebra furnish a wealth of examples for the structures studied in more advanced courses. By taking a straight and smooth path to the heart of linear algebra, students will be able to make the transition from the intuitive developments of courses at a lower level to the more abstract treatments encountered later.\n\"synopsis\" may belong to another edition of this title.\nIntended for a serious first course or a second course, this textbook will carry students beyond eigenvalues and eigenvectors to the classification of bilinear forms, to normal matrices, to spectral decompositions, and to the Jordan form. The authors approach their subject in a comprehensive and accessible manner, presenting notation and terminology clearly and concisely, and providing smooth transitions between topics. The examples and exercises are well designed and will aid students in understanding both computational and theoretical aspects.\nThis book presents the straightest, smoothest path to the heart of linear algebra. It is the ideal text for undergraduate math majors who have some background in linear algebra and would benefit from a strong foundation for more abstract treatments at a higher level.\nJimmie Gilbert was Professor of Mathematics at the University of South Carolina, Upstate. He received his Ph.D from Auburn University with a specialty in Linear and Abstract Algebras. He authored the first edition of Elements of Modern Algebra in 1970, joined on subsequent editions by his wife and longtime co-author Linda Gilbert. Together they have published titles in College Algebra, Precalculus, College Algebra and Trigonometry, Trigonometry, Intermediate Algebra, and another Cengage Learning title, Linear Algebra and Matrix Theory, now in its second edition. He and Linda have 6 children and 8 grandchildren. In his leisure time Jimmie enjoyed the outdoors, fishing, and gardening.\n\"About this title\" may belong to another edition of this title.\nBook Description Cengage Learning, 2004. Hardcover. Condition: New. Never used!. Seller Inventory # P110534405819\nBook Description Florence, Kentucky, U.S.A.: Brooks/Cole Pub Co, 2004. Hardcover. Condition: New. 2nd Edition. Ship out 1-2 business day,Brand new,US edition, Free tracking number usually 2-4 biz days delivery to worldwide Same shipping fee with US, Canada,Europe country, Australia, item will ship out from either LA or Asia,ht. Seller Inventory # ABE-7726625168\nBook Description Cengage Learning, 2004. Condition: New. book. Seller Inventory # M0534405819", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Join Dawn Watson and Conor Cleary for the launch of two new pamphlets by Emma Press that offer a striking sidelong perspective on contemporary life and relationships.From the ominous landscapes of the American South to the ‘faux colonnades’ of 1980s Tralee, taking in raw explorations of personal awakening and Twitter threads about medieval bees, these poets explore how the physical and economic landscapes in which we exist shape our inner lives, with a winning blend of wit and vivid observation. Dawn Watson - The Stack of Owls is Getting HigherDawn is a PhD candidate at Queen’s University, Belfast, writing a prose poem novel and researching prose poetics. She completed a Masters in Poetry at the Seamus Heaney Centre in 2018 after winning the Ruth West Poetry Scholarship. She has short stories forthcoming in two anthologies: Still Worlds Turning (No Alibis Press, June 2019) and Belfast Stories (Doire Press, June 2019). She was a 2018 Poetry Ireland Introductions Series poet, and won the 2018 Doolin Writers’ Poetry Award. Her writing has been published in journals including The Manchester Review, Blackbox Manifold, The Stinging Fly, The Moth and The Tangerine.Conor Cleary - Priced OutConor Cleary is a writer from Tralee, Co. Kerry and lives in Glasgow. He has an MA in Poetry from Queen's University Belfast where he was the recipient of the 2016 Seamus Heaney Centre MA Award. In 2018, he won the Patrick Kavanagh Award. His work has appeared in Poetry Ireland Review, The Tangerine, The Stinging Fly and the Virginia Quarterly Review.", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "(Radio.com) Stephen King is a big fan of music, and musicians seem to reciprocate. In 1986, AC/DC’s Who Made Who, featuring some of the band’s biggest hits and a few brand new songs (including the title track), served as the soundtrack to Maximum Overdrive, a film directed by King and based on his short story “Trucks.” The Ramones wrote the theme song to the 1989 film adaptation of his book Pet Sematary, while the 1994 TV miniseries adaptation of his novel The Stand used Blue Oyster Cult’s “Don’t Fear The Reaper” while showing the effects of a deadly disease that wiped out 99 percent of the world’s population.\nSo, almost needless to say, the upcoming CBS miniseries adaptation of his 2009 novel, Under The Dome, will have some great music moments as well. You can listen live now to the exclusive streaming radio station for Under The Dome here, featuring playlists influenced by the show’s characters, insights on the series from Stephen King and weekly episode recaps.READ MORE: Target Shooting In Harford County Neighborhood Causes 'Active Shooter' Scare\nRadio.com spoke to Dome Music Supervisor Ann Kline, who has worked on The West Wing, Third Watch and ER,about how music will be used on the 13-part series, which premieres June 24 and follows the story of a small Maine town that has mysteriously been cut off from the rest of the world by a impenetrable but invisible dome.READ MORE: Tree Falls & Injures Several People In Penn-North CommunityDeadly Towson Shooting Marks Latest Violent Crime To Hit Baltimore County", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Records Management Services RFP\nBBP is seeking proposals for records management services.\nThe Request for Proposals can be found with The City Record.\nBBP has issued an addendum to the RFP, which is posted with the City Record at the above link.\nBBP has issued answers to questions submitted. They can be found at the City Record or here.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "In Harper Lee’s iconic novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” Atticus Finch is one of the most important and influential characters in the story. He is a well-respected lawyer and a devoted father to his two children, Scout and Jem. Atticus is known for his unwavering morals and principles, which serve as a shining example for his children and the townspeople of Maycomb, Alabama. But what does Atticus symbolize in “To Kill a Mockingbird”?\nAt his core, Atticus represents justice, fairness, and equality. He embodies these values through his actions and words, both in and out of the courtroom. Atticus is a man who believes in the fundamental decency of all human beings, regardless of their race, socioeconomic status, or background. He famously defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, despite the intense societal pressure to do otherwise. Atticus’s unwavering commitment to truth and justice makes him a symbol of hope and progress in a deeply divided and discriminatory society.\nThrough Atticus’s character, Lee shows us that there is always hope for change and progress, even in a world filled with injustice and inequality. Atticus’s unwavering principles inspire his children, Scout and Jem, to stand up for what is right and fight against discrimination and prejudice. Atticus’s symbolizes the very best of humanity and reminds us of the importance of integrity, morality, and compassion in everything we do. In a time when these values are often overshadowed by greed and division, Atticus’s character serves as a beacon of hope and a powerful reminder of what it means to be a good person.\nAtticus Finch’s character traits\nAtticus Finch, one of the main characters in “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, is a well-respected lawyer and a devoted father. He is a symbol of justice and morality in the novel and represents the ideal of what a lawyer and a parent should be. Atticus is known for his numerous character traits that make him a unique and admirable character.\n- Integrity: Atticus is known for his unwavering moral compass and his dedication to doing what is right, even when it is difficult or unpopular. He believes in honesty and truth, and he strives to live his life according to these values.\n- Courage: Atticus is willing to stand up for his beliefs and defend his clients, even in the face of danger or opposition. He takes on the case of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, knowing that he will face criticism and hostility from the community for representing an unpopular defendant.\n- Humility: Despite his impressive intellect and extensive knowledge, Atticus is a humble man who does not seek attention or accolades. He is content to do his work quietly and without fanfare.\n- Empathy: Atticus is able to put himself in another person’s shoes and see things from their perspective. He has a deep empathy for others, which allows him to be a compassionate and understanding parent and lawyer.\nOverall, Atticus Finch symbolizes the best qualities of a lawyer and a parent. His character traits of integrity, courage, humility, and empathy make him a shining example of how we should strive to live our lives.\nAtticus Finch and Justice\nAtticus Finch is one of the most important characters in To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. He is a lawyer who defends an innocent black man against a white woman’s accusation of rape. Atticus Finch is not just a character in the story, but he is also a symbolic figure representing justice, fairness, and morality.\n- Atticus’s respect for the law: Atticus believes that everyone should be treated equally under the law, regardless of their race or social status. He defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, even though he knows that the odds of winning the case are low. He does whatever he can to protect Tom from the injustice of the legal system.\n- Atticus’s belief in the truth: Atticus believes that the truth should be uncovered, no matter how unpleasant it may be. He teaches his children to stand up for what they believe is right, even if it is not the popular opinion. He also exposes the racism and prejudice of the town, which helps his children to understand the harsh reality of their society.\n- Atticus’s compassion: Atticus is a compassionate man who tries to understand other people’s perspectives. He tries to help his children see the good in others and to treat them with kindness, even if they have different beliefs. Atticus is also generous with his time and resources, helping those who are in need, regardless of their background.\nAtticus Finch represents justice in the novel To Kill a Mockingbird because he upholds the law, fights for truth and fairness, and treats everyone with compassion and respect. Through his actions and beliefs, Atticus teaches his children and the readers of the book the importance of moral courage and standing up for what is right, even if it is not the popular opinion.\nOverall, Atticus Finch is a symbol of justice, fairness, and morality in To Kill a Mockingbird. Through his words and actions, he challenges the norms of the town and tries to create a more just and equal society.\n|Atticus Finch and Justice\n|Examples from the Novel\n|Respect for the law\n|Atticus defends Tom Robinson in court, despite the racism and prejudice of the town.\n|Belief in the truth\n|Atticus uncovers the truth about the Ewell family and their false accusation against Tom Robinson.\n|Atticus helps Tom Robinson’s family after Tom is killed, showing his kindness and generosity.\nIn conclusion, Atticus Finch is a complex and important character in To Kill a Mockingbird. He serves as a symbol of justice, fairness, and morality, and teaches his children and the readers of the book important lessons about standing up for what is right.\nAtticus Finch and Racial Equality\nAtticus Finch, the protagonist of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” is a symbol of racial equality through his actions and beliefs. His character fights against the rampant racism in Maycomb, Alabama, during a time when African Americans were grossly mistreated. Here is a closer look at how Atticus Finch embodied the idea of racial equality in the novel:\n- He represents integrity: Atticus chooses to defend a black man named Tom Robinson, despite knowing he will face backlash from the deeply prejudiced town. Atticus models what it means to stand up for what is right, regardless of what others may say or do.\n- He educates his children: Atticus instills in his children, Scout and Jem, the importance of treating everyone with respect and dignity. He teaches them that racism is immoral and wrong, and at one point tells Scout, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.”\n- He challenges the status quo: Atticus is aware of the harsh realities of racism in Maycomb and is determined to change them. He challenges the town’s prejudice at every turn and even risks his own safety to protect Tom Robinson. Atticus’s commitment to racial equality is a beacon of hope in a society that often seems beyond repair.\nIn a world where racism and discrimination still exist, Atticus Finch remains a symbol of hope and inspiration. His character serves as a powerful reminder of the importance of standing up for what is right, educating others, and challenging the status quo. Through his example, we can all strive to make the world a more just and equitable place.\nAtticus Finch’s Role as a Father\nAtticus Finch, the beloved protagonist of Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird,” is not only an important legal figure and advocate for justice, but also a devoted father to his two children, Scout and Jem. Here are some key aspects of Atticus’s role as a father:\n- He teaches his children important life lessons: Atticus is a firm believer in the power of education and leads by example, reading to his children and encouraging them to think critically about the world around them. He also teaches them important moral values, such as the importance of treating everyone with respect and standing up for what’s right.\n- He prioritizes his children’s emotional well-being: Atticus is patient, understanding, and always willing to listen to his children’s concerns. He takes their feelings seriously and encourages them to express themselves openly and honestly. For example, when Scout is upset about being teased at school, Atticus takes the time to talk with her and help her process her emotions.\n- He sets a positive example with his own behavior: Atticus is a role model for his children in the way he conducts himself. He is honest, humble, and principled, and he treats everyone he encounters with kindness and respect. His children admire and respect him for these traits and strive to emulate them in their own lives.\nOverall, Atticus Finch’s role as a father is characterized by his unwavering love and commitment to his children, his dedication to their emotional and moral development, and his positive influence as a role model. Through his actions, Atticus teaches his children valuable life lessons and helps them grow into thoughtful, compassionate, and resilient adults.\nAtticus Finch and Moral Compass\nAtticus Finch, the protagonist of the novel “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee, is a character that symbolizes morality and ethics. He represents a moral compass that guides the other characters in the story to make the right decisions.\n- Atticus teaches his children the importance of empathy and understanding for others, regardless of their race or social status. He tells them, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb into his skin and walk around in it”.\n- He also believes in standing up for what is right, even if it means going against the majority. He defends Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman, even when he knows it may bring danger to his family and reputation.\n- Atticus’ actions and beliefs influence his community and others around him. He inspires his daughter Scout to become a strong, independent woman who fights for justice and equality. He also sets an example for other characters in the novel, such as Miss Maudie, who states, “We trust him to do right”.\nAtticus’ moral compass is not limited to his actions and beliefs, but also how he treats others. He shows respect and kindness towards everyone, even those who are deemed as outsiders in his community. He never judges or belittles others, but instead treats them with dignity and empathy.\nOverall, Atticus Finch symbolizes morality, ethics, and a strong sense of justice. He sets an example for others to follow, and reminds his community and readers that we should always strive to do what is right, even if it means going against the norm.\n|Atticus Finch and Moral Compass\n|Example from the Novel\n|Empathy and Understanding\n|Atticus teaches his children the importance of seeing things from others’ perspective, and defends Tom Robinson even when he knows it may harm his reputation.\n|Standing up for What is Right\n|Atticus defends Tom Robinson, even when it means going against the majority, and inspires others to do the same.\n|Treating others with Respect and Kindness\n|Atticus never judges or belittles others and treats everyone with dignity and empathy, regardless of social status or race.\nIn conclusion, Atticus Finch’s moral compass and ethics represent the core values of “To Kill a Mockingbird”. He serves as an example for others to follow, and reminds us that we should always strive to do what is right, even if it means going against the norm.\nAtticus Finch and Education\nAtticus Finch is a symbol of education in To Kill a Mockingbird. He is a respected lawyer and widowed father of two, Scout and Jem, who stands up for what is right, even if it means going against the popular opinion of the time. Atticus is a highly educated man who believes in the value of learning and encourages his children to be curious and ask questions.\n- Atticus believes in the power of literacy and reading. He encourages Scout to read and learn at an early age and even teaches her to read before she starts school.\n- He teaches his children important life lessons about empathy and understanding, and reinforces the importance of education in order to achieve these qualities.\n- Atticus is committed to justice and equality, which he believes can be achieved through education and understanding.\nAtticus’ commitment to education is highlighted by his personal library, which is filled with works of literature and history that reflect his deep respect for learning. He is a supportive parent and teacher, who models good behavior and strives to impart valuable lessons to his children.\nMoreover, Atticus’ educational background is revealed through his profession as a lawyer. As a well-educated man, he is uniquely qualified to represent his clients and advocate for justice in the courtroom. He uses his knowledge and expertise to mount a strong defense for Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of a terrible crime in the story.\n|Atticus Finch and Education: Key Points\n|Atticus is a symbol of education and learning in the novel.\n|He believes in the power of literacy, empathy, and understanding.\n|Atticus is committed to justice and equality and uses his education to advocate for these values.\n|His personal library and profession as a lawyer demonstrate his deep respect for education and knowledge.\nOverall, Atticus Finch is not only a symbol of justice in To Kill a Mockingbird, he is also a symbol of education and the power of learning. His dedication to education is reflected in his character and his actions, and his teachings continue to resonate with generations of readers long after the novel’s publication.\nAtticus Finch and Bravery\nAtticus Finch embodies the concept of bravery throughout Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. He is willing to stand up for what he believes in, regardless of the consequences, demonstrating immense courage and fortitude in the face of adversity.\n- Atticus is a model of moral courage, never hesitating to do what he believes is right, even when it is difficult or unpopular. He chooses to defend Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape, despite the racist attitudes of many people in Maycomb. This demonstrates Atticus’s unwavering commitment to justice and equality.\n- Atticus is also characterized by his physical bravery. When a mad dog threatens the safety of his neighborhood, Atticus calmly and decisively shoots the animal, once again showing his fearlessness and coolness under pressure.\n- Despite facing significant challenges and setbacks, Atticus remains unwaveringly brave. He continues to fight for what he believes in, refusing to be deterred by the racist attitudes and intimidation tactics of many of his peers.\nAtticus’s bravery serves as an inspiration to his children, Scout and Jem. He encourages them to be brave in their own lives, teaching them to stand up for what is right, even when it is difficult or scary.\nUltimately, Atticus’s bravery is his defining characteristic, and it sets him apart as a true hero in the eyes of both his children and readers of To Kill a Mockingbird.\nAtticus Finch and Empathy\nAtticus Finch is a symbol of empathy in To Kill a Mockingbird, as he is one of the few characters that consistently shows compassion and understanding towards others. Empathy is the ability to understand and share the feelings of another person, which is a fundamental aspect of Atticus’ character throughout the novel.\n- Atticus shows empathy towards his children, Jem and Scout, by treating them with respect and understanding. He takes the time to explain important lessons to them in a way that they can understand, such as when he tells them to walk in someone else’s shoes before judging them.\n- Atticus also shows empathy towards the black community in Maycomb, Alabama, particularly when he takes on the case of Tom Robinson, a black man who has been falsely accused of rape. Despite the risk to his reputation and safety, Atticus chooses to defend Tom because he believes in justice and fairness for all people.\n- Atticus’ empathy even extends to his enemies, such as Bob Ewell, the father of the girl who accuses Tom of rape. Instead of retaliating against him, Atticus tries to understand his perspective and treats him with civility and respect.\nAtticus’ empathy is highlighted in several key scenes in the novel, such as when he sits outside of the jailhouse to protect Tom Robinson from a mob, and when he delivers his powerful closing argument during the trial. His ability to understand and share the feelings of others is a defining characteristic of his character and makes him a symbol of hope and justice in a society that often lacks both.\n|Atticus’ Empathy in To Kill a Mockingbird\n|Treating his children with respect and understanding\n|Explaining important lessons to Jem and Scout\n|Defending Tom Robinson despite the risks\n|Taking on the case and delivering a powerful closing argument\n|Treating Bob Ewell with civility and respect\n|Trying to understand his perspective instead of retaliating\nOverall, Atticus Finch is a symbol of empathy in To Kill a Mockingbird. He is a rare character who consistently shows compassion and understanding towards others, even in difficult situations. His example serves as a reminder of the importance of empathy in our own lives and the positive impact it can have on those around us.\nAtticus Finch’s impact on Scout’s coming of age\nAtticus Finch, the protagonist of To Kill a Mockingbird, is much more than a father figure to his daughter, Scout. His wisdom and integrity play a huge role in her coming of age journey and shape her into the young woman she becomes.\n- Atticus teaches Scout empathy and understanding through his own actions. He defends Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape, despite facing strong opposition from his community. This lesson not only teaches Scout about the importance of fairness and equality, but also inspires her to stand up for what is right.\n- Atticus instills a strong sense of morality in Scout. He encourages her to think for herself and to question the status quo. For example, when Scout asks why Tom Robinson has been charged with a crime he didn’t commit, Atticus tells her, “Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.” This message teaches Scout to never give up, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable challenges.\n- Atticus teaches Scout about the power of words. He tells her, “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view…until you climb into his skin and walk around in it.” This lesson helps Scout learn to empathize with others and understand their perspectives, rather than just judging them based on their actions.\nOverall, Atticus symbolizes the importance of integrity, empathy, and morality in Scout’s life. His impact on her coming of age journey is immeasurable and sets her on a path towards becoming a compassionate and thoughtful individual.\nAs Scout reflects on her experiences with her father, she notes, “Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough.”\n|Impact on Scout\n|Empathy and understanding through his actions\n|Inspires her to stand up for what’s right\n|A strong sense of morality\n|Encourages her to think for herself and never give up\n|The power of words and understanding others’ perspectives\n|Teaches her to be empathetic and thoughtful\nAtticus’ impact on Scout’s coming of age journey is evident in her personal growth throughout the novel and serves as a reminder to readers of the importance of integrity, empathy, and morality in our own lives.\nAtticus Finch and Social Prejudices\nAtticus Finch, the protagonist in Harper Lee’s novel “To Kill a Mockingbird,” symbolizes the fight against social prejudices during the Jim Crow era in the American South. As a white man defending a black man wrongfully accused of rape, Atticus represents the ideals of fairness, justice, and equality that challenge the deeply ingrained prejudices of his society.\n- Atticus challenges the racial prejudices of his community by taking on the case of Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Despite the overwhelming evidence pointing to Tom’s innocence, the all-white jury finds him guilty, reflecting the racial biases and discrimination rampant in the South at the time.\n- Atticus also confronts other forms of social prejudice, such as class-based discrimination. He teaches his children to treat everyone with respect and dignity, regardless of their social standing or background. His decision to defend Tom Robinson showcases his commitment to challenging social prejudices and upholding the principles of justice and equality for all.\n- Atticus’s character represents the hope and possibility for change during a time of great social upheaval and injustice. By fighting for the rights of marginalized people, he embodies the values of courage, integrity, and compassion, which serve as a beacon of hope for future generations struggling against discrimination and inequality.\nAtticus Finch’s symbolization of the fight against social prejudices is reinforced by the context of the novel’s setting and the historical moment in which it was written. The Jim Crow era was known for its deeply rooted cultural and institutionalized racism, and the civil rights movement was still decades away. Atticus’ tireless efforts to defend Tom Robinson and fight for justice have made him a revered figure in American literature, and his legacy continues to inspire generations to stand up against social prejudices.\nOverall, Atticus Finch is a powerful symbol of the fight against social prejudices and a reminder of the importance of upholding the values of justice, equality, and fairness for all people.\nFAQs: What Does Atticus Symbolize in To Kill a Mockingbird?\n1. Who is Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird?\nAtticus Finch is a lawyer and the father of Scout and Jem, the narrator and protagonist of the novel To Kill a Mockingbird, written by Harper Lee.\n2. What does Atticus Finch symbolize in To Kill a Mockingbird?\nAtticus Finch represents the moral conscience and the voice of reason in the novel. His principles and values guide the actions of the other characters and contribute to the message of the story: to stand up for what is right, even if it may seem unpopular.\n3. How does Atticus symbolize justice in To Kill a Mockingbird?\nAtticus symbolizes justice through his role as a defender of Tom Robinson, a black man falsely accused of rape. Atticus argues for Tom’s innocence, despite the overwhelming racial prejudice and discrimination of the time.\n4. What does Atticus Finch’s parenting style symbolize in To Kill a Mockingbird?\nAtticus’s parenting style symbolizes compassion, empathy, and understanding. He teaches his children the importance of empathy and treating others with respect, regardless of their race or social standing.\n5. How does Atticus symbolize the voice of reason in To Kill a Mockingbird?\nAtticus symbolizes the voice of reason through his logical and analytical approach to problem-solving. He encourages his children to think for themselves and to question societal norms and stereotypes.\n6. What does Atticus symbolize in terms of courage in To Kill a Mockingbird?\nAtticus symbolizes courage through his willingness to stand up for what he believes in, despite the potential consequences. He risks his reputation and physical safety to defend Tom Robinson and to uphold justice and fairness.\n7. How does Atticus Finch’s symbolize integrity in To Kill a Mockingbird?\nAtticus symbolizes integrity through his unwavering commitment to his beliefs and principles. He is honest, straightforward, and genuine in his interactions with others, and inspires the same qualities in those around him.\nClosing Thoughts: Thanks for Joining Us!\nAtticus Finch symbolizes many important ideals in To Kill a Mockingbird, from justice and empathy, to courage and integrity. His character serves as a moral compass for the novel, guiding the actions of the other characters and inspiring readers to stand up for what is right. We hope this FAQ has helped you gain a deeper understanding of the significance of Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird. Thank you for reading, and please visit again soon!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Patrick on “Reenlistment Blues… modernwashboarder on Cincinnati Handmade Rhythm Was… Cincinnati Washboard… on Cincinnati Handmade Rhythm Was… guto on Gringo’s Washboard Band modernwashboarder on The Crescent Katz’s Patr…\nTag Archives: wonky tonk\nRichard Stillman takes us on a tour of his rig. He plays in the doom folk (?) group Green Rock River Band, about which more here.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Tina Turner, the legendary American-born singer, has passed away at the age of 83. Turner's remarkable life journey began in a rural farming community in Tennessee and led her to become one of the most successful recording artists of all time. She overcame a hardscrabble upbringing and an abusive relationship to establish herself as an icon in the music industry.\nTurner's career took off in the 1950s during the early years of rock 'n' roll, and she later became an MTV sensation. Her chart-topping song \"What's Love Got to Do with It\" showcased her unique style and showcased her as a fashion icon of the 1980s. Turner's music resonated with audiences who embraced the electronically produced sounds and direct lyrical content of the era.\nOften referred to as the \"Queen of Rock 'n' Roll,\" Turner won numerous awards, including eight Grammy Awards, with six of them won during the 1980s. Her songs such as \"Typical Male,\" \"The Best,\" and \"Private Dancer\" became major hits, solidifying her status as a global superstar. Turner's concerts attracted massive crowds, including a memorable show in Rio de Janeiro that drew an audience of 180,000 people.\nTurner's personal life was marked by her marriage to musician Ike Turner, which was marred by domestic abuse. She courageously shared her experiences of abuse and became an inspiration to many. Her story of triumph over adversity resonated with fans, who recognized her incredible strength and resilience.\nBeyond her music career, Turner showcased her talent in the acting world, starring in films such as \"Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome\" alongside Mel Gibson. Her performances garnered critical acclaim, further expanding her influence and reach.\nTurner's impact on the music industry and her immense talent earned her recognition from fellow artists and public figures. Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones and Canadian singer Bryan Adams expressed their sadness at her passing, highlighting her inspirational influence on their own careers. U.S. President Joe Biden acknowledged Turner as a once-in-a-generation talent and commended her remarkable personal strength.\nBorn Anna Mae Bullock, Turner hailed from a small town in Tennessee called Nutbush. She faced challenges early in life, but her talent was discovered by Ike Turner when she was just 17 years old. Together, they formed the Ike and Tina Turner Revue, and their energetic performances captivated audiences. After enduring years of abuse, Turner found the courage to leave the marriage and rebuild her career as a solo artist.\nTurner's solo success soared with hits like \"What's Love Got to Do with It\" and her album \"Private Dancer,\" which topped the charts. She sold over 200 million records throughout her career and became an iconic figure in the music world.\nAfter retiring from show business, Turner settled in Europe and married German music executive Erwin Bach. She faced health challenges in her later years and experienced personal tragedies with the loss of her sons. However, her legacy lived on through various artistic mediums, including the successful stage show \"TINA: The Tina Turner Musical\" and the HBO documentary \"Tina,\" which shed light on her extraordinary life.\nTina Turner leaves behind a profound musical legacy and a lasting impact on the industry. Her powerful voice, resilience, and inspirational journey will continue to inspire generations to come.\n#TinaTurner #RocknRollIcon #LegendaryArtist #MusicalLegacy #InspirationalJourney #Resilience #MusicIndustryIcon\nLeave a Reply.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Research Unit for Variation, Contacts and Change in English (VARIENG) is a research unit at the University of Helsinki in Finland.\nMembers of the unit study English in its social, regional and discourse contexts, giving special attention to the development of the English language from its earliest stages up to its present-day varieties. One focus of research is language use in contact situations, including those between English and the national languages of Finland. The three major domains of the research unit are language in society, language as discourse and linguistic processes and typology.\nApproximately fifty people work within Varieng at the two funding universities (Helsinki and University of Jyväskylä). Another source of funding is the Academy of Finland, which has declared the unit one of its Centres of Excellence. Varieng researchers focus on empirical work: they compile and utilize electronic corpora of English and develop tools and methods for corpus-based and ethnographic studies.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Buongiorno and welcome to Stefano Rome Tours, a top-rated long-time provider of Rome luxury chauffeur-driven tours.\nWhen visiting Rome, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of the eternal city. However, if you're looking to escape the crowds and delve into the rich history and beauty of the surrounding area, Stefano Rome Tours invites you to embark on captivating day trips from Rome to the countryside, where you'll discover hidden treasures that unveil the rich history, natural beauty, and cultural heritage of the surrounding area. The Roman countryside offers a plethora of hidden treasures waiting to be discovered.\nIn this blog, we will explore some captivating destinations that will transport you to a different time and provide a unique and enriching experience. From ancient castles and enchanting gardens to mystical necropolises and charming medieval towns, let's embark on a journey to uncover the secrets beyond Rome's borders.\nStrategically built atop a hill on the picturesque shores of Lake Bracciano, Bracciano Castle stands as a timeless testament to Italy's rich history and architectural grandeur. This magnificent fortress, also known as Castello Orsini-Odescalchi, is a must-visit destination for those seeking a glimpse into the past.\nWith its origins dating back to the 15th century, Bracciano Castle has witnessed centuries of history and has been the backdrop to numerous important events. Originally built as a military stronghold, the castle later became the residence of powerful noble families, including the Orsini and Odescalchi dynasties.\nAs you approach the castle, its imposing stone walls and crenelated towers create an aura of majesty. The fortress boasts a strategic position atop a hill, offering commanding views of the surrounding countryside. The architecture seamlessly blends elements of medieval and Renaissance styles, showcasing the evolution of Italian fortifications.\nStep through the castle's impressive entrance and find yourself transported to a different era. The interior is a treasure trove of historical artifacts, opulent furnishings, and intricate decorations. Admire the ornate frescoes that adorn the walls and ceilings, telling tales of mythical creatures, noble families, and epic battles. Explore the grand halls, once the backdrop for lavish banquets and important social gatherings, and imagine the lives of the castle's former inhabitants.\nOne of the highlights of Bracciano Castle is the Sala Papalina, a room that once hosted Pope Alexander VI. Marvel at the elaborate decorations and the exquisite craftsmanship on display. From the medieval courtyard to the elegant courtyards and gardens, each corner of the castle offers a glimpse into its rich and storied past.\nBeyond its historical significance, Bracciano Castle's setting adds to its allure. Surrounded by the serene waters of Lake Bracciano and lush countryside, the castle's scenic location makes it an ideal destination for nature lovers and photography enthusiasts alike.\nWhether you're an admirer of history, or architecture, or simply seeking a captivating excursion, a visit to Bracciano Castle is sure to leave you awe-inspired, and we offer a variety of day tours from Rome to Bracciano Castle as well as other top countryside destinations.\nThe charming town of Tivoli is just a short distance from Rome, and Tivoli Tours from Rome offer an exciting opportunity to explore two magnificent UNESCO World Heritage sites: Hadrian Villa and Villa d'Este. Embark on a journey through time and immerse yourself in the architectural wonders and captivating gardens that define these historical landmarks.\nHadrian Villa, named after the Roman Emperor Hadrian, is a sprawling complex that once served as a retreat for the emperor and his court. This grand villa is a testament to the opulence and sophistication of Roman imperial architecture. As you explore the vast grounds, you'll encounter remnants of luxurious palaces, lavish baths, impressive halls, and stunningly preserved mosaics. Experience the architectural genius of the ancient Romans as you wander through the evocative ruins and marvel at the intricate details that have withstood the test of time.\nFrom the grandeur of Hadrian Villa, venture into the magical world of Villa d'Este. This exquisite Renaissance villa is renowned for its magnificent gardens and breathtaking water features. Built in the 16th century for Cardinal Ippolito II d'Este, the villa is a masterpiece of Italian Renaissance architecture and landscaping.\nAs you step into the gardens of Villa d'Este, you'll be transported to a realm of beauty and tranquility. Discover a symphony of cascading fountains, glistening pools, and lush greenery that interweaves with meticulously manicured terraces.\nThe highlight of the gardens is the impressive Fountain of Neptune, an awe-inspiring creation that showcases the engineering prowess of the Renaissance era. Marvel at the intricate sculptures and the harmonious blend of nature and art as the water dances in sync with the melodic soundscape.\nVilla d'Este's interior is no less impressive. Step inside and be captivated by the luxurious rooms adorned with exquisite frescoes, stucco decorations, and intricate tapestries. Each room tells a story, a testament to the refined taste and cultural patronage of the Renaissance period.\nTivoli's Hadrian Villa and Villa d'Este offer a captivating juxtaposition of ancient Roman grandeur and Renaissance elegance. They stand as testaments to the enduring legacy of art, architecture, and landscaping. From the monumental ruins of Hadrian Villa to the enchanting gardens of Villa d'Este, these two sites will transport you to a world where emperors and cardinals sought solace, beauty, and inspiration.\nTucked away in the heart of Italy, Bomarzo Park, also known as the Sacro Bosco or the Park of the Monsters, stands as a testament to the captivating power of artistic expression. Created in the 16th century by the eccentric Prince Pier Francesco Orsini, this enigmatic garden transports visitors to a world of imagination and wonder.\nAs you enter Bomarzo Park, you find yourself surrounded by a collection of monumental stone sculptures that defy expectations and challenge conventional beauty. Each sculpture bears a name and a story, inviting you to delve deeper into the artist's mind.\nOne of the most iconic sculptures, the Leaning House, showcases the skillful manipulation of perspective, as it appears to defy gravity with its tilted structure. Nearby, the imposing Temple of Eternity rises majestically, adorned with intricate carvings and mysterious inscriptions that hint at hidden meanings and symbolism.\nStroll along the winding paths of the park and you'll come across the monstrous figures that give the park its name. The Mouth of Hell, an open-mouthed stone face, exudes a sense of mystery and intrigue. Stand before the fearsome Dragon, its scaled body coiled and ready to strike, and feel the mythical power it represents.\nAmong the park's most renowned sculptures is the infamous Ogre. With its grimacing face and rough-hewn features, this imposing figure embodies the darker side of the human psyche. And then there's the Tears of Proserpina, a poignant sculpture that captures the eternal struggle between life and death.\nAmidst the mesmerizing sculptures, hidden grottoes and secret corners await your discovery. Step into the cool embrace of the Shell Grotto, adorned with delicate carvings, and let your imagination transport you to the depths of the sea. Find solace in the intimate shade of the Pine Cone, a serene space that offers a moment of reflection amidst the park's surreal environment.\nBomarzo Park is more than just a collection of sculptures; it is a journey into the depths of human emotion and the boundless realms of the imagination. Prince Orsini's vision, shaped by his own experiences and desires, invites you to explore the intricate nuances of the human condition.\nAs you wander through the park, let your senses be awakened by the haunting beauty and mysterious allure of Bomarzo. Allow the sculptures to captivate your imagination and ignite your curiosity. Each step brings you closer to understanding the artistic genius that gave birth to this unparalleled masterpiece.\nBomarzo Park is a testament to the power of art and the timeless nature of human expression. It invites you to transcend the boundaries of everyday life and immerse yourself in a realm of enchantment and introspection.\nHigh atop steep volcanic cliffs, the village of Calcata in the Italian countryside not far from Rome exudes an air of mystery and enchantment. With its charming medieval streets, rustic stone houses, and panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, Calcata invites visitors to step back in time and experience the magic of a bygone era.\nIn Calcata, time seems to stand still. Its ancient walls whisper tales of a rich and storied past, while its picturesque streets beckon visitors to explore its hidden corners. Whether you're an art enthusiast, a history buff, or simply seeking a retreat from the bustling world, Calcata offers an escape to a realm of tranquility and beauty.\nThe history of Calcata stretches back thousands of years. Legend has it that the town was once the capital of the Falisci, an ancient Etruscan civilization. Over the centuries, it has witnessed the rise and fall of empires, serving as a refuge for various cultures, including the Romans, Byzantines, and Lombards.\nThe decline of Calcata can be traced back to the mid-20th century when concerns arose about the stability of its ancient structures. The village, built precariously on volcanic cliffs, faced the constant threat of landslides and crumbling infrastructure. As a result, in the 1930s, the Italian government declared Calcata unfit for habitation, leading to the forced relocation of its residents.\nFor several decades, Calcata remained abandoned and forgotten. Its once vibrant streets became a ghost town, left to the mercy of nature's encroachment. Dilapidated buildings and crumbling facades stood as somber reminders of a once-thriving community.\nHowever, the story of Calcata took a remarkable turn in the 1960s. Drawn by the village's unique charm and picturesque setting, a wave of hippies and artists began to rediscover Calcata. These free-spirited individuals sought refuge in the village's abandoned houses, breathing new life into the neglected streets giving this village the nickname: the grooviest village in Italy.\nThe revival of Calcata can be attributed to both its natural beauty and the allure of a countercultural lifestyle. The bohemian atmosphere and artistic community that emerged attracted creative souls from all walks of life. Painters, writers, musicians, and craftsmen found solace and inspiration within the village's ancient walls.\nAs the village regained its charm and regained popularity, more artists and tourists flocked to Calcata, injecting vibrancy into its once-abandoned streets. A visit to Calcata is truly a unique and unexpected delight. Art galleries and studios dot the streets, showcasing the talents of local artisans and providing visitors with a unique glimpse into the artistic spirit of Calcata.\nDiscover the architectural marvels, connect with the vibrant artistic community, and savor the serenity of this enchanting village perched on ancient cliffs. Explore the local shops and boutiques, where you can find handmade crafts, locally produced goods, and souvenirs that capture the essence of Calcata's creative spirit.\nDominating the rugged coastline of Italy, the ancient town of Tarquinia beckons visitors with its rich Etruscan history and remarkable medieval architecture. Stepping into Tarquinia is like embarking on a time-traveling adventure, where you can explore the secrets of the Etruscan civilization and marvel at the town's medieval charm.\nTarquinia holds a significant place in history as one of the most important cities of the ancient Etruscan civilization. The Etruscans, a mysterious and sophisticated people, thrived in this region long before the rise of Rome. Their legacy is best preserved in the Monterozzi Necropolis, a vast burial ground that unravels the secrets of their customs and beliefs.\nThe Monterozzi Necropolis is an awe-inspiring sight, featuring numerous underground tombs. These tombs are adorned with intricate frescoes that have survived the passage of time, offering a glimpse into the Etruscan way of life. As you descend a flight of stairs inside the tombs, you'll be immersed in a world of vibrant colors and detailed scenes depicting mythological figures, banquets, and daily activities. The uncovered treasures buried in these tombs are showcased at the Tarquinia National Museum.\nAmong the most famous tombs is the Tomb of the Leopards, renowned for its exquisite frescoes showcasing leopards in a lively dance. The Tomb of the Augurs depicts Etruscan priests engaged in sacred rituals, while the Tomb of Hunting and Fishing offers a glimpse into the ancient pastimes of the Etruscan elite. Each tomb tells a story, shedding light on the artistic prowess and cultural significance of the Etruscans.\nBeyond the mystique of the necropolis, Tarquinia's medieval architecture adds another layer of intrigue to the town's allure. Wander through the labyrinthine streets of the historic center, where centuries-old buildings and quaint squares transport you to a bygone era. Marvel at the fortified walls, towers, and gates that once guarded the town, hinting at its strategic importance throughout history.\nThe Tarquinia Cathedral, a magnificent Romanesque structure, stands as a testament to the town's medieval heritage. Adorned with ornate carvings and a beautiful rose window, the cathedral boasts a solemn beauty that echoes through the ages. Inside, you'll find stunning frescoes and religious artifacts that reflect the town's religious and artistic legacy.\nTarquinia's medieval charm extends to its picturesque piazzas and charming alleys, lined with stone houses adorned with flowers. Delight in the traditional shops and inviting cafes that dot the streets, offering a taste of local cuisine and artisanal products. The town's warm and welcoming atmosphere invites visitors to immerse themselves in its rich cultural tapestry.\nTarquinia is a testament to the enduring legacy of the Etruscans and the medieval spirit that still resonates within its walls. It invites you to unlock the mysteries of the past, explore the wonders of the Monterozzi Necropolis, and appreciate the architectural marvels of its medieval center.\nTuscania in Italy is a hidden gem that offers a delightful blend of history, architecture, and natural beauty. As you explore its charming streets, you'll uncover the layers of its rich past and discover architectural treasures that have withstood the test of time.\nThe history of Tuscania dates back to ancient times when it was a thriving Etruscan settlement. The town still retains remnants of its ancient past. As you wander through Tuscania, you'll encounter remnants of its medieval past, including well-preserved walls and imposing towers. These fortifications once served as a protective barrier, standing as a testament to the town's strategic importance. Their presence adds a touch of authenticity and transports you back in time, evoking visions of knights and noble feuds.\nIt's no wonder so many important historical films and series set in the medieval and Renaissance areas were filmed in Tuscania, it's the perfect setting for a period film.\nThe masterpiece of Tuscania is the magnificent San Pietro Church, majestically perched atop a hill that once served as an acropolis. This Romanesque marvel boasts a commanding presence surrounded by towering towers and an ornate facade. From the church's vantage point, you'll be rewarded with panoramic views of the surrounding countryside, a breathtaking vista that invites reflection and contemplation.\nAt the bottom of the hill lies the picturesque Santa Maria Church, a stunning example of Gothic architecture. Its elegant stone facade, adorned with delicate rose windows and intricate carvings, exudes grace and charm. Step inside to discover a tranquil sanctuary, a serene moment of respite, and appreciate the artistry and devotion of the medieval craftsmen.\nTuscania is not just a town of architectural wonders; it also embraces the natural beauty of its surroundings. Parco Lavello, a scenic park on top of the ancient city walls, offers a peaceful retreat. From this vantage point, you can immerse yourself in the beauty of the landscape, with rolling hills, verdant meadows, views of the imposing churches, and the remains of Rivellino Castle (Castello del Rivellino).\nWhether you're exploring its ancient churches, wandering through its medieval streets, or taking in the countryside views, Tuscania is a destination that holds the keys to a bygone era, a sanctuary where past and present seamlessly intertwine.\nLocated near the charming town of Cerveteri in Lazio, Italy, the Banditaccia Necropolis stands as a testament to the enigmatic Etruscan civilization. Along with the Monterozzi Necropolis in Tarquinia, Cerveteri is a UNESCO World Heritage site, offering a mesmerizing glimpse into the ancient rituals and beliefs surrounding death and the afterlife.\nThe Etruscans, a thriving civilization that predated the Roman Empire, left behind a lasting legacy that can be explored in the tombs of the Banditaccia Necropolis. This vast burial ground showcases their profound beliefs and practices surrounding death and the afterlife.\nThe Banditaccia Necropolis spans over 400 hectares, making it one of the largest and most significant Etruscan necropolises in existence. Dating back to the 9th century BCE, this sacred site served as the final resting place for generations of Etruscan nobles and elites.\nIts name, Banditaccia, is believed to originate from the word \"bandita,\" meaning \"outlaw\" or \"deserted place,\" which adds an air of mystery to this ancient burial ground.\nAs you venture into the Banditaccia Necropolis, you'll be immersed in a world of ancient wonders. The site spans across a sprawling landscape, featuring hundreds of tombs hewn into the soft tufa rock creating an otherworldly atmosphere.\nThe tombs within the Banditaccia Necropolis are diverse in their architectural styles and designs. The most common type of tomb found in Banditaccia is the tumulus tomb, also known as \"mound tombs.\" These imposing structures feature a central burial chamber surrounded by a mound of earth and stones. The tumulus tombs were designed to resemble houses, reflecting the Etruscan belief in the continuity of life beyond death. They were constructed using large stone slabs and covered with layers of earth, creating an enduring tribute to the deceased.\nExploring the interiors of these tumulus tombs is a truly awe-inspiring experience. Among the notable tombs within the necropolis is the Tomb of the Reliefs. This tomb is renowned for its finely carved stone decorations and its collection of funerary objects, including furniture, pottery, and jewelry. Each piece offers a glimpse into the daily lives and cherished possessions of the Etruscan elite.\nAfter you explore Cerveteri and the Banditaccia Necropolis, you'll also discover Cerveteri, an ancient town of historical and cultural significance. Cerveteri itself was a thriving Etruscan city, serving as a testament to the influence and prosperity of this ancient civilization. The town's archaeological museum provides further insights into Etruscan art, pottery, and religious practices, enhancing your understanding of their fascinating culture.\nCerveteri and the Banditaccia Necropolis offer a captivating journey into the world of the Etruscans. The tombs and artifacts found within the necropolis provide a window into their beliefs, customs, and artistic achievements.\nAs you can see, Rome's surrounding area is brimming with hidden treasures waiting to be discovered. Stefano Rome Tours invites you to embark on a series of unforgettable countryside tours from Rome, where hidden treasures await.\nFrom the majestic Bracciano Castle to the mesmerizing gardens of Tivoli, and from the enigmatic Sacro Bosco in Bomarzo to the ancient necropolises of Tarquinia and Cerveteri, each destination unveils a unique facet of Italy's rich cultural heritage. Let our expert drivers take you on these immersive journeys from Rome, where you'll experience the beauty, history, and charm that lie beyond the boundaries of Rome.\nThank you for choosing Stefano Rome Tours for your private tours in Italy. We look forward to showing you amazing places in Italy!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "|The Doorway: a panfandom game Moderators (thedoorwaymods) wrote,|\n@ 2012-09-28 09:37:00\n|DISCLAIMERS & CREDITS|\n|Our hearty thanks to rp_tutorials for the use of their navigation. Thank you to ghanima and borntorun for their direction, inspiration, and work in creating and managing this game; to starsgoblue for the Education Services Division page and immora for the macros on the ESD spreadsheet; to grantaire for her work in Avengers organization and coding assistance; to lobelia for the journal layouts; and to dominomasked for help with initial game setup. Thank you to pinvoke for their tiny icons for the calendars.|\nWe do not own Marvel in any way, shape or form. But that would be freaking cool if we did.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Innovating Health Care Solutions\nWelcome to the HealthTeamWorks Solutions Center, an online community for sharing and creating healthcare transformation solutions. As a member of the Solutions Center, you are a part of a learning community where you can collaborate with your peers across the country. Our resources and tools were developed based on our more than 20 years of healthcare transformation experience and listening to our practices about what they needed to drive change. Membership in the Solutions Center provides you resources to work smarter, enhance quality and performance improvement, and the ability to interact with peers.\nThe Solutions Center is a community, and like any community, every day is different. We are continually developing and updating tools and resources. As a member of the community and engage with the materials, you will have the opportunity to test and validate the effectiveness of the tools and resources, as well as identify and develop resources that benefit you.\nJoin Our Community\nJoin a community with a shared vision to advance the pace of change and performance improvement in healthcare delivery and community health. For more information about the Solutions Center, contact us at [email protected].\nJoin our online forums and virtual roundtables to engage with peers from all over the country in shared learning, including topical discussions introduced and facilitated by subject matter experts.\nAccess best practice guides, tools, recorded podcasts, videos, and online learning modules to use in quality and performance improvement.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Sorry, we can't find the movie trailer you're looking for.\nEither a trailer for this movie has not been released yet, or it\nwas removed following a request from the copyright holder.\nFind more trailers\nInternational Releases Dates\n01 January 2011\nPopular movie trailers from 2011\nThese some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 2011:\n06 August 2011\nA mysterious Hollywood stuntman who moonlights as a getaway driver seems to be trying to escape his shady past as he falls for his neighbor - whose husband is in prison and who's looking after her child alone.\n10 September 2011\nA cop (Matthew McConaughey) who moonlights as a hit man agrees to kill the hated mother of a desperate drug dealer (Emile Hirsch) in exchange for a tumble with the young man's virginal sister (Juno Temple).\n22 November 2011\nHugo is an orphan boy living in the walls of a train station in 1930s Paris. He learned to fix clocks and other gadgets from his father and uncle which he puts to use keeping the train station clocks running.\n11 March 2011\nValerie is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter, but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry.\n02 November 2011\nA true story of two men who should never have met - a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.\n22 July 2011\nPredominantly set during World War II, Steve Rogers is a sickly man from Brooklyn who's transformed into super-soldier Captain America to aid in the war effort.\n14 December 2011\nThis English-language adaptation of the Swedish novel by Stieg Larsson follows a disgraced journalist, Mikael Blomkvist, as he investigates the disappearance of a weary patriarch's niece from 40 years ago.\n08 March 2011\nA paranoia-fueled action thriller about an unsuccessful writer whose life is transformed by a top-secret \"smart drug\" that allows him to use 100% of his brain and become a perfect version of himself.\n17 November 2011\nMumble the penguin has a problem: his son Erik, who is reluctant to dance, encounters The Mighty Sven, a penguin who can fly! Things get worse for Mumble when the world is shaken by powerful forces, causing him to brings together the penguin nations and their allies to set things right.\n07 December 2011\nIn the 4th installment of the Mission Impossible series, Ethan Hunt (Cruise) and his team are racing against time to track down a dangerous terrorist named Hendricks (Nyqvist), who has gained access to Russian nuclear launch codes and is planning a strike on the United States.\n22 July 2011\nOn the night of the discovery of a duplicate Earth in the Solar system, an ambitious young student and an accomplished composer cross paths in a tragic accident.\n25 May 2011\nPo is now living his dream as The Dragon Warrior, protecting the Valley of Peace alongside his friends and fellow kung fu masters, The Furious Five - Tigress, Crane, Mantis, Viper and Monkey.\nHave you watched Death Penalty.com: A New Beginning yet? What did you think about it?\nArtwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is\n© 2011 JollyRoger.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Example: We have a folder filled with 30 images with inconsistent names. These images need to be named consistently and numerically: image1.jpg image2.jpg image3.jpg ... image30.jpg Can this be automated?\nHazel monitors folders for changes and can rename newly added files. Commercial with full-featured demo.\nName Mangler is a file rename utility. Just drag & drop files on the program window and set the rules. The preview shows how the files will be named afterwards. Commercial with full-featured demo.\nYour Mac comes with Automator, a tool allowing you create so-called workflows.\nLaunch it, and select to create a new workflow. From the Library, add a Get Specified Finder Items action and a Rename Finder Items action (don't create copies of the files when asked about it). Drop & drop files on the first action to add them to the workflow. Configure the second as shown to Make Sequential with new name and separated by nothing. Run by pressing the \"Play\" button in the toolbar.\nTo do this from the command line in\nYou can use a shell command like this:\nAnother option is to run\nDriveby answer, in case someone lands on this page in the future: Yosemite (OSX 10.10) added batch-renaming to the finder, so now all one has to do to perform such operations as OP's is select all the files that need renaming, right/control-click on them, and select", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Wednesday, March 04, 2009\nI was sent a copy of Slow & Easy: Fast-Fix Recipes for Your Electric Slow Cooker by Natalie Haughton and am I ever excited about making the recipes in it. Particularly these days where I just want to have the meal made quick. But what is more perfect than having the meal already cooked when you get home. And the recipes look really tasty. Not just stews and roasts. Which are delicious but Slow and Easy also offers a more variety of recipes than one would find with slow cooker cooking. Such as French Onion Soup, Cheese Fondue Stuffed Bread, Thai-Style Beef with Peanut Sauce and Curried Cauliflower with Potatoes and Peas. Check back in for my review of the previously mentioned recipes and others.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "We’ve all heard of self-help books, but how many of them work? We’ll look at The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, and dozens more. What makes these books so effective? If you’re looking for some motivation and self-improvement tips, these titles may help. Each of these books has something valuable to offer – but it’s up to you to find the right one for your needs.\nIf you’ve never read a self-help book before, there are several things to keep in mind. Although many of these books are widely popular, some are controversial. Some may not give you an accurate picture of your problem and others may simply promote a particular solution that doesn’t work. Before you buy a self-help book, however, it’s important to take a critical look at the author’s credentials and style of writing.\nThe authors of these books come from a range of backgrounds and have a unique take on personal development. The authors have learned from their own experiences and often incorporated this knowledge into their writing. Many of these books have engaging exercises, such as the one from Jen Sincero. However, you may be looking for a more structured self-help book. If you’re a millennial, check out “Rich Dad Poor Dad” by Robert Kiyosaki, which outlines his best friend’s financial education.\nIf you’re looking for a new self-improvement book, you’ve come to the right place. Self-improvement books have become a major phenomenon in today’s world. One out of five people has read a self-help book in the past year. But how do you know which self-improvement book to read? Read on to find out what works and what doesn’t.\nThe first self-help book that helped millions of people was called “The Secret.” It details the seven principles that make successful people great. It reveals how anyone can emulate these principles and achieve greatness. Published in 1936, The Secret highlights the basic rules of making a good first impression and winning people over. It emphasizes simple tactics that are often overlooked by many. It also addresses the issue of self-discipline in a world that’s increasingly complex.\nThis self-help book explains the psychological and physical effects of color. Using color therapy, the book teaches you how to identify and overcome challenges. It provides practical advice for color therapy and other methods of self-healing. The author’s fable-like style encourages readers to learn from their own experiences. Moreover, it explains how to use color therapy to transform yourself into a better version of yourself.\n5 Best Self-Help Books of All Time That Work\n- Read Books\n- Self-Help Books\n- 5 Best Self-Help Books of All Time That Work\n- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho\n- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen\n- The Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz\n- How to Win Friends & Influence People by Carnegie\n- You Can Win by Shiv Khera\n- Think and Grow Rich\n- The Secret\n- The 5 Love Languages\n- The 4-Hour WorkWeek\n- The Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes\nThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho\nThe Alchemist is a classic novel that explores the meaning of the word “dream” and the importance of following your heart. Written by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho, it’s one of the most popular books of all time. The story revolves around Santiago, a young shepherd boy who travels to Egypt to find treasure. This story offers a powerful lesson for us all, that our dreams can be realized and that they can be achieved.\nThe author Paulo Coelho was born in Brazil and had a spiritual awakening while visiting Spain when he was 38 years old. He wrote about his experiences in his book, The Alchemist, which sold over 35 million copies worldwide. Before his writing career, Coelho was a musician, composing song lyrics for popular Brazilian bands protesting military rule. In jail, he was tortured.\nThe Alchemist was written by Brazilian author Paulo Coelho in just two weeks. His first book, The Alchemist, was published in Portuguese. After the publication rights were returned, Coelho found a new Brazilian publisher. His second book, The Alchemist, sold well in Brazil. HarperCollins translated the book in 1993. The story became an inspirational classic, inspiring Rowling to create her series of novels based on the Alchemist’s story.\nThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen\nThe Seven Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen R. Covey was written by the renowned leadership expert, family expert, and organizational consultant. The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People has sold 25 million copies worldwide, in 38 languages, and was named the #1 Business Book of the 20th Century. In addition to writing about the 7 Habits, Covey co-founded FranklinCovey, an education company. His son Sean Covey is the President of FranklinCovey Education and is the architect of the Four Disciplines methodology.\nThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People is a seminal work that continues to guide millions of readers. It’s no longer a self-help book, but an approach to defining the fundamental habits that will help us become more effective in our lives. The author’s goal was to create a framework that people of all ages could follow to achieve personal effectiveness. Despite the book’s popularity, it’s not for everyone.\nThe Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz\nThe Magic of Thinking Big by David J. Schwartz is a motivational book that teaches readers how to attract positive people. It also teaches the secrets to career and marriage success. Dr. Schwartz is considered one of the world’s leading authorities on motivation and leadership. It will help you create a better life for yourself and your family. You can earn more money and enjoy life more if you think bigger.\nIf you’re not yet a reader, you can download a free audiobook of the book from Amazon and start learning the principles. This book will also teach you how to think big, so you can achieve your dreams. Listed below are some of the key points from this book. If you’ve been thinking small, you’re probably doing it wrong. But by thinking big, you can achieve bigger goals.\nThink big: When it comes to self-improvement, asking yourself “how” can inspire you to be more creative and productive. Similarly, by leading by example, you’ll be the person that others look up to. If you want to be a good leader, treat every human being as if they were important. Give more than people expect from you. These three ideas can help you achieve your goals.\nHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Carnegie\nHow to Win Friends & Influence People is a timeless classic by Dale Carnegie. First published in 1936, it has sold over 15 million copies worldwide. Although Carnegie’s book was written during the Great Depression, its advice has proved invaluable in today’s booming economy. This book is a must-read for people of all ages, and it is one of the most popular business books in the world.\nDale Carnegie was born in Missouri in 1888. He attended State Teachers College at Warrensburg, Missouri, and was an aspiring actor. After completing his studies, he moved to New York and began teaching communications classes. His book How to Win Friends & Influence People was released in 1936. This edition was updated in 1981, with updated language and omissions like Improving Marital Satisfaction and Effective Business Letters.\nYou Can Win by Shiv Khera\nYou Can Win by Shiv Khera is a motivational book by an Indian author. This book has a mix of stories, motivational steps, and step-by-step processes that will help you achieve success. Khera’s book is highly recommended for those who want to make a positive difference in their lives. It’s not just for businessmen and executives, but for ordinary people, too.\nThe book is written by Shiv Khera, an Indian author and leadership skills trainer who has been a best-selling author for over two decades. It has inspired millions of people to achieve their dreams and fulfill their potential, and he has spoken on television and radio programs in over 17 countries. You Can Win is his second book, and it has already sold over 2.7 million copies in sixteen languages. The book is also aimed at parents, spouses, and children.\nThink and Grow Rich\nMany of us have heard about the best self-help books, such as “Think and Grow Rich” or “The Secret.” But are they worth the hype? These books can change your life – and your relationships – for the better. But which ones should you start with? The first five are a good place to start if you’re unsure of what you’re looking for.\nThese ancient books still fly off the shelves and warehouses of online retailers. While they don’t guarantee instant happiness, self-help books offer a window into new ways of thinking, relating, and loving. They can also provide a practical tool for lifelong improvement. Listed below are five of the best self-help books of all time. We hope you enjoy it! Despite the high price tag, these classics are well worth your time and money.\nNapoleon Hill’s How to Win Friends and Influence People is an enduring classic. This 1937 book outlines personal habits that lead to success. It contains twelve steps to help you change people’s minds without creating resentment. The author’s insights are both inspiring and hilarious. You may even want to take up writing yourself as you learn about the craft. Luckily, this book contains many of the same principles as other self-help books.\nThe Secret is an enduring classic and has helped millions of people change their lives. Written by a bestselling author, this book is full of life-changing ideas. The authors focus on self-motivation, the ability to go the extra mile, and not relying on external commitments to motivate you. Self-motivation is a necessary part of life–achievement follows.\nThe author is a modern-day superhero who has overcome adversity and is now one of America’s most influential authors. In this inspirational book, he shows how to become an effective leader, a motivational speaker, and a successful author. His contagious virtues are contagious, and readers are sure to become motivated and inspired by him. While many people may not realize it, the lessons contained in the book are timeless.\nIs There a Secret to Self-Help Books That Work? Thousands of readers have discovered the power of positive thinking by reading The Secret, a self-help book by Rhonda Byrne. She explains the importance of staying positive at all times to create the life you want. This self-help book was the best-selling self-help book of 2016 and the inspiration behind the film The Secret.\nThis self-help book is both a memoir and a practical guide. It teaches the reader how to tap into the playful and imaginative side of themselves to create a life they love. By following the advice in this book, you can stop sabotaging yourself and begin taking steps to realize your goals. This book will give you the tools you need to reach your dreams and be more successful. It will also help you discover the power of letting go of fear and start listening to yourself.\nThere are thousands of self-help books available in the market. New ones come out every day. Some books are bestsellers like Mark Manson’s “The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck,” which has sold millions of copies. Likewise, acclaimed self-help books like Rich Dad and Poor Dad have sold millions of copies. However, despite the popularity of self-help books, some of them may not work. They may give you false hope and make you feel worse than before, or they may discourage you from seeking professional help.\nSome of the best self-help books deal with topics like addiction recovery, grief, and recovery from trauma. While these books often work best in conjunction with a licensed addiction counselor and therapist, they do not replace professional treatment. Finding the best self-help book depends on your topic, style, and tone. Thousands of customer reviews are one of the best ways to choose the right book for you. The best self-help book will be chosen based on these criteria.\nThe 5 Love Languages\nIf you’re looking for a self-help book that can make your relationships better, you’ve probably heard of The Five Love Languages by Gary Chapman. This philosophy is timelessly relevant, concise, and actionable. The best part? The book is divided into five parts, making it easy to learn and apply. This summary will walk you through the most important concepts if you’re still unsure.\nThe author of The Five Love Languages is well-known as a marriage counselor and director of marriage seminars. His book has been a New York Times bestseller since 2007, and his radio show has aired on Moody Radio Network and over 400 affiliates worldwide. His book has sold more than 12 million copies and is available in fifty languages. However, the book has its critics. Its focus on behavioral self-regulation and attentiveness has some critics, and it may not work for everyone. Nevertheless, it offers many promises for healthy relationships.\nLife Sorted teaches couples how to fill their partner’s love tank with actions, words, and presence. The book also shows couples how to plan quality time with their partner by putting away their cell phones. By understanding your partner’s preferences, this book can make even the healthiest relationship better. It’s also helpful if you’re dating someone with a different love language than yours.\nThe 5 Love Languages are based on research and observations of people. Chapman, a marriage counselor, developed this theory from his observations of human behavior. The five love languages include physical touch, words of affirmation, and acts of service. Moreover, these five love languages apply to all types of relationships. For example, if you’re having an affair, the book can teach you how to make your relationship work and last.\nThe 4-Hour WorkWeek\nThe 4-Hour Work Week is a book written by Tim Ferriss that outlines a process that anyone can use to become successful. This process involves setting goals, eliminating unnecessary activities, and streamlining your nine-to-five job. In addition, this book also includes tips and tricks for escaping the office and maximizing remote work. Here’s an overview of the four steps:\nFerriss’s work has been widely adapted to popular culture, including in books and movies. His book is written for a broad audience, and he makes it as approachable and aspirational as possible. Ferriss’s story is based on his own experiences, and he draws from his community to illustrate points. The book contains several chapters on how to become one of the “New Rich.” It’s divided into four main themes:\nThe 4-Hour Workweek has proven to be one of the most useful self-help books of all time. It teaches readers how to maximize their time and live life to the fullest, doing a limited number of high-value tasks. In this way, people can be more productive and feel more fulfilled. They can finally focus on the things that matter in life, instead of trying to fit everything into a busy schedule.\nThe 4-Hour Work Week is not a magic wand. Entrepreneurship requires dedication, sleepless nights, and more than a 4-Hour Work Week. You won’t succeed in today’s economy by working less, but by working smarter. Sometimes working extra hours is necessary to make a name in the workplace or earn extra money.\nThe Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes\nThis book is a memoir about how Shonda Rhimes took on a personal challenge and used it to change her life. She had been avoiding public speaking engagements, media interviews, and public appearances, but was challenged by her sister to embrace the “Year of Yes.” The Year of Yes helped her overcome her fears and challenges by facing them head-on. The results were life-changing for Rhimes.\nShonda Rhimes wrote the book after she overcame her biggest vice, being overweight and clinging to a crappy friendship. Fortunately, she managed to shed 100 pounds and become a successful Hollywood actress. She also includes chapters about mothering. Ultimately, this book will help you become the woman you always wanted to be.\nA memoir like The Year of Yes is hard to read in its own right. Instead of a memoir, this book is more like a self-help book, a collection of motivational talks. It’s the equivalent of an enticing blog by an intelligent person. Readers will be compelled by Rhimes’s honesty and genuineness and will wonder how she could have done it without the advice she offers.\nFor those who are struggling with their feelings, The Year of Yes is the perfect book to guide you to a better version of yourself. It focuses on the importance of self-acceptance, and it will make you a happier, more successful person. Despite its quirky title, this book has the power to transform anyone’s life.\nThe goal of self-help books is to foster personal growth, and they are generally overrated in terms of personal independence, tolerance, self-actualization, calmness, and internal locus of control. They are also underrated in terms of popularity and appearance, so it is difficult to determine whether these books are effective at enhancing happiness. But there are a few signs that might point to the possibility of improvement.\nThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by D.A. (Dale Carnegie) is a timeless bestseller. In this book, the author elaborates on the habits of successful people and teaches us how to live a fulfilling life by paying attention to others. As a result, this book has been an all-time best seller for over 25 years. Despite its apocryphal title, the lessons within its pages are invaluable for all of us.\nSelf-help books are a great resource for people from all walks of life. They’re a great way to find solutions to tough problems. While no one can guarantee a perfect solution to their specific issues, they can be helpful when dealing with a crisis. Self-help books can help you deal with the difficulties that life throws your way. There is a multitude of topics to choose from that can lead to positive changes and happiness.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Several years ago (1999, to be exact) Kunihiko Kasahara was a guest of the BOS for their Bristol convention and afterwards, we invited the Master up to a meeting in Hazel grove, near to Manchester. The venue was a small church hall and it was probably one of his more surreal experiences of the UK.\nAbout 25 people turned out on a cold night to attend a special evening meeting, with several of us lugging a great pile of books for him to sign. Kuni did some teaching, then a few of us stood up to be counted.\nI wonder if the young child on my right ever grew up to love origami and realised he’d met one of the finest origami creators of all time. I’ve worshipped KK for many years and was utterly delighted to meet him in person.\nI thoroughly recommend everyone new to origami to invest in a copy of “Creative Origami”, still a complete classic nearly 40 years after he wrote it. He set the standards that I aspire towards.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The world I've created for the Celydon Saga is our Earth in 500 years, after the Deluge and generally a return to the Dark Ages. However, the light is emerging again in the Kingdom of Prydein and the Empire of the United Kingdoms of Britannica. Long ago, when the Romans tried to conquer the Celtic peoples of the great Hyperborean islands, they were stopped by Queen Boudicca and her druids, repelled by the sheer force of personality, magic, and bagpipe music. Roman influence and trade affected the culture of Prydein, Alba, and Eiren, but it was all absorbed into the powerful and irresistible peace and harmony of the Druids.\nSome time later, the isles were again invaded by the Inglish and the Vikings, who were also seduced by the magic of the culture and added in their bits to the rich language and customs. Even when missionaries arrived from Byzantium to try to convert people to their religion (the second Roman invasion), they did not overrun the Druids and their treewise diplomacy. Magic is a great help to diplomats and so is music when it is played by the bards who can move an audience to laugh, weep, and fall asleep in turn.\nThrough all the turmoil of the Middle Ages, the resurgence of classical culture (which had never been lost in the libraries of Eiren and Prydein, and even the religious wars of the European continent, the growing empire of commonwealth countries came to span the globe. The moon never sets on the Britannic Empire! says the poet. While other European empires set out to grab colonies to exploit economically, or convert to their religions, Prydein's argumentative kings and queens were led to empire by the Druids and bards who sought the indigenous wisdom of other lands.\nMany more years later, after the industrial revolution had emerged in Prydein and been immediately constrained, it went off to build machines in places like Germania and the Tehanican Empire in the West. And when, after a mere two centuries this civilization of machines, oil, and smoke killed itself off, the Earth lay at peace for a long time. The Britannic Empire never died, but helped to rebuild after the Decline and the Deluge. And it is in this after-period that we swoop down on the little town of Nether Poppleton under Celydon Tor in the Yorkshire Dales, where we meet Emily Glass.\nOn top of the Tor resides the ancient University of Celydon, millennia old and entrenched in its traditions, it is one of the centers of the world. It's produce? Mages, seers, and bards to guide the principles of humanity away from lying, cheating, and murder and towards love and peace. Utopia? Well, yes. That's it exactly. But everything does not run smoothly. Ancient rivalries and magical conspiring underlie the official teachings. But things are orderly and actually fun at the school for children with magical Talent. Recruited by keen talent scouts, the students of Four Hallows Academy live in the very shadow of the great university. Emily, to her complete surprise, discovers she has an offer to attend this legendary school. She didn't know her parents or grandparents, until one day, a grandmother, a bulldog, and a baobab tree walked into her life.\nOn top of the Tor resides the ancient University of Celydon, millennia old and entrenched in its traditions, it is one of the centers of the world. It's produce? Mages, seers, and bards to guide the principles of humanity away from lying, cheating, and murder and towards love and peace. Utopia? Well, yes. That's it exactly.\nTHE STORY BEGINS\nFirst in the Celydon Saga, HOUSE OF GLASS starts the story of the young heroine, Emily, nicknamed \"Danger Girl.\" Much to her disgust, she finds herself in the middle of a Cinderella story. Everything she was raised to believe has consisted of lies and half-truths. In the land of Prydein and its empire, Druids are the guardians of Celtic culture and advisors of Queens and Kings. The Patrician class forms the highest aristocracy, and the Equestrian class the gentry and ruling class that fills the ranks of the imperial army, navy, and air corps. Raised like a waif in the home of an Equestrian relation, Emily has only dreamed of the magical world of the Druids\nand the privileged wealth of the Patricians.\nThe town of Nether Poppleton, nestled in the Yorkshire Dales, is a rural backwater of Prydein and the United Kingdoms, except for the looming presence of Celydon University atop its high Tor. Its preparatory school, Four Hallows Academy, is a school for magical children. Emily is neither magical nor, according to her tutor,\ntalented at anything except daydreaming and making up stories. Nonetheless, when inexplicable things start happening at Marbly Manor, Emily gets blamed and it is up to her, with her cousins, to solve a mystery that turns out to be about Emily herself.\nIt all comes from exploring attics!\n\"A cross between Jane Austen and Jonathan Strange (and maybe Jules Verne) with Druids. Clear off space on your Keepers Shelf. This series is going to be great!\"\n— Karen Vanderboffin, New Amsterdam Times\n\"Emily is a plucky heroine, far smarter than Harry Potter and most other fantasy characters. A sweeping tale, a comedy of manners, a tight world of the gentry in the bigger landscape dominated by\nairships, real magic, and the folk of the Otherworlds\"\n— Ellis Davidson, Magic and Myth Monthly\n\"The Best New fantasy series of the year! One part steampunk, one part Victorian coming of age story, and one part School Story, with a pinch of wry humor and the most memorable characters this\nside of Narnia. Oh, and platypuses.\"\n— Dinsdale Birch, The Occasional Telegraph\nTHE STORY CONTINUES\nThe story of Emily Glass continues! After discovering that her parents were druids and her grandmother is a countess, Emily is whisked off to school at Four Hallows Academy, part of the great University of Celydon high on the Tor. With new clothes, new teachers, and a host of other children -- and their familiars -- life has turned topsy-turvy. She and her new friends Natasha, Faye, and Hermia tackle learning what magery is all about. Things get complicated when Emily receives a letter from her cousin Sabrina and a secret society is formed. If boys, nobs, and magical festivals were not enough, the notebook and the desidericon bring down disaster! Fantasy novels better than Harry Pooter, Game of Thorns, or Wurst Witch!\n\"Even better than the debut novel of the series, First Term at Four Hallows is full of adventure and humor, crazy witches who run book shops, school rivalries, and classes in deportment and geography which, at first glance, don’t seem especially magical. But the magic builds and Emily adapts to her new surroundings and challenges, from sweeping floors in the weird Old College castle, to remembering the scores of rules at Four Hallows. I love how the girls are helped by Mentors -- girls in the next form, the Jr. Apprentices. Love the references and homage to the old girls school novels. First Term at Four Hallows will take its place in my memory alongside First Term at Malory Towers by Enid Blyton. But egads! What a cliff-hanger ending!\n– Winnifred Pease, Old Schoolgirls Review of Books\n\"So delicious, I could not put it down. Like a chocolate truffle -- Savour the marvelous details!\n– William W. Wonka, Library News Bulletins\n\"In these stories boys revolve around the strong female characters but are not the center of their interest, which is very true of plucky 14-yr. old girls! A refreshing change. My daughters have shared these books with all their friends.\"\n– Margo Beakley, The Horsewoman’s Gazette\nTHE STUNNING CONCLUSION!\nCondemned by her peers to punishment for breaking bounds, Emily Glass finds herself in deep doo-doo. Yet, classes in the magical arts go on as Summerwane term begins and the Rites of that sacred season lead to frightening visions and dreams about her mother and father. The mystery of her family thickens and the relics of her grandfather, another alchemist, become the center of some greater plot none of the Hallows students understand. There is murder, danger, and knocks on the head for Danger Girl in this episode of her story as the Saga of Celydon Tor continues. Will the mysterious Chancellor intervene? Who is the man in the tricorn hat? What is Prof. Krislock doing with a gryphon? And what does that tattoo on Mac's back mean? Read and know all!\nTHE CRITICS ARE RAVING! Best Fantasy Novels of the Age!\n\"What a relief to finally have the third book of the Celydon Saga in hand! The cliff-hanger at the end of First Term at Four Hallows left a readership desperate to know what happened to Emily. How could we have guessed? With unexpected twists and marvelous animals round every corner, the story only gets more tangled and more tense! I had to sit up late until the last page and then wanted to start all over again.\"\n— Winnifred Pease, Old Schoolgirls Review of Books\n\"Never in a work of fiction have I been so surprised at the use of a plumber's snake. In book three of the Emily Glass stories, the magic really starts to perk and it is evident that the author knows what he is talking about. Hermeticism, druidry, and espionage combine into a delicious potion you will always remember...\n— Kennelworth Hyde-Park, Wizard's Quarterly Intelligencer\nFour Hallows is such a beautifully realized school. One has a palpable sense of place in the landscape and in the wondrously described rooms and passageways of both the school and the university. Place and history – a history at once familiar and Other. There are some truly frightening bits in this climactic third volume of the ongoing story of Emily Glass. There are also some hilarious parts as the characters all grow and unfold.\n— Uma Cornichon, PhD., Young Adult Steampunk Adventures with Druids Quarterly", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "Available formats: epub\nGwen Gardner worked in corporate America for many years. When her yearning to write got the best of her, she quit her job, moved to the mountains and began to write. Her favorite things are writing, reading, running and travel. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Cellar Stories has been buying and selling all types of books for over thirty years. We're the largest used and rare bookstore in the smallest state in the US. Allison B.\nGoodsell, Rare Books, is a privately-owned antiquarian and second-hand bookstore situated at the Kingston Hill Book Store in historic Kingston, Rhode Island. I am celebrating my 11th anniversary, this summer, at this location and have been operating a by appointment location in Westerly, Rhode Island, for 28 years.\nThank An Educator, Share a Memory Other (Local Interest, Education) Thursday September 10, AM We invite our customers to thank a teacher or share a memory of a teacher during Educator Appreciation Week from October 7th to October 15th. Stop in and write your note of thanks or a fond memory to a teacher on the Thank a Teacher Wall. Find the best Used Book Stores near you on Yelp - see all Used Book Stores open now. 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The choice of used books is massive - thousands of classic novels and bestsellers, biographies and memoirs, self-help, cookbooks, children's books, affordable textbooks for school, and out-of-print titles.\nWakefield Books Old Tower Hill Road Wakefield, RI Hours. Monday-Saturday pm. Sunday pm. Open Online 24/7. Phone orders and curbside pickup 10am-5pm.\nOff Campus Book Store is located in Providence. If you need a good Used Bookstore near Providence, contact Off Campus Book Store. If you need more information, call them: () Read more about Off Campus Book Store in Providence, RI.\nIndependent Bookstore. Shop Local Shop Small. Westminster St, Downtown Providence Rhode Island. New Books, Used Books, Bargain Books. Bestsellers, Journals, Gifts. Greeting Cards Made in Rhode Island. WE BUY BOOKS. Open 10am daily. Middleton, Middleton MA. South Main Street RouteMiddleton MA. This store is either suspended or closed. Powered By ChirsLands. ChrisLands provides an easy and affordable solution to operating your own online bookstore. We have provided the new, used, out-of-print, and antiquarian independent bookseller with a full ecommerce bookstore solution since ChrisLands is a full ecommerce solution providing.\nThe Time Capsule is Rhode Island’s and Massachusetts’s premier comic book, record, toy, and collectibles store. Discover your favorite sci-fi, horror, and other popular collectibles today.\nCranston Pontiac Ave. Cranston, RI Seekonk Fall River Ave. Seekonk, MA. About Us. Read about the Rhody Reader Book Box in RI Monthly. Ink Fish Books Brings Cookbooks and Culture to Warren, Rhode Island. Ink Fish, Warren's new book store, gets warm reception. Ink Fish Books Opening in Rhode Island.\nThere’s a New Indie Bookstore In The OS & Here’s Everything You Need To Know. Of Food and Books: An East Bay Love Story. Located in Wyatt Square at East Main Road in Middletown, RI We have re-opened with abbreviated hours for now.\nTuesday-Saturday Online & phone orders welcome and encouraged! BROWSE BOOKS. VIEW TOYS. FIND GIFTS. BARRINGTON. County Road Barrington, RI HOURS. 9AM-9PM M-F 9AM-7PM SAT 10AM-6PM SUN GARDEN CITY. Hillside Road Cranston, RI Your used books make a big difference in the lives of America’s Veterans and their families. No matter how big or small, your donations are needed and appreciated. Just click the Schedule a Pickup button below, choose a date for your donation pickup, leave your clearly labeled donations outside on the day you choose, and our driver will pick.\nBuy books online at GoodwillBooks. Used books, CDs, DVDs, games, rare and collectible, textbooks, e-books, and more. Find great prices on GoodwillBooks. Bank Square Books | 53 West Main St., Mystic, CT | | [email protected] Savoy Bookshop & Café | 10 Canal St., Westerly, RI | | [email protected] Contact Us | About Bank Square Books | About Savoy Bookshop & Café | Book. Kids' Store with Bestsellers, Brain Quest, New Books, and More! You can also check out our Kids' Page!\nFree Parking Lot Pickup--Call us at to place your order and pay over the phonePull into the parking lot, call us, and we'll bring your order out to you. Free Local Delivery on. May 09, · We are proud to be Rhode Island's newest bookstore located in downtown Pawtucket across from the historic Slater Mill. With over 6, books in bright, new comfortable surroundings, we welcome readers of all interests to visit, browse and enjoy our books.\nIf you're looking for \"where to buy books near me,\" find a Barnes & Noble bookstore near you by using our store finder and check out any events that may be coming up at your local B&N store.\nWith over locations across the U.S., we're confident that you'll find a convenient store near you. Book Lovers is located approximately 27 miles from Narragansett. Regarded as one of the best Used Bookstores in Narragansett area, Book Lovers is located at State Rd.\nTheir phone number is. The Book Store cannot store, display or sell old textbooks, dictionaries or torn, soiled or musty books, all of which need to go to the dump.\nPre travel guides, atlases, and textbooks are also too space consuming and no one has purchased an encyclopedia in years. Mary's Paperbacks, Warwick, RI.\nlikes · 7 talking about this · 37 were here. 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Trusted since Our mission is to make it easy for customers to discover and buy the books, fine art and collectibles that they love. Read more about our story. See more. A Book. Shop The Rhode Island College Bookstore for men's, women's and children's apparel, gifts, textbooks and more. Large Selection of Official Apparel Exclusives Flat-Rate Shipping.\nNewbury Comics is an independently owned retail company with stores throughout New England. We offer tons of music, exclusive color vinyl records, K-pop, comics, apparel, Funko figures, and much more!. Orders $75 or more ship free! Save money over Amazon on used books. Every book comes with free shipping. We have a huge selection of new and used books to choose from.\nSupport small business, the environment and literacy. Oct 29, · Also, try local used book stores, free little libraries or Kijiji. Reply. Helen says. April 3, at AM. 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Daily: 11am - 9pm Newport Video and Magazine Center Connell Highway, Newport, RI () 6 booths here with glory holes. Reports are that it is mostly gay and Navy guys here from the local base. Video Expo/ xn--c1ajbkbpbbduqca7a9h1b.xn--p1ai Imagine your dream bookstore-café: loads of space, shelf after shelf of books, lots of tables and comfortable chairs, performance spaces, etc.\nNow replace the café with a bar. Great food, cold beer and a deep selection of used books combine to make Portsmouth Book & Bar, located in the historic Custom House, an irresistible destination. The largest used bookshop in Rhode Island first caught my eye for its excellent selection of pulps and vintage paperbacks, but the ever-rotating stock of 70, volumes also includes an excellent variety of local history, art, poetry, modern first editions, and antiquarian books.\nUsed Book Store Main Menu. Home; About; Contact; stop by and browse. We are Open for business. We are following the RI health guidelines for safe operation.\nServices. About Us. gift certicates are available. Ask about our birthday club. we sell tea. Amazing Things for You. We have gently used books for sale. Some new hot titles and some. Explore the best Book Dealers Used & Rare in Rhode Island with xn--c1ajbkbpbbduqca7a9h1b.xn--p1ai We have 13 Rhode Island Book Dealers Used & Rare listed with customer reviews and ratings to choose from. Search the Chamber Directory of over 30 Million Businesses Nationwide!\nWe are an independent, family-owned used bookstore company with locations across four cities. We buy, sell and trade used books, audiobooks, Books-on-CD, CDs, vinyl records, DVDs, Blu-rays and electronics. We also sell new books at low prices. Welcome to Books End Bookshop, your one-stop-shop for used books (hardcover and paperback), antiquarian, vintage, rare, and out-of-print books. In business for over 33 years, Books End was voted Best Used Bookstore in by the City of Syracuse, a Neighborhood Favorite in 20by Nextdoor, and most recently the Best of CNY Best.\njoin our book club. We meet once a month to discuss the ins and outs of a contemporary piece of fiction. Want more information? Sign up for our book club updates here. August Book Title: Luster by Raven Leilani. June’s Meetup: Sunday, August 30 @ 11AM EST. Buy the book here or in-store! Location: Meeting Virtually on Zoom @ 11AM EST. Remember, the Community College of Rhode Island Bookstore will almost always have your book in stock for immediate pick-up and it offers a return policy if you return your book.\nBookstores also pay you top-dollar for any books you purchased that are being used the next semester. Welcome to one of America's oldest and largest used book shops. The Brattle features two floors of general used books, a third floor of rare & antiquarian books and an outside sale lot. An experienced buyer is available from ampm. See below for services we offer. Containing overused & rare books as well as cats, gardens, farm animals & more, a bibliophile’s bliss awaits at the Book Barn in Niantic, CT.\nJohn Smith Books is the eastern most bookstore in the eastern most city in the USA, Eastport, Maine. We are a small, in home, bookstore, featuring retail, wholesale, and Internet sales. Relaxed atmosphere, drop by, the coffee pot (and tea pot) are on.\nWe specialize in antique, collectible, and fine used books including a small collection of new. Find books, toys & tech, including ebooks, movies, music & textbooks. Free shipping and more for Millionaire's Club members. Visit our book stores, or shop online.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Blazing Dragons Walkthrough\nAfter the opening movie sequence, your journey begins in\nTake the Pouch. Take the Inventor's Book, Jar, & Tail Warmer and put them into the Pouch. Go into Upstairs Hall and take the Candle Holder, and the tongs from the fireplace. Go downstairs, movie sequence, you are in the kitchen. Take the Mop and place it in the hanging cup rack. Use the Candle Holder on the tea pots. Use Tail Warmer on Candle Holder. Leave the Kitchen and go to the King's Room.\nFrom the King's Room, take the pipe cleaner and the \"Monarch Quarterly\" magazine. Go to the Princess' Room. Use Jar on Princess to catch her Kiss.\nGet the bottle of Hair Tonic off of the mantle. Go to the main hall.\nGet the Enchanted Map by talking to the person in the Information Booth.\nLook at Map, go to the Beanstalk Area. Take Magic Pea. Use Hair Tonic on Rapunzell, and take Hair. Talk to Rapunzell, and trade her your Hair Toinc for her Clippers. Go into House. Talk to naked guy, and use Jar (Princess' Kiss) on him. Take the frog. Look at the Map, go to Sir Blaze at the Mystical Pond.\nAt the Mystical Pond, use your Frog on the frog. Sir Blaze gives you a Mirror. Look at Map, go to the Tomato Garden to see Sir Gasflame. Plant your Magic Pea in the Tomato Garden, movie sequence, get Coal from Sir Gasflame. Look at Map, go to the Town Square,to the Arena. Use Pipe Cleaner on termite mound, take termite-covered pipe cleaner. Go to the Practice Range play the game until you win, and take the Cat. Look at the Map and go to the Beanstalk Area.\nAt the Beanstalk Area, enter the house and use the termite-covered Pipe Cleaner on the flute. Untie Sir Burnevere, and get a ribbon from him. Look at the Map and go to Sir Loungealot in the Woods, get the pitchforkand take the path uphill. This is the Black Dragon, use the Cat on the dog. Now talk to Sir Loungealot, he makes you a squire, and gives you Soap. Movie sequence.\nYou are now in the Princess' Room. Use Hair on window, movie sequence.\nThe Chancellor steals your Pouch. Go Downstairs to the Chancellor's Room, and take Pouch, DoDo Bird Stamp, Eagle Stamp, and the Crackers by the cage.\nYou can't leave the Castle until the King sees the Princess.\nGo Upstairs to the Library. Talk to the librarian, ask for the book, \"Crushing the Will of the Weak with No Remorse\" (overdue library book on Chancellor's desk). Take the Feather Duster, and look at the Endangered Species Chart. Talk to Jester, and he turns you into the princess. Go talk to the King. Go to the Library and use Mirror on the Jestor to reflect the spell onto himself. Go to the Princess' Room and get the Suitcase & Ghost Costume. Go to the LibraryUse Suitcase on Jestor. Take the Jester to see the King. Follow Dodo Bird, Look at Map and go to the Dodo Bird. Look at the trap and the hunter. Look at the Map, and go to the Castle.\nTalk to the person in the Information Booth, then the Library. Use the Dodo Bird Stamp in the Chart. Look at Map, go to Town Square. Use the Pitch Fork on the mole hills. Get the Mole. Now, use the Feather Duster on the Pizza Chef, and take Pizza Paddle. Use the Ghost Costume on the corn as a scarecrow, take Corn. Go to the Arena and talk to the Sign Cleaner. Use the Mole on the dirt under the sign. Try taking the sign cleaner's Stilts. Tell him that Eddie Ember sent you. Take Stilts. Look at the Map, and go to the Dodo Bird.\nYou are now in Sir George's Village. Use Coal on efigy, and get the paddle.\nPick up the Mask, and put it in the manure, now put it in your pouch. Go into the Juice Pub, and take the job. Go to the street, and offer the guy the Crackers. Go into the Juice Pub, and get prunes. Try to get the Funny Papers, you will have to win the dance contest to get them. Look at the Map, and go the Black Dragon Woods.\nTake the path to the top of the hill, take the Bone. Look at the Map, and go to Sir George's Castle. Open Pouch, and use the Funny Papers on the Prunes. Now use the Ribbon on the Package. Ring the bell. Deliver the Package of Prunes for Sir George. Now, use the Tongs on the Electric Eel.\nGo in the back door of the Castle. Go Upstairs to Sir George's Room. Use the Mask on the blind man. Get the Armor and the Rust-Be-Gone. Go Downstairs.\nAt the rear of the Castle, talk to the dog, use the Bone on the dog.\nPick up the Bone. Talk to the guards, and close the gate. Go Downstairs to the Lab. Steal the Plans, and go back Upstairs to the main hall. Use the Code (Plans) on the guard to launch the Black Dragon, and it crashes into the gate. Go back to the lab, and throw the Bone into the Princess' cell, freeing the Princess. Movie sequence.\nLook at the Map, and go to Stone Henge. Talk to the Knights, and look at the Map; go to the Mines. Get the Ammonia Nitrate Powder and talk to the bird. Use the \"Monarch Quarterly\" on bird. Take Pick Axe and Metal Container. Look at Map, and go to Stone Henge. Go down below, and join in turning the wheel. Jump up onto the shaft of the wheel. Use Pick Axe on Connector Pin, and take it. Look at Map, and go to Sir George's Village.\nInside of the Juice Pub, give baseball player the Connectoe Pin, and receive the Paddle. Go to Stone Henge. Use Paddle on Stone Henge. Go to the Lady in the Lake. Use Stilts to cross creek. Remove Sword from dryer, and set dryer on delicate. Put Corn in dryer, then put Popped Corn into Metal Container. Get Paddle, then use Stilts to cross creek. Use Electric Eel on water, and talk to the Lady in the Lake. Go to Pine Forrest.\nUse Rust-Be-Gone on trap, and get Whistle. Go to Stone Henge. Use Paddles on Stone Henge (all 4). Movie Sequence. Go to Waterfall. Inside Cave, talk to Ancient Al. Take the challenges, they are as follows: #1 Dexterity, Use Clippers on porcupines; #2 Strength, Use Whistle on rock; #3 Eye-Hand Coordination, Push X-button between the rabbits jumps, when they are resting (keep trying); #4 Wee-Bit Scary, Use soap on laundry beast, then use Ammonia Nitrate on the cloud. Get Knighthood Cubic Zirconia from Ancient Al. Go to Town Square.\nGo to Arena, movie sequence (become Knight). Thumb Wrestling: pin thumb with X-button & repeatedly hit the top 4 L & R-buttons. Movie sequence.\nBlack Dragon arrives, go to Practice Range. Use Popcorn Container on catapult. Fire at Black Dragon, movie sequence. Inside Black Dragon, use lever to speed up engine, Mervin uses his to slow it down. Use Clicker on your lever, Mervin stalls the engine. Use Clippers on pull cord, End Game Movie Sequence.\nBack to My PlayStation Walkthroughs\nEmail me: firstname.lastname@example.org", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Join our list\nSubscribe to our mailing list and get interesting stuff and updates to your email inbox.\nPublisher: Reformation Heritage Books\nPrice: $2.99 (Sept 7-8)\nThe Works of William Perkins fills a major gap in Reformed and Puritan theology. Though Perkins is best known today for his writings on predestination, he also wrote prolifically on many subjects. His works filled over two thousand large pages of small print in three folio volumes and were reprinted several times in the decades after his death. His complete works, however, have not been in print since the mid-seventeenth century. This modern typeset edition of the Works includes four volumes of Perkins’s expositions of Scripture, three volumes of his doctrinal and polemical treatises, and three volumes of his practical writings.\nThis third volume contains Perkins’s A Cloud of Faithful Witnesses, Leading to the Heavenly Canaan, which was his exposition of Hebrews 11. In it, Perkin contends that the whole chapter of Hebrews 11 is meant to urge readers to persevere in faith by persuading them of the excellence of faith. In his characteristic way, Perkins brings the abiding importance of this message through careful exegesis and perceptive application.\nIn this grab bag, we have 4 e-books. The prices and sale dates that they have provided are under each book cover.\nPublisher: DreamEmpire Publishing\nJayden and Mason often wonder about all of the beautiful creations they see. Grandmother snuggles in close with the boys to tell them about God’s wonderful creations. This story is written in rhyme for a child’s imaginative mind. It encourages them to enjoy the wonders they see every day. God Has a Paintbrush takes inquisitive children through a journey of discovery of the beauty in the colors all around them and expounds on the love that God has for all of his creation.\nIn this grab bag, we have 7 e-books from Intervarsity Press. The prices and sale dates that they have provided are under each book cover.\nSarah Denning is a military journalist with the Army in the Middle East when her convoy is attacked and she’s taken hostage. When former Army Ranger Gavin Black is asked by his old unit commander–Sarah’s imposing father–to plan an extremely risky rescue, he reluctantly agrees and successfully executes it.\nBack in the US, Sarah is livid when she’s discharged on a false psychiatric evaluation and vows to return to the Army. Until she learns of her brother’s suicide. Unable to believe her brother would do such a thing, she puts her plans on hold and enlists Gavin to help her discover the truth. What they uncover may be the biggest story of Sarah’s career–if she can survive long enough to write it.\nStrap in for another breakneck nail-biter from bestselling romantic suspense author Lynette Eason that will have you up turning pages long into the night.\nAs a former field surgeon in Afghanistan, Heather Fontaine is used to life-or-death situations. She just didn’t expect them to follow her home. When she returns from a party to find that someone has broken into her house–and threatened her friends–she assumes it is the stalker who has been following her and creeping her out. She hopes to find safety and peace of mind by leaving the city and hiding out in a small town. But trouble has followed her even there.\nLuckily, a stalker isn’t the only one watching Heather. Travis Walker has been secretly watching out for her for weeks. As owner of his own security agency, it’s what he does. Together, Travis and Heather must figure out who wants her dead–and why–before it’s too late.\nBestselling and award-winning author Lynette Eason will have you looking over your shoulder as you dive into this fast-paced, suspense-filled story about losing control and finding something even better.\nIn this grab bag, we have 4 e-books for women from Crossway. The prices and sale dates that they have provided are under each book cover.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This series is called Symbolonbecause it intends to help bring people deeper into that communion of apostolic faith that has existed for 2,000 years in the Church that Christ founded. 3 SYMBOLON The Catholic Faith ExplainedWhy should I use Symbolon?\nIt will lead you through the \"big picture\" of the Catholic Faith and our Creed is the guide. Symbolon brings together some of the most trusted Catholic teachers in the world to guide you through the breadth and richness of the Catholic faith. Use Symbolon in RCIA, for Catechist training, in Men's & Women's Groups, Bible Study Groups and more.What happens in each session of Symbolon?\nIn these first ten sessions of Symbolon, your participants will be led through the “big picture” of the Catholic faith, and the Creed will be their guide. This foundational study on God’s plan of salvation will prepare participants for the next ten Symbolonsessions that focus on living the faith through the sacraments and moral life.How do I contact Symbolon support?\nCheck out the Symbolon FAQ, call us at 800-777-7502, or email our support staff. You must login to rate this item. In the ten episodes of Part 1 of Symbolon: The Catholic Faith Explained, we journey through the core teachings of the Catholic Church with the goal of knowing the Faith.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The American teen drama created by Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger turns up with its 2nd season.\nCast and crew\nThe main characters are Michael Cimino as Victor, Rachel Hilson as Mia, Anthony Turpel as Felix, Bebe wood as Lake, Mason Gooding as Andrew, George sear as Benji, Nick Robinson as Simon. It is narrated by Michael Cimino, Nick Robinson. Nick Robinson and Shawn wilt are the producers.\nAbout the series\nThis series is adapted from the 2018 film Love, Simon. The series premiered on 17th June 2020 on Hulu.\nThis series explores the journey of self-discovery of a high school student named the victor.\nVictor faces many problems with his sexual orientation, and it seems too difficult for him to adjust through High school until he has found a friend named Simon who can guide him through this.\nIs there any 2nd season?\nAs per the report, it is confirmed that season 2 of Love victor is returning and seems to feature more characters from the original film Love Simon. The series is expected to premiere on 11th June in 2021. In season 2, we can see victor and Benji’s togetherness. Mia eventually was heartbroken to see Benji and victor together.\nTherefore, Felix and Lake turn up by taking a big step in the relationship.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Come see me tomorrow at the Nurture Birth and Baby Fair. There’s an amazing line-up of demo’s, providers, and giveaways. Bring your family and have some fun. Admission is free and so is parking. I’ll be offering lots of booking incentives, free candy (chocolate covered espresso beans!), and even a treasure box for the kids to dig in and grab a toy. I’d love to show you all I have to offer and explain why I would be a great fit for your family’s photographic needs. Everything you need to know is below.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "(Children’s Book Week; it turns out that it’s this week)\nIt’s Children’s Book Week this week! And that’s great because books for kids are wonderful. We love having a whole week to celebrate them in!\nHere are five easy ways you can join in the celebration:\n1. Read a children’s book this week! Many of them are delightful.\n2. What was your favorite children’s book when you were a small child? Call up your parents and ask them. (Mine are always delighted to tell me about the book about the that I made them read over . . . and over . . . and over . . . and over . . . and over and now have absolutely no memory of.)\n3. Tell your friends about your favorite children’s book — one that you can actually still remember having read. Who has the weirdest favorite? Whose is the most obscure?\n4. What’s your favorite children’s book that you actually own? Dig it out of your bookshelf and put it in a place of honor this week — somewhere where you can gaze upon it and contemplate the folly and delight of youth.\n5. Find an actual real-life child! Then read to them a children’s book. Their favorite? Your favorite? Let them pick!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Preprint (JMIR Preprints): https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/28049\nAuthors' Response to Peer-Review Reports: https://med.jmirx.org/2021/3/e23393/\nPublished Article: https://med.jmirx.org/2021/3/e28049/\nThis is a peer-review report submitted for the paper “Emergence of the First Strains of SARS-CoV-2 Lineage B.1.1.7 in Romania: Genomic Analysis.”\nRound 1 Review\nThis paper  reports the identification and characterization of the SARS-CoV-2 B.1.1.7 variant (the English variant) in North-East Romania and a synopsis of the circulation of this variant in Romania. The manuscript is timely, straightforward, and professionally crafted, and the results are of interest for the characterization of SARS-CoV-2 strains. Such routine surveys are necessary to trace the emergence of new variants of interest and are scarce in Eastern Europe.\nThe manuscript needs some revision of English. It is generally well prepared, but there are several instances in which it could benefit from a professional revision.\nConflicts of Interest\nEdited by E Meinert; This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 21.07.21; accepted 21.07.21; published 13.08.21Copyright\n©Cristian Apetrei. Originally published in JMIRx Med (https://med.jmirx.org), 13.08.2021.\nThis is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work, first published in JMIRx Med, is properly cited. The complete bibliographic information, a link to the original publication on https://med.jmirx.org/, as well as this copyright and license information must be included.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Archdiocese Mission Statement\nThe Greek Orthodox Ladies Philoptochos Society, Inc., is the duly accredited women's philanthropic society of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. The mission of the Society shall be:\nTo help the poor, the destitute, the hungry, the aged, the sick, the unemployed, the orphaned, the imprisoned, the widowed, the handicapped, the victims of disasters, to undertake the burial of impoverished persons and to offer assistance to anyone who may need the help of the Church through fund raising efforts; and\nTo promote the charitable, benevolent, and philanthropic purposes of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America, through instructional programs, presentations, lectures, seminars and other educational resources;\nTo preserve and perpetuate Orthodox Christian concepts and the Orthodox Christian Family, and through them, to promote the Greek Orthodox Faith and traditions, in accordance with its doctrines, canons, discipline, divine worship, usages and customs;\nTo promote participation in the activities of the Greek Orthodox community, with the cooperation of the Parish Priest and the Parish Council.\nThe charitable work of the Society shall be performed with discretion, courtesy and kindness.\nDeposition of the Precious Robe of the Theotokos in Blachernae; Juvenal, Patriarch of Jerusalem; Juvenal the Protomartyr of America & Alaska; John Maximovitch, Archbishop of Shanghai and San Francisco; Synaxis of the Most Holy Theotokos of the Orphan", "label": "No"}
{"text": "- This event has passed.\nMusical Theater Camp Ages 9-12\nJune 13 @ 9:00 am - June 24 @ 2:00 pm\nSign your child up for our flagship, two-week intensive camp for all things musical theater. In this camp, the student will learn techniques for acting, singing, set and costume design, and much more! Two productions will be held at the end of camp. For more information and online registration, visit www.winnsborocenterforthearts.com/summer_camps.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Plaintiffs in error were indicted, tried and convicted in Lake County, Florida, as principals in the second degree to the crime of robbery.\nOn careful analysis of the record we do not think the verdict in this case accords with the manifest weight of the evidence or with the justice of the cause, so the judgment will be and is hereby reversed and a new trial awarded. Ming v. State, 89 Fla. 280, 103 So.2d Rep. 618.\nWHITFIELD, P. J., AND TERRELL AND BUFORD, J. J., concur.\nELLIS, C. J., AND STRUM AND BROWN, J. J., concur in the opinion and judgment.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "“In reality it is only in the mystery of the Word made flesh that the mystery of man truly becomes clear” (Gaudium et Spes 22 § 1). Jesus is the way and the truth and the life, who himself illuminates our lives.\nA man would have to be quite taken with himself to fail to notice things “aren’t quite right.” Sometimes, he can’t put his finger on precisely what is wrong, aside from the obvious effects of the carpet bombing of sin.\nC.S. Lewis put forth this argument: Jesus is either Lord, liar or a lunatic. You must decide. There is no alternative.\nIn his book, The Splendor of the Church, Henri de Lubac wrote of a dangerous dissociation often made about the Church. This error is rooted in the Protestant revolution which occurred in the early 16th century, and has, unfortunately, continued into the present among non-Catholic Christians.\nBut prayer is about much more than “getting saved.” It is the key to really living. Prayer is the doorway to human fulfillment, joy and unending happiness.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "I'm making a Map Tour Story Map on my portal account, I can add points and images fine everything is working. However, when I go to add in hyperlinks into the captions of my images and save the map, I keep getting the error \"Save failed. Please try again.\" I thought this might be due to improperly formatted html, but I copy and pasted the exact html code provided by Esri in the help section of the story map (provided at the bottom of this post) and even that wouldn't let me save the map. The hyperlinks works, I'm just not able to save the Story Map if I have any hyperlinks in the captions. Any help would be appreciated!\n<a href=\"http://storymaps.esri.com/\" style=\"color:yellow\" target=\"_blank\">StoryMaps Website</a>", "label": "No"}
{"text": "December 20, 2007\nJames Brown may be gone, but his tradition lives on through the kids.\nThe James Brown annual Toy Giveaway kicked off this morning at 10:00 at the Imperial Theater downtown. Reverend Al Sharpton and members of the Brown family hosted the event.\nLast year's Toy Giveaway was James Brown's last public appearance before he passed away last Christmas.\nViewers with disabilities can get assistance accessing this station's FCC Public Inspection File by contacting the station with the information listed below. Questions or concerns relating to the accessibility of the FCC's online public file system should be directed to the FCC at 888-225-5322, 888-835-5322 (TTY), or email@example.com.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Kevin Bourgeois Uses Collage to Depict the Struggle for Identity in a Media-Saturated Age\nNew York-based artist Kevin Bourgeois is acutely attentive—not only to the minute details in his photorealistic graphite drawings but also to the cultural shifts in the world around him. Self taught, he has achieved a level of mastery in his medium that allows him to seamlessly depict his subjects in sociopolitical narratives that deal with the struggle for identity in a mediatized age—the subject of his recent show “Impossible Exchange” at Causey Contemporary.\nUsing collage-like methods to parse pop culture, the media, and corporate cultures, Bourgeois explores the fragmentation of the self in a world ruled by technology and advertising. According to Bourgeois, the new body of work addresses how the “current social technological framework has modified, exchanged, or replaced our perception of identity with a visage…further diluting our actual analog worth.” One series exemplifies how consumers can, at times, become products themselves: in wall-mounted assemblages, layers of matches rise to almost cover the meticulously drawn faces that morph into brand logos (Kools, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper). The various ages and races of Bourgeois’s subjects speak to the universality of the “branding” experience. Other works such as Cleanse, Fold and Manipulate 1-4 (2015) focus on the human body—sections of a female form are collaged onto a cardboard and crutches. Here, Bourgeois compares physical harm (symbolized by the crutches) to the psychological effects of viewing the human body through the lens of ideals set forth by the media.\nThe conceptual bases of collage and assemblage are of crucial importance to Bourgeois’ practice, both in his works that incorporate found objects and in his choice to work with graphite. While the medium is often reserved for sketching or planning, Bourgeois finds its innovative potential by employing juxtaposition and pictorial disruption, techniques typical to collage, to create politically-charged work that transcends illustration.\n“Impossible Exchanges” was on view at Causey Contemporary, New York, May 14–Jun. 7, 2015.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A fun, friendly place to discuss just about everything.\nFree forum : General discussion: family, friends, music, movies, TV, celebrities, games, hobbies, pets, art, literature, sports, news and politics, every day life.\nA free roleplaying, writing, blogging, and art community. Legends is welcoming, friendly, and has fair moderation. Come join the adventures, creativity, and fun!\nroleplay, legends, lore, fantasy, games, battles, empires, #free, writers, gaming, romance, adventure, drama, stories, action, sci-fi, science, fiction, dragons, elves, centaur, writing, blog, blogging, contest, advertiseme\nFree forum : Wrestling Forums\nfree forum : VOIP Software And Billing Solution. free forum : Best VOIP Softswitch And Billing\nWelcome to the Planetary Pit Stop—a place for friendly conversation between… friends! Remember: You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave.\nHome of all things Battrick Related, Sports and Everything Else\nFree forum : A private club\nChess2U is a place to discuss and share anything related to Computer Chess! So you will need Chess2U to keep up with Chess progress!\nFree forum : Only the strong will survive. . .\nFree forum : A forum for all to share awesome stories, novels, roleplaying games, and more!\nFree forum : The Online Stage is a community of performers dedicated to the presentation and recording of high quality dramatic productions in audio format.\nFree forum : A RPG (Role Playing Game) based on the teen titans. Choose or create a character and get stuck into the action!\nFree forum : A place for Miami Dolphins fans to talk all things Dolphins, NFL and college football, and anything else.\nA completely drama-free place to chat about Bearville and Fantage. Join today for fun, games, fashion, friends, graphics, and so much more!\nSports Card Trading Site\nFree forum : To connect with Charlie's Next Right Stepper's within our local communities\nModern Superhero RP forum. Combination of both Marvel and DC heroes. Mature, friendly members and great storylines!\nFree forum : A place for friends to gather for conversation and support\nFree forum : Pike Fishing. Pike Forum. Free forum Pike Fishing Pike Angler Pike Angler,\nFree forum : This forum is for those interested in the Zodiac Killer case.\nzodiac, minutemen, francisco, serial, killer, unsolved, murder, ross, sullivan, fred, manalli, kaczynski, arthur, leigh, allen, richard, gaikowski, kjell, qvale, william, thoresen, weather, underground, speaking, knife, rope, fire\nFree forum : The private forum for all Connects to communicate, share and connect.\nFree forum : This a place where art meets sims. Where you express yourself without limitations. Without fear. At Simmerty Design, everything is possible.\nA Percy Jackson and the Olympians RPG. Free forum : Half-Blood Hill\nMatureozchat fun free friendly hobbies interests opinions topics issues discussion games forum Australia\nFree forum : Welcome to Lawicke, an elite boarding academy for young Pokémon trainers.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "- This event has passed.\nPERPICH ARTS HIGH SCHOOL THEATER DEPARTMENT PRESENTS “TMORA, AND TMORA, AND TMORA”\nApril 14, 2023 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm\nPerpich Arts High School Theater Department is happy to present “TMORA, and TMORA, and TMORA”\nPerpich theater students will be screening Anton Chekhov’s short story film adaptations and performing selected vignettes of Luigi Jannizzi’s Museum Plays. The selected vignettes have been recontextualized to fit specific works in The Museum of Russian Art and will be performed as Immersive theater with TMORA as the landscape of the production.\nAnton Pavlovich Chekhov (29 January 1860 – 15 July 1904) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career as a playwright produced four classics, and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics. Along with Henrik Ibsen and August Strindberg, Chekhov is often referred to as one of the three seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre.\nLuigi Jannuzzi (November 12, 1952) is a contemporary American comedic playwright. A native of New Jersey, his plays Exhibit This! The Museum Comedies and You Make My Frame Shake! are the basis for recontextualization by Perpich Theater students. He is a recipient of two New Jersey State Council on the Art Fellowships, two Geraldine R. Dodge Grants, three National Endowments for the Humanities (2000 at Rutgers U,. 1998 at Columbia U., and 1995 at The U of Vermont), the 1986 Goshen Peace Prize, a 1998 and 2000 Finalist in the Eugene O’Neill National Playwriting Conference, and a 2007-2009 James Madison Grant at Princeton University.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "President Brian Casey to Receive Notre Dame's Harvey G. Foster Award\nOctober 15, 2010\nOctober 15, 2010, Greencastle, Ind. — The University of Notre Dame is presenting Brian W. Casey, a 1985 graduate of that institution and the 19th president of DePauw University, with its Harvey G. Foster Award. Dr. Casey is being honored for his distinguished involvement in civic and university initiatives. The Notre Dame Alumni Association will present the award at tomorrow's game between the Fighting Irish and Western Michigan.\n\"A New Jersey native, Mr. Casey made quite the impact as a student in South Bend,\" notes the citation. \"An elected member of Phi Beta Kappa, the academic honor society that celebrates and advocates excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, Mr. Casey graduated from Notre Dame summa cum laude with degrees in philosophy and economics. Additionally, he received the Economics Award, which is conferred on a student who earns the highest grade point average in that subject. In his 'spare' time at Notre Dame, Mr. Casey served as captain of Notre Dame’s varsity swim team and earned the University’s Scholar-Athlete of the Year honor his senior year.\"\nCasey later earned a law degree from Stanford University Law School, where he was a member and article editor of the Stanford Law Review and graduated with honors. He worked for a law firm, but then returned to the classroom earning a Ph.D in the history of American civilization from Harvard University.\nDr. Casey began working in academics at Brown University, where he served as an assistant provost. He next returned to Harvard, where he became associate dean for academic affairs in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences.\nOn February 21, 2008, Casey was introduced as DePauw's nineteenth president, and assumed the post on July 1 of that year. The Foster Award states, \"Nationally recognized as one of America’s top liberals arts colleges, DePauw is a selective university with a distinctive approach that links intellectual rigor with life’s work. Its student body consists of 2,398 students from 45 states and 24 countries.\"Back", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Every Tuesday kids from Grade 0A and 0B are very happy and excited to participate in Parkour classes. Parkour = Art du Deplacement (French) is the primarily non-competitive physical discipline of training to move freely over and through any terrain using only the abilities of the body, principally through running, jumping, climbing, and quadrupedal movement.\nJoanna Klich (03.11.2020)\nLast Friday, all sorts of little ghosts and monsters visited our Preschool to celebrate Friendly Monster’s Day. Our pupils let their imaginations loose, dressing up in fancy costumes and participating in various games. You can check out how much fun they had in our Gallery.\nBartosz Czech (02.11.2020)\nOn the 16th of October, we invited theatre to our preschool with a great performance “Little superheroes versus invisible enemies”. It was a story about viruses, bacteria and germs. After that, kids are more conscious of their actions in everyday life and how they can strengthen their immune system. Now every preschooler knows that better not try to kiss money!\nLucyna Szczodrowska (29.10.2020)\nOn October 20th, the little ones from our Preschool participated in an incredible event - Reading Break. The youngest pupils indulged their reding passion with a little help from their teachers. By diving into the colorful content of their books, our Preschoolers proved that no matter how big or small, you can be a reader!\nBartosz Czech (24.10.2020)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The report follows a year-long effort to identify newspaper successes in the search for new business models. This report analyzes four such dailies -- the Naples (Fla.) Daily News, the Santa Rosa (Calif.) Press Democrat, the (Salt Lake City) Deseret News, the Columbia (Tenn.) Daily Herald -- whose executives explained, in detail, the motivation and strategy behind their experiments and shared internal data about the results. Their innovations-ranging from sales force restructuring to rebranding the print product to web consulting for local merchants-are generating significant new income.\nThis web page is marked up with Schema.org microdata and formatted for machine-reading. Here's why that matters. Have a peek at what a machine sees here.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Shimmer – Number 25, April 2015\nEdited by E. Catherine Tobler\nCover Artist: Sandro Castelli\nReview by Sam Tomaino\nDate: 28 April 2015\nLinks: Shimmer / How to Subscribe / Pub Info / Table of Contents /\nHere is Number 25 of Shimmer with its unique brand of story.\nThe first story is \"The Proper Motion of Extraordinary Stars\" by Kali Wallace. -+- Aurelia journeys to Asunder Island, a bit of rock close to Antarctica and the home of strange birds, strange people, and an astronomical observatory. She wants to observe the motions of an object called the Southern Star. But she finds something there about her mother who died when she was young. Very good story to start off the issue.\nThe second story is \"The Mothgate\" by J.R. Troughton, -+- Elsa has been taught by Mama Rattakin how to fight the creatures of the Nightfall that come through the Mothgate. Elsa has become very good at firing a rifle and we see her and Mama Rattakin's fight against the witika, snow creatures that make beautiful music. Now, it is time for Mama to go through the Mothgate to try to close it forever. Elsa finds out what her most important role will be. Well imagined fantasy.\nThe third story is \"Good Girls\" by Isabel Yap. -+- Sara meets Kaye in a Good Girls retreat. Sara has had some problems but Kaye is a manananggal from the Philippines. She eats fetuses. Sara, at first, does not believe her but sees something that convinces her of Kaye's supernatural nature. Nonetheless, they bond. Bizarre and imaginative.\nThe fourth story is \"In the Rustle of Pages\" by Cassandra Khaw. -+- Li Jing and Zhang Yong are getting old and their grandchildren want to help them by putting them in a nursing home. But this is nothing like our world and a very strange solution is found. A lot going on here in the background, Another very strange story that is a Shimmer specialty.\nKeep Shimmer going. Subscribe!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Our Home-Learning page to keep our minds busy!\nDon't forget to go on TT Rockstars, Numbots and Prodigy! If you need a reminder of your log in details, just send me a message on Dojo.\nYear 2 planning (Year 1 scroll down)\nYear 2 week 2\nYear 2 week 1\nYear 1 planning\nYear 1 Week 2 Maths and Topic\nYear 1 Week 1 Maths and Topic\nYear 1 week 1 Phonics and English\nSCIENCE and art!\nIn class we have been looking at the changes around us that take place at this time of year.\nIn class we made seed and bean 'bombs' wrapped in clay, they are ready to be planted. These should have travelled home with your child. If not- don't worry, you can plant some dried peas- the type you would use to cook with.\nOver the next few weeks I would like your child to keep a diary of what they see and observe; the first page will explain where and how the seeds are planted. A labelled drawing would be better than a photo.\nIt would be interesting to watch a pea or bean growing in a glass jar? Make a Bean in a Jar - Science Sparks\nHere are some more online links you can talk about with your child and try!\nScience is fun!\nNext Week- let's find out how the new growth and plants changes the lives of birds, animals and insects.\nYou could try these too! Let us know which ones you have done on Dojo. Have fun!\nYear 1 and 2 Science\nWhat do plants, animals and birds do in Springtime?\nHave the seeds you planted started to germinate (grow) yet?\nWhen they seed begins to grow – which part starts to change first?\nKeep drawing and writing your ‘Spring-time Diary’\nAs the plants start growing in our gardens, fields and hedge-rows; have you noticed the birds pecking at the new shoots? What else are the birds collecting? What are the birds starting to make?\nLook at the RSPB website- it is free to use.\nGo into the ‘Fun and Learning’ section. Here there all sorts of activities you can try and they are a really easy way to find the names of the birds you might be watching.\nSee how many different birds you can see. You might like to make an information book with a different page for each type of bird. Can you group the birds by looking at their different shaped beaks? Do different shaped beaks help birds eat different types of food?\nIs the shape of the beak of a Blackbird the same as a Chaffinch? How does the different shape help the birds find different food for themselves and their Chicks?\nThere are so many things to look for around us over the next few weeks.. keep watching and asking questions and learning! Maybe you can talk to members of your family on the phone and tell them what you have seen- maybe they can tell you what they have seen too. You could have a competition- Who can see the most Robins or Wrens each day?\nHave fun and enjoy being Super Scientists!\nListen to, or read, a book on one of these brilliant websites. Which books would you recommend, and for who? You could let us know on Dojo!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Glenn Hopkins, Principal Research Engineer has over 24 years of experience with the Electromagnetic and Antennas Division (EAD) of the Sensors and Electromagnetic Applications Laboratory (SEAL) of the Georgia Tech Research Institute. He has performed analyses, design, development and testing on a wide range of electromagnetic components and subsystems including RF printed circuits and antennas. Mr. Hopkins has published over 70 technical reports and IEEE journal and symposia papers and supports activities of the IEEE AP, MTT, and AES Societies. His three US and one European patents involve printed circuit antennas. He earned his B.S. and M.S.E.E. degrees from the Georgia Institute of Technology.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Michael Doucet & Bruce Molsky $15 9/8 8PM ET\nIt’s time to dance! Molsky and Grammy Award–winning Cajun songwriter and fiddler Michael Doucet will have audience members stamping their feet as they trade tunes and stories that traverse the Louisiana bayou, the Appalachian mountains, and beyond. Over the years, both artists have unearthed the almost-forgotten rarities of their respective musical traditions, giving voice to the lineage of players who have carried these songs forward over the centuries and showing us all why these songs continue to move us. Best known for his Grammy-winning group BeauSoleil with his brother David, Doucet has been one of the movers and shakers bringing the excitement and danceability of Cajun music back to prominence in traditional American music. Molsky, “a brilliant old-time fiddler and living repository of mountain fiddle tunes” (Greg Cahill, North Bay Bohemian), Doucet, Darol Anger, and Rushad Eggleston were Fiddlers 4, a Grammy-nominated quartet reveling in the rich common ground between Cajun, old-time, early jazz, and R&B.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "209 books — 176 voters\nGoodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read.\nStart by marking “Untitled (The Aurora Cycle #3)” as Want to Read:\nTo see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.\nJay Kristoff is the #1 international, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of THE NEVERNIGHT CHRONICLE, THE ILLUMINAE FILES and THE LOTUS WAR. He is the winner of six Aurealis Awards, an ABIA, has over half a million books in print and is published in over thirty five countries, most of which he has never visited. He is as surprised about all of this as you are. He is 6’7 and has approx ...more\nOther books in the series\nThe Aurora Cycle (3 books)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "For Perry Sands, his passion for customization began with the Indian Chief. Today, his son, Roland Sands, carries the torch in many ways. Now, the two work to bring back a very special piece of the family's history. With the help of Kiwi Mike, the Sands family works to bring a pivotal heirloom back to life; Perry's first custom build, based on a 1946 Indian Chief. Perry's story sets the stage for the new 2022 Indian Chief, as within its DNA is a bare-bones platform waiting for those with the will to do so, to tear it down and build it up again.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This series is designed to help you connect and stay connected with God. In the first part of the series, we will be talking about who is God and in the second part of the series, we’ll be exploring how do we stay connected with him.\nWe're all captivated by stories, but when it comes to sharing our faith, most people clam up. In this three-part series, we will discover God's heart for those who don't know him and be equipped with some tools to make sharing your faith an everyday part of your life.\nWhen you're wide awake in the middle of the night, worrying about relationships, money, or the future, feeling overwhelmed is an understatement. When life brings storms, it's easy to lose sight of what matters. What if you could find rest in the middle of the crazy?\nIn this sermon series in the book of Philippians, we will investigate questions like: What makes you happy? Is happiness sustainable? What if there is something better out there? And if so, what’s the secret to finding it?\nRiver Ridge participated in this special service along with 5000 other churches and heard testimonies from real football players and how God is impacting their lives. This message has something for everyone, even the non-football lover!\nWe have all kinds of feelings about Christmas, but there is something about having a simple Christmas that sounds right in the world we live in. Join us in taking time to look at God's simple message to us with Simple Christmas.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "POQUOSON – Robert Hartness (Bobby) Forrest, Jr. passed away on January 26, 2021. He was born on April 14, 1942 in Hampton, Virginia.\nBobby was preceded in death by his parents, Virginia Lewis Forrest and Robert H. Forrest, Sr.; grandparents, Effie and Herbert Lewis, Mary and Claytor Forrest, and many other aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.\nHe is survived by his wife Carol Messick Forrest; a son Robert Brian Forrest and a daughter, Melanie Forrest Baldwin (Gary); four grandchildren, Katie Forrest, Matthew Forrest, Megan Baldwin, and Amy Baldwin Walker (Brent); and two aunts, Alice Tripp, and Sarah Morrison (Tom) and many other family members and friends.\nBobby loved getting together with his family to enjoy dinners and all other special family events. He enjoyed talking to anyone who would listen about different topics such as sports, Civil War, or World War II. He loved to attend the Poquoson High School baseball, football, wrestling, and softball events. He enjoyed going to the William & Mary football games and walking around Colonial Williamsburg. His PHS 1960 classmates and other buddies were especially important to him and he enjoyed getting together with them whenever he could.\nA special thank you goes to the Medi Home Health and Hospice Group and to Anntione Greene for their thoughtfulness and excellent care.\nA private graveside service was held at Parklawn Memorial Park.\nMemorials may be made to the Poquoson Fire and Rescue Squad, 830 Poquoson Avenue or Tabernacle United Methodist Church, 831 Poquoson Avenue, Poquoson, Virginia.\nArrangements and heartfelt guidance provided by Claytor Rollins Funeral Home.\nTo send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of Robert \"Bobby\" Hartness Forrest, Jr., please visit our floral store.\nPoquoson Volunteer Fire Company\nP.O. Box 2404, Poquoson VA 23662\nPoquoson Volunteer Rescue Squad\nP.O. Box 2099, Poquoson VA 23662\nTabernacle United Methodist Church\n831 Poquoson Avenue, Poquoson VA 23662", "label": "No"}
{"text": "About Us-How to step everything you can imagine. And how, how to know, health, beauty and advice from all topics. Tutorials are written by a community of collaborators.\nTipzStyle is a popular venue for instructions on a variety of topics. You and other users of our site have access to hundreds of articles, video files, and applications that are intended to provide instructions on how to do things.\nTipzStyle’s interesting ideas and facts about everything. We collect, select and publish only the best from around the world. New health tips and facts emerge every day, stay with us – the most interesting things to come!\n1 All of the material presented on the site tipzstyle.com taken from public sources or sent by visitors.\n2 All rights to published audio, video, graphic and text materials belong to their owners.\n3 It is forbidden any commercial use of materials from this site without the written permission of the authors of the material.\n4 If you are the author of the material or the copyright owner of it and against its use on the site tipzstyle.com, please contact us at [email protected]\n5 If you are the author of the material or the copyright owner of it, but your authorship was not indicated, also contact us at [email protected]", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Grumpire 2, Suspiria 0\nWelcome to Episode 2 of Grumpire, the movie podcast that isn’t afraid to speak its mind. In this episode, we’re taking on a beloved Italian horror classic, Dario Argento’s 1977 witchy masterwork, Suspiria. Joining Andrew and Elbee is Justin Harlan, whose contrarian opinion of Suspiria as “just okay, not great,” is long-standing. But, after defending his (very fair) stance on Suspiria, Justin offers his preferred alternate: another Argento mainstay, 1985’s Phenomena.\nJustin loves horror films, and it shows. For a closer look at what he’s all about, check out his work at The Farsighted and on his show, Grindhouse Messiah. And don’t forget to take a look at Atlanta’s Buried Alive Film Festival, coming up very soon!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The emergence of modern science began as a move from theological-based reasoning to observational- and empirically-based reasoning. Two areas of reasoning evolved from this time, inductive and deductive. For example, Galileo, using mathematics and observation, explained the laws of the physical world through deductive reasoning. Francis Bacon, however, sought answers to questions of the physical […]\n\"Is this question part of your assignment? We Can Help!\"", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Four out of five children in remote, regional and indigenous communities in Australia cannot read above minimum standards. Half of young people living in poverty and unemployment have difficulty reading and writing. Bus of Books (BOB) provides a solution to significantly reduce this problem and increase the standards of reading for children in Australia.\nThe Founder of BoB, Colin Lee says, “Reading is a human right and education is the best way in addressing the challenges our world faces today and in doing so make a difference. More than ever before, a young person’s success today is closely linked to their ability to express their ideas with clarity and certainty”.\nThank you to the University of Melbourne staff and students for organising and sponsoring this special event in support of Bus of Books. We are delighted that the University has decided to work together with Bus of Books to inspire young lives one book at a time.\nWe’re excited to be part of this partnership which highlights how young people can help each other and make a difference in each other’s lives and communities by sharing their love of reading. Over the past few weeks, staff and students at the University of Melbourne have been collecting new and pre-loved books in preparation for a hand-over to the bring along to the launch event.\nThere are interesting and engaging speakers from the Faculty of Business and Economics, the Vice Chancellor, the Bus of Books Team and the Co-Founder of Gloria Jean’s Coffee speaking at this event which promises to be a fun and inspiring evening. Let’s come together engage, empower and educate our present and future leaders and enjoy the Bus of Books Launch in Victoria.\nBus of Books hope to foster change by inspiring the imaginations of young people, helping them enjoy the experience and benefits of reading & learning and enabling them to make a difference in each other’s lives one book at a time.\nWHEN: 7pm, Friday 12th October 2012\nWHERE: The University of Melbourne, University House at Woodward Conference Centre, Level 10, Melbourne Law School, 185 Pelham St, Carlton, VIC 3053\nBOOKING DETAILS: $35 per person Ticket includes canapés and drinks, with all proceeds will going towards purchasing books for Collarenebri Central School. Tickets can be purchased from the official Bus of Books website, www.busofbooks.com\nMEDIA ENQUIRIES: Colin Lee 0438 438 565, firstname.lastname@example.org", "label": "No"}
{"text": "What happens when a man who believes he has retired from MI6 is called back to do one more job to regain his life, only to discover that this job may mean he has no life to go back to.\nYou May Also Like\nSet between the events of Star Wars: Episodes III and IV, the story unfolds during a dark time when the evil Galactic Empire is tightening its grip of power on the galaxy. Imperial forces have occupied a remote planet and are ruining the lives of its people. The motley but clever crew of the starship Ghost — cowboy Jedi Kanan, ace pilot Hera, street-smart teenager Ezra, the “muscle” Zeb, warrior firebrand Sabine, and cantankerous old astromech droid Chopper — is among a select few who are brave enough to stand against the Empire. Together, they will face threatening new villains, encounter colorful adversaries, embark on thrilling adventures, and become heroes with the power to ignite a rebellion.\nCSI: NY is an American police procedural television series that ran on CBS from September 22, 2004 to February 22, 2013 for a total of nine seasons and 197 original episodes. The show follows the investigations of a team of NYPD forensic scientists and police officers identified as “Crime Scene Investigators”.\nBoth a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special Agent Jack Crawford teams him with a highly respected psychiatrist – a man with a taste for the criminal minded – Dr. Hannibal Lecter.\nWhat starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town’s troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.\nBased on Robert Saviano’s bestselling book, this gritty Italian crime drama paints a portrait of the brutal Neapolitan crime organisation the Camorra, as seen through the eyes of Ciro Di Marzo, the obedient and self- confident right-hand man of the clan’s godfather, Pietro Savastano.\nSet two generations before the destruction of the legendary Man of Steel’s home planet, Krypton follows Superman’s grandfather — whose House of El was ostracized and shamed — as he fights to redeem his family’s honor and save his beloved world from chaos.\nThe Boondocks is an American adult animated sitcom on Cartoon Network’s late night programming block, Adult Swim. The series premiered on November 6, 2005 and was created by Aaron McGruder, based upon McGruder’s comic strip of the same name. The show begins with an African-American family, the Freemans, having moved from the South Side of Chicago, Illinois to the fictional, peaceful and mostly white suburb of Woodcrest. The perspective offered by this mixture of cultures, lifestyles, socioeconomic classes, stereotypes, and races provides for much of the comedy and conflict in this series.\nThere have been a total of 45 episodes over the course of the shows first three seasons. The two part season two finale “The Hunger Strike” and “The Uncle Ruckus Reality Show” was never aired on American television as Adult Swim feared legal actions against them from BET. Both episodes were aired on Teletoon and were released on DVD in the United States. The season three episodes “Pause” and “The Story of Jimmy Rebel” have been pulled from general episode rotation following the television debuts and no longer appear in reruns. A fourth season containing twenty episodes has been announced to air in January 2014.\nThe story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Best of the shadow rising at KeywordSpace(Out of 110 Million in result | Last check 25 February 2019)\nWikipedia, the free encyclopedia\nWikipedia, the free encyclopedia Main Page From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Welcome to Wikipedia , the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit . 5,452,812 articles in English Arts Biography Geography History Mathematics...\nGoodreads | Meet your next favorite book\nFind and read more books you’ll love, and keep track of the books you want to read. Be part of the world’s largest community of book lovers on Goodreads.\nAmazon.com: Online Shopping for Electronics, Apparel, Computers, Books, DVDs & more\nOnline shopping from the earth's biggest selection of books, magazines, music, DVDs, videos, electronics, computers, software, apparel & accessories, shoes, jewelry, tools & hardware, housewares, furniture, sporting goods, beauty & personal care, broad...\nTor.com | Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.\nTor.com. Main menu. Science fiction. Fantasy. The universe. And related subjects.. eyes I dare not meet in dreams. Bourbon, Sugar, Grace. Shape Without Form, Shade Without Color. Red. Sanctuary. Hexagrammaton. Why Was 2006 Such An Epic Year for Epic F...\nBook Depository: Free delivery worldwide on over 20 million books\nBook Depository is the world's most international online bookstore offering over 20 million books with free delivery worldwide.\nTar Valon Library\nMain Page. General. A Memory of Light. The Wheel of Time. TarValon.Net. Navigation menu. Views. Personal tools. The Tower Library. Search. Toolbox. The TarValon.Net Library is a part of the greater community of TarValon.Net , and is run solely by memb...\nFollow Us. News See All. Latest News. May Forum Roundup. Fandom Flair: Casual Cosplay. Wheel of Time TV series gets a Showrunner. March Forum Roundup. Fandom Flair: Aes Sedai Shoes. Other recent stories. February Forum Roundup. January Forum Roundup. ...\nAudible UK - Audiobooks | Start Your Free 30-Day Trial | Audible.co.uk\nStart your free trial today and receive a free audiobook. Listen on your iPhone, Android, or Windows device. Explore 200,000+ titles by best-selling authors.\nElectronics, Cars, Fashion, Collectibles, Coupons and More | eBay\nBuy and sell electronics, cars, fashion apparel, collectibles, sporting goods, digital cameras, baby items, coupons, and everything else on eBay, the world's online marketplace\nAbeBooks | Shop for Books, Art & Collectables\nShop a vast selection of books, art and collectables from independent sellers around the world.\niTunes - Apple\niTunes - Apple Open Menu Close Menu Apple Shopping Bag Apple Mac iPad iPhone Watch TV Music Support Search apple.com Shopping Bag iTunes Open Menu Close Menu Overview Music Video Charts Download iTunes iTunes. Your music, movies, and TV shows take cent...\nCanada's Biggest Bookstore: Buy Books, Toys, Electronics, Paper Stationery, Home Decor & More | c...\nShop Canada’s biggest bookstore! Find bestselling books, toys, fashion, home décor, stationery, electronics & so much more! Plus get Free Shipping on orders over $25 or Ship to Store for free.\nScience Fiction Fantasy Book Reviews\nSFBook.com is a non-profit site and provides the best science fiction, fantasy, horror and speculative fiction online book reviews.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "“Bien Fait” means “well made” in French. It is a french wallpaper specialist. Bien Fait is shaking up the world of wallpaper with a subtle blend of multicolored shapes, mysterious patterns, and childhood memories. Bien Fait draws on Scandinavian and Japanese influences, finding inspiration in travel and encounters, combining ethnic and folk cultures with graphic design. Bien Fait uses French-made, non-woven wallpaper, made with a mix of paper and polyester fibers that give it a mat effect with a soft and velvety feel. Easy to hang, it is also washable and easy to clean.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Nathan - Mental Health Nursing\nStudied: BSc(Hons) Mental Health Nursing\nHe started off studying Mental Health Nursing, but Nathan Filer later embarked on a career as a successful author. In 2015, UWE Bristol awarded Nathan with an Honorary Master of Letters.\nFrom nursing to writing a bestselling book\nNathan's debut novel, The Shock of the Fall, was an outstanding success. It is an extraordinary portrait of one man’s descent into mental illness. Nathan drew on his knowledge of mental health nursing and wrote the book in his spare time.\nIt won The Costa Book of the Year, The Betty Trask Prize, The National Book Award for Popular Fiction and The Writers’ Guild Award for Best First Novel. It is a Sunday Times Bestseller and has been translated into 30 languages. The English language editions alone have sold over half a million copies.\n\"I feel a great pride in being a qualified nurse, and consider my time at UWE Bristol to have been a defining period in my life. I have many happy memories from my time there.\"\nNathan has since gone on to be a sought after media-contributor, appearing regularly on BBC Radio and writing articles across the national press.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Dec 12, 2019\nThe Countess Dracula, or The Blood Countess was rumored to have\nkilled over 650 people, as well as bathed in their blood. Was it\ntrue or is this another case of Stories being blown out of\nThe TM Podcast is primarily a true crime podcast, but will also bring you information on a number of related topics in a way that is informative, easy to understand, and entertaining!\nHaving trouble logging in?", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The working title for this one was: “Three Gays Rob a Bank”. And we have an idea for the sitcom version.\nIn August 1972, John Wojtowicz attempted to rob a Brooklyn bank to finance his lover's sex-reassignment surgery. The act resulted in a fourteen-hour hostage situation that was broadcast on TV. Three years later Al Pacino portrayed his crime in DOG DAY AFTERNOON.\nDirectors Allison Berg and Frank Keraudren began filming THE DOG in 2002 and continued for ten years. Drawing upon extraordinary archival footage, the film shuffles between the 1970s and the 2000s. We gain a historic perspective on New York's gay liberation movement, in which Wojtowicz played an active role. In later footage, he remains a subversive force, backed by the unconditional love of his mother Terry, whose wit and charm infuse the film. How and why the bank robbery took place is recounted in gripping detail by Wojtowicz and various eyewitnesses.\nLooking for more TCO? [Check out our bonus episodes on Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed)! We covered \"Serial\" episode-by-episode and capped the series off with an interview with **Rabia Chaudry**--Adnan's friend who brought his story to Sarah Koenig AND with **Asia Mcclain**--Adnan's alibi witness! Now we're covering \"The Staircase\" episode-by-episode. Episodes 1 and 2 are live now! We also have extended outtakes for our episodes and two other full bonus episodes--ALL COMMERCIAL FREE! [Join here!](https://www.patreon.com/TrueCrimeObsessed)\n**THIS WEEK'S SPONSORS:**\n**[Legacy Box](https://legacybox.com/pages/pricing?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TCO).** Digitized your home movies, videos, and photos! Save 40% off your first order OR save up to $200 on the largest Legacy Box Kit. Go to [Legacybox.com/TCO](https://legacybox.com/pages/pricing?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=TCO).\n**[SimpliSafe](https://simplisafe.com/tco).** Home Security System! Never get broken into while you're home and sleeping like Patrick did that one time! And for every order, SimpliSafe will donate a home security system to a home in need! Go to [SimpliSafe.com/TCO](https://simplisafe.com/tco) to order now!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "remind meRemind me\nThe Hills: New Beginnings\nThe cast of this docuseries sequel returns for their second season after a year of lockdowns and lost time due to the coronavirus pandemic. These new episodes find the show's characters at a crossroads, with several of them struggling to save or rebuild business ventures that were hard-hit by COVID-19 restrictions. Others, meanwhile, navigate through rocky relationships, substance addictions and other health issues. Among the returnees are Audrina Patridge, Ashley Wahler, Brandon Thomas Lee, Brody Jenner, Spencer and Heidi Pratt, and Whitney Port.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Last night we went to the Beltain Festival - The Burning of The Wicker Man at Butser Ancient Farm.\nBeltain is a festival that was historically celebrated in the Celtic world at the beginning of May. Coming at the end of the long dark times but before the busy demands of the farming year, it gave the chance to celebrate the end of winter and the coming of summer. It was a celebration of the fertility of land and animals and a way of expressing hopes for a fruitful year ahead. The name Beltain probably derived from a Gaelic word meaning bright fire and fire is an important part of Beltain celebrations.\nThe evening began with Mummers, Morris Dancers, and childrens crafts, then there was music and dancing, and finally the burning of the Wicker Man!\nThis Years Wicker Man\nMaking Hannah's Beltain Crown\nTea Light Jars\nThe Wicker Man is alight!\nHappy May Day everyone!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Vassar Inclusive History initiative, announced by President Bradley on Feb. 7, is the College’s most recent commitment to reexamining its history as an institution. While some members of the Vassar community see the initiative as an opportunity for Vassar to reconcile with its complicated history, others question how much student and alumni involvement will contribute to the initiative in order to address the College’s complicated legacy.\nThe initiative follows similar projects conducted by other higher education institutions, including Harvard University’s report, “Harvard and the Legacy of Slavery.” Bradley cited this as one of the inspirations behind Vassar’s initiative. In an email with The Miscellany News, Bradley stated, “I was impressed with its quality and thoroughness, and felt like institutions miss an opportunity if they do not examine and re-examine their history. This year, as we have committed to Engaged Pluralism and as several scholars have mentioned their excitement to do this work at Vassar, the time seemed right.”\nAccording to Bradley’s announcement, the initiative contains a Commission of five members: Director of Engaged Pluralism and Professor of Religion Jonathon Kahn; Director of Africana Studies and Professor of Sociology Diane Harriford; Chair and Professor of History Mita Choudhury; Dean of the College Carlos Alamo-Pastrana; and Head of Special Collections and Adjunct Associate Professor of History Ron Patkus, who also serves as College Historian.\nContent of the initiative is still being decided. “As of right now, we are really open to what we might find. Ideally, we imagine that there will be a webpage off of the College’s main page where anyone can go and learn about past, present, and potential future areas of inquiry,” Dean Alamo-Pastrana stated in an email correspondence. “You could imagine a website that includes nuanced biographies, the history of buildings and [a] repository of larger class projects.\nKahn accredited multiple factors to his own involvement with the initiative, including his involvement with the Engaged Pluralism initiative and Race & Racism in the Historical Collections Project Group. “[The Historical Collections Project Group] began by wrestling with the sets of racist photos in our archives and, then, two of the librarians in that group, Deb Bucher and Melanie Maksin, and I co-taught an EPI Intensive in the fall of 2022, ‘Facing the Vassar Archive,’ where we delved deeply into this material,” Kahn explained in a written correspondence. “At the same time, there have been others on campus working on other questions about Vassar’s history and its relationship to our present…This new initiative only takes form as the result of so many people’s work.”\nSimilarly, Alamo-Pastrana accredited the inspiration behind the initiative to efforts within the Vassar community. “Vassar students and employees have long pushed the institution forward to do and to be better, and they have asked us on many occasions to reckon with the history of this place that is a sort of home to us,” Alamo-Pastrana wrote. “This project allows us to more directly confront this history in ways that are more engaging, inclusive and transparent.”\nIn her announcement, Bradley also noted the advocacy work of numerous groups in and outside Vassar. “Activism and energy put forth for decades [have] been vital to coming to this place for launching the Vassar Inclusive History initiative,” she wrote. These groups included the African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAVC) and the Native American Advisory Committee, as well as student organizations such as the Black Students’ Union, the Latinx Student Union and the Vassar Asian American Studies Working Group (VASAM).\nHowever, two primary concerns have emerged since the initiative’s announcement: whether the initiative will aptly represent student activism and address Vassar’s history of racism, as well as the extent of student and alumni involvement in the initiative.\nFor the Ad Hoc Committee of Black and African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AHC), the College’s announcement obscures the issues that those outside Vassar’s administration are trying to address. Most apparent to the AHC is the College’s failure to establish an Africana Studies Department, as Vassar currently only has an Africana Studies program.\nOn Jan. 26, in a letter addressed to the Vassar College Board of Trustees, Vassar College President, AAVC Board Members, Dean of the Faculty, and Chair of the FPCC, the AHC expressed their frustration regarding exchanges with Vassar’s administration over the course of six months. Paula Williams Madison ’74, speaking on behalf of AHC, said she is working to make Vassar’s anti-Black history more known to help instill a better community of learning.\nThe letter stated: “After 54 years of Vassar administrations claiming to support the demand for a Department, on May 21, 2022, President Bradley stated in an email to the emcee of the annual Kente Cloth Ceremony—Karen Clopton ’80 P’19 ’22—that there would be no Department. The President’s affront ignited a fire that will be quenched only with establishing an Africana Studies Department.”\nExplaining the importance of an Africana Studies Department, the letter added, “We expect that the establishment of an Africana Studies Department steeped in academia, scholarship, and cultural competence with African American and Black departmental tenured faculty at the forefront will be essential to ensuring that a critical vestige of Vassar’s institutional anti-Black racism is removed.”\nIn an email correspondence, ALANA Programming Intern Pandora Lewis ’23 expressed concern over the route of the initiative, as Bradley’s statement did not detail any specific timeline. “How will the students keep the administration accountable without knowing when goals are supposed to be met?” they wrote.\nWhile Bradley’s announcement mentioned that the initiative would include the Chair of the Council of ALANA Seniors, along with other students, faculty and administration, Lewis also noted the extra work that would be put on students working in the initiative’s committee. They stated, “I worry that this will result in yet another student of color taking on more of the College’s work alongside their own classwork and other roles of leadership. Will students of color be asked to do more than they need to with the implementation of this initiative?”\nVassar Asian Students’ Alliance President Jillian Lin ’25 questioned the College’s ability to emphasize the student activist work within Vassar’s history. “I’m glad and happy that [the College] is trying to own this history, but how are they thinking about their position in all of it?” she said. “What does it mean for them to be trying to display student work [and] student labor, without including the current students that are still working on these projects [and who] are legacies of the spaces that they’re trying to display as Vassar’s Inclusive History, when the more nuanced and perhaps more accurate way of describing it is that of Vassar students’ history?”\nHead of Special Collections and Adjunct Associate Professor of History noted the role of the College Archives to document both student life and Vassar history more generally. “Over the years many students, alums, and student organizations have transferred material to us, and we now have a wonderful collection for the community and researchers to use,” wrote Patkus in an email.\nPatkus added that student organizations will still be able to attain records online and in-person after they are transferred to the College. He further noted, “Our work is ongoing, and we hope our partnerships will continue going forward. Through collaboration, the College Archives can grow and ensure that the stories of today will be known tomorrow.\nStudent Ann John ’23 countered against the notion of an institutionalized archive. In an email correspondence, she wrote, “I wonder what is lost when history gets institutionalized. Even if student history is faithful and accurately told, its radical nature will be co-opted by the institution.” She emphasized how easily the history of student activism can be forgotten. “Since students cycle in and out, having knowledge of previous student activism that was or wasn’t successful is hard to pass down,” she noted. “I have concerns about how Vassar-centric the initiative will be and how Vassar will use its power to only preserve stories that reflect well for them.”\nAmong each interviewee, one question encompassed the initiative and the concerns that have emerged: who gets to own these narratives? Lewis highlighted the diverse perspectives that students provide in relation to institutional history, especially with primary sources by students and student organizations.“I personally believe that the administration should have the role of supporter and help to share the archives/narratives that students hold. By doing this, facts are less likely to be muddled or lost,” they stated. “The Vassar community has been made and continues to be made by students and for students. So, by allowing students to have ownership of archives/narratives, we are upholding this type of community.”\nIn response to the question of ownership, Alamo-Pastrana wrote, “I might start by changing the frame from one based on ‘ownership’ to one that centers on partnership and collective knowledge. Ultimately, we are an academic institution tasked with engaging with many of the problems we see in our world and advancing knowledge production towards the creation of a just community.”\nHe added, “Accessing all the information possible will be instrumental towards documenting a more holistic picture of our campus community and the ways that different groups sought to be archived, remembered, and to transform this institution for the better.”\nHistory major Pia Tate ’23 hopes that there will be more student involvement in the initiative towards the future, stating, “I hope that there would be transparency surrounding all these issues.” Recalling when Native remains were found in Blodgett Hall during her first year, she added, “I would hope that if something [like that] were to arise again, and that there were uncomfortable and disturbing things in the archives, that there would be community spaces for students to process that.”\nEchoing Tate’s sentiments, Lewis emphasized the importance of student involvement and collaboration in the initiative. They wrote, “When it comes to the question of who gets to own certain narratives and archives, I believe it is up to the students to keep track of these things and up to the administration to listen to students about these things.”", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Analisis Pembelajaran Media Youtube Pada Kanal Mau Tau Banget Dalam Pembelajaran Menulis Teks Eksposisi\nThis research aims to describe (1) the steps of using YouTube media on the \"Mau Tau Banget\" channel in teaching students to write exposition texts, (2) the obstacles faced by teachers and students in teaching students to write exposition texts, and (3) the learning outcomes of writing exposition texts after using YouTube media on the \"Mau Tau Banget\" channel in the teaching process. This research uses a qualitative descriptive research design. The research subjects are the Indonesian Language teacher of class VIII F. The data collection methods used are observation, interviews, and documentation. The data in this research are analyzed descriptively qualitatively. The results of this research show (1) the steps include three activities, namely the opening, core, and closing activities during the implementation of teaching exposition texts. (2) The obstacles found by the teacher indicate several challenges faced by the Indonesian Language teacher in terms of students' abilities to listen and create exposition texts, students' focus on learning exposition texts is still lacking, and the use of time is not yet effective. (3) The learning outcomes provide an overview of the extent of students' abilities in writing exposition texts using YouTube media on the \"Mau Tau Banget\" channel, seen from the students' work assessed by the teacher, ordered according to their abilities, starting from the highest to the lowest scores. The suggestion of this research is that Indonesian Language teachers should maintain the effectiveness of using YouTube media in teaching.\nHow to Cite\nCopyright (c) 2024 Vero Thessalonica, I Nyoman Sudiana, I Wayan Wendra\nThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "On the afternoon of June 14, 2014 at The Colburn School in downtown Los Angeles, 17 year old Zhanbo Zheng and fellow finalists Cong Wu and Manuel Vioque-Judde appeared during the Fourteenth PRIMROSE INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION® final round. Over the course of the evening there were riveting performances of Britten’s Lachrymae and the Handel-Casadesus concerto, performed with the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Heiichiro Ohyama. The audience eagerly awaited results, joined by viewers watching live online from around the world. Read more.\nCongratulations to the PRIMROSE INTERNATIONAL VIOLA COMPETITION® 2014 winners! 1st prize: Zhanbo Zheng (China), center; 2nd prize: Manuel Vioque-Judd (France), left; 3rd prize: Cong Wu (China), right.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Attention Northfield Arts Supporters!\nAlong with the City of Northfield’s Arts and Culture Commission the Northfield Arts Guild is sponsoring an open, public meeting to gain feedback from the community on a new cultural plan for the city.\nCome ready to help us build a cultural framework with public input!\nWe value community awareness and contribution to the draft of the new cultural plan.\nA sweet treat reception will be provided, and beer and other beverages will be available for purchase.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "WILLIAM DAVID \"SKIP\" TANNER, 70, of Fort Wayne, passed away on Monday, April 7, 2014. Born Sept. 5, 1943, in Fort Wayne, he was a son of the late William Paul and Dorothy Jane Tanner. He was a retired journalist. He served on the board of the Indiana Youth Soccer Association for many years. Surviving are his wife, Louise Jackson of Fort Wayne; son, Mischa Tanner of Fort Wayne; stepchildren, Claire (Jason) Hemphill and Hugh Jackson, both of Fort Wayne, and Carl Jackson of New York, N.Y.; grandson, Aaron Hemphill; and siblings, Jim Tanner of Fort Wayne, Jane Tanner of Tennessee and Charlie Tanner of Texas. He was also preceded in death by a brother, Paul Tanner. A celebration memorial gathering is from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 11, 2014, at Covington Creek Cove Club House, 6700 Covington Creek Trail, Fort Wayne (IN 46804), with a sharing time and tribute toast at 6:30 p.m. Burial in St. John Lutheran Cemetery. Preferred memorials may be made to the Pat Teagarden Coache's Education Fund c/o the Fort Wayne Sports Club or the Literacy Alliance. To leave condolences, please visit www.greenlawnmpfh.com\nThe Guest Book is expired.\nGreenlawn Funeral and Cremation Services\n6750 Covington Rd.\nFort Wayne, IN 46804\nPublished in Fort Wayne Newspapers on Apr. 9, 2014", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Multicultural Student Services Center\nA cornerstone of GW student life is the Multicultural Student Services Center (MSSC). The MSSC is GW's center for cross-cultural communication, community building and leadership. It provides all undergraduates with an array of ethnic and cultural opportunities. The MSSC became a part of the Office for Diversity, Equity and Community Engagement during the summer of 2012 and is integral to the mission of inclusive excellence.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "You don't need to own a Kindle device to enjoy Kindle books. Download one of our FREE Kindle apps to start reading Kindle books on all your devices.\nTo get the free app, enter your mobile phone number.\nThis price was set by the publisher.\nPlant-Based Cookbook: Good for your Heart, your Health, and your Life Kindle Edition\n|New from||Used from|\nThis beautiful, hardbound book is filled with staple vegan recipes that every new vegetarian should know. -- Portland Press Herald--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.\n--This text refers to an alternate kindle_edition edition.\n- ASIN : B01AKTG1IA\n- Publisher : DK; 1st edition (1 February 2016)\n- Language : English\n- File size : 103242 KB\n- Text-to-Speech : Enabled\n- Screen Reader : Supported\n- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled\n- X-Ray : Not Enabled\n- Word Wise : Enabled\n- Print length : 457 pages\n- Best Sellers Rank: 156,657 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)\n- Customer Reviews:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Riverhead Holiday Party Raises $3,300 for One Moore Book\nThis year, Riverhead Books’ annual holiday party raised a total of $3,300 for One Moore Book, a nonprofit that publishes children’s books and promotes literacy in underrepresented cultures, founded by author Wayétu Moore. Guests from the media and publishing industry poured into Littlefield to enjoy a Riverhead Rumdeer, dance to holiday music, and enter a raffle to win an Alamo Drafthouse gift card, a challah baking class at Breads Bakery, products from skincare brand Skyn Iceland, wine from Le Grand Courtâge, and many other prizes generously donated by the party’s sponsors.\nRiverhead authors Elizabeth Gilbert, Marlon James, Meg Wolitzer, Emma Straub, Garrard Conley, Casey Gerald, Gilbert King, and Pitchaya Sudbanthad came prepared with homemade baked goods that they entered into the great publishing holiday party “bake-off.” The winners were, amusingly, a tie between the two Gilberts. Gilbert King confessed that he outsourced the baking of his chocolate almond cookies to his daughter, while Elizabeth Gilbert thanked everyone for her victory in the “Nobel Prizes of Christmas cookies” by sharing her boozy rum balls recipe.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "With a little help from her friends,'Ania Solo'is leading the'Mon Calamari slaves'to freedom. Don't bother telling her the odds of anyone coming out alive against an enormous force of armed'pirates!\nOther Books in this Series\nView the entire\nNo Staff Reviews yet! Wanna know what we think? Tweet at us!\nRoundtables & Related Videos\nCollections that Feature this Book", "label": "No"}
{"text": "2020 Travelers Championship live coverage: How to watch\nGolf US PGA Past Championship Winners (Updated) Jul 19, 2020 The PGA Championship 2018 - Tournament news, schedule Aug 11, 2018 2019 PGA Championship - Wikipedia The 2019 PGA Championship was the 101st edition of the PGA Championship, and the second of golf's four major championships in 2019, held May 16–19 at the Black Course in Bethpage State Park, Farmingdale, New York.This was the first edition under the new schedule in which the PGA Championship is the second major of the year, having previously been the final one for decades.\nLive coverage of the 2020 Travelers Championship for Rounds 1 and 2 on Thursday and Friday can be seen on Golf Channel from 3 to 6 p.m ET and heard on PGA Tour Radio from noon to 6 p.m. ET. Rounds\nCBS Sports Announces 2020 PGA Tour Golf Coverage – CBS Los Jan 15, 2020 The PGA Coming to ESPN and ESPN+ as Part of Long-Term\nAlong with coverage of the featured groups, PGA Championship LIVE will provide coverage of the closing Nos. 16, 17 and 18 holes at Bethpage Black. TNT Simulcast (Viewers will authenticate with\nWatch the 102nd PGA Championship live from TPC Harding Park Aug 6-9, 2020. Follow your favorite players as they compete to win the 2nd major championship of the year.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "October was an intense month of recruiting, with programs from coast to coast pursuing him. Ultimately, he chose Oklahoma State over Baylor, Missouri and a few others.\nHe signed in early November, but even that brought stress. He went back and forth on his decision, then he and his mother got the paperwork to OSU late at night in the final hours of the signing period.\n“Vegas was the hardest for me, just letting him go,” Dorshell Clark said. “With the work he had put in, I felt the need to allow him to go.\n“We were very stressed out during the recruiting process. Everything was a teaching process.”\nOnce the season started, things got a little easier, until injuries started popping up. He suffered a stress fracture in his left wrist around Christmas, and dealt with the pain the rest of the year.\nHis sprained ankle at the state tournament nearly kept him out of the semifinals. But he played that game, and the next, scoring 51 in the finals, his last two free throws clinching the 82-80 win over Roland.\n“It felt great to win another championship,” Clark said. “I knew it was my last time to play high school basketball. Now I got time to take a break and start getting ready for Oklahoma State.”", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Bluest Eye\n3352 E Foothill Blvd Pasadena\nA Noise Within presents The Bluest Eye, a haunting and tragic portrait of a Black girl's coming of age in the racially turbulent 1940s, adapted for the stage by Lydia R. Diamond from the novel by Pulitzer and Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison. Faced with constant ridicule and abuse, 11-year-old Pecola Breedlove blames her dark skin. If only she had blue eyes... surely love would follow?\nThru - Sep 24, 2023Click Here For Discounted Tickets", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Pastoral Planning is the process of praying and thinking together about the actions of the Body of Christ in a particular time and place.\nDr. William Pickett (A Concise Guide to Pastoral Planning)\nIntroduction to Consultative Bodies\nThe pastoral councils are the ministries chosen by the church to provide consultation and assistance to the pastor or appointed leadership. Through pastoral planning and wise consultation, the councils will contribute to the carrying of the mission of Jesus Christ.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Alfred Evans’ new book 19th Century Sailors and Soldiers of Comanche County placed third in a competition sponsored by the Texas State Genealogical Society’s Annual Book Fair. The category was Non-Professionals / Reference and this was the second time Alfred’s books have been selected by the TSGS for an award. The highest ranking officer in the book was Thomas Frost, Commander of the Frontier Battalions during the U.S Civil War. Later, Mr. Frost moved to San Antonio and established a bank known as the Frost Bank. Both Comanche and San Antonio share the honor of recognizing Thomas Frost as their most outstanding citizen and veteran. Another of Comanche’s other outstanding citizen and veteran was Dr. Robert T. Hill. He is called the Father of Texas Geology. No one else comes close to these two outstanding men of Comanche, Texas. Editor’s note: We have 19th Century Sailors and Soldiers of Comanche County available for purchase at The Comanche Chief’s Little Book Store.\nWould you like to announce a: Birthday, Anniversary, Engagement, Wedding, or Birth. Click below. All announcements will appear online and in the print edition for a charge of only $25\nSubmit a Photo, Article or Ad\nSubmit a Photo or Article here. It will appear online and in the print edition.\nHow does Comanche County feel about solar farms and other types of green energy. Vote below", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Directed and co-written by Terry Jones, the film features Kate Beckinsale, Joanna Lumley, Eddie Izzard and the voices of Robin Williams and the Monty Python gang.\nSimon Pegg and Lake Bell are hilarious and heartwarming in the rollicking story of a cynic who steals a blind date.\nThe writer shoots down speculation that Elba will play a character from the original series, saying, “We don’t always have to keep bumping into the same people.”\nIf you consider yourself a Simon Pegg completist, his latest film may make you rethink your stance.\nThe “Star Trek” veteran and “Red Dog” director discuss the finer points of unapologetic bad guys, fight scenes and mustaches in their off-kilter new thriller.\nThe film’s co-writer seemingly shoots down rumors that Idris Elba may portray a Klingon in the next installment of the franchise.\nThe actor and writer chats about juggling the indie comedy thriller “Kill Me Three Times” and blockbuster franchises “Mission: Impossible” and “Star Trek.”\nFranchise veterans Jeremy Renner, Simon Pegg and Ving Rhames return in the full-length trailer for the fifth “Mission: Impossible” movie.\nTom Cruise and Simon Pegg are back taking on an organization of secret agents with no country or code in the fifth installment in the franchise.\nSimon Pegg is an assassin down under in the red band trailer for Kill Me Three Times, a black comedy set for release this spring.\nThe actor, who co-wrote Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz and The World’s End, will work with Dark Blue creator Doug Jung on the screenplay.\nThe Star Trek actor explains how his daughter’s views on The Empire Strikes Back gave J.J. Abrams incentive to rely on practical effects.", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "The darkness is not undefeatable. Did you know that?\nHis gentle voice, smaller than mine, His whisper.\nI can grab this by the throat and send it away. Did you know that?\nRahab is hiding in the cave with her bundle of cohorts. Villains, all. But the Redeemer digs from the outside to get to them.\n\"Guys,\" she says, \"this Way. Over here. I see a light.\"\nCome with me to joy. Come with me.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The AI test detects glaucoma at a very early stage – 18 months earlier than doctors do now. The development of scientists from University College London is described in the journal Expert Review of Molecular Diagnostics.\nGlaucoma is the leading global cause of irreversible blindness, which affects more than 60 million people worldwide annually. Scientists predict that by 2040 this figure will double. This disease occurs as a result of cell death in the retina, the back of the eye.\nNow, to detect the disease, a test called DARC is used, which involves the introduction of a fluorescent dye into the bloodstream, which binds to the cells of the retina and “highlights” the dead cells in bright white. The more spots of this color in the picture, the higher the risk of glaucoma.\nThe main problem with this method is that different doctors read pictures differently. To solve this problem of discrepancies, the researchers created AI, which allows us to uniquely determine the presence or absence of the disease.\nThe first two phases of the DARC AI clinical trials, in which 60 volunteers participated, determined the presence of the disease in 20 patients 18 months before it began. This is much faster and more accurate than now, the authors of the study note.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "In just four years in the mid-fourteenth century, the medieval pandemic of 'Black Death' killed 17-28 million Europeans, or 30-40% of the total population. Further resurgences later in the century eliminated 90% of the households around Montpellier in southern France. It is in this region that Raoult et al. went searching for the causative agent of the Black Death. Although this agent has been presumed to be\nResearchers identify a neural circuit that controls feelings of fullness in mice.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The four main devices (symbols) in the Alderson blazon are the saracen’s head, sun, chevron engrailed and cinquefoil. The two main tinctures (colors) are argent and azure.\nArgent is the heraldic metal Silver and is usually shown as very pure white. It is also known more poetically as pearl, moon (or luna) 1Understanding Signs & Symbols – Heraldry, S. Oliver & G. Croton, Quantum, London, 2013, P53. In a sketch or drawing it is represented by plain, unmarked paper 2A Glossary of Terms used in British Heraldry, J.H. Parker, Oxford, 1847, P11.\nAzure is the heraldic colour blue, usually quite a deep, dark shade of the colour (there is a lighter blue that sometimes occurs, known as celestial azure). If colour printing is not available then it can be represented by closely spaced horizontal lines in a scheme known as “hatching” 3Boutell’s Heraldry, J.P. Brooke-Little, Warne, (revised Edition) London 1970, P 26. The word is thought to originate from the Arabic lazura and it represents the colour of the eastern sky. It is also said to be the colour associated by the Catholic Church with the Virgin Mary and hence of particular significance 4The Symbolisms of Heraldry, W. Cecil Wade, George Redway, London, 1898 P150.\nHeraldry is a human art, by and for people and it is not surprising that people themselves are frequently depicted in arms 5Understanding Signs & Symbols – Heraldry, S. Oliver & G. Croton, Quantum, London, 2013, P174. As well as the nobility themselves, we also see both the mundane, ploughmen, fishermen and reapers; and the exotic in the form of club wielding savagesand the Moorish or Saracen gentleman with his decorative wreathed turban 6A Complete Guide to Heraldry, A.C. Fox-Davies, Bonanza (re-print of 1909 Edition), New York, 1978, P168.\nThe sun was long used as a potent symbol before the advent of heraldry and brought some of that existing meaning with it. In conventional heraldry it is normally borne in its splendour, that is with a face and a large number of alternating straight and wavy rays. 7A Glossary of Terms used in British Heraldry, J.H. Parker, Oxford, 1894, Entry:Sun It can also be seen issuing from behind clouds, and in some cases a demi or half sun coming from the base, reflecting either the dawn, or perhaps as it appears in the arms of WESTWORTH, with the sunset. 8A Complete Guide to Heraldry, A.C. Fox-Davies, Bonanza (re-print of 1909 Edition), New York, 1978, P296\nThe chevron is one the major shapes used upon a shield, known as ordinaries, being in the form of an inverted ‘v’ shape 9A Glossary of Terms used in British Heraldry, J.H. Parker, Oxford, 1894, Entry:Chevron. It is a popular feature, visually very striking and hence developed to have various decorative edges applied to distinguish otherwise identical coats of arms. The edge pattern engrailed is a series of scalloped indentations with the points facing outwards – and should not be confused with invected, which has the points facing inwards! Wade believes that both of these indented forms represent “earth or land”, and one perhaps can indeed see the furrowed earth embodied in them.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Planning your next vacation? Love picture books? Check out these museums dedicated to the art of picture book illustration.\nUniversity of Findlay's Mazza Museum, opens a new window (Findlay, Ohio)\nThis museum houses more than 10,500 pieces of picture book art. Its six galleries are ever changing, with different artwork installed in each gallery every year. Don't miss their Funday Sundays which include activities, games, and a story time geared around a specific theme once a month.\nEric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art, opens a new window (Amherst, Massachusetts)\nThe Carle is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading and art through picture books. It houses more than 11,000 objects and includes three galleries, a theater, and picture book and scholarly libraries. Make sure to stop by the art studio to create your own open-ended art project.\nAmazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum, opens a new window (Springfield, Massachusetts)\nCheck out fun Seuss-inspired interactive exhibits which allow families to explore new sounds, vocabulary, and rhyming as well as create their own stories. The second floor of this museum recreates Dr. Seuss's studio and living room and includes family photographs and letters, and art that's never been publicly displayed before.\nNational Center for Children's Illustrated Literature, opens a new window (Abilene, Texas)\nThe NCCIL collaborates with picture book illustrators to create exhibitions of their art. After debuting at the NCCIL, the exhibitions travel around the country to other museums, libraries, and galleries. Also enjoy their free family art activities every Saturday.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Just like every field of study, Coding or programming have its technical knowledge which any individual in the field ought to know. Anyone can claim to be specializing in any field but the ability to answer questions and have some demanding skills of the industry is what makes one a part of the industry. We will outline many coding interview questions that you are likely to see when applying for a programming job position from a beginner to an expert level. Let us know ‘Google Coding Interview Questions’.\nGoogle Coding Interview Questions\nThe questions get more technical as the level increases but every level is expected to have a conceptual understanding of what coding is all about while the deeper programming understanding will be expected in proportion to the level of the programming position in question.\nBelow are the google coding interview questions in different levels\n- How do you read two numbers, add them and display their sum?\nYou are expected in the above question, to show how to write some codes of the two numbers specifically.\n- What does it mean if an array is sorted?\nIn the above question, you are expected to explain what a sorted array is. You can also add when it is used and its usefulness.\n- Describe the tournament winner algorithm?\nAlways remember that every word in the questions that you are asked is tilting to coding and not any other field even when the word seems so strange to be in the field. In the above question, you are expected to highlight the key points and steps in coding the tournament winner algorithm.\n- What is the depth of a node?\nThis question can appear in different ways, either you’re asked about the depth of a node or you are asked about the height.\nSometimes, you can be asked the difference between them both.\n- How do you perform a binary search?\nHere, you are required to discuss briefly the implementation of binary search in regards to the programming language that you’re familiar with or going to use for your job position.\n- What is burble sort in data structure?\nYou will have to shortly explain what burble sort is and why computer programmers use burble sort. Also, try to give a picture of what burble sort entails and quickly outline other sorting algorithms besides burble sort. Sometimes, it could be these other sorting algorithms like selection sort, insertion sort, merge sort, quick sort etc that would be asked.\n- How do you check if a number is a palindrome?\nHere, you are expected to show with algorithms, how to check if a number is a palindrome or not.\n- Which encryption does Caesar use?\nThis is a very self-explanatory question and every serious beginner in coding would be familiar with that.\n- What is Run-length encoding used for?\nIn the above question, you’re expected to explain what Run-length encoding means and its benefits which are the same as its usefulness.\n- How do you generate code documentation?\nThis question is often a way of finding out if you are the kind of programmer who evades code documentation or if you do generate one.\nThe question seeks the answer to how you document your codes after writing.\nWe will list out in the subsequent levels the possible interview questions you will encounter when applying for coding positions. These lists will not be associated with a brief explanation as we have done for the entry-level. However, you should note that questions can be spun and reframed, so you have to be attentive to the point and try to understand the question first before answering.\n1. How do you solve a three number sum problem?\n2. What is a monotonic array?\n3. How do you traverse a matrix in spiral order?\n4. Write a function that returns the length of the longest peak in the array?\n5. How do you find the product of array elements?\n6. How do you find the first duplicate value in the array?\n7. What is BST construction?\n8. How do you validate BST?\n9. Can you use Kandane’s algorithm? If yes, show me\n10. Can you group anagrams together from a list of words?\n1. Write a code on four elements that sum to a given value?\n2. How do you find the range of an array?\n3. Explain zigzag transversal?\n4. Validate three nodes?\n5. Show the maximum path sum in binary?\n6. Explain the water area?\n7. Write a code using Dijkstra’s algorithm\n8. Write a code on the topological sort\n9. Find the continuous median if an array\n10. Solve Sudoku\n1. Write a code and solve an apartment hunting problem\n2. Is it important to use try-catch in coding\n3. What are the waterfall streams\n4. Write a code online through points\n5. Explain flattening the binary tree\n6. How do you compare leaf Traversal\n7. Write a program that displays numbers 1 to 10 and their squares\n8. Write pseudocode to calculate the sum of squares input of numbers\n9. What are codes for airport\n10. Explain the N Queen problem.\nCoding interviews are primarily aimed at your coding acumen. It is usually less of your business soft skills and business ethics. You hardly or won’t hear something like “why are you the best candidate for this position?”, “How good are your communication skills?”, Etc.\nIt is aimed at figuring out your coding abilities and how well your level in it will suit the job position. Therefore, in preparation for a job interview, you should hone your coding skills greatly, and practice consistently and frequently to get better at what you do. Try coding on a whiteboard or paper because interviewers most likely are going to provide you with one for the coding interview and if you have relied so much on a code editor for your debugging and error finding, you will not scale through that moment.\nIt is also essential for a coder to be familiar with the coding jargon and quirks. Learn them, understand the concept behind them and use them frequently because your interviewers will usually converse technically and expect you to respond to them in the required way. Above all, don’t panic. Always remember that practice is the key, and as a coder, you won’t need to prove anything else except your coding skills.\n- Is coding interview hard?\nIn the real sense of it, a coding interview is quite difficult; not because it is in its nature to be difficult but because the interviewers are usually programmers themselves who do seek advanced coders. Their tendency to choose the best candidate always resorts to them asking some rarely used questions even if such capability will remain unused in the job position.", "label": "No"}
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{"text": "COSEWIC Assessment and Status Report on the Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina in Canada – 2012\nTable of Contents\n- COSEWIC Assessment Summary\n- COSEWIC Executive Summary\n- Wildlife Species Description and Significance\n- Population Sizes and Trends\n- Threats and Limiting Factors\n- Protection, Status, and Ranks\n- Acknowledgements and Authorities Contacted\n- Information Sources\n- Biographical Summary of Report Writer\nList of Figures\n- Figure 1. Adult Wood Thrush (Photo by Richard Fournier with permission)\n- Figure 2. Global range of the Wood Thrush (modified from Ridgely et al. 2003).\n- Figure 3. Current Canadian breeding range of the Wood Thrush (based on Gauthier and Aubry 1995; Friesen 2007; BSC 2012a,b, Ebird 2012). The species is considered an occasional visitor to Manitoba (Carey et al. 2003).\n- Figure 4. Relative abundance (average number of birds per route) of the Wood Thrush, based on BBS data calculated for each latitude and longitude degree block from 1987-2006, in relation to the proportion of the breeding range surveyed by the BBS. Grey areas = not surveyed by BBS, white areas = surveyed, but no Wood Thrushes observed (Environment Canada 2009).\n- Figure 5. Annual rate of change for the Wood Thrush in Canada between 1970 and 2011 based on a hierarchical Bayesian model of Breeding Bird Survey data (Environment Canada unpubl. data 2012). Dotted lines correspond to the upper and lower credible intervals. The trend for the last 10 years is highlighted in red.\n- Figure 6. Annual indices of population change for the Wood Thrush in Québec between 1970 and 2009, based on a linear regression of the ÉPOQ data (Larivée 2011). Only checklists produced during the known breeding period (15 May to 15 July) were used in the analysis.\n- Figure 7. Ontario distribution of the Wood Thrush during the period 2001-2005, based on atlas data (reproduced with permission from Cadman et al. 2007). Squares with black dots are those in which the species was found in the first atlas period (1980-1985), but not in the second (2001-2005). Squares with yellow dots are those in which the species was found in the second atlas period but not in the first.\n- Figure 8. Distribution of the Wood Thrush in the Maritimes during the period 2006-2010 (reproduced with permission from BSC 2012a). Squares with black dots are those in which the species was found in the first atlas period (1986-1990), but not in the second (2006-2010). Squares with yellow dots are those in which the species was found in the second atlas period but not in the first.\n- Figure 9. BBS trend map for Wood Thrush in the United States and Canada for the period from 1966 to 2010 (Sauer et al. 2011).\nList of Tables\n- Table 1. Population size and relative abundance of the Wood Thrush in Canada based on North American Breeding Bird Survey data from 1998-2007 (P. Blancher, unpubl. data 2012).\n- Table 2. Long- and short-term annual population trends for the Wood Thrush based on BBS surveys (Environment Canada unpubl. data 2012), with 95% lower (LCI) and upper (UCI) credible intervals. Results in bold are statistically significant declines, i.e., 95% credible intervals do not overlap zero.\n- Table 3. Ranks assigned to the Wood Thrush in North America, based on NatureServe (2012) and General Status Ranks (CESCC 2011).\nWood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina\nCOSEWIC -- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada\nCOSEWIC status reports are working documents used in assigning the status of wildlife species suspected of being at risk. This report may be cited as follows:\nCOSEWIC. 2012. COSEWIC assessment and status report on the Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina in Canada. Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada. Ottawa. ix + 46 pp.\nFor additional copies contact:\nc/o Canadian Wildlife Service\nÉgalement disponible en français sous le titre Évaluation et Rapport de situation du COSEPAC sur la Grive des bois (Hylocichla mustelina) au Canada.\nWood Thrush -- Photo by Richard Fournier with permission.\n© Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada, 2013.\nCatalogue No. CW69-14/664-2013E-PDF\nWood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina\nWildlife Species Description and Significance\nThe Wood Thrush is a medium-sized Neotropical migrant, slightly smaller than the American Robin. Sexes are similar; adults are generally rusty-brown on the upperparts with white underparts and large blackish spots on the breast and flanks. Juveniles are similar to adults, but have tawny streaks and spots on the back, neck, and wing coverts. Overall, the plumage is quite distinctive and the Wood Thrush is not likely to be confused with other thrush species or the Brown Thrasher. The Wood Thrush has become a symbol of declining Neotropical migrants due to significant declines over much of its range since the late 1970s.\nThe Wood Thrush breeds in southeastern Canada from southern Ontario east to Nova Scotia. It also nests across the eastern United States, south to northern Florida and the Gulf Coast. In the west, it ranges from eastern Texas to southeast South Dakota and west-central Minnesota. Wood Thrushes winter in Central America mainly in lowland and tropical forests along the Atlantic and the Pacific slopes from southern Mexico south to Panama.\nIn Canada, the Wood Thrush nests mainly in second-growth and mature deciduous and mixed forests, with saplings and well-developed understory layers. This species prefers large forest mosaics, but may also nest in small forest fragments.\nWintering habitat is characterized primarily by undisturbed to moderately disturbed wet primary lowland forests.\nThe Wood Thrush is typically socially monogamous, but does engage in extra-pair matings. In Canada, most breeding adults arrive on the breeding grounds from mid-late May. Nests are located in living saplings, trees or shrubs, usually in Sugar Maple or American Beech. Clutches contain an average of 4 eggs and double brooding is frequent. Incubation lasts 10-12 days; young are tended by both parents and fledge after 12–15 days. Fledglings remain on their natal home range for 24-33 days before departing to the wintering range between mid-August and mid-September. Age of first reproduction for the Wood Thrush is one year.\nPopulation Sizes and Trends\nThe Canadian population of Wood Thrush is estimated at between 260,000 and 665,000 mature individuals.\nBreeding Bird Survey (BBS) results show a significant annual rate of decline of 4.29% between 1970 and 2011, which amounts to a population loss of 83% over the last 41 years. Over the most recent 10-year period (2001 to 2011) and approximately three generations, BBS data show a significant decline of 4.69% per year amounting to a loss of 38% of the population over this period.\nThreats and Limiting Factors\nSeveral threats are currently known to affect the Wood Thrush. On the breeding grounds the main threats include habitat degradation and fragmentation due to development and over-browsing by White-tailed Deer. High rates of nest predation and Brown-headed Cowbird nest parasitism associated with habitat fragmentation also threaten the Wood Thrush. On the wintering grounds the main threats are habitat loss and degradation.\nProtection, Status, and Ranks\nIn Canada, the Wood Thrush and its nests and eggs are protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. In Québec, it is also protected under the Loi sur la conservation et la mise en valeur de la faune. General Status ranks for Wood Thrush consider the species secure in Canada, Ontario and Québec, may be at risk in New Brunswick, and undetermined in Nova Scotia.\nRange of occurrence in Canada: Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia\n|Generation time||2 to 3 yrs|\n|Is there an [observed, inferred, or projected] continuing decline in number of mature individuals?||Yes, observed|\n|Estimated percent of continuing decline in total number of mature individuals within [5 years or 2 generations]||N/A|\n|[Observed, estimated, inferred, or suspected] percent [reduction or increase] in total number of mature individuals over the last [10 years, or 3 generations].|\n- Long-term Breeding Bird Survey data show a significant annual rate of decline of 4.29% between 1970 and 2011 for a population loss of 83% over the last 41 years. Data from the most recent 10-year period (2001 - 2011) show a significant decline of 4.69% per year for a 38% reduction in the total number of mature individuals over the last 10 years. The probability of a decline of at least 30% over this period is 89%.\n|[Projected or suspected] percent [reduction or increase] in total number of mature individuals over the next 10 years, or 3 generations].||Unknown, but long-term decline expected to continue|\n|[Observed, estimated, inferred, or suspected] percent [reduction or increase] in total number of mature individuals over any [10 years, or 3 generations] period, over a time period including both the past and the future.||Unknown, but long-term decline expected to continue|\n|Are the causes of the decline clearly reversible and understood and ceased?||No. Not likely reversible; not well understood and not likely ceased|\n|Are there extreme fluctuations in number of mature individuals?||No|\nExtent and Occupancy Information\n|Estimated extent of occurrence|\n- Based on a minimum convex polygon of the species range map provided in Figure 3\n|Index of area of occupancy (IAO)|\n- Based on 2X2 km² grid\n|> 2,000 km²|\n|Is the total population severely fragmented?||No|\n|Number of “locations”||Unknown|\n|Is there an [observed, inferred, or projected] continuing decline in extent of occurrence?||No|\n|Is there an [observed, inferred, or projected] continuing decline in index of area of occupancy?|\n- Breeding bird atlas data indicate a decrease in occupancy\n|Is there an [observed, inferred, or projected] continuing decline in number of populations?|\n- Subpopulation structure is unknown\n|Is there an [observed, inferred, or projected] continuing decline in number of locations?||Number of locations is not known|\n|Is there an [observed, inferred, or projected] continuing decline in [area, extent and/or quality] of habitat?||Yes|\n|Are there extreme fluctuations in number of populations?||No|\n|Are there extreme fluctuations in number of locations?||No|\n|Are there extreme fluctuations in extent of occurrence?||No|\n|Are there extreme fluctuations in index of area of occupancy?||No|\nNumber of mature individuals in each population\n|Population||N Mature Individuals|\n|Crude estimate ranging between 260,000 (Blancher and Couturier 2007) based on an extrapolation from the Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas and 665,000 based on the Breeding Bird Survey (P. Blancher upublished data 2012)||260,000 - 665,000|\nThreats (actual or imminent, to populations or habitats)\nRescue Effect (immigration from outside Canada)\nStatus and Reasons for Designation\nApplicability of Criteria\nThe Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) was created in 1977 as a result of a recommendation at the Federal-Provincial Wildlife Conference held in 1976. It arose from the need for a single, official, scientifically sound, national listing of wildlife species at risk. In 1978, COSEWIC designated its first species and produced its first list of Canadian species at risk. Species designated at meetings of the full committee are added to the list. On June 5, 2003, the Species at Risk Act (SARA) was proclaimed. SARA establishes COSEWIC as an advisory body ensuring that species will continue to be assessed under a rigorous and independent scientific process.\nThe Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) assesses the national status of wild species, subspecies, varieties, or other designatable units that are considered to be at risk in Canada. Designations are made on native species for the following taxonomic groups: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, arthropods, molluscs, vascular plants, mosses, and lichens.\nCOSEWIC comprises members from each provincial and territorial government wildlife agency, four federal entities (Canadian Wildlife Service, Parks Canada Agency, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, and the Federal Biodiversity Information Partnership, chaired by the Canadian Museum of Nature), three non-government science members and the co-chairs of the species specialist subcommittees and the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge subcommittee. The Committee meets to consider status reports on candidate species.\nA species, subspecies, variety, or geographically or genetically distinct population of animal, plant or other organism, other than a bacterium or virus, that is wild by nature and is either native to Canada or has extended its range into Canada without human intervention and has been present in Canada for at least 50 years.\nA wildlife species that no longer exists.\nA wildlife species no longer existing in the wild in Canada, but occurring elsewhere.\nA wildlife species facing imminent extirpation or extinction.\nA wildlife species likely to become endangered if limiting factors are not reversed.\nSpecial Concern (SC)*\nA wildlife species that may become a threatened or an endangered species because of a combination of biological characteristics and identified threats.\nNot at Risk (NAR)**\nA wildlife species that has been evaluated and found to be not at risk of extinction given the current circumstances.\nData Deficient (DD)***\nA category that applies when the available information is insufficient (a) to resolve a species’ eligibility for assessment or (b) to permit an assessment of the species’ risk of extinction.\n* Formerly described as “Vulnerable” from 1990 to 1999, or “Rare” prior to 1990.\n** Formerly described as “Not In Any Category”, or “No Designation Required.”\n*** Formerly described as “Indeterminate” from 1994 to 1999 or “ISIBD” (insufficient scientific information on which to base a designation) prior to 1994. Definition of the (DD) category revised in 2006.\nThe Canadian Wildlife Service, Environment Canada, provides full administrative and financial support to the COSEWIC Secretariat.\nCOSEWIC Status Report on the Wood Thrush Hylocichla mustelina in Canada – 2012.\nHylocichla mustelina (J. F. Gmelin, 1789) is commonly called the Wood Thrush. The French name is ‘Grive des bois’. The taxonomy is as follows:\nSpecies: Hylocichla mustelina\nThe Wood Thrush is a medium-sized bird (19–21 cm, 40–50 g) similar in shape and posture to the American Robin (Turdus migratorius) and other thrush species (Evans et al. 2011). Both sexes have similar plumage. Adults have rusty-brown on the crown and nape, fading to olive-brown on back, wings, and tail. Underparts are white with conspicuous large blackish spots on the breast, sides, and flanks. Adults also have dull white eye-rings and the bill is buff-colored at the base, but darkening to dark brown on the upper mandible and tip (Figure 1). The legs are pinkish. The juvenile plumage is similar to the adult but with tawny streaks and spots on the back, neck, and wing coverts (Evans et al. 2011).\nAdult Wood Thrushes can be distinguished from other Canadian thrushes by their rusty head and large blackish spots contrasting with white underparts. The species could perhaps be confused with the Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum), which has a longer tail, a longer straighter bill, black-streaked underparts and a pale eye and uses shrubby habitat instead of second-growth and mature forest (Evans et al. 2011).\nFigure 1. Adult Wood Thrush\nPhoto by Richard Fournier with permission\nDescription of Figure 1\nPhoto of an adult Wood Thrush standing on a fallen branch, left side view. It has varying upperparts, underparts and large spots on the breast and flanks. There is a dullish eye-ring and the bill is varying at the base, to the upper mandible and tip. The legs differs from the above.\nNo research has been conducted on the population genetics or spatial structure of the Wood Thrush (Evans et al. 2011). There is a clinal decrease in the extent of rufous colour on the back and in body size from north to south in North America (Browning 1978).\nNo subspecies have been recognized for the Wood Thrush (Browning 1978; American Ornithologists’ Union [AOU] 1998) and there are no other distinctions that warrant assessment below the species level. This report deals with a single designatable unit.\nThe Wood Thrush has become a symbol of declining Neotropical migrants. Its conspicuous song, widespread occurrence in a variety of wooded habitats, and vulnerability both to parasitism by the Brown-headed Cowbird (Molothrus ater) and to some degree to forest fragmentation make it a frequent subject of ecological research (Evans et al. 2011).\nThere is no available Aboriginal traditional knowledge known at this time that is pertinent to the status assessment of the Wood Thrush.\nThe North American breeding range of the Wood Thrush extends generally from New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia (Bird Studies Canada [BSC] 2012a), southern Québec (Cyr and Larivée 1995; Gauthier and Aubry 1995), southern Ontario (Friesen 2007), southern Manitoba (occasional visitor; Carey et al. 2003) and northern Minnesota (Janssen 1987) south to northern Florida (Robertson and Woolfenden 1992) and the Gulf Coast. In the west, it ranges from eastern Texas to southeast South Dakota and west-central Minnesota (Janssen 1987; Evans et al. 2011; Figure 2). Reports of isolated nesting and unpaired individuals extend north to north-central Minnesota, eastern North Dakota, and west to west-central Oklahoma and Kansas (Evans et al. 2011; Figure 2).\nThe Wood Thrush winters in Central America, mainly in lowlands along the Atlantic and the Pacific slopes from southern Mexico south to Panama (Figure 2; Ridgely and Gwynne 1989; Stiles and Skutch 1989; AOU 1998; Evans et al. 2011). The species is occasional to very rare in winter in the southeastern United States (e.g., Florida; Stevenson and Anderson 1994), western Caribbean, northwest Mexico (Howell and Webb 1995), and northern South America (Ridgely and Tudor 1989).\nFigure 2. Global range of the Wood Thrush\nModified from Ridgely et al. 2003.\nDescription of Figure 2\nMap of the global range of the Wood Thrush with varying areas representing breeding, wintering, and migration range. The breeding range extends from New Brunswick and southwestern Nova Scotia, through southern Quebec, southern Ontario, and southern Manitoba, and south through northern Minnesota to northern Florida and the Gulf Coast. In the west, it ranges from eastern Texas to southeast South Dakota and west-central Minnesota. Reports of isolated nesting and unpaired individuals extend north to north-central Minnesota, eastern North Dakota, and west to west-central Oklahoma and Kansas. The wintering range extends through Central America, mainly in lowlands along the Atlantic and the Pacific slopes from southern Mexico south to Panama.\nFigure 3. Current Canadian breeding range of the Wood Thrush\nBased on Gauthier and Aubry 1995; Friesen 2007; BSC 2012a,b, Ebird 2012. The species is considered an occasional visitor to Manitoba (Carey et al. 2003).\nDescription of Figure 3\nMap of the Canadian breeding range of the Wood Thrush. The species breeds in southeastern Canada including Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. More specifically, its breeding range extends throughout southern Ontario north continuously to northern Georgian Bay and eastern Lake Superior, and locally northward to Timiskaming District. In Quebec, it nests in most of the St. Lawrence Valley Lowlands north to Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean and Gaspé, and also in the Laurentians, Outaouais and Abitibi and Temiscamingue. Wood Thrushes nest throughout New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, except for Cape Breton Island. Reports of isolated nesting and unpaired individuals extend north to southern Cape Breton Island, northern New Brunswick, and southern Manitoba.\nThe Wood Thrush breeds in southeastern Canada including Ontario, Québec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Figure 3; Godfrey 1986; Evans et al. 2011). More specifically, its breeding range extends throughout southern Ontario north continuously to northern Georgian Bay and eastern Lake Superior, and locally northward to Timiskaming District. An isolated breeding population exists in Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Forest in western Rainy River District. In Québec, it nests in most of the St. Lawrence Valley Lowlands north to Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean and Gaspé, and also in the Laurentian, Outaouais and Abitibi and Temiscamingue regions and possibly on the Magdalen Islands (Gauthier and Aubry 1995). Wood Thrushes nest throughout New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, except for Cape Breton Island (BSC 2012a). Reports of isolated nesting and unpaired individuals extend north to southern Cape Breton Island, northern New Brunswick (Erskine 1992), and southern Manitoba (Carey et al. 2003; BSC 2012b).\nThe extent of occurrence (EO) in Canada is 978,000 km², as measured by a minimum convex polygon based on Figure 3. The biological area of occupancy (BAO) in Canada is estimated at 9,260 km² based on: 1) an estimated 463,000 individuals or 231,500 breeding pairs, the midpoint between the range of population estimates (see Population Size and Trends section) and 2) an average territory size of 4 ha (Evans et al. 2008). The estimated index of area of occupancy (IAO) based on a 2 km² x 2 km² grid intersecting known areas of occupancy for the species cannot be calculated due to a lack of detailed information on the occurrence of breeding sites, but it undoubtedly exceeds COSEWIC’s minimum threshold of 2,000 km².\nAccording to the Ontario and Maritime Breeding Bird Atlases, the EO has probably not changed significantly over the last 20 years (Cadman et al. 2007; BSC 2012a). The IAO, however, appears to have decreased between the first and second atlas periods, especially in the southern Shield region in Ontario and throughout New Brunswick (Cadman et al. 2007; BSC 2012a).\nDistributional data for Wood Thrush in Canada mainly come from breeding bird atlases conducted from 1981-1985 and 2001-2005 in Ontario (Cadman et al. 2007), Québec (1984-1989; Gauthier and Aubry 1995), and the Maritimes (2006-2010; Erskine 1992; BSC 2012a). Distributional data are also provided by published summaries of historical observations from checklists in Québec (Cyr and Larivée 1995) and Nova Scotia (Tufts 1986). The abundance data map from the BBS also provides useful insight into the species’ distribution in Canada (Environment Canada 2009).\nDuring the breeding season, the Wood Thrush is found in moist, deciduous hardwood or mixed stands, often previously disturbed (e.g., small-scale logging and ice storm damage), with a dense deciduous undergrowth and with tall trees for singing perches (Gauthier and Aubry 1995; Friesen et al. 1999; Holmes and Sherry 2001; Friesen 2007; Evans et al. 2011; Suarez-Rubio et al. 2011). Peck and James (1987) found that in Ontario, the Wood Thrush prefers second-growth over mature forests. In southern Québec, the species is mainly associated with mature Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)-dominated stands (Gauthier and Aubry 1995) but also is found in American Beech (Fagus grandifolia) stands of moderate density, where soil conditions are either mesic or xeric (Ouellet 1974).\nWood Thrushes choose habitats based on the structure of the forest (Evans et al. 2011). Specifically, this species selects nesting sites with the following characteristics: lower elevations with trees >16 m in height, a closed canopy cover (>70 %), a high variety of deciduous tree species, moderate subcanopy and shrub density, shade, fairly open forest floor, moist soil, and decaying leaf litter (Roth 1987; Robbins et al. 1989; Evans et al. 2011).\nThis species prefers nesting in large forest mosaics (Weinberg and Roth 1998), but will also use highly fragmented forests (Evans et al. 2011). In southern Québec, the Wood Thrush was associated with higher densities of large diameter trees (Carignan 2006). At the local scale, it was also correlated with higher understory vegetation cover, and at the woodlot scale there were indications of a negative association with the perimeter/area ratio of forest stands (Carignan 2006).\nWintering habitat is characterized primarily by undisturbed to moderately disturbed wet primary tropical forests. Preferred habitat includes interior understory of tropical primary, closed-canopy, semi-evergreen, broad-leaved, and mixed palm forests at 50-1000 m elevation from humid lowland to arid or humid mountain forest, as well as scrub and thickets (Rappole et al. 1989; Winker et al. 1990; Blake and Loiselle 1992; Petit et al. 1992; Powell et al. 1992). In Costa Rica, the Wood Thrush is found exclusively in forest in the Atlantic lowlands in sites with open understory in primary forest and with well-developed understory in old second growth (Evans et al. 2011; Roberts 2011). In contrast, in southern Veracruz, Mexico, areas with gaps are preferred in the lowland rainforest as well as areas with heavy ground cover (Winker et al. 1990). In Costa Rica, the Wood Thrush occupied all surveyed forest fragments that were ≥1 ha with mean densities highest in large, contiguous forests (Roberts 2011).\nHistorically, Wood Thrush habitat in eastern Canada, notably older deciduous and mixed forests, has been greatly reduced by large-scale clearing by European settlers for the development of agriculture and urbanization (Ouellet 1974; Keddy 1994; Li and Ducruc 1999; Gratton 2010). In southern Québec, several regions along the St. Lawrence River have experienced a high rate of deforestation for intensive agriculture such as the Montérégie region where less than 30% forest cover is currently left (Gauthier and Aubry 1995). In eastern Ontario, only 20-30% of the original deciduous forest remained by the 1880s, largely due to European settlement and the logging industry (Keddy 1994; OMNR 1997; Larson et al. 1999). Since 1920, there have been further losses in the amount of original forest of southern Ontario, but this has been offset by a dramatic increase in second-growth forests on abandoned agricultural land (Larson et al. 1999). In the Atlantic Maritime Ecozone, the relative coverage of rich hardwood forests has been historically small. Since human settlement it has been greatly reduced in area and highly fragmented, mainly due to clearing for agriculture and urban development, high-grading, introduced diseases, and flooding for power production (Loo et al. 2010).\nThe total forest cover in southern Ontario increased to about 19% by 1986, but most of this consisted of second-growth forest and the extent of original forest declined to only 5.8% of total land cover (Larson et al. 1999). By the end of the 1990s, the average overall forest cover in eastern Ontario was expected to level out at approximately 40% (OMNR 1997). In the St. Lawrence lowland of Québec, by the end of the 1990s an important area of old fields and young forests had been converted into mature forests (Latendresse et al. 2008), a generally less suitable habitat for Wood Thrush due to its homogeneity and the lack of forest clearings supporting a well-developed understory (Ahlering and Faaborg 2006; Friesen pers. comm. 2012). Removal of understory to favour the growth of Sugar Maple stands may reduce the suitability of habitat for Wood Thrush (Carignan pers. comm. 2012). The extent of even-aged forests that lack a well-developed understory in Ontario and Quebec is, however, not known. Between the 1980s and the 2000s in New Brunswick, the area of forest habitat that is suitable for Wood Thrushes has shown declines of 23% for older tolerant hard wood forest and 72% for older mixed wood forest (New Brunswick Department of Natural Resources unpublished data 2012). These estimates exclude large industrial freeholds, which have experienced high timber harvest rates.\nThe Central American humid lowlands where the Wood Thrush overwinters has shown the fastest rate of deforestation in the Americas since the 1940s (Terborg 1989; Roberts 2011). In Costa Rica, for example, the lowland forests alone have declined by 9% per year for a loss of 78% since the 1970s (Sader and Joyce 1988). This habitat loss is also accompanied by an increase in the number of forest fragments, many of which are small (i.e. 0.03-0.50 km², Sánchez-Azofeifa et al. 2001).\nDeforestation rates for Central America indicate losses of 0.80-1.5% per year as a percentage of the 1990 cover rate (Achard et al. 2002). As of 1998, only 20% of the region consisted of dense forest and much of what remained was fragmented or likely to be converted to agricultural land (CCAD 1998 cited in Harvey et al. 2004). Recent estimates by a 2007 intergovernmental panel on climate change (IPCC) working group indicated that by 2010, forested areas of Central America would be reduced by another 1.2 Mha (IPCC 2007), suggesting that the high rate of deforestation in the wintering grounds of this species is ongoing.\nSome studies have been conducted on the Wood Thrush in Canada, but the number is low compared to the United States. The research conducted by Lyle Friesen on nesting success, population viability, pairing success, nest reuse, response to urban development, return rates, cowbirds, and extra-pair mating is particularly important in Ontario. For a review of the species ecology in North America see Evans et al. (2011).\nThe Wood Thrush is typically socially monogamous, but does show extra-pair mating (Evans et al. 2009). There is some evidence of occasional polygyny (Johnson et al. 1991).\nIn Canada, males arrive on the breeding grounds between the first week of April and the second week of June (BSC 2011), but in the core of the breeding range (i.e. Ontario), most breeding adults arrive from mid-May to the end of May (Friesen, pers. comm. 2012). Some males arrive and establish territories several days before the earliest females (Evans et al. 2011). Copulation may start as early as 1-3 days after the male’s arrival (Weaver 1949; Brackbill 1958). In Ontario, nests are usually located in living saplings, trees or shrubs and on top of dead stumps, usually in Sugar Maple, American Beech, and English Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) (Peck and James 1987). In Ontario, Red-berried Elder (Sambucus racemosa) is an important nesting shrub for Wood Thrushes, particularly in early spring because it is one of the first shrubs/trees to leaf out and thus provides concealment for nests (Friesen, pers. comm. 2012).\nIn Ontario, clutches consist of 1-5 eggs (average of 4 eggs, n=61 nests; Peck and James 1987). At the beginning of the breeding season, clutches average 3-4 eggs, but average 2-3 eggs later in the season (Friesen, pers. comm. 2012).\nDouble brooding is frequent in Wood Thrushes (Evans et al. 2011) and triple brooding has also been observed in southern Ontario and in northwest Pennsylvania, where all three nests fledged young (Friesen et al. 2001; Gow 2009). Rates of double brooding vary from 74% to 87% of females in southern Ontario (Friesen et al. 2001). In southern Québec, double brooding is known to be infrequent (Carignan, pers. comm. 2012). Eggs generally hatch 12 days after the last egg is laid (Evans et al. 2011; Friesen, pers. comm. 2012). The young are tended by both parents and fledge at 12-15 days (Brackbill 1943). In Georgia and in Missouri, fledglings remain on their natal home range from 24-33 days on average (Vega Rivera et al. 1998; Lang et al. 2002). Peak fall departure for migrants in Ontario occurs from mid-August to mid-September, but departures continue until mid-November (BSC 2011).\nLong-term data derived from nearly 750 Wood Thrush nests monitored from 1998 to 2010 in Waterloo, Ontario showed an average of 1.4 fledglings/nest and 2.7 nestlings fledged per successful nest. These values are relatively high compared to other studies in the eastern US where breeding habitat is highly fragmented by agriculture (L. Friesen; unpubl. data 2012).\nDaily nest survival for the Wood Thrush in the eastern US is fairly high ranging between 92% and 97% (Simons et al. 2000; Sargent et al. 2003; Gow 2009). The Mayfield seasonal nest survival value varies between 14%-29% in fragmented landscapes and 30%-50% in forested habitat (Powell et al. 1999; Robinson et al. 1995; Burke and Nol 2000). Fauth (2000) reported Mayfield survival rates in fragmented forests in northern Indiana from 16% to 71%. In Ontario’s Waterloo Region, Mayfield estimates varied between 47% and 54% for Wood Thrushes between 1998 and 2010 suggesting that this population is self-sustaining (L. Friesen; unpubl. data 2012). From these latter data, it appears that reproductive success in Wood Thrushes in southern Ontario can be relatively high even in small forest fragments (Friesen et al. 1999).\nAge of first reproduction is one year (Evans et al. 2011). Generation time for the Wood Thrush, which corresponds to the average breeding age, is estimated at 2-3 years.\nThe oldest known individual based on banding records is 8 years and 11 months (Klimkiewicz et al. 1983). Life expectancy for this species is probably around 5 years (Evans et al. 2011).\nBased on adult return rates to breeding territories, annual survival rates for the Wood Thrush are estimated at about 70% for males and 75% for females, while apparent annual return is estimated at 58% (Powell et al. 2000). Friesen et al. (2005) reported a 59% return rate for females at a large forest in Waterloo Region, compared to 31% for males. Combining all sites in that study from 1999 to 2009 shows annual return rates of 12% to 41% for females and 28% to 50% for males (L. Friesen, unpubl. data 2012).\nThe time-constant annual apparent survival rate (which is defined as the probability that an individual survives and remains in the sampled population) from the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program over the entire species range between 1992 and 2001 is estimated at 44% (n=4973 individuals captured; Saracco et al. 2006). The time-constant recapture probability from the MAPS data pooled across all stations from 1992-2001 is 49% (Saracco et al. 2006). A spatial model of adult survival between 1992 and 2003 for the entire species range in North America shows that low survival generally coincides with regions experiencing severe population declines (Saracco et al. 2010). In southern Ontario, the apparent survival rate is among the highest in North America (0.479-0.53, n=6241 birds captured at 179 MAPS stations from 1992-2003) while in southern Québec it is among the lowest (0.417-0.448; n=6241 birds captured at 179 MAPS stations from 1992-2003; Saracco et al. 2010).\nA geolocator study by Stutchbury et al. (2009) revealed that individuals migrate between the breeding and the wintering grounds in Central America (typically Nicaragua and Honduras) either across or around the Gulf of Mexico (equivalent to a 4,600 km² route); individuals complete their migration in 13 to 15 days at a speed of 233-271 km²/day. The study also suggests that spring and fall migration routes differ; the species spring migration route is further west (following the Mississippi valley) than the fall route, which follows the Atlantic coast. During both spring and fall migration, the Gulf of Mexico could be crossed in order to reach the Yucatan Peninsula or the northern Gulf Coast.\nResearch on radio-tracked females in the eastern United States indicate that movement can vary from 100 m to 16 km² between nesting attempts, and that most longer movements happen following nest failures (Powell et al. 1999). Similar results derived from five radio-tracked females in northwestern Pennsylvania showed that females moved 200-700 m from their original successful nest site (Gow 2009). In northern Virginia, adults either moved short distances to moulting sites on their territory after nesting, or moved between 545-7291 m from nesting territories (Vega Rivera et al. 1998). In contrast, most pairs of Wood Thrushes in a study in Delaware did not leave 15-ha woodlots during the breeding season; except after nesting failure (Evans et al. 2011). In southern Ontario, the average distance of a second nest from a successful early nest was 72.6 m (range 0-400 m) and half of all second nests were built within 50 m of the first nest (Friesen et al. 2000).\nIn forested landscapes in Georgia, radio-tracked fledglings dispersed from 1-6.4 km², often crossing open habitats in order to settle in dense shrubby habitat (Powell et al. 1999). Wood Thrush fledglings are known to remain within a 500-m radius of such places until migration (Powell et al. 1999). In Missouri, Georgia, and Virginia populations, most juveniles disperse 1.5-2 km² from their natal home range (Anders et al. 1998; Vega Rivera et al. 1998; Lang et al. 2002) and they rarely remain on their natal territory (Lang et al. 2002). Most individuals disperse as part of juvenile flocks (Vega Rivera et al. 1998). A study based on movements between source and sink populations in Wood Thrush suggest that juveniles ultimately disperse between 60 and 80 km² (Tittler et al. 2006).\nThe Wood Thrush forages in leaf litter or on semi-bare ground where herbaceous cover is open, and almost exclusively under the forest canopy (Willis 1966; Holmes and Robinson 1988; Evans et al. 2011). Prey include larval and adult insects (Coleoptera, Diptera, Hymenoptera, and Lepidoptera), millipedes, and isopods. Studies of stomach contents from Canada and the United States indicate that 62% of the material ingested is animal matter (Lepidoptera 11%, Arachnida 8%, Coleoptera 4%, and Orthoptera 2%), and 38% is vegetable matter (Weaver 1949). In New Hampshire, another study of 329 items obtained in emetic samples from 60 breeding birds showed that 33% were adult Coleoptera, mostly carabids, curculionids, and elaterids; 18% Diptera, mostly adults; 17% Hymenoptera (mostly ants); 12% Lepidoptera (mostly larvae); and 10% Chilopoda, Diplopoda, and Mollusca combined (Holmes and Robinson 1988). Prey may also include vertebrates such as small salamanders (Evans et al. 2011).\nPost-fledgling diet is mainly composed of fruits including blueberry (Vaccinium ssp.), American Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis), Jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum), and Black Cherry (Prunus serotina; Evans et al. 2011).\nIn southern Ontario, a miniature video camera study that filmed Wood Thrush nests over 24-hour periods from 2007 to 2010 documented the following nest predators: Cooper’s Hawk (Accipiter cooperii), Sharp-shinned Hawk (Accipiter striatus), Red-tailed Hawk (Buteo jamaicensis), American Crow (Corvus brachyrhynchos), Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata), Raccoon (Procyon lotor), Eastern Chipmunk (Tamias striatus), Red Squirrel (Tamiasciurus hudsonicus), Eastern Grey Squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis), and Short-tailed Weasel (Mustela erminea) (L. Friesen; unpubl. data 2012). A White-footed Mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) was documented repeatedly attacking an incubating female Wood Thrush but was unable to break open the eggs. In this study, Brown-headed Cowbirds were also documented parasitizing nests (L. Friesen; unpubl. data 2012).\nAcross the species breeding range, identified predators also include Black Rat Snake (Elaphe obsoleta), Black Bear (Ursus americanus), Common Grackle (Quiscalus quiscula), Southern Flying Squirrel (Glaucomys volans), and Least Weasel (Mustela rixosa), (Twomey 1945; Simons and Farnsworth 1996; Farnsworth and Simons 2000; Friesen et al. 2007; Evans et al. 2011). Circumstantial evidence suggests that domestic cats (Felis catus) and Great Horned Owls (Bubo virginianus) also prey on Wood Thrushes (Paul Jr. pers. comm. in Evans et al. 2011). During the breeding season male Wood Thrushes may show aggression towards potential competitors, including the Hermit Thrush (Catharus guttatus) and the Veery (Catharus rufescens) (Dilger 1956; Morse 1971).\nIn the wintering range, predators include Ferruginous Pygmy-owl (Glaucidium brasilianum), Barred Forest-falcon (Micrastur ruficollis), and unidentified mammalian predators (Rappole et al. 1989).\nWood Thrushes show high site fidelity to breeding territories across seasons (Evans et al. 2011), which is more pronounced in males than females (Friesen; pers. comm. 2012). Male Wood Thrushes usually establish and defend their breeding territories, but do not usually respond agonistically to new conspecifics, models, and playbacks of songs and calls (Friesen; pers. comm. 2012). In Ontario, Freemark and Merriam (1986) estimated territory size at 2 ha. In the eastern United States, several studies report territory sizes ranging between 0.08–4.0 ha (Twomey 1945; Weaver 1949; Evans et al. 2011). Territories used for different nesting attempts can also vary spatially during the breeding season (Evans et al. 2011). In some populations, there is also considerable overlap between territorial limits (Brackbill 1943; Holmes and Robinson 1988; Evans et al. 2011). In Waterloo Region, male density has ranged from 0.07 to 0.55 pairs/ha, the lowest densities occurred in woodlots surrounded by houses, with the highest densities in rural woodlots without adjacent housing (Friesen; pers. comm. 2012).\nWood Thrushes also show fidelity to wintering sites (e.g., Kricher and Davis 1986; Winker et al. 1990; Blake and Loiselle 1992) and where individuals defend territories against conspecifics (Rappole and Warner 1980; Winker et al. 1990; Blake and Loiselle 1992). The mean home range of sedentary individuals in Yucatán during a single season is 0.46 ha (SD = 0.27; n = 7; 0.12–1.03; Winker et al. 1990).\nThe Wood Thrush is relatively tolerant of forest fragmentation as it can nest in small woodlots (Rich et al. 1994). However, in areas with high levels of forest fragmentation in an agricultural dominated matrix, the species is known to be less tolerant as shown by a decrease in reproductive success (Evans et al. 2011; see Threats and Limiting Factors). In the United States, Wood Thrushes are also less tolerant of habitat fragmented by wide linear corridors such as power line corridors (Rich et al. 1994).\nThe species is relatively tolerant of forest management activities that are conducted on a small spatial scale (i.e. single-tree, group selection cuts, uneven-age forest management, selective removal of mature trees; Crawford et al. 1981; Gram et al. 2003). In southern Ontario, Holmes et al. (2004) reported that Wood Thrushes were more abundant in heavily cut woodlots than in standard cut woodlots or uncut woodlots. Like some natural perturbations, high-grade logging will first alter the Wood Thrush habitat for a few years, but then will likely create suitable habitat when the understory and saplings regenerate (Friesen; pers. comm. 2012). Moreover, post-breeding adults and juveniles have been documented using clearcuts adjacent to mature forest in the eastern United States; the reason for the use of clearcuts is currently unclear but may include increased food abundance or protection from predators relative to that found in mature forest (Marshall et al. 2003).\nIn Ontario, mature stands affected by severe ice storms usually resulted in increasing understory cover that led to a higher density of Wood Thrushes (Friesen 2007). The high density of Wood Thrushes found in eastern Ontario could possibly be explained by the major ice storm of 1998, which subsequently created prime habitat for the species (Friesen, pers. comm., 2012). Holmes and Sherry (2001) reported similar patterns in the United States where Wood Thrushes remained in areas severely affected by a hurricane for the first 10-15 years, but almost disappeared from the area afterward.\nBreeding Bird Survey (BBS)\nThe BBS is a program that surveys North American breeding bird populations (Environment Canada 2010; Sauer et al. 2011). Breeding bird abundance data are collected by volunteers at 50 roadside stops spaced at 0.8 km² intervals along permanent 39.2 km² routes (Sauer et al. 2011). In Canada, the surveys are generally conducted in June (i.e., during the breeding period of most bird species). Surveys start one half hour before sunrise and last about 5 hours. The BBS is designed to measure population changes, but has also been used, with some important assumptions, to estimate population sizes. Data from across much of North America have been collected according to a single standardized method; survey routes have random start points within a stratified framework, thus enhancing regional representation of the avifauna (roadside bias notwithstanding) (Blancher et al. 2007).\nThe BBS is the most reliable source of data for the Wood Thrush in Canada, with good coverage of the species’ breeding range in Canada (North American Bird Conservation Initiative Canada 2012). The Wood Thrush has a highly recognizable song and its occurrence in fragmented habitats means it should be detected wherever it occurs along forested BBS routes.\nSince 2011, BBS population trends have been estimated using hierarchical log-linear model analyses rather than route-regression analyses, which were used previously. Compared to the latter, the hierarchical model analysis is a year to year comparison of the annual indices (Smith, pers. comm. 2012). The hierarchical model assumes there is an underlying long-term trend and departs from that trend only if there is strong evidence in the data. Trend results from hierarchical models are generally more precise than the results of the earlier analysis (Sauer and Link 2011) and less susceptible to inter-annual variation due to sampling error (Smith, pers. comm. 2012). Also, the national indices are scaled to reflect the average abundance of the species on routes in Bird Conservation Regions (BCRs)/Province-Strata where the species has been observed; this is different from the previous Canadian analysis, where indices were scaled to an average of all BBS routes run in the country (Smith, pers. comm. 2012).\nBreeding Bird Atlases (BBA)\nThe Ontario Breeding Bird Atlas (OBBA) compares the distribution of breeding birds between 1981-1985 and 2001-2005. The data were gathered by volunteers who visited representative habitats within 10 x 10-km squares for at least 20 hours during the breeding period (Cadman et al. 2007). The percent change in the distribution of the Wood Thrush in Ontario over a period of 20 years is then calculated by comparing the percentage of the 10 x 10-km squares with breeding evidence in the first atlas period to the percentage of squares with breeding evidence in the second atlas period, adjusting for observation effort (Cadman et al. 2007). The most recent OBBA also estimated and mapped the relative abundance of birds, which is an important addition (Cadman et al. 2007).\nAn important limitation of this method is that the trend analysis from the first to the second atlas is based on changes in the probability of observing a species in a 10 X 10-km square after adjusting for effort (Blancher et al. 2007). This method will underestimate population change for common species (Francis et al. 2009) because it is based on presence and absence rather than relative abundance. Differences in effort between the two atlases may also have led to some biases in estimating change (Blancher et al. 2007) because non-point count effort was not standardized, and there can be important differences in efficiency of effort that cannot be captured by adjusting for quantity of effort. Another major limitation of atlases is that they are typically repeated only at 20-year intervals, which means they cannot detect changes in population status during intervening periods (Francis et al. 2009).\nUsing the same methodology as for the OBBA, data collection for a second atlas has been completed for the Maritimes (for the period 2006-2010; BSC 2012a), and initiated for Québec (2009-2012, in progress; BSC 2012c). The first atlas projects for Québec and the Maritimes were conducted between 1984 and 1989 and between 1986 and 1990, respectively (Erskine 1992; Gauthier and Aubry 1995).\nOntario Forest Bird Monitoring Program (OFBM)\nThe Ontario Forest Bird Monitoring Program began in Ontario in 1987 to provide information on population trends and habitat associations of birds that breed in the forest interior (OFBM 2006). Each year, between 50 and 150 sites are surveyed by volunteers, who make two 10-minute visits to five point count stations per site. Although the OFBM primarily targets 52 species, it yields data on occurrence and relative abundance for more than 100 species on those sites. The program was designed to investigate spatial and temporal patterns in mature forest-related birds, with monitoring sites selected in off-road locations in core areas of large, mature forests that are protected from active forest management. Trend analyses for the Wood Thrush are currently provided for the period 1987-2010 (OFBM 2006; R. Russell; unpubl. data 2012).\nThe data from these surveys cannot, however, be used to calculate population trends on a broader scale because sites have not been selected at random and the survey samples only a subset of habitats (Francis et al. 2009).\nLong Point Bird Observatory (LPBO)\nMigrants have been counted during spring and fall migration at Long Point, Ontario since 1961 and this site represents the only station in the Canadian Migration Monitoring Network where a significant number of Wood Thrushes have been sampled during migration (BSC 2011). In addition to banding, volunteers also carry out a daily census of migrating birds and keep track of all the migrants they observe throughout the day. Annual population indices for the Wood Thrush are obtained by averaging daily counts in each season, after considering the effects of date (BSC 2011).\nÉtude des Populations des Oiseaux du Québec (ÉPOQ)\nIn Québec, the ÉPOQ is a database of bird checklists submitted by thousands of volunteers since 1955 (accumulating more than 500,000 checklists) and is a primary reference for determining Wood Thrush population trends in Québec (Cyr and Larivée 1995; Larivée 2011). The ÉPOQ database covers all regions south of the 52nd parallel, especially the St. Lawrence Lowlands where the Wood Thrush is most abundant, and in all seasons (Cyr and Larivée 1995). The abundance index is one of two abundance measures produced by ÉPOQ and is a measure of the number of birds observed compared to the number of checklists submitted.\nThe strength of this survey lies in the fact that it covers the entire breeding range of the species in Québec (Cyr and Larivée 1995). However, the current analysis method does not take observation effort (i.e., the number of observers per checklist), weather conditions, or spatial variation in observation effort into account, but simply the number of hours of observation (Cyr and Larivée 1995). Nonetheless, the trends produced by the ÉPOQ database are generally correlated with those of the BBS and generate adequate trend assessments (Cyr and Larivée 1995; Dunn et al. 1996).\nBetween 1987 and 2006, BBS data indicate that the Wood Thrush reached its highest abundance in Ontario (Lake Simcoe-Rideau, Southern Shield and Carolinian regions) and in some regions of southern Québec (Outaouais, Estrie and Québec; Figure 4).\nFigure 4. Relative abundance (average number of birds per route) of the Wood Thrush\nBased on BBS data calculated for each latitude and longitude degree block from 1987-2006, in relation to the proportion of the breeding range surveyed by the BBS. Grey areas = not surveyed by BBS, white areas = surveyed, but no Wood Thrushes observed (Environment Canada 2009).\nDescription of Figure 4\nMap showing the relative abundance (average number of birds per route) of the Wood Thrush in North America, based on Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) data calculated for each latitude and longitude degree block from 1987 to 2006. Abundance in each block is indicated by shading, ranging from light pink (equals less than 0.5) to dark maroon (equals 12 to 41). The map indicates that the Wood Thrush reaches its highest Canadian abundance in Ontario (Lake Simcoe-Rideau, Southern Shield and Carolinian regions) and in some regions of southern Quebec.\nUpdating BBS-based calculations from the 1990s (Blancher et al. 2007), the Canadian Wood Thrush population is estimated at roughly 665,000 individuals (P. Blancher, unpubl. data 2012). The Canadian breeding population is largest in Ontario and Québec, with relatively smaller numbers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia (Table 1).\nAnother population estimate for Ontario is provided by Blancher and Couturier (2007), where point count data from the OBBA (including off-road counts) gathered between 2001 and 2005 suggest a population of approximately 200,000 individuals. Extrapolation from the Ontario atlas estimate to Canada, based on the proportion of the population in Ontario (Table 1), gives an estimate of approximately 260,000 individuals in Canada. This approach likely underestimates the population size because point counts used to estimate abundance start later in the morning after birds are active, so some individuals were likely missed. The most reasonable population estimate is likely a range between the two estimates of the Canadian population i.e., between 260,000 and 665,000.\nFor Québec, Ouellet (1974) compared historical records of the Wood Thrush in the Montréal and Montérégie regions in southern Québec and suggested that the species had probably increased from the beginning of the 1800s until the 1970s. The population in Ontario has also apparently increased from the early 1900s to the 1980s according to historical records (Cadman et al. 1987). In the Maritime provinces, the Wood Thrush was considered an increasing and a regular nesting species in New Brunswick (Erskine 1992), but in Nova Scotia it was considered a rare vagrant before the 1970s (Tufts 1986). The historical trend is similar in the northeastern US (Weaver 1949; Morse 1971; Robbins 1991).\nBreeding Bird Survey (BBS)\nLong-term BBS data show a significant annual rate of decline of 4.29% (95% credible interval (CI): −5.06, −3.55) between 1970 and 2011 (Figure 5, Table 2; Environment Canada unpubl. data 2012). At this rate, the population will have decreased by approximately 83% over the last 41 years. Data from the most recent 10-year period (2001 - 2011) show a significant decline of 4.69% per year (95% CI: −6.73, −2.84; Figure 5, Table 2; Environment Canada unpubl. data 2012), which amounts to a loss of 38% of the population over the last 10 years or approximately three generations. The probability that there is at least a 30% decline in abundance over this time period is 89%.\nTrends estimated for each province indicate that the Wood Thrush is also showing significant long- and short-term declines in Ontario, Québec and New Brunswick (Table 2). Population losses over the last 10 years range from 54% for New Brunswick to 36% for Ontario.\nFigure 5. Annual rate of change for the Wood Thrush in Canada between 1970 and 2011\nBased on a hierarchical Bayesian model of Breeding Bird Survey data (Environment Canada unpubl. data 2012). Dotted lines correspond to the upper and lower credible intervals. The trend for the last 10 years is highlighted in red.\nDescription of Figure 5\nChart showing annual abundance index for the Wood Thrush in Canada from 1970 to 2011, based on a hierarchical Bayesian model of Breeding Bird Survey data, plotted on a log scale. Other lines correspond to the upper and lower credible intervals. The index values decline from approximately 1.6 to between zero and minus 0.5 over the 40-year period.\n|Region||Annual Rate of Change||LCI||UCI||Annual Rate of Change||LCI||UCI|\nÉtude des Populations des Oiseaux du Québec (ÉPOQ)\nThe ÉPOQ database shows a significant long-term decline in Wood Thrush abundance in Québec of 0.7% per year (R²= 0.56, P ≤ 0.05; Figure 6) between 1970 and 2009, representing a 24% loss in the population over 40 years. In the most recent 9-year period (2000-2009), the data show a non-significant decline of 0.3% per year (R²=0.14, P ≥ 0.05).\nFigure 6. Annual indices of population change for the Wood Thrush in Québec between 1970 and 2009\nBased on a linear regression of the ÉPOQ data. Larivée 2011. Only checklists produced during the known breeding period (15 May to 15 July) were used in the analysis.\nDescription of Figure 6\nChart showing annual indices of population change for the Wood Thrush in Quebec between 1970 and 2009, based on Étude des populations des oiseaux du Québec (ÉPOQ) data. The chart shows a significant long-term decline in Wood Thrush abundance over 40 years.\nBreeding Bird Atlases\nOntario Breeding Bird Atlas (OBBA)\nA comparison of the species probability of observation in Ontario from the first (1981-1985) to the second (2001-2005) atlas period showed an overall non-significant decline of 7% across the province as a whole, with a significant decline of 15% in the Southern Shield, a non-significant decline of 3% in the Carolinian region and a decline of 1% in the Lake Simcoe-Rideau region (Friesen 2007; Figure 7).\nFigure 7. Ontario distribution of the Wood Thrush during the period 2001-2005\nBased on atlas data. Reproduced with permission from Cadman et al. 2007. Squares with black dots are those in which the species was found in the first atlas period (1980-1985), but not in the second (2001-2005). Squares with yellow dots are those in which the species was found in the second atlas period but not in the first.\nDescription of Figure 7\nThree map images showing the Ontario distribution of the Wood Thrush during the period 2001 to 2005, based on atlas data. The top image shows Ontario north of Lake Superior; the left lower image shows southern and eastern Ontario; the right lower image shows all of Ontario. Breeding evidence is indicated using varying grid squares for possible; probable; confirmed; unfilled, adequate coverage. Squares that are those in which the species was found in the first atlas period (1980 to 1985) but not in the second (2001 to 2005). Other squares that are those where the species was found only in the second atlas.\nMaritime Breeding Bird Atlas (MBBA)\nPreliminary analyses for the Maritime Breeding Bird Atlas indicate a significant decrease in the probability of observation for the Wood Thrush between the first (1986-1990) and second (2006-2010) atlas periods, with the probability of observation dropping from 0.45 to 0.09 over this period (M. Campbell, BSC, unpubl. data 2012). The change in probability is equivalent to an 80% decrease in the population over the 20 years between the two atlas periods or a 55% loss over a 10-year period. The decline was stronger in New Brunswick (8.9% annual decline) than Nova Scotia (3.1% annual decline) (M. Campbell, BSC, unpubl. data 2012). Comparison of the species distribution between the two atlas periods suggests that remaining Wood Thrushes are scattered throughout the earlier range, i.e., there has been a reduction in occupancy but probably no range retraction (Figure 8).\nFigure 8. Distribution of the Wood Thrush in the Maritimes during the period 2006-2010\nReproduced with permission from BSC 2012a. Squares with black dots are those in which the species was found in the first atlas period (1986-1990), but not in the second (2006-2010). Squares with yellow dots are those in which the species was found in the second atlas period but not in the first.\nDescription of Figure 8\nMap showing the distribution of the Wood Thrush in the Maritimes during the period 2006 to 2010. Breeding evidence is indicated using varying grid squares for possible; probable; confirmed; unfilled, not observed; and not surveyed. There are squares that are those in which the species was found in the first atlas period (1986 to 1990) but not in the second (2006 to 2010). Other squares are those in which the species was found in the second atlas period but not in the first.\nQuébec Breeding Bird Atlas (QBBA)\nPreliminary analyses based on the first two years of the second QBBA suggest that the probability of observing a Wood Thrush in atlas squares with at least 20 hours of observation in both the first and second atlas periods has declined by 28% over the 20 year period (n=317 atlas squares; Atlas des oiseaux nicheurs du Québec 2012).\nOntario Forest Bird Monitoring Program (OFBM)\nThe results from the OFBM program show a non-significant decline of −1.6 % per year (n=153 sites; P>0.05; LCI= −7.0, UCI= 4.1) in mature forest sites in Ontario between 1987 and 2010 (R. Russell, unpubl. data 2011).\nLong Point Bird Observatory (LPBO)\nData from LPBO for the 1970 - 2010 and 2000 - 2010 periods indicate non-significant population trends during spring and fall migration (Crewe pers. comm. 2012).\nThe results of the BBS, which is the most reliable source of population trend information for Wood Thrush in Canada, show significant long- and short-term population declines for the Wood Thrush in Canada. This general pattern is consistent for each of the provinces where the species occurs, but with more severe declines occurring in Québec and New Brunswick than in Ontario.\nRecent evidence indicates that juvenile Wood Thrush disperse between 60 and 80 km² from their natal sites (Tittler et al. 2010), suggesting that rescue of the Canadian population from the US is feasible. However, Wood Thrush numbers in the US show significant declines (long-term trend: 1966-2010: −1.8% per year; n= 1879 routes, 95% C.I.: −2.0, −1.6; short-term trend: 1999-2010: −1.9% per year, n=1879 routes, 95% C.I.: −2.4, −1.5 Sauer et al. 2011; Figure 9), which reduces the potential for rescue. In addition, many states bordering Canada (e.g. Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine) showed significant declines between 2000 and 2010 (Sauer et al. 2011). Although, more central states have shown either increases (Michigan) or stability (Ohio) (Figure 9), these states have relatively low Wood Thrush abundances (Figure 4), which also reduces the potential for rescue in Canada.\nFigure 9. BBS trend map for Wood Thrush in the United States and Canada for the period from 1966 to 2010\nSauer et al. 2011\nDescription of Figure 9\nPopulation trend map for the Wood Thrush in the United States and Canada for the period from 1966 to 2010, based on Breeding Bird Survey data. Percent change per year is indicated and ranging from less than minus 1.5 to greater than plus 1.5.\nThe response of Wood Thrushes to habitat fragmentation varies spatially in North America and may depend on the type of perturbation (Evans et al. 2011). In the highly fragmented landscapes dominated by the intensive agriculture of the northeastern United States, for example, Wood Thrushes appear to be sensitive to habitat fragmentation (Hoover et al. 1995; Trine 1998; Rosenberg et al. 2003). In those landscapes, the species is generally more abundant and shows higher nesting success in larger forest patches compared with smaller ones (Whitcomb et al. 1981; Hoover 1992). High rates of nest predation in small forest tracts (less than 80 ha) as well as high rates of cowbird parasitism (see below for more details on these related threats) explained the lower nesting success in highly fragmented landscapes (Hoover et al. 1995; Rosenberg et al. 2003).\nIn southern Ontario, however, the negative effect of habitat fragmentation appears to be weak (Friesen et al. 1999). For example, in a landscape that was only 14% forested, Wood Thrush breeding populations in forest tracts 3-140 ha in size were considered to be self-sustaining (Friesen et al. 1999).Neither forest size nor distance to the edge of the forest significantly affected nesting success (Friesen et al. 1999). In southern Québec, Wood Thrushes breed in fragmented landscapes but prefer clustered woodlots within a radius of 5 km² (Carignan 2006).\nOn the wintering grounds, Wood Thrushes are relatively tolerant of forest fragmentation as the species is known to use forest patches several orders of magnitude smaller than what is necessary for breeding Wood Thrushes in temperate areas (i.e. ≥ 1 ha in size; Roberts 2011). Nonetheless, forest habitat in Central America is declining at a high rate (see Habitat Trends section), thus overall habitat loss may pose a relatively greater threat than habitat fragmentation on the wintering grounds.\nOver-browsing by White-tailed Deer\nOver-browsing by the White-tailed Deer (Odocoileus virginianus) is known to drastically change the structure of the deciduous and mixed forests in eastern North America by decreasing plant and tree diversity and abundance and reducing saplings (Collard et al. 2010; Tanentzap et al. 2011), which is the prime nesting habitat for Wood Thrushes. These changes in the structure of the forests are also known to negatively affect abundance of ground- and shrub-nesting songbirds (DeGraaf et al. 1991; McShea et al. 1995) by reducing the nesting cover or by reducing the density and diversity of insects. Overall bird species richness and intermediate canopy nesting species are also known to decline up to 27% due to over-browsing and several species are absent from sites with deer densities > 8 deer/km² in the eastern United States (deCalesta 1994). Under deer densities ranging from 7-16 deer/km² in southern Québec, over-browsing significantly reduced the density of the shrub layer in canopy gaps (Collard et al. 2010). In Rondeau Provincial Park in southern Ontario, despite significant and sustained deer herd reductions between 1996 and 2009 (deer densities were reduced from 55 to 7 deer km²), there was limited recruitment of small trees and declines in basal area of tree species that were sensitive to deer browsing (Tanentzap et al. 2011). In this park, Wood Thrush numbers were observed to be very low when forest bird monitoring was initiated in the early 1990s, but then responded to a modest increase in understory regeneration following deer control efforts. More studies are needed to examine the impact of deer-browsing on Wood Thrush in other parts of its range.\nAlthough the Wood Thrush will breed in urban contexts if the proportion of forest within a 5 km² radius is high (Carignan 2006), residential development has been shown in many studies to negatively affect Wood Thrushes (Friesen et al. 1995; Suarez-Rubio et al. 2011; L. Friesen, unpubl. data 2012). For example, in southern Ontario, as the number of houses surrounding forest patches increased, the number of breeding Wood Thrushes decreased markedly (Friesen et al. 1995). This effect was independent of the size of the forest tracts, which ranged in size from 3-50 ha (Friesen et al. 1995). This study also showed that nesting success and nest productivity were similar in urban and rural woodlots, suggesting that the factors affecting reproductive success (e.g. increased numbers and types of predators, roads, etc.) were similar in urban and rural woodlots.\nAn ongoing study is documenting the response of Wood Thrush in a 120 ha forest next to a residential development that has increased from several houses in 1998 to over 3000 houses in 2011. The results of the study show that the number of females, nests, and fledglings is significantly lower in urban forest sites compared to rural control sites (L. Friesen, unpubl. data 2012). Point count data also show that in the urban forest (n=18 stations) Wood Thrushes declined from an average of 1.6 male per point count to 0.05 male per point count from 1998 to 2011, whereas densities of males in rural controls were significantly higher during the same period (L. Friesen, unpubl. data 2012). The reasons for the decline in occupancy in the urban area are unknown (Friesen, pers. comm. 2012), but could include increasing densities of nest predators such as Raccoons, corvids and cats around residential areas, as well as noise, the cumulative effects of fragmentation, roads, and development.\nIn the United States, Wood Thrush nesting success is negatively correlated with predation rate, which increases with the degree of forest fragmentation (Hoover et al. 1995). In Canada, nest predation is also considered a primary threat to the Wood Thrush and seems highly related to the degree of habitat fragmentation (Friesen et al. 1999, 2005). In southern Ontario, Friesen et al. (2005) reported on a study of 239 Wood Thrush nests showing nesting success levels of 51% and 47% in rural woodlots and an urban woodlot, respectively, due principally to nest predation. High nest predation rates are also reported for northern Indiana (58%; Fauth 2000), Illinois (50-80%; Trine 1998), northwest Pennsylvania (74%; Gow 2009) and Delaware (71%; Evans et al. 2011). In Pennsylvania, Wood Thrush nesting success is reported to be 86% in contiguous forest (> 10,000 ha), 72% in forest fragments larger than 100 ha, and 43% in small fragments of less than 80 ha (Hoover et al. 1995).\nThe parasitism rate on Wood Thrushes varies geographically and temporally (Evans et al. 2011; L. Friesen; unpubl. data 2012), but it is generally considered an important threat. In Canada, the parasitism rate is relatively high with values ranging between 11% and 60% in various studies conducted in Ontario (Peck and James 1987; Friesen et al. 1999; Phillips et al. 2005; L. Friesen; unpubl. data 2012). In southern Ontario, the overall parasitism rate for all nests during the study period of 1998-2010 was 33%, with parasitized nests containing an average of 1.4 cowbird eggs (L. Friesen; unpubl. data 2012).\nIn Ontario, rates of brood parasitism increase significantly when houses are embedded in woodlots (Philips et al. 2005) and in highly fragmented forest landscapes (Burke and Nol 2000). In fragmented landscapes, parasitism may reduce annual fledgling production to the extent that it threatens population stability (Evans et al. 2011). In the Waterloo Region, parasitism rates did not differ significantly between rural woodlots and an urban forest (Friesen et al. 2005; L. Friesen; unpubl. data 2012). In this area, the threat caused by cowbirds seems to vary geographically and over time (L. Friesen; unpubl. data 2012). Moreover, despite the fact that the Waterloo Region is a highly fragmented landscape, parasitism rates of Wood Thrush nests are lower than in similar landscapes in the US Midwest where parasitism rates range from <10% to 100% (Hoover and Brittingham 1993; Donovan et al. 1995; Robinson et al. 1995; Hoover et al. 1995; Trine 1998; Evans et al. 2011).\nFriesen et al. (2007) reported that cowbirds frequently removed Wood Thrush eggs from nests, and cowbirds were also filmed eating eggs.\nAdditional threats that could impact eastern forest songbirds including Wood Thrushes but that need further research include: forest degradation due to beech bark disease as it impacts one of the primary nest trees of the Wood Thrush (Griffin et al. 2003; Evans et al. 2011), and large-scale afforestation resulting in large tracts of homogeneous deciduous forest with little broken canopy and a reduced shrub layer (Friesen pers. comm. 2012).\nHames et al. (2002) showed a strong negative effect of acid rain on the predicted probability of breeding by Wood Thrushes in the northeastern United States. Their results suggest an important role for acid rain in recent declines of Wood Thrushes in the eastern United States, particularly in high elevation zones with low pH soils, and in fragmented landscapes. Similar studies are needed in eastern Canada and the southern shield regions of Ontario, where the species decline is more pronounced and where critical load exceedances (Environment Canada 2004) indicate increased susceptibility to acid deposition.\nExotic earthworms in forested ecosystems of southern Canada may also be another threat to Wood Thrush foraging and nesting habitat as earthworms are known to substantially reduce the amount of leaf litter (Wironen and Moore 2006) and possibly reduce the abundance of arthropods, on which thrushes feed (Loss and Blair 2011). Substantial reductions in litter depth in Wood Thrush habitat could also negatively affect nesting cover and reduce nest survival as a recent study conducted in Wisconsin had demonstrated from two ground-dwelling songbird species (including the Hermit Thrush, a species with similar foraging habits to the Wood Thrush; Loss and Blair 2011).\nSevere spring storms can kill migrants over the Gulf of Mexico including Wood Thrushes (Wiedenfeld and Wiedenfeld 1995). The severity of autumn storms may also affect the abundance of Neotropical migrants including Wood Thrushes (Butler 2000). Other processes acting during the nonbreeding season have been suggested to cause significant mortality in long-distance migratory birds (Sillett and Holmes 2002). For example, El Niño events in Costa Rica can negatively affect frugivorous migrants such as Swainson’s Thrushes (Catharus ustulatus), a close relative of Wood Thrushes, which exhibit poorer condition during spring migration (Wolfe and Ralph 2009). Given synchronous responses of fruiting plants to heavy precipitation in Central America, more frequent El Niño-induced dry periods may reduce fruit abundance on a large scale, which in turn may negatively affect refuelling rates of frugivorous migrants (Wolfe and Ralph 2009). More data are needed on the effects of adverse winter weather on migrating birds (Winker et al. 1990) and especially the Wood Thrush.\nTo summarize, threats to Wood Thrushes in Canada are numerous but are currently not well understood. Threats are known mainly from southern Ontario where the species has been studied. There, habitat fragmentation is an important threat to the Wood Thrush population in the core of the breeding range. High rates of nest predation and parasitism, which are also closely linked to habitat fragmentation, are also known to negatively affect populations of breeding Wood Thrushes. Overall, more studies are needed to assess the importance of these threats and limiting factors, including in Québec and in New Brunswick. Finally, more studies are needed on threats on the wintering range.\nIn Canada, the Wood Thrush and its nest and eggs are protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act. In Québec, it is also protected under the Loi sur la conservation et la mise en valeur de la faune (L.R.Q., c. C-61.1), and it is prohibited to hunt, capture, keep in captivity, sell this species or destroy or damage its nest and eggs.\nAt the global level, the species is considered secure (G5, last assessed in 2000; Table 3) by NatureServe (2012). The species is considered 'Least concern' according to the IUCN Red List (NatureServe 2012). However, the Wood Thrush is considered a \"WatchList\" species by the North American Landbird Conservation Plan (Rich et al. 2004). The species was also included on Audubon's 2007 WatchList and the State of the Birds (National Audubon Society 2012) identified Wood Thrush as one of the eastern forest birds experiencing \"consistent and troubling declines\". In the United States, the species is considered secure (N5; Table 3). At the state level, it is considered imperiled (S2) in one state and vulnerable in four states (NatureServe 2012).\nRanks based on NatureServe (2012) and General Status Ranks (CESCC 2011) are listed in Table 3. The species is currently not monitored by biodiversity information centres in Ontario, Québec or the Maritimes.\n|New Brunswick||S1S2B||May be at risk|\n* G = is a global status rank; S = rank assigned to a province or state; N = is a national status rank; B = Breeding. S1 indicates that a species is critically imperiled making it especially vulnerable to extirpation; S2 indicates that a species is imperiled making it very vulnerable to extirpation; S3 indicates that a species is vulnerable at the subnational level making it vulnerable to extirpation; S4 indicates a species is apparently secure; S5 indicates that a species is secure.\n** May be at risk: Species that may be at risk of extirpation or extinction and are therefore candidates for a detailed risk assessment by COSEWIC, or provincial or territorial equivalents. Secure: Species that are not believed to belong in the categories Extirpated, Extinct, At Risk, May Be At Risk, Sensitive, Accidental or Exotic. This category includes some species that show a trend of decline in numbers in Canada but remain relatively widespread or abundant. Undetermined: Species for which insufficient data, information, or knowledge is available with which to reliably evaluate their general status.\nIn Canada, the vast majority (> 75 %) of the area occupied by the Wood Thrush is located on private forested land, which is for the most part unprotected. A small portion of the species breeding range on private lands is currently protected through voluntary conservation and stewardship programs across eastern Canada (Nature Conservancy 2012). Wood Thrushes breeding on private lands are also protected under the Migratory Birds Convention Act.\nLittle information is available on the quantity of available habitat and the level of habitat protection on public lands in eastern Canada, but it undoubtedly constitutes a relatively small portion of the area occupied by this species (ca. 25 %). Relatively small portions of the deciduous and mixed forests in southeastern Canada located on public lands are protected in national and provincial parks, migratory bird sanctuaries and national wildlife areas. According to the Parks Canada's Biotics database, the Wood Thrush is present in 10 national parks (confirmed breeding in 3 parks only) and in one national historic site managed by Parks Canada (Parks Canada 2011). Moreover, the species is reported on 13 Department of National Defence establishments in eastern Canada where it is believed to be a common breeder (D. Nernberg, unpubl. data 2011).\nThe report writer wishes to thank Peter Blancher, Alain Filion, Jacques Larivée, Rich Russell, and Lyle Friesen for providing unpublished data on abundance, habitat and systematics. 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The role of migrant birds at swarms of army ants. Living Bird 5:187-231.\nWinker, K., J. H. Rappole, and M. A. Ramos. 1990. Population dynamics of the Wood Thrush in southern Veracruz, Mexico. Condor 92:444-460.\nWironen M. and T.R. Moore. 2006. Exotic earthworm invasion increases soil carbon and nitrogen in an old-growth forest in southern Québec. Canadian Journal of Forestry Research 36: 845–854\nWolfe, J. D. and C. J. Ralph. 2009. Correlations between el nino-southern oscillation and changes in nearctic-neotropic migrant condition in central america. Auk 126:809-814.\nCarl Savignac is director of Dendroica Environnement et Faune, an environmental consulting firm specializing in conservation of species at risk studies, wetlands conservation and the assessment of the impacts of industrial development projects on birds. Carl has been studying birds for over 20 years and has conducted numerous field studies and surveys in several Canadian provinces and territories in both Canada's temperate and boreal forests. He has written several scientific reports and publications on woodpeckers, raptors, passerines and species at risk, including twelve provincial and federal species status reports. He is currently coordinating stewardship conservation projects on forested wetlands, Red-headed Woodpecker, American ginseng, Peregrine Falcon and Golden-winged Warbler on private lands in southern Québec.\n- Date Modified:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Limb difference is the partial or complete absence of or malformation of limbs (arms and legs). There are two main types of limb difference: congenital limb difference and acquired limb difference.\nCongenital limb difference is also referred to as \"limb reduction\" or \"congenital amputation\" or \"amelia\" and occurs when someone is born missing all or part of their upper and/or lower limbs.\nAcquired limb differences is also known as \"amputation\" and occurs when someone has a limb removed for medical reasons, or accidentally due to trauma.\nDefinitions from Amputee Coalition Limb Loss Definitions and Limbs 4 Life Australia's Fact Sheets on Limb Difference, Congenital Limb Difference, and Acquired Limb Difference.\nAmong those living with limb loss, the main causes are vascular disease (54%) – including diabetes and peripheral arterial disease – trauma (45%) and cancer (less than 2%)\nApproximately 185,000 amputations occur in the United States each year\nAfrican‐Americans are up to four times more likely to have an amputation than white Americans\nLimb reduction is when a part of or the entire arm (upper limb) or leg (lower limb) of a fetus fails to form completely during pregnancy. The defect is referred to as a “limb reduction” because a limb is reduced from its normal size or is missing.\nCDC estimates that each year about 1,500 babies in the United States are born with upper limb reductions and about 750 are born with lower limb reductions.\nIn other words, each year about 4 out of every 10,000 babies will have upper limb reductions and about 2 out of every 10,000 babies will have lower limb reductions. Some of these babies will have both upper and lower limb reduction defects.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Use quotes for author, title, or exact phrase\nUse + to include a stop word (a, the, for)\nUse – to exclude results including the term: Halo –Xbox\nUse OR to include either of your search terms: Incidence OR prevalence\nUse Advanced Search to find citations for particular articles\nGoogle Scholar has made arrangements with academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites to digitize their articles and include them in search results. There are articles from international journals, meeting abstracts and working papers that can be hard to find. Keep in mind that not all articles are peer-reviewed.\nThe results are relevancy ranked. Google Scholar explains it \"aims to rank documents the way researchers do, weighing the full text of each document, where it was published, who it was written by, as well as how often and how recently it has been cited in other scholarly literature.\"\nSome articles have free full text provided. You can set your preferences to link to UAB full text. If you find yourself being asked to pay for an article you find through Google Scholar, please remember you can request it through LHL's interlibrary loan service while you are at UAB (if UAB does not have it).\nHere is an example of a Google Scholar search:\nGoogle Scholar searches the full text of the entire article, so it can bring up articles that are hard to find on PubMed. For example, a search term may be so specific it is not included in the title or abstract, and there is no exact subject heading. Google Scholar indexes PubMed abstracts so articles found in Google Scholar can be linked back to PubMed. Then PubMed features like \"related citations\" and MeSH Subject headings can be used to locate additional articles and expand your results set in PubMed.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Families have migrated to the suburbs for generations in search of safer communities and better education, and high-performing districts like Birmingham Public Schools have seen a steady increase of black students as a result. But those students face a white achievement gap that may be holding them back.\nI remember being about 5 years old and having to wake up extra early every morning. My mom and dad would load my brother and me into our green minivan and drive us from our home in northwest Detroit to our grandmother’s house in Southfield, where we’d eat breakfast before she took us to school.\nWe did this same routine for years before we officially moved into the Birmingham Public Schools district. My parents wanted my brother and me to have a better education, and suburban schools like BPS have long been synonymous with being high-performing.\nMy story of migration is a familiar one for black Detroiters. In the early ’80s, Southfield was mostly white, but over the years the city has seen its black population skyrocket. It grew to 54 percent by the 2000 census and to 70 percent in 2010. The Southfield Public Schools district has mirrored that change, with a black student now around 94 percent.\n“From when I came in in 1982, my elementary school and even middle school looked pretty similar to Berkshire, and the feeder elementary schools here, demographically,” says Jason Clinkscale, who attended public schools in Southfield. He is now principal of Berkshire Middle School in Birmingham, the first black principal to hold that position. “By the time I had left Southfield Public Schools in 1991, there was a definite change demographically to a much higher percentage of African-American students. We started out being the minority, below 50 percent. We were definitely well into the majority, mid 80s, as far as percentage of African-American students in the school district.”\nThough not quite as rapid as Southfield in the last decade, BPS is starting to see its own increase. Right now, black students account for almost 12 percent of the district, which has steadily increased from just over 6 percent during the 2002-03 school year, according to Michigan’s Center for Educational Performance and Information. Clinkscale’s school in particular has seen a 10 percent increase in black students over the past 14 years.\nDenine Johnson is a BPS parent with two daughters at Groves High School, one of two high schools in the district. She says the district’s reputation is what drew her to enroll her kids here.\n“It was the education that I knew they would provide for my children,” Johnson says. “Looking at the graduation rates, the scoring of the children as far as standardized testing is what drew me as a parent.”\nBPS’s reputation, diversity and widespread district lines makes it appealing to parents and families of all races. But for black students, numbers show that enrolling in higher performing districts like BPS is only the beginning of a long road to graduation.\nIdentifying the gap …\nEven though black students in Birmingham only account for less than a quarter of the district’s population, they are disproportionately represented in their classes. Black youth make up the majority of those enrolled in classes for students who need “additional assistance.” On the other end, they are underrepresented in the district’s accelerated or Advanced Placement classes.\nWhen it comes to standardized testing, students take the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress in grades 3-8. Looking at black eighth graders in BPS who took the M-STEP in the 2014-15 school year, 46 percent tested “proficient” in mathematics, 52 percent in English language arts and 29 percent in social studies. Compare that to their white classmates, who tested over 75 percent “proficient” in both math and English language arts, and 55 percent in social studies.\n“When we get into the standardized assessment data, such as now the M-STEP, as well as NWEA (Northwest Evaluation Association, a nonprofit that assesses academic progress in students), we see that African-American students are being outperformed by their white classmates,” Clinkscale says. “So this would be typical to what you would see in schools across the country. It’s very similar here in Birmingham.”\nThe disparity is clear: Students who transfer into the district from lower-performing schools and are unable to keep up, as well as students from lower-income households or whose parents who have limited academic achievement.\n“Maybe (transfer students) came in sixth grade, or maybe they came later in elementary school,” Clinkscale says. “Or at the high school, they’ll say, ‘Well these aren’t our students, they just came freshman year into the district.’ My answer is, regardless of when they came, they are our students and we still owe them our best practices, all of our attention and the appropriate resources to remedy the issue.”\nBPS has been working to tackle the district’s achievement gap for almost a decade. It’s all the more important to address with the district’s growing black population.\n“I believe the achievement gap should be put in historical context,” Clinkscale says. “This problem is definitely not anything new, it’s not anything unique to Birmingham. This is at the county level, this is at the state level, the national level and even internationally. There seems to be these unfortunate representations where people are not having the same access and same opportunity.”\n… and closing that gap\nThe Birmingham Public Schools name comes with a reputation similar to that of its namesake city. Just under five square miles, Birmingham is one of Detroit’s wealthiest – and whitest – suburbs: 92 percent white with a median household income of $107,000, the census notes, and a downtown known for upscale shopping and gourmet dining.\nWhile the district does pull students from the city of Birmingham, BPS’s boundaries extend into more diverse- racially and economically – communities nearby, including West Bloomfield, Bloomfield Township, Troy, Franklin and the northern part of Southfield. And while only about 7 percent of BPS students are categorized as “economically disadvantaged,” Clinkscale says these students also tend to perform lower on standardized tests.\nWith this in mind, BPS seeks to close the achievement gap by closely involving its families, with some initiatives led by the district and others led by parents.\nTake for example the Birmingham African American Family Network, which is one way the district fosters a connection between parents, students, educators and administrators – and discusses the issues black students face in the district.\nJohnson’s daughters were raised in the district, but she thinks the BAAFN is ideal for families new to the district. “If they’re coming from a district that’s majority black and coming into BPS, that group is great for them to know what to expect and the resources available to them,” she says.\nNot only does the network discuss academic issues during meetings, but it also covers the social repercussions black students face. In a district as diverse as BPS (or, really, any metro Detroit school district with changing demographics), there are bound to be kids from families with different worldviews.\nBerkshire parent Nichole Pardo turned to the BAAFN meeting to share an incident her son had with a white student at his school.\n“This white student came up to the water fountain and said ‘whites first,’” Pardo says. “The next morning, I emailed the principal and, by the time I hit send, he had already responded. And this was a Saturday at like noon.”\nPardo’s son, who is half Mexican and Cuban, also faced discrimination when a student voiced an opinion about Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s “wall” and how the child’s people will be on the other side.\n“I told him (the other student is) clearly getting this from home, so don’t be too hard on him. Just like you get the polar opposite about civil rights advocacy, racial equality and human equality, he’s getting the opposite, so you cannot blame him,” Pardo says. “I’m trying to make these teachable moments.”\nIn addition to the BAAFN, the district also introduced the Birmingham Achievement Gap Committee around the same time, which was founded by a group of educators in the district – including Clinkscale – to establish policy establish policy for improvement.\nThrough these two efforts, the district formed the Saturday School, a free program that gives extra tutoring help from National Honor Society students at the high school level and education students from Oakland University. Clinkscale says from what he’s seen, the school seems to help students, measured by indicators such as overall grades, standardized test scores and attitudes toward school.\nEven with the achievement gap, Birmingham Public Schools is still getting students through and even onto college. The district maintains a graduation rate of over 95 percent, and black students go onto college within six months of graduating at almost a 77 percent rate.\n“It’s not just academic help that we do, but we also try to really get at that attitude gap that exists, as well. Making sure that kids find value and relevancy in school,” Clinkscale says. “Those are things that don’t necessarily show up in a quantifiable way, but we certainly can qualify, and that’s helpful in the work that we do – as well as recognizing the impact we’re having in the kids’ lives.”\nALANA WALKER IS ASSOCIATE EDITOR OF BLAC DETROIT.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Great white sharks may munch on a wider array of sea creatures throughout their lives than previously thought, according to a new study published Friday in the journal PLoS ONE.\nThe great whites are well known to many as the stars of “Shark Week” and as one of the ocean’s most feared predators. Researchers have long believed that a shark’s diet evolves over its lifetime as it grows, moving from small prey like fish to larger animals like seals and, every once in a while, humans.\nBut in the new study, the researchers found that great whites show a remarkable diversity in their diets. Even sharks that live near each other ate differently throughout the course of their lifetimes, and some sharks never made the transition to large animals at all.\nThe researchers, from UC Santa Cruz, studied the vertebrae of 15 great whites that were caught off the West Coast of the U.S. between 1957 and 2000. When sharks eat, a record of their diet is stored in their vertebrae in the form of carbon and nitrogen. Over time, the elements amass as bands in their vertebrae, akin to a tree’s rings. Because animals lower on the food chain have different levels of carbon and nitrogen in their tissue than animals higher on the food chain, researchers can tell what the sharks ate over time by looking at bands from different periods in a shark’s life.\nThe researchers expected to find a gradual change in the levels of carbon and nitrogen over time, signifying increasing consumption of bigger animals as they got older. This would lead to a plateau in the elements’ levels once the transition to large animals was complete.\nWhile they saw that pattern in some sharks, the diets varied a great deal between different sharks. Some sharks appeared to eat small animals, such as fish and squid, for their entire lives. Others seemed to get feisty while still young, eating bigger animals like seals virtually from the get-go.\nThe researchers also noticed another shift over time: In general, sharks have recently consumed more marine mammals than they used to, a change the researchers attribute to the Marine Mammal Protection Act, which passed in 1972.\nYou can read the full study here.\nReturn to the Science Now blog.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Also found in: Thesaurus, Medical, Encyclopedia.\nRelated to Babinski reflex: plantar reflex\nBa·bin·ski reflex(bə-bĭn′skē) also Ba·bin·ski's reflex (-skēz)\nAn extension of the great toe, sometimes with fanning of the other toes, in response to stroking of the sole of the foot. It is a normal reflex in infants, but it is usually associated with a disturbance of the pyramidal tract in children and adults. Also called Babinski sign, Babinski's sign.\n[After Joseph François Felix Babinski (1857-1932), French neurologist.]\nBa•bin′ski re`flex(bəˈbɪn ski)\na reflex extension of the great toe with flexion of the other toes, evoked by stroking the sole of the foot: normal in infants but otherwise denoting central nervous system damage. Also, Babinski's reflex.\n[after J.French.French. Babinski (d. 1932), French neurologist]\nSwitch to new thesaurus\n|Noun||1.||Babinski reflex - extension upward of the toes when the sole of the foot is stroked firmly on the outer side from the heel to the front; normal in infants under the age of two years but a sign of brain or spinal cord injury in older persons|", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Master Leasing Plans\nOil and gas development on federal lands affects us all. Yet decision-making about where to drill typically excludes diverse stakeholders, including Latino communities. As a result, our access to these lands for recreation, subsistence, education, and traditional cultural uses are impeded.\nHECHO advocates for the Bureau of Land Management to implement “smart from the start” planning, also known as Master Leasing Plans (MLPs), to allow input from multiple stakeholders about how public lands should be used. MLP’s allow for a variety of issues to be considered, including: hunting and angling, farming and ranching, cultural resource protection, conservation, recreation, property ownership, local government, and oil and gas development.\nCurrently Latino voices are missing from these planning conversations. We should be engaged, given the value of these western lands and waters to our communities and our way of life. “Smart from the start” land management planning directs development to areas of least conflict, and protects important resources, such as air, water, wildlife habitat, tourism and recreation-related economic opportunities.\nWhile we all use oil and gas, we assert that some places are too sacred and fragile to be destroyed by development. These are lands we have enjoyed for centuries and want to protect for future generations.\nCurrent examples of MLPs:\nSouth Park, Colorado\nThe BLM is working on an MLP for the South Park Basin. Located west of the Denver metro area, South Park contains the headwaters of the South Platte River and multiple reservoirs that provide water to millions of people. The South Park Basin is also known for its prized hunting, fishing and wide open ranchlands.\nDinosaur Trail, CO\nBordering the southern edge of Dinosaur National Monument, Dinosaur Trail is a landscape filled with big game and scenic canyons and valleys, which are popular destinations for hunting and camping. The BLM recently proposed an MLP for Dinosaur Trail, with the goal of avoiding future conflicts between these values and oil and gas development.\nThe BLM will issue a draft MLP for the Moab area covering about 1 million acres. Moab’s economy has changed dramatically over the years, shifting from a reliance on mining and drilling to a more sustained and reliable tourism and recreation economy. The BLM issued preliminary draft options for the Moab MLP that was widely applauded by both local and national businesses.\nGreater Little Mountain, WY\nGreater Little Mountain is one of Wyoming’s most popular hunting and fishing destinations, and contains important habitat for a variety of big game and Colorado River cutthroat trout. In response to recent leasing proposals and ongoing interest in developing, a broad coalition of sportsmen and labor groups has called on the BLM to prepare an MLP for Greater Little Mountain, which the BLM has agreed to do as part of a revision to the Rock Springs Field Office’s resource management plan.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Drones, or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), have been in the news a lot because of their use in recent wars. But just because a technology has been used for violent purposes, does that mean that the technology is in itself unethical?\nA UAV is simply an aircraft that doesn't need a human pilot on board. Instead a pilot flies the plane via remote control from far away, even on the other side of the world. UAVs are used either to carry something (weapons in military use) or to gather information as eyes in the sky. They tend to be used in cases where some combination of these reasons are true:\n- It would be too dangerous for a pilot to be physically present\n- Surveillance is needed for longer than any pilot can fly\n- It is cheaper to gather information this way.\nWhile initially developed as weapons, more and more uses are being found for UAVs in non-military contexts. Some are controversial, others just plain useful.\nThe issue for drones boils down to a simple question - do UAVs allow their operators to act unethically in a way that they wouldn't do if they were actually in the aircraft?", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Strangles is an upper-respiratory infection caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi. Which of the following statements about strangles is not true?\na. Younger horses, particularly yearlings, are most at risk for developing the disease.\nb. A strangles victim can infect other horses only when clinical signs of the disease, including nasal discharge, swollen glands and high temperature, are present.\nc. Shared water sources are the most common strangles reservoirs.\nd. All horses with strangles develop painfully swollen glands between or just behind the jaw bones.\nb. Looks can be deceiving in this highly contagious disease. Even after a horse seems to have recovered completely from strangles, he may continue to shed bacteria in normal-looking nasal secretions for several subsequent weeks. In fact, researchers believe that some horses remain carriers for life, capable of spreading infections to susceptible contacts. Strangles can infect horses of any age, sex and breed, but once exposed, horses usually recover completely and develop lasting immunity. Thus the most at-risk population includes young, immunologically \"naive\" horses.\nThe infection is spread through direct horse-to-horse contact or by intermediaries, including flies, human handlers and, most commonly, communal watering troughs. Nasal discharge is variable among infected horses, but victims always run very high fevers and always develop painful abscesses in the lymphoid tissues behind or between the jaw bones, where they may impede swallowing, hence the name \"strangles.\" Once these abscesses burst and drain, the horse usually recovers without incident.\nThis excerpt originally ran in the article \"Germ Midterm\" in EQUUS 282, April 2001.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Each node in the Mesh network doesn't just send and receive data for itself, it also routes messages on for others. This might seem retrograde at first, as each node ends up sharing bandwidth with traffic in which it has no interest. There are also many practical difficulties in making a Mesh network efficient and reliable: routing a packet is much harder if the links between it and its destination are liable to change at a second's notice. However, the practical benefits of a Mesh network are potentially huge. Take bandwidth. In a traditional wireless network, there's a fixed bandwidth shared between all stations within range of an access point. The more stations share that space, the less bandwidth per station is available. With Mesh networks there is no need to use the access point: each station can reduce its power until it is in contact only with those stations closest to it. Thus, other stations nearby are then free to reuse the frequencies for connections to their own neighbours and the total bandwidth in the area goes up thanks to spatial and frequency reuse. The more stations you have, the more bandwidth becomes available. This also has positive implications for reliability and efficiency. With a dense Mesh of network nodes, failure of one merely means that packets moving across the network have to take an alternate route -- compare this to the situation with current wireless LANs where an access point goes down. Also, a Mesh network lends itself to load balancing -- each node can choose routes according to which is least congested, thus making best use of the bandwidth and allowing quality of service considerations to be a part of the routing process. There are two main kinds of Mesh networks: ones in which every station is fixed, and ones where the stations are free to move around. It might seem that the first variety is simpler than the second, as once the routing map has been set up the system will be similar to a wired network. The second type would appear to be far more complicated, as stations can appear, disappear and move in and out of range of each other all the time. The fixed model works well for networks distributing data between buildings. However, it breaks down at smaller levels, in the office or home. At the microwave frequencies used, any change in the physical environment -- including people walking around, furniture moving and so on -- can block one radio path or create another through reflections. In effect, everything is moving around the network map all the time, and any routing protocol has to accept and work with that. A simplistic solution won't work. Mesh is a new concept in commercial terms -- the military and others have been researching it for a while -- and standards are thin on the ground. One of the most advanced is 802.16a, which has grown out of the 802.16 fixed wireless broadband standard. 802.16 is designed for multi-megabit links from 10 to 66 GHz in star configurations -- the sort of broadband to the home or office that uses a central fixed distribution point feeding many small fixed transceivers. Mesh was seen as a way to fill in gaps in that model of coverage. 802.16a added that in conjunction with lower powers and lower frequencies than 802.16. Many questions remain about how the 802.16 family of standards and existing wireless networks will co-exist: there are strong rumours that Intel, among others, is developing systems with aspects of both. Intel has already demonstrated Mesh networks running on top of standard 802.11b interface cards. One model has 802.16 connecting islands of 802.11; another has 802.16a subnets connected to a building-wide 802.11. One potentially dynamite combination would be 802.16a and ultrawideband (UWB) radios: UWB is a new carrier-less radio technology whose very short range and very high bandwidth, make it ideal for dense Meshes. This model predicts £10 nodes every five metres or so throughout an office or home, providing multiple 400 megabit/second bandwidth connections. The three main areas needing work are security, manageability and routing. Security and manageability are two aspects of the same problem: a Mesh network relies on having as many nodes as possible co-operating, but you don't want an outside agency stealing all your bandwidth or frequencies. You do want to co-operatively share neighbouring networks: you don't want your packets being vulnerable to outside interference. You want to be able to increase your network's capacity by adding blocks of new nodes securely: you don't want to have to spend all your time configuring or maintaining them. Routing is still being experimented with: here the tradeoff is that routing is most efficient when each node knows all about the network around it, but with a dynamically changing network you end up using all your bandwidth telling everyone about the changes. Various compromises exist, and are being ascertained for robustness, efficiency, configurability, latency and so on. In the future, Mesh networks may extend outdoors. Two new standard efforts -- 802.16e and 802.20 -- are concentrating on mobile broadband wireless networking, in other words the megabit-upward connectivity on the move that will characterise 4G mobile communications. Whatever happens, Mesh is one technology to watch.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Scientists believe a pill could be developed to prevent divers getting the bends.\nThe bends can be fatal\nCombining exercise prior to diving with a pill releasing nitric oxide (NO) would allow longer or deeper dives.\nNew Scientist magazine reports the Norwegian researchers are confident the drug would reduce the number of harmful bubbles that form in the blood.\nHowever, sub-aqua experts warned the side-effects of any drug would have to be carefully examined.\nThe research team at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in Trondheim previously carried out tests on rats, which found intense exercise around 20 hours before a simulated dive in a pressure chamber significantly reduced nitrogen bubble formation.\nNitrogen dissolves in the blood during dives, but comes out of solution if divers return to normal pressure too rapidly and this can cause the bends, or decompression sickness.\nIt is thought exercise works by eliminating microbubbles, or nuclei, that lead to the formation of larger bubbles in the blood.\nOther studies have suggested the microbubbles attach to the walls of blood vessels, and exercise is known to stimulate the release of nitric oxide, dilating the blood vessels and changing their surface properties.\nThe Norwegian team therefore carried out further research on rats, published in the Journal of Physiology, which combined exercise with nitric oxide-releasing agents given for five days and then 20 hours prior to diving.\nThis significantly reduced bubble formation and prevented death.\nUlrik Wisloff and fellow researchers concluded: \"The findings of a protective effect against the bubble formation and death by appropriately timed exercise and an NO-releasing agent may form the basis of a new approach to preventing serious decompression sickness.\"\nMike Clack, techinical adviser at the British Sub-Aqua Club, said anything that added to the methods available to deal with decompression sickness was to be welcomed.\nBut he added: \"The diver should ensure that any drug used while diving would have no effect on them while breathing under pressure.\"\nDr Rachel Broadley, a hyerbaric physician at the Diving Diseases and Research Centre in Plymouth, described the research as \"very exciting\".\nShe said: \"If you inhibit the synthesis of nitric oxide, it appears to predispose to more bubbles being formed. By opposing that, you can prevent it. But how it would be done is very difficult to say.\"\nShe warned that nitric oxide can alter how the cardiovascular system works under diving conditions.\nThere were also problems associated with the use of exercise because of the precise timing needed.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Globally, sharks and their relatives are among the most threatened marine vertebrates on Earth. Large open-water ('pelagic') sharks are among the most threatened. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, it is estimated that 60% of pelagic sharks are currently threatened with extinction. As many of these species are wide-ranging top predators, their loss may have far-reaching consequences for marine ecosystems.\nSharks have long been recognized as vulnerable species to overfishing, due to their slow growth, late maturity, low fecundity, and long life. Evidence indicates that many populations of shark species, including those that inhabit Atlantic Canadian waters, have drastically declined. This has sparked national and international concern in recent decades. While ‘bycatch’, the unintentional capture of non-target species in commercial fisheries is the most significant threat to sharks in Atlantic Canada, declining trends can be affected by one or several other key factors. These include but are not limited too, impacts from commercial and recreational exploitation, shark ‘finning’ (the removal of only the fins from sharks and discarding the remainder while at sea), and changes to the marine environment, such as habitat loss and climate changes.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "An arpeggio has the notes of a chord played in succession rather than together, strictly in continuously ascending or descending order.\nA broken chord is when the notes often appear in any order.\nThis tutorial demonstrates what an arpeggio is and how to play one on the keyboard.\nConjuct / stepwise\nDisjunct / leaps\nConjuct or stepwise motion is where a melody moves by steps of either semitones or tones.\nDisjunct or leaps is a melodic movement to a note further than a tone away from the previous note .\nA repeated melodic idea that repeats at different pitch levels\nA series of notes that are either ascending or descending, or both if using two hands on a piano (contrary motion).", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Building A (former tin factory)\nBuilding A (former canning factory) was first drawn in the 1902\n\"Tamsui Railway water pipeline map\" and contains eight rectangular\nrooms used for Shell's primary oil canning production.\nA Queen-Post truss system was installed on the bearing wall and\nprovides the unique structure of the building. Granite slabs were\nused over the column head as supporting stones for the truss system.\nThe floor is laid with granite slabs six centimeters thick (44cm*60cm),\nlending the building an extraordinary style as the only building in the\npark with a stone floor.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A permanent exhibition that highlights the historical aspect of science in Egypt during three major periods: ancient Egypt, Hellenistic Alexandria, and the Arab-Muslim World. The Museum pays homage to scientists who have enriched scientific knowledge. The Museum aims to revive the scientific discoveries and great achievements of the ancient scholars and their translators, without whom such writings would not have transcended space and time.\nThe History of Science Museum is not a traditional museum; it offers a variety of activities targeting school children in particular and the public in general. It also offers traditional tours.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "|Note: This page includes the entire LOTO Tutorial. To print full screen pages of the OSHA website, left and right margins need to be set at a maximum of 0.25\". On the browser, click File, then Page Setup. Change the settings for left and right margins to 0\" (your browser may reset these values to a higher number, which is the minimum setting it will allow; this is acceptable). Select OK. Exit Page Setup and print from the browser print icon or from the File menu.\nTo print certain sections only, highlight the area you wish to print. Select File, then Print. From the print window, choose Selection, then Print.\nControl of Hazardous Energy (Lockout/Tagout)\n29 CFR 1910.147\nWorkers performing service or maintenance on machinery and equipment are exposed to injuries from the unexpected energization, startup of the machinery or equipment, or release of stored energy in the equipment.\nThe Lockout/Tagout standard requires the adoption and implementation of practices and procedures to shut down equipment, isolate it from its energy source(s), and prevent the release of potentially hazardous energy while maintenance and servicing activities are being performed. It contains minimum performance requirements, and definitive criteria for establishing an effective program for the control of hazardous energy. However, employers have the flexibility to develop lockout/tagout programs that are suitable for their respective facilities.\nThis tutorial summarizes for you the key components of the standard in a \"plain English\" format. This tutorial is intended only to guide OSHA staff in understanding aspects of the Lockout/Tagout standard, not to substitute for compliance with the plain terms of the standard. Nothing in this tutorial is intended to diminish or otherwise affect OSHA's authority to enforce the requirements of section 1910.147 of the Act, nor is it intended to create any legally enforceable right or benefit in any person.\nScope and Application\nWho does this standard apply to?\n- General Industry workers performing servicing and maintenance on machines and equipment and who are exposed to the unexpected energization, startup, or release of hazardous energy.\nWhat activities or operations are covered?\n- Any source of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal, or other energy.\n- Constructing, installing, setting up, adjusting, inspecting, modifying, maintaining and/or servicing machines or equipment, including lubrication, cleaning or unjamming of machines or equipment, and making adjustments or tool changes, where employees could be exposed to the unexpected energization or startup of the equipment or release of hazardous energy.\n- Servicing and maintenance activities performed during normal production operations if:\n- An employee is required to remove or bypass machine guards or other safety devices, or\n- An employee is required to place any part of his or her body into a point of operation or into an area on a machine or piece of equipment where work is performed, or into the danger zone associated with the machine's operation.\nWho does this standard not apply to?\n- General Industry workers performing servicing and maintenance on machines or equipment who are NOT exposed to the unexpected energization or startup of the machines or equipment, or the release of hazardous energy.\nWhat activities and operations are not covered?\n- Servicing and maintenance of equipment performed during normal production operations if:\n- the safeguarding provisions of Subpart O, and other applicable general industry standards are effective in preventing worker exposure to hazards created by the unexpected energization or startup of machines or equipment, or the release of energy.\n- Minor tool changes and adjustments, and other minor servicing activities that take place during normal production operations which are routine, repetitive, and integral to the use of that production equipment, as long as workers are effectively protected by alternative measures which provide effective machine safeguarding protection (See Subpart O).\n- Construction, agriculture, and maritime workers\n- Installations under the exclusive control of electric utilities for power generation, transmission, and distribution.\n- Exposure to electrical hazards from work on, near, or with conductors or equipment in electric utilization installations.\n- Oil and gas well drilling and servicing.\n- Work on cord and plug connected electrical equipment, if:\n- The equipment is unplugged from the energy source and the authorized employee has exclusive control of the plug.\n- Hot tap operations that involve transmission and distribution systems for gas, steam, water, or petroleum products on pressurized pipelines, if:\n- Continuity of service is essential, shutdown of the system is impractical, documented procedures are followed, and employees are effectively protected by special equipment.\nWhat is the purpose of the standard?\n- To prevent the unexpected energization or startup of machines and equipment, or release of stored energy, in order to prevent workplace injuries during service and maintenance operations.\nHow is this accomplished?\n- Employers must establish an energy control program, consisting of energy control procedures, employee training, and periodic inspections to ensure that before service and maintenance is performed, machines and equipment that could unexpectedly startup, become energized, or release stored energy, are isolated from their energy source(s) and rendered safe.\nWhat definitions are useful to understand how the lockout tagout standard will be applied?\n- Authorized employee: An employee who locks or tags machines or equipment in order to perform servicing or maintenance.\n- Affected employee: An employee who is required to use machines or equipment on which servicing is performed under the Lockout/Tagout standard or who performs other job responsibilities in an area where such servicing is performed.\n- Other employees: All employees who are or may be in an area where energy control procedures may be utilized.\n- Capable of being locked out: An energy-isolating device is considered capable of being locked out if it:\n- Is designed with a hasp or other means of attachment to which a lock can be affixed.\n- Has a locking mechanism built into it.\n- Can be locked without dismantling, rebuilding, or replacing the energy-isolating device or permanently altering its energy control capability.\n- Energized: Machines and equipment are energized when they are connected to an energy source or they contain residual or stored energy.\n- Energy-isolating device: A mechanical device that physically prevents the transmission or release or energy, including but not limited to the following: A manually operated electrical circuit breaker; a disconnect switch; a manually operated switch by which the conductors of a circuit can be disconnected from all ungrounded supply conductors and, in addition, no pole can be operated independently; a line valve; a block; and any similar device used to block or isolate energy. Push buttons, selector switches and other control circuit type devices are not energy isolating devices.\n- Energy source: Any source of electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, chemical, thermal, or other energy.\n- Lockout: The placement of a lockout device on an energy-isolating device, in accordance with an established procedure, ensuring that the energy-isolating device and the equipment being controlled cannot be operated until the lockout device is removed.\n- Lockout device: Any device that uses positive means, such as a lock, blank flanges and bolted slip blinds, to hold an energy-isolating device in a safe position, thereby preventing the energizing of machinery or equipment.\n- Normal production operations: Utilization of a machine or equipment to perform its intended production function.\n- Servicing and/or maintenance: Workplace activities such as constructing, installing, setting up, adjusting, inspecting, modifying, maintaining and/or servicing machines or equipment, including lubrication, cleaning or unjamming of machines or equipment, and making adjustments or tool changes, where employees could be exposed to the unexpected energization or startup of the equipment or release of hazardous energy.\n- Tagout: The placement of a tagout device on an energy-isolating device, in accordance with an established procedure, to indicate that the energy-isolating device and the equipment being controlled may not be operated until the tagout device is removed.\n- Tagout device: Any prominent warning device, such as a tag and a means of attachment, that can be securely fastened to an energy-isolating device to indicate that the machine or equipment to which it is attached may not be operated until the tagout device is removed.\nEnergy Control Program\nWhat are the core components of the energy control program?\n- Energy control procedures that detail and document the specific information that an authorized employee must know to accomplish lockout/tagout, namely, the scope, purpose, authorization rules and techniques to be utilized for the control of hazardous energy.\n- Periodic inspections of the energy control procedures to ensure that the procedures and the requirements of the standard are being followed.\nEmployee training and retraining, along with additional training under a tagout system, to ensure that the purpose and function of the energy control programs are understood by the employer.\nWhat is the intent of the energy control program?\n- To ensure that before any employee services equipment where the potential exists for unexpected energization or start-up of equipment or the release of stored energy, the machine or equipment is isolated from the energy source and rendered inoperative.\nDoes the employer have the flexibility to develop his/her own program?\nYes. Employers are expected to develop programs and procedures, training and inspections, that meet the needs of their particular workplace and the particular types of machines and equipment they use and service as long as they meet the requirements of the standard.\nEnergy Control Procedures - Documentation\nWhat is the employer's obligation in establishing energy control procedures?\n- Develop, document and use specific procedures to control potentially hazardous energy when employees are servicing equipment or machinery.\nUnder what limited situations is documentation of the procedures not required?\n- The machine or equipment has no potential for stored or residual energy, or for reaccumulation of stored energy after shut down, which could endanger employees.\n- The machine or equipment has a single energy source that can be readily identified and isolated and the isolation and locking out of that energy source will completely deenergize and deactivate the machine or equipment.\n- The machine or equipment is isolated from that energy source and locked out during servicing or maintenance.\n- A single lockout device will achieve a locked-out condition.\n- The lockout device is under the exclusive control of the authorized employee performing the servicing or maintenance.\n- The servicing or maintenance does not create hazards for other employees.\n- The employer has had no incidents involving the unexpected activation or reenergization of machines or equipment during servicing or maintenance.\nEnergy Control Procedures - Required Content\nWhat specific elements must be documented in the employer's energy control procedures?\n- The procedures must outline the scope, purpose, authorization, rules and techniques that the employer will use to control hazardous energy.\n- The procedures must state the means to be used to enforce compliance.\nAt a minimum, the procedures must include:\n- A specific statement of the intended use of the procedure.\n- Specific procedural steps for shutting down, isolating, blocking, and securing machines or equipment to control hazardous energy.\n- Specific procedural steps for the placement, removal, and transfer of lockout devices or tagout devices, and a description of who has responsibility for them.\n- Specific requirements for testing a machine or piece of equipment to determine and verify the effectiveness of lockout devices, tagout devices, and other energy control measures.\nWhat is the intent of the requirement for the employer to conduct periodic inspections?\nTo ensure that the energy control procedures continue to be implemented properly, that the employees are familiar with their responsibilities, and that any deviations or procedural inadequacies that are observed are corrected.\nHow often must the inspection take place?\nAt least annually.\nWho performs the periodic inspection?\nAn authorized employee not involved in the energy control procedure being inspected.\nWhat does the periodic inspection entail?\n- The employer must identify any deficiencies or deviations and correct them.\n- Where lockout is used, the inspector must review each authorized employee's responsibilities under the procedure with that employee (group meetings are acceptable).\n- Where tagout is used, the inspector must review both the authorized and affected employee's responsibilities with those employees for the energy control procedure being inspected, and the additional training responsibilities of 1910.147(c)(7)(ii).\n- The employer must certify that the periodic inspections have been performed.\nWhat must the certification identify?\n- Identify machine on which the procedure was utilized.\n- Date of inspection.\n- Identify the employees included in inspection.\n- Identify person who performed the inspection.\nEmployee Training and Communication\nWhy must employees affected by this standard be trained?\n- So that they understand the purpose and function of the energy control program.\n- So that employees acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the safe application, usage and removal of the energy controls.\nThe standard requires different levels of training for the three categories of employees; what are the differences in the training required for the three categories?\n- Authorized employees must receive training on the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.\n- Affected employees must receive training on the purpose and use of the energy control procedure.\n- Other employees (those whose work activities are or may be in an area where energy control procedures may be utilized) must be instructed about the procedure and about the prohibition relating to attempts to restart or reenergize machines or equipment that are locked out or tagged out.\nWhat additional training is required when tagout systems are used?\nEmployers must train employees in the following limitations of tags:\n- Tags are essentially warning devices affixed to energy isolating devices and do not provide the physical restraint on those devices that is provided by a lock.\n- When a tag is attached to an energy isolating means, it is not to be removed without authorization and it is never to be bypassed, ignored, or otherwise defeated.\n- Tags must be legible and understandable by all employees.\n- Tags and their means of attachment must be made of materials which will withstand the environmental conditions encountered in the workplace.\n- Tags may evoke a false sense of security and their meaning needs to be understood as part of the overall energy control program.\n- Tags must be securely attached to energy isolating devices so that they cannot be inadvertently or accidentally detached during use.\nWho must be retrained?\nAll affected and authorized employees must be retrained under certain conditions listed below.\nIs training required annually?\nWhat triggers the retraining requirements?\n- A change in job assignments.\n- A change in machines, equipment, or processes that present a new hazard.\n- A change in the energy control procedures.\n- Periodic inspections reveal that there are deviations in the energy control procedure.\n- The employer believes that there are deviations from, or inadequacies in, the employee's knowledge or use of the energy control procedures.\nWhat is the object of the retraining?\n- To introduce new or revised control methods and procedures as necessary.\n- To reestablish employee proficiency.\nDoes training require certification?\nYes. Employer must certify that training or retraining took place and that the employee is kept up to date.\nWhat information must appear on the certificate?\n- Each employee's name.\n- The dates of training and /or retraining.\nIf an energy isolating device is not capable of being locked out, can the employer use a tagout system?\nYes, when the energy isolating devices are not lockable, tagout may be used, provided the employer complies with the provisions of the standard which require additional training and more rigorous periodic inspections.\nIf an energy isolating device is capable of being locked out, must the employer use a lock out system?\nYes. Unless the employer can show that the tagout system provides full employee protection, as described in paragraph (c)(3) of the standard.\nNew or Modified Equipment\nWhat is the date after which all new machines and equipment, or all machines and equipment that undergo major repair, renovations or modification, must be equipped with energy-isolating devices capable of accepting a lockout device?\nJanuary 2, 1990.\nFull Employee Protection\nWhat are the requirements for the use of tagout devices when lockout devices are capable of being used?\n- The tags are attached where the lockout devices would be.\n- The employer demonstrates that the tagout will provide protection at least as effective as locks and will assure full employee protection.\nHow does an employer demonstrate that the protection achieved using the tagout program is equivalent to the level of safety obtained by using a lockout program?\nThe employer must comply with all tagout-related provisions and also use additional safety measures that provide a level of safety equivalent to that obtained by using lockout. This might include removing and isolating a circuit element, blocking a controlling switch, opening an extra disconnecting device, or removing a valve handle to reduce the potential for any inadvertent energization while the tags are attached.\nMaterials and Hardware\nWhat protective materials and hardware must be provided by the employer for isolating, securing or blocking machines or equipment from energy sources?\n- Locks, tags, chains, wedges, key blocks, adapter pins, self-locking fasteners, or other hardware.\nWhat are the requirements for the lockout and tagout devices?\n- Must be durable, so that they are capable of withstanding the environment to which they are exposed for the maximum period of time that exposure is expected.\n- Must be singularly identified.\n- Must be the only devices used for controlling energy.\n- Must not be used for other purposes.\n- Must be standardized with in the facility in at least one of the following criteria: color, shape, or size. Additionally, tagout devices must be standardized as to print and format.\n- Must be identifiable, in that it indicates the identity of the employee applying the devices.\nIn addition to the above, what other hardware requirements are specific to lockout?\n- Must be substantial enough to prevent removal without the use of excessive force or unusual techniques such as with the use of bolt cutters or other metal cutting tools.\nIn addition to the above, what other hardware requirements are specific to tagout?\n- Must be constructed and printed so that exposure to weather conditions or wet and damp locations will not cause the tag to deteriorate or the message on the tag to become illegible.\n- Must not deteriorate when used in corrosive environments such as areas where acid and alkali chemicals are handled and stored.\n- Must be standardized in print and format.\n- Must be substantial to prevent inadvertent or accidental removal.\n- Must have an attachment means of a non-reusable type, attachable by hand, self-locking, and non-releasable with a minimum unlocking strength of no less than 50 pounds and having the general design and basic characteristics of being at least equivalent to a one-piece all-environment-tolerant nylon cable tie.\n- Must warn against hazardous conditions if the machine or equipment is energized.\n- Must include a legend such as: Do Not Start, Do Not Open, Do Not Close, Do Not Energize, Do Not Operate.\nApplication of Energy Control\nTo safely apply energy control to machines or equipment (using either lockout or tagout devices), authorized employees must perform certain procedures, in a specific order. What are the sequential procedures?\n- Preparation for shutdown: Before an authorized or affected employee turns off a machine or equipment, the authorized employee must have knowledge of the type and magnitude of the energy, the hazards of the energy to be controlled, and the method or means to control the energy.\n- Machine or equipment shutdown: The machine or equipment must be turned off or shut down using the procedures established for it to avoid any additional or increased hazards to employees as a result of the machine or equipment stoppage.\n- Machine or equipment isolation: All energy-isolating devices that are needed to control the machine's energy source must be located. These devices must then be used to isolate the machine or equipment from its energy source.\n- Lockout or tagout device application: Lockout or tagout devices must be affixed to each energy-isolating device by authorized employees. Lockout devices where used, must be affixed in a manner that will hold the energy isolating devices in a \"safe\" or \"off\" position. Where tagout devices are used, it must be affixed in a manner that will clearly indicate that the operation or movement of energy isolating devices from the \"safe\" or \"off\" position is prohibited. If the tag can not be affixed directly to the energy isolating device, the tag must be located as close as safely possible to the device, in a position that will be immediately obvious to anyone attempting to operate the device\n- Stored energy: After the energy-isolating device has been locked out or tagged out, all potentially hazardous stored or residual energy must be relieved, disconnected, restrained, or otherwise rendered safe.\n- Verification of isolation: Before any work begins on machines or equipment that have been locked out or tagged out, an authorized employee must verify that the machine or equipment has been properly isolated and deenergized.\nRelease from Lockout/Tagout\nThe Lockout/Tagout standard includes requirements for releasing machines or equipment that have been locked out or tagged out prior to restoring energy to the equipment and using it. Before lockout or tagout devices are removed, and energy restored, what procedures must the authorized employee follow?\n- Machine/equipment inspection: The work area must be inspected to ensure that nonessential items (e.g., tools, spare parts) have been removed and that all of the machine or equipment components are operationally intact.\n- Positioning of employees: The work area must be checked to ensure that all employees have been safely positioned or have cleared the area. In addition, all affected employees must be notified that the lockout or tagout devices have been removed before the equipment is started.\n- Lockout or tagout device removal: Each lockout or tagout device must be removed from the energy-isolating device by the employee who applied the device.\nWhat is the unique circumstance that allows an employee other than the one who applied the lockout/tagout device to remove the device?\nWhen the authorized employee who applied the lockout or tagout device is not available to remove it, that device may be removed under the direction of the employer, provided that specific procedures and training for such removal have been developed, documented, and incorporated into the employer's energy control program.\nWhat steps must the employer take if an employee, other than the one who applied the lockout/tagout device, removes the device?\n- The employer must verify that the authorized employee who applied the device is not at the facility.\n- The employer must make all reasonable efforts to contact the authorized employee to inform him/her that his/her lockout or tagout device has been removed.\n- The employer must ensure that the authorized employees knows that the lockout device has been removed before he/she resumes work at the facility.\nTesting of Machines\nWhen may lockout or tagout devices be removed temporarily?\nIn some circumstances, employees need to temporarily restore energy to a machine or piece of equipment during servicing or maintenance to test and /or reposition the machine or piece of equipment. Lockout or tagout devices may be removed temporarily in order to perform these tasks.\nWhat sequence of action must occur in the temporary removal of the lockout/tagout devices?\n- The machine or equipment must be cleared of tools and materials.\n- Employees must be removed from the machine or equipment area.\n- All lockout or tagout devices may then be removed.\n- Authorized employees may then proceed to energize and test or position the equipment or machinery.\n- Following testing or positioning, all systems must be deenergized and energy control measures reapplied to continue the servicing and /or maintenance.\nOutside Personnel (Contractors)\nWhat are the obligations of the outside contractor and the on-site employer?\n- Whenever contractors and other outside servicing personnel perform tasks covered by the Lockout/Tagout standard, they must adhere to all the standard's requirements.\n- The contractor or outside employer and the on-site employer must inform each other of their respective energy control program responsibilities.\n- The on-site employer must ensure that his/her employees understand and comply with the restrictions and prohibitions of the outside employer's energy control program.\nGroup Lockout/Tagout Requirements\nCan servicing or maintenance be performed by a crew, department, or other group under this standard?\nYes. If they have been properly trained and the energy control program is followed.\nWhat procedures must be followed that will offer group employees the same protection that the standard provides to individual employees?\n- A group lockout/tagout must afford each employee a level of protection equivalent to that provided by the implementation of a personal lockout or tagout device.\n- Primary responsibility for a set number of employees working under the protection of a group lockout or tagout device must be vested in a single authorized employee.\n- The single authorized employee must determine the exposure status of individual group members.\n- If there will be more than one crew, department, or group involved in the activity, a single authorized employee must be designated to coordinate affected workforces and to ensure continuity of protection.\n- Each authorized employee must affix a personal lockout or tagout device to the machine or equipment when work begins and remove it when work is completed.\nShift & Personnel Changes\nHow is the continuity of lockout or tagout protection maintained during shift or personnel changes?\n- Employers must ensure the continuity of employee protection by providing for the orderly transfer of lockout or tagout device protection between off-going and incoming employees. This will help to minimize exposure to hazards from the unexpected energization or start-up of the machine or equipment or the release of stored energy.\n(The Appendix to 1910.147 offers non-mandatory guidelines to help employers and employees in complying with the requirements of this section, as well as to provide other helpful information.)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The St. Lawrence Seaway is a deep waterway extending 3,700 km (2,340 miles) from the Atlantic Ocean to the head of the Great Lakes, at the heart of North America. Within the meaning of the legislation which provided for the construction and maintenance of the deep waterway, the St. Lawrence Seaway proper extends from Montreal to Lake Erie.\nThe Montreal/Lake Ontario section encompasses a series of 7 locks from Montreal (Quebec) to Iroquois (Ontario) enabling ships to navigate between the lower St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario.\nThe opening of the Seaway, in April of 1959, marked the full realization of a 400 year-old dream. In the early part of the 16thcentury, Jacques Cartier, the French explorer, was turned back by the rushing waters of the Lachine Rapids, just west of what is now Montreal, and thus denied\nhis dream of finding the Northwest Passage and the route to the East. At various times during the intervening 300 years, canals have been dug and locks built around the natural barriers to navigation in the St. Lawrence River.\nThis activity was spurred on by the desire to make use of the economical transport route which the waters of the Great Lakes Basin offered for the movement of goods in and out of this area of the continent.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "- Linux Training\n- Desktop Tutorials\n- Server Tutorials\n|Basic Slide with Sound|\n|Desktop Apps Training - Other Applications|\nCreating a Basic Slide with Sound\nGetting the hang of It....\nOpen Impress, create an empty slide show with one slide that has a title and the rest is empty. Create a title called: Test Sound Practice. Insert a graphic image, the example shows the sky.gif image from the default file located at:\nThe gallery is a collection of gifs and sounds that are installed with OpenOffice by default. Type the file location above to move to that directory to browse for the sky.gif. On a Windows machine the default location for the gallery is C:\\ProgramFiles\\OpenOffice1.1.x\\share\\gallery. It is important that users practice these file locations as it will eliminate a great deal of frustration.\nBefore actually working with sound it is important to understand how Impress works with sounds. One thing that is very important is to realize that Impress associates sound with an object. For example, in the image above no sound options will be available because sound is not associated with an object. However, if the sky.gif is selected and Animation Effects is chosen, sound will be available because the sound will be associated with the selected object. Sound is imported into an Impress presentation with the following 5 steps.\nCreate a slide with an object so sound may be associated with it. Please understand that text is also considered an object. If text will be used as the object, highlight the text to associate it with sound.\nThe Animation Effects may be accessed by clicking on the Animation icon or open it from the Menu Bar, Slide Show and Effects. Animation offers the option of having text or images fly into the slide. Once the window opens users will see four choices at the top of the Animation window.\nThe first icon is for animation effects for images. The second icon is for text effects. Choose the Effects icon and then select which effect to have and be sure to click on the green check mark to create the effect. Close the Animation window and click on F9 to run the slide show. There are some effects that will not work with objects, because they are designed for text, or they may not work with some 3D images. The green check mark will not be available if this is the case.\nThe Animation window has additional option if users select Favorites they will see a long list of options. Notice that the speed of the animation may be changed which is by default Medium.\nOnce Animation effects is open, select an object from the slide, in the example the object is the sky.gif. With the object selected, choose an animation effect for the object. If no animation is associated with the object choose No Effect. Once No Effect or a Special Effect has been chosen, click the green checkmark.\nThe green checkmark is the key to making all changes and options work.\nNow with the object still selected choose the music option for effects which is located at the top of the window and has a music note located on it. When this button is selected, several other options will appear. The first option at the top provides no color when the image is making the transition or allows the user to choose a specific color for the sound effect.\nWith the object still selected, choose a sound to associate with the sound effect. One thing to note, each effect has a sound automatically associated with it so that will need to be changed for each specific presentation. One danger is creating a presentation on a computer without sound and not recognizing that if it is played on a computer that has sound, those sounds will be made and may not fit with the project. The folder at the right will allow the choice of a sound file.\nIf users have more than one animation on a slide they are able to order them by clicking on the order icon. Once all the animations are visible, change the order with drag and drop to the new location.\nIt is important to understand which sound format will be used for the presentation as the default file type is Sun/NeXT Audio. That format may not be available in the directories that are to be accessed so that type should be changed to sound. Look at the example below which illustrates the default is Sun/neXT.\nThe important thing to do here is change the format in File Type that will be used for the presentation. In the example below it has been changed to Sound and WAV files are now viewable, WAV files are a common choice for audio. This process will associate a sound with the animation effect that has been chosen for the object.\nTo preview it click the preview button and then click the green check mark. Sound should be heard in the process. Continue trying sounds until the correct one is located for the project.\nHere is a view of the preview window. This should demonstrate the animation and sound like you want before moving onto the next step.\nAt this point it is important to save correctly to make sure sound will work during the presentation. Close the preview window, click the first button on the animation bar and then be sure to click the green check mark. If the green check mark is not selected as the last thing that is done before the window is closed, it will not save!\nThat should do it, the slide preview should demonstrate all of the changes made in the program. The process of creating an entire slide show is just repeating these steps with each slide. So far you have seen how to insert sound into the presentation. Use Audacity to record and edit the voice sounds that will be used with the presentation and then follow the steps listed above.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A study conducted by the University Of Kansas School Of Medicine reveals that Alzheimer’s patients who exercise have larger brains than those who are out of shape.\nAbout the Study\nOf the 121 people in the study, all were over 60 years of age, and 57% of them already had Alzheimer’s. The actual study itself involved fitness tests and brain scans. Each patient was evaluated using a treadmill to determine a level of physical fitness. Then each patient’s brain was scanned to determine a level of brain shrinkage.\nThat is to say, the patients were analyzed at only one point in time for levels of fitness, white brain matter, gray brain matter, and total brain volume. The results clearly show that the patients who were classified as ‘in shape’ had 4 times more total brain volume than those who do not exercise.\nComments From the Author\nThe author of the study, Jeffrey M. Burns, M.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine in Kansas City, notes, “People with early Alzheimer’s disease may be able to preserve their brain function for a longer period of time by exercising regularly and potentially reducing the amount of brain volume lost.” Dr. Burns also mentions that, “Evidence shows decreasing brain volume is tied to poorer cognitive performance, so preserving more brain volume may translate into better cognitive performance.”\nIn my opinion, we have to take the results of this study with a grain of salt. I am rarely happy with the way studies are executed, and this study just follows suit.\nA better study would have been to monitor 1000 people from the ages of 50-70, for 10 years. Patients should have been separated into 3 groups.\n- 1/3 should exercise regularly according to an exercise program provided by the study\n- 1/3 should not exercise at all\n- 1/3 should not report whether or not they exercise until the end of the study, or in the case that they can not complete the study, they should keep records of their physical activity level from day 1\nIn this way we can see how physical activity affects the development and progression of Alzheimer’s over a 10 year period. We could alleviate biases with the 1/3 blind study, and the 10 year duration would provide a much more data from which to draw conclusions about the effects of exercise relative to the development and progression of the disease.\nFrom a study like this we could draw such conclusions as, “If you are over 50 and exercise 3 times a week for 45 minutes, you will have 75% less chance of developing Alzheimer’s, and will be affected by the disease 75% less if you do develop it.”\nIn conclusion, this is great news for people suffering with Alzheimer’s, or for those who are genetically predisposed to developing it. I just think the study could be conducted a little differently to generate more useful and reliable data. From what I understand, Dr. Burns intends to monitor his subjects for the next 2 years, so I will be interested in finding out what he learns between now and then.\nHow Should An Alzheimer’s Patient Exercise?\nThe 3 x 5 Program – A Beginners Guide to Weightlifting\nThis is a great program for younger folks that can handle lifting free weights, or for those that are already in shape or have experience with resistance training.\nA Generic Full Body Workout Routine\nI definitely recommend 3 days a week, full body training. I don’t know as I would recommend 5 rep sets for people in their 60s or 70s who have never weight trained before, but this type of program could be used while utilizing 75% machines, 25% free weights, and a 3 set / 10 rep scheme.\nBasically, for those who are unable to use free weight pressing type of movements, just replace with machines. Elliptical training and bike riding can be utilized, as well as a variety of circuit training equipment. Don’t limit yourself just because you are afraid of squats and deadlifts… anything is better than nothing.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "What is civil forfeiture?\nCivil forfeiture is the process by which the police can seize your private property if they believe it was used in the commission of a crime. This is usually done when you are arrested for that crime.\nWhat is an example of civil forfeiture?\nA driver is pulled over for a traffic violation and the police find large amounts of drugs and cash. The police arrest the driver for drug possession and drug distribution. The police seize the cash under the theory that this cash was used in the commission of the crime of drug distribution.\nWhat happens next?\nThe defendant will have to report to criminal court to answer the criminal complaints. The prosecutor files a lawsuit in civil court for the property. The defendant then has to appear in both criminal court and civil court. If the defendant fails to file an answer for the civil suit, the property will be forfeited.\nShould I hire an attorney if I was arrested and my property was seized?\nYes. If this happened to you, chances are the crime or crimes you are accuses of are serious. An attorney can represent you through both the criminal and the civil proceeding in order to protect your rights.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Commonly known as C. Diff, Clostridium Difficile is a bacterium commonly found in the colon of healthy people. C. Diff can become a problem when the bodies natural defenses are slashed in effectiveness with the introduction of antibiotics that are typically used to treat various illnesses. Especially in older patients or those on in a weakened condition, the introduction of antibiotics may allow the C. Diff can bacteria to rapidly multiple causing serious illness or even death.\nA new study confirms that C. Diff is indeed a condition that medical staff need pay attention to and identify it as soon as the condition manifest itself– in order to save patient lives.\nAfter evaluating 254 patients with Clostridium Difficile at Winthrop University Hospital in New York, researched determined that patients who acquired the disease in a nursing home were more substantially more likely (three times more) to die from resulting complications than those who acquired the condition in the ‘general community’.\nAs the ears and eyes of treating physicians, nurses in medical facilities need to be educated on symptoms associated with C. Diff and how the condition differs from an ordinary ‘stomach ache’ in order to give patients the best chance of a full recovery. Common symptoms of C. Diff may include:\n- Severe stomach pain and cramping following use of antibiotics\n- Particularly foul smelling bowel movements\n- Frequent diarrhea\n- Distended stomach\nRelated Nursing Homes Abuse Blog Entries:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "|Fig. 1. A, Comparison of SAM P.42421, the ‘Spooner Egg’, left, attributed to Genyornis newtoni, and an emu egg (Dromaius novaehollandiae) SAM B.9899. B, Comparison of femora of Genyornis newtoni SAM P13864 and a 22 cm long Dromaius novaehollandiae femur (FUR 058). C, The Spooner Egg as partly excavated revealing its intact nature; photograph by Gifford Miller, INSTAAR, Colorado. D, The Spooner Egg in situ as found by NS on 23rd July 2000, photograph by Gifford Miller using a reflex camera, and is the best image taken of the egg prior to excavation. |\nScale bars in A and B = 10 cm. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.011\n• Eggshell previously identified as from Genyornis newtoni is reassessed.\n• Egg size and microstructure is not conducive with an identity as an dromornithid.\n• We suggest that this eggshell is from one of the extinct megapodes in Progura.\n• Previous assessments of the timing of Genyornis extinction relate to Progura species.\nThe iconic Australian Genyornis newtoni (Dromornithidae, Aves) is the sole Pleistocene member of an avian clade now hypothesized to be alternatively in Anseriformes or the sister group of crown Galloanseres. A distinctive type of fossil eggshell commonly found in eroding sand dunes, has been referred to Genyornis newtoni since the 1980s. The 126 by 97 mm Spooner Egg, dated at 54.7 ± 3.1 ka by optical dating of its enclosing sediments, is a complete specimen of this eggshell type that was reconstructed from fragments of a broken egg. We show that the size of the eggs from which this ‘Genyornis’ eggshell derives, either as predicted from measurements of fragments, or as indicated by the Spooner Egg, is unexpectedly small given the size of G. newtoni, which has an estimated mass of 275 kg, or about seven times the mass of the emu that has a similar sized egg. We compared the microstructure of the putative Genyornis eggshell to that of other dromornithids and a range of galloanseriform taxa using several microcharacterisation techniques. The ‘Genyornis’ eggshell displays a mosaic of oological characters that do not unambiguously support referral to any known modern bird. Its shell structure, coupled with chemical compounds in the accessory layer, makes it unlikely to have been laid by a dromornithid, whereas several characters support a megapode origin. A potential candidate for the bird that laid the putative ‘Genyornis’ eggs in the Pleistocene fossil avifaunal record has been ignored: Progura, a genus of extinct giant megapodes, whose species were widespread in Australia. Regression of egg size of megapodes and body mass shows that the Spooner Egg approximates the expected size for eggs laid by species of Progura. We advance the suggestion that the fossil eggshell hitherto referred to Genyornis newtoni, is more likely to have been laid by species of the giant extinct Progura. As megapodes, the species of Progura were obligate ectothermic incubators, which we suggest laid their eggs into a hole dug in sand like the modern megapode Macrocephalon maleo, thus explaining the abundant ‘Genyornis’ eggshell in sand dunes. Referral of this eggshell to Progura means that the fossil record of Genyornis newtoni is limited to bones and the timing of the extinction of this last dromornithid is unknown. In addition, structural similarities of eggshell in megapodes, the putative Genyornis eggshell and dromornithids, raise the possibility that these taxa are phylogenetically more closely related to each other than any is to anseriforms. Specifically, this means that dromornithids might be a sister group to galliforms rather than to or within anseriforms.\nKeywords: Eggs; Eggshells; Paleoenvironments; Genyornis newtoni; Dromornithids; Megapodes; Progura; Micro-CT; EBSD; Quaternary; Australia\nWe have described in detail the structure of putative Genyornis eggshell and raised several obstacles to the hypothesis first advanced by Williams (1981) and accepted thereafter ( Miller et al., 1999 and Miller et al., 2005), that this ootype was laid by the giant dromornithid G. newtoni. Rather, we think it more likely that it was laid by one of the several species of giant megapodes in the genus Progura that were widespread in the Pleistocene in Australia.\nGerald Grellet-Tinner, Nigel A. Spooner and Trevor H. Worthy. 2016. Is the “Genyornis” Egg of A Mihirung or Another Extinct Bird from the Australian Dreamtime? QUATERNARY SCIENCE REVIEWS. 133:147-164 DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2015.12.011", "label": "No"}
{"text": "What Is IIS Server (Internet Information Services) And What Is It Used For?\nWhat Is IIS Server?What is internet information services? The IIS server or Internet information services (formerly Internet Information Server) is a flexible web server. It belongs to Microsoft, which operates on Windows systems. It serves the HTML pages or files which are requested.\nThe webserver accepts or takes the requests from the remote client computers and sends back the valid and accurate response. It is an essential function of it which permits a web server for sharing and delivering the information. This information is provided across the LAN (Local area networks), including corporate intranets and WAN (Wide area networks) that consists of the internet.\nThere are numerous forms of web server; it sends information to the users. These forms include static web pages that are coded in HTML via file exchanges. Not only this but image files, text documents are also part of it.\nsuggest you read our article about what is windows hosting\nHow IIS Works?\nWhen the person first heard the term what internet information services are, numerous questions strike in it. These questions are like the purpose of IIS, What is IIS used for, and so on. The most common question is: what is an IIS and how it works?\nSo here is the list of some vital information related to the working criteria of internet information services.\nThe working criteria of IIS depend upon the numerous standards of protocols and languages. Moreover, HTML is used to create the elements. These elements include text, image placements, buttons, and so on. Hypertext Transfer Protocol is also named HTTP. It is an essential communication protocol that is preferred for exchanging information between web servers and users. (In the case you want to know What is Windows Server 2022? , this article can help you!)\nIn addition to it, encrypting the communication and adding the security HTTPS—HTTP over Secure Sockets Layer (SSL)—uses the Transport Layer Security or SSL. The files can transfer via the FTP or its secure variant FTPS. The term FTP stands for the File Transfer Protocol. The SMTP supports sending and receiving the email, whereas the Network News Transfer Protocol delivers the articles on Usenet.\nsuggest you read our article about how to redirect http to https\nFeatures of IIS Web ServerThe IIS server is a central server that uses the widespread. It offers numerous features, but it is also a fruitful tool for several IT administrators. The primary use of IIS is for the hosting of ASP.NET status websites and web applications. Apart from it, here is the list of IIS features, which helps you clear the concept of what is IIS Server?\n1- AuthenticationAuthentication is an essential feature of the IIS server (internet information services), which includes several options. These options are Windows auth, ASP.NET, and Basic. For the Windows Active Directory, Windows auth is fruitful. This is because of letting the user sign into the web applications automatically through a domain account.\n2- SecurityThis server also has security features such as biding so SFTP and HTTPS can manage the TLS certificates and filter the request. Due to it, the users can easily allow and block the traffic.\n3- Remote ManagementThe feature of remote management permits what is an IIS for manning via either the CLI or PowerShell. In addition to it, the user can create the script yourself.\nThese are some features that make this webserver versatile and highly configurable. You can easily create a stable, effective, and flexible Windows IIS Server if you extend it.\nIf you aim to learn What is Windows 11 , this post can help you!\nIIS Works With The Asp.net Core\nThe ASP.NET Core framework is categorized as the latest generation of ASP. The term ASP is an Active Server Page, which is a server-side script engine. It begets the interactive web pages. Moreover, the web sends the IIS server request that delivers the request to the ASP.NET Core Application. Further, it starts processing the request and has its response to the IIS server after that again.\nIf you are interested to know how does a web server work , don’t miss this post!\nIt sends the request back to the IIS server and to those users who established the request. In addition to it, developers have the opportunity to produce the IIS website with several tools. These tools include WebDAV. It can help create and publish web content. Moreover, they can also prefer the integrated development tools. When it comes to the integrated development tools, then they have the option of Microsoft Visual Studio.\nThe information mentioned above will clear all your queries about what is internet information services and how it works. Moreover, there are various versions of IIS available. After getting the information about what is IIS Server is, let’s discuss its features.\nHere is the list of numerous available versions of IIS.\nAvailable IIS Versions\n- First and foremost is IIS 6 or Window Server 2003. It is the oldest version of Internet information services. It added support to IPv6. However, there is not any update related to the previous version.\n- The IIS7 is a compatible version of IIS with Windows Vista. Moreover, IIS7 enhanced security and offered support measures for the .NET framework.\n- The next version of IIS is IIS 7.5. This IIS version is available on Windows 7, including the added support to TLS 1.1 and 1.2.\n- After that, IIS 8 consists of the support for SNL. In addition to that, Windows Web Server 2012 comes with the available support offering, which is available unless 2023.\n- The IIS 8.5 is generally for Windows 8.1 and has the extra login capabilities and the utility of activating the dynamic site.\n- The IIS 10 does not only have support for Windows PowerShell 5.0 but also for HTTP/2.\nHow to install IIS?\nNow that you know what is iis and how it works, Follow the instructions below to install IIS on a server running Microsoft Windows.\nThe following are the instructions for installing IIS (Internet Information Service):\n1. First, open the control panel.\n2. Search for “Applications” from the available options below and select them.\n3. Now click on the Turn Windows feature on and off option, possibly under “Programs and Features,” as shown in the image below.\n4. Clicking “Turn Windows features on and off” opens a command like the following:\nWhen the request is open, search for “Internet Information Services” among the options given below and check it to expand the other option.\n5. Now click on option 3, “World Wide Services”.\nDouble-click on the first option, “Application Development Features,” under “World Wide Services”.\nCheck the “CGI” option, and you can also select several other options if needed.\n8. Click the Ok button and wait for the changes to take effect.\nAfter completing the changes, it may request a system reboot, so just let it go and complete the installation. You can now use Internet Information Services by typing “IIS” in the Windows search box.\nInstructions for installing Internet information services using PowerShell:\nType “PowerShell” in the window search box and click “Windows PowerShell.”\nAfter opening PowerShell, type the following command:\n<Install WindowsFeature -name Web Server? IncludeManagementTools>\nNow press “Enter”.\nHow IIS Processes Requests\nA typical web server can use two main processing models. It can process requests according to a single-string model or create a new string for each request. The thread system is a model request IIS uses, which accesses a thread pool and takes a unique series for each request.\nRequests are usually processed based on a simple request-response. The customer sends a request, and a response is sent. The Internet connection between the client and the webserver is usually made via the HTTP protocol.\nIIS uses its processing engine and processing architecture with two layers or modes: kernel mode and user mode.\nKernel mode: When kernel mode is used, the code can execute any command and has full access to the connected equipment. This mode is mainly used when it is a reliable process and is primarily invulnerable. Any failure in the kernel-mode can cause a lot of damage to the system itself. Kernel mode is also where you will find HTTP.SYS.\nUser mode: User mode is more limited. In this case, the executed code can not access the hardware or reference memory and provides a more secure working environment. If a mistake is made, the consequences are unlikely to be as devastating as if the error had occurred in the kernel state. Code executed in user mode instructs APIs to communicate with equipment and reference memory, which is much more secure than kernel mode. You will find IIS management services, application pools, and virtual directories in user mode.\nThe purpose of kernel-mode is to use HTTP.SYS to accept incoming client requests to send them to the application pool. This process begins when the customer or end-user enters the website URL. This is the customer requesting access to the page. HTTP.SYS receives this request.\nWhen the application pool receives the request from HTTP, SYS, the ISAPI filter is loaded by the IIS worker process or w3wp.exe. If it is an ASPX page, it also opens the worker process HttpRuntime.ProcessRequest and sometimes aspnet_isapi.dll. HttpRuntime creates a set of HttpApplication objects. These are sent over HTTP, and HTTP modules are continuously excited until the HTTP controller requests the ASP.NET page. When the HTTP route request is complete, the page starts and loads.\nDifferences between IIS and Apache\nIIS is only available for Windows, but Apache can be used on various operating systems such as Mac, Linux, and Windows. And it is a good alternative.\nIIS has its troubleshooting desk, but in the case of Apache, almost all of its support is provided by the user community.\nInternet information services can also integrate with multiple generations or Microsoft languages, such as the ASPX programming language.\nIIS security features are more reliable than the Apache web server, making it a better option than the Apache.\nConclusionIn the end, this information is all about the what is an IIS Server or what is internet information services and its working criteria. The essential features make it flexible and popular. You must have an understanding of ports for working with the IIS server. If you need more help check this article out!\nFrequently Asked Questions\nWhat Does the Internet Information Services (IIS) Role Do?It is one of the common questions among users. It is good to know that it makes the server act as a web server.\nwhat language is iis written in?internet information services written in C++ language.\nSuggest you read our article about windows server 2019 features", "label": "No"}
{"text": "What is a digital signature?\nA digital signature is a specific kind of electronic signature (or e-signature) to digitally sign and secure electronically transmitted documents. It is widely recognised as the most secure type of electronic signature, among the many different types out there. All digital signatures operate in a standard and an internationally accepted format, called the public key infrastructure (PKI) protocol. Therefore, it is regarded as the most secure type of electronic signature, and it is legally binding in many countries.\nDigital signatures are identical to physical signatures in that they are unique to every person. They support “non-repudiation”, time-sensitive transactions, audit trails and regulation requirements. They identify the identity of the signer, provide a timestamp of when the documents are signed and support an audit trail if needed. They also provide a tamper-evident seal to secure and proof the authenticity of a document, ensuring it has not been altered since the time of signing. This is extremely important for working with documents online securely.\nHow does a digital signature work?\nAs mentioned above, digital signature works by using a specific protocol, PKI. It is regarded as the golden standard when it comes to validating and authenticating digital identity through encryption. Under the PKI protocol, a mathematical algorithm that can only be done by a computer generates two long numbers (known as keys), which act as a pair of related keys, a public key and a private key. Both the keys act together to encrypt and decrypt a message, through an encryption mechanism known as the public key cryptography. They work together to generate a digital signature for the document signer, which is equivalent to his/her digital identity.\nHere is an example of the whole working process of a digital signature:\n- Mary selects a file to digitally sign it to send it to her colleague, James.\n- A hash value of the file’s contents is generated by Mary’s computer.\n- This hash value is encrypted with Mary’s private key to create a digital signature.\n- The file with the digital signature is sent to James.\n- James receives the message, and his computer program identifies the file has a digital signature. When he opens the file, his computer will proceed to decrypt the digital signature using Mary’s public key, then calculate the hash of the original message and compare the hash it receives to the decrypted hash received with Mary’s message.\n- Any difference in the hash values means there has been a tampering of the file.\nThe whole working process of a digital signature\nWhat are the benefits of using a digital signature?\nA digital signature brings many benefits in the process of document handling, and it works better than traditional signatures. Here are some of the benefits of using a digital signature to sign electronic documents.\n- Highly trusted and compliant to proven consent of the signer.\nWhen the signer digital signs an electronic document, he/she needs to supply specific credentials to perform the action. The credentials are unique for each individual. By digital signing a document, it is a strong indication equivalent to the signer giving consent for his/her signature, and it also confirms his/her identity, because no one else has his/her specific credentials. Hence, a digital signature is highly trusted and compliant with laws, which also acts as a written evidence to confirm one’s identity.\n2. High security and protection\nA digital signature provides an audit trail that is retraceable to validate changes to an electronic document. It is cryptographically bound to the said document and the audit trail acts as a tamper-seal to ensure no alterations are made after a document is digitally signed. An approach like this ensures that when the receiver opens the document, the contents in it are exactly the same as intended by the sender. Any detected differences will alert the receiver about the authenticity of the document, providing protection to the document and the recipients.\n3. Convenience in terms of time-saving and cost effectiveness\nDigital signature is done fully online without the need to have physical copies of documents. It saves time in managing documents and obtaining physical signatures from multiple parties, especially when there is a large number of documents. Instead of preparing them physically through printing, in-person appointments, scanning, dispatching and running around, send a digital copy to all and save time! It is also cost-effective, which reduces paperwork cost, travelling cost, or even costly mistakes due to human errors while handling them physically.\nUse cases for digital signature\nNowadays, many businesses and their online documents make use of digital signatures to increase the efficiency for their business processes, while at the same time ensuring the security of these documents which are used in critical business transactions. Example documents include:\n- Contracts and legal documents: Many countries recognise digital signatures as legally binding, hence they are suitable for such documents, which require authenticated signatures and unmodified assurance.\n- Sales agreements: Digital signature on these documents protect both buyers and sellers and it provides peace of mind for both parties. Their identities are authenticated, their signatures are legally binding and they know the terms and condition of the agreements are not altered by any third parties.\n- Banking and financial documents: The financial department of companies can digital sign their invoices and send to their customers. Customers are protected, knowing the payment requests are from authenticated and the true seller, not a bad actor scamming them to send money to a fraudulent account.\n- Healthcare data: Data privacy is of utmost importance in the healthcare industry, especially patient records and research data. Digital signatures protect the sensitive information contained in these data and make sure they are not altered during sharing between qualified parties.\n- Government documents: When government agencies handle data, they need to adhere to strict guidelines and regulations. Digital signatures streamline the process by making certain the right people with the right authority can perform government approvals, without being altered illegally.\n- Shipping documents: Digital signatures help manufacturers reduce costly shipping errors, due to incorrect cargo documents or tampering. Digitally signing shipping documents are much more accessible and safer compared to physical shipping documents.\nStart selling digital signing certificates with WebNIC\nA digital signature can only be created with digital signing certificates. Therefore, WebNIC has added a new service to provide document signing certificates service to our valued partners. Our digital signing brands include world-renowned brands, DigiCert, Sectigo and GlobalSign to help our partners deliver the best digital signature service. Digital signature is gradually becoming more mainstream and it will evolve into an important must-have when it comes to dealing with documents online! Get started selling today and be a part of this global trend towards a digital signing age!\nWebNIC is an accredited registrar for ICANN, and various countries including Asia, Europe, America, Australasia, and Africa. With offices in Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Beijing, Taipei and Jakarta, we serve 5,000+ active resellers over 70 countries. To join us and become a reseller, live chat with us or email us at [email protected].", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Long time mayor of West Covington and proponent of the city’s annexation to Covington. Joseph J. Moser was born on March 17, 1861 in Pennsylvania. His parents were Gottlieb Moser and Marie Schwartz Moser. Joseph J. Moser was a strong advocate for the annexation of West Covington by Covington. In 1908 he called for all the cities of Kenton County to be annexed by Covington. He argued that all the citizens would be better served in they lived in one city. The issue of gambling caused considerable political problems for Mayor Moser. In 1906, Covington city officials began a crackdown on poolrooms and other gambling establishments. A few of these individuals left Covington and set up shop in Romanowitz Hall in West Covington. The Reverend John Bentz of the Crescent Avenue Methodist Mission requested that the mayor take immediate action to stop the gambling activities. Mayor Moser refused to take action. The Reverend Betz filed charges against the mayor for failure to do his duty. A warrant for Moser’s arrest was issued. When Mayor Moser appeared before the courts, Reverend Betz voiced his concerns, “I know that Mr. Moser could be bought, and that he had been bought by the parties operating the poolroom in West Covington.” Mayor Moser responded by filing a suit against the minister for damaging his reputation in the community. Gambling continued to be a problem for Moser in 1907. The Kentucky Post ran a story calling West Covington the “Monte Carlo” of Kentucky. Poker, betting and roulette were commonplace. The establishments included Romanowitz Hall and the Respess-Kirby Poolroom. The story also claimed that another group was building a new building in the town that would be used for gambling purposes. Moser was again elected mayor of West Covington in 1913. He defeated Charles Miller (203-165). Moser was also active in the banking industry. In 1906 he was appointed the first president of the Merchants National bank of Covington. Many well-known Covington businessmen were also named officers of this new venture. Joseph J. Moser died on February 12, 1919 at his home, 70 Highway Avenue, Covington. Services were held in the family home with burial at Highland Cemetery in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. Moser was survived by his wife, Lillie May Craner Moser. He was the father of four children: John G. Moser of Louisville, Clarence C. Moser of Covington, Eliza Moser Kautter of Covington and Mrs. Harry Sillman of Covington.\nKentucky Post, November 26, 1906, p. 2, November 27, 1906, p. 2, November 28, 1906, p. 7, December 12, 1906, p. 2, February 8, 1907, p. 1, July 19, 1907, p. 2, July 20, 1908, p. 2, November 5, 1913, p. 9, December 12, 1919, p. 1 and December 13, 1919, p. 2; Commonwealth of Kentucky Death Certificate 1919.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "On Saturday, Sept. 29, MSUM hosted a day of STEM Workshops organized by the MSUM Noyce Program. This and future workshops are intended to better prepare future math and science teachers in the use of technology and new instructional methods. Preservice science and mathematics education majors from MSUM and Concordia along with professors from Concordia, NDSU, and MSUM were treated to ways teachers are incorporating programming and robotics into mathematics classrooms; applying optics to biology, chemistry, math and physics; building “black boxes” to explore the nature of science; learning about individualized learning techniques; 3-D printing applications; and iNaturalist used to identify the plants and animals.\nExternal presenters included Lisa Conzemius from Detroit Lakes High School, Fernando Zamora from Montevideo High School, Paula Comeau from the MN DNR, and Teresa Shume from NDSU. MSUM presenters included faculty Karen Cloud from the School of Teaching and Learning, Steve Lindaas from the Department of Physics, Chris Merkord from the Biosciences Department, and Tyler Eidsness, MSUM Noyce Scholar and chemistry, chemistry education and life science triple major.\nThe MSUM Noyce Program “Preparing STEM Teachers to Successfully Navigate the Urban to Rural Gradient” is funded by a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The purpose of the Noyce Program is to prepare excellent STEM teachers. The program has paid summer education internships and competitive scholarships for STEM majors adding and a secondary education major. Noyce Scholars receive full tuition scholarships plus partial living expenses. If you would like more information visit https://www.mnstate.edu/noyce or contact firstname.lastname@example.org.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "STEAM Connections: Wind Energy\nThe wind is all around us, but did you know we can use wind to create electricity? Let’s explore wind energy with our very own windmills!\nWind energy is an alternative energy source that can be used to produce electricity. In this STEAM Connections activity, we are going to build a wind mill to see how the wind can be harnessed to create energy. But first, let’s get some background information.\nWindmills have been used by people for more than 1,000 years: the first windmills were used to grind grain. Later, windmills were used by the Dutch to pump water; and today, we use wind mills called wind turbines, to harness energy from the wind.\nWind turbines are tall towers with long blades on the top. These blades are connected to a vertical rod called shaft. When the wind causes the blades to spin, the shaft turns. The turning shaft powers the generator, which produces electricity. Because this power is created by the movement of the shaft, the energy created by wind turbines is kinetic energy.\nWindmills are a type of simple machine. The oldest windmills and the newest wind turbines are both examples of a wheel and axle machine.\nA group of wind turbines is called a wind farm. If you have ever visited Lubbock, Texas you might have driven past a wind farm on your way there. Large wind turbines can produce up to 1.8 megawatts of power with blades reaching over 130 feet in length. These turbines can be around 260 feet tall!\nWatch our video to see how we made a windmill will some household supplies, and keep scrolling for the supply list and instructions.\n- Cardstock or construction paper (thicker is better)\n- String (cotton or poly is best)\n- Paper Clips\n- Rubber bands\n- Large disposable cups (Rec 16oz)\n- Small disposable cups (Rec 6oz)\n- Large Straws\n- Small Straws (small straw should move freely within large straw)\nOptional Add-Ons: hole punch; box fan or blow dryer; crayons, markers or other materials to decorate their windmill; stopwatch or timing device; and pennies\n- Cut out a 6.5” by 6.5” square.\n- Mark the center of your square and cut from the corners diagonally towards the center of the square, stopping about 1.5 inches from the center point.\n- Use scissors or a hole punch to make a hole in the center and at the end of every other one of your 8 corners. The hole should be large enough for the small straw to fit into.\n- Push the small straw through the center of your square and then bend (don’t fold) each of the corners onto the straw.\n- Secure the front and back of the pinwheel with tape, a paperclip or rubber bands to keep the pinwheel together. There should be about an inch of space between the front and back of the pinwheel.\n- Cut the large straw so that it is equal in length to the bottom of your large cup and secure it there using tape.\n- Slide the end of your small straw through the large straw on your base. There should be about 1.5 inches of the small straw that extends past the base. You can trim the small straw if needed.\n- Take your small cup and cut two holes in opposite sides and tie a small piece of string between the two holes, creating a sort of bucket handle.\n- Secure one end of your string to the end of the small straw and tie the other end to the small cup handle.\n- Place tape or a binder clip on the end of the small straw to keep the pieces together.\nNow blow on your pinwheel and watch it lift the small cup!\nQuestions to consider\n- What changes can you make that might make your design work faster or make it stronger?\n- What is the maximum number of pennies your machine is able to lift?\n- How long does it take your machine to lift the cup? What about with four pennies or eight?", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Long-term variations in Atlantic plankton species in the North Sea were investigated in order to find support for the hypothesis of a reduced inflow of Atlantic water into the North Sea during the 1960s and 1970s. The material was derived from samples of the Continuous Plankton Recorder Survey during 1948-1996. Fourteen Atlantic plankton species were selected as potential indicators of Atlantic inflow to the North Sea. Principal Component Analysis allowed the classification of these species into a number of sub-groups, each of which showed a different variation over time. One of these groups, consisting of Candacia armata, Metridia lucens, and Tomopteris spp., showed temporal variations that were apparently related to changes in Atlantic inflow. This group was at a low level in the North Sea from 1965 to 1982, and it increased in subsequent years. These variations correspond in time and direction with observed changes in pelagic fish stocks in the area.\nThere are no comments yet. You can post the first one!\nPost a comment\nPlease log in to use this service. Login as Wageningen University & Research user or guest user in upper right hand corner of this page.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms\nThe NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms features 8,413 terms related to cancer and medicine.\nWe offer a widget that you can add to your website to let users look up cancer-related terms. Get NCI’s Dictionary of Cancer Terms Widget.\n- vitamin C\n- listen (VY-tuh-min…)\n- A nutrient that the body needs in small amounts to function and stay healthy. Vitamin C helps fight infections, heal wounds, and keep tissues healthy. It is an antioxidant that helps prevent cell damage caused by free radicals (highly reactive chemicals). Vitamin C is found in all fruits and vegetables, especially citrus fruits, strawberries, cantaloupe, green peppers, tomatoes, broccoli, leafy greens, and potatoes. It is water-soluble (can dissolve in water) and must be taken in every day. Vitamin C is being studied in the prevention and treatment of some types of cancer. Also called ascorbic acid.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "In recent years, Ireland has become a popular immigration destination because of its lower living costs and the relatively less stringent immigration procedures. In addition, many high-tech giants such as Google, Facebook have set their European headquarters in Dublin, turning the capital city into the leading destination for foreign investment in headquarters, and providing jobs and investment opportunities to international professionals and immigrants.\nThe quality of education is one of the crucial factors for family to consider before finalising the destination. And Ireland has its unique school system, consisting of three parts, Primary (junior infants, senior infants, and 1st to 6th classes), Junior Cycle (12/13 and 15/16 years) and Senior Cycle (age 15-18) before university.\nThe Senior cycle includes an optional Transition Year, which follows immediately after the Junior Cycle. During the final two years of Senior Cycle, students take one of three following programmes, each leading to a State Examination.\nEstablished Leaving Certificate and Its Assessment\nMost Senior Cycle students choose the Established Leaving Certificate programme.\n34 Leaving Certificate subjects are available to schools. They are normally studied at either Ordinary(informally Pass) or Higher Level(informally called Honours) , though two subjects, Irish and Mathematics, can also be studied at Foundation Level.\nIn general, students take five or more subjects (usually seven) for examination, one of which must be Irish.\nSubjects are assessed by an examination paper and additional assessment methods at the end of the two-year programme of study. The Leaving Certificate is the terminal examination of post-primary education.The grading scale has 8 grades. The highest grade is Grade 1 and the lowest grade is Grade 8.\nAdmission Requirement on Leaving Certificate\nAs Leaving Certificate is quite different from international qualifications such as IB or A-level, applicants wishing to apply for universities outside Ireland need to know how Leaving Certificate is recognised by their desired schools.\nWe have looked into several schools in UK, US and Hong Kong:\nEntry requirements vary for different subjects and universities. Take Oxbridge as an example:\nCambridge The typical offers for students taking the Irish Leaving Certificate and applying for most subjects would be based on H1H1H1H2H2H2.\nOXford: For courses with an A-level entrance requirement of AAA，the requirement is H2H2H2H2H2H2 at Higher level Leaving Certificate; A*AA: H1H1H2H2H2H2 at Higher level, and for courses with an A-level entrance requirement of A*A*A，students need to have H1H1H1H1H2H2 at Higher level.\nApplicants with Ireland Leaving Certificate are no different from other international students. They need to submit the required materials and may take standardized tests such as SAT or ACT though the results are not required now due to the Covid-19.\nFew schools in Hong Kong have clearly stated requirements for Ireland Leaving Certificate. According to the website of HKU, admission to Dental Surgery or Law, for example, requires H2 or better in five subjects at the Higher Level.\nStudents who are interested in other universities in Hong Kong are suggested to contact admission offices at individual universities for specific requirements, if such information cannot be found on its website.\nGiven that the Ireland Leaving Certificate is less commonly recognised, we suggest international students who wish to apply for universities outside Ireland to check thoroughly before taking the qualification or they may also look for schools where IB is taught just to make the future admissions planning easier!\nNorton House has helped many students achieve excellent results in IB and other international curriculum in the past decade and gained admissions to world's top universities, so feel free to contact us if you need any advice or academic assistance.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Holston Chilhowee Ballfields History\nThe Holston River is a major river system of southwestern Virginia and East Tennessee. The three major forks of the Holston (North, Middle and South Forks) rise in southwestern Virginia and have their confluence near Kingsport, Tennessee. From there, the river flows roughly southwestward, just north of Bays Mountain, until it reaches its confluence with the French Broad River just east of downtown Knoxville. This confluence is considered to be the headwaters of the Tennessee River.\nAlthough the present day Holston River ends at the French Broad River to form the Tennessee River in Knoxville, the river did not originally end there. Until 1933, the Holston River flowed past Knoxville and continued to its confluence with the Little Tennessee River at Lenoir City 51 miles downstream. At that point, the Tennessee River began.\nThe river was named after Stephen Holston, who built a cabin on the upper reaches of the river in 1746. Holston Mountain was named after the Holston River.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Knee injuries can affect everyone, especially athletes. They need to leap and the impact with the hard surface could accumulate pressure to their knees. Athletes shouldn’t only improve their skills; they also need to strengthen their body, because they experience significant physical pressures. As an example, they need to strengthen all muscles connected to the knees, so they become a unified structure that can better survive repeated impacts. They also need to trim excess pounds, because if you are heavier, the impact on your knees will become more severe. Athletes should work with strength coach and they need to stay abreast on various training techniques that can help to minimize the possibilities of injuries. Athletes also need to check their postures. As an example, people who have problems like scoliosis, lordosis and kyphosis will perform differently during sports sessions. Poor postures may cause us to put extra stress on our knees and this could elevate the possibilities of injuries.\nOne good way to prevent knee injuries is by training the core, which can be the weakest link in our body. If you want to have an excellent athletic stance, you also need to train the hips and back. Athletic stance is the knee-protecting position and you need to master it quite well. With excellent conditioning and strength program, you should be able to make yourself more resistant to significant pressures in life. It is important for you to avoid specific actions, such as full squats, too often. Climbing two stairs at a time, running downhill and allowing your hip to drop below the knees can put significant pressure to your knees. These activities shouldn’t become the part of your daily training sessions. It is also important that you able to properly land and jump. Your spine position should be straight and neutral. At any time during the training session, you should keep your chest over your knees and also knees over feet. When you land on a hard a surface, you should make sure that you land on the ball of your feet and let most of the impact to sink into your heel.\nYou need to perform separate jump exercises on different surfaces, such as wood floor, dirt, mats and concrete. So, you will know how to properly deal with different impacts. Train should be performed functionally, so you can prevent injurt and improve the overall performance. By being functional, it means that everything that you should have purpose, benefit and result. As an example, you need to perform light resistance exercises to start strengthening your muscles, joints and bones. The intensity of the training and the overall weight should be increased gradually, until you get the expected results. If you want to prevent knees injuries, you also need shorten your reaction times and improve the overall agility. You should learn from tennis players on how they rely on athletic stance most of the time. They tend to stay low and move only when it’s necessary. They also know how to accelerate, turn, twist and stop depending on the situation. If you can adopt the same movement style, you should be able to minimize the occurrence of knees injuries.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Last Updated: Oct 12, 2016 Views: 74\nAccording to Audrey Whitty, our Curator of European Glass, the Warrior Vase with Stand is made of 'snowflake' glass (and gold ruby glass). She mentioned that this type of glass is sometimes referred to as camphor glass, and pointed out this buckle as another example of a piece that uses snowflake/camphor glass. According to an article on our website, \"Eight Sledgehammers on Glass: The 'Warrior' Vase in The Corning Museum of Glass\" (by Dedo von Kerssenbrock-Krosigk), the glass is \"colourless glass, speckled with white 'snowflake' glass.\" I recommend reading the full article for more information on the vase, if you are interested!\nMerriam-Webster defines camphor glass as: \"glass with a cloudy white appearance resembling gum camphor.\" This definition is supported by this explanation: \"Camphor glass is clear glass that has been treated with hydrofluoric acid vapors to give it a frosted whitish appearance. This effect resembles gum camphor, hence the name. Camphor glass was used throughout the decorative arts to make bottles, glass objects, lamp shades and more.\"", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Register with us or sign in\nLearn how to improve the quality of your lawn with Monty's video advice, including demonstrations of how to scarify, aerate and fill in holes left by moss.autumn and springMore advice on lawn careHow to maintain a healthy lawnHow to repair a lawn\n. Improving the soil with plenty of organic matter in the form of compost helps drainage and aeration on heavy soils and conserves essential moisture on light ones.SoilGarden spadeGarden forkGarden rakeOrganic matter in the form of compost or well\nLearn how to improve the condition of your soil by sowing rye seeds to create green manure, with Monty Don's video demonstration and advice.summer and autumnMore advice on improving soilHow to mulch beds and bordersFeeding plantsImproving soil\nChris Beardshaw shows how to reinvigorate your lawn in an afternoon, offering a comprehensive guide to improving soil structure, scarifying, aerating and dressing.springMore advice on lawn careHow to renovate a lawnHow to improve your lawnHow to cut\nTo loosen soil in order to relieve compaction, allowing improved drainage and movement of air.\nTo improve the condition and fertility of soils by ploughing in cover crops while still green.\nThe addition of lime to the soil to improve its structure, reduce acidity and remedy calcium deficiency.\nCarol Klein demonstrates how to add mulch to beds and borders to enrich the soil and ensure healthy plants.spring and autumnCarolMore ways to improve soilImproving soil with green manure.How to feed plants.Improving your soil.Making a soil sieve.\nRefers to non-animal, non-vegetable substances that do not contain carbon. Often applied to chemical products used to improve the soil.\nThe practice of improving soil, by adding a layer of fertiliser to the surface and allowing it to settle in without digging over. Replacing the top layer of soil with compost.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The fires sweeping through Mexico and Central America have destroyed crops, villages, irreplaceable ecological preserves and the hopes and fortunes of many thousands of people.\nIn Mexico, 12,800 fires have consumed more than 1.1 million acres since January. Almost 1 million acres surrounding Peten, Guatemala's timeless Mayan archeological zone, have been scorched. Nicaragua has become a raging hell with more than 13,000 fires since last December. In Honduras, nearly 130,000 acres have burned. Similar damage is reported in Costa Rica and El Salvador.\nAll this is the work of man, exacerbated by terrible drought caused by El Nino. Smoke from the fires has drifted to Texas, Florida and even as far north as Wisconsin. The U.S. Agency for International Development has sent south a heavy-lift helicopter, safety equipment for up to 3,000 firefighters, communications equipment and the very valuable assistance of 41 experts. But much more needs to be done--and continued U.S. assistance and expertise will be important.\nThe vast majority of the fires have found fuel in the forest and grassland areas where centuries-old slash-and-burn agriculture is practiced by peasant farmers. Sadly, there are also reports of blazes set by wealthy landowners who want to clear the land for grazing and drug traffickers who use fires as diversions to keep the army busy, away from their turf.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The lowest level of procedural element in the procedural control model.\nThe smallest element of procedural control that can accomplish a process-oriented task is a phase. A phase may be subdivided into smaller parts. The steps and transitions as described in IEC 848: 1988 document one method of defining subdivisions of a phase.\nA phase can issue one or more commands or cause one or more actions, such as\nThe execution of a phase may result in\nThe intent of the phase is to cause or define a process oriented action, while the logic or set of steps that make up a phase are equipment specific. Examples of phases include the following:\nYou can use SFC diagrams for phases.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Type 2 diabetes is a condition that develops when your body begins to become tolerant to the insulin in your body. Insulin is used to break down the sugar in the blood, and when this process is slowed down, the result is high levels of glucose in the bloodstream. This condition will damage your body. The problem is that many people develop type 2 diabetes and are not aware of it. There are, however, symptoms to look for. The following are only four of the most common symptoms.\nCuts and bruises that heal slowly\nBecause of the increased sugar level in the blood, you will find that a small cut may take a much longer time to heal than it has in the past. Often, people will chalk this up to a sign of aging, and this may be the case, but it can also be a sign of type 2 diabetes. Slow healing cuts can lead to infections, so if you have type 2 diabetes, you need to get a diagnosis and get it under control.\nIf you find yourself needing to use the bathroom more frequently than in the past, you may have a classic sign of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes that is not under control can result in the inability to make it through the night. Often several trips to the bathroom, at a time when you should be sleeping, are common.\nNumbness in your extremities\nThis is a sign that you are not only diabetic, but you have had diabetes for an extended period of time. Nerve damage from type 2 diabetes is common, and it strikes the hands and feet first. Known as neuropathy, this condition can be stopped, but not reversed.\nSpots in your vision\nHigh levels of glucose in the blood can lead to capillaries in the eyes being damaged. They can grow back, but when they do, they are unstable and can break down. The end result is damage to your retinas, and this results in a partial blindness. Any obstruction to your vision could mean that you have type 2 diabetes.\nType 2 diabetes is a silent killer, so it must be identified. If you or a loved one are showing any of the symptoms listed above, you should contact a houston family doctor.\nThere are a couple of blood tests that can be done to determine if you have type 2 diabetes and to what extent this disease has developed in your body. These symptoms alone or in combination do not mean you have type 2 diabetes, but you need to have it checked out.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A rather unconventional take on complexity in cities and global military power’s views on its rights to interfere in anybody else’s affairs\nThe City as a System\nThis era’s unprecedented urbanization is concentrated in the least developed areas of Asia, Latin America and Africa. The data shows that coastal cities are about to be swamped by a human tide that will force them to absorb—in less than 40 years—almost the entire increase in population absorbed by the whole planet, in all of recorded human history up to 1960. And virtually all this urbanization will happen in the world’s least developed areas, by definition the poorest equipped to handle it—a recipe for conflict, crises in health, education and governance, and food, energy and water scarcity.\nRapid urbanization creates economic, social and governance challenges while simultaneously straining city infrastructure, making the most vulnerable cities less able to meet these challenges. The implications for future conflict are profound, with more people fighting over scarcer resources in crowded, under-serviced and under-governed urban areas.\nView original post 1,832 more words", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The reality is that today’s babies seem smarter and more tech savvy than ever! And their interests are becoming more sophisticated and their questions are getting harder. There is no way we will keep up if we don’t go back to basics. We are raising children that will work in careers that don’t even exist yet, spell words that are not in today’s dictionary, and solve problems that we can’t even imagine right now. What can we do today to raise children that are excited about the careers of the future?\nIn this edWebinar, Marnie Forestieri, Chief Learning Officer and founder at Amazing Explorers Academy® Early Learning Childhood Centers, will provide ideas for educators of children from ages three to six to support STEAM learning. Topics she will cover include:\n- Helping young children explore STEAM concepts with fun and engaging activities\n- STEAM learning opportunities in everyday activities and experiences\n- Preparing children for kindergarten\n- How to build crucial 21st century learning skills—including collaboration, communication, creativity and problem solving, curiosity, and critical thinking—with young learners\n- An introduction to a model that promotes lifelong learning skills\nEarly childhood educators and administrators working with children ages three to six are invited to attend this live, interactive event. There will be time for questions after the presentation. Join us to learn how to prepare the young children you work with for careers of the future!\nMore information and registration", "label": "No"}
{"text": "// Disclaimer:: Fog Index is not developed by me. I am just presenting it in my words. 🙂\nFog Index measures the complexity of writing samples. It provides a means of calculating the educational level (in years) required to understand a particular passage.\nTo calculate Fog Index of a passage, follow the following steps:-\nCount the number of words in a paragraph/passage\nCount number of sentences.\nCalculate Average Sentence Length by dividing Number of Words by Number of Sentence\nCount the Number of Long or Hard Words (more than three syllables). Divide this number by total number of words in the passage. Multiply this number with 100. This will give you Percentage of Hard Words in the passage/paragraph.\nAdd the Average Sentence Length to the Percentage of Hard Words. Multiply the outcome with 0.4. The number you get is Fog Index. This number indicates the number of years of education required to easily understand the passage\nSuppose, in a passage,\nNumber of Words = 126\nNumber of Sentence = 9\nAverage Sentence Length = 126/9 = 14\nNumber of Hard Words = 13\n% Hard Words = 13/126 * 100 = 10.314\nFog Index = (Average Sentence Length + % Hard Words) * 0.4 = (14 + 10.314) = 9.72.\nSo, one needs an education spanning a little less than 10 years to understand this passage.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "PHS 100 Environmental Studies\nDavid Terrell Ph. D.\nWarner Pacific College\nDecember 9, 2010\nWhen using natural resources it is important for us as a community to educate ourselves on what resources are available as well as the pros and cons of the different resources. Some natural resources that are available are air or wind, plants, animals, forestry, coal, soils, sun, and our water ways. As time goes by and we are using up one source it is becoming increasingly important for us to find new and creative way to create energy sources using other types of natural resources. Growing up in the 1980’s my family use to sale solar powered energy systems. At the time we were way ahead of the environmentally conscious community and the systems were too expensive for the average America to be able to purchase. However, many improvements have been made to make this natural resource more economic.\nAccording to the website Alternative Energy News, “Solar power is produced by collecting sunlight and converting it into electricity. This is done by using solar panels, which are large flat panels made up of many individual solar cells. It is most often used in remote locations, although it is becoming more popular in urban areas as well.” In fact, even Wal-Mart is getting involved according to one of their articles. This website is full of useful information on many different natural resources and shares a lot of the most current information available. This website is just one of the tools that can be useful for our community to educate ourselves on natural resources.\nThe government’s involvement has impacted our lifestyle in many ways. For example, the majority of the states have enforced a litter law. Some states have fines while other states have possible jail time that can be enforced. In Oregon the fine is, “Class A misdemeanor. Fine not exceeding $6,250 or imprisonment not exceeding one year or both.” (NCSL, 2010) In establishing these fines, the government has reduced the amount of trash and helped to make our environment a friendlier, cleaner place. They have also played a major role in our parks and wildlife being maintained for us now as well as for our kids in the future. Without the US Forest service our parks would not be in the well maintained manner they are currently in. It would also make it so that they would not be sustained for our children to enjoy many years from now. Without the government we would not have laws such as the clean air act that regulates emissions and is helping to protect our ozone or the Clean Water Act that regulates pollutants in our waters.\nIt is important for us as a community to get involved and not simply wait until the government sets a mandate as to the different types of sources we are allowed to use. If we become more involved than we could possible stop the destruction before it happens. The easiest way for us to get involved is by being conscious of how we are using our resources. This includes conserving water, recycling when possible, and be generally conscious of the environment and our actions. While recycling bins are common in most schools and work places in Oregon I know that we are ahead of the curve when compared to the rest of the nation. If we all get involved we can help the government to accomplish the daunting task of preserving our environment and in turn our lives.\nWorld Legal Directory (2010) Environmental and Natural Resources Law – US, Retrieved December 9, 2010 from http://www.hg.org/environ.html\nNational Conference of State Legislation (2010) States with Littering Penalties, Retrieved December 9, 2010 from http://www.ncsl.org/default.aspx?tabid=13215\nAlternative Energy News (2010) Solar Power, Retrieved December 9, 2010 from http://www.alternative-energy-news.info/headlines", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Excel SINH Function\nThe basic hyperbolic functions, cosh, sinh and tanh are related to the equilateral hyperbola, x2-y2=1.\nIf the area between a line through the origin, the x-axis, and the hyperbola x2-y2=1 has area α/2, then:\n- cosh α is the x coordinate of the intersection between the line through the origin and the hyperbola x2-y2=1\n- sinh α is the y coordinate of the intersection between the line through the origin and the hyperbola x2-y2=1\n- tanh α is equal to sinh α / cosh α\nThe equation used to calculate the hyperbolic sine is:\nThe Excel Sinh function calculates the hyperbolic sine (sinh) of a supplied number.\nThe format of the function is:\nSINH( number )\nWhere the number argument is a real number that you want to calculate the hyperbolic sine of.\nSinh Function Examples\nColumn B of the spreadsheet below, shows examples of the Excel Sinh Function, used to calculate the hyperbolic sine of three different values.\nFurther details and examples of the Excel Sinh function can be found on the Microsoft Office website.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Be Alert to Fire Danger\nFor up-to-date information on wildfires across California, see:\nFires ARE Health Emergencies\nDamage from fires reaches far beyond the active blaze zone. Smoke plumes can travel long distances in the air, and injure all breathing organisms. Tiny particles in smoke, odorless carbon monoxide, and extreme heat are all dangerous - and then there are toxic fumes and chemicals from burning human-made structures, too.\nThe information from Washington State Dept. of Health is also available in Korean, Russian, Somali, Ukranian, as well as the languages linked below:\nUnfortunately just smelling smoke isn't enough to tell whether breathing outside air is dangerous. Here are links to air quality tracking and advisory websites:\nDifferent methods used to calculate air quality give us different numbers, and it can be confusing. This article helps to explain why - and suggests how to find the best resource for your location:\nStay indoors as much as possible to minimize exposure. Filter indoors air with a HEPA air filter or an air fan that has a HEPA filter over the intake.\nWear a mask that is rated N-95, KN-95, or higher (rated to filter PM2.5 or smaller) when outside. Tiny combustion particles (as small as 2.5 microns or less) in smoke are particularly dangerous - and unfortunately, most of the masks we've been wearing to avoid spreading the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus generally won't protect against such small particles.\nCheck the air quality frequently when there's a fire warning (don't just rely on sense of smell). Instead, use the air quality tracking links shown above to see when it is at a dangerous level.\nTake precautions to protect your animals, too.\nphoto: CAUSE (Central Coast Alliance United for a Sustainable Economy) @CAUSE805\nProtecting Outdoor Workers\nBoth state and federal government agencies have guidance to protect people who work outdoors, including:\n- emergency response teams - farm workers\n- construction crews - landscapers and gardeners\n- utility workers - day laborers\n- wildlife rescuers\nCal/OSHA's Emergency Standards are required whenever the air quality index (AQI) at the worksite measures PM2.5 at 151 or higher.\nNo one (except emergency response teams) should be working in an evacuation zone.\nCal/OSHA's Contact Us webpage has phone numbers and a pop-up chat function for questions about working in COVID-19, extreme heat, wildfires, etc., in English and in Spanish.\nReturning Home After a Fire\nOnce emergency response teams allow people to return after a fire, there still may be hazards as well as a lot of clean up work ahead. Water supply or electrical power may be unavailable for awhile; air quality may still be unhealthy. Even if incinerated, dangerous chemicals from building materials or from materials stored on the site are still present (and may be even more toxic).\nContinue to follow notification and advice from your local office of emergency services.\nCoping With Fire Emergencies\nMental and emotional health are as important as physical safety. These resources may help when facing challenges.\nHelping children recover from fire disasters:\nThe text on this page is copyright PlaneTree Health Library, licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Linked contents are the responsibility of their creators or copyright holders.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Genetics Breakthrough Changes Thinking About DNA\nDaniel J. DeNoon\nWebMD Health News\nReviewed by Louise Chang, MD\nSept. 7, 2012 -- In what scientists call the biggest breakthrough in genetics since the unraveling of the human genome, a massive research effort now shows how the genome works.\nThe human genome contains 3 billion letters of code containing a person's complete genetic makeup.\nThe biggest surprise is that most of the DNA in the genome -- which had been called \"junk DNA\" because it didn't seem to do anything -- turns out to play a crucial role. While only 2% of the genome encodes actual genes, at least 80% of the genome contains millions of \"switches\" that not only turn genes on and off, but also tell them what to do and when to do it.\nEleven years ago, the Human Genome Project discovered the blueprint carried by every cell in the body. The new ENCODE project now has opened the toolbox each cell uses to follow its individual part of the blueprint. The effort is the work of more than 400 researchers who performed more than 1,600 experiments.\nThe genome, with its 3-billion-letter code, reads from beginning to end like a book. But in real life, the genome isn't read like a book. The ENCODE data shows it's an intricate dance, with each step carefully choreographed.\n'Science for This Century'\nEwan Birney, PhD, associate director of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory, was one of the leaders of the Human Genome Project. He also helped lead the ENCODE project.\n\"The ENCODE data is just amazing. It shows how complex the human genome is,\" Birney said at a news conference. \"This is the science for this century. We are going to be working out how we make humans, starting out from a simple instruction manual.\"\n\"We think this will lead to changes in medicine and therapeutic treatment of disease,\" Michael Snyder, PhD, director of Stanford University's Center of Genomics and Personalized Medicine, said the conference.\nEric D. Green, MD, PhD, director of the NIH's National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), notes that most known disease-causing DNA mutations are in the small part of the genome that encodes genes.\n\"Most of these known mutations cause rare diseases,\" Green said. \"But for the great majority of diseases, it's changes in the switches themselves. Diseases that are more common probably involve multiple DNA variants outside the genes. Common diseases like hypertension, heart disease, and diabetes are probably caused by things sitting in these switches.\"\nThe ENCODE data is being published this week in more than 30 journal articles, including an overview article and other papers in the journal Nature. Nature is making all the data available through its web site and is creating online information \"threads,\" so people interested in one part of the research can follow the data across all of the papers.\nA New Start\nWhile ENCODE has assembled a huge mountain of data, the job is far from done. Scientists still have to work out what the various \"switches\" do and how they do it, both by themselves and in different combinations.\nThe first discoveries to come from the work likely will be new ways of diagnosing disease based on an individual patient's genome. Next will come new ways to treat disease.\n\"Particularly exciting is that clinical researchers already are beating our doors down,\" Green says. \"We are in striking distance of really benefiting disease research with this new knowledge.\"\nSOURCES:ENCODE Project Consortium, Nature, Sept. 6, 2012.Ecker, J. Nature, Sept. 6, 2012.News teleconference with Eric D. Green, MD, PhD, director, National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH; Ewan Birney, PhD, associate director, European Molecular Biology Laboratory-European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI); Richard Myers, PhD, president, director, and faculty investigator, HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology; John Stamatoyannopoulos, MD, PhD, associate professor of genome sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine; Michael Snyder, PhD, professor and chair of genetics and director, Center of Genomics and Personalized Medicine, Stanford University; and Magdalena Skipper, PhD, senior editor for biology, Nature.\n©2012 WebMD, LLC. All Rights Reserved.\nGet breaking medical news.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This Calcite crystal is an excellent example of a complex doubly terminated scalenohedral crystal.\nFound in 1927 at New Glencrieff mine, Wanlockhead, Dumfriesshire, Scotland\nHeight 124mm, width 143mm\nPurchased from Robert Brown\nEarth in Space, Level 1, National Museum of Scotland\nDid you know?\nThe crystal has been nicknamed 'The Rocket'.\nThis beautiful crystal formation was retrieved from deep within the New Glencrieff mine at Wanlockhead on the Leadhills ore field.\nA mine worker, Robert Brown rescued the piece from going to the crusher around 1927. He then sold the crystal to the museum, along with two other pieces, for the princely sum of £3.\nBack in the 1920s, when the Calcite crystal was uncovered, the mines of Wanlockhead and Leadhills were important sources of lead.\nNow the site is a world-class mineral site and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, because over 80 minerals occur there, some of which are very rare.\nThe particular conditions of pressure, temperature and acidity in the Leadhills ore field have created a collection of secondary lead minerals that is quite unique.\nThere are a number of mineral species that were first identified here, such as Leadhillite, Lanarkite, Susannite and Caledonite. The mineral Macphersonite from Leadhills was named after Harry MacPherson, Head of Mineralogy at the Museum in 1984.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Information last updated on March 19, 2020\nOn March 11, 2020, the IRS issued Notice 2020-15, which allows high deductible health plans (HDHPs) to pay for COVID-19 testing and treatment without a deductible. This Legal Update video explains more.\nThe World Health Organization (WHO) has designated the recent coronavirus outbreak (COVID-19) a global public health emergency. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), coronaviruses are common in animal species. Although most don’t affect humans, the most recent strain, COVID-19, does and can easily spread from person to person.\nWhat Is Coronavirus?\nAccording to the World Health Organization (WHO), coronavirus is a family of viruses that cause illnesses ranging from the common cold to more severe diseases. Common signs of infection include headache, fever, cough, sore throat, runny nose and breathing difficulties. In more severe cases, infection can cause pneumonia, severe acute respiratory syndrome, kidney failure and even death. Individuals who are elderly or pregnant, and anyone with preexisting medical conditions are at the greatest risk of becoming seriously ill from coronaviruses.\nHow Does Coronavirus Spread?\nAlthough the ongoing outbreak likely resulted from people who were exposed to infected animals, COVID-19 can spread between people through their respiratory secretions, especially when they cough or sneeze.\nAccording the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the spread of COVID-19 from person-to-person most likely occurs among close contacts who are within about 6 feet of each other. It’s unclear at this time if a person can get COVID-19 by touching a surface or object that has the virus on it and then touching their own mouth, nose or eyes.\nHow is my carrier handling COVID-19?\nAetna will be sending out Care Packages to those Aetna members diagnosed with Coronavirus:\nHealing Better COVID-19 kits will be delivered to the member’s home (at their last known address) within 1-3 days of Aetna receiving notification of diagnosis. Members diagnosed with Coronavirus COVID-19 will be identified using Aetna Risk Management’s running database of inpatient hospitalizations and self-reports.\nThe kit will come in two different varieties. Members who have been hospitalized will receive a kit with a more robust set of personal and household cleaning supplies (“Full Suite”) while all other members will receive a lighter set of supplies (“Limited Suite”). The exact supplies contained in the kits are subject to change based on CVS retail supply chain restrictions. There is no cost to either the member or the client for these kits currently.\nAll kits will include an introductory note and educational content intended to reinforce the answers to frequently asked questions around managing symptoms and preventing the spread of the virus, adapted from current CDC guidelines. The kit will also reference additional resources such as the Aetna COVID-19 microsite (Aetna.com/coronavirus) and 24/7 Resources for Living hotline for emotional support and counseling services.\nExamples of products included in the Full Suite kit provided to members identified through hospitalization include: 1 bag of cough drops; lavender Scented Shower Vapor Tablets, Facial Tissue; Antibacterial hand soap; Disinfecting Wipes Lemon Fresh; Hand lotion. Note: Products and information supplied to members through this program may vary due to supply chain restrictions and new information made available by the CDC and others as the Coronavirus situation evolves.\nThe Full Suite kit is intended to assist members with the most severe symptoms upon their return from the hospital, at which time they may be in isolation and unable to purchase personal or household supplies. The kit allows the member to return home to items waiting at his or her doorstep while reinforcing important information around preventing the spread of the virus to family and the community. Clinical experts agree that patients normally need to hear information multiples times before internalizing it, especially during periods of high stress. As misinformation spreads about the virus, the content included in the kit will reinforce the correct protocols per CDC guidelines.\nThe first batch of Full Suite kits will begin shipping to Aetna commercial members identified through hospitalization on March 18th, 2020. Members who were previously infected and would not benefit from the kit will receive an email outreach on Monday, March 16th with FAQs to cope with their illness, as well as a link to our dedicated microsite and direct line to Resources For Living.\nThe Limited Suite kits will be available by the end of March. Availability and structure of the program may change as the nationwide situation continues to develop.\nCVS Health to Assist with Coronavirus Testing/Waiving charges for Home Delivery\nGiven the physical presence of CVS Pharmacies in communities across the country and ability to reach millions of consumers with innovative, local solutions, we’re in a unique position to help address the COVID-19 pandemic. We’re working with the administration and other partners to help facilitate COVID-19 testing with a common goal of increasing frequency and efficiency.\nWhile details are still being worked out based on the number of tests available and geographic needs, it’s important for CVS Pharmacy customers to understand that they won’t be impacted. We expect testing will take place in secure areas of parking lots at select stores – not inside – and individuals being tested will not have to leave their cars. We look forward to sharing more details as they become available.\nMore information on the steps CVS Health has already taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic — including waiving charges for home delivery of prescription medications and making diagnostic testing and Aetna-covered telemedicine visits available with no co-pay — is available at our frequently updated COVID-19 resource center.\n$0 Copay Telemedicine Testing\nFor the next 90 days, Aetna will offer zero co-pay telemedicine visits for any reason. Aetna members should use telemedicine as their first line of defense in order to limit potential exposure in physician offices. Cost-sharing will be waived for all video visits through the CVS MinuteClinic app, Aetna-covered Teladoc offerings, and in-network providers delivering synchronous virtual care (live videoconferencing) for all Commercial plan designs. Self-insured plan sponsors will be able to opt-out of this program at their discretion.\nThrough Aetna’s Healing Better program, members who are diagnosed with COVID-19 will receive a care package containing CVS over-the-counter medications to help relieve symptoms. The package will also include personal and household cleaning supplies to help keep others in the home protected from potential exposure.\nThrough existing care management programs, Aetna will proactively reach out to members most at-risk for COVID-19. Care managers will walk members through what they can do to protect themselves, where to get information on the virus, and where to go to get tested.\nAetna resources available to both plan sponsors and members regarding COVID-19:\n- Member Crisis Response Line – 1-833-327-AETNA / 1-833-327-2386\n- Employer Management consultation to help organizations respond to the needs of their employees. Employers may contact our specialized support line at 1-800-243-5240\n- Resources for Living Toolkit\n- Teladoc FAQ & member flyer\nUpdates are also being posted to aetna.com website under the top banner labeled Stay informed about coronavirus. Be sure to check back frequently as new information becomes available.\nAll Allied health plans that cover basic lab & diagnostic testing, automatically include testing for COVID-19.\nIf you use your LabOne benefits (through Quest Diagnostics), the cost of testing is free.\nIf you are not using the LabOne benefit, the cost is still a covered benefit, subject to normal out-of-pocket costs.\nThe test must be ordered by a medical professional who is equipped to take the proper respiratory specimen from individuals meeting the Center for Disease Control (CDC) clinical and/or epidemiological criteria for COVID-19 testing.\nTo learn more about LabOne testing through Quest Diagnostics visit www.questdiagnostics.com/home/Covid-19.\nResponding to the Coronavirus Outbreak\nHelping to ensure the security and peace of mind of our members is our top priority. We wanted to let you know how we are responding to help you and your employees access needed medical care related to the coronavirus outbreak.\nAs you know, the first case of coronavirus, otherwise known as COVID-19, was recently confirmed in Nebraska. We want to take this opportunity to assure you that we have a plan in place to continue to provide quality service to our customers while also protecting the health and safety of our employees.\nCoverage for coronavirus testing and treatment\nFor all members, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska will cover, with no cost share, the appropriate medically necessary diagnostic testing for COVID-19, where it is not covered as part of the Public Health Service response. Diagnostic testing includes the testing kit and interpretation of the COVID-19 test. Please note that medically necessary treatment of COVID-19 will be payable subject to the plan’s usual deductible, coinsurance and copay amounts.\nCoverage for prescription medications\nEffective immediately, we are increasing access to prescription medications by waiving early medication refill limits on 30-day prescription maintenance medications (according to the terms of the member’s plan). We also encourage members to use their plan’s 90-day mail order benefit.\nPatients will not be liable for additional charges that stem from obtaining a non-preferred medication if the preferred medication is not available due to shortage or access issues.\nCoverage for telehealth visits\nStarting Monday, March 16, 2020, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska will cover, with no cost share to the member, the cost of all telehealth visits until further notice.\nThis expanded coverage applies to all types of health plans, including high deductible health plans, regardless of whether or not the member’s plan currently offers benefits for telehealth.\nTo register to use services provided by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska’s preferred telehealth provider, AmWell, members will need to enter their BCBSNE ID number, along with the appropriate service key and code. There is one service key for all eligible members; the coupon code to be used depends on what type of plan the member has.\nService Key (for all members)\n|BCBSNE||BCBSNEFREE – for all members covered under an employer group plan, and individuals covered under our Armor Health plan|\n|MSFREE – for BCBSNE members covered under one of our Medicare Supplement plans|\n|MAFREE – for BCBSNE members covered under one of our Medicare Advantage plans|\nThese codes and more information about accessing telehealth are on our website at NebraskaBlue.com/Telehealth.\n- Does testing include office visit and facility charges incurred for testing or just the testing alone? Only the testing is covered at 100%. Any other charges for the office visit or treatment would be covered with the normal member cost shares.\n- How, if at all, is testing covered differently on a traditional copay plan vs. a qualified high deductible plan? The testing is covered at 100% for either plan. What the member cost share would be depends on how the provider bills for the service. If the member has a copay, the normal copay would apply (if the provider bills for an office visit, etc.). On the HSA, again the member would be responsible for an office visit charge, etc.\n- Would testing be covered at 100% for all testing or would require a known exposure in order to be covered at 100%? Coverage at 100% is not contingent on a known exposure. However, the doctor may not authorize a test without a known exposure.\nMore information and resources\nNebraskaBlue.com/Coronavirus provides important information for members about coverage for coronavirus testing and treatment, expanded access to prescription drugs and telehealth services and more, and will be updated regularly.\nAs an additional resource for you, the CDC has created an interim guide for businesses and employers to help plan and respond to COVID-19.\nIf you have any questions, please reach out to a member of your Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Nebraska sales or account management team.\nLincoln is diligently monitoring developments related to the Coronavirus (COVID-19), declared by the World Health Organization as a public health emergency of international concern. As a leader in leave and disability, we are here to partner with you to help you lead your employees during this rapidly evolving situation.\nInformational Tools to Support You\nWe’re sharing the following materials to support you and your employees:\n- Revised Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document: Since our last touch base, we’ve updated our FAQ to include more information that may be helpful for you.\n- Employer Best Practice Recommendations: Our Chief Medical Officer, Dr. David Berube, compiled a list of best practice considerations for you.\nAlso, for transparency, we are pleased to share our business continuity protocols that would be leveraged should a Lincoln office be impacted by the virus.\nWe’ll share more guidance as the situation evolves and welcome any additional questions you may have through your Lincoln sales or service contact.\nMedica has announced a coverage change related to the diagnostic testing for COVID-19 that follow guidelines issued through the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and state health departments. Medica will waive co-pays, co-insurance, and deductibles related to COVID-19 testing for all individuals and Medicare members.\nTo help limit the spread of COVID-19, Medica provides coverage for virtual care or telehealth services, often a more convenient way to access health care services from home. When appropriate, members are encouraged to utilize virtual care benefits.\nThe health and well-being of members is a priority and Medica will continue to monitor the status of COVID-19 and its impact on our members.\nWhat MetLife is doing for our customers\nMetLife has launched a comprehensive approach to assess business readiness across all critical functions and markets through the lens of a global pandemic. This includes a review of a number of areas including operational readiness, employee mobility, infrastructure resiliency and information security.\nMetLife remains committed to ensuring our customers get the service they expect and the timely handling of claims. To achieve this, we are:\n- Activating our business continuity planning to assess readiness throughout the enterprise\n- Conducting a review of end to end plans and interdependencies\n- Stress testing critical processes and systems including information technology and security\n- Determining alternate solutions for all critical processes, including resources and technology\n- Testing employee mobility and connectivity by enacting elements of our business continuity plan in a controlled environment\n- Scenario planning for a high number of resources being out due to illness and counter-measures and supplemental staffing should this situation arise\nAdditionally, MetLife is prepared to handle a shift to a remote workforce with the majority of our team already equipped to work remotely and securely.\nFederal Leave Legislation\nHow does the Federal Leave Legislation in Response to the Coronavirus impact my business?\nHow does the Federal Leave Legislation in Response to the Coronavirus impact my business?\nMutual of Omaha continues to monitor coronavirus (COVID-19)\nAs you’ve likely seen in recent news coverage, the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are closely monitoring a global outbreak of respiratory illness referred to as the coronavirus or COVID-19. Although the situation continues to evolve, we would like to share a few updates with you around ensuring the safety of both our employees and our commitment to our customers.\nBusiness Continuity Plan in Place\nMutual of Omaha has a multi-disciplinary team of subject matter experts meeting daily to closely monitor, assess and respond to the coronavirus situation as it develops. We are activating precautionary measures in our office locations nationwide and working with associates regarding travel and other health-related questions and concerns. Mutual of Omaha remains committed to providing superior service to our customers, business partners, policyowners and insureds, and we are taking active steps to prevent any interruption in our business processes.\nGroup Disability Claims\nAs with any illness, disability and similar leave claims related to the COVID-19 virus will be evaluated according to the terms of the policy and the facts specific to that claim. Generally, a person who is not sick but misses work due to a quarantine is not entitled to disability benefits. However, certain paid leave programs may be involved depending on the situation, so as always, it is best to review the applicable policy, plan or program documentation.\nAlso, due to the nature and typical length of isolation, we expect that some absences will fall under employers’ paid sick or PTO plans. Mutual of Omaha is here to help if you’d like to review how your disability plan fits with other paid leave policies.\nAbsenceProSM – FMLA Claims\nOne of the primary questions related to the coronavirus is whether leave taken due to COVID-19 qualifies for protection under FMLA. Click here for a document on information and guidance.\nEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)\nCustomers who have EAP services with us have access to a broad range of resources and services. This includes:\n- Access to EAP Professionals 24 hours a day, seven days a week (Toll-free Number: 800-316-2796)\n- Face-to-face sessions with a counselor, if eligible\n- A comprehensive online legal and financial resource library\nIf you have any questions, please contact your local Sales Representative.\nNational General Reduces Financial Burden and Improves Ease of Access to COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing\nNEW YORK, March 09, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — To help limit the spread of COVID-19, National General Holdings Corp. (NASDAQ:NGHC) will waive 100% of customers’ out-of-pocket costs for COVID-19 diagnostic tests and will ease access for customers seeking diagnostic testing. This waiver will extend to all National General Short Term Medical customers and will be made available to employers in the National General Benefits Solutions Program.\nAs part of the effort regarding COVID-19 diagnostic testing, National General will:\n- Waive all member cost-sharing for COVID-19 diagnostic tests and related services, including the associated office visit, emergency room, or urgent care charges. The waiver applies to any out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles, copays, and co-insurance for diagnostic testing related to COVID-19.\n- Waive all prior authorization requirements as they relate to COVID-19 diagnostic testing.\n- Allow early refills and up to a 90-day supply of a member’s prescription drugs in the event of hardship related to COVID-19.\nCustomers concerned about exposure to COVID-19 should contact their healthcare provider or state health department. National General’s customer service call center will be available to assist if customers have any questions about COVID-19 testing-related services.\nAbout National General Holdings Corp.\nNational General Holdings Corp., headquartered in New York City, is a specialty personal lines insurance holding company. National General traces its roots to 1939, has a financial strength rating of A- (excellent) from A.M. Best, and provides personal and commercial automobile, homeowners, umbrella, recreational vehicle, motorcycle, supplemental health, and other niche insurance products.\nPrinicpal is prepared for potential effects of COVID-19 (coronavirus), and we’ll be here to help you address questions from your employers and their employees.\nRead what Principal is doing to manage the impact of COVID-19 in our business.\nGet answers to common questions regarding how COVID-19 applies to your coverage.\nDealing with the effects of COVID-19 (coronavirus) on you, your investments, your retirement account, and your business\nThis information will be updated if needed, as Principal continues to monitor the situation and address common questions.\nYou can also get the latest on all COVID-19 resources from Principal as they continue to share information on our approach, market volatility and what individuals, businesses and advisors can do to manage uncertainty.\nUnitedHealth Group Reinforces Actions Taken to Provide Members and Patients with COVID-19 Support and Resources\n- UnitedHealthcare has waived all diagnostic test cost-sharing for insured members\n- OptumCare clinicians are trained, well-prepared and addressing patients’ needs\n- Optum’s Emotional-Support Help Line is free of charge to help anyone dealing with stress and anxiety\nRead the March 9th press release\nWatch the UHC video regarding Covid-19\nVirtual visit providers have developed guidelines for members who think they may have been infected by COVID-19.\nThe Teladoc Health team has been monitoring this situation closely. Recent activities to support members who may be impacted by the coronavirus include:\n- Keeping global medical leadership team updated on the latest information regarding the COVID-19 and the most recent recommendations by the World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).\n- Training all front-line clinicians on how to evaluate respiratory illnesses given the outbreak of this infection.\n- Launching a coronavirus landing page* on Teladoc.com, which provides information about the virus and helps members navigate the best ways to receive care\n*Members are being steered to this landing page through social and digital media.\nFollowing CDC guidelines, AmWell clinicians screen to determine who should be sent to an in-person facility for further testing and who is at low risk for contracting COVID-19 by:\n- Evaluating a patient’s symptoms\n- Understanding a patient’s risk factors (e.g., recent travel or exposure to persons under investigation for COVID-19)\nDoctor On Demand\n- Doctor On Demand has distributed several practice-wide communications, educating providers about the latest developments regarding COVID-19. These educational communications are intended to ensure providers have the appropriate tools and resources to assist patients calling in with general questions about the coronavirus or about their risk of exposure.\n- Doctor On Demand launched a 2-minute assessment to help patients determine what precautions they should take in the event COVID-19 impacts their community. The assessment provides prevention recommendations, as well as categorizing individuals based on their risk level. High-risk individuals are directed to a doctor’s office to develop an individualized care plan. The assessment is available via the Doctor On Demand website and app.\n- Doctor On Demand is a beneficial resource for patients to utilize when differentiating between symptoms of the flu or common cold, or when they should seek in-person care for testing of COVID-19. Doctors can ask recommended historical questions as listed in the Interim 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Patient Under Investigation (PUI) form, and can reassure patients if they don’t meet the criteria as outlined by the WHO and CDC.\n- A thorough medical evaluation to include a patient’s travel history and symptoms, as well as referral to the appropriate level of care for any patient who is determined to be a potential PUI, per the CDC’s guidelines.\n- These patients are then reported to the appropriate public health department as recommended by the CDC and given instructions on how to seek local care, including contacting the local health care facility prior to arrival to ensure that isolation precautions are followed for the safety of others in the facility.\nCOVID-19 Outbreak Response Frequently Asked Quesitons\nUnum is taking several steps to ensure we can support customers and their employees through the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. As always, the health and safety of our customers, colleagues, and communities remain our top priority. Our business continuity program prepares us to respond to disruptive events through robust planning, regular testing, and constant monitoring – ensuring we can continue to support you and your employees as the situation progresses.\nHow is Unum Responding to Coronavirus?\nWe have created a cross-functional team that is closely monitoring developments as inquiries begin to emerge from our customers and providing guidance on the impact a quarantine or Coronavirus diagnosis will have on our policies. Our company is prepared to work closely with employers and policyholders to answer their questions and meet their needs.\nShort-Term Disability and Long-Term Disability\nUnum is continuing to actively monitor the situation as things develop, but at this time from a disability determination standpoint.\nWe would evaluate each situation where an individual is quarantined on a case-by-case basis.\nIf an illness results from the underlying condition for which the individual was quarantined, it would be treated as any other condition. For example, complications arising from receipt of the Coronavirus would be considered a disability if those complications result in restrictions and limitations that satisfy the contractual definition of disability and are not otherwise excluded by the policy.\nAdditionally, there are a few states that have unpaid leave where quarantine is a qualifying leave reason.\nUnpaid State leaves – Standard Leave Administration if qualifying event (unless the Employer has specifically opted out of these laws, which would be listed in service agreement)\n- MN Quarantine\n- SC Quarantine\n- ME Public Health\nQuarantine, in and of itself, would not be considered a medical impairment, similar to how loss of license alone does not result in disability if not accompanied by medical symptoms.\nImportant health plan benefit updates regarding coronavirus (COVID-19)\nLast week, we communicated to our members and groups about benefit updates regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) and this week we have an important update.\nEffective March 16, 2020, all Wellmark members will have access to virtual health care visits with no cost-share. To avoid the spread of COVID-19, we encourage our members to take advantage of virtual visits with their current primary care physician, if they have this capability. For those who don’t currently have a primary care physician, please use an in-network provider or Doctor on Demand®. The cost-share for such visits, including those for mental health reasons, are waived for the next 90 days. At that time, we will reassess. This update applies to all fully-insured and self-funded plans.\nThe other updates we communicated previously still apply to Wellmark’s fully-insured members. If your plan is self-funded by an employer or other entity, there may be some variation. Wellmark is currently working with our self-funded groups on how they wish to implement these or similar updates to their benefit plans with respect to COVID-19.\n- Waiving prior authorization processes. Wellmark will waive prior authorization processes for covered services related to COVID-19 to ensure patients receive the right care at the right time and location.\n- Covering diagnostic tests for COVID-19. Members will have no cost-share for appropriate testing to establish the diagnosis of COVID-19.\n- Increasing access to prescription medications. Wellmark prescription drug benefit plans allow for early refill (up to 30 days of medication) and we encourage the use of your 90-day retail and mail order benefits for maintenance drugs. We also will ensure formulary flexibility if there are medication shortages or other access issues. Members will not be liable for any additional charges if they receive a non-formulary medication as a result of a shortage of their current medication.\n- 24/7 support. Members also have access to Wellmark’s BeWell 24/7 service that connects them to real people who can help with a variety of health-related concerns 24/7.\nIf you are a Wellmark Medicare Supplement member, please visit Medicare.gov to learn what is covered related to your COVID-19 health care needs. As your supplemental carrier, Wellmark will continue to pay for out-of-pocket expenses according to your policy related to Medicare covered services, such as deductibles, copays and coinsurance. Visit your prescription drug plan’s website (YourMedicareSolutions.com/Covid-19 or JourneyRxMedicare.com/Covid-19) to see specific information about drug coverage related to coronavirus.\nCOVID-19 vs. Other Common Illnesses\nUpper Respiratory Infection\n|How long it takes to develop?\nOccurs 2 to 14 days after exposure\n|How long it takes to develop?\nStarts quickly, symptoms develop immediately\n|How long it takes to develop?\nDevelops slowly over time\n|How it spreads\nSpreads from person to person through coughing and sneezing and it can also be spread through infected surfaces or objects\nNote: Exposure is higher if traveling from or living in regions where others have contracted it.\n|How it spreads\nSpreads from person to person through coughing, sneezing, talking, or touching germs on an object\n|How it spreads\nSpreads from person to person through coughing, sneezing, or touching germs on an object\n|What are the symptoms?\nFever, cough, and shortness of breath\n|What are the symptoms?\nFever, chills, cough, sore throat, body aches, headaches, fatigue\n|What are the symptoms?\nCoughing, runny nose, congestion, pain or pressure behind the face, scratchy or sore throat\nInformation provided by: Teladoc", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Norway’s oil company, Statoil, is drilling wells in the far north, in the Barents Sea. This offshore drilling project includes many safeguards because of Norway’s relatively strong environmental regulations. According to the University of Alaska, some of the features of this project include reinjecting carbon dioxide into the field, as well as drill cuttings. The Norwegian government does not allow any discharges during normal drilling conditions, whether the discharge is mud, oil, or water.\nOne interesting feature of the Snohvit, or Snow White, drilling operation is that the drilling equipment is located on the floor of the sea, and engineers on the coast operate the facility remotely. This underwater rig is 89 miles offshore, so it sets a record for operating a drill at a distance. This seems like a very long distance for remotely controlling a complicated system such as a drill. In addition, the natural gas pipeline must also be at least 89 miles long to transport the liquid natural gas to the shore facility. According to Statoil, the shore facility is located in Melkoya in the Hammerfest region.\nSnohvit is also located farther north than any other oil field in the world. According to Statoil, the ocean this far north in Alaska is frozen solid, although warmer currents prevent this part of the Barents Sea from freezing. Using an underwater rig is necessary here because of the icy winter storms which would damage a rig above the waves. Underwater temperatures are much warmer than temperatures at the surface of the ocean. The freezing temperatures require additional precautions, such as using electrical heating and antifreeze to keep the pipeline free of ice. Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim plans to improve control room technology so that equipment in future oil fields can also be controlled from a long distance.\nPipelines only bring the oil from Snohvit to the shore. The main facility converts this natural gas into liquid natural gas so tankers can deliver it across the ocean to other ports. According to Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, the Snohvit rigs collect gas as well as liquid petroleum compounds, producing a multiphase flow which is complicated to transport to the facility on the shore.\nThis project is also designed to reduce the use of toxic chemicals. According to Alaska University, the Snohvit operation replaces chemical or petroleum based muds with water based muds. Dope was not used to coat the pipes and casings, so this product which contains petroleum as well as metal particles will not leak into the sea. The decision not to use dope is another unique feature of this project. E and P Magazine reports that the oil company ConocoPhillips is also working on dope free projects in the North Sea, which reduce waste disposal costs and involve less risk to oil rig workers along with their environmental benefits.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "By: Jake Kerr\nIn writing terms, pacing means how quickly the reader perceives things as happening in a story. This is different from rhythm, which is more about how the reader perceives something as “sounding” as they read it. Pacing is most often discussed at the narrative level—the pace of a chapter and a novel as a whole.\nPacing, like any other tool in the writer’s toolbox, has no definitive correct or incorrect usage—just the RIGHT usage. It all depends on the author’s intent and the reader experience. The King of Elfland’s Daughter is a very slowly paced novel, but that does not mean it is weaker than a brisk fantasy like The Hunger Games.\nitself is not right or wrong, its execution can be. Parts of a novel (or\neven the whole thing) can be paced too fast or too slow. Let’s look at some\n“This book starts out too slow.”\nThis is a common pacing problem and can be due to one or more problems. Probably the most common reason for a slow start is that the narrative tension is introduced too late. This can be countered by the introduction of interesting characters who are engaging in and of themselves, but interesting characters only buy you so much time. Eventually you’ll need to get to the conflict that drives the plot. Take too long and you get pacing complaints.\nSolutions here generally involve either introducing the conflict of the novel quicker within the scenes you already have or just starting later in the book. It is not uncommon for chapter three in my first draft to end up as chapter one in the final draft.\nAs I mentioned, another solution is to just make those earlier chapters more interesting, with vibrant characters and atmosphere. Note that this can actually make the problem worse. Adding lots of description\nto a slow chapter\ndoesn’t exactly make it move quicker. So be careful.\n“This section of the book is\n. . .\nRead the full article HERE!\nIf you missed my writing & marketing tweets and retweets yesterday, here they are again:\n- Emerging Author? Distance Yourself from The Pack - Where Writers Win http://ow.ly/HTvFK\n- How to Plan, Write, and Develop a Book: Take a Break from Words: How Image Boards Help Your Writing http://ow.ly/HTvJf\nof Writing: Dealing with Pacing Problems\nbyJake Kerr http://ow.ly/HTvLa\n- Facebook for Authors: Getting Started Guide | Jane Friedman http://ow.ly/HTvN8\nshowedme a cigarette lighter. saidit was yours. | A couple tips to writing spies/spying into... http://ow.ly/HTvOK\n- The Kill Zone: Getting Started With Scrivener http://ow.ly/HTvPS\n- Ksenia Anske Books/Blog/How often should you blog and indulge in social media? http://ow.ly/HTwGI\n- Review Social Media for Authors Podcast - Social Media Just for Writers http://ow.ly/HTwJL\n- Do You Have an Unreasonable To-Do List? Here’s How to Fix It - The International Freelancer http://ow.ly/HTwOa\nReedsy: a Marketplace for Indie Writers - Elizabeth Spann Craig http://ow.ly/HTxqu\n- Divas on Dialogue: How to Write Dynamic Dialogue - Write Divas http://ow.ly/HTy79\n- 5 Mistakes to Avoid If You Want to Be a Successful Author http://ow.ly/HTy8p\nShapeYour Story, Part Two: Summon the Elementary Teacher in Yourself | Writers' Rumpus http://ow.ly/HTyfD\n- How to Develop Your Characters | Swoon Reads http://ow.ly/HTywf\n- The Writing Café, Any tips for introducing a character? http://ow.ly/HTyE0\n- Build suspense with a ticking clock. - Venture Galleries http://ow.ly/HTyFJ\nScifiAnd Fantasy Writers Ended Up Regretting http://ow.ly/HTzKK\n- How to Write Titles that Sell - Venture Galleries http://ow.ly/HTzN5\n- Three things every writer needs to stay in the game - Writers Write http://ow.ly/HTzPz\n- Start At The Beginning, Not Before « Flash Fiction Chronicles http://ow.ly/HTzTa\n- How to Promote Your Business With Instagram | Social Media Examiner http://ow.ly/HTzXr\n- Scrivener Advantages for Authors - Where Writers Win http://ow.ly/HTBsV\n- Premium WordPress Themes for Authors http://ow.ly/HTBA1\nWhat You Don’t Like about Book Marketing Will Hurt\nYourBook | Warner CoachingWarner Coaching http://ow.ly/HTBOo\n- The Season of Kindle Unlimited Discontent | Indies Unlimited http://ow.ly/HTBRZ\n- Think Like a Publisher (and Release Your Inner Badass) http://ow.ly/HTP9D\n- A Quick Guide to Beta Reader Etiquette - Helping Writers Become Authors http://ow.ly/HTPEX\n- 5 things you don't want on your Book Cover - Author Zoo http://ow.ly/HTPRI\nWrite One Blog – eBooks\nvsPrint Books - Which makes more sense? http://ow.ly/HTQl8", "label": "No"}
{"text": "About This Image\nThe Great Red Spot is a vast storm system on Jupiter. It spins like a cyclone, with speeds reaching 270 miles per hour (430 km/h). The storm, which is twice the size of the Earth, was first seen when 17th century astronomers turned their telescopes on the planet. More than 300 years later, it's still going strong.Learn more in NewsCenter HubbleSite's NewsCenter is the place to find the story behind this image, along with its original news release and all related images.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "During this cold and flu season, everyone is trying to stay healthy. Here are four ways to keep from getting sick and spreading your germs:\n   1. Get vaccinated.\n   2. Cover your cough.\n   3. Stay home when you're sick.\n   4. Wash your hands!\nChildren's musician Bill Harley has written a fun song to remind us all about the importance of washing our hands to stay well and healthy. Click the graphic below to hear this great little song, \"Wash Your Hands (lávate las manos).\" And don't forget to wash your hands!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A tooth abscess is a pocket of pus that's caused by a bacterial infection. The abscess can occur at different regions of the tooth for different reasons. A periapical (per-e-AP-ih-kul) abscess occurs at the tip of the root, whereas a periodontal (per-e-o-DON-tul) abscess occurs in the gums next to a tooth root. The information here refers specifically to periapical abscesses.\nA periapical tooth abscess usually occurs as a result of an untreated dental cavity, injury or prior dental work.\nDentists will treat a tooth abscess by draining it and getting rid of the infection. They may be able to save your tooth with a root canal treatment, but in some instances it may need to be pulled. Leaving a tooth abscess untreated can lead to serious, even life-threatening, complications.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Science Doesn't Always Boost Sales, Study Finds\nWEDNESDAY, May 11, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Does science sell? Sometimes.\nUsing science to sell chocolate chip cookies and other yummy products is likely to backfire, a new study shows, but touting scientific research behind more practical, everyday items -- such as body wash -- can be an effective marketing strategy.\n\"People see science as cold, but competent. That doesn’t pair well with products designed to be warm and pleasurable to consumers,\" explained study co-author Rebecca Reczek, a professor of marketing at Ohio State University.\n\"But the cold competence of science is seen as perfectly appropriate to sell practical products that serve a utilitarian purpose,\" Reczek said in a school news release.\nHer team conducted a series of experiments with hundreds of U.S. college students. In one, students were given a menu with three chocolate chip cookie choices -- option A, B or C -- that were described in different terms.\nHalf of the participants had a menu that described option A as having \"Luscious chocolatey taste,\" while the other had a menu that described option A as \"Scientifically developed to have a luscious chocolatey taste.\"\nOn both menus, options B and C were the same and didn't mention science.\nThe science reference reduced the likelihood that participants would choose option A by 30%, according to the study. The results were published May 5 in the Journal of Consumer Research.\nIn another experiment, participants said they were more likely to buy a new body wash if they were told the lather will \"wash away odor-causing bacteria,\" rather than the lather will \"immerse your senses in an indulgent experience.\"\nAnd another experiment found that mentioning a \"rigorous scientific development process\" in marketing an indulgent smoothie brand was described by participants as \"disjointed.\" They were also more likely to say \"something seemed weird about the slogan.\"\nThe findings have implications beyond marketing, according to Reczek.\n\"The fact that consumers have stereotypes about science and scientists may be a barrier to accepting science, whether it is products or scientific findings,\" she said.\n\"People need a more realistic view of what scientists are really like and how science is a part of our everyday lives, including many of the products we use,\" Reczek added.\nFor more about Americans' views on science, go to the Pew Research Center.\nSOURCE: Ohio State University, news release, May 9, 2022", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Researchers from the University of Washington, Seattle, have discovered that genes in animals remain 'turned on' days after death, possibly opening the door to new and better ways for preserving donated organs for transplantation and more accurate methods of determining when murder victims were killed.\nLed by microbiologist Peter Noble, the research team wanted to test a new method they had developed for calibrating gene activity measurements. Following research they had undertaken 2 years ago on the abundance of microbes in different human organs after death, they decided to apply their method to post-mortem samples. \"It's an experiment of curiosity to see what happens when you die,\" Noble commented. The paper based on the outcomes of this research is currently being peer-reviewed for publication.\nNoble and his colleagues extracted and measured messenger RNA (mRNA) levels in the tissue of recently deceased mice and zebrafish. As mRNA plays an important role in gene expression, higher levels of this molecule should indicate more genetic activity. The research team were able to describe over 1 000 genes that 'stayed alive' post-mortem. A total of 515 mice genes continued to operate for up to two days, whilst 548 zebrafish genes remained functional for an entire four days after death.\nOne of the most surprising findings was that hundreds of genes actually fired up - boosting their activity - within the first 24 hours after death. Noble suspects that many of them might have been suppressed or shut off by a network of other genes when their host was alive, and only after death were they free to 'reawaken\".\nThe team also found that many of the genes that persisted post-mortem are typically active during embryonic development, which led them to theorise that, on a cellular level, newly developing lifeforms might share a lot in common with degenerating corpses. They also found that several genes that promote cancer became more active following death. This could explain why people who receive organ transplants from the recently deceased have a higher risk of cancer, although this has long been attributed to the immunosuppressive drugs transplant patients are typically prescribed.\nIn an accompanying paper, Noble and two of his colleagues demonstrated another possible use for gene activity measurements, showing that they can provide accurate estimates on the actual time of death. Estimating the time of death is crucial for criminal investigations but this process is mostly done using non-biological factors (for example, the last SMS sent or call made on the victim's mobile phone). Following Noble and his colleagues' discoveries on gene activation after death, there is now the real possibility of being able to biologically affirm the actual time of death, which will greatly benefit forensic and criminal investigations.\n\"The headline of this study is that we can probably get a lot of information about life by studying death,\" Noble concluded.\nIt's no secret that feeling positive vibes from people you work with makes the job more enjoyable.\nBut a new University of Michigan study shows a leader's positive energy has a direct impact on productivity, absenteeism and commitment. People who work with positive energy leaders also do more work outside their official roles, and have more satisfying family lives.\nKim Cameron and Wayne Baker of U-M's Ross School of Business and colleagues Brad Owens of Brigham Young University and Dana Sumpter of California State University-Long Beach measured relational energy—the energy you get when you interact with people who make you feel good when you spend time with them. Through surveys and field studies they documented how this energy works and the effect it has on organizations.\nThey found that the more relational energy a leader exudes, the better employees on that team perform in terms of productivity, absenteeism, engagement and job retention.\nEmployees also are more likely to help each other and volunteer for tasks outside their job description.\n\"Managers spend so much time managing information and influence,\" said Cameron, the William Russell Kelly Professor of Management and Organizations. \"But relational energy trumps both of those by a factor of four as an outcome determiner.\"\nA related study by Cameron, Baker and their co-authors found that people who experience relational energy at work have better home lives as well.\n\"There's a spillover from relational energy at work to the home, said Baker, the Robert P. Thome Professor of Management and Organizations and professor of sociology. \"When we interact with people, some buoy us up and others bring us down. When you're buoyed up you tend to bring that home.\"\nRelational energy isn't to be confused with charisma or personality, say Cameron and Baker, who are both core faculty members for the Center for Positive Organizations at the Ross School. Being an extrovert isn't necessary. It's simply the way people feel after you interact with them.\nThe research uncovers a cost-free way leaders can improve results and loyalty, and create a positive work environment. The key is finding the centers of energy in the company.\n\"Early in our research, we'd meet leaders who knew something was wrong, but they couldn't put their finger on it,\" Baker said. \"Now they can do a relational energy survey, draw an energy map and show the bright parts of their organization and the black holes. It's hard to figure out what's going on until they see a map. It's like seeing an X-ray.\"\nCameron says there's a need for companies to recognize relational energy and find ways to make it work for them.\n\"Do people get promoted or hired because they're a positive energizer? No, it's not even on the agenda,\" Cameron said. \"So here's a resource that's been ignored but is a major predictor of performance.\"\nExplore further: A little respect can kindle creativity at work", "label": "No"}
{"text": "On December 15 the Springfield News-Leader reported that three lots of H1N1 pediatric vaccine had been recalled from the Springfield Greene County Health Department. H1N1 is commonly referred to as \"swine flu.\" The issue with these \"swine flu\" vaccines was not one of safety, but one of potency. Tests revealed that the potency, or strength, of the recalled vaccines wasn't as high as is preferred. In all, around 800,000 vaccines were recalled from various suppliers throughout the United States.\nThere is no concern for the safety of children who received vaccinations from the recalled lots, according to information released from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Nor do those children need to be re-vaccinated. For more information, contact your local physician or the Springfield Greene County Health Department at (417) 864-1658.\nFind this article at", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Modern science informed us that the moon is moving around the Earth in an oval, or elliptical orbit. Also the Earth and the rest of the planets, revolve in oval, or elliptical orbit around the sun.\nIn the holy Quran this movement is described as follows: (And he is the one who created the night, daylight, sun and the moon, all swimming in an orbit). (Quran, The Prophets: 33).\nFrom my point of view, I think God used the names of the sun, moon, night, and daylight as symbols of the four heavenly cosmic creatures,\nNight (darkness): nowdays symbolizes dark matter, or what is sometimes called the cosmic fluid, or fabric of cosmos. Dark matter did not glow by the passage of light. Daylight: symbolizes the gases of the earth atmosphere, or other gases in the universe that glow by the passage of light, Sun: symbolizes the stars and the sources of energy and cosmic tremendous heat radiation. Moon: a symbol of the cold rocky objects in the universe.\nSo night, daylight, sun, and moon are only a set of nearby symbols, that are close to us in the universe, and are having masses, energy, radiation…etc.\nThe idea behind all of this, is that if God is telling us: (All swimming in an orbit). This means that the natural mechanical movement of every thing in the universe, either it is radiation, dark matter, energy or solid masses, it is swimming, or what we call in physics wavy motion.\nWhat can be understood from swimming (the wavy motion)? throughout many verses in the Quran, and through the Arabic language uses of the word, it is meant by swimming: the moving waves, or moving on the moving waves, is absolutely different from the word floating.\nSo how come the space objects are moving in oval or elliptical orbits, while God telling us it is moving in a wavy way inside its orbits?\nIn figure (1) When an object is floating on the surface of a wave, it will appear moving up and down following a circular or oval path, But if this object moves up and down and, at the same time it follows the track of the wave, by moving forward with it, it will appear swimming for an outer observer, but still appear moving in a circular or oval path for an observer located in or on that object.\nAlso we know from mathematics, if any rotating object needs to keep rotating around its center of rotation, after that center of rotation moved from its place, it must follow a wavy track around it.\nScience today has proved that all cosmic objects are moving from its places, due to the expansion of the universe, this means that no object will return to its old place, so since circular or oval path can result only if an object returned to its old starting point, after rotating around another object, this means that no object in the universe is rotating in oval or circular orbit.\nSo from all of the above, we can reach a result: everything in the universe, to keep its local oval or circular track around another moving object, it must follow a wavy track.\nBut maybe somebody will ask: how the moon appeared to us moving around the earth in an oval path, while you are saying, it is a wavy orbit?\nAt first, imagine you were sitting inside a car. in a center of a roundabout, a car came from behind, and moved towards your right, then front of you, then to your left and back to behind. There is no doubt that you will see the vehicle moving around you in a circular path as in figure 2.\nNow imagine that you were sitting inside a car, moving smoothly out of the center of the roundabout without your feeling. A car came from behind you figure 3, increased its speed, and passed you from right, then turned to left to be in front of you, then went more to the left to be in your front left side, after that this car reduced its speed, so you started passing it, and it became at your left, then at your rear left, at that moment the driver of that car took to the right, and become behind you, if you were watching that vehicle from inside your car, and somebody asked you describe the path of that vehicle around you, you will tell it came from behind me to right, front, left and behind, so you will describe the path, the same when you described while your vehicle was stationary in the center of the round about, the result is that you are drawing a circular path of that vehicle.\nBut there is one observer watching from a distance, over your silver car, and over the other yellow car. This observer is drawing a different path than the one you have drawn, he is drawing a wavy path for the yellow vehicle around you, he devised that movement of that vehicle around you in stages: Stage 1: Yellow car behind you, and increases its speed to pass you from behind to right. Stage 2: Yellow car at your right. Stage 3: yellow car passed from right to front of you towards your front left, Stage 4: Yellow car decreased its speed and you passed it, so it become at your left. Stage 5: Your speed is still higher, so the yellow car became at your rear left, later its driver took to the right and became behind you.\nThe moon is moving in the same way around the earth figure 4, when its behind the earth its speed is the lowest, it is 0.968 km/s, then this speed increases while the moon is passing the earth from the right until it reach max. value (1.022 km/s) at the moment when the moon is in front of the earth, then it begin to decrease while the moon is at the left, the reason why the earth passes it, until the moon become behind the earth again where its speed is the lowest. This will be further explained in the gravity chapter.\nThe increase and decrease in the speed of the moon, related to the average 30 km/s speed of the earth, where the speed of the moon is added to it while it is at the right side of the earth, and substracted from it while it is at the left, this moon speed increase and decrease, is the same to what is happening with a swimmer, when he pulls on his hands on the water, he gets more speed, and his body raises up, when he interchange between his hands, his speed decreases, and his body goes down, completing a wavy motion, the wave of water itself is doing the same, when its speed increases, it raises up, when its speed decreases it goes down and so on, drawing a wavy track.\nAlso as the earth speed fluctuates around its average value (29.783 km/s) the sun is moving at a speed of nearly 220 km/s, the increase of the speed of the earth makes it passes the sun, the decrease of its speed makes the sun passes the earth, that is while the earth is moving around the sun, figure. 5.\nNote that the earth has two main movements and speeds, one with the sun, its speed equals to the speed of the sun (220 km/s), where the earth here moves with the sun inside the curved space-time of the galaxy, and around its center, while the other movement of the earth has a speed average (29.783 km/s), this speed makes the earth capable of moving inside the local curved space-time around the sun, in a local elliptical path, but when drawing the orbit of the earth according to both movements at the same time, and considering that the earth local speed fluctuates to make it one time passes the sun, while the sun passes it again periodically, the actual orbit will be wavy, this will be discussed and explained in more details in the gravity chapter.\nIn the following figure 6, I drew the wavy path of the moon around the earth, while the earth is orbiting in a wavy way around the sun.\nHere it can be seen, that both earth and moon, are swimming in the sun orbit, also our galaxy is moving with a local group of galaxies at a speed of 2 million km/h or 555 km/second. As the sun swims at an increasing and decreasing speed of average 220 km/s, around the moving center of our galaxy, it will swim one wavy motion every 250 million years; this means our sun has done around 20 wavy motions since its creation. Figure 7 shows how the sun is moving in a wavy track, around the moving center of our galaxy, noting that, this model and all the models I have drawn are not to scale, if it is difficult to draw these to scale in a big area, other bigger orbits will be impossible to be drawn to scale, even on the whole surface of the earth.\nThis figure 8 shows in the upper side, the earth waving in its orbit with the moon, both around the sun, and the sun with the earth and moon, waving inside one orbit around the moving center of the Milky Way galaxy.\nWhile figure 9 shows a sketch of the wavy orbits of the moon around the earth’s wavy orbit, also showing both earth and moon wavy orbits around the sun’s wavy orbit, while all moon, earth and sun orbits are waving in one orbit, around the center of the milky way galaxy....\nWhen I reached the result: small celestial bodies swim inside bigger orbits of bigger celestial bodies and so on, I was capable of drawing the orbits of the moon in that of the earth, the sun, the milky way galaxy, the local group of galaxies, the galactic clusters, super galactic cluster, and the great wall. Figure 10, is showing these orbits, where we can see that the tracks or orbits in our universe are wavy, this is why we can read in another verse in the Quran, (I swirl by the heaven which own a fabric (texture or knots) property) (Al-Tharieat: 7), knots in Arabic means the wavy curved shapes, that appear on the water, sand, wheat, or fabrics. Also, prophet Mohammad was asked one day: (What is this heavens? He answered: it is waves, but hidden from you or (separated from you)), nowdays we are describing the space in scientific language, that it is having a property of: texture, fabric, gravity waves...etc.\nWhen I reached these results, and understood from the description of the heavens, that it has a property of knots, while knots means in our language (Arabic) the wavy ways on tissue, water or sand, I expected to find the combinations of waves from the small over the bigger over the bigger, on the tissues, figure 11, water, figure. 12, and sand figure 13. Actually what I found was the same that I drew for the wavy accumulated orbits of swimming cosmic objects. If I want to draw the maps of tracks of air on tissues, or water, or sand accumulated waves, it will be the same of that drawn on fig. 10.\nThis figure shows that the air imprints on the flag waves, that moves the tissue in a wavy way, at the same time we can see small waves over the bigger ones.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A review commissioned by the Department of Health is expected to recommend promoting e-cigarettes as a less harmful alternative for existing smokers, when it reports later this month. Health Secretary Sajid Javid appointed former Barnardo’s Chief Executive Javed Khan to lead the inquiry in February. Ministers want to make England “smoke free”, defined as fewer than one in 20 people smoking, by the end of the decade.\nE-cigarettes heat up a liquid containing nicotine, which is then inhaled. They are considered to be less harmful than traditional cigarettes and the British Medical Association has suggested they should be licensed as medicine, which would allow doctors to recommend them to smokers trying to quit.\nMr Khan said: “In my review I have considered a range of critical interventions that will make the most difference. For example, I’ve looked at the promotion of vaping as a less harmful alternative; a greater role for the NHS in ending smoking and the need to tackle illicit tobacco sales”\nHe added: “Tobacco is the single largest cause of preventable illness and death, with a quarter of deaths from all cancers estimated to be from smoking in 2019.\n“Despite national progress such as the ban on indoor smoking implemented in 2007, smoking remains very high in certain parts of the country – particularly in poorer areas.”\n“I have been tasked by the Health and Social Care Secretary to help the government achieve its ambition to be smokefree by 2030. The evidence is clear that taking action on smoking will be critical to dramatically improving the health and wealth of the nation.\n“Smoking costs society around £17 billion, of which the NHS alone spends £2.5 billion a year on treating smokers, and that cost is spiralling. A greater focus on prevention is needed.”\nHis findings will contribute to the Government’s Health Disparities White Paper, designed partly to cut huge differences in life expectancy across the country, and a planned Tobacco Control Plan for England. Both are due to be published this year.\nThe Government sees reducing health differences as a key part of its “levelling up” agenda. Currently, life expectancy varies wildly by location, with men from Blackpool, in the North West, living 74 years on average, while men in Kensington and Chelsea in London live an average of 84 years.\nReducing smoking would also provide a boost to household finances, with the average smoker spending £2,000-a-year on tobacco on average.\nAnti-tobacco campaigners initially feared that e-cigarettes might prove attractive to non-smokers. But this does not appear to have happened and it’s now thought vaping can be promoted as a less harmful alternative for existing smokers.\nA report published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Smoking and Health, which supports efforts to cut smoking, found: “Concerns that use of e-cigarettes among young people would grow rapidly and provide a new pathway into smoking have not materialised in the UK to date.”\nIt continued: “The vast majority of e-cigarettes are being used by adult smokers to help them quit smoking, cut down or prevent relapse.”\nBut there is concern that the Government will fail to meet its goal of making England “smoke free”, which it defines as fewer than one in 20 people smoking.\nConservative MP Bob Blackman, chair of the all-party group, said: “If we do carry on as we are, we will be lucky if we make England smoke-free by 2046, as opposed to 2030.\n“Roughly 300 young people start smoking every day. When someone is hooked on smoking, they will almost certainly die prematurely. Radical action has to be taken.”", "label": "No"}
{"text": "They were toys destined only to bob up and down in nothing than a child's bath - but so far they have floated halfway around the world. Boxes of the bathtime toys - made in China for the United States firm The First Years Inc - were washed overboard in the Eastern Pacific Ocean one stormy January night in 1992 and broke open. The shipment of 29,000 rubber bathtub toys, including ducks, beavers, turtles and frogs have traveled 17,000 miles.\nFloating across the sea, landing in Hawaii and spending years frozen in an Arctic ice pack, while others have made their way through the Bering Strait, past icebergs, around the Northern coast of Greenland and into the Atlantic Ocean. While the ducks are undoubtedly a loss to the bathtime fun of thousands of children, their adventures at sea proved an invaluable aid to science.\nThe toys have helped researchers to chart the great ocean currents because when spotted bobbing on the waves they are much more likely to be reported to the authorities then the floats which scientists normally use.\nAnd because the toys are made of durable plastic and are sealed watertight, they have been able to survive years adrift at the mercy of the elements.\nEric Carle could not resist making a story out of this newspaper report. And neither could I.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "To coincide with the Nature Science Blogging 2008 conference this weekend in London, we present this guest post from Coracle, the away-from-the-bench scientist who writes the Science and Progress blog. I’ve long been a fan of Science and Progress and Coracle shares my love of natural products pharmacology and skeptical eye for alternative medicine.\nIf you’re in London and see Coracle at the conference, please buy him a pint and send me the bill.\n“Last Friday, April 16th, 1943, I was forced to interrupt my work in the laboratory in the middle of the afternoon, being affected with a remarkable restlessness, combined with a slight dizziness.”\nThe invention and serendipitous discovery of the psychoactive properties of Lysergic acid diethylamine (LSD) are, of course, well known. However, the curious history and biology of its parent compound are perhaps less well known. For those that are not familiar with the story, LSD is a semisynthetic compound produced from a metabolite found in the fungal parasite ergot. When Albert Hofmann was screening ergot derivatives for oxytocic activity, he happened to become intoxicated by LSD. How this happened, either by ingestion or absorption, is not clear. However, the compounds effects were severe enough to force him to stop working. To confirm the effect Hofmann experimented on himself, ingesting 0.25 mg of each product he had been working on that Friday. Shortly after consuming LSD he again suffered hallucinations. The ingestion of 0.25 mg seems to be a rather high dose. Current opinion has it that the threshold dose for mental effects is 20 – 30 microgrammes.\nHowever fascinating, LSD is only part of the story.\nErgot has a rich and varied history in medicine and in disease. It grows on a range of cereal and grass plants, preferring damp conditions. In rye, ergot forms dark horns which project from the ear of the plant. These growths give ergot its name, from the French argot, or cock’s spur.\nIts growth on cereal crops has resulted in many historical outbreaks of disease, at its height it is thought to have resulted in 40,000 deaths. Ergot poisoning takes two forms: the gangrenous and the convulsive and neither sound particularly pleasant. Gangrenous ergotism results from the vasoconstrictive actions of ergot alkaloids, and causes swelling of the extremities and limbs. This swelling was said to be extremely painful, and could result in the loss of a hand or foot at a joint. Because of the vasoconstriction this loss was both painless and bloodless. The order of St Anthony, whose members traditionally cared for the victims, also contributes to one of the justifiably dramatic names for the disease, St Anthony’s Fire.\nThe second form, the convulsive, sounds barely preferable. A number of symptoms occur, including painful muscle spasms, convulsions and diarrhoea, as well as the mental manifestations of hallucinations and delirium. Although the worst of the epidemics occurred in the middle ages, there were still some out-breaks in the twentieth century, in both the UK and in France.\nAlong with its history of disease, ergot has a history of medicinal use. Its earliest use was in obstetrics in ancient China, in around 1100 BC. The effect of ergot alkaloids on smooth muscle meant that it had applications as an abortificant or to induce labour. The oxytocic effect of ergot was rediscovered in 1582 in Germany, when the physician and botanist Lonitzer described its use by midwives as a means of quickening labour.\nErgot derivatives still find use in modern obstetrics. Ergonovine, a naturally occurring ergot alkaloid, is somewhat pharmacologically promiscuous. It is a weak antagonist to dopamine in blood vessels, and a partial agonist on a-adrenergic receptors in the same tissues. However, its primary effect is believed to be as an agonist on 5-HT2 receptors in uterine smooth muscle, enhancing contractions. This stimulant effect has lead to ergonovine being approved for the treatment of spontaneous abortion complicated by haemorrhage, or for the treatment and prophylaxis of haemorrhage following delivery.\nThanks their effects on blood vessels, ergot alkaloids also find uses outside obstetrics. Although they have fallen out of favour somewhat, ergotamine, dihydroergotamine and methysergide have found use in migraine therapy. Ergotamine tends to be used in a preventative manner, whereas dihydroergotamine is used in the management of acute symptoms. Understandably, due to their vasocontrictive actions, these compounds are contraindicated in vascular diseases.\nThe progressive loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra results in the movement disorder known as Parkinson’s disease, and is characterised by tremor, muscle rigidity and the slowing of movements. The standard therapy is to replace missing dopamine using the pro-drug L-dopa, which is converted to dopamine by L-amino acid decarboxylase. However, as treatment with L-dopa continues, the body becomes tolerant and the therapeutic effect is abrogated. Fortunately, a number of ergot derivatives exhibit selective dopaminergic agonism. Bromocryptine, pergolide and cabergoline may be used on their own, or as adjuncts, in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.\nSo, ergot alkaloids act on a number of pharmacological targets. We have seen them as agonists to serotonin receptors, to dopamine receptors and to adrenergic receptors, but which of these are responsible for the remarkable psychic effects of LSD? That LSD is antagonistic to serotonin in peripheral tissues was established in the 1950s. This lead to the hypothesis that a similar activity in the CNS and, indeed, LSD was found to be inhibitory to 5-HT neurons within the dorsal raphe nucleus through an agonistic activity on 5-HT1A receptors. However, other hallucinogens with structural similarities, such as psilocin or mescaline, don’t share this activity, suggesting that this activity is not responsible for the hallucinatory effects of LSD. One shared affinity of these compounds is for agonism at 5-HT2A receptors. Activation of these receptors increases the activity of neurons in a range of structures within the brain. However, LSD is also an agonist at dopamine D2 receptors and the the role this activity may play is not clear. Although many applications for LSD have been tried, none have stuck, and these tribulations contributed to Hofmann considering LSD his ‘troubled child’.\nBack in April we had a discussion as to whether Terra Sig should become a co-blog given my decreased posting frequency due to changes in my offline life. Based on your feedback, we’ll stay solo but will gladly offer you guest posts like these on occasion.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "“Penguins are remarkably well adapted to their icy environment, thanks to millions of years of evolution.”\nYou're reading a web page about penguins written by someone who's really interested in them. The page has this scientific observation.\nPenguins are remarkably well adapted to their icy environment, thanks to millions of years of evolution.\n\"Remarkably\" is a word that means something similar to \"very\" or \"quite\". It also expresses a feeling of surprise.\n\"Remarkably ___ is not as common as \"very\" or \"quite\", though. It's mostly used within certain phrases like \"remarkably well ___\". Some examples of this include:\nPlant remains, textiles, leather, and even human bodies have been remarkably well preserved by the dry desert climate.\nYour children are remarkably well behaved.\nTheir meat and vegetable dishes were remarkably well flavored.\n\"Well adapted\", as used in the example at top, is another common phrase used with \"remarkably\".\nTo be \"adapted to\" an environment means to be able to live in that environment well because of certain qualities you have. For example, penguins are adapted to cold environments because they have thick feathers that keep them warm.\nPeople can also \"be adapted to\" an environment. This can mean either that they are physically adapted, or that they are mentally able to handle a situation.\n\"Evolution\" is a scientific term. It means the way that animals and plants change over time, to become better adapted to their environments. For example, people sometimes like to talk about why humans first started to walk on two feet instead of using all 4 hands like apes do.\nEvolution takes a long time to work, so it's common to talk about \"millions of years of evolution\", or \"hundreds of thousands of years of evolution.\nSociety expects us to control our urges, but you can't fight against millions of years of evolution.\nYou can say what was responsible for something, or what caused it, using \"thanks to ___\".\nThis phrase works best for talking about the cause of something good:\nWe've raised over $130,000 thanks to your help and donations.\nI can watch thousands of movies and TV shows instantly in my living room thanks to this device.\nBut there are also times when you use this phrase to talk about the cause of somethingbad:\nWe had to re-do our entire bathroom and hallway floors thanks to that water leak.\nWe missed the first half thanks to the traffic.\nYou can use \"thanks to ___\" to say that a person was responsible, or a thing:\nI know how to do it thanks to you.\nShe's in much better shape now, thanks to the dance classes she's been taking.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Apples and Newton and shells and \"foot pounds\"\nFor each force there is an equal and opposite force.\nWhen the apple fell onto Newton’s head his head received no damage, other than muss his hair.\nThe apple busted.\nAnother factor in the rifle recoil is the gas expelled from the muzzle after the bullet has left the barrel and is no longer subject to the expanding gas. This means the rifle is experiencing a reactive force which is not caused by accelerating the mass of the bullet.\nThis expelled gas also has force. The mass is small but the velocity is large. This is the principle by which rockets operate.\nTo demonstrate this effect you might pull the bullet from the case and plug the end or use a blank, and fire the rifle. There will still be substantial recoil. Perhaps not as much as with firing a bullet, but there will be recoil.\nThis does not take into consideration the total mass accelerated forward and the total mass accelerated back. But it does apply to the recoil force felt by the shooter and the impact force of the bullet.\nSo, stick a modified shell in that there clip and see how many of them there “foot pounds” you get.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Using water for warmth is a type of radiant floor heating called hydronics. Tubes of cross-linked polyethylene -- PEX -- carry warm water between the subfloor and the finished floor surface. The warmth transfers to the tile and radiates into the room, warming people and objects. Tile is one of the best materials to install as a finished floor for this type of system. It holds and evenly distributes warmth conveyed by PEX tubing. Almost any heat source can warm the water, including gas, propane, oil, wood, electricity or solar energy.\nInstall PEX tubing in S-shaped loops across the top of the plywood. Special staples hold the loops in place, and installers pour a self-leveling mortar mix over the floor. The mortar embeds PEX tubing and provides a firm, flat surface for tile installation. Retailers also sell pre-grooved plywood sheets that are designed to accept PEX tubing. After attaching the plywood, snake the PEX into the grooves, and cover the subfloor with self-leveling mortar. Have a licensed contractor check your flooring support to ensure it has enough strength to hold up the added weight of mortar and tile.\nExisting concrete slabs are candidates for hydronic heating systems. Application is similar to that used on plywood subfloors. Installers wind PEX tubing over the floor, secure it by tieing it to rebar, then embed both in a layer of mortar. Make sure the slab was insulated before it was poured, or add a reflective insulation material before installing PEX tubing over an existing slab. Without proper insulation, the slab becomes a heat sink that drives warmth toward the ground and away from the home. Lay ceramic tile over the mortar.\nUnder a Subfloor\nIf you’ve already installed tiles, and you have a basement or crawlspace, you can still add hydronic radiant heating. Introduce PEX tubing into the joist bays, which are the open spaces between floor joists. You’ll need to drill through joists in order to extend the tubing from one bay to the other. Once in place, add aluminum plates designed for this type of application. The plates staple to the subfloor and help keep the tubing in place. Add a layer of insulation to direct heat toward the living space.\nOver Existing Tile\nCeramic tile installs over any type of solid subflooring, even over existing tile. If you have a slab subfloor and do not wish to take on the laborious job of removing an existing tile floor, add PEX tubing over the tile as if it were a subfloor. Pour a self-leveling mortar over the tubing, which will conceal the coils and offer a solid, flat surface for a new tile installation. Be aware, however, that this will raise the height of the existing floor by 2 to 3 inches.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This gave me the chance to introduce my son to Aristotle's ideas of social structure, as well as to explain largely how the society works using subsidiarity as a principle, namely the idea of a larger order dependent on autonomous smaller orders for its existence.\nIn Bali, the two large orders are caste and town (Pura adat). The castes follow standard Hindu rules, though due to sound shifts, V's are changed to W's (so Vishnu is called Wishnu, and the Vasya are the Weisya).\nThe costs and benefits of the Hindu caste system are too numerous to go into here. Whole books could be written on the subject, but two points are worth noting. First caste stands in the way of self-sufficiency. Different kinds of labor are divided by caste such that one cannot achieve much without working with others of different castes. Thus one important aspect is that the caste system trades independence for interdependence and thus ensures that society must always work together. Instead of an undifferentiated mass of individuals as we are used to thinking of society in the West, Hindu society aggressively partitions society and apportions members of it with lots in life. This may be explored in a future post.\nHowever the major focus of this post will be the town. As an economy that was up until very recently dependent on rice agriculture for survival, most Balinese come from an agricultural background. Even today rice farming is a very important both economically and culturally to the island although tourism is the main industry on the island these days. The primary form of farming is that of small rice paddies, periodically flooded based on water availability. Water management is a central communal focus.\nFamily and Neighborhood\nThe fundamental unit in any society is the married household. Married households are societies in miniature and they are the primary method of passing cultural expressions and values onto children. As in most societies these are often multi-generational and there may be several generations living under one house. However in general, only married child is allowed to stay in the home of the parents and inherit the living quarters. Other sons must go out and build their own, while daughers move into their husbands houses upon marriage.\nEach married household itself must belong to the banjar through the husband's membership. The banjar is the smallest social/governmental unit in Balinese society, being similar to a neighborhood association but with a wider range of power and responsibilities than is seen in the West. The Banjar is thus properly seen as an organ of government in Balinese society and a fundamentally democratic one (Bali is traditionally, like most Hindu societies, a monarchy but one with local democratic institutions).\nThe banjar thus constitutes the first of the fundamental public institutions of\nFarming Association and Water Management\nThe second fundamental institution is that of the Subak, or farming association. The Subak is actually more akin to a water district, and the primary responsibility is to coordinate schedules for flooding the paddies so that there is enough water for every member. Because there may be some distance between the paddy and dwelling, the subak and the banjar may not be coterminous. A given banjar may consist of people in different subak2, while a given subak may consist of people in different banjar2.\nOne can see in this approach something akin to the guild system of Europe. Here the various professional individuals work together to divide up scarce resources and ensure that everyone is productive.\nThe Subak and Banjar essentially form the warp and weft of village organization, and are woven into the municipal government. These various villages would then form the kingdom of Bali which into historical times was a monarchy (and the royal family is still well respected and carries with them a great deal of moral authority, as far as I can tell).", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Another oft-quoted claim of Cassidy’s, which has absolutely no basis in fact, is the notion that crony can be traced back to an Irish phrase comh-roghna. Cassidy says that this word means “fellow chosen-ones, mutual-sweethearts, fellow favourites, close friends, mutual pals”.\nWhile comh– exists and rogha/roghanna exists there is no evidence in the Irish language of either roghanna or comhroghanna being used to mean friends or pals. Comhrogha and comhroghanna are not even in Ó Dónaill’s dictionary, though the word comhrogha has been used with the senses of rival, alternative or choice. Rogha means a choice. There are plenty of words and phrases for the concept of friends or mates – cairde, compánaigh, comrádaithe. Comhroghanna and roghanna are not among them. They do not occur in the dictionaries with these meanings and they are not used in speech in this sense.\nWhile the other words for companion or comrade, comrádaí, compánach and cara occur many times in Corpas na Gaeilge (a database of Irish), comhrogha only occurs five times and always in the sense of choice or alternative, never to refer to friends. In any case, comhroghanna (koh-ray-anna) doesn’t sound much like cronies to me!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Stage stations burned\nby Ed Cook, Contributing Writer\nThe stage from Fort Laramie arrived here today. Regular weekly coaches are again scheduled to leave Fort Laramie every Saturday. The coach, crew and passengers will stay overnight here and get an early start tomorrow so they can cover the most hazardous part of the remaining trip in the daylight.\nWith the establishment of military camps at Hat Creek and Camp Collier on the Cheyenne River, the Stage Co. announced the resuming of regular weekly stage schedules and said they intend to start running three stages per week as soon as the route is \"clear of Indians,\" so that the station keepers and stock on the route would be safe. In addition to the newly established camps, and Captain Egan's troops patrolling the route. The 5th Cavalry commanded by Colonel Merritt is camped on Sage Creek, under orders to stop the flow of Indians from the Red Cloud agency trying to join Sitting Bull in the Powder River country.\nJune 27, 1876 - Luke Voorhees, superintendent of the Cheyenne Black Hills Stage and Express Co., rode in today from Custer City. He had been on a lone ride from Custer to Livingston, Mont. (north of Yellowstone), and back as requested by the 2nd Assistant Postmaster General, to determine if a mail route could be established through the area. Voorhees is convinced that the route could not be established at this time.\nOn his way back to Fort Laramie from Custer City, Voorhees also rode upon the smoldering ruins of the Stage Stops at the Cheyenne River and here at Hat Creek that were burned by Indians last night.\nNOTE: J.W. Dear's Ranch on Rawhide Creek, which had just been completed and intended as a stage stop was also burned at the same time. Bands of Sioux even swooped as far south as Chugwater where they ran off 20 head of Hi Kelly's horses. These events all happened simultaneously with the defeat of the 7th Cavalry in the Battle of the Little Big Horn in which Gen. George A. Custer and his command of 256 troops were killed.\nFor a brief time no wheels turned along the Black Hills trail and no travelers ventured into the Indian country north of Fort Laramie.\n(Information sources: Cheyenne and Black Hills Stage and Express Route by Agnes Wright Spring; Hat Creek and hard Times by Edward C. Bryant.)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This battleground is a long way from the main battle that was occurring at that time on the Somme. The battle is commemorated by the Australian Memorial Park with its Cobbers statue and the VC Corner Cemetery near the small village of Fromelles. They are in the middle of a flat, featureless plain of cultivation and wheat fields. The Laies River around which the Australian 5th Division carried out the Australian’s first attack in France on 19th July 1916 is just like a straight open drain in this area. The attack was a complete disaster with 5533 casualties, and it is not too difficult to see why. The land is so flat and the only slightly higher spots of Fromelles village and Aubers Ridge were held by the Germans.\nThere are five panoramas in this set which enable a number of different viewpoints of the battlefield\n1. Australian Memorial Park and Cobbers Statue.\n2. VC Corner Cemetery.\n3. The frontline near the Laies River.\n4. The starting line near the 'Sugarloaf' salient\n5. Le Trou Aid Post Cemetery\nMore information about the Battle of Fromelles can be obtained from:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Why is a party based on working-class solidarity far less sinister than a party based on a racial or ethnic group? Perhaps because being working-class is not a fixed identity, and solidarity is open to all. One’s race or ethnicity is viewed as more static. Most of us can imagine struggling to pay bills and keep a roof over our heads, but few can imagine being another race. Race-thinking is anti-empathetic by its nature.\nObviously, most humans have a variety of identities that they balance, synthesize, and are enriched by. Before World War I, socialists expressed their opposition to a conflict that they believed, correctly, would only bring suffering to the workers of the world. But once the Great War commenced socialist parties in the main fell into line, expressing national patriotism. This shattered the illusion of radicals that socialism would supersede nationalism, and that class solidarity trumped patriotic feeling.\nThe rise and success of the Soviet Union as a socialist state proved that identities and emotions beyond class are necessary. A cult of personality around Stalin flourished, while to defeat Nazi Germany the Soviet Union promoted the “Great Patriotic War” rooted in a traditionalist Russian nationalism.\nJust as individuals have complex identities, so do societies. Historian David Cannadine argued that the British Empire may have been grounded in the racial and ethnic nationalism that was ascendant in the late 19th century, but there was also an element of conservative class hierarchy that cut across race and ethnicity. The British aristocracy did not view the nobility of non-European societies as simply non-white, nor did they view their own British social inferiors as simply other white people.\nIn modern identitarian Left politics, the multidimensional texture of identities is often collapsed, with a spectrum of “marginality” being the primary organizing principle. Social justice liberation aims to free, empower, and “center” marginalized sexual, racial, religious, and social identities. But this paradigm ignores the fact that not all identity categories are interchangeable or operate with the same currency, and some identities are much more powerful, and dangerous than others. Race and ethnicity in particular have the potential to ignite conflicts within societies in a manner without parallel. Any conflict rooted around fixed identities can only end in zero-sum games. Someone wins. Someone loses. Always.\nThe other fixed identity is sex. But, despite rhetoric about a “battle of the sexes,” men and women need each other. Even in patriarchal societies where men are held to be superior to women, men have mothers and often sisters. The tensions between the sexes emerge from intimacy, not alienation and ignorance, and that necessary intimacy imposes a limit on the conflicts and social discord that might emerge due to activism.\nMen and women cannot abolish each other because men and women need each other to exist. There is no sexist equivalent in patriarchal societies to the sort of exterminationism which flourished in Nazi Germany or in Rwanda in the 1990s. Women in a nation such as Saudi Arabia are unfree and held in a level of extreme subordination and control which offends all those with liberal sensibilities, but there would be no Saudi nation without women.\nSaudi Arabia in many ways is a perfect laboratory to illustrate the anatomy of oppression and the dimensions it may take. The House of Saud built a state on the foundation of religious supremacy, class hierarchy, and the abject subjugation of women to men. The monarchy began in the 18th century as an alliance between the rulers of Diriyah in central Arabia and the Wahhabi movement. The Saudi ruling family allows the Wahhabi sect to dictate the religious life of the nation through the ubiquitous morality police, and the Wahhabi establishment confers divine legitimacy upon the monarchy.\nBut the Wahhabis are only a minority of Saudi Arabia’s population. There are Shia Muslims in the Persian Gulf region of Saudi Arabia who suffer explicit discrimination. Sunni Muslims from the west of the country, where Mecca and Medina are located, are also marginalized, outsiders to the Nejdi Wahhabi ascendancy. And though Saudi Arabia has large non-Muslim communities of guest workers, no non-Islamic religion can be present and visible in public spaces in the kingdom.\nBut religion, by its nature, has within it the capacity for assimilation and fluidity. If you are a Shia Muslim oppressed by the Wahhabi domination of Saudi society, conversion is always an option. One’s religion is not seen as fixed by birth. Oppression is balanced against the possibility of assimilation, even if such transformations of identity offend our views of the liberty that human conscience is due.\nSimilarly, though the Saudi state is run for and by the numerous princes of the royal family, who exist as a leisured class, poorer Saudis do have a chance, small as it is, to join the economic and social elite through luck and hard work. Osama bin Laden’s father is a famous example of this. Born in coastal Yemen, he immigrated to Jeddah and worked as a porter, before parlaying a relationship with the House of Saud into wealth and prosperity. In all societies, there are those who are born poor who become rich, and those born to wealth who lose their wealth, status, and power.\nThen there is sexual orientation. The Saudi state has executed people due to “homosexual acts.” But the reality of being gay in Saudi Arabia is more complex. In many repressive patriarchal societies where gender segregation is the norm, homosexuality is tacitly accepted so long as discretion and outward conformity to heterosexuality is maintained. Though sexuality has a biological basis, historically the way it plays out in terms of particular identities has been complex, and subject to cultural norms.\nWhereas the Saudi treatment of religious and sexual minorities and women as second-class citizens is explicit, and the privileged social and economic position of the ruling family understood by all, attitudes toward race in the kingdom are much more shadowy. Very few outsiders are aware that about 10 percent of the population of the kingdom are native Saudi blacks. The reason for this is straightforward: black Saudis are marginalized and excluded from visible elite positions in society. This is implicit, and there are exceptions.\nPrince Bandar bin Sultan, a member of the royal family, is well known in the West as a diplomat and ambassador. He is also the son of an Ethiopian slave woman. Despite his African appearance his status as a grandson of Ibn Saud, the founder of modern Saudi Arabia, guaranteed his social promotion due to his competence and skills. Prince Sultan as a black man has raised eyebrows, but Prince Sultan as a member of the House of Saud is due deference.\nWhereas religious bigotry and sexism are enshrined in the de jure laws of many states, explicit racism is far more taboo. The pariah status of South Africa in the late 20th century highlights this fact. After the 1990 earthquake that devastated Iran, the authorities made an appeal for aid, but explicitly rejected any from South Africa. Iran is a nation where women have fewer rights than men, religious minorities have fewer rights than Muslims, with the Bahá’í Faith being subject to explicit persecution.\nIranians also harbor a great deal of ethnic prejudice against their neighbors, and as highlighted in the Iranian film Bashu, the Little Stranger, take a dim view of their own dark-skinned fellow citizens. But this is not legally enshrined. Sexism and religious supremacism is a feature, not a bug, of Iranian society. Racism in contrast is missing the mark of their aspirations toward Islamic universalism.\nDespite their differences, all civilized traditions over the past several thousand years have converged upon a common set of ideas and impulses which balance local particularism with human universalism. This is almost certainly an outcome of the fact that as our species settled down into villages, and produced agglomerations of habitation that we know as cities, something beyond our native social instincts was needed to smooth human affairs.\nChristianity universalized the ethical monotheism pioneered by the early Jews. In China, Confucian scholars argued that the ways of the sages were accessible even to barbarians. The Indian concept of Dharma is universal, and through the vector of Buddhism a universalist rendering of Indian thought is now espoused by members of all nations in various quantities.\nBut these insights are not purely religious, as they echo down to the modern world as self-evident truths. The French in 1789 promulgated a “Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen,” which applied not just to their fellow citizens, but humans the world over. The revolutionary government abolished slavery in the colonies on these grounds. The early feminist Mary Wollstonecraft wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman predicated on the unfilled human universalism of the French declaration.\nAnd yet there was another face to human nature which emphasizes the local and particular as more precious. Confucianism explicitly acknowledges this, admitting that the primary loyalty of humans is to their family, and so builds social and political institutions on the rock of familialism. The spread of universal religions did not lead to universal government, as proto-national identities retained their coherence in a global world order.\nBenedict Anderson in Imagined Communities argues for the late development of national feeling with the rise of early modern vernacular language media. In this telling, nationalism is often seen to be a modern invention. In contrast, Azar Gat in Nations: The Long History and Deep Roots of Political Ethnicity and Nationalism argues that nationalism is a primal force, derived from natural human tribalism. As such, it is at once powerful, pervasive, and dangerous.\nI believe that Gat’s thesis is closer to the truth. Though it is fashionable to say that race and ethnicity are social constructions, it is hard to deny that operationally they tend to follow certain lineaments of human relatedness and genealogy. To be someone’s parent is a social construction. Adoptive parents are parents. But the truth is that in most cases parenthood is strongly associated with a close biological relationship to one’s children. Similarly, the people whom we call Swedes or Japanese exhibit, on the whole, certain features due to predominant shared relatedness.\nThe association between biology and race and ethnicity is the fundamental reason that identities rooted in these categories are more dangerous than those rooted in religion or class. Biology is often defined by zero-sum Malthusian dynamics. The Victorians viewed nature as “red in tooth and claw.”\nThis is entirely too reductive, as complex human societies or eusocial insects falsify this generalization, but it gets at some element of the dynamics which define the world around us. Biological species compete with each other, and compete within species as groups or individuals. It is a world where resources are finite, and to the victors go the spoils.\nIn the Hebrew Bible, the Lord God has given the land of Canaan to the children of Israel. As a consequence, the Hebrews under Joshua and his successors enter into a program of conquest and genocide. These portions of the Hebrew Bible reflect primal human biological existence in a state of competition. The Hebrews were a nation. A collection of tribes. Their God, the Lord God, was a tribal god. An angry, jealous, and vengeful God.\nOver 1,000 years later, the Jewish revolt of the Maccabees against the Seleucid Greeks was also characterized by violence. The revolt began with the priest Matthias disemboweling a Jew who began to offer sacrifice to an idol. The Maccabees did not win their independence through persuasion, but through violence. But Jews of the first century BC were not the Hebrews of the Bible. The Maccabees forcibly converted peoples they conquered to their religion. Though this action is objectionable to the modern mentality conditioned to no compulsion in religion, it was a humanitarian step forward, as gentiles could become Jews through affirmation of the God of the Jews and adherence to Jewish law. Herod the Great, who was appointed King of the Jews by the Roman Senate, descended from a people forcibly converted after the Maccabean revolt.\nThe developments of Christianity, Islam, and eastern religions, after 0 AD take this process even further. The core insight of these faiths is that the truths of the world—to live a better life and devote oneself to transcendent truth—are accessible to all humans. Many of the moral and ethical teachings from these religions run counter to our baser instincts, whether it be to turn the other cheek, or unconditionally love a parent who is without merit.\nAnd religion can also unleash brutality and repression, as evidenced by the Saudi theocracy, the Thirty Years War in 17th century Europe, or communal slaughter between Hindus and Muslims during partition. Religion, like most human institutions, can be turned to purposes good, and purposes bad. It is a collective human enterprise, and as such reflects our imperfections. But, unlike racialism, ethical religion has within it an element of utopianism, of striving for improvement.\nThe same can be said of political religions, such as Marxism. The ultimate aim of these movements is to expand the circle of dignity outward, to encompass the whole of humanity. Failure is inevitable, and sometimes the consequences are horrific, but the egalitarian impulse also has salubrious consequences, as chronicled in Steven Pinker’s The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined.\nRacial and ethnic identity do not hold the possibility for such capaciousness of spirit. Taken to its logical conclusion this style of thinking leans upon biology, and therefore takes us down the path of eliminationism. In 1901, the brilliant futurist HG Wells wrote, “And for the rest, those swarms of black, and brown, and dirty-white, and yellow people… it is their portion to die out and disappear.”\nThough we are all conscious of the Nazi regime, the reality is that, in the first decades of the 20th century, this spirit of race was widespread in the Western world. A strong sense of racial purpose and solidarity amongst whites imbued the cultural elites with the sense of a zero-sum world of racial competition. It was either to eliminate the non-white peoples, or be swamped by what racial thinker Lothrop Stoddard termed “the rising tide of color.”\nIt has been three generations since the fall of the Nazi regime and the end of crude racialism. The racist laws of the American South were repealed in the decades after World War II, and race-based regimes such as Rhodesia and South Africa became pariahs. This is not to say that racism does not exist, and that racial feeling and nationalism is not pervasive in many societies.\nTo a great extent, to be Chinese and to be of the Han ethnicity are implicitly coterminous. In much of Europe, non-white descendants of immigrants are still viewed as outsiders in societies which evolved organically out of local tribes over thousands of years. It would be folly to deny that ethnicity and nationality are not connected; I myself was born in Bangladesh, which was founded as a nation by and for speakers of the Bangla language.\nBut when the subtext becomes the text, furies can be unleashed, and atavistic reflexes can re-emerge. Much of the antiracist discourse in the West today seeks to make race more salient, more explicit, as an organizing principle of society. To remove racism one must acknowledge that one is racist. For white people to repair their injuries to the world, they must acknowledge their own racial identity.\nThe road to hell was paved with good intentions, and no one can deny that the intentions here are good. But history teaches us that the choices we make in the present can have unforeseen consequences in the future. Some white nationalists are quite pleased that we are in a moment where “race matters.” They see an opportunity in the awakening racial awareness of white people, and the explicit re-racialization of public life. Perhaps white people are a race of saints, and the darkness shall not fall over them. But more likely some will fall prey to the temptations of racial pride as the world is soaked in racial thinking.\nIn the Malthusian world, where there is a loser and a winner in every game, you will always eventually lose at some point. The revival of racial identity to tackle social injustice reawakens an ancient beast. One may think that one can ride the beast to victory, but more likely the beast breaks free, and unleashes the rages of the ancient world upon the modern.\nRazib Khan is a geneticist and director of science at the Insitome Institute. He has written for the New York Times, India Today, National Review Online, and runs two weblogs, Gene Expression and Brown Pundits. Find Razib at his website or follow him on Twitter @razibkhan", "label": "No"}
{"text": "On November 17, 2005; the Brazilian State of Piauí modified the flag. On that date the State Law 5.507 proclaimed:\n\"Article 1st. The Flag of the State of Piauí, defined by the Law 1050 of June 24, 1922, will contain the date of *13 de Março de 1823* (March 13,1823) the day of the Battle of Jenipapo, written in white, capital letters, in the blue rectangle above the star\"\nThis date, March 13, 1823, is the day of the Batalha do Jenipapo (Battle of Genipap) the bloody battle in the Independence war of Brazil. At the banks of the Jenipapo river where today is located the city of Campo Maior-Piauí the Brazilians patriots fight fought against Portuguese troops, and the date is considered the date of the entry of Piauí into the Independent Brazilian Empire. The province of Piauí has a strategic position for the maintenance of the North of Portuguese America between Amazonia and the Northeastern provinces, this is the reason why Portugal appointed the Governor-in-army of the Province the veteran of Napoleonic Wars João José da Cunha Fidié.\nIn Piauí the first city to claim its adhesion to the Empire was Parnaíba in the extreme north of the State, this initiative was the reason for the relocation of Portuguese troops from Oeiras (the capital of the province at that time) to Parnaíba, these troops commanded by Major Fidié, when the Portuguese troops were in Parnaíba in January of 1823,the cities of Piracuruca, Matões e Oeiras, also claimed entry to the Empire and in February of 1823 was the time of the city of Campo Maior claim the same entry. In March of 1823 the troops left Parnaíba to try to subdue those cities, and at the banks of the River Jenipapo the big combat happened, a great part of the local population fought against the Portuguese troops, the Portuguese troops having superiority of arms, soldiers and training. In March 13, 1823, after five wars of battle under a boiling hot sun, the Piauians 700 casualities and the Portuguese around 100. Portugal won this battle, but this battle was a the first of the war in Piauí and in April of 1823 the troops of the Major Fidié was obliged to retreat to Maranhão, a province loyal to the Portuguese Crown, but in June of 1824 after the Battle of Caxias the troops of Ceará and Piauí, supported by the patriots of Maranhão defeated the troops of the Major Fidié, consolidating the independence of these provinces and the entry of these provinces in the Empire.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This article includes a list of references, but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations. (February 2013) (Learn how and when to remove this template message)\nMark Serrurier (12 May 1904 in Pasadena, California – 14 February 1988) is the son of Dutch-born electrical engineer, Iwan Serrurier, who created the Moviola in 1924 which became the technology used for film editing. Mark was a graduate of Caltech and went on to work on designs for the Mt. Palomar 200 inch (5 m) Hale telescope. The pioneering truss design he invented for that instrument's massive tube structure (the \"Serrurier truss\") is still used today in large telescope designs. During World War II, Mark worked at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory testing jet aircraft engines. In 1942, Rolf Sabersky worked in mechanical design on the Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel under Serrurier and Hap Richards. After the war in 1946 Mark took over as president of Moviola Co., his father Iwan’s company. Mark re-designed his fathers invention with many improvements and ran the company until he sold it in 1966. In 1979, Mark accepted a special Academy Award for Technical Achievement\" For the progressive development of the Moviola from the 1924 invention of his father, Iwan Serrurier, to the present Series 20 sophisticated film editing equipment\". He only accepted after insisting that his late father's name would also appear on the statue. The Oscar sat on Mark's kitchen table until his death from Alzheimer's disease on Valentine's Day 1988.\nMark Serrurier has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions in Motion Pictures.\n- Millikan, Clark B. (1945) The Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel. Engineering and Science. 8 (7): 3.\n- Millikan, Clark B. (1948). High-Speed Testing in the Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel. Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences. 15(2): 69-88.\n- Gally, Sid. (1 August 2010). Southern California Cooperative Wind Tunnel. Pasadena Star News. Pasadena, CA.\n- \"INDUSTRY MOURNS ENTREPRENEUR MARK SERRURIER\"\n- Mark SERRURIER / Guillaume BLANCHARD • l'Astronomie (1980–2006) Vol. 116 (Janvier 2002) page 20-23\n|This article about a civil engineering topic is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.|", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Power Over Prejudice Programs\nMiddle school students are being exposed to more aggressive acts of school violence resulting from bullying, stereotyping, prejudice, teasing as forms of discrimination. These experiences often have a lasting impact on children’s social and academic achievement, self-respect, and personal growth.\nThe Solution – POP Summit Experience\nIn an effort to decrease bullying and violence in middle-schools, the Power Over Prejudice (POP) Summit offers an educational experience for student leaders to share with their peers. Students are selected by their schools to serve as POP Ambassadors to attend the Summit. Through activities and discussions, students learn how to recognize their own prejudices, biases, and stereotypes and how these can cause social and academic problems. Our programs help teach school students tools and skills for recognizing their own biases and overcoming prejudice in their schools.\nStudents come to learn tools for embracing differences and then are prepared to promote awareness back at their school. Students will explore:\n- Culture, race and gender differences\n- Learning how to recognize, understand and address issues their everyday lives\n- Tools to help them implement POP programs at their schools during week-long programs\nOur signature programs, the Power Over Prejudice Summit and POP School Program, are funded and hosted by the Anti-Prejudice Consortium.\nMiddle School Students and their Counselors.\nOver 700 middle-school students (230 each day) and their counselors from 69 schools across Metro Atlanta and surrounding counties.\nCurrently serving Atlanta; Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, North & South Fulton, Gwinnett, Henry County Public Schools ; Private and Religious Schools.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The immersive and experiential National Museum of Qatar tells the story of the people and the land of Qatar from earliest times to today, giving voice to the country’s rich heritage. The National Museum embraces, as its centerpiece, the restored historic Palace of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani (1880-1957), son of the founder of modern Qatar: a building that in former times was both the home of the Royal Family and the seat of government and was subsequently the site of the original National Museum.\nThe Architecture of the Desert Rose\nJean Nouvel’s new 52,000-square-meter building echoes the geography of Qatar while evoking the history and culture of the nation.\n“Qatar has a deep rapport with the desert, with its flora and fauna, its nomadic people, its long traditions. To fuse these contrasting stories, I needed a symbolic element. Eventually, I remembered the phenomenon of the desert rose: crystalline forms, like miniature architectural events, that emerge from the ground through the work of wind, salt water, and sand. The Museum that developed from this idea, with its great curved disks, intersections, and cantilevered angles, is a totality, at once architectural, spatial, and sensory.” Jean Nouvel. Source by and photos Courtesy CLAUDINE COLIN COMMUNICATION.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "If you love to garden, you may like the idea of planting your very own rooftop garden. A green rooftop is simply a roof that is covered with various kinds of vegetation. They consist of a waterproofing membrane and a drainage system that helps excess water to run off the roof smoothly. Rooftop gardens are becoming more and more popular, as they benefit Mother Nature and are aesthetically pleasing. It might sound a bit complicated, but it really isn’t if you simply learn a little bit about it.\nYou might wonder why people would want a rooftop garden. There are several great reasons for planting such, as they absorb rainwater, create a wonderful habitat for wildlife, and provide insulation that will benefit the home.\nYou can plant an intensive roof, which are green roofs that are quite thick and will support many varieties of plants. These types of green roofs require more work and maintenance. You can also plant an extensive roof, which is a green roof that consists of a light layer of vegetation. These roofs are lighter than the intensive roofs and are possible on a roof that has a pitch of up to 30 degrees. If by chance you want an intensive roof and you do not think your roof has enough support, you can potentially reinforce the roof from the attic.\nGreen roofs are basically comprised of five components:\n- Weatherproof membrane. At the base of your green roof, you will put down a weatherproof membrane to keep water from penetrating your roof. You could use asphalt roofing, a pond liner, or a fluid-applied waterproofing membrane.\n- Root-protection barrier. If your barrier has bitumen or asphalt, you will need a root-protection barrier. There are some recycled single-ply membranes out there, but not nearly enough just yet. The most common root-protection barrier is PVC of 1mm thickness.\n- Drainage layer. You want excess water to run off the roof, so adding a drainage layer is optimal. If your roof’s slope is more than 7 degrees, you may not need such a layer. In order to add a drainage layer, you can use a channeled flat plastic material or a bulky substrate. Common layers include lava stone, gravel, pumice, vermiculite, and brick rubble. Some people are now using a newer layer that is comprised of a pre-seeded extensive mat. All you do is roll this layer out on the roof.\n- Growing medium. If your roof allows more extensive growth, you can add a separate growth layer over the drainage layer. This is often called a semi-extensive green roof and can support more varieties of vegetation including prairie flowers, bulbs, and grasses.\n- Structure. Be sure that you understand structural issues before embarking on planting a green roof garden. The last thing you want is your roof to fall in on you! If you do not have expertise in carpentry or green rooftop gardening, consult a structural engineer or your local building inspector. It is vital that you exercise caution while creating a beautiful rooftop garden.\nOnce you are finished with your green rooftop garden, consult your local building inspector so he or she can take a look at it. If you have a green roofing expert around, go ahead and contact him or her as well. You want to know that your roof is structurally sound and that your rooftop garden will thrive.\nSeametrics, a manufacturer of water flow meters that measure and conserve water.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A Tsunami can be triggered by large submarine or coastal earthquakes, underwater landslides, large coastal cliff or lakeside landslides or underwater volcanic eruptions.\nThe coastal areas of the Western Bay could be inundated by a tsunami.\nTsunami: Do you know what to do?\nWestern Bay of Plenty tsunami maps can be found here\nTsunami maps can also be found by downloading a copy of the Community Guide to emergencies of your area.\nFor a printed copy of the Community Guide please visit your Council at any of our service centres (Waihī Beach, Katikati, Ōmokoroa, Barkes Corner and Te Puke).", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Rodents can serve as reservoirs for emerging fungal pathogens: Study suggests\nnews desk Lord save her\nFungal diseases among humans are on the rise, so it is important for health authorities to understand where these pathogens come from. A new study has looked at fungi in the lung tissue of small mammals and found fungal pathogens that cause disease in humans. This indicates that these rodents can serve as reservoirs, dispersal agents, and incubators for emerging fungal pathogens.\nFungal diseases among humans are on the rise, so it is important for health authorities to understand where these pathogens come from. A new study published in Frontiers in fungal biologythat small mammals can act as a reservoir for this fungal infection.\n“Our analysis, which focused specifically on the lung pathogens that cause disease in humans, revealed a wide range of fungi in the lung tissue of small mammals,” said Paris Salazar Hamm, first author of the research, from the University of New Mexico.\n“We found that many of the rodents that we sampled from areas in the southwestern United States harbored a type of fungus that can cause lung infections in humans, such as the fungus that leads to valley fever, a disease that typically causes flu-like symptoms and can potentially cause lung infections in humans. be life threatening.”\nFrom animal to human\nOver the past four decades, there has been an increase in reports of new human pathogens. Like the Covid-19 virus, host leaps have also allowed fungi to evolve and diversify. In some cases, this can increase their virulence and thus have an effect on humans.\n“We wanted to understand if the fungal spores of respiratory pathogens live in the soil as they feed on dead and decaying plant material, or if instead they live inside young animals and their spores are released into the soil after the rodents die,” Salazar explained. -Important.\nUsing next-generation sequencing, a method that enables rapid assessment of large-scale fungi species, the researchers analyzed fungal DNA in rodent lung tissue from museum samples.\nWe discovered mushrooms Cronidiathe cause of valley fever, in the lung tissue of animals from Kern County, California, and Cochise and Maricopa counties in Arizona, which are areas with high rates of this disease,” Salazar Hamm reported.\nIn addition, we discovered sequences from Cronidia in animals from Catron, Sierra, and Socorro counties in New Mexico, the first time this pathogen has been detected in the environment in this region.”\nThis is the first large study to use next-generation sequencing to evaluate fungi in the lungs of small mammals. Our results support the hypothesis that rodents can be a breeding ground for fungal respiratory pathogens.”\nThe findings of this study hope to inform health officials about the possibility of contracting the disease locally.\n‘Current forecast for the distribution of CronidiaDepending on the climate and soil conditions, Valley Fever is expected to expand significantly towards the north and east over the next century as a result of climate change affecting environmental conditions. Salazar Hamm explained that our results will guide these modeling efforts by adding valuable information about animals as reservoirs of pathogens.\nFuture studies hope to examine the health of the host animals and how this may affect the spread or virulence of diseases.\n“We were unable to assess the health of the mammalian hosts from which the lung tissue was obtained. Although there were pathogens, it was impossible to say definitively that there was a disease,” Salazar Hamm said.\nIt would be interesting to further explore the effect of fungi on mammals. This effort will require more detailed information about the general health of the animal in question.”", "label": "No"}
{"text": "An image briefly flashed on the retina introduces a cascade of processes in the brain that unfold in time. Some processing streams focus on texture, others on spatial locations or large scale forms. Temporal evolution along different pathways may occur at different rates. Even within a single processing stream, distinct locations in space can lead to neural responses at slightly different times - a static image never exists in the brain. In the images presented here, snapshots of temporally evolving internal forms are made visible.\nThe first stage of the algorithm resembles filtering that occurs in the retina, thalamus and primary layers of cortex. The next step derives from the observation that different neurons respond to distinct parts of an image at slightly different times. If these temporal variations are translated into spatial dislocations, then uniform fields are distorted, planes acquire curvature, and fractures arise. (A physical analogy for this process can be found in the underwater light caustics created by waves on the surface of a swimming pool.) The process is related to new algorithms for time-frequency analysis.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Last Monday night in Pruellage Hall, students assembled to learn about the changing face of dance at the turn of the 19th century. It was a time when the norms were challenged and curfews extended as Frenchman whirled around ballrooms to the beat of their modernizing world. The event illuminated that today’s casual forms of fun may still reflect our politics and deeper developments in society. Even though the French might seem formal and strait-laced compared to our modern culture, it turns out that our European relatives actually knew how to have a good time back in their day.\nDuring the French Revolution, dance was parallel with the spirit of change running through all parts of life and reflected rebellious attitudes of the country. Perhaps our twerking, jerking, wopping, leaning-like-a-cholo, pop-lock-and-dropping and doing the dougie somehow still reflect more serious elements of our society. When compared to the romance of Masquerade balls, though, cross-class relations and murmurings of rebellion in France are dances that seem somewhat incomparable.\nDuring the reign of Louis XIV, or the “Sun God” of France, ballet became a very popular formal style of dance with the king himself as the sole dancer. Once Louis XVI was crowned king the people became sickened by his supremacy and allowed for their politics to reflect in their dances. One example was the Contradance, which was an easy dance with many variations that multiple couples could perform together. This meant that Louis XVI was no longer front-and-center with the people acting as mere bystanders. Rather, everyone could dance on the same dance floor as the king, which presented a new symbol of how the monarch was beginning to crumble.\nTo reinforce their growing social freedoms, the nobles came up with the idea of the Masquerade Ball; when wearing a mask, rank is concealed and inconsequential. There could be co-mingling of all the social classes since gaining entry to a ball was purely based on having a ticket and there were no exceptions, even for the king. Nobles were clearly displaying their ability to make their own rules and how the populous could exercise their ideas freely without a monarch.\nAll parts of French society changed drastically during this time in order to do away with anything reminding the revolutionaries of the royal family. The tradition of dance continued to be fearless as the French became known for the waltz later in the 19th century, which had to be done with a great deal of reserve and decency since the style was so shocking.\nThe traditions of dance within a culture are not insignificant as we may sometimes assume. Along with the other art forms, dance reflects a culture’s motivations and inclinations. Too easily we brush aside the Arts as nonessential trivia in our history classes. Rather, we should look to Revolutionary France as an example for making each footfall a proclamation of power with which to maneuver through the chronicles that link political legacies to the world.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "- slide 1 of 5\nPhysical servers consist of hardware, an operating system and applications. Traditionally companies install a server for each of the roles they need. Mail servers, print servers, domain controllers, file servers, database servers and application servers are examples of the types of systems organizations install. Each server needs its own power supply, network connection, data storage, processor and memory.\nVirtualization is when several servers are installed on a single piece of hardware but each one operates independently of the others and behaves as if it were the only operating system on the physical hardware. Special software called the hypervisor controls how each operating system and application works with the physical hardware and ensures that they do not conflict with each other.\n- slide 2 of 5\nA number of benefits arise from virtualization. Each physical server in a data center draws power and takes up space. With virtualization, several computers can operate in the same physical space as one server. The single physical hypervisor uses less power than all of the virtual servers combined if they had to be real servers.\nThis allows the data center operators to consolidate physical servers by virtualizing them. This frees up space for other resources and consumes less power from the physical plant. Another benefit of virtualization is cooling. In traditional data centers, large air conditioners keep hundreds and thousands of servers and devices cool. Consolidating these servers by virtualizing them results in less stringent cooling requirements saving even more power. These factors help drive the growth of the virtualization market.\n- slide 3 of 5\nSeveral companies make virtualization software. VMware provides a hypervisor technology known as ESX. The current version of the software is vSphere. Microsoft also makes virtualization software. Their offering is known as Hyper-V. Both applications have expensive hardware requirements but can run dozens or more virtual machines at the same time.\nXen is a free, open source hypervisor product. This software runs on free or commercial versions of Linux providing smaller companies with the means to expand their use of virtualization. Solaris, Parallels, and Citrix each provide their versions of virtualization software to the public for use as well. With the growth of the virtualization market each vendor has found a place for their products.\n- slide 4 of 5\nThe Future of the Virtualization Market\nAccording to the IDC the virtualization market size grew 46 percent in 2007. It grew an additional 54 percent in 2008. Growth slowed to 43 percent according to studies by Gartner but still equated to $1.1 billion in revenue for virtualization vendors. Gartner indicates that the new market for hypervisor vendors is the hosted virtual desktop. Instead of virtualizing servers, the desktop used by everyday employees are being virtualized.\nIn 2008 hosted desktop virtualization revenues were $74 million. In 2009 those revenues were measured at $298 million. Eleven percent of corporate desktops were virtualized and Gartner expects future growth of the virtualization market to increase significantly through 2013 for this segment.\n- slide 5 of 5\nSingh, Amit, An Introduction to Virtualization, http://www.kernelthread.com/publications/virtualization/\nBenefits of Virtualization, http://www.vmware.com/virtualization/\nVirtualization growth rising from 46% in 2007 to 54% in 2008, http://www.zdnet.com/blog/itfacts/virtualization-growth-rising-from-46-in-2007-to-54-in-2008/14780\nGartner Says Worldwide Virtualization Software Revenue to Increase 43 percent in 2009, http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=883312\nImage credit: twobee / FreeDigitalPhotos.net", "label": "No"}
{"text": "By Julie Giyer\nKern Valley Sun\nPhotos by: Ruthann Smith\nSearch and rescue (SAR) is the search for and provision of aid to people who are in distress or imminent danger.\nFounded in 1955, The Kern Valley Search and Rescue team puts in thousands of hours every year to train and be ready for when crisis emerges. They take pride in their capabilities in off-road, swift water, and wilderness search and rescue. This organization is composed of local citizens, business owners, and local professionals who donate their time and their own money to make sure this valley has a qualified and professional Search and Rescue team. They cover a vast area of terrain in Kern County including many miles of the Kern River, Lake Isabella, Sierra Nevada Mountain range, and the edges of the Mojave Desert. There are currently 35 members of the KVSAR team. There are two categories of water classification that determine the amount of rescues per year: High-water and Low-water. During a High-water part of the year there are about a hundred rescues. Typically, June and July are months where SAR is out patrolling every day. During a Low-water year, there are about 40 rescues a year, consisting of 2-3 rescues a month.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Last year, 100 million work days were lost in the United States due to back pain alone.\nIf you or someone you know suffers from it, you know the pain can be debilitating and even devastating in some cases.\nHowever, a new device may help to relieve back pain in some patients.\nFor Mary Ward, even simple activities like shopping or walking were nearly impossible because of a condition called lumbar stenosis.\n“Mostly it was pain down the left leg. It would be very sharp and intense,” Ward said. “I couldn’t do my dishes without the pain being there and the longer you’re on your feet the more intense the pain becomes.”\nThe cause of the problem was in the bones of her lower back.\n“She was active and relatively young. Her disc was relatively normal. It was only the joints in the back of the spine that were bad. But, she was very limited by her spinal stenosis and back pain from the bad joints,” AGH Neurosurgeon Dr. Donald Whiting said.\nLumbar stenosis is a when the tunnel through the spinal column in the lower back becomes narrow, most commonly, from wear and tear. Parts of the back bones get inflamed and thick, and the spaces for the spinal cord and for the nerves that go to the back and legs become pressed and pinched.\nIt’s actually a pretty common problem and many people have surgery to remove part of the back bones to make more room and release the pressure.\nThe procedure involves fusing the bones with rods and screws, to keep the spinal column strong. It does work, but there’s a drawback. It cuts down on the normal bending and flexibility the back is supposed to have.\nThat’s why doctors are studying an alternative to fusing the bones. It’s a device that mimics how the bones actually fit and move together, which is designed to relieve the pain of lumbar stenosis, while still maintaining motion in the lower back.\nIn the study, patients are chosen at random to get either the typical fusion or the experimental device. Then, doctors monitor them for motion and wear and tear above and below the device. Worldwide, there are only 100 patients with the device. Two of them are at Allegheny General Hospital.\n“I was one of the first patients here getting it and we weren’t real sure what the risks were,” Ward said.\nWard had her surgery about two months ago.\n“When I came out of surgery, I could immediately tell the difference,” Ward said. “It feels great and it did almost from day one.”\nShe still goes to therapy.\n“I can bend over,” Ward said. “I’m doing my leg bends, crunches, and all the things that gave me problems before.”\nHowever, she’s also doing all the things she loves.\n“The ability at 40-years-old to be able to go dancing, go bowling, lift kids,” Ward said. “I can clean my house, do my dishes, I can walk and go to the store, I can go shopping if I want to.”\nThe device is currently only available through the research study.\nOne qualifying feature is that your disc, or the cushion of cartilage between the back bones, has to be normal.\nIf the disc is worn out or diseased as well, you will not be eligible.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Friday, July 2, 1999 Published at 16:54 GMT 17:54 UK\nBastille key found\nThe French will be celebrating Bastille Day again on 14 July\nThe original key to the Bastille prison has been returned after it was stolen from a touring waxwork exhibition in Sydney, Australia.\nAn unidentified man gave the key to a worker at a chapel in Sydney's infamous Kings Cross red light district on Friday evening, police said.\nPolice appealed for help earlier on Friday after the original treasure from the French Revolution was reported missing.\nThe key - on loan from Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London - was removed from the wall using wire-cutters.\nThe Madame Tussaud wax museum offered a reward of 3,000 Australian dollars (US$1,950) for the recovery of the cast-iron key, which disappeared last Saturday.\n\"I felt sick when I heard the news from a guard,\" said Madame Tussaud's general manager, Vicky Brown.\n\"It's not something you expect to get stolen.\"\nThe key is about 10 inches long, weighs more than four pounds and has a distinctive crucifix cut out of its wrought iron work.\nKey rescued at beginning of revolution\nThe Bastille was built in 1369 by Charles V to defend Paris against the English.\nIt was later used as a state prison before being stormed on July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution.\nThe key was collected the following day by Madame Tussaud, who worked as an art tutor at the royal palace in Versailles.\nShe was later arrested by revolutionary forces but escaped execution after agreeing to make death masks of guillotined aristocrats.\nA few years later she fled to Britain, where she founded the wax work exhibition that still bears her name.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "When it comes to successful epidemiologists, there are a few traits that they all have in common. After all, it’s not easy to thrive in a field where fewer than 8,000 people work, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Those who possess all of the following qualities, however, may be well-suited for this fast-paced, forward-thinking position.\nKnowledge of Statistics\nEpidemiologists are in charge of researching patterns in a variety of diseases that impact society. These experts make conclusions based on long-term patterns and historical data to help reduce hazardous chemical exposure. They also develop solutions that advance the field of preventative medicine. To put it another way, they’re the ones who come up with new methods for doctors to help their long-term patients prevent certain diseases. Epidemiologists must be able to analyze data effectively in order to do all of this. This involves being able to analyze data, make logical conclusions from it, and correctly forecast the future.\nAlthough it is important to be able to analyze data quickly, it is not the most important trait of an epidemiologist. In fact, individuals who are unable to express their ideas will never be able to compensate for this by becoming excellent statisticians. As a result, anybody interested in working in this field must be an excellent communicator. Consider how difficult it is to persuade others to accept your new idea if they do not have the same statistical skills as you. Epidemiologists, on the other hand, are practically forced to convince people whenever they make a significant discovery. As a result, being communicative and successfully communicating ideas is critical.\nEfficiency With Computers\nNaturally, online software will handle the vast majority of all statistical tasks. This is because online programs make it simple to do complex calculations and utilize cutting-edge algorithms. To make use of these tools, the epidemiologist must be well-versed in the ins and outs of data analysis using computers. Furthermore, when it comes to the healthcare industry as a whole, knowing how to utilize computers is important. This is due to the fact that nearly every hospital, insurance company, and doctor uses computers to perform the bulk of their administrative tasks.\nAbility to Actively Learn\nIn epidemiology, the nature of information is always changing. What might have caused a major disease epidemic a decade ago is today likely treatable with a variety of options. As a result, epidemiologists who want to be successful must be adaptable and eager to learn. That way, they’ll be able to learn something from each project, patient, or situation they work on. Furthermore, having an up-to-date knowledge base will make it simpler to identify important patterns that may indicate an imminent disease outbreak. This is why their capacity to learn is only important if they can actively do so.\nAn epidemiologist’s typical week often involves overtime work. This is an unintended result of having a lot of duties that aren’t directly connected to patients. Someone working in this area, for example, might spend months studying a single symptom pattern. The professional must be very organized in order to save a significant amount of time. This entails keeping a timetable that represents one’s true priorities. They must also be micromanagers to some degree. As a result, they are able to take control of important projects while minimizing any possible margin of error.\nIn reality, even if you don’t have all of the skills mentioned, you may work in this industry. Nonetheless, it is important to possess the majority of these five qualities in order to be a successful epidemiologist.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Feelings, we take them for granted. We think we should feel happy and when we don’t there is something wrong. Happy is our feel good feeling. It is the base feeling most of us gage all other feelings from. What would happen if someone came into your life and told you that your basic feeling is wrong? What you thought was ‘normal’ was instead warped and not normal?\nYou are 9 years old and rage is the only consistent feeling you know. Your whole world revolved around anger. Your normal feeling was anger. You don’t know what joy and happiness feel like other than fleeting strange feelings that were scary and different. Therefore when you find yourself feeling happy or joyful you acted out to get in trouble so you could again be mad. Can you imagine living your life in a state of anger and thinking this is normal?\nA life change, the child is moved into a new home. Basic needs like food and toys and comfort are now met. You would think he would be happy and life would good right? Wrong! This isn’t normal. This is scary! So instead of being “happy” the child sets out to remake his world in the new home. He does things to make everyone angry. He disobeys. He pushes buttons. He yells and screams his rage at rules and consequences. Toys? He breaks them. A toy is good for less than 5 minutes in his hands before it is broke. He wanted others to feel the same as he does, angry. He is an expert at pushing all the right buttons to obtain lift off in everyone around him. This brings him great pleasure. This is his goal in life. His “joy” comes from having everyone around him as miserable as he is inside.\nTime rocks on. His new family refuses to stay mad. They hold him accountable and offered consequences and ideas to change and most of all continue to offer him joy. He still was afraid to reach for it. He sees other emotions. He experiences other emotions, and they aren’t as scary. He keeps watching the different feeling that others have. He tests the water and runs back to anger. Each time he test the water he stays a bit longer. He samples joy and finds it doesn’t taste too bad. He forgets to be angry. When he discovers he isn’t feeling anger he is puzzled. He processes feeling different. He doesn’t understand why he isn’t mad. He puzzles over it. Sometimes he even voices his puzzlement. Time rocks on and he has fewer and fewer angry outburst. He doesn’t even notice he isn’t always angry. He is finding new feelings that aren’t scary any more. They feel good. As he changes he comes face to face with issues and feelings that he has to address.\nWhen you know in your heart you are not wanted it is a breeding ground for anger and sadness. You know you aren’t wanted because your birth parents gave you up. Your adoptive parents didn’t want you either. Mom died, dad returned you to CPS like an unwanted item. This is fertile ground for the growing of seeds of resentment, anger, low self-esteem and other negative emotions. You are only 9 years old and you know that you aren’t lovable.\nThen one day you and your new mom are swinging in the swing and discussion why you have so much anger. First person to blame is the new mom. This mom doesn’t accept the blame, but instead points out how angry the child was when he came to live with her. He then blames the foster family. Again his mom isn’t buying that as she points out to him he was mad when he moved into his foster family’s home. More swinging takes place as he thinks about why he is mad.\nFinally he puts into words his deep seated most painful truth. He is angry because his adoptive dad didn’t want him. He feels rejected, worthless and unlovable. Still more swinging and talking about how he was given away instead of nurtured and loved. As he discusses his pain he says his dad couldn’t take care of him. Mom stops him with those words and ask him which is it? Did adoptive dad not want him or was adoptive dad unable to care for him? She explains they don’t mean the same thing. She talks about how not wanting is just getting rid of and not ever trying to take care of him, yet not being able involves him living with adoptive dad after mom died and dad trying to work, deal with health issues and deal with small child. More swinging happens. I light bulb goes on. Adoptive dad DID try to take care of him. He tried working and taking care of him. He had already had a heart attack so he had some serious health concerns. He came to understand that it adoptive dad tried very hard to take care of him, but couldn’t.\nThis was a freeing concept. He was wanted. He was loved. He wasn’t rejected. He tilled up his anger garden. He still didn’t understand why he wasn’t angry all the time. He just knew in his heart he wasn’t. He had room now for other emotions, the emotions he had been afraid to feel. Love, joy, peace and happiness where now taking root where anger and resentment had been. He still has to work at not allowing those seeds back in his heart garden, but it is much easier now to control the rage and temper tantrums that use to overwhelm him like a might ocean wave many times a day. He still slips some days and rages, but less often and less long. He is learning to ride the wave and come out on the other side stronger. He is 9 years old and has his whole life ahead of him. A life filled with joy and peace and hope. He now has a life of love and forgiveness and understanding of pain in others that will grow into compassion as he grows.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Appearance The adult beetle is 2-3 mm in length, oval in shape, reddish brown in colour, with a dense covering of yellowish hairs. The biscuit beetle is similar to the cigarette beetle and the furniture beetle in appearance but is slightly larger, more elongate, and has distinctly striated wing covers. They are also often confused with furniture beetles/woodworm. The young (larvae) of this insect look like a whitish maggot. When full size, they are approximately 5mm in length.\nHabitat & Behaviour Biscuit beetles are found in shops and domestic larders infesting a large variety of dried foodstuffs. They are also found in wild birds’ nests, where they will live on the droppings and debris that accumulate. Biscuit beetle larvae will feed on human foodstuffs such as flour, bread, breakfast cereals, biscuits and other cereal products as well as beverage concentrates, and packet soup mixes. Adult beetles do not feed.\nLife Cycle Over a period of about three weeks a single biscuit beetle will lay about 100 eggs. This will occur in the foodstuffs or surrounding areas. At normal temperature they hatch within one to two weeks to produce very tiny active larvae, which wander about and enter packaging to infest the foods inside. Development from larvae to beetle takes between 2-5 months depending on conditions, when the larvae will go through four moults. They will then change to a pupal stage which will last between 9-18 days. During this time they will turn into an adult beetle. When the adult beetle comes out of its pupal case (which can take up to two weeks) it will move away from the food source by boring their way through food or packaging, making holes that can look like woodworm, and head towards a source of light (usually a window.) The adult beetle can live up to two months, during this time it does not feed.\nControl Any food commodities that are found to be infested with biscuit beetles should be discarded. Other sources of infestation such as birds’ nests and food residues should also be removed, and the area thoroughly cleaned. Heavy infestations in food shops and factories may require professional help. However, light infestations can be dealt with by the use of a crawling insect spray, paying particular attention to cracks and crevices.\nIf you suspect you have a biscuit beetle infestation in Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Dundee or Perth, call GRAHAM pest control today and we could help.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "1334 Used Items\nPage 1 of 89\nProducts and materials are often moved from one location to another by conveyor. Conveyors connect the machines or units of a production line. Conveyor type should be selected to best fit the size, shape, weight and handling requirements of the items being transported. Conveyor systems use rollers, chains, belts, and other configurations. They can have one lane or multiple lanes.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Everyone has heard stories about llamas spitting, but you may be wondering: do llamas really spit? And if so, how far can a llama spit? In this blog post, we’ll answer all of your questions about llamas and spitting. We’ll take a look at the science behind the spitting behavior of llamas, explore why they do it and even find out how far they can spit! So get ready to learn more about these curious creatures who have been captivating us for centuries.\nDo llamas spit?\nYes, llamas do spit. They typically only spit when they feel threatened or are agitated.\nIt’s a common question and one that has divided the llama community for years. Some say that llamas do spit, while others claim that they don’t. So who’s right?\nThe answer, it turns out, is both sides. Llamas do spit, but not in the way that most people think.\nLlamas typically only spit when they feel threatened or are trying to defend themselves. When a llama feels like it is in danger, it will sometimes spit at its aggressor as a way to warn them off. This behaviour is most commonly seen in male llamas who are protecting their territory from other males.\nLlamas also sometimes spit at humans when they are angry or upset. This usually happens when a llama feels like it has been mistreated or unfairly treated. If you’re ever on the receiving end of a llama’s anger, you’ll know it!\nHow far can llamas spit?\nWhen a llama spits, it can shoot its saliva up to 6 feet! and sometimes even further if they are really upset.\nThey tend to aim for the face, so watch out if you ever get on a llama’s bad side!\nDo Llama Spits Hurt?\nLlamas are often thought of as spitters, but do their spits actually hurt? It turns out that llama spit is not as acidic as many people think, and thus it is unlikely to cause much pain if it were to come into contact with skin.\nHowever, llamas do have strong musculature in their necks and can generate a fair amount of force when they spit. This means that if you were to get hit by a stream of llama spit, it could potentially sting or even leave a bruise.\nWhat Does It Mean If A Llama Spits At You?\nIf a llama spits at you, it means that the llama is either annoyed or scared. spitting is a defence mechanism for llamas, and they will usually only spit if they feel threatened.\nIf you are close to a llama when it spits at you, the llama’s saliva could get into your eyes and mouth, which could cause irritation.\nWhat Spits More Alpaca Or Llama?\nWhen it comes to spitting, both alpacas and llamas can give a good ejection. In general, llamas tend to be the better spitters, with some reports claiming that they can spit up to 15 feet.\nAlpacas, on the other hand, typically only spit about 10 feet. However, there is some anecdotal evidence of alpacas spitting even further than llamas. So, when it comes to who spits more between these two animals, it’s really a matter of personal preference.\nHow Long Does Llama Spit Last?\nLlamas are often thought to spit when they are angry or agitated, but llamas will actually only spit on other llamas.\nWhen two llamas meet for the first time, they will often greet each other by spitting.\nWhile llama spit does not usually last very long, it can linger for a short while if it hits another llama’s fur.\nIs Llama Saliva Poisonous?\nLlama saliva is not poisonous. However, it can be irritating to the skin and eyes. If you come into contact with llama spit, it is best to wash the area with soap and water.\nWe can now say with confidence that yes, llamas do spit and they are capable of spitting up to 10 feet. While llama-spitting is generally not considered a desirable behaviour, it does serve an important purpose in the wild by deterring predators. With this information in mind, it’s clear that if you want to get close to these majestic animals then you should proceed with caution as they might not be so welcoming!\nSo, while llamas do spit, it’s not something they do all the time or without reason. Now that you know the truth about llamas and spitting, you can go forth and spread the word to all your friends!\nHi, I am Dale. My husband and I bought our first llama, an 18-month-old male llama, Pumpernickel, in 1984Since then, they are evergrowing; LlamaWeb is intended to provide information about llamas for people interested in these South American camelids.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The IoT world is all about sensing, and no sense is more important or empowering than vision. We humans rely on our sight to understand the world around us more than any other source of information, and it’s likely that the same will be true for our intelligent machines. From automotive applications like ADAS to drones to factory automation, giving our systems the ability to “see” brings capabilities that are difficult or even impossible to achieve in any other way.\nBut vision is one of the most challenging computational problems of our era. High-resolution cameras generate massive amounts of data, and processing that information in real time requires enormous computing power. Even the fastest conventional processors are not up to the task, and some kind of hardware acceleration is mandatory at the edge. Hardware acceleration options are limited, however. GPUs require too much power for most edge applications, and custom ASICs or dedicated ASSPs are horrifically expensive to create and don’t have the flexibility to keep up with changing requirements and algorithms.\nThat makes hardware acceleration via FPGA fabric just about the only viable option. And it makes SoC devices with embedded FPGA fabric – such as Xilinx Zynq and Altera SoC FPGAs – absolutely the solutions of choice. These devices bring the benefits of single-chip integration, ultra-low latency and high bandwidth between the conventional processors and the FPGA fabric, and low power consumption to the embedded vision space.\nUnfortunately, they also typically bring the requirement of an engineering team with FPGA design expertise. Developing the accelerators for vision algorithms is a non-trivial task, and the accelerator part is typically created using a hardware description language such as Verilog or VHDL, driving a design flow with RTL simulation, synthesis, place and route, and timing closure. In addition to requiring a qualified engineering team with specialized expertise, this can add months to the development cycle.\nThe problem is just getting worse. Now, AI technologies such as neural networks are being increasingly used for the complex and fuzzy pattern recognition part of vision systems. Neural networks have two distinct modes of operation. “Training” – which is done once on a large sample data set, typically in a data center environment – requires heaping helpings of floating-point computation. Your vision algorithm may be shown millions of pictures of cats, so that it can later automatically recognize cats in video streams. Training sets and tunes the coefficients that will be used in the later “Inference” phase. “Inference” is the in-the-field portion of the neural network. During inference, you want your autonomous mouse to be able to recognize cats as quickly and accurately as possible, engaging its “fight or flight” mode.\nInference is done at the edge of the IoT, or as close to it as possible. You don’t have time for massive amounts of image data to be uploaded to the cloud and processed, delivering a “Hey, that thing you’re looking at is a CAT!” conclusion about 100ms after the limbs are torn from your robotic device. Inference, therefore is typically done with fixed-point (8-bit or less) precision in the IoT edge device itself – minimizing latency and power consumption while maximizing performance.\nThis “training” vs “inference” model is very convenient for the companies who make FPGAs and hybrid SoC/FPGA devices. FPGAs are really good at high-speed, low-precision computation. It’s, interestingly, doubly convenient for Xilinx, whose FPGAs and SoCs differ from archrival Intel (Altera) in that Intel’s devices support hardware floating-point (good for training) supposedly at the expense of some performance in the fixed-point domain (good for inference). Xilinx is apparently more than willing to let Intel duke it out with GPUs for the training sockets, while Xilinx focuses advantages on the much-more-lucrative inference sockets.\nSo, Xilinx is sitting pretty with their Zynq SoCs and MPSoCs, perfectly aligned with the needs of the embedded vision developer and well differentiated from Intel/Altera’s devices. What else could they possibly need?\nOh, yeah, There’s still that “almost impossible to program” issue.\nRewinding a few paragraphs – most of the very large systems companies have well-qualified teams of hardware engineers who can handle the FPGA portion of an embedded vision system. Xilinx has dozens of engagements in every important application segment involving embedded vision – from ADAS to drones to industrial automation. But many companies don’t have the required hardware expertise for it, and they wouldn’t want to dedicate the design time to it even if they did. Plus, crossing the conceptual barrier from vision experts to neural network experts to FPGA design experts and back again is a very expensive, time consuming, and lossy process. What we really need is a way for software developers to be able to harness the power of Zynq devices without bringing in a huge team of hardware experts.\nThat’s the whole point of Xilinx’s reVISION.\nreVISION, announced this week, is a stack – a set of tools, interfaces, and IP – designed to let embedded vision application developers start in their own familiar sandbox (OpenVX for vision acceleration and Caffe for machine learning), smoothly navigate down through algorithm development (OpenCV and NN frameworks such as AlexNet, GoogLeNet, SqueezeNet, SSD, and FCN), targeting Zynq devices without the need to bring in a team of FPGA experts. reVISION takes advantage of Xilinx’s previously-announced SDSoC stack to facilitate the algorithm development part. Xilinx claims enormous gains in productivity for embedded vision development – with customers predicting cuts of as much as 12 months from current schedules for new product and update development.\nIn many systems employing embedded vision, it’s not just the vision that counts. Increasingly, information from the vision system must be processed in concert with information from other types of sensors such as LiDAR, SONAR, RADAR, and others. FPGA-based SoCs are uniquely agile at handling this sensor fusion problem, with the flexibility to adapt to the particular configuration of sensor systems required by each application. This diversity in application requirements is a significant barrier for typical “cost optimization” strategies such as the creation of specialized ASIC and ASSP solutions.\nThe performance rewards for system developers who successfully harness the power of these devices are substantial. Xilinx is touting benchmarks showing their devices delivering an advantage of 6x images/sec/watt in machine learning inference with GoogLeNet @batch = 1, 42x frames/sec/watt in computer vision with OpenCV, and ? the latency on real-time applications with GoogLeNet @batch = 1 versus “NVidia Tegra and typical SoCs.” These kinds of advantages in latency, performance, and particularly in energy-efficiency can easily be make-or-break for many embedded vision applications.\nXilinx has also announced a range of embedded vision development kits supporting various cameras and input configurations supporting the reVISION development flow, so you’ll be able to get your design working on actual hardware as quickly as possible.\nAt press time, Intel had just announced the acquisition of Mobileye – a company specializing in embedded vision and collision avoidance in the automotive market – for almost as much as they paid for Altera. It seems that the stakes in this emerging applications space are going up yet again. It will be interesting to watch the battle unfold.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Narrative essay vs descriptive essay personal narratives will require descriptive features in order to be you can add elements from the other in order to. Lesson 5: elements of narrative essay be highly descriptive because this is now that you have understood what a narrative essay is and all its elements. Pay for performance research paper elements of a narrative essay order resume to write an outstanding descriptive essay features how- poster for each. My article review asap tameside features and elements of descriptive essay bedfordshire who won the presidential debate on october 3rd cardiff make literature review. Use narrative and descriptive elements to strengthen to add narrative and descriptive elements to expository writing his point in an expository essay. Descriptive give the features and elements of descriptive essay essay the title page provides the first impression for your audience of your proposal.\nFeatures and elements of a descriptive essay antiquaires supplemental essay common app stage 6 visual arts marking criteria for essay essay on increasing in number. Basic elements of descriptive essay the key features and elements of a proper descriptive essay it will be highly likely that you will write at least one. • people: eyes first, then other significant features • graphic a common form of descriptive essay would be include specific elements of propaganda. Basic features of a descriptive essay by following this simple guidelines you ll stay on track and be able to create an excellent the key features and elements of a.\nEssays - largest database of quality sample essays and research papers on basic features and elements of essay. Give the elements and features of an essay not only should an essay demonstrate your defining the key elements of a descriptive essayif you want to write an. How to edit a descriptive essay a descriptive essay should give a full description of some object, concept or action, no matter what it is – a table or love.\nBasic features and elements of an essay 1 thesis: your main insight or idea about a text or topic, and the main proposition that your essay demonstrates. There are several styles of essay: expository, descriptive a narrative essay is a window on an and should contain all the basic elements of a story. Basic features of a descriptive essay mar 10, 2013 the descriptive essay is a genre of essay that asks the student to describe one might benefit from keeping in mind.\nDefining descriptive elements you can define any number of descriptive elements for an item catalog group you can also describe whether the descriptive element is. The quotations essay features and elements a descriptive writing format just like any other challenge.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Pigeons can pose a critical problem for homeowners. They can breed very rapidly and have been known to have harmful diseases. Luckily, there are lots of approaches to get rid of pigeons which are both effective and humane.\nPigeons are stout-bodied birds which are pale gray in color, with black bars on each wing. If folks talk about “pigeons,” they’re most commonly referring to the feral Rock Pigeon, which is the species most commonly found in urban areas. They are quite a nuisance and will feed on several different readily available foods, like seeds, fruits, plants, and discarded food. Pigeons are powerful scavengers and will visit wherever the food is.\nPigeons generally build nests on top of roofs, in gutters, on external ledges, or even in external air conditioners; Wildlife Removal Palm Bay.\nPigeons are considered pests since they may cause damage to buildings and transmit disease. They’ve been proven to take out the Avian Flu, as well as several distinct sorts of parasites.\nShould pigeons start to roost in your area, there are lots of strategies that could show homeowners how to eliminate pigeons. When dealing with almost any pest, the initial step is always prevention. Homeowners must seal off potential nesting sites with screens or fillers. Other pigeon repellents include anti-roosting spikes and scarecrows. These scarecrows can choose the form of owls, snakes, cats, or even people. However, to succeed, these scarecrows will need to look alive and move either randomly or responsively.\nHomeowners may also use chemical pigeon repellents. A few of those chemicals simply produce the perch embarrassing for the birds to sit down on or cause pain to the toes. Other chemicals may not simply repel pigeons, but will rather kill them. Avitrol is 1 chemical commonly used to remove pigeons, despite the fact that it’s indiscriminate and will destroy other birds or animals that come in contact with it. It may unintentionally harm pets or even kids. However, the compound is quite ineffective anyway. Even though the pigeon population will initially decrease, it will immediately return, as these birds breed quickly.\nThe most effective way to get rid of pigeons is to reduce the food supply. Some cities also use avian contraceptives, which control the pigeon population by diminishing the viability of this egg.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The number of new, amateur finds of Roman coins have been increasing rapidly in recent years. Researchers generally agree that coins from amateur finds are fully legitimate numismatic sources. It is estimated that non-archaeologists made no less than 90% of old discoveries of Roman coins from the area of central Barbaricum. This is also true for the beginning of the 21st century. The disadvantage of this situation lies in the fact that the lack of information about the context of most of the amateur finds significantly decrease their source value for archaeology. However, the mass representation of the material is a big advantage. In order to obtain more data on new discoveries from Poland, it was necessary to develop a project that would allow for collecting anonymous information about finds of Roman coins. The scheme of action was thus based on two kinds of activities. One of them involved searching information about the new discoveries of coins on the Internet and then expanding and verifying these data. The other involved propagating the project of recording finds as wide as it was possible in order to encourage finders to pass as much information about their discoveries as possible. During the realisation of the project, from May 2004 to November 2007, the number of 518 pieces of anonymous information had been gathered. This material comprised of 1,028 Roman coins from 448 finds. Among the newly reported finds, there were: 11 treasures and 437 small finds (113 group finds and 324 single finds). Basing on the collected data, we may assume that single finds of Roman coins are relatively rare in Poland, which can mean that they usually appear in a broader archaeological context. Unfortunately, in most cases we have no information about the context whatsoever. Some interesting observations on the collected material are worth mentioning here: • Republican denarii quite frequently occurred in small finds; • Denarii subaeratii also occurred quite frequently; we may assume that no less than 10 percent of all small finds of Roman denarii in Poland were in fact denarii subaeratii; • Three hoards similar to Drzewicz hoard were discovered in the basin of Bzura river, which may suggest that there were “Drzewicz type” hoards in that area; • The example of four hoards found in the Polish Jura suggests that hoards deposited on this territory in the Migration Period often contained a number of denarii and jewelry, including gold coins adapted for pendants. General methods of critical approach to such new material are still being developed, since information regarding the coins and the circumstances of their discovery happened sometimes to be, no matter if intentionally or not, false or distorted. Registration activities were continued in 2008 which resulted in capturing two important single finds: a siliqua of Constantius II discovered in a field in the village Prusice (commune Złotoryja) and a solidus of Arcadius found in a field in Rotmanka in the suburbs of Gdansk (6 figures, 2 tables).", "label": "No"}
{"text": "MONDAY, April 30 (HealthDay News) -- Children are more likely than adults to suffer from a number of diseases, but few clinical trials are conducted to test new drugs in children with these conditions, researchers have found.\nIn a new study, researchers looked at all clinical trials registered worldwide from 2006 to 2011 for drugs to treat these common conditions: asthma, migraine headaches, schizophrenia, depression, diarrheal illness, lower respiratory infection, malaria, bipolar disorder and HIV/AIDS.\nWhile children account for 60 percent of the patients with these conditions, only 12 percent of the clinical drug trials involved children, the investigators found. The gap was widest for conditions that are widespread in low- and middle-income countries.\nClinical drug trials in children are important because youngsters often respond differently to medications than adults, the study authors pointed out in an American Academy of Pediatrics news release.\n\"We found that there is a large discrepancy between global disease burden in children and the amount of clinical trial research devoted to this population,\" Dr. Florence Bourgeois, an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School, said in the news release.\nLack of funding may be a major reason why there are so few clinical drug trials involving children, she noted.\n\"We found that 58.6 percent of pediatric drug trials were conducted without any industry funding, relying solely on nonprofit organizations. In contrast, the majority of adult drug trials (64.7 percent) received industry funding,\" Bourgeois said.\nShe said additional programs and incentives are needed to increase the number of drugs tested in children.\n\"It is critical that drugs are studied that are most likely to benefit children, particularly children in developing countries who appear to be most neglected in the current research portfolio,\" Bourgeois said.\nThe study was slated for Saturday presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies annual meeting, in Boston. The data and conclusions should be viewed as preliminary until published in a peer-reviewed journal.\nThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has more about children and clinical trials.\nSOURCE: American Academy of Pediatrics, news release, April 28, 2012\nCopyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Border Studies at EPCC\nNW Library and EPCC Links\nOther Local Libraries\nWe do NOT have the resources to assist with genealogical research.\nFor GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH please contact:\n*El Paso Genealogical Society\nFlu Epidemic of 1918 Hit El Paso Hard\nArticle first published in Vol. 19, 2000.\nBy Valerie Garnica and Armando Resendiz\nIn 1918, a flu pandemic spread in three principal waves. For 17 weeks, from September 1918 to January 1919, the virus killed 20 to 40 million people worldwide, with unusually high death rates among young, healthy adults. The virus became known as the \"Spanish Flu,\" not because it originated in Spain but because so many Spaniards caught the disease - an estimated eight million.\nSuch a vaccine was not available 82 years ago.\nIn 1918, the severity of the disease became apparent when it targeted so many different ages and types of people. Rural and city dwellers alike, soldiers, and most surprisingly, those in the prime of life became victims. The second wave of the flu attacked mostly young people between the ages of 20-40, unusual because influenza historically had affected the elderly and the very young.\nEurope recorded over two million deaths compared to almost 16 million deaths in Asia, about five million in India alone. Fatalities in the United States numbered over 500,000. Even isolated areas such as Eskimo villages in Alaska were wiped out. In 1918, El Paso was a dominant railroad center and a rapidly growing city, with a population of about 75,000. Fort Bliss had become a major military base. The Spanish flu epidemic made El Paso work together as a community.\nOn October 3, 1918, Mayor Charles Davis closed all schools, churches, theaters and other public places. Even funerals could not be held in churches. Health officials denied all requests to reopen them. Dr. J. W. Tappan, Director of the El Paso City-County Health Unit, declared on October 26, \"The epidemic is abating, but has not abated sufficiently to allow reopening. If we reopened now, it would start out again with a whoop.\"\nOne reason this flu epidemic became so deadly was the rapid course of the disease. Some victims died within hours of contracting this flu. The El Paso Herald-Post published four directives to help prevent the flu from spreading. Residents were told not to cough or sneeze without covering the mouth; not to sleep in the same room with an infected person; not to kiss; and not to wait until the symptoms pass before calling a doctor.\nLocal health officials enacted an ordinance making it mandatory for residents to wear face masks in public. El Pasoans were told to avoid crowds and packed cars. Because the city was not prepared for an epidemic, existing hospitals became overcrowded and physicians were in great demand. Various buildings were converted into makeshift hospitals.\nFort Bliss soldiers could not leave the base without permission and were subject to arrest if they did. When they entered El Paso, soldiers could not go south of Overland Street. By October 15, Fort Bliss had 1,309 cases. Many of these patients were soldiers who had returned from Europe, where the flu was raging. The commander of Fort Bliss volunteered the services of his medical officers to help the city with the epidemic.\nMexican-Americans in the south part of the town suffered most. The virus ripped through the section named Chihuahuita because no hospital existed in the area, and other health services were not provided. Residents of the area died by the dozen. On October 15, officials recorded 37 deaths in south El Paso, and 22 sick people were found in one house.\nFred M. Morales, writing about the neighborhood, said that ambulances would pick up the seriously ill from Chihuahuita four to five times a day and transport them to the Santa Fe Street tenement buildings that were converted into hospitals. Residents often avoided hospitals because they could not speak English and were frightened of dying there.\nOn October 16, 1918, city and health officials decided to convert the 28 rooms of Aoy School into an emergency hospital for influenza patients. Historian Bradford Luckingham writes that the city furnished utilities; the school board provided the building; the United States Public Health Service supplied the physicians; the Red Cross contributed the beds, medicines and nurses; and the Associated Charities provided food, clothes and money for families in need. Aoy teachers assisted Red Cross workers, speaking Spanish to the patients.\nVolunteers from all over the city donated food and clothing to the sick in hospitals, while others used their vehicles as ambulances. These volunteers also taught family members of flu patients rules to prevent reinfecting the patient or spreading the disease to others.\nThe epidemic took its toll on El Paso. In late October, nearly 5,000 Spanish influenza cases had been reported, and at least 400 people had died. During the week ending October 23, 229 deaths occurred in the city. Of the dead, 144 were from the Southside, an increase of 42 over the previous week. Dr. Tappan explained that the high death toll among Chihuahuita residents resulted largely from the fact that a whooping cough epidemic already existed and served to further weaken children who then contracted influenza.\nThe economic loss in El Paso was drastic. The board of health decided that no new businesses should be opened and ordered that \"no stores or public gathering places of any kind, shall allow more than twenty-five persons other than employees, to congregate on one floor.\" The board also authorized special officers to help enforce the regulations. They cited several stores and restaurants for unnecessary crowding.\nThe city removed the prohibition of public gatherings on November 9, allowing more than 8,000 people to view the Armistice Day parade on November 11. Fort Bliss lifted its quarantine. By this time, El Paso had recorded 600 fatalities. Cases of the Spanish flu continued to occur, but by January 1919, the flu scare was over.\nToday, researchers are trying to figure out where this virus came from, why it did so much damage and if and when it will occur again. Determining the origin of the virus can help doctors understand how best to fight the disease. One research team has noted that there had been an outbreak in spring 1918 of a mild flu, followed by an outbreak in the autumn among pigs, and then the killer epidemic in people. This sequence of events supports the theory that the 1918 influenza spread from humans to swine and then back to humans.\nScientists investigating the 1918 flu were stymied in part by the difficulty of finding viable tissue samples from people who had been dead for more than eight decades. In 1999, the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology team used samples from the body of an Alaskan Inuit who was buried in permafrost on the Seward Peninsula, a 21-year-old soldier who died in South Carolina and a 30-year-old who died in New York. The team managed to compose the entire gene for hemagglutinin, a protein the influenza virus uses to infect the cells scientists look at first to determine a flu strain.\nDr. Rod Daniels, of the National Institute for Medical Research in London, England, says, \"Ultimately when we have the genetic information and we have pinned down the pathogenic determinants, then we can monitor for those things through our existing surveillance system. We could probably spot a virus that is evolving down a particular route and prepare a vaccine ahead of time and maybe stop that virus in its tracks.\"\nRegardless of technology, an influenza epidemic is still possible in our time. Paul M. Rowe writing in the British medical journal Lancet, says, \"Influenza pandemics are not new, but rapid international travel combined with complications caused by emerging drug-resistant bacteria and the deterioration of the public health service infrastructure in many places may make the next one very severe.\" No cure exists for the flu, but the yearly vaccines minimize the symptoms. Doctors can identify various strains and treat patients immediately.\nEven with a new vaccine every year, El Pasoans fall victim to various strains of influenza. Epidemiology units monitor hospitals and schools here in El Paso daily from September through April for high numbers of people with flu-like symptoms. If the number of flu cases rises 10 percent above normal, the city will react with emergency measures.\nThe two main medical interventions available are vaccinations and antiviral drugs, neither of which is 100 percent effective. Bertha Holguin, a nurse at Texas Tech Medical Center, who concentrates on flu cases, says the most important step to preventing flu is still to wash hands thoroughly and frequently.\nThe Spanish Flu, coming at the end of World War I, killed more people than the war did. Because the city's health agencies and volunteers worked relentlessly to stop the spread of the virus, El Paso had a relatively low mortality rate. Nevertheless, the flu remains a potentially fatal disease 100 years later. The world must be better prepared for another catastrophic outbreak than it was in 1918.\nBacteria Fingered as Killer in 1918 Flu Pandemic (NPR piece)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "STRIDE: Study Targeting Recognition of Immune Deficiency and Evaluation\nIcahn School of Medicine is a major referral center for infants, children, and adults, who have known or suspected primary immune deficiency diseases. We are taking the next step to help our patients, as well as those patients nationwide and globally by exploring new diagnosis and treatment therapies for these disorders. Researchers at Mount Sinai’s Human Immunodeficiency Diseases and Immuno-Reconstitution Laboratory launched STRIDE (Study Targeting Recognition of Immune Deficiency and Evaluation), which aims to evaluate data from patients with medical complications suggestive of immune deficiency to determine what immune systems may not be working normally. Our overall goal is to improve the quality of life for individuals with primary immune deficiencies.\nPrimary Immune Deficiencies Overview\nPrimary immune deficiencies encompass more than 150 hereditary diseases caused by defects in one or more genes responsible for the development of key components of the immune system. The type of the immune defect dictates in many ways, the age of the patient at which the immune defect manifests and the kinds of medical complications likely to develop. When a very essential component of the immune system is flawed, the age of onset of symptoms is usually in the first year of life; these defects can result in significant disease in these infants if not treated. The most severe forms are the genetic defects that lead to Severe Combined Immune Deficiency (SCID), sometimes called the “Bubble Boy Disease.” Treatment for this form of immunodeficiency is currently bone marrow or stem cell transplantation.\nMany other known forms of primary immune deficiency are not treated with a stem cell transplant. These can be diagnosed in infants, children or adults. Some of the milder, but still very significant forms lead to the occurrence of many episodes of “ordinary” illnesses such as pneumonia, bronchitis, chronic sinusitis or ear infections. These conditions can be either overlooked or misdiagnosed as an allergy, asthma, or recurring bronchitis. When not addressed, primary immune deficiency can leave a patient vulnerable to prolonged illnesses, disability, and - in the most severe cases - organ damage.\nPrimary immune deficiency can be diagnosed through blood tests that evaluate immune functions. These tests are commonly performed in stages, based on clinical history, in order to narrow down the area of abnormality. Once diagnosed, patients will consult their physician about various treatments, which range from selected antibiotics to gamma globulin infusions and cytokine treatments. Other treatments include bone marrow or stem cell transplant. In the future, gene therapy may be possible for some severe forms. Primary immune deficiency is not AIDS. While both involve the immune system, primary immune deficiency occurs as a result of a genetic flaw while AIDS is an acquired immune defect due to infection.\nPrimary Immune Deficiency at Mount Sinai\nSome immune defects are more common than others. Icahn School of Medicine is a referral center for infants, children, and adults, who have known or suspected primary immune deficiency diseases. During recent years, more than 1000 patients have been seen and evaluated. Approximately one half are children and the other half are adult. As many studies have indicated, the most common immune defects involve deficient production of antibodies.\nFigure 1 shows the commonest defects seen in the last several years, based on percentages. Common variable immune deficiency, IgA deficiency, IgG subclass deficiency and transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy are some of the common immune defects that are associated with insufficient antibodies, but many other types of immune defects are also seen.\nLack of Recognition of Primary Immune Deficiency\nPrimary immune defects are believed to occur equally in all populations, races, and ethnic groups, but it has is very concerning that the diagnosis of primary immune defects patients varies considerably from one hospital to another and from one state to the next. For this reason, we have been investigating measures to enhance recognition and diagnosis of patients with primary immune defects at Mount Sinai area and developed an NIH-funded program based on a survey of the diagnoses of large patient groups to determine more about why this is so, and what measures can be taken to improve diagnosis.\nCharlotte Cunningham-Rundles, MD, PhD\n1425 Madison Avenue,1st Floor\nNew York, NY 10029", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Part of the celery family, the celery root or celeriac, is routinely used in French cooking and is seen throughout Europe. It is solely grown for its root use and appeared in the United States beginning in the 19th century.\nThis root is bypassed by many because of it unusual appearance of crevices and rootlets. When cooked well, this root evokes celery and parsley flavors.\nAvailability, Selection, Storage and Preparation\nCelery roots are available year-round with a peak during November through April. Select roots that are the least knobby or ones that have the smoothest skin (for easier peeling). Medium roots tend to be smoother and harder and these roots can be sold with or with out the celery tops. If you do buy the roots with the tops, trim the stalks and save them for soups and stews. The roots should be wrapped in plastic, stored in the refrigerator, and used within a week. Celery roots must be scrubbed, trimmed at the top and bottom, quartered, and then peeled before eating. Be sure to discard any spongy parts. Avoid overcooking celery root as it will go quickly from firm to mushy.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "As regions across Africa continue to suffer consecutive seasons of drought and food shortages, World Vision is bringing assistance to malnourished children like Saytuun, who was able to recover after three months of therapeutic feeding at a nutrition center.\nGoldogob, located near the border between Ethiopia and Somalia, is surrounded by numerous villages that depend on it for their medical needs, because they lack health facilities.\nSaytuun is a 10-month-old girl who was admitted to the World Vision outpatient theraputic program in Goldogob, after she was diagnosed with malnutrition. At the time of her admission in November 2012, she only weighed five kilograms, or 11 pounds.\n“We are a very poor family that cannot afford to pay for treatment of our children, and sometimes we miss our daily food,” says Saytuun’s mother, Ikran, who attributes her daughter’s malnutrition to the poverty they face.\nVirtually all families in Goldogob, northern Somalia, and across rural East Africa depend on livestock to make a living. However, successive droughts have decimated the cattle population, leaving many families poor and unable to meet their basic needs.\nAt the local nutrition center managed by World Vision, Saytuun received nutrient-rich supplements, while her general health was monitored on a weekly basis.\nWithin the first three weeks, her condition improved, as she continued to gain strength. And after three months in the program, Saytuun had fully recovered and was discharged. This girl is among dozens of children who have been treated successfully at the nutrition center thus far.\nCurrently, World Vision is the only humanitarian agency that provides nutrition intervention in Goldogob. The program operates weekly with five staff members. It targets children ages 6 months through 4 years old who suffer from severe acute malnutrition.\nThe team also dispenses deworming medicines and conducts community mobilization and health education sessions in Goldogob and surrounding villages.\nMalnutrition remains a major challenge for children in Somalia. Recently released statistics indicate malnutrition affects nearly one in three children. An estimated 215,000 children under 5 years of age are acutely malnourished, out of which at least 45,000 are severely malnourished.\nWorld Vision’s successful treatment of Saytuun and other children in Goldogob, Somalia — as well as other parts of the drought-weary Horn of Africa — has contributed to overall efforts to reduce malnutrition among children.\nBut challenges remain as dry conditions persist across large parts of the continent, resulting in poor harvests, loss of livestock, and resulting food shortages. World Vision teams remain focused on providing emergency aid to children in greatest need, like Saytuun, while helping families and communities develop sustainable, long-term solutions to reduce malnutrition and increase food security.\nRead more about World Vision’s work to address hunger and malnutrition.\nPlease pray for children like Saytuun who are extremely vulnerable to hunger and malnutrition. Though Saytuun was able to recover, many more are at risk in this region and across other parts of Africa where prolonged droughts have caused major suffering.\nMake a one-time donation to help provide life-saving food and care to children suffering from hunger. Your contribution will help us bring assistance in places of great need through interventions like emergency food aid, nutritional training, agricultural support, clean water, and more.\nGive monthly to support children affected by hunger. Your monthly donation will help us reach even more children who suffer because of hunger, malnutrition, and food shortages.\nContact President Obama today. Sign our Beyond 5 petition and urge the president to support policies that reduce global hunger and address other preventable causes of death among children under age 5.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Reaction Torque Transducers\nWhen you choose a reaction torque transducer from S. Himmelstein and Company, you get ultimate real-world accuracy based on 50+ years of experience and innovation.\nA reaction torque transducer measures torque transferred to ground (or any rigid structural member). While intended primarily for static torque measurement, these reaction transducers can also measure dynamic torque, thanks to Newton’s third law of motion. (For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.)\nReaction Torque Transducer Principles\nA reaction transducer has two mounting flanges. One face is fixed to ground or a rigid structural member and the other to the rotating or rotary element. Rotation generates shear forces between the flanges. S. Himmelstein and Company measures these forces with precision strain gages. These incorporate wire that responds to being stretched or compressed with strand small changes in electrical resistance. While the change is subtle, it can be detected effectively in a reaction torque sensor by incorporating four gages into a Wheatstone Bridge arrangement.\nAccurate and repeatable torque measurement from the reaction torque transducer is achieved through precise manufacture and installation of the strain gages — plus temperature compensation and sophisticated signal conditioning. Details vary by transducer size and type, but strain gages are typically arranged at 45 degrees to the rotation axis. In this configuration, the shear stress produced by twisting creates tensile and compressive stresses of equal magnitude.\nWhen selecting a reaction torque transducer, always consider the extraneous loads to which it will be subjected. Typical of such loads are bending moments and axial thrust. Transducer specifications list the maximum such loads that can be safely applied.\nElectrical resistance varies with temperature. Without compensation, the result would be inaccurate readings from the reaction torquemeter. While strain gages are temperature-compensated, reaction torque sensors incorporate our superior technology for improved accuracy.\nCommon Applications for Reaction Transducers\nTorque measurement via reaction torque sensor is widely used in process control and testing. It can yield valuable information about how a process is running and enable torque control that improves product consistency. In testing, torque measurement can indicate product performance, safe operating limits, maximum loads and breaking points.\nCoil winding systems like those used in steel and paper manufacture are a common torque measurement application. In rolling mills, it can indicate load and hence material properties. In chemical processing, a change in fluid viscosity can signal the onset of a chemical reaction or degree of mixing.\nIn test and measurement, torque measurement is used to calibrate torque wrenches, determine fastener breaking torque and monitor the force needed to open child-proof containers. Torque can even indicate the approach of plastic deformation in materials testing.\nTypes of Reaction Torque Transducers\nWe offer four types:\n- Hollow Flanged Transducer — Achieve faster response by employing a patented double-wall design that results in a compact package with high torsional stiffness. Maximum loads range from 60 to 2,400,000 lbf-in.\n- Solid Flanged — Handle torques from 10 ozf-in to 750,000 lbf-in. Overload capacity is twice the rated torque.\n- C-Faced Hollow Flange — Mate with NEMA C-Face motors and offer high accuracy and stiffness along with low deflection. Handle torque from 50 to 20,000 lbf-in.\n- Square Drive — Low weight and compact size simplify installation and handling. They are intended for larger torques, in the 300,000 to 4,000,000 lbf-in range.\nExperienced and Professional\nS. Himmelstein and Company has been in the torque measurement business since 1960. We're known for building high-quality torque measurement transducers that are easy to install and use and that deliver years of dependable service. Our after-sales service and support is second-to-none. Further, our highly skilled employees take pride in building the best products available at their price point. Contact us today to learn more.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Keeping Safe Talking Mats resource is a visual framework that has been developed and trialled over 3 years. It provides:\n- A listening space for people with learning disability to raise concerns\n- A structure for staff to find out what people are thinking about their lives, and raise issues that can be difficult to discuss.\nWe have produced a poster that describes the development of the resource and where we have got to . Please click here to view CM poster 20150825\nThe Scottish government learning disability strategy keys to life has 4 strategic outcomes for people with learning disability in 2015-2017\n- A health life\n- Choice and control\n- Active Citzenship\nUsing the Keeping safe resource allows people to think about , reflect on and have their say in these areas. We have loved training staff working in learning disability across Scotland to use it. The feedback on how it is being used is very powerful, so watch out for more blogs that will show how it has helped people with a learning disability have a say in changing and determining their lives.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A person is attracted to space. He wants to figure out where it came from, if not from monkeys, and is there intelligent life on other worlds. And don’t always need to look prohibitively far away, if you planet “on all occasions”. Mars became the object of attention long before the exploration of space, and it is popular with filmmakers who want to make fiction.\nBut it was a fantastic part of the question this film will have problems. The Director was not able to find and catch the right rhythm and the right mood. The trouble is in the details. It begins with the earthly scenes where the astronauts rolled up a party on the occasion of the mission. Then the viewer is immediately thrown on the surface of Mars, where already carried out some work. Even really clear what they’re looking for. In movies about space and traveling through it is always interesting to watch the preparation. As the astronauts enter the ship, as the ship takes off, passes the atmosphere, overcomes a great distance, and were approaching their destination. Well and then — as scientists begin their work, take their first steps in uncharted territory, etc. Continue reading\nPeople were engaged in agriculture in the stone age, 30 – 35 thousand years ago. This is evidenced by the notches on animal bones and rocks, cave paintings. This is, perhaps, the earliest “scientific notes”, in which the authors noted the different phases of the moon and count days and nights.\nMonitored by our astronomical instruments, the universe consists by weight of about 76 percent hydrogen and 23 helium. Only slightly more than one percent accounts for all other elements of the periodic table.\nIt is estimated that the galaxy contains more than a hundred and twenty billion stars and to represent its enormous size, we will give one comparison: if the path from the Sun to Earth light travels in 8 minutes, the diameter of the galaxy it will for a hundred thousand years.\nTo show the progress made over half a century in the study of the Universe, astronomer Paul Couderc came to a startling comparison. Suppose that all known astronomy to 1900 area of the Universe displayed on the plan area of one square meter. Continue reading\nThe main problems during space flight are considered motion sickness, fatigue, dehydration, loss of appetite and back pain\nThe astronauts can perform on the International space station not more than six months. And for good reason.\nThe loss of muscle and bone mass in zero gravity during this time is so great that the continued presence in space for humans is not possible.\nFuture space tourists will not go through the same tough training as cosmonauts and astronauts – how flying can affect their health?\nIn an article published by the British medical journal, argues that the district doctors in British clinics need to be prepared for the fact that in the near future, their patients will begin to wonder whether their body to move space travel.\nOnly a handful of doctors have sufficient knowledge in the field of space medicine to give expert advice. Continue reading", "label": "No"}
{"text": "What makes a building healthy?\nA healthy building needs to be designed for efficiency, safety, livability, and of course, comfort. Most organizations strive to provide healthy buildings for their tenants and employees, but their understanding of what that entails is often limited. Fortunately, the Healthy Buildings Program at Harvard created nine guidelines to follow.\nHere are the nine foundations of a healthy building:\n- Outside Air. Outside air is significantly cleaner and healthier than the air indoors—at least above street level where you can eliminate things like car exhaust. Healthy ventilation means removing the stale, recirculated air, and replacing it with clean, fresh, outdoor air—then filtering that air to remove contaminants.\n- Air Quality. Eliminating particles from the air, down to the nanometer size is essential for good air quality. Many furnishings, supplies, and building materials release harmful chemicals over time. Look to eliminate things like lead and asbestos from older buildings, and do not use paints, solvents, or cleaning supplies that include volatile organic compounds.\n- Water Quality. The water system in a healthy building must be tested regularly and meet the U.S. National Drinking Water Standard. This may involve installing water purification and filtration above and beyond what’s done by the municipal water system.\n- Thermal Health. The building’s temperature must be kept comfortable and consistent over time. The same goes for humidity. If possible, this should include separate climate controls for each floor in the building. Since heat rises, upper floors may be significantly warmer than lower ones. There should also be a thorough examination of the building to see if there are disparate temperatures in different areas and address those issues.\n- Dust and Pests. Dust and contaminants in the air can be eliminated by your air ventilation and filtration system. But what about the dust that settles in the carpet, or on surfaces? What about bugs and other pests that can make their way into your building? Sealing leaks, gaps, and other potential entry points can help prevent pests from getting in. Vacuum regularly with a high-efficiency filter, and dust thoroughly.\n- Lighting and Views. Healthy buildings should be designed to let in as much natural light as possible. Working for long periods of time in an area lit only with artificial light can be detrimental to workers’ health and well-being. All workers should have a clear view of at least one window from their station.\n- Noise Level. How well can you hear the traffic outside? Is there heavy construction? Airplanes overhead? What about the noise inside, such as the humming of equipment, or the beeps of devices? Noise should be mitigated as much as possible, and “quiet areas” should be provided in the building to get away from the noise.\n- Moisture. There are a number of ways moisture can enter a building, from roof leaks to plumbing problems, to HVAC issues. Moisture can in turn lead to mold, mildew, and other problems. A building’s roof, plumbing, and HVAC systems should be checked regularly and well-maintained to prevent unwanted moisture.\n- Safety and Security. Exit signs should be clearly visible. Stairways, parking lots, and other potentially dangerous areas should be well-lit. Smoke alarms, fire alarms, carbon monoxide detectors, etc. should be regularly maintained and kept working and in good repair.\nThis is just a basic overview of Harvard’s nine foundations of a healthy building and what they entail. There is a myriad of ways to improve the health of your building, and with effort and dedication, any building can be made healthier. What’s more, by creating a healthier building, you create a brighter future for your company and employees.[/vc_column_text][vc_cta h2=”Are you ready to improve the health of your building?”]Contact the EEP team today to get started.[/vc_cta][/vc_column][/vc_row]", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Answered By: Gabe Gossett Last Updated: Jan 03, 2020 Views: 56111\nNote: This is an answer only for citing within an appendix. If you are looking for information on how to cite an appendix you have created within the body of your text, please follow this link.\n- Use parenthetical in-text citations in your appendix\n- Include all sources cited in your appendix in your larger alphabetical References section\nAnswer with explanation\nThe APA Publication Manual does not give explicit direction on how to cite external sources that are used within appendices. However, APA style favors the idea of keeping all sources cited in a single reference list. A good practice would be to cite your source information in your appendix with an in-text parenthetical citation, like you would in the body of your paper, and include the source in the alphabetical list with everything else in your References section. With a grey area like this, where the manual does not have explicit direction, it is often a good idea to check in with your instructor to ensure that your approach will align well with their expectations.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Diabetes mellitus currently affects 346 million individuals and this is projected to increase to 400 million by 2030. Evidence from both the laboratory and large scale clinical trials has revealed that diabetic complications progress unimpeded via the phenomenon of metabolic memory even when glycemic control is pharmaceutically achieved. Gene expression can be stably altered through epigenetic changes which not only allow cells and organisms to quickly respond to changing environmental stimuli but also confer the ability of the cell to \"memorize\" these encounters once the stimulus is removed. As such, the roles that these mechanisms play in the metabolic memory phenomenon are currently being examined.\nWe have recently reported the development of a zebrafish model of type I diabetes mellitus and characterized this model to show that diabetic zebrafish not only display the known secondary complications including the changes associated with diabetic retinopathy, diabetic nephropathy and impaired wound healing but also exhibit impaired caudal fin regeneration. This model is unique in that the zebrafish is capable to regenerate its damaged pancreas and restore a euglycemic state similar to what would be expected in post-transplant human patients. Moreover, multiple rounds of caudal fin amputation allow for the separation and study of pure epigenetic effects in an in vivo system without potential complicating factors from the previous diabetic state. Although euglycemia is achieved following pancreatic regeneration, the diabetic secondary complication of fin regeneration and skin wound healing persists indefinitely. In the case of impaired fin regeneration, this pathology is retained even after multiple rounds of fin regeneration in the daughter fin tissues. These observations point to an underlying epigenetic process existing in the metabolic memory state. Here we present the methods needed to successfully generate the diabetic and metabolic memory groups of fish and discuss the advantages of this model.\n19 Related JoVE Articles!\nMeasuring Frailty in HIV-infected Individuals. Identification of Frail Patients is the First Step to Amelioration and Reversal of Frailty\nInstitutions: University of Arizona, University of Arizona.\nA simple, validated protocol consisting of a battery of tests is available to identify elderly patients with frailty syndrome. This syndrome of decreased reserve and resistance to stressors increases in incidence with increasing age. In the elderly, frailty may pursue a step-wise loss of function from non-frail to pre-frail to frail. We studied frailty in HIV-infected patients and found that ~20% are frail using the Fried phenotype using stringent criteria developed for the elderly1,2\n. In HIV infection the syndrome occurs at a younger age.\nHIV patients were checked for 1) unintentional weight loss; 2) slowness as determined by walking speed; 3) weakness as measured by a grip dynamometer; 4) exhaustion by responses to a depression scale; and 5) low physical activity was determined by assessing kilocalories expended in a week's time. Pre-frailty was present with any two of five criteria and frailty was present if any three of the five criteria were abnormal.\nThe tests take approximately 10-15 min to complete and they can be performed by medical assistants during routine clinic visits. Test results are scored by referring to standard tables. Understanding which of the five components contribute to frailty in an individual patient can allow the clinician to address relevant underlying problems, many of which are not evident in routine HIV clinic visits.\nMedicine, Issue 77, Infection, Virology, Infectious Diseases, Anatomy, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Biomedical Engineering, Retroviridae Infections, Body Weight Changes, Diagnostic Techniques and Procedures, Physical Examination, Muscle Strength, Behavior, Virus Diseases, Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms, Diagnosis, Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena, HIV, HIV-1, AIDS, Frailty, Depression, Weight Loss, Weakness, Slowness, Exhaustion, Aging, clinical techniques\nTrypsin Digest Protocol to Analyze the Retinal Vasculature of a Mouse Model\nInstitutions: Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.\nTrypsin digest is the gold standard method to analyze the retinal vasculature 1-5\n. It allows visualization of the entire network of complex three-dimensional retinal blood vessels and capillaries by creating a two-dimensional flat-mount of the interconnected vascular channels after digestion of the non-vascular components of the retina. This allows one to study various pathologic vascular changes, such as microaneurysms, capillary degeneration, and abnormal endothelial to pericyte ratios. However, the method is technically challenging, especially in mice, which have become the most widely available animal model to study the retina because of the ease of genetic manipulations 6,7\n. In the mouse eye, it is particularly difficult to completely remove the non-vascular components while maintaining the overall architecture of the retinal blood vessels. To date, there is a dearth of literature that describes the trypsin digest technique in detail in the mouse. This manuscript provides a detailed step-by-step methodology of the trypsin digest in mouse retina, while also providing tips on troubleshooting difficult steps.\nNeurobiology, Issue 76, Neuroscience, Biomedical Engineering, Medicine, Anatomy, Physiology, Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Ophthalmology, Eye, Posterior Eye Segment, Retinal Diseases, Eye Enucleation, trypsin digest, mouse, rat, rodent, retina, vasculature, blood vessel, histology, diabetes, tissue, animal model\nDissection of Human Vitreous Body Elements for Proteomic Analysis\nInstitutions: University of Iowa.\nThe vitreous is an optically clear, collagenous extracellular matrix that fills the inside of the eye and overlies the retina. 1,2\nAbnormal interactions between vitreous substructures and the retina underlie several vitreoretinal diseases, including retinal tear and detachment, macular pucker, macular hole, age-related macular degeneration, vitreomacular traction, proliferative vitreoretinopathy, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, and inherited vitreoretinopathies. 1,2\nThe molecular composition of the vitreous substructures is not known. Since the vitreous body is transparent with limited surgical access, it has been difficult to study its substructures at the molecular level. We developed a method to separate and preserve these tissues for proteomic and biochemical analysis. The dissection technique in this experimental video shows how to isolate vitreous base, anterior hyaloid, vitreous core, and vitreous cortex from postmortem human eyes. One-dimensional SDS-PAGE analyses of each vitreous component showed that our dissection technique resulted in four unique protein profiles corresponding to each substructure of the human vitreous body. Identification of differentially compartmentalized proteins will reveal candidate molecules underlying various vitreoretinal diseases.\nMedicine, Issue 47, vitreous, retina, dissection, hyaloid, vitreous base, vitreous cortex, vitreous core, protein analysis\nEvisceration of Mouse Vitreous and Retina for Proteomic Analyses\nInstitutions: University of Iowa, University of Iowa, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.\nWhile the mouse retina has emerged as an important genetic model for inherited retinal disease, the mouse vitreous remains to be explored. The vitreous is a highly aqueous extracellular matrix overlying the retina where intraocular as well as extraocular proteins accumulate during disease.1-3\nAbnormal interactions between vitreous and retina underlie several diseases such as retinal detachment, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, uveitis, and proliferative vitreoretinopathy.1,4\nThe relative mouse vitreous volume is significantly smaller than the human vitreous (Figure 1), since the mouse lens occupies nearly 75% of its eye.5\nThis has made biochemical studies of mouse vitreous challenging. In this video article, we present a technique to dissect and isolate the mouse vitreous from the retina, which will allow use of transgenic mouse models to more clearly define the role of this extracellular matrix in the development of vitreoretinal diseases.\nCellular Biology, Issue 50, mouse, vitreous, retina, proteomics, superoxide dismutase\nRetinal Detachment Model in Rodents by Subretinal Injection of Sodium Hyaluronate\nInstitutions: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School.\nSubretinal injection of sodium hyaluronate is a widely accepted method of inducing retinal detachment (RD). However, the height and duration of RD or the occurrence of subretinal hemorrhage can affect photoreceptor cell death in the detached retina. Hence, it is advantageous to create reproducible RDs without subretinal hemorrhage for evaluating photoreceptor cell death. We modified a previously reported method to create bullous and persistent RDs in a reproducible location with rare occurrence of subretinal hemorrhage. The critical step of this modified method is the creation of a self-sealing scleral incision, which can prevent leakage of sodium hyaluronate after injection into the subretinal space. To make the self-sealing scleral incision, a scleral tunnel is created, followed by scleral penetration into the choroid with a 30 G needle. Although choroidal hemorrhage may occur during this step, astriction with a surgical spear reduces the rate of choroidal hemorrhage. This method allows a more reproducible and reliable model of photoreceptor death in diseases that involve RD such as rhegmatogenous RD, retinopathy of prematurity, diabetic retinopathy, central serous chorioretinopathy, and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).\nMedicine, Issue 79, Photoreceptor Cells, Rodentia, Retinal Degeneration, Retinal Detachment, animal models, Neuroscience, ophthalmology, retina, mouse, photoreceptor cell death, retinopathy, age-related macular degeneration (AMD)\nCorneal Confocal Microscopy: A Novel Non-invasive Technique to Quantify Small Fibre Pathology in Peripheral Neuropathies\nInstitutions: University of Manchester.\nThe accurate quantification of peripheral neuropathy is important to define at risk patients, anticipate deterioration, and assess new therapies. Conventional methods assess neurological deficits and electrophysiology and quantitative sensory testing quantifies functional alterations to detect neuropathy. However, the earliest damage appears to be to the small fibres and yet these tests primarily assess large fibre dysfunction and have a limited ability to demonstrate regeneration and repair. The only techniques which allow a direct examination of unmyelinated nerve fibre damage and repair are sural nerve biopsy with electron microscopy and skin-punch biopsy. However, both are invasive procedures and require lengthy laboratory procedures and considerable expertise. Corneal Confocal microscopy is a non-invasive clinical technique which provides in-vivo\nimaging of corneal nerve fibres. We have demonstrated early nerve damage, which precedes loss of intraepidermal nerve fibres in skin biopsies together with stratification of neuropathic severity and repair following pancreas transplantation in diabetic patients. We have also demonstrated nerve damage in idiopathic small fibre neuropathy and Fabry's disease.\nMedicine, Issue 47, Corneal Confocal Microscopy, Corneal nerves, Peripheral Neuropathy, Diabetic Neuropathy\nAccelerated Type 1 Diabetes Induction in Mice by Adoptive Transfer of Diabetogenic CD4+ T Cells\nInstitutions: Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine.\nThe nonobese diabetic (NOD) mouse spontaneously develops autoimmune diabetes after 12 weeks of age and is the most extensively studied animal model of human Type 1 diabetes (T1D). Cell transfer studies in irradiated recipient mice have established that T cells are pivotal in T1D pathogenesis in this model. We describe herein a simple method to rapidly induce T1D by adoptive transfer of purified, primary CD4+ T cells from pre-diabetic NOD mice transgenic for the islet-specific T cell receptor (TCR) BDC2.5 into NOD.SCID recipient mice. The major advantages of this technique are that isolation and adoptive transfer of diabetogenic T cells can be completed within the same day, irradiation of the recipients is not required, and a high incidence of T1D is elicited within 2 weeks after T cell transfer. Thus, studies of pathogenesis and therapeutic interventions in T1D can proceed at a faster rate than with methods that rely on heterogenous T cell populations or clones derived from diabetic NOD mice.\nImmunology, Issue 75, Medicine, Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Anatomy, Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, Genetics, Surgery, Type 1 diabetes, CD4+ T cells, diabetogenic T cells, T cell transfer, diabetes induction method, diabetes, T cells, isolation, cell sorting, FACS, transgenic mice, animal model\nIntravital Video Microscopy Measurements of Retinal Blood Flow in Mice\nInstitutions: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center.\nAlterations in retinal blood flow can contribute to, or be a consequence of, ocular disease and visual dysfunction. Therefore, quantitation of altered perfusion can aid research into the mechanisms of retinal pathologies. Intravital video microscopy of fluorescent tracers can be used to measure vascular diameters and bloodstream velocities of the retinal vasculature, specifically the arterioles branching from the central retinal artery and of the venules leading into the central retinal vein. Blood flow rates can be calculated from the diameters and velocities, with the summation of arteriolar flow, and separately venular flow, providing values of total retinal blood flow. This paper and associated video describe the methods for applying this technique to mice, which includes 1) the preparation of the eye for intravital microscopy of the anesthetized animal, 2) the intravenous infusion of fluorescent microspheres to measure bloodstream velocity, 3) the intravenous infusion of a high molecular weight fluorescent dextran, to aid the microscopic visualization of the retinal microvasculature, 4) the use of a digital microscope camera to obtain videos of the perfused retina, and 5) the use of image processing software to analyze the video. The same techniques can be used for measuring retinal blood flow rates in rats.\nMedicine, Issue 82, mouse, intravital, microscopy, microspheres, retinal vascular diameters, bloodstream velocities, retinal blood flow\nThe Goeckerman Regimen for the Treatment of Moderate to Severe Psoriasis\nInstitutions: University of Southern California, University of California, San Francisco , University of California Irvine School of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Chicago College of Osteopathic Medicine.\nPsoriasis is a chronic, immune-mediated inflammatory skin disease affecting approximately 2-3% of the population. The Goeckerman regimen consists of exposure to ultraviolet B (UVB) light and application of crude coal tar (CCT). Goeckerman therapy is extremely effective and relatively safe for the treatment of psoriasis and for improving a patient's quality of life. In the following article, we present our protocol for the Goeckerman therapy that is utilized specifically at the University of California, San Francisco. This protocol details the preparation of supplies, administration of phototherapy and application of topical tar. This protocol also describes how to assess the patient daily, monitor for adverse effects (including pruritus and burning), and adjust the treatment based on the patient's response. Though it is one of the oldest therapies available for psoriasis, there is an absence of any published videos demonstrating the process in detail. The video is beneficial for healthcare providers who want to administer the therapy, for trainees who want to learn more about the process, and for prospective patients who want to undergo treatment for their cutaneous disease.\nMedicine, Issue 77, Infection, Biomedical Engineering, Anatomy, Physiology, Immunology, Dermatology, Skin, Dermis, Epidermis, Skin Diseases, Skin Diseases, Eczematous, Goeckerman, Crude Coal Tar, phototherapy, psoriasis, Eczema, Goeckerman regimen, clinical techniques\nA Method for Mouse Pancreatic Islet Isolation and Intracellular cAMP Determination\nInstitutions: University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Waterloo.\nUncontrolled glycemia is a hallmark of diabetes mellitus and promotes morbidities like neuropathy, nephropathy, and retinopathy. With the increasing prevalence of diabetes, both immune-mediated type 1 and obesity-linked type 2, studies aimed at delineating diabetes pathophysiology and therapeutic mechanisms are of critical importance. The β-cells of the pancreatic islets of Langerhans are responsible for appropriately secreting insulin in response to elevated blood glucose concentrations. In addition to glucose and other nutrients, the β-cells are also stimulated by specific hormones, termed incretins, which are secreted from the gut in response to a meal and act on β-cell receptors that increase the production of intracellular cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP). Decreased β-cell function, mass, and incretin responsiveness are well-understood to contribute to the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes, and are also being increasingly linked with type 1 diabetes. The present mouse islet isolation and cAMP determination protocol can be a tool to help delineate mechanisms promoting disease progression and therapeutic interventions, particularly those that are mediated by the incretin receptors or related receptors that act through modulation of intracellular cAMP production. While only cAMP measurements will be described, the described islet isolation protocol creates a clean preparation that also allows for many other downstream applications, including glucose stimulated insulin secretion, [3H\n]-thymidine incorporation, protein abundance, and mRNA expression.\nPhysiology, Issue 88, islet, isolation, insulin secretion, β-cell, diabetes, cAMP production, mouse\nFundus Photography as a Convenient Tool to Study Microvascular Responses to Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Epidemiological Studies\nInstitutions: Flemish Institute for Technological Research (VITO), Hasselt University, Hasselt University, Leuven University.\nThe microcirculation consists of blood vessels with diameters less than 150 µm. It makes up a large part of the circulatory system and plays an important role in maintaining cardiovascular health. The retina is a tissue that lines the interior of the eye and it is the only tissue that allows for a non-invasive analysis of the microvasculature. Nowadays, high-quality fundus images can be acquired using digital cameras. Retinal images can be collected in 5 min or less, even without dilatation of the pupils. This unobtrusive and fast procedure for visualizing the microcirculation is attractive to apply in epidemiological studies and to monitor cardiovascular health from early age up to old age.\nSystemic diseases that affect the circulation can result in progressive morphological changes in the retinal vasculature. For example, changes in the vessel calibers of retinal arteries and veins have been associated with hypertension, atherosclerosis, and increased risk of stroke and myocardial infarction. The vessel widths are derived using image analysis software and the width of the six largest arteries and veins are summarized in the Central Retinal Arteriolar Equivalent (CRAE) and the Central Retinal Venular Equivalent (CRVE). The latter features have been shown useful to study the impact of modifiable lifestyle and environmental cardiovascular disease risk factors.\nThe procedures to acquire fundus images and the analysis steps to obtain CRAE and CRVE are described. Coefficients of variation of repeated measures of CRAE and CRVE are less than 2% and within-rater reliability is very high. Using a panel study, the rapid response of the retinal vessel calibers to short-term changes in particulate air pollution, a known risk factor for cardiovascular mortality and morbidity, is reported. In conclusion, retinal imaging is proposed as a convenient and instrumental tool for epidemiological studies to study microvascular responses to cardiovascular disease risk factors.\nMedicine, Issue 92, retina, microvasculature, image analysis, Central Retinal Arteriolar Equivalent, Central Retinal Venular Equivalent, air pollution, particulate matter, black carbon\nAssessment of Vascular Regeneration in the CNS Using the Mouse Retina\nInstitutions: McGill University, University of Montréal, University of Montréal.\nThe rodent retina is perhaps the most accessible mammalian system in which to investigate neurovascular interplay within the central nervous system (CNS). It is increasingly being recognized that several neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, multiple sclerosis, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis present elements of vascular compromise. In addition, the most prominent causes of blindness in pediatric and working age populations (retinopathy of prematurity and diabetic retinopathy, respectively) are characterized by vascular degeneration and failure of physiological vascular regrowth. The aim of this technical paper is to provide a detailed protocol to study CNS vascular regeneration in the retina. The method can be employed to elucidate molecular mechanisms that lead to failure of vascular growth after ischemic injury. In addition, potential therapeutic modalities to accelerate and restore healthy vascular plexuses can be explored. Findings obtained using the described approach may provide therapeutic avenues for ischemic retinopathies such as that of diabetes or prematurity and possibly benefit other vascular disorders of the CNS.\nNeuroscience, Issue 88, vascular regeneration, angiogenesis, vessels, retina, neurons, oxygen-induced retinopathy, neovascularization, CNS\nCommunity-based Adapted Tango Dancing for Individuals with Parkinson's Disease and Older Adults\nInstitutions: Emory University School of Medicine, Brigham and Woman‘s Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital.\nAdapted tango dancing improves mobility and balance in older adults and additional populations with balance impairments. It is composed of very simple step elements. Adapted tango involves movement initiation and cessation, multi-directional perturbations, varied speeds and rhythms. Focus on foot placement, whole body coordination, and attention to partner, path of movement, and aesthetics likely underlie adapted tango’s demonstrated efficacy for improving mobility and balance. In this paper, we describe the methodology to disseminate the adapted tango teaching methods to dance instructor trainees and to implement the adapted tango by the trainees in the community for older adults and individuals with Parkinson’s Disease (PD). Efficacy in improving mobility (measured with the Timed Up and Go, Tandem stance, Berg Balance Scale, Gait Speed and 30 sec chair stand), safety and fidelity of the program is maximized through targeted instructor and volunteer training and a structured detailed syllabus outlining class practices and progression.\nBehavior, Issue 94, Dance, tango, balance, pedagogy, dissemination, exercise, older adults, Parkinson's Disease, mobility impairments, falls\nA Simplified Technique for Producing an Ischemic Wound Model\nInstitutions: University of Louisville.\nOne major obstacle in current diabetic wound research is a lack of an ischemic wound model that can be safely used in diabetic animals. Drugs that work well in non-ischemic wounds may not work in human diabetic wounds because vasculopathy is one major factor that hinders healing of these wounds. We published an article in 2007 describing a rabbit ear ischemic wound model created by a minimally invasive surgical technique. Since then, we have further simplified the procedure for easier operation. On one ear, three small skin incisions were made on the vascular pedicles, 1-2 cm from the ear base. The central artery was ligated and cut along with the nerve. The whole cranial bundle was cut and ligated, leaving only the caudal branch intact. A circumferential subcutaneous tunnel was made through the incisions, to cut subcutaneous tissues, muscles, nerves, and small vessels. The other ear was used as a non-ischemic control. Four wounds were made on the ventral side of each ear. This technique produces 4 ischemic wounds and 4 non-ischemic wounds in one animal for paired comparisons. After surgery, the ischemic ear was cool and cyanotic, and showed reduced movement and a lack of pulse in the ear artery. Skin temperature of the ischemic ear was 1-10 °C lower than that on the normal ear and this difference was maintained for more than one month. Ear tissue high-energy phosphate contents were lower in the ischemic ear than the control ear. Wound healing times were longer in the ischemic ear than in the non-ischemic ear when the same treatment was used. The technique has now been used on more than 80 rabbits in which 23 were diabetic (diabetes time ranging from 2 weeks to 2 years). No single rabbit has developed any surgical complications such as bleeding, infection, or rupture in the skin incisions. The model has many advantages, such as little skin disruption, longer ischemic time, and higher success rate, when compared to many other models. It can be safely used in animals with reduced resistance, and can also be modified to meet different testing requirements.\nMedicine, Issue 63, Wound, ischemia, rabbit, minimally invasive, model, diabetes, physiology\nDoppler Optical Coherence Tomography of Retinal Circulation\nInstitutions: Oregon Health and Science University , University of Southern California.\nNoncontact retinal blood flow measurements are performed with a Fourier domain optical coherence tomography (OCT) system using a circumpapillary double circular scan (CDCS) that scans around the optic nerve head at 3.40 mm and 3.75 mm diameters. The double concentric circles are performed 6 times consecutively over 2 sec. The CDCS scan is saved with Doppler shift information from which flow can be calculated. The standard clinical protocol calls for 3 CDCS scans made with the OCT beam passing through the superonasal edge of the pupil and 3 CDCS scan through the inferonal pupil. This double-angle protocol ensures that acceptable Doppler angle is obtained on each retinal branch vessel in at least 1 scan. The CDCS scan data, a 3-dimensional volumetric OCT scan of the optic disc scan, and a color photograph of the optic disc are used together to obtain retinal blood flow measurement on an eye. We have developed a blood flow measurement software called \"Doppler optical coherence tomography of retinal circulation\" (DOCTORC). This semi-automated software is used to measure total retinal blood flow, vessel cross section area, and average blood velocity. The flow of each vessel is calculated from the Doppler shift in the vessel cross-sectional area and the Doppler angle between the vessel and the OCT beam. Total retinal blood flow measurement is summed from the veins around the optic disc. The results obtained at our Doppler OCT reading center showed good reproducibility between graders and methods (<10%). Total retinal blood flow could be useful in the management of glaucoma, other retinal diseases, and retinal diseases. In glaucoma patients, OCT retinal blood flow measurement was highly correlated with visual field loss (R2\n>0.57 with visual field pattern deviation). Doppler OCT is a new method to perform rapid, noncontact, and repeatable measurement of total retinal blood flow using widely available Fourier-domain OCT instrumentation. This new technology may improve the practicality of making these measurements in clinical studies and routine clinical practice.\nMedicine, Issue 67, Ophthalmology, Physics, Doppler optical coherence tomography, total retinal blood flow, dual circular scan pattern, image analysis, semi-automated grading software, optic disc\nUltrasound Assessment of Endothelial-Dependent Flow-Mediated Vasodilation of the Brachial Artery in Clinical Research\nInstitutions: University of California, San Francisco, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, San Francisco.\nThe vascular endothelium is a monolayer of cells that cover the interior of blood vessels and provide both structural and functional roles. The endothelium acts as a barrier, preventing leukocyte adhesion and aggregation, as well as controlling permeability to plasma components. Functionally, the endothelium affects vessel tone.\nEndothelial dysfunction is an imbalance between the chemical species which regulate vessel tone, thombroresistance, cellular proliferation and mitosis. It is the first step in atherosclerosis and is associated with coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, heart failure, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia.\nThe first demonstration of endothelial dysfunction involved direct infusion of acetylcholine and quantitative coronary angiography. Acetylcholine binds to muscarinic receptors on the endothelial cell surface, leading to an increase of intracellular calcium and increased nitric oxide (NO) production. In subjects with an intact endothelium, vasodilation was observed while subjects with endothelial damage experienced paradoxical vasoconstriction.\nThere exists a non-invasive, in vivo\nmethod for measuring endothelial function in peripheral arteries using high-resolution B-mode ultrasound. The endothelial function of peripheral arteries is closely related to coronary artery function. This technique measures the percent diameter change in the brachial artery during a period of reactive hyperemia following limb ischemia.\nThis technique, known as endothelium-dependent, flow-mediated vasodilation (FMD) has value in clinical research settings. However, a number of physiological and technical issues can affect the accuracy of the results and appropriate guidelines for the technique have been published. Despite the guidelines, FMD remains heavily operator dependent and presents a steep learning curve. This article presents a standardized method for measuring FMD in the brachial artery on the upper arm and offers suggestions to reduce intra-operator variability.\nMedicine, Issue 92, endothelial function, endothelial dysfunction, brachial artery, peripheral artery disease, ultrasound, vascular, endothelium, cardiovascular disease.\nImplantation of the Syncardia Total Artificial Heart\nInstitutions: Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia Commonwealth University.\nWith advances in technology, the use of mechanical circulatory support devices for end stage heart failure has rapidly increased. The vast majority of such patients are generally well served by left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). However, a subset of patients with late stage biventricular failure or other significant anatomic lesions are not adequately treated by isolated left ventricular mechanical support. Examples of concomitant cardiac pathology that may be better treated by resection and TAH replacement includes: post infarction ventricular septal defect, aortic root aneurysm / dissection, cardiac allograft failure, massive ventricular thrombus, refractory malignant arrhythmias (independent of filling pressures), hypertrophic / restrictive cardiomyopathy, and complex congenital heart disease. Patients often present with cardiogenic shock and multi system organ dysfunction. Excision of both ventricles and orthotopic replacement with a total artificial heart (TAH) is an effective, albeit extreme, therapy for rapid restoration of blood flow and resuscitation. Perioperative management is focused on end organ resuscitation and physical rehabilitation. In addition to the usual concerns of infection, bleeding, and thromboembolism common to all mechanically supported patients, TAH patients face unique risks with regard to renal failure and anemia. Supplementation of the abrupt decrease in brain natriuretic peptide following ventriculectomy appears to have protective renal effects. Anemia following TAH implantation can be profound and persistent. Nonetheless, the anemia is generally well tolerated and transfusion are limited to avoid HLA sensitization. Until recently, TAH patients were confined as inpatients tethered to a 500 lb pneumatic console driver. Recent introduction of a backpack sized portable driver (currently under clinical trial) has enabled patients to be discharged home and even return to work. Despite the profound presentation of these sick patients, there is a 79-87% success in bridge to transplantation.\nMedicine, Issue 89, mechanical circulatory support, total artificial heart, biventricular failure, operative techniques\nLaparoscopic Left Liver Sectoriectomy of Caroli's Disease Limited to Segment II and III\nInstitutions: University of Insubria, University of Insubria.\nCaroli's disease is defined as a abnormal dilatation of the intra-hepatica bile ducts: Its incidence is extremely low (1 in 1,000,000 population) and in most of the cases the whole liver is interested and liver transplantation is the treatment of choice. In case of dilatation limited to the left or right lobe, liver resection can be performed. For many year the standard approach for liver resection has been a formal laparotomy by means of a large incision of abdomen that is characterized by significant post-operatie morbidity. More recently, minimally invasive, laparoscopic approach has been proposed as possible surgical technique for liver resection both for benign and malignant diseases. The main benefits of the minimally invasive approach is represented by a significant reduction of the surgical trauma that allows a faster recovery a less post-operative complications.\nThis video shows a case of Caroli s disease occured in a 58 years old male admitted at the gastroenterology department for sudden onset of abdominal pain associated with fever (>38C° ), nausea and shivering. Abdominal ultrasound demonstrated a significant dilatation of intra-hepatic left sited bile ducts with no evidences of gallbladder or common bile duct stones. Such findings were confirmed abdominal high resolution computer tomography.\nLaparoscopic left sectoriectomy was planned. Five trocars and 30° optic was used, exploration of the abdominal cavity showed no adhesions or evidences of other diseases.\nIn order to control blood inflow to the liver, vascular clamp was placed on the hepatic pedicle (Pringle s manouvre), Parenchymal division is carried out with a combined use of 5 mm bipolar forceps and 5 mm ultrasonic dissector. A severely dilated left hepatic duct was isolated and divided using a 45mm endoscopic vascular stapler. Liver dissection was continued up to isolation of the main left portal branch that was then divided with a further cartridge of 45 mm vascular stapler.\nAt his point the left liver remains attached only by the left hepatic vein: division of the triangular ligament was performed using monopolar hook and the hepatic vein isolated and the divided using vascular stapler.\nHaemostatis was refined by application of argon beam coagulation and no bleeding was revealed even after removal of the vascular clamp (total Pringle s time 27 minutes).\nPostoperative course was uneventful, minimal elevation of the liver function tests was recorded in post-operative day 1 but returned to normal at discharged on post-operative day 3.\nMedicine, Issue 24, Laparoscopy, Liver resection, Caroli's disease, Left sectoriectomy\nInstitutions: University of Utah.\nA limitation of traditional full-field electroretinograms (ERG) for the diagnosis of retinopathy is lack of sensitivity. Generally, ERG results are normal unless more than approximately 20% of the retina is affected. In practical terms, a patient might be legally blind as a result of macular degeneration or other scotomas and still appear normal, according to traditional full field ERG. An important development in ERGs is the multifocal ERG (mfERG). Erich Sutter adapted the mathematical sequences called binary m-sequences enabling the isolation from a single electrical signal an electroretinogram representing less than each square millimeter of retina in response to a visual stimulus1\nResults that are generated by mfERG appear similar to those generated by flash ERG. In contrast to flash ERG, which best generates data appropriate for whole-eye disorders. The basic mfERG result is based on the calculated mathematical average of an approximation of the positive deflection component of traditional ERG response, known as the b-wave1\n. Multifocal ERG programs measure electrical activity from more than a hundred retinal areas per eye, in a few minutes. The enhanced spatial resolution enables scotomas and retinal dysfunction to be mapped and quantified.\nIn the protocol below, we describe the recording of mfERGs using a bipolar speculum contact lens.\nComponents of mfERG systems vary between manufacturers. For the presentation of visible stimulus, some suitable CRT monitors are available but most systems have adopted the use of flat-panel liquid crystal displays (LCD). The visual stimuli depicted here, were produced by a LCD microdisplay subtending 35 - 40 degrees horizontally and 30 - 35 degrees vertically of visual field, and calibrated to produce multifocal flash intensities of 2.7 cd s m-2\n. Amplification was 50K. Lower and upper bandpass limits were 10 and 300 Hz. The software packages used were VERIS versions 5 and 6.\nMedicine, Issue 58, Multifocal electroretinogram, mfERG, electroretinogram, ERG", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Let us recap: In March 2018 we spent five days in Ravenna to see the town with its eight sites of UNESCO World Heritage:\n- two from the Western Roman Empire (402-476): the Mausoleum Galla Placidia and the Orthodox or Neonian Baptistery.\n- four from the Ostrogothic Rule (493-540): Theoderic’s Mausoleum, the Arian Baptistery, Sant’Apollinare Nuovo (remodeled during Byzantine times) and the Archbishop’s Chapel.\n- two from the Byzantine Rule (540-751): San Vitale and Sant’Apollinare in Classe (both started during Ostrogoth times, but inaugurated in Byzantine times).\nLet us start with our impressions from Roman times, the Mausoleum of Galla Placidia and the Orthodox (Neonian) Baptistery. The latter we will compare later with the Arian Baptistery.\nThe Mausoleum of Galla Placidia – solemnity in blue and golden colors\nGalla Placidia was the daughter of Theodosius, the last emperor of the unified Roman Empire . In her second marriage Galla was the wife of Constantius, Magister Militum of Honorius, the first emperor of the Western Rome Empire (after the partition of Rome in 395). For some years Constantius ruled together with Honorius. Galla’s son, Valentianus III, became emperor of the Western Roman Empire in 425. Until 437 and until he was 18 years old, she managed the empire. During this time – in 425 – she had her mausoleum built. This is the outside view of the mausoleum with its four transepts. The transepts are ornated with blind columns and arcades.\nInside, we find a solemn atmosphere primarily in the colors blue and golden. The cupola is a blue sky filled with stars, with the cross in the middle and the four evangelists in the corners. I love the decoration band around this sky full of stars.\nBelow the cupola there are four mosaics with two men, a fountain and pigeons. In two of the mosaics, the pigeons are drinking from the water. These two pigeons drinking water decorate many, many souvenirs in Ravenna – cups, plates, mouse pads, scarfs, tablecloths, t-shirts etc. The elegant men next to the pigeons have not been identified.\nTwo of the mosaics in the four transepts show deer drinking water alluding to the psalm “like a deer drinking from a stream, I reach out to you, my god.”\nThe third transept hosts the mosaic depicting Christ as the good shepherd – he is caressing one of his sheep – and the animal obviously enjoys that.\nLast the fourth transept shows the martyr Laurentius or Lawrence moving towards his martyrium, the grill, which is next to a bookcase with the four gospels.\nThe decoration in primarily blue and golden colors creates a solemn atmosphere. Very, very beautiful. Galla Placidia was surely an intelligent woman, but in addition she had a good taste. We looked around and around, we checked out every detail and, after having stepped out, I had to go back to get another glance.\nThe Orthodox or Neonian Baptistery – another “aaahhhh”\nThe Orthodox Baptistery is the second testimony of Ravenna as the capital of the Roman empire. It has been accomplished by Bishop Neone (450-476). This is why it is also called “the Neonian Baptistery”. The baptistery is what remains from the Basilica Ursiana which in the 18th century has been replaced by a new cathedral. This is the view from outside.\nAn interesting detail are the pilaster strips (Lisenen) and round-arch mouldings (Rundbogenfriese) – blind columns and arcades. This decoration has been in use in ancient Roman times, in Byzantium and in Ravenna. In Ravenna the Langobards picked it up and integrated it in their Lombardian architecture. From here the Romanesque architecture spread throughout Europe in the 11th century.\nAs this is a baptistery, the decoration centers around christening. The top of the cupola shows Christ standing in the river Jordan. He is being christened by Saint John, while the god of the river Jordan watches the procedure. Around this scene the apostles form a procession.\nThe outer circle contains a band of four double niche constructions alternating between a desk with the bible surrounded by two chairs (see below) and the throne of Christ in a garden (see above).\nWindows give light to the baptistery. Next to the windows are plaster figures – perhaps prophets.\nBelow the windows are absidioles that once were much higher and contained (lost) mosaics showing biblical scenes. The spandrels connecting the absidioles are decorated with mosaics showing (unidentified) men sourrounded by blue and golden.\nWhen entering the baptistery, I opened my mouth – aah – and just stared up at the cupola. Far away I heard a voice say something, but I did not listen. Only after some time I understood that this voice wanted me to show my ticket or buy one. A ticket? I came back to the world – oh yes, the cash point is inside the baptistery. The voice was very friendly, repeated “ticket please” and obviously enjoyed that I was so much overwhelmed by the beauty of the mosaics.\nWe will return to the scene of christening shown in the Orthodox Baptistery and compare it to the same scene in the Arian baptistery.\nClementina Rizzardi: “Ravenna, Eight Monuments World Heritage”, Municipality of Ravenna\nCarola Jäggi: Ravenna, “Kunst und Kultur einer spätantiken Residenzstadt”, Schnell+Steiner, Regensburg 2016\nJutta Dresken-Weiland: “Die frühchristlichen Mosaike von Ravenna”, Schnell+Steiner, Regensburg 2016.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "We've all seen those movies where someone lights a match by striking it against the window, or their boot, but if you've tried this yourself, it probably didn't work. That's because most matches today are safety matches. They're made in such as way that they can usually only be ignited when struck on the lighting strip of the match box or book. The flame is caused by the combination of an oxidizer (usually potassium chlorate, which is in the match head) with a reducer (usually red phosphate, found on the lighting strip) and the heat of friction caused by striking the match on the box. The matches are safe because the chemicals are kept separate until the match is struck.\nThe matches in those movies, however, are strike-anywhere matches or Lucifers. In these, all the chemicals are found in the match head. All that's needed to light the match is friction: The match can be struck on almost any surface -- even your pant leg! Historically, strike-anywhere matches came first, and they made lighting fires (and pipes and cigarettes) a much simpler job. However, the matches were also a safety hazard, as they could all too easily light unintentionally. Since the invention of the safety match in the mid 1800s, strike-anywhere matches have become far less common.\nNonetheless, there are plenty of anecdotes about being able to light a safety match without the box. This can only occur if the friction can make enough heat to start the chemicals in the match head burning even without the red phosphorus of the matchbox strip. If this is going to work at all, sandpaper makes a particularly good striking surface because the gritty surface provides lots of friction; other surfaces might work too, such as the unglazed ring on the underside of a mug. Even then, the force needed to get enough friction is likely to break the match. The best and safest way to light a safety match is the way it's intended -- with the box.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Vaccine is also called an immunization. It gives boost to immune system and fight against harmful viruses/bacteria. Vaccine research is a long process. There is no vaccine for HIV. Scientists are working on HIV vaccines in labs and animals it helpful for researchers learn to how will vaccine works. After completion of laboratory work, conducting clinical trials in human health volunteers by sequential phases. Such as phase-I and phase-II provides data how it works against HIV virus to protect Immune system, depends up on this results vaccines are processed in large scale as phase-III trails. This phase-III trails are done in incidence of HIV infection due to scientific reasons.\nRelated Journals of Vaccine Research on HIV/AIDS\nAll Published work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License\nCopyright © 2019 All rights reserved. iMedPub LTD Last revised : June 17, 2019", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The characters in a text widget are addressed by their line number and the character position within the line. Lines are numbered starting at one, while characters are numbered starting at zero. The numbering for lines was chosen to be compatible with other programs that number lines starting at one, like compilers that generate line-oriented error messages. Here are some examples of text indices:\n|1.0||The first character.|\n|1.1||The second character on the first line.|\n|2.end||The newline character on the second line.|\nThere are also symbolic indices. The insert index is the position at which new characters are normally inserted when the user types in characters. You can define new indices called marks, too, as described later. Table 33-1 summarizes ...", "label": "No"}
{"text": "There are myriad benefits to learning another language, including advancing your career, improving your memory and brain functions, and increasing your understanding of the languages you already speak.\nIs a computer programming language considered a foreign language? We'd call a computer language a constructed rather than a natural language; it is created to communicate information from one entity to another. That being said, many of the skills you would use to learn a foreign language are effective in learning a programming language.\nI spoke with language enthusiasts Lexi and Kathleen recently about their experiences using Udemy.\nWhat courses have you taken in Udemy?\nWhy did you enroll in these courses?\nLexi: I wanted to watch my Chinese dramas without subtitles.\nKathleen: I have loads of curiosity! Even though I am proficient in Latin, the Latin class was a nice, brief refresher to relax my mind and prepare me for reading Latin texts.\nWhat did you accomplish by taking these courses?\nLexi: I began to learn a new language!\nKathleen: I’m getting to know how programming and coding work in my everyday life and feel like I have a better grasp of how things that affect my everyday life operate.\nThe Udemy course library provides access to thousands of curated course materials. You have access to the freshest, most in-demand content taught by qualified, deep subject matter experts. Find out why thousands of learning organizations and corporations have partnered with Udemy to prepare their workforces for the future.\nAccess to the Udemy learning platform is available to permanent library card holders. You will need a Google, Microsoft, or Gale account to sign in to Udemy. To install the app on your device, choose the \"Udemy for Business\" app and then fill in gale.udemy.com when prompted.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "There are over 7 million children in the United States who do not have health insurance. Whether dual income families, or single parents, many families just cannot afford private health insurance, and their children’s health suffers because of it. Families in this situation usually seek medical care only in an emergency, and do not get the preventative care that healthy American children require. If you, or someone you know, cannot afford health insurance, there are many social service agencies at both the federal and state level that may be able to assist you.\nThe federal government sponsors a Medicaid program, co-funded with each state, to offer medical care and assistance to individuals within the region, Usually children, pregnant women, disabled citizens, blind citizens and those over the age of 65 are eligible for Medicaid. A state’s Department of Public Aid, or a similar department, run the Medicaid program, so check with Public Aid to determine if you or your child is eligible for support.\nAn insurance program specific to children was organized in 1997 when Congress enacted the CHIP, Children’s Health Insurance Program, to help reduce the number of uninsured children in the U.S. Congress ruled that each state had a three-year grace period to organize their state’s CHIP, known as a State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and at this time, each state has a SCHIP, or similar program, in place.\nThough each SCHIP has it’s own rules regarding eligibility, the main qualifications are: child is not eligible for Medicaid; child under the age of 19 (20 in some states); and family makes no more than 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL). Information regarding you state’s SCHIP may be found online or via your state’s Department of Public Aid.\nIf you do not have health insurance for your child, please do not hesitate to get help by finding out more information at the SCHIP home page or get an children’s health insurance plan from QOOQe.com to price out some options for you and your children.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Samurai of the Saga Clan, government official, statesman. Born in Saga. His father was a samurai of the Saga Clan and a scholar of kokugaku(National Learning). After serving as an instructor at the clan-built school Chienkan, he studied under Guido H. F. Verbeck and mastered English studies. After the Meiji Restoration, he served in the new government and drafted Seitai-sho(Form of Government) with Takachika Fukuoka. In 1871, he assumed the office of gaimukyo(Foreign Minister) and engaged in the negotiations over the Maria Luz Incident. In 1873, he lost in the controversy over the \"conquer Korea debate\" and resigned from public office. In the following year, he joined in establishing the Aikoku Ko-to (Public Party of Patriots) and with Taisuke Itagaki and Shojiro Goto and others, submitted a memorandum calling for the establishment of a popularly elected parliament to the government. Later he served in the Imperial court as a court councillor, privy councillor, and vice-chairman of the Privy Council. He also served as Minister of Home Affairs in the first Matsukata cabinet.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Japanese Legs: Appearance and Expressions\nNever having been a legman, Japanese legs male or female were never an issue prior to arrival in Japan or even for the first several months of living in Tokyo. In the US interest tended to wax and wan with the rise and fall of the hemline.\nIn Japan though legs appear to be more central to identity and self worth. Women are very aware of their legs and feet length, shape, perceived attractiveness and sandals, eye-catching tights, and short skirts can be seen year-round in Japan.\nEven on the coldest mid-winter morning, you will be treated to the sight of goose-pimpled thigh on the Tokyo subway - and not only on high school girls in their uniforms.\nAn expression to describe just such a situation bare legs is nama ashi, or \"raw legs.\" This is often said in jest, but the word nama has positive sexual connotations in Japan.\nOther \"leg\" expressions also show the importance of the foot/leg in Japan (in Japanese, ashi refers to both foot and leg).\nTwo quite negative leg expressions are the dreaded daikon ashi and tansoku (soku is another reading for leg in Japanese).\nThe first, daikon ashi daikon radish legs is very insulting. It comes from the massive, thick vegetable used in much of Japanese cooking.\nUnlike smaller, reddish radishes common in the West, the daikon has a large girth. Consequently, to be accused of having such legs is no compliment, and brings to mind sturdy middle-aged farm women with rural accents and a mouthful of gold teeth.\nThe second, tansoku, literally means \"short legs.\" In Japan, this is a terrible insult as well. Longer (Western?) legs are perceived of as being beautiful whereas, in relation to the upper body, shorter Japanese legs are considered not as desirable.\nThough lacking the word \"leg,\" the expression sutairu ga ii (stylish) is roughly the opposite of tansoku. To say of a woman sutairu ga ii implies that among other attributes she has long willowy legs.\nAnother popular leg type in Japan is uchi mata, or pigeon toes. In the West, this is not considered attractive; in Japan, however, many men find the simpering, obsessively cute, and often nearly deformedly pigeon toed female irresistible. See the woman at right, at a train station in Osaka, as an example.\nKyoto's maiko and geisha, hobbled by their raised geta traditional wooden sandals must walk one foot over the other, with the their feet angled inwards. This is perhaps the origin of the pigeon toed \"trend\" and its allure. (One of the first ways to spot a fake geisha tourists made up for the day and strolling around Kyoto's Nene no Michi, for example - is watch her feet. The faux geisha are clumsy oafs in comparison to the nimble footwork of the real thing.)\nThe focus on legs can also be seen in Japan's traditional sports: sumo and judo. Tremendous lower body strength is key to success in Japan's martial arts, and the wrestlers and judoka all have heavily muscled legs. And in sumo you are afforded a full view of the wrestlers legs and backside.\nOne expression from the world of sumo and judo is: Age ashi o toru (to find fault). As your opponent raises his leg the literal meaning of age ashi in attack, you take the leg and throw him down. This has since come to mean to tease, to point out a misstatement, to find fault.\nAnother \"male\" expression using leg is ashi arau (to wash the foot/leg). This phrase has its roots in Japan's Buddhist temples. After a day of begging for alms and walking around the temple parish barefoot, the monks would wash each other's feet upon returning at night. It has come to mean to forget, to wash away the bad things that happened during the day. In English, it is close to washing one's hands of something.\nThe final \"leg\" expression is manzoku: \"full\" \"feet.\" The two Chinese characters combined mean \"satisfied,\" and we have no idea why. And thus we will not become too jiko manzoku (self satisfied).\nBook Hotel Accommodation in Tokyo Japan\nBook A Tour of Japan\nRent A Mobile Phone\nFind Bars, Restaurants and Clubs in Tokyo Here", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A Consultation Whether to Proceed by Land or Water- Preparations for Boat-Building.- An Exploring Party.- A Party of Trappers Detached.- Two Snake Visitors.- Their Report Concerning the River. - Confirmed by the Exploring Party. - Mad River Abandoned.- Arrival at Henry's Fort.- Detachment of Robinson, Hoback, and Rezner to Trap.- Mr. Miller Resolves to Accompany Them.- Their Departure.\n0N the banks of Mad River Mr. Hunt held a consultation with the other partners as to their future movements. The wild and impetuous current of the river rendered him doubtful whether it might not abound with impediments lower down, sufficient to render the navigation of it slow and perilous, if not impracticable. The hunters who had acted as guides knew nothing of the character of the river below; what rocks, and shoals, and rapids might obstruct it, or through what mountains and deserts it might pass. Should they then abandon their horses, cast themselves loose in fragile barks upon this wild, doubtful, and unknown river; or should they continue their more toilsome and tedious, but perhaps more certain wayfaring by land?\nThe vote, as might have been expected, was almost unanimous for embarkation; for when men are in difficulties every change seems to be for the better. The difficulty now was to find timber of sufficient size for the construction of canoes, the trees in these high mountain regions being chiefly a scrubbed growth of pines and cedars, aspens, haws, and service-berries, and a small kind of cotton-tree, with a leaf resembling that of the willow. There was a species of large fir, but so full of knots as to endanger the axe in hewing it. After searching for some time, a growth of timber, of sufficient size, was found lower down the river, whereupon the encampment was moved to the vicinity.\nThe men were now set to work to fell trees, and the mountains echoed to the unwonted sound of their axes. While preparations were thus going on for a voyage down the river, Mr. Hunt, who still entertained doubts of its practicability, despatched an exploring party, consisting of John Reed, the clerk, John Day, the hunter, and Pierre Dorion, the interpreter, with orders to proceed several days' march along the stream, and notice its course and character.\nAfter their departure, Mr. Hunt turned his thoughts to another object of importance. He had now arrived at the head waters of the Columbia, which were among the main points embraced by the enterprise of Mr. Astor. These upper streams were reputed to abound in beaver, and had as yet been unmolested by the white trapper. The numerous signs of beaver met with during the recent search for timber gave evidence that the neighborhood was a good \"trapping ground.\" Here, then, it was proper to begin to cast loose those leashes of hardy trappers, that are detached from trading parties, in the very heart of the wilderness. The men detached in the present instance were Alexander Carson, Louis St. Michel, Pierre Detaye, and Pierre Delaunay. Trappers generally go in pairs, that they may assist, protect, and comfort each other in their lonely and perilous occupations. Thus Carson and St. Michel formed one couple, and Detaye and Delaunay another. They were fitted out with traps, arms, ammunition, horses, and every other requisite, and were to trap upon the upper part of Mad River, and upon the neighboring streams of the mountains. This would probably occupy them for some months; and, when they should have collected a sufficient quantity of peltries, they were to pack them upon their horses and make the best of their way to the mouth of Columbia River, or to any intermediate post which might be established by the company. They took leave of their comrades and started off on their several courses with stout hearts and cheerful countenances; though these lonely cruisings into a wild and hostile wilderness seem to the uninitiated equivalent to being cast adrift in the ship's yawl in the midst of the ocean.\nOf the perils that attend the lonely trapper, the reader will have sufficient proof, when he comes, in the after part of this work, to learn the hard fortunes of these poor fellows in the course of their wild peregrinations.\nThe trappers had not long departed, when two Snake Indians wandered into the camp. When they perceived that the strangers were fabricating canoes, they shook their heads and gave them to understand that the river was not navigable. Their information, however, was scoffed at by some of the party, who were obstinately bent on embarkation, but was confirmed by the exploring party, who returned after several days' absence. They had kept along the river with great difficulty for two days, and found it a narrow, crooked, turbulent stream, confined in a rocky channel, with many rapids, and occasionally overhung with precipices. From the summit of one of these they had caught a bird's-eye view of its boisterous career for a great distance through the heart of the mountain, with impending rocks and cliffs. Satisfied from this view that it was useless to follow its course, either by land or water, they had given up all further investigation.\nThese concurring reports determined Mr. Hunt to abandon Mad River, and seek some more navigable stream. This determination was concurred in by all his associates excepting Mr. Miller, who had become impatient of the fatigue of land travel, and was for immediate embarkation at all hazards. This gentleman had been in a gloomy and irritated state of mind for some time past, being troubled with a bodily malady that rendered travelling on horseback extremely irksome to him, and being, moreover, discontented with having a smaller share in the expedition than his comrades. His unreasonable objections to a further march by land were overruled, and the party prepared to decamp.\nRobinson, Hoback, and Rezner, the three hunters who had hitherto served as guides among the mountains, now stepped forward, and advised Mr. Hunt to make for the post established during the preceding year by Mr. Henry, of the Missouri Fur Company. They had been with Mr. Henry, and, as far as they could judge by the neighboring landmarks, his post could not be very far off. They presumed there could be but one intervening ridge of mountains, which might be passed without any great difficulty. Henry's post, or fort, was on an upper branch of the Columbia, down which they made no doubt it would be easy to navigate in canoes.\nThe two Snake Indians being questioned in the matter, showed a perfect knowledge of the situation of the post, and offered, with great alacrity, to guide them to the place. Their offer was accepted, greatly to the displeasure of Mr. Miller, who seemed obstinately bent upon braving the perils of Mad River.\nThe weather for a few days past had been stormy, with rain and sleet. The Rocky Mountains are subject to tempestuous winds from the west; these sometimes come in flaws or currents, making a path through the forests many yards in width, and whirling off trunks and branches to a great distance. The present storm subsided on the third of October, leaving all the surrounding heights covered with snow; for while rain had fallen in the valley, it had snowed on the hill tops.\nOn the 4th, they broke up their encampment, and crossed the river, the water coming up to the girths of their horses. After travelling four miles, they encamped at the foot of the mountain, the last, as they hoped, which they should have to traverse. Four days more took them across it, and over several plains, watered by beautiful little streams, tributaries of Mad River. Near one of their encampments there was a hot spring continually emitting a cloud of vapor. These elevated plains, which give a peculiar character to the mountains, are frequented by large gangs of antelopes, fleet as the wind.\nOn the evening of the 8th of October, after a cold wintry day, with gusts of westerly wind and flurries of snow, they arrived at the sought-for post of Mr. Henry. Here he had fixed himself, after being compelled by the hostilities of the Blackfeet, to abandon the upper waters of the Missouri. The post, however, was deserted, for Mr. Henry had left it in the course of the preceding spring, and, as it afterwards appeared, had fallen in with Mr. Lisa, at the Arickara village on the Missouri, some time after the separation of Mr. Hunt and his party.\nThe weary travellers gladly took possession of the deserted log huts which had formed the post, and which stood on the bank of a stream upwards of a hundred yards wide, on which they intended to embark. There being plenty of suitable timber in the neighborhood, Mr. Hunt immediately proceeded to construct canoes. As he would have to leave his horses and their accoutrements here, he determined to make this a trading post, where the trappers and hunters, to be distributed about the country, might repair; and where the traders might touch on their way through the mountains to and from the establishment at the mouth of the Columbia. He informed the two Snake Indians of this determination, and engaged them to remain in that neighborhood and take care of the horses until the white men should return, promising them ample rewards for their fidelity. It may seem a desperate chance to trust to the faith and honesty of two such vagabonds; but, as the horses would have, at all events, to be abandoned, and would otherwise become the property of the first vagrant horde that should encounter them, it was one chance in favor of their being regained.\nAt this place another detachment of hunters prepared to separate from the party for the purpose of trapping beaver. Three of these had already been in this neighborhood, being the veteran Robinson and his companions, Hoback and Rezner, who had accompanied Mr.Henry across the mountains, and who had been picked up by Mr. Hunt on the Missouri, on their way home to Kentucky. According to agreement they were fitted out with horses, traps, ammunition, and everything requisite for their undertaking, and were to bring in all the peltries they should collect, either to this trading post, or to the establishment at the mouth of Columbia River. Another hunter, of the name of Cass, was associated with them in their enterprise. It is in this way that small knots of trappers and hunters are distributed about the wilderness by the fur companies, and like cranes and bitterns, haunt its solitary streams. Robinson, the Kentuckian, the veteran of the \"bloody ground,\" who, as has already been noted, had been scalped by the Indians in his younger days, was the leader of this little band. When they were about to depart , Mr. Miller called the partners together and threw up his share in the company, declaring his intention of joining the party of trappers.\nThis resolution struck every one with astonishment, Mr. Miller being a man of education and of cultivated habits, and little fitted for the rude life of a hunter. Besides, the precarious and slender profits arising from such a life were beneath the prospects of one who held a share in the general enterprise. Mr. Hunt was especially concerned and mortified at his determination, as it was through his advice and influence he had entered into the concern. He endeavored, therefore, to dissuade him from this sudden resolution; representing its rashness, and the hardships and perils to which it would expose him. He earnestly advised him, however he might feel dissatisfied with the enterprise, still to continue on in company until they should reach the mouth of Columbia River. There they would meet the expedition that was to come by sea; when, should he still feel disposed to relinquish the undertaking, Mr. Hunt pledged himself to furnish him a passage home in one of the vessels belonging to the company.\nTo all this Miller replied abruptly, that it was useless to argue with him, as his mind was made up. They might furnish him, or not, as they pleased, with the necessary supplies, but he was determined to part company here, and set off with the trappers. So saying, he flung out of their presence without vouchsafing any further conversation.\nMuch as this wayward conduct gave them anxiety, the partners saw it was in vain to remonstrate. Every attention was paid to fit him out for his headstrong undertaking. He was provided with four horses, and all the articles he required. The two Snakes undertook to conduct him and his companions to an encampment of their tribe, lower down among the mountains, from whom they would receive information as to the trapping grounds. After thus guiding them, the Snakes were to return to Fort Henry, as the new trading post was called, and take charge of the horses which the party would leave there, of which, after all the hunters were supplied, there remained seventy-seven. These matters being all arranged, Mr. Miller set out with his companions, under guidance of the two Snakes, on the 10th of October; and much did it grieve the friends of that gentleman to see him thus wantonly casting himself loose upon savage life. How he and his comrades fared in the wilderness, and how the Snakes acquitted themselves of their trust respecting the horses, will hereafter appear in the course of these rambling anecdotes.Next", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Boone County began with a tradition of Justices of the Peace acting as a County Court. On the first Court, which met 17 June 1799, there were five Justices, who had been commissioned by the Governor: John Hall, John Conner, John Brown, Archibald Huston, and Archibald Reid.\nThe Justices in Kentucky served without pay in the early period, though later they were granted a small compensation. Even the fees they received when they held Court were supposed to be turned over to the County at intervals.\n|John Hall||23 Dec 1798||Commissioned Sheriff 26 Jan 1801|\n|John Conner||23 Dec 1798||Vacated by Death|\n|John Brown||23 Dec 1798||Commissioned Sheriff - refused to Qualify, Apr 1803|\n|Archibald Huston||23 Dec 1798||Commissioned Sheriff, 20 Apr 1803|\n|Archibald Reid||23 Dec 1798||Commissioned Sheriff, 14 Dec 1804|\n|John Bush||26 Jan 1801||Commissioned Sheriff, 1807|\n|John H. Craig||26 Jan 1801|\n|Elzaphan Hume||12 Jun 1801||Commissioned Sheriff, 9 Nov 1808|", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Usually you hear people talking about the other side of the Moon — but what about the Sun? Our orbit around the star means one side is out of view, but NASA’s Solar TErrestrial RElations Observatory Ahead (STEREO-A) spacecraft has been collecting images of the side we can’t see.\nThis image was captured on July 15th by STEREO-A while it orbits the far side of the Sun. NASA explains what it’s doing there:\nSTEREO-A has been on the far side of the sun since March 24, where it had to operate in safe mode, collecting and saving data from its radio instrument. The first images in over three months were received from STEREO-A on July 11. The three-month safe mode period was necessary because of the geometry between Earth, the sun, and STEREO-A. STEREO-A orbits the sun as Earth does, but in a slightly smaller and faster orbit. The orbit ensured that over the course of years, Earth and the spacecraft got out of sync, with STEREO-A ending up on the other side of the sun from Earth, where it could show us views of our star that we couldn’t see from home. Though the sun only physically blocked STEREO-A from Earth’s line of sight for a few days, STEREO-A was close enough to the sun—from our perspective — that from March 24 until July 8, the sun interfered with STEREO-A’s data transmission signal, making it impossible to interpret.\nAs STEREO-A kept orbiting, it eventually made its way far enough from the sun to come out of this transmission dark zone. In late June, the STEREO-A team began receiving status updates from the spacecraft, confirming that it had made it through its long safe-mode journey unharmed.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Toolkit | Access to Postsecondary Education\nSOCIAL & ECONOMIC IMPACT OF IMPROVING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS\nSTATE LAWS AND POLICIES THAT SEEK to improve access to higher education are premised on the value of a college education to individuals as well as the broader society. Independent research has examined the long-term benefits of tuition equity measures, including the higher income earned and increased taxes paid by college-educated individuals.\nGENERAL FINDINGS FROM A 2008 REPORT\nTuition Equity Legislation: Investing in Colorado High School Graduates through Equal Opportunity Postsecondary Education (Elise A. Keaton, Center for Policy Entrepreneurship, Dec. 2008).\nThis report, prepared as the Colorado legislature considered a tuition equity bill, examines the social and economic impact of improving access to higher education, based in part on the experience of states with tuition equity policies in place. Findings include:\n- Test scores. “[C]hildren whose parents have at least some college education have higher cognitive levels, better scores in math and reading tests, and higher standardized test scores than peers whose parents have only achieved at or below a high school diploma.” Citing U.S. Census Bureau, College Board, and U.S. Department of Education.\n- Dropout rates. “[I]nitial assessments seem to indicate that tuition equity laws may have slowed the dropout rates for undocumented students and closed the dropout rate gap between Hispanic students and other students.” (Examines data from various states.)\n- Smoking. “An estimated 47.5 percent of male and 38.8 percent of female GED earners smoked compared with 11.9 percent of males and 9.6 percent of females with bachelor’s degrees.” Citing the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.\n- Home ownership. “More than 80 percent of individuals with a graduate or professional degree own their own home compared with only 56 percent of individuals with less than a 9th grade education and only 68 percent of individuals with a high school diploma or a GED.” Citing U.S. Census data.\n- Fiscal impact. In its review of the fiscal analyses in states with tuition equity laws, the report found either indeterminate, little, or no negative fiscal impact resulting from these policies.\nINVESTING IN POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION YIELDS HIGHER EARNINGS AND INCREASED STATE REVENUES\nThe Big Payoff: Educational Attainment and Synthetic Estimates of Work-Life Earnings (Jennifer Cheeseman Day and Eric C. Newburger, U.S. Census Bureau, July 2002).\n- The report confirms that earnings increase with educational level. Among adults ages 25 to 64, average earnings ranged from $18,900 for high school dropouts to $25,900 for high school graduates, $45,400 for college graduates, and $99,300 for workers with professional degrees (M.D., J.D., D.D.S., or D.V.M.).\n- Earnings differences by educational attainment compound over one’s lifetime. For full-time, year-round workers, earnings estimates over 40 years are about $1 million for high school drop-outs, $1.2 million for high school graduates, $2.1 million for college graduates, and $4.4 million for workers with professional degrees.\nCalifornia’s Economic Payoff: Investing in College Access & Completion (Jon Stiles, Michael Hout & Henry Brady, Institute for the Study of Societal Issues for The Campaign for College Opportunity, April 2012).\n- For every dollar California invests in getting students into and through college, it receives a net return on investment of $4.50. The return for those who complete college is twice as high—$4.80—than for those who enter but fail to complete college—$2.40.\n- The return on the state’s initial investment is surprisingly quick; by the time a graduate reaches the age of 38, the state’s initial investment is repaid in full. The costs of investing in higher education would need to more than triple before it would fail to return the state’s original investment.\n- University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) graduates provide ongoing returns to the state averaging $12 billion annually, well above the state’s general fund expenditures for the UC, CSU, and California community college systems combined.\n- The investments in education are part of a continued and long-term strategy in building state infrastructure. Decreasing investments in higher education today would decrease state revenues substantially in the years to come.\n- The personal payoff for each Californian who earns a college degree is substantial—more than $1,340,000 on average over a lifetime, when compared to peers with only a high school diploma. This amount has increased consistently over the last four decades for the overall state population and for individuals of all ethnic groups.\n- Entering and completing college dramatically alters an individual’s economic well-being, decreasing the expected time in poverty by nearly four years and the receipt of cash aid by more than two years.\nHigher Education: Higher Pay, Higher Tax Revenue (The Commonwealth Institute for Fiscal Analysis [Virginia], Jan. 22, 2013).\n- Earnings for adults increase with years of education and degree completion.\n- Virginia also sees a clear return on investment from a college education, since higher-earning individuals pay more in income, property, and sales taxes.\n- Immigrants in Virginia are already contributing to Virginia’s economy in important ways.\nMaximizing Access to College for Immigrant Children Builds the Texas Economy (Center for Public Policy Priorities, Feb. 5, 2013).\n- The estimated general revenue used to support instruction and financial costs for these undocumented immigrant students totaled $21.63 million, while the students themselves paid $32.7 million in total tuition and fees.\n- Families headed by an undocumented immigrant in Texas paid an estimated $1.6 billion in state and local taxes in 2010.\n- And in 2006, the Texas Comptroller found that undocumented immigrants in Texas generated more taxes and other revenue than they received in state and local benefits.\n- One study has shown that high-school drop-out rates of Mexican foreign-born non-citizen students in states with in-state resident tuition laws fell from 42 percent to 35 percent after implementation of the law.\n- A Texas worker who completes some college can increase their earnings potential by 96 percent. And those with a four-year degree or higher can increase their earning potential by as much as 139 percent.\nCurrent Population Reports: Educational Attainment in the United States: 2009 (Camille L. Ryan and Julie Siebens, United States Census Bureau, Feb. 2012).\n- “Among all workers, higher educational attainment was generally associated with higher earnings. The median earnings ranged from about $18,000 for workers with less than a high school degree, to over $60,000 for those with an advanced degree. Workers with a regular high school diploma earned about $27,000, and those with a GED earned about $23,000. Those with a bachelor’s degree earned about $48,000.”\n- “People with the highest educational attainment were the least likely to be unemployed in any given month” during the period of January 2008 to December 2010.\n- “In August 2010, the unemployment rate for people with less than a high school diploma or GED was 13.3 percent, while the unemployment rate for people with an advanced degree was 4.1 percent. The respective rates for these two groups in March 2008 were 9.5 percent and 1.5 percent. High school graduates were more likely to be unemployed than bachelor’s degree holders within each month of this period.”\nTUITION EQUITY POLICIES REDUCE DROP-OUT RATES AND INCREASE ACCESS TO COLLEGE\nIn-State Tuition for the Undocumented: Education Effects on Mexican Young Adults (Neeraj Kaushal, Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, Sept. 29, 2008). (May be purchased from Wiley Online Library.)\n- Tuition equity policies were associated with a 2.5 percentage point (31 percent) increase in college enrollment, a 3.4 percentage point (14 percent) increase in the proportion with at least a high school diploma, a 3.7 percentage point (37 percent) increase in the proportion with at least some college education (including those without a college degree), and a 1.3 percentage point (33 percent) increase in the proportion of Mexican young adults with a college degree.\n- The study also found evidence that tuition equity policies caused a small increase in the proportion of U.S.-born young adults with a college education and raised the college enrollment of U.S. citizens of Mexican heritage. A tuition subsidy for students regardless of status may increase awareness of the benefits of a college education and lower its costs, in turn improving higher education opportunities for citizens with Mexican parents.\nDo In-State Tuition Benefits Affect the Enrollment of Non-Citizens? Evidence from Universities in Texas (Lisa M. Dickerson and Matea Pender, 2010).\n- This study finds that providing in-state tuition rates to noncitizens increases the probability of noncitizens enrolling in college. It appears that this policy had a significant positive impact on the probability of enrollment at public universities, such as University of Texas-San Antonio and University of Texas-Pan American, two public universities that already enrolled a large number of Latinos.\nState Dream Acts: The Effect of In-State Resident Tuition Policies and Undocumented Latino Students (Stella M. Flores, 2010). (Copy may be purchased at ERIC website.)\n- This study finds that the availability of an in-state resident tuition policy positively and significantly affects the college decisions of students who are likely to be undocumented, as measured by an increase in their college enrollment rates.\n- Data indicates that tuition equity policies significantly increase the college enrollment rates of Latino foreign-born noncitizens, a large percentage of whom are undocumented.\n- Foreign-born noncitizen Latinos are 1.54 times more likely than not to have enrolled in college after the enactment of the tuition policies, compared to the same population in the rest of the U.S.\nHow States Can Reduce the Dropout Rate for Undocumented Immigrant Youth: The Effects of In-State Resident Tuition Policies (Stephanie Potochinick, paper presented at the Population Association of America Annual Meeting, March 31–April 2, 2011).\n- This paper examines whether tuition equity policies reduce the likelihood that Mexican-born noncitizens will drop out of high school.\n- For states that adopted the policy, the average dropout rate decreased by 7 percentage points—from 42 percent to 35 percent.\n- No evidence suggests that in-state tuition policies adversely affect other ethnic/racial groups.\n- States with long migration histories may have more extensive support networks to help immigrant youth take advantage of the policy and succeed in school.\nIn-State College Tuition Policies for Undocumented Immigrants: Implications for High School Enrollment Among Non-citizen Mexican Youth (Robert Bozick and Trey Miller, Population Research and Policy Review, Feb. 2014, Vol. 33, Issue 1, pp. 13-30). (May be purchased from Springer.com.)\n- Mexico-born non–U.S. citizen youth living in states that offer access to in-state tuition rates for undocumented youth are 65 percent more likely to be enrolled in school than their peers living in states with no explicit policy.\n- Conversely, Mexico-born noncitizen youth who live in states that restrict access to in-state tuition for undocumented students are less likely to be enrolled in high school than peers in states with no explicit policy.\n- 78.6 percent of Mexico-born noncitizen youth ages 15-17 living in restrictive states are enrolled in high school compared with 90.9 percent of Mexico-born noncitizen youth living in states that grant access to in-state tuition rates.\n- These findings support the conclusion that tuition-equity policies encourage youth to pursue educational opportunities in the long-term.\nA STATE’S ECONOMIC COMPETITIVENESS DEPENDS ON MAINTAINING A HIGHLY EDUCATED POPULACE\nStudies demonstrate that individuals with college degrees, who consequently earn higher wages, are less likely to experience long periods of unemployment and are less likely to rely on social services. Many businesses also choose to locate in areas with a highly educated workforce. According to the U.S. Department of Labor, jobs for which demand is growing fastest increasingly require at least a college education.\nOccupational Employment Projections to 2022 (Monthly Labor Review, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, December 2013).\n- Projections through 2022 reveal that employment that requires at a minimum an associate’s degree will grow at a rate of 18 percent, whereas employment that requires a high school degree will grow at a rate of just 8 percent.\nClosing the Gap: Meeting California’s Need for College Graduates (Hans Johnson and Ria Sengupta, with contributions from Patrick Murphy, Public Policy Institute of California, 2009).\n- California lags behind many other states in the production of college graduates. This situation is exacerbated by the fact that the state’s economy increasingly demands more highly educated workers. Over the past 26 years, the share of college graduates in the state’s workforce has increased to 34 percent, but the report projects that 41 percent of the jobs in 2025 will require a college degree.\n- Two demographic shifts contribute to this trend: The relatively well educated baby-boom cohort is beginning to leave the workforce, and groups with historically low rates of college completion are now entering the state’s workforce population. Absent dramatic increases in college attendance and graduation, only 37 percent of workers in California will have college degrees in 2025.\n- The gap between the demands of California’s economy and the supply of college-educated workers is a serious impediment to the state’s economic future. Less-educated adults have lower incomes and labor force participation rates and they require more social services than more highly educated adults. The National Center for Higher Education Management Systems projects that California’s low educational attainment levels among fast-growing groups will lead to substantial declines in per capita income between 2000 and 2020, placing California last among the 50 states in terms of change in per capita income.\n- California’s young adult population increasingly is composed of Latinos and other groups with historically low levels of educational attainment. Although Latinos have experienced strong intergenerational progress in educational attainment, rates of college attendance and graduation remain relatively low.\n- California can increase its production of baccalaureates by increasing enrollment in the higher education systems, increasing the transfer rates from community colleges to four-year colleges and universities, and improving the completion rates for students already enrolled in four-year colleges and universities.\nRESOURCES ON SOCIAL & ECONOMIC CONTRIBUTIONS OF IMMIGRANTS\nImmigrant families contribute substantially to the cultural, civic, and economic life of local communities. Inclusive policies that welcome rather than marginalize newcomers are more effective in ensuring that all residents can benefit from their unique skills and contributions.\nUndocumented Immigrants’ State and Local Tax Contributions (Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy, January 2016).\n- The 11 million undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States collectively paid $11.64 billion in state and local taxes. ITEP’s analysis finds that their combined nationwide state and local tax contributions would increase by $805 million under full implementation of the Obama administration’s 2012 and 2014 executive actions and by $2.1 billion under comprehensive immigration reform.\nState Fact Sheets (American Immigration Council).\n- For each state, the fact sheets that comprise this resource provide details on the portion of immigrants and naturalized citizens in the population and workforce, the state and local tax contributions of immigrants, and the economic impact if undocumented immigrants were removed from the state.\n- The fact sheets also highlight the education-related economic contributions of foreign students, the percentage of children of immigrants who are English-proficient, the number of immigrants with a college degree, and the percentage of naturalized citizens and U.S.-born children of immigrants who are registered voters.\n- The fact sheets include percentages of U.S.-born children who are Asian or Latino, the number of Asian and Latino–owned businesses, and the purchasing power of Asians and Latinos.\nImmigrants Are Makers, Not Takers (Center for American Progress, February 2013).\n- “Mainstream economists have thoroughly debunked [the] … stereotype of immigrants as takers, finding that immigrants are a net positive for the economy and pay more into the system than they take out. In fact, immigrants’ contributions have also played a key role in prolonging the solvency of the Social Security Trust Fund. And the truth is that the cost-benefit analyses that immigration restrictionists have used to make their wild cost projections simply are not well-rounded or accurate.”\nAll Immigration Is Local: Receiving Communities and Their Role in Successful Immigrant Integration (Michael Jones-Correa, Center for American Progress, Sept. 20, 2011).\n- This report builds on the Receiving Communities Initiative, a gathering of leading academics, practitioners, advocates, and local, state, and national officials in Washington, D.C., in December 2010, which examined the role of receiving communities in immigrant integration and whose goal was to reinvigorate immigrant integration in America.\n- The report identifies four key strategies for receiving communities: (1) encouraging leadership to address the changes that take place locally and to manage them effectively; (2) fostering contact between immigrants and the native-born; (3) building partnerships between state and local governments and new residents; and (4) reframing the issues to counter misconceptions about immigrants.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Catching sight of evening grosbeaks\nLike the last of the yellow leaves on the paper birch, the evening grosbeaks fell one by one from the naked branches reaching over the muddy road before me. I stopped and watched while these ample, mid-sized birds, adorned in brilliant yellow and black plumage, looked for food. Although rare in our region, evening grosbeaks sometimes turn up here in the late fall or winter. This chance sighting at the Babcock Wildlife Area in Colchester joined a long list of others occurring throughout the state since October.\nEvening grosbeaks arrive not to escape the bitter cold weather, but instead to escape widespread seed shortages in the north. Experienced birders know these southward migrations as irruptions. During major irruptions of winter finch such as in 1997-98, record numbers of pine siskins, crossbills, and pine grosbeaks sometimes invade the region. So far, this fall, only the pine siskins have appeared with the grosbeaks, but winter is still a few weeks away.\nPine siskins are smaller and less colorful than the grosbeaks. They are brown, heavily streaked birds that resemble female house finch and are slightly smaller in size than our common American goldfinch. Their yellow wing edgings, notched tail, sharply pointed beak, and gregarious behavior help to identify them. Like the evening grosbeak, pine siskins breed to our north, but the siskin’s breeding range extends a bit deeper into the far north, well within the Canadian Shield, into the true boreal regions.\nFor a few weeks now, their nomadic flocks have delighted birders with unexpected appearances at well-stocked feeders. While most of the sightings are occurring in western Connecticut, a few birders in New London county report them, too. Pine siskins like thistle seed when offered in generous amounts. They are acrobatic birds that feed by clinging, often upside down, to conifer branches. Thus, they are suited for thistle tube feeders.\nA fly-through feeder or hopper feeder works best for evening grosbeaks. They prefer striped sunflower seeds that they easily crack open with their heavy conical beaks for which they are given the apropos moniker grosbeak. It is important to place these feeders where they are visible to their nomadic flocks flying above.\nBoth species are well equipped to survive extreme winter weather. In fact, pine siskins can tolerate temperatures below minus 50 degrees Fahrenheit by doubling their metabolic rate. They also possess a crop or pouch in their throat where they store 10 percent of their body weight in seeds. The seeds are digested at intervals to help sustain their metabolism during harsh weather.\nEvening grosbeaks have an interesting history in Connecticut. When first described by the early naturalists, the evening grosbeak was essentially a western species. Slowly, it made its way east. By 1880, it had been recorded in the Great Lakes region, and by 1910, it found its way into New England. It was not until 1942 that large numbers began to be seen, but like other winter finches, the occurrence of the species varied from year to year. Eventually, the winter appearance of the evening grosbeak was taken for granted, with large flocks, sometimes in the hundreds, regularly showing up at feeders across Connecticut. Then, about 40 years ago, these birds began to decline in number.\nWhether the grosbeaks and siskins visit you or not, now is the time to prepare for hungry winter birds. By using different types of feeders and seed, you will increase your success. Who knows, you might be lucky and witness a winter finch. Imagine the chance sighting of evening grosbeaks or pine siskins.\nRobert Tougias is a Colchester-based birder. You can ask him questions at firstname.lastname@example.org.\nStories that may interest you\nJust like with families, some are warm and welcoming and others are dysfunctional and belong on \"The Jerry Springer Show.\"", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Vitamins and minerals can be helpful in supplement manufacturing, but it’s important to remember that all these different compounds meet different needs. Even metals, like iron, can do more for a body than just be a great heat conductor for cooking your food in. And while zinc is not a metal that many people think about as commonly as iron, its presence in the human body makes it another great product to consider in supplement manu-facturing. But why?\nThough it doesn’t get a whole lot of attention in the industrial and commercial arenas, compared to more popular metals, such as iron, platinum or alloys like steel, zinc is an incredibly useful metal. What’s more, it is abundant on our planet, and can be found in trace amounts in just about everything, from rocks, to plants to animals, as well as concentrated deposits. Industrially, zinc is most useful in a process known as hot dip galvanization. This means that substances like iron or steel are literally dipped in a “bath” of molten zinc to cover them completely. Once cooled, the zinc coating prevents these substances from rusting due to exposure to air and water as they normally would.\nIn the human body, however, zinc plays an even more crucial protective role. For supplement manufacturing, zinc is one of the biggest contributors to an active immune system. Zinc is a crucial “key” or “trigger” for T-lymphocytes, which both control and regulate immunity responses, as well as act directly to attack damaged, or anomalous cells in the body. In other words, people that are diagnosed with a zinc deficiency also have a much higher risk of getting sick on a regular basis.\nZinc also provides other benefits when used in supplement manufacturing. Colds, for example, have been shown to have a shorter duration when zinc is taken, probably related to zinc’s immunity characteristics. Howev-er, zinc also seems to play a role in memory formation. Studies have shown there is a connection between how efficiently neurons interact with each other for the purposes of learning and memory retention, and how much zinc is present in the body. Zinc can even play a role in healing faster from wounds!\nSo if you’re considering supplement manufacturing for zinc, or other beneficial products, try finding a reliable partner in manufacturing. It’s one of the best ways to get into an industry with nothing but long-term, positive benefits for health!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "How do formative and summative assessments differ? Formative assessments are for the student. It's data that helps to identify what they know and what they need to practice. Summative assessments however, provide information to teachers, administrators and parents, about how much a student has learned as of a particular point in time.\nHow do we ensure balanced and effective assessments in the classroom? Target to method alignment includes four targets to be assessed: knowledge, reasoning, performance skills and products, and four assessment method types: selected response, essay, performance assessment and personal communication.\nIn this video Marie discusses Webb's Depth of Knowledge (DOK) model for leveling questions, assessments and performance tasks. Using the Chocolate Chip Cookie Model she explains the four levels - 1) Recall, 2)Skill/Concept, 3) Strategic Thinking and 4) Extended Thinking.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "I shot the two little birds here represented, near the village of Henderson, in the State of Kentucky, in May 1811. They were both busily engaged in searching for insects along the branches and amongst the leaves of a dogwood tree. Their motions were those common to all the species of the genus. On examination, they were found to be both males. I am of opinion that they were each young birds of the preceding year, and not in full plumage, as they had no part of their dress seemingly complete, excepting the head. Not having met with any other individuals of the species, I am at this moment unable to say anything more about them. They were drawn, like almost all the other birds which I have represented, immediately after being killed; but the branch on which you see them was not added until the following summer.Despite his definitive statement that he shot two specimens, and painted them from life (well... death), there has always been speculation that Audubon may have invented these birds, or painted them from memory rather than from specimens. Audubon frequently stretched the truth, and many of his untruths are well-documented, although as Jonathan Rosen suggests in a New York Times book review they are \"more like the improvisational ''stretchers'' of Huck Finn than the calculated inventions of a man on the make\".\nWhile viewing some of Audubon's original paintings at a New York Historical Society exhibit several years ago I noticed that the paintings ranged from very lovingly detailed (e.g. Carolina Parakeet) to more cursory and simplistic (e.g. Bicolored Blackbird and others painted from specimens brought back by Townsend). It occurred to me that the painting style and quality of details might provide clues to Audubon's mystery birds. The recent launch of a complete collection of high resolution scans of Audubon's plates at the University of Pittsburgh (available here) prompted me to take a closer look at this painting.\nA brief survey of the painting reveals several factual errors:\n- Dark stripes on the back of the lower bird are pointed at the front, broader and diffuse at the rear - opposite of the normal feather arrangement on songbirds\n- Median secondary coverts (the shorter wingbar) should have the lower feathers overlapping those above; both birds have these feathers overlapping incorrectly\n- Median secondary coverts on the lower bird are too long\n- Too much yellow shows in a broad wedge above the forewing on the lower bird, unlike any known songbird; there is no way the feathers painted on the upper bird could be rearranged to look like the lower bird\n- Uppertail coverts of the upper bird are shaped and arranged incorrectly\n- There is a general lack of detail, a sort of vagueness of structure to the wingtips and tails, both birds lack primary coverts (which should be visible) and the tails are unusually short with very narrow feathers (unlike any known wood-warbler).\nThis is all merely speculation and circumstantial evidence - weighing possibilities. There is no way to know for certain what Audubon painted (unless the Carbonated Swamp-Warbler were to be rediscovered and confirmed). It's possible that this species did exist, a hyper-specialized wood-warbler, like Kirtland's, that was extinguished by the first clearing of forests in the early 1800s. It's possible that Audubon did see them, and simply painted them poorly. Or that he saw one and tried to recreate it from memory some time later (lying about the two specimens to bolster the credibility of his painting). But given that the only evidence of the species' existence is Audubon's painting and written account, that evidence needs to meet high standards. I think the quality of the painting casts some doubt on his claim that he was working directly from two specimens, and then that casts doubt on the existence of the species.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "503. The construction, placing and removal of forms frequently represent a considerable percentage, from five to thirty per cent., of the total Cost of the concrete, and it is therefore evident that an improper design may result in a considerable waste of money, as well as in marring the appearance of the work. The character of the form will of course depend on the character of the work; in the construction of a large number of small blocks of the same shape, where one mold may be used over and over, the thickness of the pieces should not be stinted, and the ease of knocking down the mold should be carefully considered. When a form can be used but once, the size of pieces should be no larger than necessary to give the requisite stiffness, and the ease of first construction is a main consideration. Forms should be left in place forty-eight hours to allow the concrete to set, and in the case of arches and beams a much longer time is necessary, so that the concrete may assume considerable strength before it is called upon to support its weight.\nforms for massive walls of monolithic construction usually have vertical posts, with iron ties across, or braced by battered posts outside. The sheathing planks are then placed horizontal. In a few cases horizontal wales have been placed within the posts and vertical sheathing laid against the wales.\nThe strength of the sheathing must be sufficient to stand the pressure transmitted to it through the concrete when the rammer is used close to the face of the mold. The concrete is seldom built up fast enough to bring upon the sheathing a great head of fluid pressure, but the ramming brings a heavy local pressure upon it. If supported at intervals of four feet, two-inch lumber dressed to one and three-quarters inches thick is usually sufficient; for spans of more than 5 feet, 2 3/4 inch lumber is required to make a perfect face. Boards seven-eighths inch thick are suitable only when supports are not more than about 2 feet apart. In placing concrete in molds under water there is more danger of bursting the mold by the weight of semi-fluid concrete, and if the work is to be built up rapidly, this must be guarded against by sufficient bracing.\n505. For exposed faces, the duty to be performed by the lagging includes leaving as smooth a finish as possible on the concrete after the removal of the forms. If green lumber is employed, the boards may shrink before use, leaving openings between the sheathing that will show plainly on the face of the work. A slight tendency of this kind may be checked by keeping the boards well wet with a hose until the concrete is placed. On the other hand, thoroughly seasoned lumber will swell when the concrete is placed; to obviate this difficulty the lower edge of each sheathing plank may be beveled on the outer edge; the thin edge on the inside will then crush when the planks swell.\nThe use of tongue and grooved lagging has been tried, but is not usually satisfactory, as there is no opportunity to expand, and the planks are particularly hard to place a second time. To give a good face in work under water, however, tongue and groove sheathing will assist in preventing washing of the cement. Yellow pine lumber is found to be excellent for sheathing; on account of the large amount of pitch contained, it absorbs water slowly and holds its shape. For a similar reason, fir timber would be suitable.\nIn order that the face of the mold shall be perfectly smooth, it is necessary to size and dress the plank on at least one side and two edges.\nAs it is almost impossible to avoid having some line of demarcation shown in the concrete at the joints of the sheathing planks, care should be taken that the lagging is of uniform width throughout, and laid horizontal so that consecutive sections show the joint continuous. The sheathing may be placed for the entire form before concreting is commenced, or the plank may be raised on the posts as the work advances. The former method will usually give the neater appearance, but is too expensive for high walls.\nThe appearance of the finished concrete is much improved, and the labor of preparing the forms probably not increased, since less care may be taken in surfacing, by lining the mold with thin sheet iron. Iron of number twenty gauge (.035 inch thick, 1.42 pounds per square foot) has been used for this purpose, but where the same lining is used several times, a heavier iron is preferable. The joining of one sheet of lining to another may present greater difficulties than the joining of planks, but joints will occur less frequently.\nIn the construction of the Marquette Breakwater, Mr. Clarence Coleman, Asst. Engineer, used sheet steel one eighth of an inch thick for lining molds for building monolithic blocks. Concerning the use of the steel, Mr. Coleman says:1 \"Very smooth surfaces were produced on the slopes of the concrete and the work of the molders was greatly facilitated on account of the comparative ease with which the concrete was compacted under the slope pieces of the molds. The steel effectually prevented the aggressive friction of the sharp particles of broken stone on the wooden surfaces of the molds, thus increasing the life of the molds and decreasing the Cost of molding the concrete\".\n1 Report Chief of Engineers, U. S. A., 1898, p. 2254.\nOiling or greasing the face of the mold, in order that the latter may be removed without detaching particles from the concrete face, is usually advisable. Soap, crude oil, linseed oil, bacon fat, are some of the materials that have been used for this purpose; the first mentioned probably gives the best results, and if not applied too freely will have no injurious effect upon either the finish or strength of the work. Applying shellac to the molds improves the appearance of the concrete surface. When the forms are lined with steel, the adhesion of the concrete to the lining is more difficult to overcome. In this case the ordinary oils are not entirely successful, but fat salt pork has been found to give satisfactory results.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Reports of deer exhibiting lethargy, blue tongues and ulcers and lesions on the tongue and palate have been filed in portions of Oklahoma. These are all symptoms Blue Tongue, one of a group of viruses collectively called hemorrhagic disease.\n“These viruses are one of the primary diseases that infect deer in the southeastern United States. They have similar symptoms and thus are often lumped together and called blue tongue,” said Dwayne Elmore, Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension wildlife specialist. “The disease typically becomes apparent in late summer and coincides with high numbers of certain species of biting midges during August and September.”\nAnimals do not transmit the disease to each other. Only biting midges are responsible for transmission.\n“Not all infected animals die, and mortality rates generally are less than 25 percent, but in some cases can be higher,” Elmore said. “In severe outbreaks, deer numbers may take several years to return to pre-disease levels.”\nOften, infected animals will be found lying around water sources with little fear of man or an inability to flee. The disease poses no health risk to humans, and while cattle can be infected, they rarely exhibit signs of disease.\n“Hunters are at no risk from eating meat from infected animals unless secondary bacterial infections are present,” he said.\nWhile there is little that can be done to prevent hemorrhagic disease, Elmore said to contact your county wildlife conservation officer if you suspect an outbreak is occurring by observing multiple deer carcasses or noting deer acting strangely.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Fig. 1. Histamine bound to carbonic anhydrase II\nPermission to use requested (See Protein Data Bank)\nHistamine can cause inflammation directly as well as indirectly. Upon release of histamine by an antigen activated mast cell, permeability of vessels near the site is increased. Thus, blood fluids (including leukocytes, which participate in immune responses) enter the area causing swelling. This is accomplished due to histamine’s ability to induce phosphorylation of an intercellular adhesion protein (called (VE)-cadherin) found on vascular endothelial cells (Andriopoulou et al 1999). That is why histamine is known as being vasoactive. Gaps between the cells in vascular tissue are created by this phosphorylation, allowing blood fluids to seep out into extracellular space. Indirectly, histamine contributes to inflammation by affecting the functions of other leukocytes in the area. It has been suggested by Marone et al that histamine release triggers the release of cytokines and inflammatory mediator by some neighboring leukocytes (1999). These chemicals in turn increases the inflammatory response.\nHistamine's second type of allergic response is one of the major causes for asthma. In response to an allergen (a substance that triggers an allergic reaction), histamine, along with other chemicals, causes the contraction of smooth muscle (Schmidt et al 1999). Consequently, the muscles surrounding the airways constrict causing shortness of breath and possibly complete trachial-closure, an obviously life-threatening condition. If the effects of histamine during an allergic reaction are inhibited, the life of an allergic person can be eased (in the case of inflammation) or even saved by preventing or shortening asthma attacks. Thankfully, many effective drugs have been developed to hinder histamine's allergic response activities.\nCuss FM. 1999 July. Beyond the histamine receptor: effects of antihistamines on mast cells. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 29: 54-59.\nEmanuel, MB. 1999 July. Histamine and the antiallergic antihistamine: a history of their discoveries. Clinical and Experimental Allergy 29: 1-11.\nJaneway CA, Travers P, Walport M, Capra JD. Immunobiology: the Immune System in Health and Disease. 4th ed. London: Current Biology Publication; 1999. p 602.\nMarone G, Granata F, Spadaro G, Onorati AM, Triggiani M. 1999. Antiinflammatory effects of oxatomide. Journal of Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology 9(4): 207-214.\nProtein Data Bank. Structure Explorer - 1AVN. <http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/cgi/explore.cgi?pdbId=1AVN> Accessed 2000 Mar 2.\nSchmidt D, Ruehlmann E, Branscheid\nD, Magnussen H, Rabe KF. 1999 Aug. Passive sensitization of\nhuman airways increases responsiveness to leukotriene C4. European\nRespiratory Journal 14(2): 315-319.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "South Koreans will be extinct by 2750 if nothing is done to stop the nation’s falling fertility rate, according to a recently released study by The National Assembly Research Service in Seoul. The study found that the Korean fertility rate declined to a new low of 1.19 children per woman in 2013, well below the rate required to replace the current population of 50 million.\nAccording to the study projections, Korea’s population will fall to 40 million in 2056 and to 20 million in 2100. By 2200, the population is projected to have decreased to three million and to only one million by 2256, gradually becoming extinct over the next 500 years. Of course, such predictions assume that current Korean policy and practice remains the same which it likely wouldn’t once these projections started to become apparent. Before then, South Korea could make changes to its immigration policy, support the family more and increase its birth rates to head off these projections – something many are hoping the country will do.\nThe mentality which causes such projections is an economically catastrophic one. Yet, part of the reason they exist are as a result of the short-term economic choices young people and government policy makers are making today. Many young people consider getting married and raising children a waste of time compared to improving their employment status and earning capacity. Many couples are also keen to have only one very successful child that they can invest a lot into – perhaps under-estimating the value siblings add to a child’s life. In any case, once there are no people, will houses and other property in these countries be worth anything? Who will jobs be generated by, if not investors and entrepreneurs creating them for a population who demand goods and services? Not to mention the growing financial pressures caused by rising healthcare costs and pension payments for an elderly population as the population slowly dies out.\nAs an aside in light of my last blog post, it is interesting to note that in 2013 the Wall Street Journal reported that total private expenditure on pet supplies had annually increased by more than 14 per cent since 2000 in South Korea, making one wonder if pets are often taking the place of children in the case of South Korea too.\nWhile South Korea might be projected to be the first national group to become extinct, Japan is hot its heels. According to a 2012 study conducted by Tohoku University, Japan will become extinct in about one thousand years, with the last Japanese child born in 3011. Japan is already taking some measures to reverse the trend. Local authorities are able to apply for central government grants of up to 40 million yen (£237,000) for projects relating to supporting marriage and boosting birth rates, according to Bloomberg. The support of marriage, and the active encouragement of young people to settle down, is regarded by government policy-makers as a key strategy for boosting the nation’s birth rate.\nSuch projections seem dire, and almost too extreme to be true. However, population experts have long warned of them and we must sit up, and take notice if they are to be reversed. The Korean Institute for Health and Social Affairs argues that a complete change of mentality is needed. We must value all new life and the family structure which protects and nurtures children into contributing adults. It is hopeful that earlier this month The Economist reported South Korea to be a country “afire with faith” – one only has to recall the incredible reception of Pope Francis there last month. I have faith in their ability to turn these projections around. South Korea, you have a few hundred years…", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Current Population Survey\nThe CPS is the primary source of information on the labor force characteristics of the U.S. population. Estimates obtained from the CPS include employment, unemployment, earnings, hours of work, and other indicators. They are available by a variety of demographic characteristics including age, sex, race, marital status, and educational attainment. They are also available by occupation, industry, and class of worker.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "As the ice ages came to a close, the environment became warm and semi-arid. Water levels receded and water erosion decreased. Mass wasting, or slope movement resulted in a widening of the canyon and a steepening of the cliffs. An average 2 debris flows, or the funneling of water-laden masses of soil and rock in stream channels, occurs in the canyon a year. These come from tributaries and form or expand rapids.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Children still too young to walk are finding ways to wriggle out of protective car restraints and are increasing their risk of serious injuries, a study shows.\nResearchers at Yale University’s School of Medicine found some children as young as 12 months can unbuckle their seatbelts. A majority of youngsters less than three years old can do it, with boys most often the ones attempting to unhook their seatbelts.\n“Young children might acquire the motor skills to unbuckle from restraints before developing the cognitive ability to understand the necessity of automotive restraints,” said Dr. Lilia Reyes, a clinical fellow at Yale and co-author of the report\nResearchers said the findings should prompt a broader study on devices that would keep kids safer, particularly because car crashes are a leading cause of death among four to eight years old.\nThe findings, which will be presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies meeting in Denver on Sunday, are based on 500 surveys distributed at pediatric offices in Connecticut.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "In this first episode of the Wi-Fi For Beginners podcast, we start our journey through module one of the various topics we will cover in this podcast series.\nModule one takes a look at exactly what we mean by a “Wi-Fi Network”, discussing some of the concepts and terms to give us some foundational knowledge to build on in the rest of the series.\nIn episode one, we take a look at:\n- The aims of the podcast series\n- The topics to be covered by this series\n- What is a “Wi-Fi” network?\n- A reference network model to provide some context to our discussions\n- Wireless LAN deployment environments\nA copy of the slides that accompany module one can be found here\nPodcast: Play in new window | Download\nSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Android | Email | Share This:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Imagine, if you will, a tractor pulling a fertilizer wagon travelling at 8 to 9 mph along a field of thousands of sorghum test plants.\nAs the tractor moves through the field plots, an onboard computer linked to sensors measures everything from plant height and development to nitrogen needs.\nWhile you're at it, imagine the tractor is driverless; that its operation may be monitored remotely by a human, but the minute-to-minute, hour-to-hour decisions are being made by computer software, said Dr. Alex Thomasson, Texas A&M AgriLife Research agricultural engineer, College Station.\nAnd though such a scenario might sound like science fiction, the reality is not that far away, Thomasson said.\nThomasson has been developing hardware and software for precision agriculture and remote sensing for much of his career.\nTo date, precision agriculture has been largely about adjusting inputs to known variability within a field. For example, instead of applying fertilizer at the same rate across a 160-acre center pivot circle, precision agriculture systems use data on soil type and residual fertilizer variability to define different management zones within the 160 acres. Fertilizer is then applied to the management zones at optimal rates controlled by a GPS/computer-equipped tractor or through the irrigation system.\nBut Thomasson wants to take precision agriculture to another level. He wants to develop sensor/computer hardware and software that can determine individual plant status real time, as the tractor automatically transverses the field.\nThomasson is currently working on a system that will be able to aid plant breeders in sorting through the thousands or even tens of thousands of plants for the development of new varieties.\nA team comprised of Thomasson; Dr. Bill Rooney, AgriLife Research plant breeder; and John Mullet, AgriLife Research biochemist, is designing such a system for selecting energy sorghums – cultivars used to produce bioenergy rather than food stocks.\n\"In general, energy crops are likely to be produced with minimal inputs in terms of nutrients, water, etc.,\" Thomasson said. \"Therefore, developing cultivars that have high yield, drought tolerance and high nitrogen use efficiency is of vital importance to a successful sorghum-based energy supply industry.\"\nRooney and other breeders have been working on new varieties for years. Whether produced by conventional plant crosses or genetic manipulation, the first selections of any breeding program rely a great deal upon observable characteristics of individual plants – what's called \"phenotyping.\"\n\"A major limitation in the genetic improvement of energy crops is the collection of large, good quality phenotypic data,\" Thomasson said. \"Traditional plant phenotypic measurements rely on humans, and are slow, expensive and subjective.\"\nThe team's goal is to develop a phenotyping system for energy sorghum with the emphasis on three important traits: yield, drought tolerance and nitrogen use efficiency.\n\"It will enable the measurement of plants along their full growth cycle, allowing the traits such as speed and form of growth, flowering and final biomass yield/quality to be investigated,\" he said.\nThe team is currently considering development and testing of five types of sensors:\n- Down-looking six-band, multi-spectral camera.\n- Down-looking thermal imaging camera.\n- Light curtain.\n- Side-looking camera.\n- Ultrasonic sensor.\nThe six-band, multi-spectral camera can be used to assess nitrogen content, growth status and plant size. The thermal imaging camera can measure plant canopy temperature and water content. The light curtain can measure plant height, projected plant profile and plant size. The side-looking camera can give a plant profile view. And the ultrasonic sensor can give yet another measurement of plant height.\n\"The redundancy is desirable as some sensors perform better in greenhouses, while others are more suitable for field applications,\" Thomasson said. \"Having a complementary set of devices and techniques for plant measurements will enable us to have different systems suited to specific environments.\"\nOther indicators of plant performance can be derived from a combination of measurements from the group of sensors.\n\"For example, combining projected leaf area with plant height can be a good indication of plant size and thus the amount of biomass,\" he said. \"Combining the down-looking and side-looking images of the plant provides the opportunity for the 3-D reconstruction of the plants.\"\nAnother advantage of the automated sensor approach is that readings on a very large number of plants could be collected weekly or even daily at a high level of accuracy, a process that would not ordinarily be economically feasible using human workers, Thomasson said.\nAn equally challenging aspect of the project is software development. First there will need to be a program running on a computer to control and coordinate the sensors. Second, there will need be \"robust image-processing algorithms\" able to distinguish sorghum plants from the background. And finally, a specialized program will need to be developed to store sensor output in a relational database.\nMost of the sensors Thomasson is proposing have been proven in one application or another, but not comprehensively for purposes of selection of breeding lines, and not on an autonomous platform, he said.\n\"There has been some sensor-based phenotyping research done in the past on plants, but a turnkey system doesn't exist,\" he said. \"My goal is always to try to get the technology to a commercialization phase, and I think this has potential.\n\"At this point, however, we want to demonstrate that our platform can provide rapid and cost-effective ranking and screening of hundreds of candidate lines for the desired traits, and eventually lead to a more efficient energy sorghum breeding program,\" Thomasson said.\nExplore further: Nitrogen-tracking tools for better crops and less pollution", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Search and compare thousands of words and phrases in British Sign Language (BSL). The largest collection online.\nHow to sign: the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals\nSimiliar / Same: general anatomy\nHow to sign: alternative names for the body of a human being\n\"Leonardo studied the human body\"; \"he has a strong physique\"; \"the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak\";", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Teens Who Sleep Late Gain Most Weight\nJim LiebeltJim Liebelt's Blog\n- 2012 Jan 19\nIn a new study, researchers at the University of South Australia found that when kids sleep is as important how long kids sleep.\nResearchers compared sleeping habits--including early to bed, early risers and late to bed, late risers and found that even though each group got the same amount of sleep--the late to bed, late risers were 1 and a half times more likely to gain weight.\nDr. Nick Nicholson, from Baylor-Plano, TX, said he isn’t surprised--staying up just a few hours later can make a huge difference. \"What's that person doing between nine and midnight?” Dr. Nicholson asked. “Well, we know what normally goes on and they are usually in front of the TV or computer and there is a lot of snacking that goes on during that.\"\nDr. Nicholson said people who sleep late exercise less--and that's exactly what researchers found--early to bed, early risers got about a half hour more of moderate to vigorous exercise.\n\"This is all about behavior, when you are bored what do you tend to do?” Dr. Nicholson said. “Well, some people may smoke, some people may pace, some people, a lot of us may eat. If you find yourself with excessive free time that is a very common way of filling that time.\"", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Technology takes some of the sting out of winter. With modern heating, fabrics, insulation, snowblowers, plows, salt trucks, and more, the challenge that has traditionally faced humanity in the cold months has been greatly mitigated, at least for those with access to a roof under which to stay.\nAlong with the harshness of winter, however, there has also been a traditional sense of kinship, of warmth; a commitment to stay warm and dry, share and enjoy the fruits of a recent harvest, and rest until spring pushes us into a new cycle of work, like the buds of a perennial flower breaking through frosty ground. The pre-Romantic English poet and abolitionist William Cowper captured the feeling of winter well in his magnum opus, The Task:\nO Winter! ruler of the inverted year,William Cowper, The Task (1785), Book IV, line 120.\nI crown thee king of intimate delights,\nFireside enjoyments, home-born happiness,\nAnd all the comforts that the lowly roof\nOf undisturb’d Retirement, and the hours\nOf long uninterrupted evening, know.\nAnd while just about every educator is ready for a mid-winter break and some “undisturb’d Retirement,” they’ll also be back to teaching soon, with two more months of winter to go.\nIn considering how to bring the themes and realities of winter into your teaching, it’s clear that nature is a key aspect. In this post, we’ll dig into some fun winter-themed ideas and activities to help build the critical, creative, cross-subject learning that’s central to STEAM education.\nFor Young Learners\nElementary students can build a keen awareness of seasonality and of nature during the winter months.\nThe University Corporation for Atmospheric Research is a 115-member group of colleges and universities involved in earth science research. Their Center for Science Education hosts the Winter Weather “Teaching Box” site, which includes standards-aligned science activities that help students engage with the nature of ice and snow, the shapes of snowflakes, and staying warm in the cold.\nThe Little Bins for Little Hands blog has a number of fun winter science experiments for young learners that can be done at home and with everyday materials. In Scholastic Teacher, Audra Wallace shares some other simple winter science activities for Pre-K learners, also aligned with curriculum standards. Even more crafty activities can be found in this collection from STEM Education Guide. And kids learning at home will benefit from these 14 family-friendly activities from Highlights.\nSTEAM for All\nWhile winter offers many wondrous activities for young children, winter weather and science can hook students of every age. Here are some resources and inspiration for teaching winter-themed STEAM lessons at many levels.\nTo that end, the nonprofit Winter Wildlands Alliance has created the Snow Science Curriculum website. While they regularly host in-person, outdoor adventures to study snowy weather, they also host SnowSchool at Home, which includes videos and activities for every grade level.\nGet some inspiration and useful links on teaching winter ecology on this page from the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF). They also share the Greening STEM Hub, with planning tools, case studies, and resources designed to help educators center the natural environment while learning about science, tech, engineering, and math.\nThrough the Minnesota state Department of Natural Resources, science teachers Stanley Mikles and Mark Studer each share ten tips to teach science outdoors, when possible, and ways students can be primed to observe the natural world.\nThe Ecological Society of America (ESA) shares free access to the journal article “The Joys of Teaching Ecology in K–12 and Informal Settings” with a focus on helping students imagine eco-careers. The ESA also provides a vast array of links and resources related to ecology education, from events to their own curricular framework, the Four Dimensional Ecology Education (4DEE) Framework.\nLooking to build more lasting ways to create ecological learning? Check out Project Learning Tree’s piece on the importance of ecological education, and important factors to consider.\nNeed a few fun STEM activities? Check out 35+ Winter STEM Activities from Cool Hands-ON Learning.\nWant to measure snowfall, make your own first, or teach students about how fast ice can melt? Head over to Resilient Educator’s Winter-Themed STEAM Activities for projects and more ideas.\nHow do you build STEM/STEAM learning in the winter months? Share your ideas and resources in the comments!\nMore from TechNotes\n- Tips, Tricks, and Tech Tidbits – Part 8 (more winter activities)\n- Winter Resources for the Elementary Classroom\n- Prepping for a STEM/STEAM Year\n- Fun with a Holiday FlipHunt\n- Celebrate the Season with Holiday Websites\n- 5 Holiday Seesaw Activities\n- Holiday Websites, Apps, and Extensions\n- Merry Merry Breakout", "label": "No"}
{"text": "What is the Consumer Protection Act about?\n- In the past, people have not always been protected against the suppliers of goods or services. Suppliers misled consumers about the quality of their goods or services, or offered goods or services on unreasonable terms and conditions, leaving the consumer with no remedy in the event of a problem occurring with these goods or services.\n- From 1 April 2011, the Consumer Protection Act (“CPA”) provides protection to these consumers against such suppliers.\n- The CPA applies to an agreement concluded between a consumer and supplier in the ordinary course of business. A consumer buys or uses goods, or receives services from a supplier. The supplier sells goods, renders services, and/or advertises his/her goods or services to the consumer.\n- Goods are anything that can be consumed or in writing, for example, food, electricity, toiletries, information and so on. Services are any work or undertaking to work by one person for the benefit of another, for example, supplying holiday accommodation, education, fixing things and so on.\n- These goods or services are exchanged for anything of value, for example, money, property, rights, credit and so on.\n- For example, John owns a Spar and Kathy visits John’s Spar to buy groceries. John is the supplier of groceries and Kathy the consumer. An agreement was entered into between John and Kathy in the ordinary course of John’s business, selling groceries. Kathy gave John money for these groceries. As a result, the CPA applies to their agreement.\nDoes the Consumer Protection Act apply to all agreements?\n- The CPA does not apply to an agreement concluded between a supplier and a consumer:\n- being the State;\n- being a business, with an annual turnover of more than R2 million, or owning property worth more than R2 million, at time of concluding the agreement;\n- relating to labour, for example, an employment contract or collective agreement;\n- relating to a loan;\n- outside of South Africa;\n- that is not in the ordinary course of the supplier’s business; or\n- if it is exempted by the CPA.\nWhat type of protection does a consumer get from the Consumer Protection Act?\n- The CPA provides a consumer with rights and the supplier with obligations, such as:\n- A supplier may not discriminate against a consumer based on his/her race, gender and so on.\n- A consumer may examine anything before s/he pays for it.\n- A supplier must show the price, label and/or trade description of the goods on his/her packaging. The content may not be misleading.\n- A consumer must receive a quote or breakdown of his/her financial obligations before entering into an agreement with a supplier, for example, before a supplier starts repairing his/her motor vehicle or before a supplier installs replacement parts. Do not sign a blank agreement consenting to any unknown repairs or replacements.\n- The terms of an agreement to supply goods or services may not be unfair, unreasonable and unjust, for example, the terms may not only favour the supplier. Such a term or agreement will be void.\n- A supplier may not use force or manipulate a consumer to enter into an agreement, or to pay for goods or services. A consumer has the right to a receipt after paying the supplier for goods or services.\n- An agreement between a consumer and a supplier must be in plain language that is easy to understand. A consumer is entitled to a copy of the agreement.\n- A supplier must inform a consumer of, or draw his/her attention to, any assumptions of risks, acknowledgement of facts or indemnities contained in an agreement. Always read an agreement before signing.\n- An agreement between a consumer and supplier may not be longer than 24 months, unless the consumer agrees to a longer period and the agreement benefits him/her financially. A consumer must be notified in advance of the agreement reaching its termination date.\n- A consumer may cancel an agreement with his/her supplier on 20 business days’ notice.\n- Advance bookings or reservations may be cancelled by a consumer. However, the supplier may require such a consumer to pay a reasonable cancellation fee.\n- A supplier may not accept money from a consumer, if s/he is not able to supply goods or services as a result of insufficient stock or incapacity to render a service. A consumer must be refunded any amount paid plus interest, and compensate the consumer for all costs incurred as a result of the supplier’s overselling or overbooking.\n- When a consumer buys goods or receives services from a supplier that approached him/her by mail, in person, e-mail or SMS, s/he has the right to a cooling-off period. This means that the consumer can return the goods bought or cancel his/her order within 5 days after the date s/he received it or ordered it, without penalty or reason. The supplier must inform the consumer of his/her right to a cooling-off period.\n- A consumer may choose whether or not s/he wants to receive marketing material from a supplier, for example, a consumer may opt-out from receiving marketing SMSes or telephone calls; or put a notice in his/her post box to avoid pamphlets.\n- A consumer may not be contacted by a supplier to market his/her goods or services during the week, before 08:00 in the morning and after 20:00 in the evening; or during the weekend, before 09:00 in the morning or after 13:00 in the afternoon.\n- The representation or marketing of goods or services may not be misleading or false, for example, a supplier may not sell a Honda, 1996 model, as a 1999 model.\n- If the goods bought from a supplier are defective (not suitable for its usual purpose or for the purpose it was bought, of poor quality and bad working order, or not useable or durable), a consumer has 6 months from the date of delivery to return the goods to the supplier, at the supplier’s risk and expense. At the consumer’s choice, the supplier must fix, replace or refund the goods bought by the consumer. The voetstoots clause no longer applies; this means that a supplier may no longer sell goods “as they are”, unless the consumer has been informed of the defects and accepts them.\n- If the services rendered by the supplier are of poor quality or not completed in time, the consumer may request that the supplier correct his/her mistakes or request a refund. A refund will depend on the extent of the supplier’s mistake.\nWhat can a consumer do if a supplier fails to comply with the Consumer Protection Act?\n- A consumer must lodge a complaint with the supplier, preferably in writing. If the complaint is lodged by telephone, ask for an e-mail address in order to confirm the conversation about the complaint in writing. Normally, a big business has a department that specifically deals with complaints, it is best to follow the procedure prescribed by that department.\n- Before complaining to the supplier, the consumer must know how s/he wants the complaint to be resolved, for example, repairing or exchanging the item bought, by refund or being paid damages. Make copies of all the documents in support of the complaint, for example, a tax invoice, quotes, e-mails and so on.\n- Keep records of the date of the complaint, name of the consultant complained to, the reference number of the complaint, and any other relevant details.\n- Follow up on the complaint.\n- If the complaint is not resolved by the supplier within a reasonable time period, the consumer may lodge a complaint, with the relevant ombud, industry ombud, Consumer Goods and Service Ombud, National Consumer Commission, National Consumer Tribunal, an alternative dispute resolution agent, consumer court or civil court; depending on the type of complaint.\n- A complaint must be lodged within 3 years of it occurring. Only a civil court can make an award for damages.\nGlossary of terms:\nBUSINESS: a juristic person, for example, a company, partnership, body corporate and so on.\nINDEMNITY: A person indemnifies another person from liability by giving up his/her right to sue a person when s/he suffers damages, loses something or gets injured.\nORDINARY COURSE OF BUSINESS: when a supplier sells goods or renders services to make a living. For example, when Mpho buys an old guitar from his uncle Mike (who is a motor vehicle dealer), it will not be in the ordinary course of Mike’s business; the CPA will not apply. However, if Mike sold guitars for a living; the CPA will apply.\nPLAIN LANGUAGE: an ordinary consumer, with an average education and minimal knowledge on the goods or services being advertised, sold or rendered, must be able to, or expected to be able to, understand the words used.\nHow can LegalWise assist you?\nShould you require an explanation of your rights on this topic, please contact your nearest Branch.\nLEGAL CONTENT DISCLAIMER:\nThe information contained on this website is aimed at providing members of the public with guidance on the law in South Africa. This information has not been provided to meet the individual requirements of a specific person and LegalWise insists that legal advice be obtained to address a person’s unique circumstances. It is important to remember that the law is constantly changing and although LegalWise strives to keep the information up to date and of a high quality, it cannot be guaranteed that the information will be updated and/or be without errors or omissions. As a result, LegalWise, its employees, independent contractors, associates or third parties will under no circumstances accept liability or be held liable, for any innocent or negligent actions or omissions by LegalWise, which may result in any harm or liability flowing from the use of or the inability to use the information provided.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Why Thinking of Others Improves Our CreativityShare\nResearch indicates we're better at solving problems and being creative when we're thinking of others instead of ourselves.\nImagine you’re locked in a tower. Better yet, imagine someone else is locked in a tower.\nBesides perhaps savoring the moment of schadenfreude that comes with locking someone in an imaginary tower, such visualization also yields some insights into how to our own creativity works. It turns out, we’re more creative when we’re solving the problems of others rather than our own.\nProfessors Evan Polman and Kyle Emich asked 137 undergraduates the following riddle:\n“A prisoner was attempting to escape from a tower. He found a rope in his cell that was half as long enough to permit him to reach the ground safely. He divided the rope in half, tied the two parts together, and escaped. How could he have done this?”\nThey asked half the participants to imagine themselves as the prisoner locked inside the tower and the other half to imagine someone else trapped in the imaginary prison. In the first group, those locked in the tower, less than half (48%) the participants solved the riddle. In the second group, nearly two-thirds (66%) found the solution. Polman and Emich had similar findings in related studies. In one they asked participants to draw an alien for use in a short story that either they or someone else would write. In another they asked participants to come up with gift ideas for themselves, someone close to them or someone they barely knew. Across the three experiments, Polman and Emich found that participants generate more creative ideas or better solutions when focused on someone else rather than themselves.\nThis isn’t just the creative power of altruism. The results strengthen an the theory that when we think of the situations we are in, we tend to think more concretely and can struggle to generate new ideas, whereas when we think about the situations others are in, especially situations distant from our own reality, we tend to widen our perspective and generate ideas that are a little more abstract – more like the creative ideas we might need.\nLisa Bodell, the CEO of the global consulting firm futurethink, runs an idea generation exercise that leverages the efficacy of this other-directed creativity called “Kill the Company.” Bodell asks the teams she works with to imagine a competitor that looks exactly like their organization, with the same strengths, weaknesses and the same market conditions. The teams then list all the ways they could seize opportunities that would put the other company out of business as well as all the environmental threats that would force them to close their doors. Bodell finds that encouraging this perspective produces much better ides than traditional strategic exercises.\nLike the tower puzzle, the “Kill the Company” exercise benefits from taking a real situation and making it more abstract, which might free the mind to generate more abstract solutions. Both are powerful reminders that if we want to make better and more creative decisions, it helps to broaden our perspective and get beyond our own problems.\n[In case you’re still trapped in the tower here is the solution: the prisoner split the rope in half lengthwise, tied the two halves together, and climbed down.]", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Hearing loss is often a part of aging but can be a bigger concern for some people. For example, some may find that their loss of hearing has triggered other mental health problems that they need a test to properly gauge and treat.\nHearing Loss is a Very Difficult Issue\nWhen a person starts losing their hearing, they may not realize that this problem is going to be more difficult and complex than it may seem at first. For example, a person losing their hearing may have a hard time interacting with others – conversation can become very difficult, causing a person to become isolated from others and unable to have the kind of live that they may want to live.\nEven worse, there's a good chance that a person losing their hearing may suffer cognitive decline. This issue occurs because a person is less likely to interact with others and may have a hard time learning new things as a result. However, these issues don't have to be a major concern if a person is smart about how they handle this situation. For example, hearing tests can help them gauge the situation and come up with a solution.\nWays a Hearing Tests Helps\nHearing tests are critical for those losing their hearing because they can figure out how much a person has lost as they age. For example, these tests can figure out what frequencies a person cannot hear any more and figure out what is causing their hearing loss. Sometimes, there are various diseases that they may have that can be managed and treated using various medications and healing treatment options.\nAs a result, a person can get a hearing aid or another type of care option that can restore their hearing to as normal of a level as possible. Once they achieve this hearing acuity, they can improve their cognitive skills by focusing heavily on enhancing this element of their mentality, such as by performing various types of tests and activities that make them smarter and more mentally active.\nAnd when a person is losing their hearing for any reason, frequent tests may be necessary to tweak their treatment. For example, a person may sharply lose more of their hearing unexpectedly and need a high-quality test to gauge what is happening and to figure out a treatment that can help to restore some of their hearing. For more information, contact a hearing test provider like Accurate Hearing Technology Inc.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Panther Tattoos Meaning: Body Art\nTake a quick look at the panther tattoo design in the picture. It’s a ferocious crawling panther design that was once the staple of the tattoo world. The panther is a complex animal and a member of two different families, the puma and the leopard. These are the animals that hunt and kill other animals for food. The panther tattoos symbolizes courage, personal leadership, strength, and power. Sometimes animals are used to describe their personalities and characteristics. Lion is used to describe a brave man. Panthers are also used to describe a power of man.\nBut sometimes panthers are used to describe a beautiful and courageous woman. Because panthers are gentle and loving with their children. In the superstitious and mystical world it is believed that panthers have sweet breath that can be smelled by other animals and humans from far away. This sweet breath makes panthers a symbol of the breath of life. One of the most famous and powerful tattoos of the twentieth century is a crawling panther. The Black Panther or crawling panther is a form of the big cat. Because of it’s body shape it is ideally placed over the rolling and fluid musculature of the human body.\nPlacement of Panther Tattoos:\nThe black crawling panther is one form whose contours make it ideal for placement over the rolling and fluid musculature of the arms and legs. Panther tattoos are usually detailed and big so they can usually be seen inked at body parts that can serve as a large canvas. Aside from arms and legs, they can be seen crawling upwards or downwards on the ribs, shoulder blades, chest, back and thighs. Aside from the image of the said animal in action, there are several other variations for this style of body art. One is the panther head while some are the ones with tribal touch.\nSymbolism of Panther Tattoos:\nIn Central and South America, Panther is associated with the sun. It is symbolic of power, guardianship, courage and valor. It embodies aggressiveness and power and reflect an ability to do a variety of tasks. Panthers are also brilliant swimmers and agile climbers. Since they have the ability to sprint with great speed, they hold the teachings of quick decisive actions. Thus, those exhibiting panther tattoos also want to express the statement that they are strong and independent individuals who are not afraid express their opinions to fight for their rights and beliefs.\nThe panther is also symbolic of the feminine, power and protection for women who chose to have panther tattoo inked on them. They are representation of women as being gentle and loving with their children, yet fearless in defending their families. They also symbolizes rebirth, swiftness, cunning, perseverance, boldness, and beauty. With tattoos being versatile in styles and meaning, you can attach different symbolism to it depending on how you can relate it to your personal life. The important thing is you know that you are making a strong and bold statement with panther tattoos.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Evita Peron, a polarizing figure if ever there was one. But whatever you think about her, she had a very positive impact on Argentinian society and is celebrated by the people. For those who don’t know who she is, here is a quick recap from biography.com:\n|“Eva Perón was born on May 7, 1919, in Los Toldos, Argentina. After moving to Buenos Aires in the 1930s, she had some success as an actress. In 1945, she married Juan Perón, who became president of Argentina the following year. Eva Perón used her position as first lady to fight for women’s suffrage and improving the lives of the poor, and became a legendary figure in Argentine politics. She died [of ovarian cancer] in 1952 [at the age of 33].”|\nThe Evita Museum, housed in one of the homes Eva had set up for poor women, is an interesting look at her life with a mix of exhibits, multi-media presentations, and quotations. The kids were asleep after a fun trip to the zoo, so my husband and I made our way to the museum which was practically next door.\nThere are lots of photos on display, and an impressive amount from her young life, before she came to Buenos Aires. She was born poor and illegitimate, and that shaped her life causes in the future. But she was quite pretty and smart so at the age of 15 she made her way to Buenos Aires to become a TV star. That didn’t pan out, but she became a famous radio personality in Buenos Aires. One display is a great life size poster of her Radio show with her picture on it.\nFor multimedia, we saw lots of videos of the people who rallied in the streets for Eva and her husband, as well as video from her diplomatic tour through Europe and South America at the young age of 28. There were also exhibits showing the changes she made, such as the workshops she set up for poor women to have work, the schools and nursery programs that Juan instituted, and of course, a powerful exhibit about her sudden (to the people) and untimely death at the age of 33, right at the height of her popularity.\nThe highlight for me, by far, had to be the clothing collection. They had several of Evita’s outfits from special occasions on display, and they did not disappoint. I love fashion, and Eva was a classic beauty. I actually pointed to one of the dresses and told my husband I wanted it, that’s how timeless her style was. Along with the dresses were some hats and shoes. I really wanted to go through the glass and try on the shoes, cute but sensible sized heels that I could see myself wearing with some of my outfits today.\nToward the end, my son woke up startled, and my husband and I took turns finishing the exhibit, as the other rocked the stroller back and forth (to keep the little one asleep) while stroking my son’s hair (to keep him calm from his wake-up from his very short nap). However the elevator ride down in the loud and jarring antique elevator woke up my daughter and now all bets were off. Thankfully, we had seen all the permanent exhibits, so we were more than happy to leave the museum to find someplace for two little ones to run off their energy. Off to our next stop…\n* All photos taken by Atma Photography", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Called the biggest danger to humans\nLoneliness and social isolation are a major threat to a person than obesity. To such conclusion psychologists from Brigham young University (USA). In their opinion, the impact of these factors on the population is growing every year and can represent a national problem.\nAbout this, scientists reported at the 125th annual Convention of the American psychological Association. Press release published on the website EurekAlert!.\nAccording to experts, relationships with other people is a fundamental human need, which is important for psychological well-being and survival. According to a study in the Loneliness Study conducted by the nonprofit organization AARP, 42.6 million American adults over the age of 45 suffers from chronic loneliness. According to a census in 2014, more than a quarter of the population lives alone, and over half of the citizens are not married.\nThe researchers conducted two meta-analyses, each of which combined the results of dozens of studies. The first consisted of 148 scientific papers, which were attended, in total, 300 thousand volunteers. It turned out that strong social ties contribute to a 50 percent reduction in the risk of early death. In the second meta-analysis studied data 70 studies involving 3.4 million people from North America, Europe, Asia and Australia. According to the findings of scientists, social isolation or loneliness increases risk of premature death to a greater extent than other factors, including obesity.\nExperts believe that the healthcare system needs to consider the impact of social ties on health. Also it is necessary to construct recreation facilities and parks where seniors who are most vulnerable to loneliness, unable to communicate with other people.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Science Fair Project\nType your project title here\nYour teacher’s name\nStatement of the Problem\nType your question here.\n(This is the question that your experiment answers.)\nType a brief overview or summary of\nyour project here.\nSummarize your research here in three to five bullet points:\n- 1st bullet point\n- 2nd bullet point\n- 3rd bullet point\n- 4th bullet point\n- 5th bullet point\n- Controlled variables: These are the things that are kept the same throughout your experiments.\n- Independent variable: The one variable that you purposely change and test.\n- Dependent variable: The measure of change observed because of the independent variable. It is important to decide how you are going to measure the change.\nBased on the research you have done, you will be writing an answer or solution – your best educated guess – to your question. Make sure you write down your hypothesis before you begin your experiment.\nType a detailed list of the items you needed to complete your experiments.\nBe specific about the amounts used.\nList all of the steps used in completing your experiment.\nRemember to number your steps.\nAdd photos of your experiments.\nIt is easier to understand the data if it is put into a table or graph. Create a graph in Microsoft Excel and import it here.\nMake sure all data is clearly labeled.\nType a brief summary here of what you discovered based on the results of your experiments. You need to indicate whether or not the data supports the hypothesis and explain why or why not.\nBe sure to include print and electronic\nsources and put them in alphabetical order.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Samantha Solon-Biet is used to being the only woman at a meeting of science academics.\n\"And I'm quite junior ... I'm still quite young,\" the 35-year-old nutritional biologist said.\nThe greatest challenge her gender confers is growing her family without stalling her career.\n\"I'm currently on maternity leave, but I've pretty much worked every day to make sure I don't have huge gaps [in research].\n\"I love my job ... the joy of discovery is what I love about science,\" Dr Solon-Biet said. \"Things evolve and we're always learning more.\"\nBut, too often, in the pursuit of a family, female academics must set aside their research and the potential discoveries they have devoted their professional lives to unearthing.\nDr Solon-Biet is one of five winners of the 2019 L'Oreal-UNESCO Women in Science Australian and New Zealand Fellowships.\nThe fellowships recognise the achievements of exceptional early-career female scientists and award each one $25,000 to help fund their research, including buying equipment, employing a research assistant, conference and travel costs and childcare.\nWomen account for 28.8 per cent of science researchers and fewer than 20 per cent of senior leadership positions globally, UNESCO says. Just 3 per cent of Nobel Prize winners for science are women.\nIn Australia in 2016, 17 per cent of the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) workforce and 31 per cent of STEM academics were female.\nThe fellowship will help Dr Solon-Biet test the hypothesis that a pregnant woman's protein intake could determine her child's obesity risk.\n\"This can have huge implications for diet management and perhaps the prevention of obesity in later generations.\"\nIt's also personal, she said as she settled her eight-week-old son, Raphael.\n\"Knowing that what I eat when I'm pregnant can influence my child's health later on in life is an important driving influence of this research. It helps give me passion for this project.\"\nPrevious research suggests protein intake moderates appetite, and we each have a protein set point - a specific protein target that our bodies want to hit to achieve optimal nutritional requirements, Dr Solon-Biet said.\n\"So how in the world is this protein target set? Is it early life or even gestation?\"\nStudies of indigenous populations internationally suggest that high protein intake is linked to offspring being more susceptible to obesity when they have access to Western junk-food diets.\n\"You need to eat more of that food to reach that protein target,\" she said, comparing a bucket of hot chips to a steak.\nHer research team will test in mice whether a high protein predisposes offspring to obesity.\n\"If we put them on a Western diet are they going to eat more and become obese [compared to offspring of mice fed a low protein diet] ... the ultimate goal is to look at this in a really large population cohort.\"\nYou are what you eat, as the adage goes.\n\"Maybe we should be saying, 'You are what your mother eats,' \" Dr Solon-Biet said.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Civil Engineering Technology - Highway Emphasis\nWhy Choose Civil Engineering Technology with Highway Emphasis?\nThe Civil Engineering Technology program at Ferris emphasizes instruction in soil and material testing, highway technology, design and the construction process. A civil technician requires a background in mathematics and physical science plus a thorough knowledge of construction materials, methods and equipment.\nThe program includes general education courses in English, mathematics, physics, and program specific courses in plans and specifications interpretation; material testing; quantity estimating; computer applications including three-dimensional modeling; hydrology; highway design; equipment production; soils; surveying, administration; and construction practices.\nGraduates of the Associate's degree program may choose employment in the heavy civil construction sector or may continue their education and obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Construction Management through our ACCE-accredited program.\nAs part of a construction team, the civil engineering technician may assist the engineer in project layout, soil and material testing, cost estimating and supervision and inspection of heavy construction projects. Precision, accuracy and clarity are important qualities for the technician as Civil engineering technology work requires familiarity with materials and soils and a knowledge of surveying principles, hydrology, engineering design and the construction process.\nJob opportunities for civil engineering technicians exist with consulting engineers, material testing firms, general contractors and governmental agencies. Increased funding for infrastructure at both the state and federal levels is expected to provide significant employment opportunities in the industry.\nAdmission to the College of Technology is open to high school graduates who demonstrate academic preparedness, maturity and seriousness of purpose with backgrounds appropriate to their chosen program of studies. Among first-time students in our technical programs, the average high school GPA is 2.8, and the average ACT composite score is 20 (SAT 16 Total of approximately 1030). Students close to the averages are encouraged to apply and will be reviewed on an individual basis.\nStudents entering the Civil Engineering Technology program must have a high school diploma with a 'C' average or better and be fully prepared to enroll in all required courses including mathematics and English. An ACT math subscore of 24 or 580 SAT is also required. Fully prepared students enter the program in the fall semester. Students not fully prepared who complete preparatory courses during the fall semester may enter the program sequence in the winter semester, following a modified course sequence.\nGeneral Education Requirements\nAll University General Education requirements for an Associate’s degree are here\nPlease consult this link for a complete listing of General Education Electives.\nConsult the Required Course above or program advisor for program specific General Education requirements.\nThe Civil Engineering Technology program at Ferris leads to an associate in applied science degree.\nIn order to graduate students must:\n- maintain a 2.00 cumulative FSU GPA\n- have 32 credits of the CETM and CONM courses taken at Ferris State University in order to qualify for the Associate’s degree.\n- 3 out of the 4 CETM courses must be taken at Ferris State University in order to qualify for the Associate’s degree.\n- complete all general education requirements as outlined on the General Education website.\n- have a minimum of 60 total credits to earn an Associate's degree\nConstruction Technology & Management Programs\n605 S. Warren Avenue\nBig Rapids, MI 49307-2280\nCollege of Engineering Technology\nFerris State University\n1009 Campus Drive\nBig Rapids, MI 49307-2280\nADA compliant checksheets are being developed for the 2019-2020 Catalog. If you would like to request an ADA compliant checksheet before the 19-20 catalog is published, please send your request to: FSUCurriculum@ferris.edu", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Civil Rights Movement (HIST 315)\nThe various individuals and movements in the United States from colonial times to the present who have attempted to establish and maintain civil rights and full equality for all Americans. In particular, the efforts of religious organizations, women, African-Americans, Native Americans, and others to gain and preserve their Constitutional rights. This course meets General Education Requirements: Cultural Enrichment, Race/Ethnicity/Gender. Pre-Requisites:ENGL 250 and HIST 122. Typically Offered On Demand\nUse the search to find the course(s) that you are looking for.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Density is the amount of something in a fixed measurement, such as population per square mile, grams (g) per milliliter (ml), or grams per cubic centimeter.\nHere are examples of substances and their density expressed as grams per cubic centimeter.\nDensity plays many rolls. For example, population density is a way to express how many people are living in a specific area. Density is also a predictor of buoyancy, as something floats in a liquid if it is less dense than the liquid.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Neandertals made the first specialized bone tools in Europe\nModern humans replaced Neandertals ∼40,000 y ago. Close to the time of replacement, Neandertals show behaviors similar to those of the modern humans arriving into Europe, including the use of specialized bone tools, body ornaments, and small blades. It is highly debated whether these modern behaviors developed before or as a result of contact with modern humans. Here we report the identification of a type of specialized bone tool, lissoir, previously only associated with modern humans. The microwear preserved on one of these lissoir is consistent with the use of lissoir in modern times to obtain supple, lustrous, and more impermeable hides. These tools are from a Neandertal context proceeding the replacement period and are the oldest specialized bone tools in Europe. As such, they are either a demonstration of independent invention by Neandertals or an indication that modern humans started influencing European Neandertals much earlier than previously believed. Because these finds clearly predate the oldest known age for the use of similar objects in Europe by anatomically modern humans, they could also be evidence for cultural diffusion from Neandertals to modern humans.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This buttstock is the back portion of a rifle that usually sits on one's shoulder. One can see the deterioration of this wooden buttstock due to exposure to the weather elements. Evidence suggests this fragment was picked up at c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (The Battle of Bear Paw) in the early twentieth century. c'aynim 'alikinwaaspa (The Battle of the Bear Paw) was the final battle of the Nez Perce War of 1877 and was fought from September 30 - October 5, 1877. It is undetermined when this rifle was produced or which company produced it.\nThe deteriorated rifle buttstock is located in the bottom left of the photograph and is cataloged as 1986.2.35. Above the deteriorated rifle buttstock is L.V. McWhorter's wooden pipe stem (1986.2.112b) and to the right is piyopyóotálikt (Peo Peo Tholekt's) drinking cup (1986.2.75).", "label": "No"}
{"text": "If you are looking to purchase a computer, laptop, or mobile device there are a few questions you should ask yourself before you start.\nDo you need a laptop or a desktop?\nLaptops have become more and more popular throughout the years. If you plan to use your computer in many different locations, then a laptop is great. But keep in mind that they are less powerful for the money. If you plan on just using the computer in one room, you can save a lot by buying a desktop.\nWhat are you going to do with the computer?\nWill you be creating or editing graphics, music, or video? Then you need a lot of RAM (random access memory). If you’re planning on watching a lot of movies or listening to CDs, you want to make sure that your computer includes a DVD/CD-ROM Drive. If you’re planning on playing video games on your computer, you want to look into what sort of graphics cards are available.\nWhat is your price range?\nSure, this question is obvious, but take the time to do the math correctly. Think of what additional bills you might have (e.g. new internet package), as well as how this will save you money. For example, you might use your computer to watch movies instead of getting a new DVD player, or you might be able to use Skype to save on a long-distance phone calls.\nWould you actually prefer a tablet?\nIf you’re not planning on doing more than surfing the Internet or checking email, then you might want to consider saving some money and just getting a tablet. Many tablets have the ability to attach a keyboard to make typing easier than on a touch screen.\nBeyond these basic questions there are some specifications you will also want to consider. This information will tell you things like how fast the computer is or how much information it can store.\nProcessor: Also known as the CPU, the short and simple of processors is in the number of cores and the speed (labeled in GHz or Gigahertz) of the processor. The speed of the chip will tell you how much data it can process in how much time, so the bigger the number, the better. The number of cores functions as a multiplier, as the processor is actually a stack of cores that each run at the listed speed (e.g. a single-core 2GHz processor is a lot slower than a four-core 2GHz processor). Multiple cores can also help with multitasking, as each can be working on different tasks. If you don’t use a lot of programs at the same time, you may be content with just one or two cores and don’t need to fork out the extra cash to snag a few more.\nRAM: Nowadays most RAM is measured in gigabytes, and as is often the case, the more the merrier. By having more RAM, your computer is able to keep more data close at hand, rather than having to go digging around through the slower hard drive for the information it needs. Of course, because RAM is smaller, there is only so much room for data. That’s why it’s useful to have more RAM if you want to keep multiple tasks going at the same time and be able to jump between them relatively quickly. If you’re also a criminal of having too many web browser windows open at the same time, more RAM will make that a lot easier.\nStorage: If you plan to just have your computer and no peripherals, you may want to opt for the biggest hard drive you can (measured in gigabytes, or terabytes for extra large drives), since all of your files and programs will be stored on the computer. If you don’t plan to have many applications on your computer, and won’t store media on it, then you can opt for a smaller hard drive and save yourself some money. If you can handle a small hard drive, but want to it be extra fast, and you have the cash, consider going for a solid-state drive, or flash hard drive.\nWhere to Buy:\nOnce you have made a decision of what to buy, you need to decide where to buy it from. Choose Where You Shop Wisely. There are many locations to buy a computer, however, it is not just which computer you buy, but where you choose to buy it. Some of your options include:\n- Local “mom & pop” computer retailers\n- Chain electronics stores (e.g., Best Buy)\n- Office supply stores\n- All-purpose superstores (e.g., Walmart & Target)\n- Primarily web-based manufacturers (e.g., Dell & Gateway)\nThink about the advantages and disadvantages of each. What type of store will give you the lowest price? Which store will you give you the most personal experience? Is purchasing a used or rebuilt computer a good idea considering how many inexpensive new computers are available? Where will you find the most knowledgeable salespeople? And finally, which location will best assist you according to your needs?\nFor example, if you’ve never purchased a computer before, you may want the extra support that informed salespeople can offer at local computer retailers, chain electronics stores, and primarily web-based manufacturers. Discount online retailers and all-purpose superstores may not give you enough support in this big decision. It is important that you weigh the advantages and disadvantages of each location and choose the one that will best meet your needs. For more information on places to purchase a computer, download our computer purchase handout here.\nYou can also find more detailed information on selecting the right device for you in our Holiday Electronic Device Guide class handout.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Male gags are very aggressive, and if a boat, say a commercial boat, drops baits on a … The can grow as large as 100 pounds and up to 4 feet long. Black grouper are perhaps the largest species of the Mycteroperca genus found in the Atlantic Ocean. A black grouper and hundreds of glassfish around a coral pinnacle. We encourage you to follow CDC recommendations. Black Grouper in the sea water. (Big males are called \"copper bellies\", because of their coloring). Black groupers can reach up to 52 inches (133 cm) in length and can weigh up to 179 pounds (81 kg). Do you like this content? Other Names: Black Grouper, Rockfish, Marbled Rockfish, Runner, Springer, Mycteroperca bonaci; gag are often mistaken for black grouper Identification & Biology: The black grouper can grow up to 4 feet in length, weight is common to 40 pounds, may attain weights exceeding 100 pounds.Typically has olive or gray body coloration with black blotches and brassy spots; gently rounded preopercle. Description: olive or gray body coloration with black blotches and brassy spots; gently rounded preopercle. They can reach upwards of 5ft in length, and 220lbs. Mycteroperca bonaci, the black grouper, black rockfish or marbled rockfish, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a grouper from the subfamily Epinephelinae which is part of the family Serranidae, which also includes the anthias and sea basses. The following list includes additional details on where to catch this fish: Black groupers are commonly landed in commercial grouper fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico and the South Atlantic Ocean. Spotted black grouper (Epinephelus daemelii) are known as black cod, saddled rockcod and saddletail grouper in Australia. It has dark fins and tan lines that radiate from the eyes. Spotted black grouper are true groupers belonging to the family Serranidae, subfamily Epinephelinae. Flora. Report fish kills, wildlife emergencies, sightings, etc. Fishing Tips and Facts: Grouper fishing from a boat typically involves baits fished near the bottom, with heavy tackle and heavier to bring grouper to the surface. Black Grouper in the sea water. Bottom fishing is the most effective method of catching gag grouper. 1. Black Grouper Habitat and Behavior The Black Grouper is a solitary fish that is associated with rocky bottoms and coral reef environments, but it is not dependent on them. Eggs are fertilized externally, and float with the currents. They can live over 30 years, but most of the growth occurs during the first ten years of life.The front teeth of the black grouper are well-developed canine teeth. Learn new fishing skills, boating resources, fishing etiquette, conservation and more. Gags can be distinguished from black grouper, Mycteroperca bonaci, that often occur in the same habitat by the distinctive color pattern and the shape of the preopercle (the middle bone of the gill cover). Later in life, some of the fish will change from female to male so the population can reproduce. Coloring in black grouper varies but the side of the body typically has rectangular shaped dark grey blotches. Pursuant to section 120.74, Florida Statutes, the Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has published its 2019 Agency Regulatory Plan. Select from premium Grouper of the highest quality. Juveniles can be found inshore. 10 Useful Holiday Gift Ideas for Anglers and Boaters. They have to live a long time to change, and become males. They can live over 30 years, but most of the growth occurs during the first ten years of life.The front teeth of the black grouper are well-developed canine teeth. State Record: 113 lb 6 oz, caught near the Dry Tortugas. This species faces a major threat mainly due to the high mortality by overfishing since it has been reported as one of the main target resources of local … Red grouper and black grouper are two of the main target species for the mixed demersal fishery in the Bank of Campeche, located to the north of the Yucatan Peninsula in the Gulf of Mexico. This seasonal fishery is of high social importance, given that more than … These teeth are not used to tear flesh as with the barracudas and sharks, but rather to prevent small fish from escaping.Black grouper are also protogynous hermaphrodites. Recreational Bag and Size Limits. Cooking Black Grouper 101Tons Of Recipes On How To Cook Black GrouperNice black grouper caught by #BullbusterAmbassador Double Threat Charters using Bullbuster Braid!Black Grouper is one of the best tasting fish in the ocean. Gags are hermaphroditic and all gags are born female. Main menu. HABITAT: Blacks of many sizes are commonly found around the edges of coral reefs, from about 30 feet of water out to the deepest dropoffs. The red grouper can be found over muddy or rocky bottom from Massachusetts to Brazil. your own Pins on Pinterest Goliath Grouper Identifying Features. Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network, See a full list of our Social Media accounts, Color olive or gray with rectangular black blotches and brassy spots, Bottom of preopercle (cheek) is gently-rounded, Second dorsal, anal and caudal fins black on outer third part of fin, Pale yellow or white margin on pectoral fins. They offer a great fight to bring up from the bottom, as common with many groupers. A brief section on each, with a link to the page about the particular species is provided along with references for further information. Black grouper are solitary fish until spawning season, May through August, where they aggregate and spawn in huge numbers. Those black groupers that go through this process do so when they reach about 39 - 48 inches. Found in The Dry Tortugas: adults associated with rocky bottoms, reef, and drop off walls in water. Learn how to register your vessel, boating laws and more. Home > Learn to Fish & Boat > Fish Species\nSubscribe to our Newsletter and get all the information you need to learn, plan, and equip for your next fishing adventure. Recreational Bag and Size Limits. Black Grouper’s normally live far from shore and prefer rocky bottoms, reefs, and drop-offs in water over 60 feet deep. Adults are associated with rocky bottoms, reef, and drop off walls in water over 60 feet deep. Grouper are very tasty meals. Similar Species: Gag, M. microlepis (spur on preopercle is serrated); and yellowfin grouper, M. venenosa (pectoral fins trimmed in bright yellow) Size: … and is as big as a Volkswagon. Most of the black grouper that are caught average a little over 2 feet in length (70 cm). Black Grouper (Mycteroperca berosi) Black Grouper have a pattern like lines of rectangles, and they are not always jet-black. Even the small ones, at 20-30 pounds can put up a physically draining fight, being known for their short, high torque runs. They are a solitary, bottom-feeding fish typically found around rocky and coral reefs. The preopercule is rounded without the presence of a notch, which distinguishes it from the gag grouper (Mycteroperca microlepis). Sign-up to receive our monthly newsletter with interesting blogs about fishing and boating. Although commonly called ‘groper’ in New Zealand, the hapuku (Polyprion oxygeneios) and bass (P. americanus) are actually ‘wreckfishes’ belonging to the family Polyprionidae. The Black Grouper has an elongated, robust, and compressed body with a depth that is 27% to 31% of standard length. Anglers commonly use depth sounders to locate rocky outcrops and irregular bottom where gags congregate, anchoring when a likely area is located. The meat is considered very good quality which adds to its reputation as a popular game fish. They are protogynous hermaphrodites, meaning that young predominantly female who transform into males as they grow larger. Sea Nature. The black grouper has olive or gray body coloration along with small hexagonal bronze spots on its head and lower side. In this article, you can learn all about the different types of Grouper in Florida. ), the delicious Bronzed Gulf Grouper entrée with braised greens, potato hash and tabasco hollandaise, some fresh catches and more. Their anal, caudal fin and outer third of the second dorsal fins are black and their pectoral fins have yellow or white margins. The borders of the soft dorsal, anal, and caudal fin are black or bluish; sometimes there is an orange edge along the pectoral fins. Juveniles feed mainly on crustaceans, while adult fish prefer smaller baitfish. Similar Species: Gag, M. microlepis (spur on preopercle is serrated); and yellowfin grouper, M. venenosa (pectoral fins trimmed in bright yellow), Size: Up to 48 inches (180 pounds); common to 40 pounds. Typical Size: The Black Grouper averages 40 pounds with a length of 1½ to 3 feet long. Commercial fishermen must have a limited access permit to fish, land, or sell snapper and grouper species. The following list of marine aquarium fish species commonly available in the aquarium trade is not a completely comprehensive list; certain rare specimens may available commercially yet not be listed here. The pectoral fins have a fanlike appearance when in use. roughfish identification, lifelist angling, fishing rare unusual fish species: bowfin burbot buffalo gar redhorse suckers carp . Identification isn’t difficult when the Goliath Grouper is mature at 400 to 800 lbs. Most of the black grouper that are caught average a little over 2 feet in length (70 cm). roughfish.com Home; ... Likely, the answer is that the first fish in my above photos is a Gag Grouper and the second a Black Grouper. Black grouper have olive or dark gray body coloration with black box-like blotches and brassy spots. The edges of the second dorsal, caudal, and anal fins are also dark black. Similar Fish: gag M. microlepis; yellowfin grouper, M. venenosa. Discover (and save!) The caudal fin is squared-off, and the dorsal fin has 11 spines and 15-17 rays. We prefer eating black grouper under 25Lbs as larger blacks … Copyright 1999 - 2020 State of Florida. Introduction. IDENTIFICATION SCIENTIFIC NAME(s) Mycteroperca bonaci. Found on offshore wrecks and reefs. Young black grouper feed on crustaceans, mostly shrimp. Black Grouper It is often mistaken for the black grouper. Black groupers can reach up to 52 inches (133 cm) in length and can weigh up to 179 pounds (81 kg). This means that all of the species are born as females. From monster Goliaths to delicious Scamps, these big bottom-dwellers are a favorite on most Floridian fishing trips. Adults feed on other fish and squid. They can be found on offshore wrecks and reefs from North Carolina south to Florida and are also common in the Gulf of Mexico. Black grouper mount by King Sailfish. Like most grouper species, Mycteroperca bonaci, or black grouper, really doesn’t disappoint the hard core angler. The following are fishing methods used to catch this fish: The following are lures, tackle or bait that can be used to catch this fish: What to Know About Old Lures and Vintage Fishing Lures. It has an oblonged body shape and rounded margins on both the dorsal and anal fins. BLACK GROUPER (Mycteroperca bonaci) OTHER NAMES: Bonaci Arara Aguaji RANGE: Sometimes encountered in the deep Gulf and upper Atlantic, but common only in South Florida, the Keys and the Bahamas. Grouper Aggregate Bag Limit: 3 grouper/tilefish per person per day This means that an angler may harvest or possess a total of 3 grouper per person per day, in any combination of species listed below. Black Grouper. Black groupers can reach up to 52 inches (133 cm) in length and can weigh up to 179 pounds (81 kg). Live fish or dead cut or whole bait are used. > Black Grouper. Coloration in the black grouper can vary, but their sides typically exhibit a rectangular pattern of dark grey rectangular blotches. Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission • Farris Bryant Building ⚠ Before you head to the water check the latest COVID-19 updates. SPECIES NAME(s) Black grouper COMMON NAMES Negrillo, mero negro. The edges of the second dorsal and anal fins are black. Register your boat today. Black Groupers mainly live near the surface at depths ranging from 19 to 108 feet, and juveniles can be … Combined with the fanned caudal fin, this is suggestive of the grouper's slow, but strong swimming abilities. World Record: 124 pounds, 0 ounces (IGFA) Sea Nature. The black grouper, Mycteroperca bonaci (Poey, 1860), is one of the many marine resources currently exploited associated to the red grouper Epinephelus morio fishery on the northern coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. how to catch Gag Grouper. They are also very common in the recreational fishery. Coastal waters near structure. Larger individuals of this species are generally found in greater depths and they feed on fish and squid. Bag Limit: 1 fish per person per day Note: no more than 1 Gag Grouper or 1 Black Grouper (not combined) per person per day . Distributed from Massachusetts (USA) to Brazil, including the Carribean and Gulf of Mexico, the stock structure of this species is not clear. Identification – This grouper is brownish-gray and has dark, worm-like markings on the side. Wrecks and oil rigs in shallow shelf waters of the Gulf also attract many gag grouper. They are similar in appearance to the Gag, and have a gently rounded head with a slightly concave or flat caudal (tail) fin. Find out what they are, where they live, how big they get, and more. Select a state to find fishing and boating information: Get started fishing today, purchase your fishing license online, check regulations and more. The black grouper has head and body coloration olive to gray or dark brown along with 7 or 8 columns of rectangular dark blotches and small hexagonal bronze or brassy spots on its head and lower side separated by a bluish white reticulum (some brassy spots join to form chain-like horizontal streaks). The black grouper is a large hearty fish with a protruding lower jaw. Get fishing tips and tricks and read personal stories from anglers who live and breathe fishing and boating. There are over 60 species of grouper, so coloring varies wildly. Distribution – The gag grouper can lives in the Western Atlantic … Pale yellow or white margin on pectoral fins. Grouper Aggregate Bag Limit: 3 grouper/tilefish per person per day This means that an angler may harvest or possess a total of 3 grouper per person per day, in any combination of species listed below. Groupers are some of Florida’s most iconic fish species. Most often, though, grouper are a darkly colored brown, olive, or black with lighter splotches across their body. How to identify a Gag Grouper The coloration of this species is extremely variable but generally brownish gray overall with a pattern of dark, worm-like or kiss-shaped markings along the sides. In the South Atlantic, managed under the Snapper Grouper Fishery Management Plan: Annual catch limit allocated between the commercial (51 percent) and recreational (49 percent) fisheries. Black Grouper are one of the bigger species of the Grouper family.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Database is often the primary storehouse of all information in your company. These data are critical to the daily functioning of your firm. Some of your information are highly confidential and must be protected against unauthorized access by cyber snoopers. For this reason, database often becomes the primary target for hackers and administrators should work constantly to prevent attackers from making an attack. Database security must be audited and any user activity should be monitored closely. Some hackers may seek to tamper the database for their own gains, especially if it’s the database of a financial organization. It’s possible to get financial benefits by making changes on the database. In this case, servers must be secured and all connections are properly monitored Restrictions should be enforced, so access will be allowed only for real users. There are different methods that can be used to protect database. As an example, a user should be allowed only three attempts to log into the website.\nAfter multiple failed attempts, the person’s account needs to be suspended and he/she needs to contact the administrator to re-activate the account. This will prevent automated login attempts with special software, that attempt to log into the system with multiple passwords. Access control can be one of the toughest and hardest security factors for database. You need a combination of efforts from developers and administrators to properly secure. So make sure that you actually give access to the right individuals. When you have a proper system, it should be relatively easy to monitor any activity. When suspicious activities are discovered, make sure that you can immediately revoke the access, so security of your database can always assured.\nAnother security factor is the connection to the database. Each connection should be thoroughly examined to make sure that it’s safe and genuine. There should be a regularly updated list who has the permission to update the data or just read them. Just because someone has been given privilege, it doesn’t mean that he will behave appropriately. When privilege is misused, then it’s possible that vital information tampered. Administrators should watch these people constantly and make sure that they won’t cross any security restriction. When data are mishandled, business operations can be poorly affected.\nAnother way to safeguard the database is by improving the security of the server. There should be a program to restrict access to the databased based on specific authority level. This will significantly lower the probability that someone will access vital data in your database. Not only that users should have proper username and passwords, they should also come from specific IP address. It means that even if an outsider manages to get valid username and password, they can’t gain access, because he uses the wrong IP address. Another good way to have proper firewall configuration, so any incoming access can be controlled. Username and password should only become the basic protection. For dedicated hackers, they only represent an ordinary obstacle. Layers of security are needed to fully secure the database. So, if one layer is breached, administrators will have time to patch the hole and repulse the attack.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The original orientation of a photo means whether it is horizontal or vertical. A horizontal photo is wider than it is tall. A vertical photo is taller than it is wide. Another term for horizontally-oriented photos is landscape. Vertically-oriented photos are sometimes called portrait.\nThe original orientation of a photo is important in iPhoto because some layouts change significantly when you choose a photo with one orientation or the other. Some layouts can only be achieved if you choose photos with the proper orientation.\nFor example, in the two page spread below, I've chosen the same three-photo layout (from the Simple Border theme) on each page. If you use three vertical pictures, you get three photos of equal size across the center, as shown below left. If you choose three horizontal pictures, you get one large picture and two smaller ones below it, as shown below right. You can't have three horizontal pictures across the middle, nor have one large vertical photo above two smaller ones. iPhoto decides for you depending on the original orientation of your photos.\nSome layouts do not change a lot if you choose a horizontal rather than a vertical picture, but they still accommodate the photo's original orientation. For example, in the Crayon theme, the three-photo layout with floating frames has one photo above and two below, regardless of their original orientation.\nFinally, some layouts do not pay any attention to the original orientation of the photos. These layouts have what I call fixed or rigid frames. When you place a photo in these frames, the photo is cropped to fit, regardless of its original orientation.\nFor example, in this eight-photo layout from the Picture Book theme, there are eight vertical frames. If you place horizontal pictures, they are cropped to fit. Here you can see on the right the three horizontal photos that are cropped on the left.\nSometimes, you can right-click (or control-click) the photo and choose \"Fit Photo to Frame Size\" to return to your original orientation (and fill the rest of the frame with white space or the background color). Other times, that option is not available.\nI have to say though, that the results are not always very attractive:\nAnd, of course, you can always change the original orientation of your photo by cropping it.\nIf you have any comments, questions, or suggestions, I'd love to hear them.\nCopyright 2007 by Elizabeth Castro. Please don't copy this page. Instead, link to it!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Pennsylvania Task Force on Economic Education and Personal Financial Literacy Education, established by Act 104 of 2010, spent fourteen months studying research, best practices and trends in financial education in order to formulate recommendations on how to improve financial education in Pennsylvania's schools.\nIn researching the trends and needs in financial education, the Task Force found:\n· Studies document there is growing support for teaching financial education in schools.\n· Since the financial crisis, more states are adopting legislation that varies in the degree to which personal finance is taught and required for graduation.\n· While many Pennsylvania high schools offer financial education, it is typically part of an elective course, and the personal finance content is often limited.\n· Many states have developed their own K-12 academic standards for personal finance to provide a multi-grade approach to learning culminating with a capstone course at the high school level.\n· There are a wide variety of free and low-cost curriculum materials from which schools can choose making the implementation of a financial education curriculum a no- to low-cost endeavor.\n· Most teachers have not been trained to teach personal finance and would like more professional development to help them better understand the subject.\n· More high school graduates entering college today are taking out student loans and acquiring substantial debt, yet most young people indicate they do not understand the student loan process or how to plan for college costs.\nCurrent efforts to teach personal finance in Pennsylvania’s public schools today are fragmented and inconsistent depending on which of the 500 school districts a student attends. To ensure that every student receives the instruction they need to make informed decisions about saving, spending, investing and protecting their money, the Task Force makes the following recommendations to Governor Corbett and the Pennsylvania General Assembly:\nRecommendation 1: Require every Pennsylvania high school student to complete a standalone capstone course on personal finance in order to graduate.\nRecommendation 2: Adopt comprehensive, standalone Pennsylvania K-12 academic standards devoted to personal finance.\nRecommendation 3: Provide dedicated funding to support high quality K-12 personal finance instruction and teacher training.\nRecommendation 4: Develop a financial education instructional endorsement for secondary teachers in Pennsylvania and corresponding program guidelines for professional educator programs.\nClick here to download the complete \"Report and Recommendations: Pennsylvania Task Force on Economic Education and Personal Financial Literacy Education - January 2013.\"\nStatus Report by Departments of Education and Banking and Securities\nClick here to download the companion biennial report by the Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Banking and Securities on the status of economic education and personal finance education in the commonwealth - April 2013.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "|Elevation||623 ft (190 m)|\n|Area||0.74 sq mi (2 km2)|\n|- land||0.74 sq mi (2 km2)|\n|- water||0.00 sq mi (0 km2)|\n|Density||1,832.3 / sq mi (707 / km2)|\n|- summer (DST)||CDT (UTC-5)|\n|Wikimedia Commons: Ashland, Illinois|\nAshland is located at (39.887929, -90.008759).\nAccording to the 2010 census, the village has a total area of 0.74 square miles (1.9 km2), all land.\nAs of the census of 2000, there were 1,361 people, 546 households, and 386 families residing in the village. The population density was 1,832.3 people per square mile (710.1/km²). There were 581 housing units at an average density of 782.2 per square mile (303.1/km²). The racial makeup of the village was 98.60% White, 0.15% African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.15% Asian, 0.07% from other races, and 0.81% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.22% of the population.\nThere were 546 households out of which 32.8% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 8.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.3% were non-families. 25.1% of all households were made up of individuals and 12.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.97.\nIn the village the population was spread out with 26.5% under the age of 18, 6.7% from 18 to 24, 29.2% from 25 to 44, 24.3% from 45 to 64, and 13.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 95.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.4 males.\nThe median income for a household in the village was $43,125, and the median income for a family was $50,227. Males had a median income of $31,086 versus $25,150 for females. The per capita income for the village was $20,090. About 5.1% of families and 6.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and 6.5% of those age 65 or over.\n- \"US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990\". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.\n- \"Places: Illinois\". 2010 Census Gazetteer Files. United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2012-10-13.\n- \"American FactFinder\". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved 2008-01-31.\n- Ashland Scoop (Village Newsletter)\n- Prairie Skies Library (Ashland Library)\n- Printers Ink (Printer)\n- Ashland High School (Yearbook Archive)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The syllabus is based on six physical ranges, five specific to the natural arms. The skills cover hitting, grappling and restraining. Collectively it is an educational collection of disciplines that develops the ability to plan and adapt skills to the task at hand while encouraging intuitive improvisation.\nRANGE AND DISTANCE\nRange and distance is analysed as a physical range and a predicament distance. There are six physical ranges while the predicament distance covers three fields of engagement.\n1. Weapon Weapon engagement range.\n2. Lower limbs Leg engagement range.\n3. Upper limbs Arm engagement range.\n4. Envelopment Within grasp of both hands.\n5. Traversing One exponent upright, one grounded.\n6. Ground Both exponents on the ground.\nThe predicament distance is where range is exaggerated by the emotional and adrenaline alerted-consciousness relative to the level of the violence. It is in this heightened state that deceptions can easily influence the outcome. This predicament distance covers three fields of engagement.\nACTIONS OF LAST RESORT\nAn action-of-last-resort is an opportunity, where the exponent is being threatened by an armed opponent and is in fear of their life.\nPLAN, ADAPT, IMPROVISE\nSavate is a game of chance, where preparation, skill and deception play an important role. The savateur must interpret, distract and mislead the opponent to gain opportunity time. Knowledge is confidence, so plan, adapt, and improvise.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Lighting is essential to all aspects of modern society, in the residential, commercial and industrial spheres. In terms of the market for efficient commercial lighting, numerous concerns come into play – everything from cost and light output to energy use and lifespan. The latter factors have become increasingly emphasized in recent years, stemming in large part from concerns over energy use and sustainability.\nAccording to a recent column in The Economist, lighting accounts for 17 percent of the United States' energy consumption. This alone can constitute a strong case for the more widespread adoption of LED lighting and other green lighting solutions that can bring about more efficient energy use. The source reported that solid state technologies incorporating LED bulbs would provide major savings and consumption reduction if implemented on a massive scale.\nNotable benefits of solid-state LED lighting\nFor businesses, educational institutions and municipal government departments, the primary motivator behind the choice of a lighting system is not cost so much as it is long-term benefits. For this reason, LEDs stand out, as The Economist identifies the L70 rating of these lamps – a measurement of the time it will take for a bulb's luminescence to diminish from full power to 70 percent – as being approximately 10 years.\nWhile no piece of technology is foolproof and LED bulbs will have to be replaced eventually, the fact that these bulbs are designed to last decades rather than years is something that can't be ignored. Essentially, any costs involved only constitute an initial investment that will pay off massive dividends in the long run for a commercial entity.\nIn terms of energy use, LEDs also trump their incandescent and fluorescent competitors hands down. The source reports that LEDs turn 75 percent of their energy into light and only 25 percent into heat, while incandescents only produce light with 5 percent of the electricity they use. When measured by lumens per watt (lm/w), LEDs can produce as much as 100 lm/w, while incandescents produce about 15 lm/w. Even compact fluorescent lights (CFLs), which are considerably more powerful than incandescent bulbs, falter against LEDs with a luminescence of about 60 lm/w.\nCompetition for LED lighting?\nAdvances are taking place in lighting technologies aside from LED lighting systems. Precision Paragon (P2), a commercial lighting manufacturer, recently announced the release of fluorescent fixtures that could trump some LED fixtures in terms of manufacturer-rated lifespan. The company claimed that some of its new fluorescent offerings could provide up to 80,000 hours of life in a release.\n\"Just years ago, it was revolutionary to be making LED high-bays with 50,000 hour plus rated life,\" said Lou Preston, marketing director of P2. \"Today, fluorescent technology has advanced far enough that we can ship high-bay fluorescent fixtures with lamps that have similar or longer rated life spans.\"\nHowever, Preston even admitted in his statement that these might not be appropriate for all commercial applications, and that LED fixtures are still worth considering.\nIn a separate recent statement, Panasonic announced the development of a semiconductor white light source that could produce approximately 10,000 lumens. The Asahi Shimbun reported that the technology used an ultraviolet semiconductor laser, which was the cause of the powerful brightness, but its applications appear to be only niches so far – namely, vehicle headlights and data projectors.\nAll in all, as The Economist reports, the wide range of applications and capability for integration in LED lighting – exemplified in products such as Philips Hue system – is likely to make them stand head and shoulders above competing products in most important metrics.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Fake news is not news you disagree with. In fact, it is not news at all. It is content generated to drive eyeballs to ads (e.g., clickbait) or to spread false information (extreme bias, rumors, conspiracy theories, junk science, and propaganda, for example).\nWebsites created to mimic mainstream news sites:\nAdvertisements designed to look like news stories:\nLook for labels: a corporate logo. Or a tiny statement indicating Paid Post, Advertisement, or Sponsored by. Or the tiny Ad Choices triangle at the upper right corner of an image.\nSatire (for example, The Onion).\nIf you wish to use or adapt any or all of the content of this Guide go to https://olinuris.library.cornell.edu/services/research/guides/use to review our use permission and our Creative Commons license.\nPowered by Springshare │ LibApps Login", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Join Todd Perkins for an in-depth discussion in this video Check boxes, part of Learning Java Applications (2016).\n- [Voiceover] Let's get some practice with check boxes.…So, I'm in my layout.java file,…and I'm looking in the design view,…as you can see in the tab in the editor.…And, in my window, if I select it,…I'll see that I have an absolute layout.…Remember that you can always change it with…a drop down, in the properties panel,…just like you can change it in the layout section.…So let's drop a check box onto the screen.…So, I'll select check box, under components,…and then just put my mouse cursor in the window,…and click to drop it down.…\nI'll just type example for the name.…What I want to do is track whether the…check box is on or off, in a separate label.…So, I'm going to create a J label, by clicking J label,…under components, and then I'm going to click…under the example check box, so in here, I'll type off.…This is just going to toggle between off and on,…when the check box is selected, or de-selected.…So, let's start with tracking the variable names…for the UI elements, so I click on the check box.…\nAnd the check box is check box example,…\n- Installing Java and Eclipse\n- Understanding basic Java syntax\n- Handling Java errors\n- Creating a UI with Swing\n- Creating tables and connecting to data sources for tables\n- Publishing a JAR file\n- Installing NetBeans\n- Creating JSP pages\n- Setting up and connecting to databases\n- Creating Java-based Android Studio projects\nSkill Level Beginner\n1. Install Java and an IDE\n2. Java Basics Review\n3. Create a User Interface with Swing\n4. Tables and Data Sources\n5. Application Distribution and Deployment\nPublish a runnable JAR file2m 32s\n6. Server-Side Java: JSP and Databases\n7. Android Development\nNext steps1m 16s\n- Mark as unwatched\n- Mark all as unwatched\nAre you sure you want to mark all the videos in this course as unwatched?\nThis will not affect your course history, your reports, or your certificates of completion for this course.Cancel\nTake notes with your new membership!\nType in the entry box, then click Enter to save your note.\n1:30Press on any video thumbnail to jump immediately to the timecode shown.\nNotes are saved with you account but can also be exported as plain text, MS Word, PDF, Google Doc, or Evernote.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Presentation on theme: \" Strategies implemented within the general education setting. Small groups and differentiation Team problem solving/consultation Examples of interventions.\"— Presentation transcript:\nStrategies implemented within the general education setting. Small groups and differentiation Team problem solving/consultation Examples of interventions available to general education students: Basic skills instruction Freshman Academy\nIntervention and Referral Team (I&RS) action plan School I&RS team composed of teachers, administrator, guidance, and CST member. Any teacher or parent can refer a student to the I&RS team for academic concerns I&RS team can develop an action plan that include accommodations within the classroom As a team, can identify any school wide issues and recommend action\nSection 504 For general education students with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits access to an appropriate education Provides reasonable accommodations not modifications to the curriculum Based on Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) “No otherwise qualified individual with a disability in the United States… shall, solely by reason of his or her disability, be excluded from the participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to, discrimination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance.” 29 U.S.C. Sec. 794\nPublic schools Private or charter schools Child care centers Before and after school programs Municipal and recreation programs Prohibits discrimination in employment, education and public accommodations. Prohibits discrimination by colleges and universities that receive federal financial assistance.\nA physical, or mental impairment which substantially limits one or more major life activities : Caring for oneselfConcentrating WalkingThinking SeeingCommunicating SpeakingWorking LearningHelping BreathingEating SleepingBending StandingOperating Bodily Functions LiftingReading Sitting Stooping ReachingProcreating\nUnable to perform a major life activity that most people in the general population can perform Or Significantly restricted as to the condition, manner or duration under which an individual can perform a particular major life activity as compared to the condition, manner and duration under which most people in the general population can perform the same major life activity.\nWho decides? 504 team decides on eligibility and development of plan A multi-disciplinary team of educators, counselors, and/or related service professionals within the school. Parent and medical documentation is considered when making the determination.\nAn IEP does not follow your student to college! Pre-Admission: Contact student support services to see if your student qualifies for a 504 plan for testing accommodations Students may not be denied admission because they have a disability. However, the college may have academic standards that are a requirement for admission. You have no obligation to inform a post secondary institution that you have a disability. Post Admission: The student is responsible for obtaining documentation (recent testing, IEP, 504 plan) and presenting to institution. Post secondary institutions are NOT responsible for, and generally will NOT pay for evaluations.\nCovered by Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Provides accommodations and/or modifications for individuals with disabilities wherein the disability adversely affects the student's educational performance and prevents to ensure Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) Parent or I&RS team can refer student for a Child Study Team Evaluation. Require parent permission.\nHow is eligibility determined? Must be found eligible under one of the categories as specified by state code. Disability must adversely affect student’s educational performance Student must be in need of special education or related services. IEPs: Outlines programming and needed accommodations and modifications within both general education and special education classrooms. Individualized goals\nAccommodations Support students with disabilities so they can access general education Does not “water down” curriculum or reduce academic expectations. Supports based on a students needs so the student can do the same work and meet the same outcome goals as their peers.\nExamples of accommodations: Presentation – repeating directions, reading aloud, large print Response – using a different answer book, pointing Setting – testing in separate room, preferential seating Timing – extended time, frequent breaks\nModifications to curriculum: a change from the general curriculum in what is taught or expected from the student. Based on an individuals needs Begins with the general education curriculum and then is individualized for the student.\nExamples of modifications: Reduction of required homework or classwork Alternative reading books. Modified testing – reduced amount of material covered, reduced amount of multiple choice answers Modified grading – i.e. grading by pass/fail\nOriginal Question: Use a ruler to measure the length of your table in centimeters (cm): ___________________ length in cm Modified Question: Metric Rulers are fairly easy to read. They deal with centimeters (cm) and millimeters (mm) only. You won’t have to worry much about fractions. Take a look at the metric ruler above. The larger lines with numbers are centimeters and the smallest lines are millimeters. Since millimeters are 1/10 of a centimeter, if you measure 7 marks after a centimeter it is 1.7 cm long. Directions: Use a ruler to measure the length of your lab table in centimeters (cm): Length in centimeters (cm) =________________________________________ Modifications Made: Copy of the ruler was added to the handout so that the student had a visual aid. Description of a metric ruler was given so that the student had an understanding and a reference to go to while completing the assignment.\nOriginal Question: Add a drop of Brom thymol blue to cavity 2, 3, 4, & 6. Modified Question: Add a drop of Brom thymol blue to cavity 2. Note information about the contents on the vials of solution number 1-4 (formula). Record this information in the appropriate spaces on the Data Chart. Add a drop of Brom thymol blue to cavity 3. Note information about the contents on the vials of solution number 1-4 (formula). Record this information in the appropriate spaces on the Data Chart. Modifications Made: The steps of the problem were broken down into 1 step directions so that the students are not confused.\nOriginal Question : Use QASI to answer the following question from The Pardoner’s Tale, The Wife of Bath: Question: is direct and indirect characterization used in your story? How is one of the main character(s) in your story depicted (give examples of quotes from the reading)? Does your character evolve from the beginning of the story to the end. Modified Question: Original Question Plus: Remember: Direct Characterization- the writer makes direct statements about a character’s personality and tells the reader what the character is like. Indirect Characterization- the writer reveals information about a character and his personality through the character’s thoughts, words, and actions, along with how the other characters respond to him/her. Question: is direct and indirect characterization used in your story? How is one of the main character(s) in your story depicted (give examples of quotes from the reading)? Does your character evolve from the beginning of the story to the end. Modifications Made: Students were given the definitions of Direct and Indirect Characterization Students were given a QASI graphic organizer to complete (next slide)\nQ (Restate the question in the form of a statement- answer the question: Is indirect and direct characterization used in your story?)______________________________________________________________________________ A (Provide an answer to the question- what is your position?- do not use “I think” or “In my opinion” – How is one of the main character(s) in your story depicted? )______________________________________________________________________________ S1 (Supporting details- give at least 2 quotes to support the position your taking- go back and find these two quotes from the reading- INTRODUCE the quote and EXPLAIN what the quote means.)______________________________________________________________________________ S2 (Supporting details- give at least 2 quotes to support the position your taking- go back and find these two quotes from the reading- INTRODUCE the quote and EXPLAIN what the quote means.)______________________________________________________________________________ I (Insight- this is where you give your opinion about the open-ended question…use ideas from your personal life, your community, or from the news: Does your character evolve from the beginning of the story to the end, and give examples of someone you know that fits this description.)______________________________________________________________________________\nOriginal Question: Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (5, -2) and (5, 8).You need to use the Slope Formula. Modified Question: Find the slope of the line that passes through the points (1,2) and (7,7). Use the Slope Formula: Y 2 -Y 1 X 2 -X 1 Example: (1,2) and (7,7) = 7-2 = Modifications Made: Add the Slope Formula and offer an example to the students to remind them of the necessary steps.\nOriginal Question: Solve the equation for y. -6x + y = 11 Modified Question: Solve the equation for y. Remember the answer will be in the format y = -6x + y = 11 Modification Made: Even though an example of how to solve the problem was not given, the student is still reminded of the proper format for the correct answer.\nOriginal Question: What is the cause of the troop surge? Modified Question: What is the cause of the troop surge? A. Resurgence (coming back of) the Taliban/Al-Qaida B. The United States is now fighting with Pakistan C. The United States is preparing for World War III Modification Made: By making this a multiple choice question, a student who has difficulty with written expression can still show that they know the correct answer.\nGossip at the Salons\nTry to give students information ahead of time, especially the following: Vocabulary lists Power Point handouts Required ORAL readings for class Put all of your class notes, Power Point presentations, homework assignments, and class assignments on your teacher web page in a timely manner.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The task was to create a designed and considered solution to the contributing factors of urban poverty. The solution came in the form of an Urban Survival Pack for children, to be placed in schools for use as an instructional device by teachers. Its tactility and playful shape invites the users to engage with the device while learning through play.\nThe 20cm square kit is constructed of acrylic and Oriented Strand Board. While the OSB exterior provides protection, the acrylic is designed to be water proof. Contained inside of the pack are 12 cardboard tubes, varying in sizes. Three sizes of tubes contain emergency equipment, gardening utensils, seeds and seed raising mixture.\nThe six smaller tubes containing vegetable seeds are designed with the intention of being re-used as miniature pot plants. The Urban Survival pack aims to implement new behavioural habits from a young age. The gardening pack not only teaches children about where their food comes from, it also gives them a sense of ownership, responsibility and most importantly entrepreneurship", "label": "No"}
{"text": "- 1 What percentage of Kenya’s economy is from tourism?\n- 2 What percentage of GDP is travel and tourism?\n- 3 How does Kenya benefit from tourism?\n- 4 How much of global GDP is tourism?\n- 5 What is Kenya’s biggest export?\n- 6 Is Kenya rich or poor?\n- 7 Which country has highest tourism GDP?\n- 8 How does tourism affect GDP?\n- 9 What percentage of our economy is tourism?\n- 10 Which is the main problem facing tourism in Kenya?\n- 11 Is tourism in Kenya Good or bad?\n- 12 Who visits Kenya the most?\n- 13 Is tourism a industry?\n- 14 What percentage of Spain GDP is tourism?\n- 15 How is tourism GDP calculated?\nWhat percentage of Kenya’s economy is from tourism?\nKenya – Contribution of travel and tourism to GDP as a share of GDP. Kenya contribution of travel and tourism to GDP (% of GDP ) was at level of 8.8 % in 2019, unchanged from the previous year.\nWhat percentage of GDP is travel and tourism?\nThe direct contribution of the travel and tourism industry accounted for 3.3 percent of the total global GDP in 2019, showing a small rise over the previous year. Comparatively, the total contribution of the travel and tourism industry in 2019 accounted for 10.4 percent of the total GDP worldwide.\nHow does Kenya benefit from tourism?\nMoney spent by tourists in 2014 within Kenya was 17% of Kenya’s exports. All of these positive economic features have allowed Kenya to develop as a country – tourism directly supports the development of Kenya as a country and allows the government to reinvest money into improving the quality of life for its people.\nHow much of global GDP is tourism?\nIn 2019, the Travel & Tourism sector contributed 10.4% to global GDP; a share which decreased to 5.5% in 2020 due to ongoing restrictions to mobility.\nWhat is Kenya’s biggest export?\nKenya’s chief exports are horticultural products and tea. In 2005, the combined value of these commodities was US$1,150 million, about 10 times the value of Kenya’s third most valuable export, coffee. Kenya’s other significant exports are petroleum products, sold to near neighbours, fish, cement, pyrethrum, and sisal.\nIs Kenya rich or poor?\nKenya is a lower-middle income economy. Although Kenya’s economy is the largest and most developed in eastern and central Africa, 36.1% (2015/2016) of its population lives below the international poverty line. This severe poverty is mainly caused by economic inequality, government corruption and health problems.\nWhich country has highest tourism GDP?\nMacau is the top country by contribution of travel and tourism to GDP (% of GDP ) in the world. As of 2019, contribution of travel and tourism to GDP (% of GDP ) in Macau was 72 %. The top 5 countries also includes Maldives, Seychelles, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Grenada.\nHow does tourism affect GDP?\nConsistent with most previous studies, tourism has a statistically significant positive association with GDP per capita. Our parameter estimate suggests that a 1% increase in TOUR (i.e., international arrivals) can lead to an estimated average of 0.562% increase in GDP per capital.\nWhat percentage of our economy is tourism?\nBritain will have a tourism industry worth over £257 billion by 2025 – just under 10% of UK GDP and supporting almost 3.8 million jobs, which is around 11% of the total UK number. Tourism’s impact is amplified through the economy, so its impact is much wider than just the direct spending levels.\nWhich is the main problem facing tourism in Kenya?\nThe major problems facing domestic tourism were found to include low levels of income among the local people, lack of awareness, high prices of tourist products, lack of promotion, general economic instability and’lack of information on the local market.\nIs tourism in Kenya Good or bad?\nTourism can often cause environmental damage with risks like erosion, pollution, the loss of natural habitats, and forest fires. Cultural. Culture Clashes. What are the disadvantages of tourism in Kenya?\n|Greater demand for local food and crafts||Prices increase in local shops as tourists are often more wealthy than the local population|\nWho visits Kenya the most?\nMain origin of international tourists in Kenya, by country 2020. From January to October 2020, Uganda was the main origin of visitors arriving in Kenya, with over 60 thousand international tourists. Following, 53.4 thousand visitors arrived from the United States, while 43.6 thousand were from Tanzania.\nIs tourism a industry?\nIt is difficult to define the tourism industry, as unlike with other industries, there is not one clear product. It incorporates many industries, including lodging, transport, attractions, travel companies, and more.\nWhat percentage of Spain GDP is tourism?\nIn 2019, contribution of travel and tourism to GDP (% of GDP ) for Spain was 14.6 %.\nHow is tourism GDP calculated?\nTourism direct GDP corresponds to the part of GDP generated by all industries directly in contact with visitors. This indicator is measured as a percentage of total GDP or a percentage of GVA.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A new federal report finds that the number of homeless people declined 2.1 percent over the year to 636,017, cabinet officials accounted during a conference call Tuesday.\nThe figure is based on a comparison of counts of the homeless population made during a single night in January 2010 and again in January 2011. In addition to the overall decline, the number of homeless people in every category included in the study also fell, including homeless veterans, homeless families, and chronically homeless people. The homeless population was counted and estimated in more than 3,000 localities\n\"Even in difficult times, we've made tangible progress in addressing homelessness in America,\" Labor Secretary Hilda Solis said during the call.\nSince 2007, the homeless population has declined by 5.3 percent.\nHousing and Urban Development Secretary Shaun Donovan attributed the positive numbers to the Obama administration's efforts, and in particular HUD’s $1.5 billion Homeless Prevention and Rapid Re-housing Program, which was developed as part of the 2009 stimulus package.\nInterestingly, the positive news comes at a time when many states are fearful\nof the impacts of future budget cuts, set to take effect in just over a year, as a result of federal efforts to cut the debt.\nSome programs that help vulnerable populations, such as Temporary Assistance for Needy Families and Medicaid, are exempt from those cuts. But others aren't.\nThe federal Women, Infants, and Children program, is on pace to see its funding drop from $6.7 billion to $6.1 billion in 2013, according to estimates from Federal Funds Information for States, which tracks federal spending. The LIHEAP program, which helps poor people pay their heating bills, would drop from $4.7 billion to less than $4.3 billion.\nThe study found a particularly big decrease -- 13 percent -- in the number of homeless people who aren't sleeping in shelters. Overall, about two-thirds of homeless people stay in shelters. Homelessness among veterans fell nearly 12 percent.\nStill, not every state had stellar numbers. Homelessness was up several places, including California (2,997 or 2.3 percent), Texas (1,790 or 5.1 percent), Georgia (1,139 or 5.7 percent), Missouri (867 or 10.7 percent) and North Carolina (705 or 5.8 percent).\nLast year, HUD made several changes to how it defines homelessness, but those changes haven't taken effect and aren't reflected in the count.\nBelow, view HUD's compilation of homelessness by region.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "From staff reports\nLEWISTOWN - Summer brings with it a set of concerns that are typically not an issue in the cold winter months, especially in Central Pennsylvania. Water safety is important for children and adults, and the American Red Cross has recommendations for beach, pool and swim safety as families prepare for warm weather and vacations.\nSwim in designated areas supervised by lifeguards.\nAlways swim with a buddy; do not allow anyone to swim alone. Even at a public pool or a lifeguarded beach, use the buddy system.\nEnsure that everyone in the family learns to swim well. Enroll in age-appropriate water safety and swimming courses.\nAvoid distractions when supervising children around water.\nNever leave a young child unattended near water, and do not trust a child's life to another child. Teach children to always ask permission to go near water.\nHave young children or inexperienced swimmers wear U.S. Coast Guard-approved life jackets around water, but do not rely on life jackets alone.\nEstablish rules for your family and enforce them without fail. For example, set limits based on each person's ability, do not let anyone play around drains and suction fittings, and do not allow breath-holding contests or someone who has hyperventilated to swim underwater.\nIf you go boating, wear a life jacket. Most boating fatalities occur from drowning.\nAvoid alcohol use. Alcohol impairs judgment, balance and coordination, affects swimming and diving skills and reduces the body's ability to stay warm.\nActively supervise kids whenever around the water - even if lifeguards are present. Do not drop your kids off at the public pool or leave them at the beach - designate a responsible adult to supervise.\nAlways stay within arm's reach of young children and avoid distractions when supervising children around water.\nIf a child is missing, check the water first. Seconds count in preventing death or disability.\nKnow how and when to call 9-1-1 or the local emergency number.\nHave appropriate equipment, such as reaching or throwing equipment, a cell phone, life jackets and a first aid kit.\nEnroll in first aid and CPR and AED courses to learn how to prevent and respond to emergencies.\nProtect your skin. Limit the amount of direct sunlight you receive between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., and wear sunscreen with a protection factor of at least 15.\nDrink plenty of water regularly, even if you're not thirsty. Avoid drinks with alcohol or caffeine in them.\nSecure your pool with appropriate barriers. Completely surround your pool with a four-foot-high fence or barrier with a self-closing, self-latching gate. Place a safety cover on the pool or hot tub when not in use and remove any ladders or steps used for access. Consider installing a pool alarm that goes off if anyone enters the pool.\nFor more information on water safety or courses available through the American Red Cross, call 248-4213 or visit www.redcross.org.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "By the skin of your teeth\nNarrowly; barely. Usually used in regard to a narrow escape from a disaster.\nThe phrase first appears in English in the Geneva Bible, 1560, in Job 19:20, which provides a literal translation of the original Hebrew:\n\"I haue escaped with the skinne of my tethe.\"\nTeeth don't have skin, of course, so the writer may have been alluding to the teeth's surface or simply to a notional minute measure - something that might now be referred to, with less poetic imagery than the biblical version, as 'as small as the hairs on a gnat's bollock'.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "According to the authors,\n\"The surface of the world’s oceans has been warming since the beginning of industrialisation. In addition to this, multidecadal sea surface temperature (SST) variations of internal [natural] origin exist. Evidence suggests that the North Atlantic Ocean exhibits the strongest multidecadal SST variations and that these variations are connected to the overturning circulation.\"\n\"we conclude that AMOC [natural] variability contributed significantly to North Atlantic SST [Sea Surface Temperature] trends since the mid-19th century.\"\nCalculations of climate sensitivity to CO2 do not include natural variability of ocean and atmospheric oscillations, and thereby exaggerate the effect of CO2 on climate.\nJournal of Climate 2014 ; e-View\nHow much have variations in the meridional overturning circulation contributed to sea surface temperature trends since 1850? A study with the EC-Earth global climate model\nIn this work we investigate the extent to which these internal [natural] multidecadal variations have contributed to enhancing or diminishing the trend induced by the external radiative forcing, globally and in the North Atlantic. We do so in a model study where we combine the analysis of a long control simulation with constant radiative forcing at preindustrial level and an ensemble of simulations with historical forcing from 1850 until 2005. First we note that global SST trends calculated from the different historical simulations are similar, while there is a large disagreement between the North Atlantic SST trends. Then we analyse the control simulation, where we identify a relationship between SST anomalies and anomalies in the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) for multidecadal and longer time scales. This relationship enables us to extract the AMOC-related SST variability from each individual member of the ensemble of historical simulations and then to calculate the SST trends with the AMOC-related variability excluded. For the global SST trends this causes only a little difference while SST trends with AMOC-related variability excluded for the North Atlantic show closer agreement than with the AMOC-related variability included. From this we conclude that AMOC [natural] variability contributed significantly to North Atlantic SST [Sea Surface Temperature] trends since the mid-19th century.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Indus River basin – shared by Afghanistan, China, India, and Pakistan – provides critical water resources for the more than 268 million people who call it home. These resources are also key to the economic development and environmental health of the region, but rapid changes, such as population growth, urbanization, and climate change are exacerbating the basin’s already stressed natural resources. If the Indus is to continue to provide important ecosystem and livelihood services to those within and beyond its boundaries, development must be undertaken in a cooperative, equitable and sustainable manner.\nIn order to ensure this trajectory, it is important to build a shared understanding of the challenges facing the Indus, and to establish a baseline of knowledge in order to respond to future impacts. Made accessible to all, such a baseline can improve basin management and be a valuable policy making tool and public good.\nThe Indus Basin Knowledge Forum (IBKF) builds on several previous meetings and initiatives – the Indus Forum, the Upper Indus Basin Network, and the Global Environment Facility-funded Integrated Solutions for Water, Energy and Land Project (ISWEL). The aim of the IBKF is to bring together researchers and policy makers from the four countries in the basin and beyond to share knowledge, and advance collaborative efforts for sustainable resource management.\nThis third meeting of the IBKF will carry forward outcomes from the last forum, which was held in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during July 2017. Co-convened by the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD), the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and the World Bank, the IBKF aims to further strengthen the connections among those working in policy making, research and knowledge generation.\nFollow the event on twitter using #IBKF.\nParts of the event will be live-streamed.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "While it might have looked like someone loved the library so much they had to move in to the courtyard, what was actually happening in the tent in the garden was (even) cooler than that: Mr. Zoras’s science class was collecting bugs and recording their findings, as part of a Canada-wide project. Here’s a summary from the project’s website:\n“Since 2013, the School Malaise Trap Program has teamed up with thousands of students and educators across Canada in order to explore the insect diversity found in their schoolyards. The program’s goal is to encourage students to explore, question and understand the world around them – starting with their own schoolyard. Students are introduced to the life of a biologist and the exciting science of DNA barcoding.\n“Through hands-on research and inquiry based learning, the School Malaise Trap Program encourages students to become actively engaged citizen scientists – their efforts contribute valuable data to the International Barcode of Life project. Over 700 new species to BOLD have been discovered since this project began!”\nHere’s the list of species in our garden:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Ashe County is located in the northwestern corner of the state. It was established in North Carolina General Assembly in 1799. The county was named for Samuel Ashe, a Revolutionary War patriot. It lies west of the Blue Ridge Mountains and its border with Wilkes County is defined by the Blue Ridge Parkway.\nAbout 1740, Major Abraham Wood led a surveying party west into the Virginia wilderness. They discovered a previously unknown river that flowed north. They named this the Wood River, but the name was later changed to the New River. Another early explorer to the present-day Ashe County area was Bishop Augustus Gottlieb Spangenberg, a Moravian leader on a search for a new home for group. He arrived in 1752. The settlement was later built in Winston-Salem. Settlers began to settle the area around 1770.\nDue to boundary changes and formation of counties, Ashe County had at one time been part of Anson County, Rowan County in 1753, Surry County in 1771 and Wilkes County in 1777. The area had also been claimed by both North Carolina and the State of Franklin. Alleghany County and Watauga County were formed from Ashe County\nPopulation - 22,209\nCounty Seat - Jefferson\nWe have a mailing list for Ashe County history and genealogical research. Due to spam, I have limited postings to the list to come from only submitters. However, if you aren't a member, and don't want to become one, you can contact me and I can forward it to the list asking that they directly contact you.\nIn March and April, 1996, a group of genealogists organized the Kentucky Comprehensive Genealogy Database. The idea was to provide a single entry point for all counties in Kentucky, where collected databases would be stored. In addition, the databases would be indexed and cross-linked, so that even if an individual were found in more than one county, they could be located in the index.\nAt the same time, other states became in the project and the USGenWeb Project began. Volunteers were found who were willing to coordinate the collection of databases and generally oversee the contents of the web pages. If you would like to contribute any information to this page, please let me know.\nCopyright 2000-2009 - Crystal French - Ashe County Coordinator. The information found at this site is for the purpose of non-commercial genealogical research. Information submitted by researchers is copyrighted by that submitter. Queries are also copyrighted by the submitter. Send all questions and/or comments to Crystal French", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Located only 50 miles from Portland, Oregon, Washington State's Mount St. Helens is seared into our memories for its catastrophic eruption on May 18, 1980. The eruption took life, property, and the summit of Mount St. Helens, which is now topped by a large crater. While Mount St. Helens is the nation's most active volcano, the Pacific Northwest actually has a long history of volcanic activity, centered on the Cascades mountain range.\nAt Oregon's Newberry National Volcanic Monument, visitors can explore the Lava River Cave, a lava tube formed after a volcanic eruption when surface lava cooled and hot lava continued to flow beneath. The underground channel where this lava flowed now forms a long cave. Crater Lake, also in Oregon, the deepest lake in the United States, was also formed by volcanic activity.\nOf course, there's more to the Pacific Northwest than volcanoes. Join us next September for our Pacific Northwest Hiking experience to learn about all of the state's stunning natural wonders and biodiversity, as well as the delicious food and wine of Oregon and Washington.\nWhere's your favorite place to go hiking? Please share.\nDid you know? The Smithsonian's Global Volcanism Program tracks volcanic activity worldwide, and you can click here for more on Mount St. Helens.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The study of visualization has a long history in both technology and education. The goal of visualization for scientific areas is to be able to accurately and effectively communicate different types of information through the creation of imaginary representations for a wide variety of audiences.\nVisualization for scientists is an external interdisciplinary workshop that aims to explain different types of visualization of scientific ideas: from creating 3D models to developing VR projects.\nWhy scientists and researchers today want to visualize their ideas:\n- desire to communicate science to a wider audience;\n- diversity of activities involved in making scientific visualization;\n- short-term nature and immediate gratification of visual project.\n- just took the opportunity to learn about visual design and filmmaking when it came along.\nVR SCIENTIFIC FESTIVAL on Facebook: Link here", "label": "No"}
{"text": "In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)\nHow IVF Works\nThe first step is to determine whether IVF is appropriate for a patient, and if so, what protocol should be used, and whether special adjustments may be needed to address the patient's clinical circumstances. This is accomplished through some initial testing to determine the cause(s) of infertility. This diagnostic testing stage may include:\n- hormone tests such as AMH and FSH;\n- an evaluation of the uterine cavity and fallopian tubes, with HSN or HSG; and\n- semen analysis.\nAt CHR, the initial testing is taken very seriously; to us, it only makes sense to identify the problems before trying to tackle them. As a \"fertility center of last resort,\" we see patients daily with a long history of failed IVF cycles at other centers. It is astonishing how many of these patients have infertility causes and/or related medical conditions affecting their fertility potential that were not identified, thus not addressed during the course of their previous IVF attempts.\nOnce the causes of infertility are identified and IVF is chosen as the plan of action, the basic flow of treatment is similar for most patients, although some patients do require additional interventions or adjustments.\nTypical Steps of an IVF Cycle\nMedications are administered over the course of about 21 days to suppress normal ovarian function\nThe first stage of IVF involves stimulating the ovaries so that multiple eggs mature. Normally, a woman produces one egg in each menstrual cycle, but with IVF, many follicles (small sacks in the ovaries that contain growing eggs) are produced with hormone stimulation and multiple eggs are obtained (usually 7-15). This ensures that a good number of embryos are produced after fertilization.\nTypically one to three embryos are transferred into the uterus to establish a pregnancy. To achieve this, the female patient will need to take fertility medications to suppress her own hormones. This phase lasts for about 21 days. The drugs put the body into a temporary low-hormone state (similar to a short-term menopause), along with all of the side effects that might be expected such as hot flashes and mood swings.\nInjectable fertility medications are administered for 8-12 days to stimulate the woman's ovaries to mature multiple eggs\nOnce the patient's own hormones have been suppressed, she can begin taking the medications that stimulate the ovaries and promote egg production. She may need to have injections daily for 8-12 days. The response of the ovaries will be carefully monitored using ultrasound scanning to see the size and number of developing follicles as well as blood tests. CHR physicians will modify this according to the way the individual patient's body responds to the stimulation.\nMonitoring during this stimulation period is essential, because the ovaries sometimes respond too strongly to the medicines. This may result in the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS), which can cause a range of symptoms from mild abdominal pain to severe pain, vomiting, nausea and dehydration. On rare occasions, an IVF cycle has to be cancelled because of hyperstimulation. IVF cycles can also be cancelled if not enough follicles develop, or the follicles grow very poorly. CHR physicians strive to strike a balance between these two unfavorable outcomes, based on their decades of clinical experience and up-to-date knowledge of the medical literature.\nEggs are removed from the ovaries in a surgical procedure, then fertilized in a lab with the partner's or a donor's sperm\nIf all goes well, the next stage in an IVF cycle is egg retrieval (egg collection). This takes place when the ultrasound scan shows a sufficient number of large follicles. The patient takes an injection late at night to give the eggs in the ovaries the last 'push' towards maturity. Ovulation normally occurs 37-40 hours after this injection, so egg retrieval is scheduled to take place just before ovulation occurs (at about 34 hours).\nThe eggs are usually retrieved using a fine, hollow needle guided by ultrasound. Around the same time of the oocyte collection for the female patient, the male partner produces a semen sample. (Of course, we can work with frozen donor sperm as well.) The sperm is assessed and prepared for fertilization. As soon as the eggs are extracted from the ovaries, they are placed into an \"embryo culture\" medium with the sperm and then placed in an incubator overnight. The next day, the eggs are observed through a microscope to see if fertilization has occurred. The day after, cell division will have started and the embryo might now have two or four cells.\nEmbryos are selected and transferred into the woman's uterus through a small catheter inserted through the cervix\nThe embryos will be checked by our expert embryologists to ensure that they are developing normally and, if all is well, embryo transfer can take place. In most cases where PGD is not involved, embryo transfer is scheduled 3 days after the egg retrieval. The embryos, together with a tiny amount of nutrient fluid, are put into a catheter and placed into the uterus through her cervix with a special ultrasound guidance by one of our IVF doctors. By transferring one or two embryos we reduce the risk of a multiple pregnancy. Occasionally, in older patients, we transfer more embryos. If there are \"extra\" embryos of good quality, these can be frozen and stored for use in a future treatment cycle if needed.\nThe embryo transfer procedure is critical; the physician's skill in placing the embryo(s) in the optimal location in the uterus has an impact on the likelihood of eventual pregnancy. The procedure is short and generally painless. Afterwards, the woman will be advised to rest for a short time and then go home and \"carry on as normal.\"\nApproximately two weeks after the transfer is complete, a blood test will be done to detect the pregnancy. If this is positive, an ultrasound will be performed for further confirmation several weeks later\nIt will be about two weeks before a pregnancy test can be done, and this waiting is one of the most stressful times of the cycle. During this time, the female patient will be prescribed progesterone, which is needed to provide hormonal support to a pregnancy.\nIf the pregnancy blood test is positive, we will confirm this with a few more blood tests. Then an ultrasound scan a couple of weeks later will identify a normal pregnancy in the uterus and the heartbeat of the new embryo. If all is developing normally, the newly pregnant patient will be referred back to her obstetrician to make the transition to prenatal care.\nWhile the in vitro fertilization procedure described above sounds simple, in reality, IVF is a complex and emotionally demanding process, as many of our patients can tell you. It can take between six weeks and two months on average for a single treatment cycle and most couples find it both physically and mentally draining. CHR staff members' extensive experience with couples going through IVF treatment allows us to provide all the support needed to assist individuals during this emotional time.\nRead more about IVF Treatment\nOne of the frequently asked questions in fertility care is whether a woman who wants to have babies...\nWhile we do not yet have the complete live birth rates for 2014, it is our custom to publish clinical pregnancy rates...\nIVF centers are required to report their IVF success rates annually...\nLast Updated: November 15, 2014", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Which Microscope Are You Looking For?\nTuesday, 6 May 2014 | Amy\nThere are different ways of categorising microscopes. They can be categorised by their purpose, by their construction, and by how one observes the specimens. Different viewing options offer different uses, a microscope can be Monocular (1 eyepiece), Binocular (2 eyepieces), or Trinocular (3 eyepieces).\nWhile a monocular microscope is made for one eye, binocular and stereo microscopes are made for both eyes. Trinocular microscopes are Binocular or Stereo Microscopes with a third eyepiece, which may either be for a second person to share the view or in order to affix a digital camera or video camera to the third eyepiece in order to create a lasting record of what was seen.\nHere are examples of the 3 different types of microscopes:\nThe Basic Student Microscope is equipped with three achromatic objectives as used in common practice and have a simple object stage with two clips for holding slides. The Basic Student Microscope is equipped with rechargeable batteries and can be used without a mains connection. Features of The Basic Student Microscope include:\nA Binocular microscope is simply a microscope that uses two eyepieces instead of the traditional one used in many other types of microscopes. This binocular view offers a number of advantages and the costs are comparable to a single eyepiece instrument. The popularity of the binocular microscope has grown over the years and currently represents that vast majority of units sold.\nThe Microscope, Binocular Biological has optics of the finest quality and has precision engineered mechanisms for lifelong service. The Microscope, Binocular Biological has a full maintenance and repair service available. Features of The Microscope, Binocular Biological include:\nA Trinocular microscope may have one of several purposes. One purpose is to allow a second viewer access to a specimen at the same time as the person who is mainly using the microscope. Another purpose of a trinocular microscope is to allow the use of technology to either preserve the images seen through the microscope by recording them or projecting them.\nThe Microscope, Trinocular has optics of the finest quality and has precision engineered mechanisms for lifelong service. The Microscope, Trinocular has robust frames made to the highest quality. Features of The Microscope, Trinocular include:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Welcome to our digital Stories and a Craft for preschoolers. Join us as Miss Dawn reads Little Skinks Tail by Janet Halfmann and then make a lizard.\nMake a Lizard\n- Glue or tape\n- 1 popsicle stick, tongue depressor or a small stick\n- 1 green pipe cleaner\n- 1 small piece of red paper or white colored red\n- 2 small googly eyes or eyes made from paper\n- Color the popsicle stick with a green marker, you can make spots or stripes with other colors. If using a stick, you won’t need to color it.\n- Cut the pipe cleaner in half for the legs. Twist the pipe cleaner pieces around the stick (one in front and one in the back) and bend to form a leg and foot.\n- Glue or tape on the red paper for a tongue\n- Glue or tape on the small googly eyes or eyes made from paper", "label": "No"}
{"text": "We are writing in response to the Ore-Ida “potato pay” ad campaign, in which they coach parents on how and how much to reward kids with French fries for eating their vegetables. I am sure they mean well, and it seems like a good idea on the surface. Rewarding kids for eating a nutritious food with foods that are well-liked and already on the plate, genius! Sadly, nothing is ever that simple when it comes to food and people, especially kids. Here are some truths about rewarding with food:\nElimination of Enjoyment: Food IS enjoyable! There is a whole world of taste and flavor and texture and aroma, and we are all going to like some things better than others. Using food as rewards takes away the simple pleasure of eating the foods that we enjoy with people that we love.\nGuilt by Association: Rewarding with food can make the reward less enjoyable because it becomes associated with the food that it is paired with. My grade school paired beets with pizza every week, and I still think of beets and that slimy texture (and shudder) when I see those food service rectangular pizza slices with sausage.\nDiminishing Returns: Any reward loses value over time. You don’t work for the same paycheck you did your first year that you were working. In the same way, it may eventually “cost” more French fries or a switch to tater tots, cupcakes or chocolate to be “worth” eating 1 green bean.\nArtificially Assigned Value: By making fries the reward and vegetables the task to be rewarded, you are further de-valuing a vegetable that might have had a shot at being a pretty good vegetable! BUT, it will never be a French fry (or a sweet potato or a potato chip) and the comparison makes it hard to be see the task-vegetable for its own good qualities.\nEstablishment of Emotional Eating: Eating as a reward for good behavior sets the stage for eating due to external or emotional reasons, rather than hunger. This early pattern puts kids, especially girls, at greater risk of emotional eating, obesity and eating disorders.\nEating as Emotional Manipulation: Eating to please others has also been shown to be a risk factor for obesity and eating disorders. Eating for hunger, simple enjoyment and social engagement allows children to listen to their own body about when to eat instead of cueing in to others’ emotions around food.\nWHAT TO DO INSTEAD:\n- Serve French fries. Enjoy them with your family. Dip them in ketchup, or mayo or mustard or aoli, whatever makes them enjoyable to you. Don’t feel guilty for liking French fries, pleasure is an important part of eating and healthy living.\n- Also serve broccoli and green beans and beets. More than one time or two times. Research shows that familiarity with foods is an important step towards eating and enjoying those same foods later.\n- Look at your own food patterns, choose healthy foods that you like. Watching parents eat a variety of foods has been shown to make a big difference in the variety of children’s diets as they grow.\n- Be patient. Even children who were adventurous eaters when they very young go through periods of pickiness. Keeping the pressure off of both the food and the eaters is the best way to develop the healthy relationship with food that can eventually lead to a more varied and appreciate palate!\n- Cue into your child’s likes and dislikes, trust that learning to eat new foods must be done at the child’s pace. Being a responsive feeder doesn’t mean that you only serve fries. It means that you trust your child to eat the right amount for their body and that you continue to provide the environment and the foods that will allow your child to expand at a pace that feels right to them.\nFree the French Fry to be just that. A yummy, crispy, golden French fry.\n#freethefrenchfry #responsivefeeding #betterwaythanpotatopay", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The brand of kettle is needed to determine the exact amount of electricity used, but most kettles have an average wattage of 2 or 3 kilowatts or kW. If a 2 kW kettle is used for 2 hours then it has used 4 kWh.Continue Reading\nTo help conserve energy usage of a kettle make sure to only heat up what is needed. If there are three people wanting a cup of tea each, only heat up 3 cups of water instead of the whole kettle. Heating up only 3 cups takes less time than it would to heat the whole kettle. Try to buy a kettle with an automatic shut off feature, so when the water is done boiling it cuts off and does not use up more energy.\nThe use of an \"eco kettle\" has been said to conserve energy and allows the user to have the option to adjust the temperature. If the kettle is only going to be used for the occasional cup of tea, get a smaller kettle. If the kettle is needed for multiple functions, for instance making a pitcher of tea, instant soups and other purposes, get a kettle that will hold a lot of water.Learn more about States of Matter", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Southern California Coastal & Inland Valleys\nClever Gardening Technique\nDeterring Snails and Slugs\nTo discourage snails and slugs from eating a prized crop, try surrounding the area with the spiky, round fruit pods of the sweet gum tree. The abrasive surface of the ping-pong-ball-sized pods is uninviting for the slugs to crawl across. The balls continue their usefulness after rain or irrigation, unlike ashes or other fine granular substances that must be reapplied.\nAnother technique is to fence out the snails and slugs. Unweave the top 1/2 inch of a 3-inch strip of aluminum screening and bend the exposed vertical wires to face outward when it's stapled to a baseboard. Snails and slugs can climb the screening but can't pass over the spikes without sticking themselves or falling off backwards, so they avoid it.\nSnails and slugs love citrus trees. If you're not getting any citrus fruit, the snails have beat you to them. To keep them from crawling up the trunks, wrap a length of copper sheeting at least 4 inches wide around the trunk. Make sure you don't leave gaps between the sheeting and the tree through which tiny, young snails can crawl. As the snails slime their way across the copper, an unpleasant electrical charge is created, which they avoid the next time.\nIf you rely on Snarol-type products in fighting snails and slugs, toss a handful up into citrus trees. Some of the pellets will settle on the foliage, and the remainder will fall onto the soil around the trunk, providing food for the slimy creatures wherever they are. Apply it just as the first spring growth and fruit buds are setting -- the very tender tidbits that snails love.\nShows & Events\nArbor Day is celebrated in California on March 7, in honor of horticulturist Luther Burbank's birthday. (Burbank is famous for his work improving varieties of flowers (like Shasta daisy), fruits (Santa Rosa plum), grains, grasses, vegetables (russet Burbank potato), and trees.) Why not plant a tree to celebrate!\nEach day, the average person uses 35 pounds of oxygen -- all of it coming from trees and other plants. They literally filter the air by collecting dust and pollutants in the air before they reach our lungs. They make our life more peaceful by providing sound barriers and reducing outdoor noise.\nTrees cool homes in summer; one tree can have the same cooling effect as ten, room-size air conditioners. In the winter, deciduous trees let the sun shine through bare branches to warm our homes. Trees provide wood to burn for heat, lumber to build houses, and paper for books and newspapers. Tree roots lessen water runoff, and branches slow down wind. Commercial fruit and nut trees provide 26 million tons of food each year.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Few would debate that rapid technological change has transformed Americans' way of life over the past few decades. Yet technology's impact on various sectors of society has not been uniform, nor has it been consistently positive or negative. A recent YouGov poll finds that Americans are especially likely to have noticed major technological shifts in the areas of communication, media, and entertainment. And while technology-induced changes are generally more likely to be viewed positively than negatively, there are some sectors — such as media and politics — where technology is more often seen as detrimental than beneficial. In terms of Americans' specific worries regarding the future of tech, we find that large majorities are at least somewhat concerned about its influence on elections, the spread of misinformation, and a loss of privacy.\nHow has technology changed the way other industries operate?\nThe poll asked Americans to rate the extent to which the technology industry has changed the way 10 sectors operate. At least two-thirds of people say that technology has changed — either a great deal or somewhat — the way each of the sectors asked about operate. The share who say technology's impact has been \"great\" varies across sectors from more than half to about one-third. The biggest impacts are seen in communication (58% say \"a great deal\"), media (58%), and entertainment (49%).\nHas technological change been good or bad for each sector? For eight of the 10 sectors asked about, more Americans say the technology industry has had more positive effects than say it has had more negative effects. The two exceptions are politics and media: Just 21% say the tech industry has had a positive influence on politics, and 33% say this about media. About half of Americans say that health care (52%) or communication (51%) have been very or somewhat positively affected.\nWhat concerns Americans about the future of technology?\nThe poll also asked whether Americans are concerned about 20 issues relating to the U.S. technology industry. (Each respondent was asked about a randomly selected sample of 15 of the 20.) Majorities of Americans say they're at least \"somewhat concerned\" about each of the 20 issues — though some issues are more likely to be seen as \"very\" concerning. The largest shares say they're very concerned about the use of technology to influence elections and the spread of misinformation through social media. About half also are very concerned about privacy generally, and nearly as many are very concerned about the lack of regulation on data collection and usage. Large numbers are also at least somewhat concerned about the impact of technology on children's development, and the possibility of more people, in general, becoming addicted to tech. The issues polled that Americans express the least concern about are technology's effects on income inequality and on the environment — but more than half are at least somewhat concerned about each.\n— Carl Bialik and Linley Sanders contributed to this article\nMethodology: This poll was conducted online on January 24 - 27, 2023 among 1,000 U.S. adult citizens. Respondents were selected from YouGov’s opt-in panel using sample matching. A random sample (stratified by gender, age, race, education, geographic region, and voter registration) was selected from the 2019 American Community Survey. The sample was weighted according to gender, age, race, education, 2020 election turnout and presidential vote, baseline party identification, and current voter registration status. Demographic weighting targets come from the 2019 American Community Survey. Baseline party identification is the respondent’s most recent answer given prior to March 15, 2022, and is weighted to the estimated distribution at that time (33% Democratic, 28% Republican). The margin of error for the overall sample is approximately 4%.\nImage: Adobe Stock (Peera)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Nanocar takes a test drive\nIt's the smallest thing on four wheels\nThe world's smallest toy cars have been set rolling.\nThey measure just 3 by 4 nanometres: a million of them parked bumper to tail would cover the length of a flea. And they are stripped down to the absolute basics: just a chassis and two axles with wheels at either end.\nBut they move. Using a powerful microscope, James Tour and his coworkers at Rice University in Houston, Texas, have watched their 'nanocars' trundle over a layer of gold1.\nThe axles and chassis are made primarily of carbon atoms linked into rigid rods that form an H shape. At each axle tip, the researchers attached a ball-like wheel made from the football-shaped carbon molecule C60.\nThe key question was whether these diminutive vehicles truly roll over a surface, or just skitter about because of their thermal energy, as many molecules do.\nTour and his colleagues claim that the wheels must indeed be turning. When they used the fine tip of a scanning tunnelling microscope, a device normally used for imaging at the atomic scale, to attract the nanocars and pull them along, the cars moved forward but not sideways. That's just what you would expect to happen if the C60 molecules were rotating on an axis. Occasionally the cars pivoted and took off in a new direction, making zigzag paths.\nThree-wheeled nanocars with tripod axles could only turn in circles, again as would be expected if the wheels were revolving.\n\"This is really exciting\", says materials scientist Henry Hess of the University of Florida in Gainesville, who has used biological molecular motors to drive nanoscale objects over surfaces.\nHess believes that it may become possible to use synthetic molecular motors, which other researchers are developing23, to power nanovehicles like this. \"If you put these things together, you can see how they might be actively driven,\" he says.\nIf he's right, Tour's idea of using 'nanotrucks' and 'nanotrains' to transport materials for nanotechnological construction may one day get on the road.\n- Shirai Y., et al.Nano Lett. advance online publication doi:10.1021/nl051915k (2005).\n- Fletcher S. P., et al. Science, 310. 80 - 82 (2005).\n- Kelly T. R., et al. Nature, 400. 150 (1999).", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Once in a Blue Moon\nAugust 02, 2012\nI was the kind of kid who usually looked up at the sky when I played outside. I had a great time looking at trees, birds, planes, and clouds. Even now, I love watching lightning in the sky when we get those (increasingly rare this year) summer thunderstorms. I still try to get outside and get a look at various meteor showers when they occur, and seeing the Northern Lights one day in person is very near the top of my bucket list.\nSo...I was very excited to learn that we will have a blue moon this month. No, the moon does not actually change color and become blue! A blue moon occurs when we have a second full moon in the same calendar month. This year, August has a full moon on the 2nd and another on the 31st. The reason why a blue moon occurs is that it takes 29.5 days for the moon to orbit around Earth, but each calendar month typically has 30 or 31 days. Eventually, we will get a full moon at the beginning of the month, which would allow for us to have another full moon at the tail end of the month.\nHappy Sky gazing!\nNorth Oak Branch", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Deaf cats are not uncommon; in fact as many cats get older they can show signs of deadness.\nMy own old cat had started to show signs of deafness, you could walk right up behind her without her knowing you were there and then she would jump out of her skin when she finally noticed you.\nIt was a worry, as she may not hear traffic coming or other animals etc, so we did start to keep an extra eye on her.\nOf course some cats are born deaf and just like deaf humans they compensate by using their other senses more.\nIn some cases these cats are so well adjusted to their disability that it can sometimes be impossible to know that they are in fact deaf.\nThere are other reasons too where deafness can occur, for instance:\nThere may me many owners out there who have a cats who has hearing problems and who are not aware of it, simply because the cats have learned to cope well. However there are some common signs which could indicate that your cat is having hearing problems. For instance:\nAny of these signs could indicate deafness and all need to be checked by a vet as in some cases the cause of the deafness can be cured with treatment.\nMost cats will learn to adapt to their deafness over time but there a few things as an owner you can do to make things a little easier for them.\nIn summary, owning a deaf cat need not be any different from owning a hearing cat. In most cases the cat will compensate for its disability and be able to live a normal happy life.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Each of us is born with internal potential to reach greatness, regardless of our fields. You can become the best of the best in your area of interest, from healthcare to politics to engineering to industry and to athletics. It means that many children actually have significant potentials to achieve athletic greatness, but different things happen in their lives. Inappropriate surroundings could actually cause people with great athletic potentials to lead sedentary lifestyle and they become overweight. So what has happened to these potentials? In general, potentials could be lost due to bad parenting, bad coaching, non-active lifestyle, failure to recognize true potentials and injuries. Many parents don’t actually have bad intention, but they may have a different idea on what their children need to achieve in their lives. Parents may have poor dietary habits and lack of physical activities, which may affect the lifestyles of their children. It is important for parents to ensure that their children can reach the pinnacle of their physical activities.\nWe are living in a society where money is put ahead of sports and dreams. For many people, sports are just a form of recreation and although there are successful athletes out there, there seem to be not too many of them. For this reason, parents can be blinded by the true potentials of their children. Parents who are blind to the potentials of their children can ruin potential accomplishments. They often measure the potentials of children by their grades at school, not their performance in gym classes and athletic tracks. For many people, having good physical performance is something that’s difficult to achieve and they may apply the same assumption to their children. It is important to parents to not apply their own standards to their children, because each person has different potentials and limitations. It is better for parents to observe to see whether children can really perform well in sports activities. If children have genuine desire to perform in athletics and they are able to achieve good results, then parents should nurture that.\nIt is important to ensure that children can achieve their full potentials. When we see those great athletes, we know that they achieve things, due to the support of their surroundings. Professional athletes are driven and very smart individuals, who are very eager to achieve many things in life. So, it is important to allow children to get all the possible opportunities. Parents should also provide the proper expectations, so children will know what to get in the future. Children may not initially have an athletic build, as well as being the strongest or the fastest. But if they train hard and persistent enough, they can achieve many things in life. In fact, we learn about great athletes, potentials and talents are actually insignificant. Great interest, hard work, motivation and persistence can elevate anyone with proper physical capability to achieve just about anything. Excellence and success are things that can be achieved by many people, regardless of their potentials.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Vegetables are nutrient dense, provide needed vitamins and minerals, contain healing chemical compounds like antioxidants and phytochemicals, and are associated with decreased illness. In addition to being good for health, non-starchy vegetables are also good for weight-loss and maintenance due to the fact that they are satisfying and low calorie.\nIdeas to Eat More Vegetables:\n- Eat at least one serving of vegetables with every meal and snack.\n- Reserve half of your plate at every meal for produce, mostly non-starch vegetables.\n- Eat at least 3 or 4 servings of vegetables a day (serving = 1cup raw or 1/2cup cooked)\n- Drink your veggies in a green smoothie (60% vegetables, 40% fruit)\nCommon Non-Starchy Vegetables:\nArtichoke, Artichoke, Asparagus, Baby Corn, Bamboo, Beans (green, wax, Italian), Bean Sprouts, Beets , Brussels Sprouts, Broccoli, Cabbage (green, bok choy, Chinese), Carrots, Cauliflower, Celery, Chayote, Cucumber, Daikon, Eggplant, Greens (collard, kale, mustard, turnip, swiss chard), Mushrooms, Okra, Onions, Pea Pods, Peppers, Radishes, Rutabaga, Salad greens (chicory, endive, escarole, lettuce, romaine, spinach, arugula, radicchio, watercress), Sprouts, Squash (cushaw, summer, crookneck, spaghetti, zucchini), Tomato, Turnips, Water chestnuts", "label": "No"}
{"text": "As you prepare for the backyard barbeque, and you have invited over some friends, you pull out the plastic lawn chairs from the shed. Ugh, you think. They sure got moldy over the winter and spring.\nNot to worry. They’ll be easy to clean. You’ll just put them in the sun for a few hours.\nVoila. Welcome to a world in which plastics fused with titanium dioxide are self-cleaning when they are exposed to the sun.\nThe developers of the innovation — scientists at the Fraunhofer Institute for Interfacial Engineering and Biotechnology IGB in Stuttgart, Germany — say that UV radiation in sunlight triggers free radicals from titanium dioxide molecules. Those molecules have a tendency to degrade cell walls along with the DNA of fungus and mold, reports The Green Optimistic.\nThe researchers did a little comparing and contrasting. “We ran some outdoor tests on garden chair armrests with photocatalytic coatings and compared them to ones made from conventional plastic,” says Iris Trick, group manager at the IGB.\nThey deliberately placed fungi, algae, mosses, and bacteria on plastic chairs with the titanium dioxide. The team found that the plastic was almost completely clean and still white, even after leaving it exposed to the weather for two years, reports International Science Times. Chairs left out for the same period without the titanium dioxide had a layer of dirt that was difficult to remove, the researchers say.\nPlastic is not the only surface that can self-clean with the titanium dioxide. “If you apply a thin coating of titanium dioxide to a glass surface such as a smartphone screen, the skin oils and fingerprints gradually disappear from the display by themselves,” says Michael Vergöhl, head of department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Surface Engineering and Thin Films IST in Braunschweig.\nOne hour of exposure to sunlight does the trick. Previous photocatalytic surfaces on a phone required it to be left in the sun for three days for it to self-clean. The next step, the scientists say, is to develop coatings that can be activated by artificial light.\nManufacturers of cleaning supplies: Be afraid. Be very afraid.\nSource: “Solar Powered Coating Developed for Self-Cleaning Surfaces,” The Green Optimistic, 7/18/12\nSource: “Chemical Breakthroughs Could Lead to Self-Cleaning Lawn Furniture Activated by the Sun,” International Science Times, 7/18/12", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Functional testing is a form of software testing where you check if your application does what it’s supposed to. Read more.\nFunctional testing is a form of software testing where you check that your application does what it’s supposed to. In effect, it’s a form of black box testing because you are only concerned with what it does, not how it does it. This is different from unit and integration testing, where you also care about how the software works. Functional testing should test your application from a user’s perspective, however, it’s not the same as user acceptance testing. It can happen at any stage in the development cycle once you have working code to test.\n- is about the functionality of your application, not how it achieves it.\n- is testing against the business/design requirements of your application.\n- is about what the user sees and experiences, but is not the same as user acceptance testing.\n- is not interested in the performance and reliability of your application.\n- s generally black box.\n- can happen at any stage in the development cycle, but generally is done during system and acceptance testing.\n- should test all the moving parts of your code. This requires careful thought and test planning.\n- should use carefully designed test data with known expected outcomes. This should come from the requirements/design.\n- is an essential part of any test plan.\n- can be automated relatively easily.\nFunctional testing is vital\nWithout functional testing, you can’t know that your application meets its requirements. It may pass all unit tests and non-functional tests with flying colors. But if any functionality is broken, the whole application is broken. This means that you have to plan your testing really carefully. Every user journey should be tested, including ones that might be unusual or non-obvious. Doing this requires cooperation between the product team (who understand what the application should do) and the test team.\nWhat’s required for functional testing?\nFunctional testing can be done manually. However, it’s best if you can automate it. Functional testing automation tools will help make your life easier, especially if you are testing a complex application. Nowadays, many applications are browser-based rather than native. Such web applications are often easier to test. However, there are many issues relating to test automation. Especially when you are using functional testing tools based on Selenium.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "From the perspective of cultivation, good agricultural practices are the set of systems through which we will obtain a better harvest such as the following:\nWhat are good agricultural practices?\nWhen it comes to working our crops, it is essential that we take into account their cycles, and know how to apply them to our particular crop.\nThis, in theory, may seem simple, but the truth is that it requires experience and time for learning.\nIn any case, our mission must always be to pursue good agricultural practices that allow us to achieve the perfect balance between the product we obtain, the economic costs, and the process to be carried out in each case.\nGood agricultural practices are the set of processes that we must carry out for any of our crops, which will result in a substantial improvement of the fruit we obtain, as well as a more sustainable procedure, that is, that allows us to continue growing year after year. In addition all this will translate into a considerable improvement from the economic perspective.\nTIPS FOR GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES\nOnce developed the concept of good agricultural practices focused on the balance in production, it is time to know some of the most relevant aspects to which we have to pay attention.\nSoil quality is one of the key points to which we have to pay more attention.\nFor this, it is important to ensure that the land has adequate nutrients to ensure optimized crop growth.\nThis means that, if we do not perform crop rotation (and even, even if we do), we must always study the soil composition well and provide all those nutrients that are necessary.\nOn the other hand, this contribution must always be made within a calendar adapted to our specific harvest, thus ensuring that the plant can take full advantage of all available resources.\nIrrigation, one of the keys to a good harvest\nWe should not neglect irrigation, which must be balanced and adapted to the phases of the tree or plant.\nAn excessive irrigation, will lead to the appearance of rot, as well as diseases and pests that can cause us to lose our harvest.\nFor that reason, we must study the crop’s water needs well, analyse the rainfall that has developed in the area, study adequate drainage, and of course, we have to make contributions that meet the real needs of the fruit.\nA well-done pruning and always within the calendar, is one of the best ways to achieve maximum crop yield.\nWe must remember how important it is not only to provide nutrients, but also to take great care that the strength obtained by the plant, does not end up wasting on unnecessary elements such as branches that will not produce fruit, varieties that need sun and have fruits in the shadows, and a long etcetera.\nThe best time to collect\nThe best time to collect\nOn the other hand, we must also know the best time to collect.\nIn this sense, we have a calendar depending on the crop we have in our hands.\nHowever, these calendars must be adapted to the reality of the year in which we find ourselves, taking into account aspects such as:\n- Fruit Maturation.\n- Hours of sun.\n- If the calendars have been fulfilled when applying products.\n- If the calendars based on the weather have been fulfilled.\nIn this way, the responsible farmer will always analyze the appropriate time to carry out the collection, thus ensuring that the fruit is in an optimal state of ripening, and that it offers the consumer from a good aspect to the guarantee that it has the nutrients, texture and flavor that allows you to place yourself in a higher category compared to the rest.\nSoil quality Protect your crop from the most common pests and diseases\nSo far, we have been talking about good agricultural practices regarding the resources that our plants need to grow healthy and strong.\nHowever, we must not forget that there is also an essential aspect that we must analyze which is making sure that our crops are protected and safe from what a producer most fears, which are pests and diseases.\nFor that reason, in addition to preparing a calendar that allows us to guarantee the timely application of all necessary products, we must also take into account the importance of maintaining good control of the crop.\nThere are certain practices such as pruning at the wrong time, the cleaning of adjoining and others, which can become an undeniable attraction for these pests and diseases.\nThat is why it is essential that we know not only our harvest, but also our environment, and of course we have to make sure that we always use products that are natural, without waste, safe and efficient, since in this way , we will be much more likely to reach our goals.\nIt is important to keep in mind that these are good agricultural practices from a general perspective.\nIn each case, the farmer must study his specific crop and his zone, so that he obtains the balance through which he would obtain a bigger fruit, of greater quality, with better appearance, and better quoted", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Grass is Blue\n\"It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.\" - Dan Fogelberg\nOne of the purist of American art forms, bluegrass music was born in the Appalachians at the arrival of Irish, Scottish, Welsh and English immigrants in the 18th century. Now considered a sub-genre of country music, bluegrass evolved to include elements of jazz and African music and continues to grow as the Americana folk sound still appeals to new listeners today.\nExplore our essentials list and discover great stories from where the grass is blue.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Turf grass, like any plant, needs a strong root system to thrive. However, turf grass is pruned far more frequently than most plants– every time the grass is cut! This means grass spends most of its energy growing new foliage, instead of strengthening its root system. A poor root system means a plant, including grass, can’t get the nutrients it needs, is not able to survive extended dry periods, and is less resistant to pests and pathogens.\nIf you are a Hively Lawncare customer, you’re already helping your turf grass with regular fertilization. But what else can you do to improve its health? Lawn aeration! Lawn aeration, which refers to the removal of thousands of small soil ‘cores’ from the turf grass, allows water and fertilizer to more easily reach the root zone. Aeration also improves soil structure by reducing compaction, reducing thatch, and creating room for new roots to grow. At Hively, we recommend an annual lawn aeration due to the clay soils in our region.\nFor you DIYers out there, mechanical aerators are available at most local rental stores, but consider yourself warned— aerating is dirty, noisy, hard work, and it’s surprisingly easy to mess up! Hively offers both spring and fall aeration; the summer months are not ideal. So if you have better things to do with your time, contact Hively to learn more about lawn aeration and you’ll be one step closer to a healthier lawn!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "\"They had found a leader, Robert E. Lee—and what a leader! ... No military leader since Napoleon has aroused such enthusiastic devotion among troops as did Lee when he reviewed them on his horse Traveller.\"So wrote Samuel Eliot Morison in his magisterial \"The Oxford History of the American People\" in 1965.\nFirst in his class at West Point, hero of the Mexican War, Lee was the man to whom President Lincoln turned to lead his army. But when Virginia seceded, Lee would not lift up his sword against his own people, and chose to defend his home state rather than wage war upon her.\nThis veneration of Lee, wrote Richard Weaver, \"appears in the saying attributed to a Confederate soldier, 'The rest of us may have ... descended from monkeys, but it took a God to make Marse Robert.'\"\nGrowing up after World War II, this was accepted history.\nYet, on the militant left today, the name Lee evokes raw hatred and howls of \"racist and traitor.\" A clamor has arisen to have all statues of him and all Confederate soldiers and statesmen pulled down from their pedestals and put in museums or tossed onto trash piles.\nWhat has changed since 1965?\nIt is not history. There have been no great new discoveries about Lee.\nWhat has changed is America herself. She is not the same country. We have passed through a great social, cultural and moral revolution that has left us irretrievably divided on separate shores.\nAnd the politicians are in panic.\nTwo years ago, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe called the giant statues of Lee and \"Stonewall\" Jackson on Richmond's Monument Avenue \"parts of our heritage.\" After Charlottesville, New York-born-and-bred McAuliffe, entertaining higher ambitions, went full scalawag, demanding the statues be pulled down as \"flashpoints for hatred, division, and violence.\"\nWho hates the statues, Terry? Who's going to cause the violence? Answer: The Democratic left whom Terry must now appease.\nMcAuliffe is echoed by Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam, the Democratic candidate in November to succeed McAuliffe. GOP nominee Ed Gillespie wants Monument Avenue left alone.\nThe election is the place to decide this, but the left will not wait.\nIn Durham, North Carolina, our Taliban smashed the statue of a Confederate soldier. Near the entrance of Duke University Chapel, a statue of Lee has been defaced, the nose broken off.\nWednesday at dawn, Baltimore carried out a cultural cleansing by taking down statues of Lee and Maryland Chief Justice Roger Taney who wrote the Dred Scott decision and opposed Lincoln's suspension of the right of habeas corpus.\nLike ISIS, which smashed the storied ruins of Palmyra, and the al-Qaida rebels who ravaged the fabled Saharan city of Timbuktu, the new barbarism has come to America. This is going to become a blazing issue, not only between but within the parties.\nFor there are 10 Confederates in Statuary Hall in the Capitol, among them Lee, Georgia's Alexander Stephens, vice president to Jefferson Davis, and Davis himself. The Black Caucus wants them gone.\nMount Rushmore-sized carvings of Lee, Jackson and Davis are on Stone Mountain, Georgia. Are they to be blasted off?\nThere are countless universities, colleges and high schools like Washington & Lee named for Confederate statesmen and soldiers. Across the Potomac from D.C. are Jefferson Davis Highway and Leesburg Pike to Leesburg itself, 25 miles north. Are all highways, streets, towns and counties named for Confederates to be renamed? What about Fort Bragg?\nOn every Civil War battlefield, there are monuments to the Southern fallen. Gettysburg has hundreds of memorials, statues and markers. But if, as the left insists we accept, the Confederates were traitors trying to tear America apart to preserve an evil system, upon what ground do Democrats stand to resist the radical left's demands?\nWhat do we do with those battlefields where Confederates were victorious: Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville?\n\"Where does this all end?\" President Trump asked.\nIt doesn't. Not until America's histories and biographies are burned and new texts written to Nazify Lee, Jackson, Davis and all the rest, will a newly indoctrinated generation of Americans accede to this demand to tear down and destroy what their fathers cherished.\nAnd once all the Confederates are gone, one must begin with the explorers, and then the slave owners like Presidents Washington, Jefferson and Madison, who seceded from slave-free Britain. White supremacists all.\nAndrew Jackson, Henry Clay of Kentucky and John Calhoun must swiftly follow.\nThen there are all those segregationists. From 1865 to 1965, virtually all of the great Southern senators were white supremacists.\nIn the first half of the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson and FDR carried all 11 states of a rigidly segregationist South all six times they ran, and FDR rewarded Dixie by putting a Klansman on the Supreme Court.\nWhile easy for Republicans to wash their hands of such odious elements as Nazis in Charlottesville, will they take up the defense of the monuments and statues that have defined our history, or capitulate to the icon-smashers?\nIn this Second American Civil War, whose side are you on?\nPatrick J. Buchanan needs no introduction to VDARE.COM readers; his books State of Emergency: The Third World Invasion and Conquest of America, and Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive to 2025? are available from Amazon.com. Patrick J. Buchanan is the author of “The Greatest Comeback: How Richard Nixon Rose From Defeat to Create the New Majority.\nHis latest book, published May 9, is “Nixon’s White House Wars: The Battles That Made and Broke a President and Divided America Forever.”\nSee Peter Brimelow’s review: “Wheel And Fight”—Pat Buchanan’s Nixon Book Provides Road Map For Trump.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "CONGRESS AND US A Portrait of the 114th Congress: Members of the U.S. Senate and the House of Representatives. Accurate as of April 16, 2015.\nIndicator: BODY STATE DISTRICT (IF HOUSE) NAME PARTY GENDER HIGHEST DEGREE ATTAINED\nHIGHEST DEGREE LEVEL\nYEAR OF BIRTH RACE OR ETHNICITY\nLIFE EXPECTANCY AT BIRTH (YEARS)\nHouse in which the Member serves: House of Representatives or the Senate.\nState that the Member represents. Congressional District represented by Member if sitting in the House. \"At-large\" congressional districts are denoted as 1. Member's full name. Member's party affiliation. Member's gender. Member's highest degree attained. Honorary degrees are not counted. Highest degree level is the broad category into which the highest degree attained of each Member can be grouped. These categories are: less than high school diploma, high school diploma, bachelor's degree, graduate or professional degree.\nYear of Member's birth. Member's race and ethnicity as reported by the U.S. House of Representatives Press Gallery website. Life expectancy at birth of the gender and the racial or ethnic group to which the Member belongs for the state the Member represents. If no estimate for a racial or ethnic group was available, then the life expectancy by gender for the Member's state was imputed.\nUnited States House of Representatives, Directory of Representatives (Official Member Websites): http://www.house.gov/representatives/ ; United States Senate, Senators of the 114th Congress (Official Member Websites): http://www.nationaljournal.com/alman ac/114th-congress-new-members;\nHouse Press Gallery, 2014 House Election Results: http://pressgallery.house.gov/2014election-results Measure of America calculations using mortality data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, as compiled from data provided by the fifty-seven vital statistics jurisdictions through the Vital Statistics Cooperative Program, and intercensal population estimates by age group produced by the U.S. Census Bureau in collaboration with the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and released by NCHS through the CDC-WONDER on-line database. Estimates are for 2011.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "People have used biotechnology processes such as selectively breeding animals and fermentation for thousands of years. Late 19th and early 20th century discoveries of how microorganisms carry out commercially useful processes and how they cause disease led to the commercial production of vaccines and antibiotics. Improved methods for animal breeding have also resulted from these efforts. California scientists in the San Francisco Bay Area took a giant step forward with the discovery and development of recombinant DNA techniques in the 1970s. The field of biotechnology continues to accelerate with new discoveries leading to new applications expected to benefit California's economy throughout the 21st Century.\nIn its broadest definition, biotechnology is the application of biological techniques and engineered organisms to make products or modify plants and animals to carry desired traits. For the purposes of this study, this definition also extends to the use of various human cells and other body parts to produce desirable products. In this paper, the term \"bioindustry\" refers to the cluster of companies that produce engineered biological products and their supporting businesses. \"Biotechnology\" refers to the use of the biological sciences (such as gene manipulation), often in combination with other sciences (such as materials sciences, nanotechnology, and computer software), to discover, evaluate and develop products for bioindustry.4\nThe literature of biotechnology is enormous and quickly growing. A recent five-minute exploration of biotechnology resources on the Internet resulted in an 82-page listing of publications, agencies, associations, and companies. A quick search for documents under the specific subject \"biotechnology\" in the Melvyl catalog of University of California resources found 1,540 items. Both searches included documents published only within the last ten years! A full search, finding documents listed under related headings and spanning the entire database, would have been far larger. A search of periodical articles would have multiplied the resources yet again. Our intent in this report has been to bring together useful information from this vast literature on the subject.\nThe following chapters sketch out how several factors interact to shape the industry's development. These factors include:\nThe pattern that emerges is used to identify government policy options.\nAnalysts commonly classify bioindustry firms under the following five headings based on their end markets: 5\nFor ease of discussion, current developments in each of these categories will be regrouped by the field they affect: human health related products; animal and plant products; food processing; environmental cleanup and energy; and links with microelectronics and nanotechnology.\nBiotechnology is researching a broad range of human-health-related products. This discussion will focus only on pharmaceuticals and genetic engineering. (These technological advances raise serious ethical issues, discussed in Chapter IV.)\nDiagnostic products. Biotechnology products have made it easier to detect and diagnose illnesses. Many of these new techniques are easier to use and some, such as pregnancy testing, can even be used at home. More than 400 clinical diagnostic devices using biotechnology products are in use today. The most important are screening techniques to protect the blood supply against contamination by AIDS and the hepatitis B and C viruses. 6\nPharmaceuticals. Biotechnology regularly produces remarkable new medical treatments and applications for improving human health. The Food and Drug Administration has approved preventive agents or treatments for:\nAcute Growth Deficiency Cystic Fibrosis Hepatitis B (vaccine and therapeutic) AIDS-related Kaposi's sarcoma Anemia Hairy cell leukemia Diabetes mellitus Venereal warts Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) Kidney transplant rejection 7\nWell over 1,000 clinical trials of new drugs and biological agents are currently under way. A majority of these are for cancer or cancer-related conditions. About one out of seven of the trials are for drugs to treat AIDS or HIV-related conditions. 8\nGene Therapy. \"Gene therapy,\" according to a Scientific American review of the field, may \"constitute a fourth health care revolution,\" following those of teaching public health practices, surgery with anesthesia, and antibiotics. \" [Introduction] of selected genes into a patient's cells can potentially cure or ease the vast majority of disorders. . . . More than 4,000 conditions [such as cystic fibrosis, cancer, heart disease, AIDS, arthritis and senility] result to an extent from impairment of one or more genes . . . .\" 9\nAltering Genes in Sperm. A method has been discovered for altering genes in sperm. 10 The process will be patented. So far the method has only been applied to animals.\nInsertion of Genes from other Species into Human Sex Cells. This transgenic (cross-species) procedure could improve the quality of life and health of future humans, particularly if it means that they will not experience a genetically transmitted disease or defect.\nSomatic Gene Therapy. Somatic Gene Therapy involves insertion of genes from another species or a human into a sick person. For example, in 1988 a team of scientists wanted to place a bacterial gene into the bodies of terminally ill melanoma patients using a rodent retroviral vector. 11 The purpose was to develop a better understanding of how the immune system fights cancer and whether genes from other organisms could be used for this purpose. National Institutes of Health guidelines required that the research team receive approval from the Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee. The Advisory Committee voted to approve the project and it was carried out. 12 A recent review of National Institutes of Health investments in gene therapy research found that progress is being made but that more attention needs to be paid to basic research. 13\nInsertion of a healthy gene from one person to another to treat a health problem is also possible. In 1989, the first human gene transplant was authorized by a United States District Court in Washington, D.C. 14 Since then, scientists have demonstrated that it is possible to insert a healthy human gene into the cells in a cystic fibrosis patient's lungs. The implanted gene produces an essential protein to replace one that is defective in cystic fibrosis patients. A second approach is to use genetically-altered common cold virus to act as a carrier of the healthy gene into the body. This approach has been successfully tested in the laboratory. 15 In October of 1995 the first clear gene therapy success was claimed by scientists. Two children suffering from an inherited gene that left them without an immune system received normal genes. One patient's response showed clear improvement. 16\nArtificial Organs: Biotechnology is moving beyond transplantation to direct fabrication of body parts and organs. This technology depends on the manipulation, using computer-aided design, of ultrapure, biodegradable plastics and polymers. It has already been demonstrated in animals with an engineered artificial heart valve for lambs. Innovative electronics may be used. For example, \"An ultrathin chip, placed surgically at the back of the eye, could work in conjunction with a miniature camera to stimulate the nerves that transmit images.\" 17\nVaccines. The cost and availability of potential future vaccines may depend on biotechnology research. For example, efforts are underway to sequence the genome of human pathogens and parasites. The goal is to identify genes in these organisms that influence metabolism and could be drug targets or that encode antigens that could be built into vaccines. 18 Examples include the agents that cause leprosy and African sleeping sickness.\nThe projected benefits from bioindustry animal and plant research and products are considerable. The Office of Technology Assessment estimates that agricultural biotechnology will continue to help agricultural productivity to increase at about the same rapid historical rate of the last two decades. 19 Table 1 shows what the estimated impact of biotechnology might be on animal- and plant-related products. For example, the bushel per acre yield of corn is predicted to increase by as much as 21 percent if more new biotechnology is developed, compared to projected loss of 2 percent if less new technology is used. The application of more new biotechnology could increase the number of calves born per 100 cows by 12 per year. These are significant increases which could have a substantial impact on commodities and the cost of food. Requirements for field testing and regulatory approval, the acceptance of the new methods by farmers, and public acceptance of the new products could significantly influence these projections.\nGenetic engineering may improve an animal's economic value. Genetically engineered hormones, transfer of genes from other species, and introduction of human genes to produce specified substances are all being used today for this purpose. Experiments with transplantation of animal organs to humans are under way.\nGenetically engineered hormones and other biologically active substances may improve animal qualities. For example, pigs that were administered a new bioengineered growth hormone (porcine somatotropin) \"show increased average daily weight gains of about 10 to 20 percent, improved feed efficiency of 15 to 35 percent, decreased adipose (fat) tissue mass . . . of 50 to 80 percent, and concurrently increased protein deposition of as much as 50 percent without adversely affecting the quality of the meat. [This hormone] is currently being reviewed by the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for commercial use.\" 20\nIn 1993, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the use of Posilac, a Monsanto company product containing recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST) to improve the milk production of dairy cows. 21 On average, depending on the management skill of the producer, rBST can increase milk production by about 12 percent. 22 Concern has been expressed about possible antibiotic residue levels in milk; however, the California Department of Food and Agriculture's position is that public health is safeguarded:\nShould the use of rBST result in additional antibiotic use in treating mastitis, dairy herd managers have the same obligatory responsibilities for excluding the milk from antibiotic treated cows from human consumption that they presently have. Every tanker truck of milk produced in California is presently tested for antibiotic residues. 23\nSeveral states have seriously considered laws that would require milk and dairy products produced with rBST to be so labeled. 24 Vermont, having adopted labeling regulations, is facing a lawsuit charging that the state is discriminating against out-of-state producers that do not label their products. 25\nThe potential economic impact of genetically engineered animal products may be to encourage consolidation of the industry around fewer and larger dairies. For example, a large dairy with sufficient capital may be able to afford to treat its cows with rBST and to provide the necessary management and veterinary support. The increased milk production and possible lowering of milk prices could drive out of business small dairies that cannot afford the increased expenses associated with using the hormone.\nA transgenic animal contains genes which have been inserted from another species into the egg to generate a particular scientifically useful or marketable characteristic. Offspring include the desired trait.\nThe vast majority of transgenic animals being produced today are laboratory mice with genes inserted from many different species (including humans). Typical is the Oncomouse, which is genetically modified to develop malignant tumors useful for human cancer research. Recently developed transgenic farm animals include cattle, chickens, pigs, rabbits, sheep, fish, and goats. 26 Transgenic cattle and swine have recently been developed to produce human growth hormone. Transgenic animal blood would produce products that are free of HIV and other transmittable human disease organisms. 27\nThe term \"gene pharming,\" playing on the words farming plus pharmaceutical, refers to the production of biologically active drugs using genetically altered animals. For example, Genzyme Transgenics has purchased a farm in western Massachusetts to breed genetically altered goats which produce human therapeutic and diagnostic proteins in their milk. Gene pharming is expected to be a less costly production method than traditional cell culture methods. In August of 1995, the FDA issued guidelines for medicines derived from the milk of genetically altered animals. 28\nThere are not enough donors of human organs to meet the need. Researchers hope that genetic engineering will soon make it possible to alter the pig so that it can become a routine source of organs for transplant into humans. Research to reduce the chances for rejection of transplanted animal organs is close to human clinical trials. The pharmaceutical industry is interested in developing the technology and is investing in the research.\nMass Producing Identical Animals\nRecent laboratory success in producing identical sheep by cloning \"...could open the door to gene-altered animals with desirable traits, such as sheep with better wool or pigs with `humanized' organs suitable for transplantation into people.\" 29 Each of the biotechnology animal related developments discussed above might be able to use this new technique to maximize benefits by reducing variation between animals.\nThe current work in plant biotechnology emphasizes modification of plant-specific characteristics such as resistance to weeds, pests, herbicides, and pesticides, tolerance to stress, and improved nutritional content. Other work focuses on improving traits important to agriculture such as frost resistance and nitrogen fixation. 30 According to the Biotechnology Industry Organization, all of these activities are directed at improving the yield and reliability of plants in the face of pests, reducing the cost of farming by reducing the need for costly herbicides, improving crop quality, and increasing crop diversity by developing entirely new crops. 31\nA little less than half of agbioindustry's resources are spent on genetic engineering aimed at producing herbicide resistant crops, rather than disease-resistant crops. Herbicide-resistance research seeks to develop plants that can resist intensive applications of herbicides. 32 In contrast, disease-resistance research seeks to engineer plants that are resistant to diseases and insects. 33 At least 27 herbicide-producing corporations, including the world's eight largest pesticide producers, are working in this area. Market value of these products is expected to exceed $6 billion by the turn of the century. 34 In 1995 the Environmental Protection Agency, for the first time, granted \"limited premarket approval for pesticidal transgenic plants. The...approval allows these companies to plant experimental crops of pesticide-resistant potatoes, corn, and cotton with the goal of gathering data that could lead to commercialization as early as 1996.\" 35\nPlant viruses can devastate entire food crops, including corn, wheat, rice, soybeans, and potatoes. Virus-resistant plants have been developed by introducing the genes that encode a key part of the virus into the plant. The new plant retards viral infection and viral replication. Enhanced viral resistance should improve crop quality and yield; it also should decrease the need for insecticides directed against insects that spread the virus. The level of viral material in any plant is \"not expected to present a health risk for humans and livestock,\" according to the American Medical Association's Council on Scientific Affairs. 36\nFood-processing research currently focuses on growth and fermentation by yeast and bacteria. These methods are well known technologies used in cheese- and bread- making. Biotechnology applications include producing fermentation starter cultures with specific taste, texture or other characteristics; creating plant tissue for the production of plant-derived ingredients (starches for example); and improving waste management (such as oil or other waste digesting bacteria). \"In principle,\" one report asserts, \"any commodity that is consumed in an undifferentiated or highly processed form could be produced in this manner, and product substitution could be easily introduced. . . . In short, agricultural production in the field could be supplanted by cell- and tissue-culture factories.\" 37\nRenewable sources of energy have been a national priority since the mid-1970s. Environmental cleanup of large toxic spills and of military bases remains a challenge. Biotechnologists are researching ways of addressing these needs.\nBiotechnology may offer efficient ways to produce renewable energy by using microorganisms, modified plants, plant material, municipal and animal wastes, and other sources to produce different types of fuels and gases. Research is underway exploring the use of organisms to enhance the recovery of fossil fuels, to improve coal desulfurization, and to convert coal to gasoline. 38\nCommercialization of this technology will depend on energy companies and others investing in the necessary machinery to use the products. Relatively little research and development has been done in the U.S. on the environmental impacts of these crops. 39\n\"Bioremediation\" involves the use of microorganisms to degrade various types of environmental pollution, such as waste oil and heavy metals, to produce environmentally safe byproducts. 40 This method was used to clean oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico and Prince William Sound, and might be used to decontaminate military bases or to remove heavy metals from soil. It might also be used to clean up nuclear waste. Approval was recently given to release genetically engineered bacteria to \"feast on pollutants in Oak Ridge National Laboratory soil.\" 41\nGovernment environmental regulatory efforts to clean up polluting industries and hazardous materials disposal sites are encouraging research and development of bioremediation. 42 Germany recently passed a law requiring manufacturing companies to assume responsibility for their products from cradle to grave. As a consequence, German companies have become quite interested in biotechnological solutions in order to avoid the high costs of traditional cleanup methods.\nCurrently, little U.S. federal research funding is available for bioremediation research. Unresolved questions include possible risks of releasing the organisms into the environment and standards that may be too stringent for certain types of bioremediation.\nThe bioremediation industry was expected to gross $300 million worldwide by the end of 1995. 43\nResearch at the frontiers of microelectronics, nanotechnology, 44 and biotechnology may lead to fruitful collaboration among and advancement of these fields. Advanced microelectronics will play an important role in the future development of biotechnology. For example, computer-assisted gene sequencing may be used to control biotechnology manufacturing processes. 45 Computer-based \"artificial life\" experiments are believed by some to increase scientific understanding of how organisms evolve, and may make it easier to search for, design, and \"evolve\" new organisms. 46\nConversely, biotechnology has implications for microelectronics. For example, genetically-engineered synthetic genes could be incorporated into bioengineered materials and molecular electronic devices. According to the RAND Corporation, \"Possible applications include optoelectronic memories with large storage capacities, biocomputation (the use of biomolecules as computational building blocks), artificial sensors (e.g., a protein-based artificial retina for image sensing), and biosensors, which could, for example, detect bacterial agents [on the battlefield] ).\" 47\nNanotechnology involves tools and machines that operate at macromolecular level dimensions, almost eliminating the distinction between biochemistry and physics. 48 Miniature machines which disperse a combination of biologically engineered drugs could be injected into the blood stream to correct serious blood vessel or other problems. 49 Although scientists have been unable to manipulate individual biological molecules, nanotechnology might make it possible to do so. Such manipulations could be used to self-organize the creation of nanomachines. It may also be possible to develop a nanomachine engine that uses the same fuel that the body uses (ATP) to molecularly manufacture biologically active substances within the body. 50\nResearch funding, cost containment, and product marketing opportunities have a strong effect on research agendas. The final institutional customer for a potential product, profit to be made in a particular market, or cost containment strategies can determine which basic research projects are pursued or move into the product development stage.\nThe decision to pursue a particular research agenda and to develop a particular product involves the allocation of a considerable amount of financial resources over an extended time--up to 12 years for some pharmaceutical products. There must be some certainty that such an investment will lead to a marketable product. According to the biotechnology industry, cost control initiatives within health care have created a number of public policy issues that affect research and product development choices:\nHistorically, the role of biomedical research in reducing health care costs has been undervalued for four reasons:\nThe Federal Coordinating Council for Science, Engineering and Technology contends that advances in health-related biotechnology could be of great value in containing health care costs through new diagnostic, prevention, and treatment techniques. New drugs may keep the patient productive and out of the hospital, and they might improve quality of life. 52\nOn the other hand, some new biotechnology-developed drugs and associated laboratory services could be prohibitively expensive. For example, the drug Centoxin deals with certain types of septic infections, a potentially fatal complication most commonly associated with post-surgical and elderly patients. Such infections claim 100,000 lives each year. The drug can cost $4,000 per treatment. Also, the hospital laboratory must be immediately available to determine whether the septic infection can be treated with the drug, which also increases costs. Hospitals may have to tighten guidelines on the use of such drugs, improve inventory procedures, and develop a clear estimate of long-term costs and benefits.\nThe lack of an accepted method for determining the costs compared to benefits of a new drug, combined with potential additional costs in laboratory and other services, creates long term market uncertainty. High levels of uncertainty about a promising basic research avenue or product development effort could result in its receiving a lower priority and reduced access to venture capital than if these issues had been resolved. 53\nAgriculture continues to be at the center of a succession of technological and organizational changes that are slowly altering the traditional relationships between final production, its location, and the land and other natural resource inputs. 54 Agribusiness is \"arguably the most capital-intensive, most technology-intensive, and most information-intensive industry around.\" 55Government-subsidized technological improvements in machines, seeds, and fertilizers have led to vastly increased crop yields. There has been a corresponding decrease in the number of farms and farm workers and an increase in the size of farms.\nThe development and introduction of new agricultural technologies has very different consequences depending on whether the technology is \"yield enhancing,\" \"labor saving,\" or \"value adding.\" \"Labor saving\" technologies enable individual producers to greatly increase the size of their operation or to reduce the cost of labor. The tomato-picking machine is a good example. \"Yield-enhancing\" technologies increase yields through an improved crop strain, improved fertilizers, or pest control. \"Value adding\" means that the technology increases nutritional or other food qualities relative to an existing plant species or extends its shelf life without reducing its other favorable qualities. In general, biotechnologies tend to be yield-enhancing but some have been labor saving. Both technologies can result in fewer farms and greater industry concentration.\nBiotechnology could continue to influence the restructuring of the U.S. agricultural industry and also catalyze major changes in the structure of worldwide agribusiness. The industry has been undergoing both vertical and horizontal concentration over the past decade:\nMergers, acquisitions, and concentration in the agricultural-input and food-processing industries have occurred, as traditionally nonfood industries such as chemical, petroleum, pharmaceuticals, and tobacco expand their investments. Most analysts predict biotechnology will continue and accelerate this trend toward increasing concentration of control by a small number of large multinational corporations. 56\nFor example, seed producers with proprietary value-added products could form partnerships or integrate in some other way with food processors to capture a greater portion of the full market value. Similarly, food processors could increasingly develop and control the production of proprietary crops engineered for specific production or marketing purposes. Growers could produce specific products, as \"contract growers,\" for a food processor through formal business agreements such as joint ventures and alliances. Alternatively, vertical mergers may consolidate control of the entire production, distribution, and marketing chain. Such technology-driven vertical integration could create significant changes: 57\nIn 1991, the President's Council on Competitiveness wrote, \"Modifications of plants, animals and microorganisms may be made to improve important beneficial characteristics, and should not be used to create or enhance dangerous, harmful characteristics.\" 61 Yet serious questions remain. For example, a recent news account described development of a possibly harmful characteristic, increased nicotine, in tobacco plants. The development reportedly took place in the U.S. laboratories and Brazilian fields of a biotechnology firm working for the Brown and Williamson Tobacco Corporation. Until December 13, 1991, federal law prohibited exporting tobacco seeds or plants from the U.S. without a permit. However, the new plant was supposedly seen growing in fields in Brazil in the early 1980s. These reports raise questions both about the use of biotechnology to create substances that may be bad for the public's health and about ignoring regulations concerning export and release of experimental plants in the wild. 62\nNext Chapter: Bioindustry in the U.S., California, and the World\nReturn to table of contents", "label": "No"}
{"text": "U.S. Gold Coins Gold American Eagle Coins Gold Buffalo Coins Commemorative Gold Coins High Relief Gold Coins Pre-1933 Gold Coins\nThe successful Apollo 11 Mission and the landing of the first men on the Moon was a distinctly American triumph. Although the bulk of the credit rightfully goes to the nation behind the mission, other countries also made extremely valuable – and often overlooked – contributions to it.\nThe Apollo 11 mission that landed men on the moon for the first time is often considered an American enterprise, and for good reason. Americans funded the effort, an American agency managed and executed the mission, and it was American astronauts who manned the mission. Although the bulk of the credit rightfully goes to the nation behind the mission, other countries also made extremely valuable – and often overlooked – contributions to it.\nCanadians working at NASA and in Longueuil, Quebec played important roles in the mission. James Chamberlin of Kamloops, British Colombia in particular helped to decide on the type of spacecraft that would put men on the moon, pushing successfully for a lunar orbit rendezvous. This ultimately resulted in the development of the lunar module, which would descend to the lunar surface and then reconnect with the main spacecraft, which itself would not land. Another Canadian, Owen Maynard, also played an important role, effectively serving as chief engineer of the lunar lander.\nAmerica’s northern neighbor’s contributions to the mission were not limited to the roles of individuals. Héroux Machine Parts Limited, a Canadian company, made the landing gear legs that were put on the lunar module. One could even say that the first legs on the lunar surface were Canadian, not American.\nTo celebrate the 50th Anniversary and the contributions of the Canadian nation, the Royal Canadian Mint has released a series of stunning domed coins.\nOutside of the United States, perhaps no nation made greater contributions to the Apollo 11 mission than Switzerland. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the Omega Speedmaster chronographs, products of Biel, served as the astronauts’ timepieces on their mission. Aldrin used his while working on the surface of the moon, and the “Moonwatch” continues to be manufactured today.\nOne of the first things that Buzz Aldrin did upon emerging from the module was to set up the University of Bern’s Solar Wind Collector experiment (SWC). This was the only non-American experiment to be performed on the moon. The astronauts brought the piece of aluminum foil back to Earth with them, and it was examined at the Physics Institute of the University of Bern. The information gathered from the experiment taught scientists more not only about our solar system, but also about the Big Bang. These two important contributions are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of Swiss contributions to the mission.\nWhile the mission itself was critical, its impact on Earth could only be maximized through transmissions that enabled the entire world to witness the historic event. Credit for that goes to site in Australia, in particular Honeysuckle Creek. The site was originally a backup to Tidbinbilla, but a fire at the latter shortly before the mission caused NASA to lose confidence in that site. Accordingly, it was Honeysuckle Creek that received and relayed the first footage of man setting foot on the moon. The tracking station closed in 1981, but its vital role in the Apollo 11 mission will forever be remembered.\nThe Royal Australian Mint and the United States Mint partnered together for the first time to release an unprecedented 2-coin set featuring one Apollo themed coin from each Mint.\nA German scientist also proved critical to the mission, although his dark past makes many reluctant to celebrate his contributions. Nazi engineer Wernher von Braun came to the United States following the Second World War. NASA made the most of his expertise, making him the director of the Marshall Space Flight Center. He would go on to serve as the Saturn V launch vehicle’s main architect. That vehicle propelled the mission to its target.\nPerhaps the most international element to the mission was a disc carrying goodwill messages from the leaders of 73 countries including four American Presidents, Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon. Among those sending goodwill messages were such noteworthy leaders as the Republic of China’s Chiang Kai-shek, India’s Indira Gandhi, Iran’s Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, Romania’s Nicolae Ceausescu, Queen Elizabeth II, and Pope Paul VI.\nAlthough the Apollo 11 mission was clearly a triumph of American ingenuity and technical prowess, it would be folly to overlook the important contributions of countries and individuals from around the world. From science and technology to media and messages of unity and hope, contributions from around the world helped to make the mission a success. As the world commemorates the 50th anniversary of the mission, be sure to take a few moments to reflect on the magnitude of the accomplishment, especially in light of the fact that man’s first flight of any kind was taken less than a century before the mission.\nModernCoinMart® is a retail distributor of coin and currency issues and is not affiliated with the U.S. government. The collectible coin market is unregulated, highly speculative and involves risk. ModernCoinMart reserves the right to decline to consummate any sale, within its discretion, including due to pricing errors. Prices, facts, figures and populations deemed accurate as of the date of publication but may change significantly over time. All purchases are expressly conditioned upon your acceptance of ModernCoinMart’s Terms and Conditions (www.moderncoinmart.com/terms-conditions.html or call 1-800-362-9004); to decline, return your purchase pursuant to ModernCoinMart’s Return Policy. © 2019 ModernCoinMart. All rights reserved\n||Sean McConeghy is a freelance writer and network marketer living in Roatan, Honduras. He originally hails from New York and specializes in writing about numismatics, real estate, and politics.|", "label": "No"}
{"text": "TAMPA, Fla. — As the number of new coronavirus cases increases in Florida and other states, there’s still a lot that researchers are trying to figure out about the novel virus.\nOne thing they do know is that while the rate of infection is climbing, the percentage of people who get COVID-19 and experience the most severe symptoms remains relatively low.\nWhat they don’t know yet is why some otherwise healthy people get really sick from infection but not others.\n“We definitely have awareness that certain populations have underlying conditions and they are at higher risk of having an adverse reaction to this virus,” said Dr. Matthew Mullarkey, the lead investigator on the project.\n“What we’re interested in studying, though, is why it sometimes happens to otherwise healthy individuals… who suddenly develop blood clots, lungs filled with fluid, a respiratory issue.”\nUsing tiny sensors that can be worn around a person’s wrist and chest, University of South Florida researchers hope to figure out how to predict when a patient might be most at-risk for severe symptoms to ultimately be able to prevent it.\nThe technology will monitor the physiological conditions—like skin temperature, heart rate, blood oxygen levels—of more than 100 people with COVID-19.\nMullarkey says 15 specific biometrics will be monitored non-stop in the patients for between 14 to 21 days.\nIt’s a massive amount of data that, Mullarkey says, could reveal patterns of how different people react to being infected with the virus. Those patterns could help identify early indicators—an early warning system—signaling if an otherwise healthy person could be at risk of developing more severe symptoms.\n“The purpose would be to help physicians diagnose earlier that a particular patient has this certain set of three, four, five variables that are going to go sideways,” he said.\n“So we could get two, to four, to six days in front of the person ending up in an ICU and begin a treatment plan targeted at that particular physiology.”\nThe study is a partnership between the USF MUMA College of Business, Tampa General Hospital-USF Health COVID Clinic and USF College of Nursing.\nThe wearable monitoring technology is similar to sensors USF MUMA College of Business researchers used in February in a first-of-its-kind experiment to measure how viewers biometrically responded to watching a presidential primary debate. The sensors are manufactured by the same company called Shimmer.\n\"The vast majority of us are relatively healthy individuals and are still at risk of contracting this virus,\" Mullarkey said. \"All of us could benefit potentially from the information we can learn.\"\n- Bucs release first photos of Tom Brady in team uniform\n- Florida sees highest number of COVID-19 cases yet: 2,783 in one day\n- Nurse and theme park workers among 16 men arrested for child porn, Polk sheriff says\n- Gatlinburg Skybridge glass cracked by visitor\n- President Trump signs executive order on policing reform\n- CDC posts everyday tips for minimizing COVID-19 risk\n- Epidemiologist says data can be misleading and coronavirus is spreading in Florida\nFREE 10 TAMPA BAY APP:\n►Stay In the Know! Sign up now for the Brightside Blend Newsletter", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The prevalence of coronavirus cases in England fell by about 60 per cent from February to March, and recent data suggest the decline is “leveling off,” the researchers said.\nExperts found that the infection rate fell in all age groups and regions during those two months, and the figures also suggest that the introduction of a coronavirus vaccine could “break the link” between infections, death and hospital admissions.\nAccording to the latest round of the Real-Time Community Disease Transmission Assessment Study (REACT-1), one in 500 people on average still carried the virus in March.\nRead more about COVID-19:\nThe researchers found that from February to March, there was a “big drop” in the prevalence of the virus in southwest and London, but in the south of Yorkshire and parts of the east there are still “persistent areas of higher prevalence” of the Midlands and northwest viruses.\nTo date, more than 1.5 million people have given swabs for the REACT-1 study, so experts can estimate the rate of infection across the country. The tenth round of tests was conducted between March 11 and 30, with 140,844 smears collected, which gave 227 positive results. This compares with 689 positive results from 165,456 swabs from February 4 to 23.\nThe researchers’ findings, which have not yet been reviewed, were presented at a press briefing on Wednesday, April 7. They contained:\n- The rate of community infection was 0.20 percent in March – up from 0.49 percent in February and 1.57 percent in January.\n- Although on average there was a general decline in the prevalence of COVID throughout February and March, the researchers noted that last month’s data indicated that this had leveled off.\n- Using only March data, it was estimated that reproductive number (R) – the average number of people to whom an infected person is likely to have transmitted the disease – 1.\n- The prevalence of COVID-19 decreased in all age groups between February and March, with the highest prevalence now from 5 to 12 years, and the lowest in those over 65 years of age.\n- In February and March, the number of foreign trips was “very, very low” on average compared to previous months.\n- Comparing infections and deaths and hospital admissions, the researchers noted “fewer deaths per infection” than would be expected based on the last previous months of the study.\n“The good news is that the prevalence has dropped by approximately 60 per cent from the previous round in February to current results which are now in March,” said Steven Riley, a professor of infectious disease dynamics at Imperial College London.\n“The latest data do not show a continuation of the apparent decline, we have a leveling of prevalence, and this is reflected in the R estimate of 1. And we see some difference between our observed patterns of infection and death patterns from January, which we think probably suggests that mass vaccination that connection between infection and death. “\nCommenting on data on infections, deaths and hospital admissions, he said: “We are seeing fewer deaths per infection than we would expect based on the last previous months of the study. To a lesser extent, we also see fewer hospitalizations per infection.\n“We think this is a signal that the vaccination program is breaking the link, the previously strong link, between the pattern of infections and the pattern of death and hospitalizations.”\nRiley warned that researchers would expect higher levels of infection if the vaccine slowdown slowed.\nRead the latest coronavirus news:\n“I think we’re starting to see the effect of the vaccine in our data, certainly in difficult outcomes,” said Professor Paul Elliott, director of the Imperial program at the School of Public Health.\nHe added that more work is needed to examine the impact of the vaccine on prevalence and transmission.\nElliott admitted that the “big drop” in the infection rate “leveled off” in March, but said it was “good news” that it had not increased with recent easing of restrictions, such as more permissible social interference and the return of students to schools.\nHe said that a “close briefing” was needed because the lock was further eased, and a “careful balancing procedure” was needed.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The endocrine system of a cat consists of seven glands around the body, which produce cat hormones. These are chemicals messengers released into the blood which act elsewhere in the body.\n- A cat’s health depends on the correct functioning of its endocrine system throughout its life.\n- This controls the body’s hormone levels, which includes adrenalin for fight or flight.\n- The endocrine glands are in various parts of the body; they send out chemical messages to specific organs, controlling behaviour and metabolism.\n- He cat’s pituitary gland, which is located beneath the hypothalamus at the base of the skull, effectively controls the entire endocrine system, although the trigger for the pituitary to liberate hormones comes from the hypothalamus itself.\nHow The Endocrine System Of A Cat Works\nWhen the level of hormones in the blood falls, so the hypothalamus stimulates the pituitary gland by means of releasing hormones. These may result either in the direct release of a hormone such as growth hormone or an intermediary hormone, such as thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) for example, which then acts on the cat’s thyroid glands, stimulating the output of hormones from this part of the body. Once the level in the circulation is restored, the hypothalamus’s output of releasing hormones then declines.\nCat Endocrine Problems\nHealth problems affecting the cat’s endocrine system are most likely to be seen in the case of either the pancreas or the thyroid glands. One of the functions of the pancreas is insulin production, which if impaired, can result in the illness diabetes mellitus (sugar diabetes). The thyroid glands regulate the body’s metabolic rate and, when imbalanced, can either be underactive or overactive, which leads to weight gain and loss respectively.\n- Endocrine glands may be described as ductless glands, because they release hormones directly into the blood stream.\n- The endocrine system includes the pituitary, thyroid, parathyroid and adrenal glands, as well as the pancreas and ovaries or testes.\n- The output of hormones varies throughout life. Growth hormone, released from the pituitary gland, is essential for kittens, but not for mature cats.\nWhat can be done for a cat suffering from diabetes mellitus?\nIn a mild case of diabetes mellitus, simply placing your cat on a diet so that it loses weight may be sufficient to enable the body’s output of insulin to be sufficient again. Only in more extreme cases will insulin injections be required.\nDoes a cat’s hormonal output vary?\nYes, particularly in the case of adrenalin which is produced from the central part of the adrenal glands, which are near the kidneys. It is released when the cat feels threatened, speeding up the heart rate, breathing and the metabolic rate, as well as delaying the onset of muscular fatigue. Adrenalin is known as the ‘fight or flight’ hormone, assisting the cat to take either course of action when it is in danger.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "1 099,00 1 09900\nSendes vanligvis innen 5-15 dager\nPeople all over the world are confronted by issues such as poverty, a lack of access to quality education, unaffordable and or inadequate housing, and a lack of needed health and mental services on a daily basis. Due to these issues, there is a need for social workers who have access to relevant and timely scholarly materials in order to meet the needs of those facing these issues. The social, psychological, and biological factors resulting from these issues determine the level of a person's mental health at any given point in time and it is necessary for social workers to continue to evolve and develop to the new faces and challenges of the times in order to adequately understand the effects of these issues. In the first and second editions of the Social Workers' Desk Reference, the changes that were occurring in social work practice, education, and research were highlighted and focused upon. This third edition continues in the same tradition and continues to respond to the changes occurring in society and how they are impacting the education, research, and practice of social work as a whole. With 159 chapters collaboratively written by luminaries in the profession, this third edition serves as a comprehensive guide to social work practice by providing the most recent conceptual knowledge and empirical evidence to aid in the understanding of the rapidly changing field of social work. Each chapter is short and contains practical information in addition to websites and updated references. Social work practitioners, educators, students, and other allied professionals can utilize the Social Workers' Desk Reference to gain interdisciplinary and interprofessional education, practice, and research.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "People in what is now Washington Condition were smoking Rhus glabra, a plant usually recognized as easy sumac, more than one,four hundred several years ago.\nThe discovery, designed by a team of Washington Condition University researchers, marks the very first-time researchers have determined residue from a non-tobacco plant in an archeological pipe.\nUnearthed in central Washington, the Native American pipe also contained residue from N. quadrivalvis, a species of tobacco not at the moment grown in the region but that is imagined to have been extensively cultivated in the earlier. Till now, the use of precise smoking plant mixtures by ancient folks in the American Northwest experienced only been speculated about.\n“Cigarette smoking typically played a religious or ceremonial part for Native American tribes and our analysis reveals these precise crops were essential to these communities in the earlier,” stated Korey Brownstein, a former WSU Ph.D. scholar now at the University of Chicago and direct creator of a analyze on the analysis in the journal Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. “We feel the Rhus glabra may well have been mixed with tobacco for its medicinal attributes and to enhance the flavor of smoke.”\nThe discovery was designed probable by a new metabolomics-dependent investigation system that can detect 1000’s of plant compounds or metabolites in residue gathered from pipes, bowls and other archeological artifacts. The compounds can then be utilised to discover which crops were smoked or eaten.\n“Not only does it notify you, sure, you found the plant you might be intrigued in, but it also can notify you what else was becoming smoked,” stated David Gang, a professor in WSU’s Institute of Organic Chemistry and a co-creator of the analyze. “It wouldn’t be hyperbole to say that this technological innovation signifies a new frontier in archaeo-chemistry.”\nPreviously, the identification of ancient plant residues relied on the detection of a constrained amount of biomarkers, this kind of as nicotine, anabasine, cotinine and caffeine. Gang stated the situation with this tactic is though the existence of a biomarker like nicotine reveals tobacco was smoked it isn’t going to distinguish which species it was.\n“Also, if you are only hunting for a handful of precise biomarkers, you usually are not heading to be able to notify what else was eaten in the artifact,” Gang stated.\nIn addition to identifying the very first non-tobacco plant smoked in an archaeological pipe, the WSU researchers’ perform also can help elucidate the sophisticated evolution of tobacco trade in the American Northwest.\nEvaluation of a second pipe that was utilised by folks dwelling in Central Washington following Euro-American make contact with unveiled the existence of a unique tobacco species, N. rustica, which was grown by native peoples on the east coast of what is now the United States.\n“Our conclusions show Native American communities interacted extensively with one an additional in just and in between ecological locations, including the trade of tobacco seeds and supplies,” stated Shannon Tushingham, an assistant professor of anthropology at WSU and co-creator of the analyze. “The analysis also casts question on the usually held view that trade tobacco grown by Europeans overtook the use of natively-grown smoke crops following Euro-American make contact with.”\nShifting ahead, the WSU researchers’ perform could in the end help researchers studying ancient societies in the Americas and somewhere else close to the globe discover which plant species ancient folks were consuming, providing essential facts about the evolution of drug use and very similar plant-human dynamics.\nNearer to dwelling, the WSU team is also placing their perform to use serving to validate connections in between ancient plant management tactics from in advance of the arrival of Western settlers with cultural traditions of modern-day indigenous communities this kind of as the Nez Perce.. The researchers shared their perform with associates of the tribe who also utilised some of the seeds from the analyze to expand some of the pre-make contact with tobacco. The smoking of tobacco is a sacred tradition for Native American teams including the Nez Perce, Colville and other northwest Tribes and in advance of now it was difficult to notify which type of tobacco their ancestors smoked.\n“We took in excess of an entire greenhouse to expand these crops and gathered tens of millions of seeds so that the Nez Perce folks could reintroduce these native crops back onto their land,” Brownstein stated. “I feel these sorts of initiatives are so essential for the reason that they help construct trust in between us and tribal communities and show that we can perform alongside one another to make discoveries.”\nDisclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not liable for the accuracy of information releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any facts via the EurekAlert system.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Definition and Models of Disability\nA group of disabled Americans lobbies at the Capitol in 1972 for many of the rights and public accommodations that are now standard. The disability rights movement, born in the United States in the 1960s and 1970s, has been slower to take hold in the rest of the world. (Bettman/Corbis/AP Images)\nAward-winning 18-minute documentary video, which captures the drama and emotions of the historic civil rights demonstration of people with disabilities in 1977, resulting in the signing of the 504 Regulations, the first Federal Civil Rights Law protecting people with disabilities. Includes contemporary news footage and news interviews with participants and demonstation leaders. Available in open caption, audio descriptive and standard formats.\nDateline meets children with severe Tourette's and follows their journey to a summer camp where they find they're not alone.\nThis video segment profiles Ed Roberts, the man who is called the father of the independent living (IL) movement.\nFour decades ago, Judith Heumann helped to lead a groundbreaking protest called the Section 504 sit-in -- in which disabled-rights activists occupied a federal building for almost a month, demanding greater accessibility for all. In this personal, inspiring talk, Heumann tells the stories behind the protest -- and reminds us that, 40 years on, there's still work left to do.\nBorn with a genetic visual impairment that has no correction or cure, Susan Robinson is legally blind (or partially sighted, as she prefers it) and entitled to a label she hates: \"disabled.\" In this funny and personal talk, she digs at our hidden biases by explaining five ways she flips expectations of disability upside down.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "How do we make the Present Continuous Tense?\nThe structure of the Present Continuous tense is:\n|subject||+||auxiliary be||+||main verb|\n|conjugated in Present Simple|\n|am, are, is||present participle|\nThe auxiliary verb (be) is conjugated in the Present Simple: am, are, is\nThe main verb is invariable in present participle form: -ing\nFor negative sentences we insert not between the auxiliary verb and the main verb.\nFor question sentences, we exchange the subject and the auxiliary verb.\nLook at these example sentences with the Present Continuous tense:\n|subject||auxiliary verb||main verb|", "label": "No"}
{"text": "To learn more about research projects like this that are enabled by AWS, see the AWS Machine Learning Research Awards website – https://amzn.to/2RR78PM\nDetecting and starting treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) at an age of 18 to 24 months can increase a child’s IQ by up to 17 points—in some cases moving them into the “average” child IQ range of 90-110 (or above it)—and improving the child’s quality of life significantly. Researchers at Duke University are using Machine Learning on AWS to create a faster, less expensive, more reliable, and more accessible system to screen children early for ASD.\nPublisher: Amazon Web Services\nYou can watch this video also at the source.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Ireland has long been in receipt of the tail-end of a small number of Atlantic hurricanes and is the most affected country in Europe by these storms. Although almost never actual hurricanes by the time they reach Ireland, they have still caused loss of life, injuries and extensive damage through high winds, heavy rainfall and storm surges along the coast. Little research has been carried out on these events until recently and their effects have been subsumed into the general mid-latitude storm record .\nThe chapter will investigate and analyse in detail the impact of the worst two hurricane events or tail-ends to affect Ireland over the last 50 years as both storms caused fatalities and injuries and extensive damage across the island of Ireland. In addition Hurricane Debbie in 1961 is the only hurricane to have ever made landfall in Ireland (as a Category 1 event) that is known about, although ongoing research into the historical records of North Atlantic may reveal others, especially in the pre-weather satellite era. Hurricane Charley in 1986 was the tail-end of a hurricane when it hit Ireland, but was considered an extra tropical storm no when it passed by the south coast of Ireland.\nIn detail this chapter will provide a detailed assessment and analysis of these two events. Firstly it will assess the generation and tracks of the hurricanes. This will be done in the context of Hickey’s assessment . The meteorological effects of the two events will be systematically analysed as they passed over the country using hourly data from the relevant meteorological stations around the island of Ireland. The impact of the two events will be assessed using a wide variety of sources including local, regional and national media, local and national government records amongst others. This approach will also help to provide the first meaningful estimates of the financial cost of these two events on Ireland.\n2. Data sources\nMeteorological information was derived from existing meteorological stations in Ireland as well as satellite imagery of Hurricane Charley in 1986. No such imagery exists for Hurricane Debbie in 1961. Hourly wind data and other parameters were analysed by event.\nThe information on the impact of events were gleaned from a wide variety of local and national newspaper sources throughout Ireland with special emphasis on the local newspapers in the worst affected areas of the country. As a result of the number of fatalities and the scale of damage both events generated considerable media coverage. The information from these sources was analysed according to type of damage and the exact location where they occurred. The newspapers consulted included the Anglo-Celt, Connacht Tribune, Connaught Telegraph, Irish Independent, Irish Press, Munster Express, Sunday Independent, The Kerryman, Western People and Westmeath Examiner.\n3. Meteorological analysis\n3.1. Origin and track\nHurricane Debbie initially formed as a storm west of Africa on the 7th September 1961 and immediately started moving westwards and intensifying and was given hurricane status on the 11th of September and quickly reached Category 3 intensity with maximum wind speeds of 195 km/h. On the 15th of September the hurricane turned northwards off Cape Verde Islands and then headed northeastwards heading towards Ireland and Europe. It made landfall in Dooega on Achill Island, Co. Mayo off the west coast of Ireland on the 16th of September but passed back out into the Atlantic before tracking along the coast of Scotland and then Norway and finally dissipating over Russia (Fig 1). This hurricane had no effects on the eastern side of the Atlantic which is somewhat unusual but is considered a major contributor to the plane crash on the Cape Verde Islands which cost the lives of 60 people [3,4].\nHurricane Charley is quite different. This hurricane formed in the southeastern Gulf of Mexico on the 13th of August then headed northeastwards through Georgia and South Carolina, USA. It then turned northwards briefly travelling parallel to the eastern seaboard of the USA before again tracking northeastwards across the Atlantic towards Ireland and Europe. The hurricane did not exceed Category 1 status with maximum wind speeds of 130km/h and lowest central pressure of 987hPa. This depression was no longer at hurricane strength when it crossed the southern third of Ireland across Wales and the midlands of the UK before finally dissipating in the North Sea near Denmark on the 25th of August (Fig. 2). In the USA this hurricane caused 5 deaths including 3 in a plane crash and over $15 million in damages .\n3.2. Barometric pressure\nSince 1960 Hickey  identified that the lowest Western European barometric pressure reading for any of the tail-end of hurricane events in the survey is 950 hPa which was recorded between Ireland and Scotland and this came from Hurricane Debbie. This was the lowest pressure recorded for this hurricane itself despite the fact that by this stage it was a Category 1 at best. On land the lowest pressures recorded for Debbie were in Co. Mayo at 963 hPa . Hurricane Charley in Ireland was not associated with any significantly low barometric pressure readings.\nThe highest recorded value of any of the events in this survey was from Hurricane Debbie in 1961. At Malin Head on the extreme NW tip of Ireland a gust of 182km/h was recorded. Other exceptional gusts were recorded at Shannon Airport, Rep. of Ireland at 172km/h, Ballykelly, Northern Ireland at 171km/h, Tiree, Scotland and Snaefell, Isle of Man both at 167km/h, Clones, Rep. of Ireland at 161km/h, Kyle of Lochalsh, Scotland 159km/h and Mullingar, Rep. of Ireland with 146km/h [8,9]. All the above mentioned stations in the Rep. of Ireland and Malin Head and Valentia Observatory were and still are all time record gusts. In addition maximum 10 minute mean wind speed records were set for meteorological stations at Claremorris, Mullingar and Shannon Airport and still stand. These records indicate the exceptional strength of the winds associated with Hurricane Debbie.\nIn terms of sustained winds the values are obviously lower than that of the gusts but equally important in terms of generating all sorts of damage from the coast moving inland. Unsurprisingly Hurricane Debbie in 1961 also generated the highest sustained values identified [10,11] and the detailed hourly wind values for both Valentia Observatory, SW Ireland and Malin Head, NW Ireland can be outlined. Fig. 3 shows the rising values of sustained hourly wind speed as the hurricane travels offshore along the west coast of Ireland t the two aforementioned meteorological stations.\nValues at Valentia Observatory are higher than that of Malin Head until noon on the 16th September 1961. Initial values at Valentia Observatory did not exceed 60km/h up to and including the 9am reading, however the maximum value of 107km/h was recorded at 10am showing a massive elevation of wind speed in a very short time period. For the rest of the day the values of wind speed gradually decline at Valentia Observatory. From 10am onwards wind speeds rapidly rose at Malin Head and reached their maximum value at 2pm with a sustained value of 126km/h, an hour later the wind speed had barely dropped to 124km/h, thereafter as the hurricane moved away the wind speeds started to decline but even at 4pm and 5pm the wind speed was above 100km per hour unlike Valentia Observatory where the peak was relatively brief and at 6pm the wind had just dropped below 100km/h, thereafter the wind speed dropped more rapidly and by midnight was hovering around 40km/h, still twice the values being recorded at Valentia Observatory.\nThe sustained hourly wind data from 25th of August 1986 for Hurricane Charley shows a number of small peaks as well as the main one at Valentia Observatory. Small peaks of wind strength at or above 40km/h occur at 4am, 9 to 11am and 3pm to 5pm (Fig. 4). The main peak with winds between 50 and 65km/h occurred between 7pm and 11pm thereafter wind speed starts to diminish. Much higher gusts were recorded at Brixham in Devon and Gwennap Head in Cornwall, both in England recording 121km/h and 114km/h respectively. Many southern Irish meteorological stations recorded gusts of between 90km/h and 102km/h but not as strong as England . However the effects of the passing of the hurricane did not cause any significant increase in wind speed in more northerly stations like Malin Head and as such is not included in Fig. 4.\nHurricane Debbie’s remnants were responsible for flooding in Ireland, Scotland and Wales but the rainfall amounts although high were by no means exceptional or record breaking . Some of this flooding was associated with the large lakes in the west of Ireland. Fig. 5 shows that there were two main pulses of rainfall at Valentia Observatory coming towards the end of the 16th and the start of the 17th September 1961 peaking at 9mm in an hour at 9pm on the 16th. The hourly rainfall at Malin Head shows the second lesser peak at the start of the 17th August but very limited rainfall receipt either before, during or after the hurricane, despite being closer to the landfall site of the hurricane itself.\nHurricane Charley in 1986 produced record high precipitation values for Ireland. In the mountains south of Dublin at Kippure (754m altitude) in excess of 280mm was recorded over a 24 hour period, which set a new one day record at altitude for Irish rainfall. However, because of timing errors on the data logger this figure of 280mm is viewed as a conservative estimate, the true 24 hour value could be as high as 350mm . In addition, the low-lying station at Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow recorded 200mm of rainfall, setting a new Irish record for a one day total at low altitude. Additional very high daily rainfall totals were recorded at a number of other meteorological stations including the Phoenix Park, Dublin city (85.1mm), Roches Point, Co. Cork (84.4mm) Casement Aerodrome, Co. Dublin (72.4mm) and a number of others with values ranging from 50 to 65mm . This amount of rainfall unsurprisingly caused significant flooding in Dublin city and also in Bray Co. Wicklow. In parts of Bray water heights reached 2.4m and over 450 buildings were affected by the flooding.\nThe hourly rainfall from Valentia Observatory, Dublin Airport and Casement Aerodrome show the heavy rainfall associated with this event (Fig. 6). Valentia Observatory on the west coast records the passage of the event with a midday peak of hourly rainfall receipt on the 25th of August. The two stations on the east coast of Ireland closest to the major flooding record peak hourly rainfall from 4pm to midnight on the 25th of August with declining rainfall levels from then on apart from a small peak at Dublin Airport at 8am, arguably unrelated to the passage of the tail-end of the hurricane. Casement Aerodrome recorded 9.3mm in an hour at 6pm on the 25th of August the maximum hourly value recorded for any of the three stations. This is the station closest to the locations where the highest daily rainfall totals were recorded, which were in the Wicklow Mts. Valentia Observatory had a maximum value of 7.9mm at 1pm on the 25th and Dublin Airport had a maximum value of 6.8mm at 7pm on the 25th of August 1986.\nWhen the remnants of Hurricane Charley moved on to Wales it also produced excessive rainfall but not quite as high as Dublin. At Aber in Gwynedd in Wales 135mm was recorded over an 18 hour period. Very high daily values were also recorded in England with Walshaw Dean near Halifax having 121mm of rainfall and Loggerheads near Wrexham having 109mm of rainfall. Many other locations had values near or just exceeding 100mm in a day .\nBoth events are very different in terms of their origin and track yet both end up crossing Ireland either as a hurricane or extra tropical storm. Both are also significant in an Irish context but for very different reasons, Debbie for record high winds and Charley for record high precipitation. These differences have a big effect on the impacts generated by the two events as will be detailed in the next section.\n6. Impact analysis\nAlthough the type of impact varies between the two events both produced significant numbers of fatalities and injuries along with considerable economic damage.\n7. Fatalities and injuries\nAside from the loss of 60 lives in a plane crash on the Cape Verde Islands Hurricane Debbie is directly responsible for the deaths of at least 17 people in Ireland. A systematic search of local and regional newspapers across Ireland was used to generate this figure which is higher than any previous published number [17,18,19]. In the worst incident four members of the one family including a one week old being taken home from hospital were killed in Co. Cavan when a tree fell on their car (Fig.1). Tree falls or driving into fallen trees were responsible for another eight deaths in eight separate incidents, three of which occurred in Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland with one each in Cos. Donegal, Dublin, Longford, Meath and Offaly all in the Rep. of Ireland. Three fatalities occurred as a result of collapsing walls and roofs, one each in Co. Fermanagh in Northern Ireland and Dublin city and Co. Meath in the Rep. of Ireland. In addition a five year old lost his life when he was blown into a stream in Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland and another person drowned as a small boat capsized in Co. Derry. A large number of people suffered injuries of which at least seven of these were considered serious. The main causes of these injuries were to do with fallen trees, roofs and walls and flying debris such as roof slates.\nAs well as the five fatalities in the USA the weather remnants of Hurricane Charley in August 1986 caused an additional 11 fatalities in Europe, six in Ireland and five in England. Most of these fatalities were as a result of drowning in flooded rivers or being trapped in flood waters. Two of the Irish fatalities resulted from drowning incidents in the Dublin area and one of the Irish fatalities occurred as a result of drowning on a canoeing trip in Co. Carlow, Rep. of Ireland (Fig 2). At least one other death is confirmed in the newspapers but with little detail and details on the other two fatalities remain very sketchy at best. The figure of six fatalities for this event has been in all the limited published literature and it is surprising that only three or four definitive fatalities can be identified for this event using modern search methods. The five fatalities in England also resulted mainly from drowning incidents. Very few people sustained injuries in either Ireland or England.\n8. Economic damage\n8.1. Hurricane Debbie\nVirtually no area on the island of Ireland was unaffected by the impact of Hurricane Debbie, but the worst affected areas were Cos. Mayo and Galway (Fig 1). Tens of thousands of houses and other structures including churches suffered significant structural damage varying from complete destruction to roof loss to minor damage including broken windows. Much damage was done to walls, sheds and other infrastructure. Caravan parks along the west coast were particularly badly affected with some caravans being moved up to 150 metres and many others being completely destroyed. Roads and other transport routes were blocked as a result of falling trees and electricity and telephone cables. There were extensive power outages with some areas being without power for up to four days as well as extensive disruption to transport including shipping on the Irish Sea.\nThere was significant damage done to the agricultural sector with the hurricane coming at one of the busiest times of the year. There was widespread damage to barns, sheds and out-houses and other agricultural buildings. In addition unharvested wheat and oats were beaten down in the fields where they stood to such an extent that it is estimated that up to a third of the crop had been lost nationally. Part of the hay crop was blown away if harvested and still uncollected in the fields. The severity of the wind can be seen by the fact that as far as 20km inland all plant life withered and died in a matter of minutes as sea spray laden with salt was carried landward by the wind. A similar effect was recorded for the 6th January 1839 storm . There was extensive damage to forestry all across the Ireland. Total losses were of the order of 2% of all trees in commercial plantations on the island of Ireland but with some forests these losses were up to 24% . The worst affected plantation was Baronscourt Forest in Co. Tyrone where around 300,000 mature trees were blown down. Other major losses occurred in Cos. Derry, Fermanagh, Leitrim, Galway and Clare. The force of the wind damaged many native trees throughout the country by removal of branches, leaves and shoots. This damage included a large number of sweet cherry trees at a farm in Co. Waterford . Fallen trees and blown debris also killed many farm animals including cattle.\nThere was extensive damage to shipping along the south, west and north coasts especially at Bantry Bay, Co. Cork and the Foyle Estuary between Cos. Donegal and Derry. A very rare storm-induced tidal bore was recorded as having taken place on the Shannon river near Lanesboro, Co. Longford when the level of the river rose by 1.35m as the hurricane winds blew water upstream. This reverse flow carried many small boats upstream and onto the river banks leaving them high and dry when the wind changed direction and the river dropped almost equally as suddenly.\nVery little coastal flooding was reported with the exception of Salthill, Galway city which experienced early morning severe tidal flooding. There is some evidence of small scale coastal erosion in parts of Ireland including some significant shoreline recession at Inch, Co. Kerry. However, most of the coasts were not affected due to the nature of the winds being directed obliquely or offshore and the fact that the peak winds did not coincide with high tide explains this outcome . On the Lancashire coast of England and the Isle of Man extensive sand storms were recorded with significant deposits of sand inland but there are no records of this occurring in Ireland .\nIt is quite difficult to estimate the cost of Hurricane Debbie but based on the few figures that are available and the scale of the structural damage to properties and infrastructure, the widespread devastation of forestry plantations and the damage to the agricultural sector a figure in 1961 terms of between $40 million and $50 million would not be unrealistic.\n8.2. Hurricane Charley\nHurricane Charley mostly affected the southern half of Ireland especially on the east coast with Cos. Dublin and Wicklow being particularly affected (Fig. 2). However, unlike Debbie most of the damage associated with this event was to do with flooding as a result of the exceptional rainfall. Particularly badly affected were parts of south Dublin city with 400 houses flooded and Bray Co. Wicklow where over a thousand residents had to be evacuated as flood waters breached the banks of the River Dargle . Roads, bridges and property were extensively flooded throughout much of the southern and southeastern part of Ireland. Additional flooding was caused by the River Dodder in Dublin city bursting its banks causing significant damage mostly to private dwellings. The Dodder rises in the Dublin Mountains at an altitude of 751m OD and as such is vulnerable to flash flooding caused by high mountain rainfall as was the case during Hurricane Charley . The return period of this flood event on the Dodder was estimated to be in excess of 100 years . This was partly based on the recorded maximum output of the Lower Bohernabreena Reservoir on the river. 91.1 (m3/s) were recorded the third largest of the records dating back to 1886. The 13th of October 1891 value of 92.2 (m3/s) and the 28th August 1905 of 107.8 (m3/s) both events caused very significant flooding, although the areas along the Dodder at this time were much less built-up .\nFortunately because of the effects of the River Liffey reservoirs and their effective management, most of Dublin city was unaffected by flooding. Without the reservoirs and the flood management severe flooding would have occurred in Dublin as evidenced by the estimates of peak flow with and estimated without the reservoirs and associated dams. The peak flow downstream of the Leixlip Dam during Hurricane Charley was 170 (m3/s) without these structures it was estimated that it discharge would reach 400 (m3/s) producing a very different outcome in Dublin city as a result . Parts of East Meath were also considerably affected by flooding, extending the worst flood-affected areas westwards from Dublin city and county .\nThe torrential rain from Charley also triggered three very small scale landslides and one slightly larger one in the Cloghoge Valley in the Wicklow Mts., felling trees and stripping the bark from those left standing as the debris slides tracked through forested areas. The three very small slides involved movement of between 310 and 533 m3 of material whereas the larger slide involved the movement of an estimated 6,578 m3 and covered an area of 12.75km2. This landslide although much bigger than the other three still only represented 0.14% of the total catchment, the other three barely reaching 0.01% of the catchment .\nWind damage was also recorded across this area with significant damage to power and phone lines partly due to fallen trees. Initially nearly 250,000 people were affected by power failures although this was reduced down to 9,000 after two days of intensive effort. There was extensive disruption to transport both public and private across the country and to ferries in the Irish Sea. Social and sporting fixtures were also cancelled.\nOnce again the agricultural sector was severely affected by a combination of the heavy rain, leading to flooding and high winds. Cereal production was particularly badly affected with losses of 50% estimated for Co. Waterford alone. In addition feed, hay and silage supplies also suffered major losses so much so that in many areas in the southern half of the country the early winter housing of livestock had to be implemented as the waterlogged and sodden land could neither provide nor sustain the needs of the animals. Consequentially milk supply and farmers incomes also suffered.\nThe height of the tail-end of Hurricane Charley also coincided with two high tides generating localized coastal flooding and causing problems for shipping as the pounding waves threw a luxury yacht onto the heavily flooded roadway at Bray seafront in Co. Wicklow. Valentia lifeboat was called out at the peak of the storm to a distress call by a yacht off the Skellig Islands, Co. Kerry.\nAgain it is impossible to put an exact cost on the damage and destruction caused by the tail-end of Hurricane Charley, however some justifiable estimate can be generated by using what few figures are available in 1986 values. Around $40 million in insurance claims mostly for flooding were made to various insurance companies in Ireland . The Irish Government allocated $8.65 million just for road and bridge repairs. However these values do not include the significant losses suffered by the farming sector and also uninsured losses. A true value in excess of $100 million and even as high as $125 million would not be unjustified for Ireland alone not too mention across the other affected countries in Europe.\n9. Discussion and conclusions\nOne of the key results that has emerged from the detailed examination of the impact of Hurricane Debbie and the tail-end of Hurricane Charley is that each had its own unique character. Debbie was very much associated with wind damage and set new wind records for Ireland, some of which still stand today whereas Charley was very much a flood damage event due to the exceptional and again record breaking rainfall. In many respects the two events represent two extremes of the possible types of meteorological effects of the tail-end of a hurricane on Ireland and Europe. Worryingly for Ireland would be the case where an event occurred that contained both exceptionally high winds and exceptionally high rainfall. This could have a devastating impact not just on Ireland but probably on other parts of Europe as well.\nHowever, it is very hard to consider how likely this perfect tail-end/hurricane is to occur for a number of reasons. Firstly, not enough research has been carried out on past Irish storm records, in particular there is a need to focus on unusually severe storms that affected Ireland over the last several hundred years during the months of August, September and October and which may have been mistakenly identified as early mid-latitude storms and not ones of tropical origin. Irish storm records go back to the first millennium AD due to the survival of a number of monastic Irish Annals covering this time period up to the middle of the second millennium. These annals record significant weather events including major devastating storms, a few of which might be hurricane in origin.\nSecondly, even if potential tail-end of hurricanes or hurricanes themselves were identified, there would be enormous difficulties in categorically proving their tropical origin or at least producing enough evidence to suggest that this was even likely, and in many cases no definitive proof would ever be found particularly events that would predate AD 1800 and especially AD 1700.\nConsideration must also be given to rising sea-surface temperatures in the tropics and how this will gradually enlarge the areas lattitudinally where hurricanes could potentially form. This has huge implications for the potential loss of life and damage in tropical areas and this in turn will also have a potentially significant impact on the frequency of the tail-ends of hurricanes and hurricanes themselves reaching and affecting Ireland and Europe. In addition their intensity may be increased as well leading to greater damage and destruction and the potential for more loss of life and injuries. As a result more attention needs to be paid to these events and the frequency with which they affect Western Europe. However, at present modeling of likely future hurricane activity has failed to indicate any significant increase or decrease but it is noted that much research needs to be carried out particularly in dealing with the chaotic nature of the climate system and in the response of the climate to radiative forcing in order to develop much more suitable models for prediction .\nIt is clear that the potential impact of the tail-ends of hurricanes or hurricanes themselves on both Ireland and Europe should not be underestimated as the impacts of Hurricane Debbie and the tail-end of Hurricane Charley on Ireland has shown. Loss of life and injuries can be more severe and greater than that of mid-latitude storms and the potential scale of damage and destruction can be very significant whether through wind damage or flooding or a combination of both.\nMore recently in 2012 the impact of tail-end of Hurricane Katia on Ireland and Europe with one fatality and extensive damage stretching from Ireland to Russia and the impact of the tail-end of Hurricane Ophelia also in 2012 which brought bad weather to Europe shows that the threat remains ever present. With rising sea surface temperatures in the tropics in the Atlantic the potential threat of more of these events reaching Ireland and Europe cannot be ignored even though there will still be clusters of years when no tail-ends will reach as far northwards .\nFuture research will focus on identifying the hurricane component of the Irish storm record and in doing so identify what contribution the tail-ends of hurricanes and even hurricanes themselves make to precipitation and wind receipt in Ireland and disentangle these much rarer events from the normal mid-latitude storm signal.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The largest in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul has its world-famous landmark in the form of street called Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho, which is located in Porto Alegre. This amazing beauty of street has an extension in the length of about 500 meters, and on both sides of it grows a huge amount of Rosewood trees, which are on the crown height of the windows of the seventh floor nearby buildings. According to some older residents, trees were planted in 1930, by employees of German origin, who worked in a brewery district.\nThese trees reach 18-20 meters in height, the bark is reddish brown, the birthplace of this rosewood became South America. When the trees are blooming, they bloom yellow buds. In 2005, construction of a mall in the area threatened the destruction of the trees. Residents protested, and they were successful in lobbying mayor José Fogaça to declare the area a cultural site that has to be preserved. The trees on Rua Gonçalo de Carvalho create a dense shaded area. From above, it looks as if a forest has filled in between all of the neighboring buildings. Rosewood trees, also known as Tipuana, are native to South America and can grow to be upwards of 100 feet tall. Their extensive root systems can be known to damage streets, sidewalks and nearby homes, but special trenching can prevent this.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This page describes specific out-of-the-ordinary problems certain materials might cause during the capture process. For general guidelines in judging image quality, see Visual Assessment of Images.\nOnly Part of the Image is Out of Focus\nHaving just part of an image out of focus means one of three things\n- The image is pretty far off center on the document table\n- This could result in one or more edges of the image being fuzzy\n- To fix this, make sure the center of the image is as close as possible to the center of the camera's focus, which is the center of the grid or overlay in the EOS Utility.\n- The camera isn't far enough from the image to take a quality picture\n- This will result in an image that is uniformly fuzzy around the edges (assuming it's centered and has been auto-focused to that same center)\n- To fix this, move the camera up and/or switch to a capture station which allows for a greater distance between camera and document table.\n- The camera isn't centered properly on the document table\n- This will result in a gradient effect across the image, with one side/corner being in focus, with less focus as it approaches the opposite side/corner\n- To fix this, the camera will need to be physically readjusted -- the lens is no longer parallel to the document table. Please see Jeremiah for help with this.\nThis is a kind of pattern that sometimes appears in digital images, involving rainbow lines or dots showing up against an actual pattern in the object itself. Here are a couple of examples:\nCheck out her hair:\nLook closely at his forehead:\nWhen can this happen?\nThis might affect materials that\n- are off-set printed, and\n- contain pictures and/or graphics\n- Examples may include: posters, pamphlets, booklets, cards, newspapers\nThis will NOT effect\n- handwritten materials\n- photocopied materials\n- photographs (note: photographs that have been printed as above are a different matter)\nHow do we deal with the problem?\nBe aware. It will happen. Know the kind of collections/materials it is likely to impact (more modern collections with more professionally produced materials), and be extra vigilant with examining your captures as you go, to make sure it's not happening.\n- If a moiré pattern does appear in test scans, try one of the following things:\n- rotate the object until -- hopefully -- the effect disappears; or\n- change the distance between the camera and the object (move the camera or elevate the object) by at least a few inches.\n- If you can't get rid of the moiré pattern as the object is being captured, there are a couple of post-production fixes that can be employed.\n- First, try the Moiré Reduction tool in Photoshop's Camera Raw interface (in Graduated Filter mode, it will show up as a slider in the third set of tools)\n- If all else fails, you'll need to do the corrections manually in Photoshop; see Jeremiah for instructions on how to do this", "label": "No"}
{"text": "browser is a computer program\nthat helps you use the Internet. You are using a browser right now.\nThere are different\nkinds of browsers. Internet Explorer,\nSafari, and Google Chrome are the most popular browsers.\nMost browsers are very similar. If you learn how to use one browser,\nyou will be able to use any of them.\nClick on the arrow\nbelow to continue.\nGlossary of terms\nused so far:\nbrowser - A computer program that helps people\nuse the Internet.\nclick - To quickly press and release the left\nGoogle Chrome - A browser.\nInternet Explorer - A browser.\nMozilla Firefox - A browser. Firefox\nis an updated version of Netscape Navigator.\npointer - The little arrow that moves around\nthe computer screen when the mouse is moved.\nSafari - A browser.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The sassafras tree is a medium-size tree native to the eastern part of North America. It is grown for its curiously variable leaves, beautiful fall color, and ability to adapt well to poor soil conditions. It is used in the production of sassafras tea.\nDescription of sassafras tree: The sassafras usually starts off its life as a shrub, forming a thicket of saplings all around the mother plant. It eventually forms a flat-topped tree with an irregular head, reaching about 40 to 60 feet in height. The bark is reddish brown with corky ridges. Its leaves are smooth-edged and bright medium green, turning various shades of yellow, orange, scarlet, and purple in the fall. The leaf form is variable, ranging from unlobed to mittenlike to threelobed, often all on the same branch. The dark blue berries are borne on bright red stalks.\nGrowing sassafras tree: Plant when young, since this tree resents transplanting. It prefers a rich, moist, acid soil, although it is often found in rocky soils in the wild. If a treelike shape is desired, prune out suckers as they form. It is relatively pest free.\nUses for sassafras tree: This is a good choice for naturalized plantings, roadsides, and small lots.\nRelated species and varieties of sassafras tree: There are no related species or varieties.\nScientific name of sassafras tree: Sassafras albidum\nWant more information on trees and gardening? Try:\n- Shade Trees: Towering overhead, shade trees can complement even the biggest house, and define the amount of sunlight that reaches your yard.\n- Flowering Trees: Many trees offer seasonal blooms that will delight any visitor to your yard or garden.\n- Types of Trees: Looking for fresh ideas about what to plant? Find out about different species that can turn your yard into a verdant oasis.\n- Gardening: Get great tips about how to keep your garden healthy and thriving.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Marmesse cuirass\n9th to 8th centuries BC\nThis breastplate in sheet bronze is part of a collection of similar pieces discovered in several stages at Marmesse (Haute-Marne), at the site known as “Petit Marais” (Small Marsh). In 1974 the first three cuirasses were discovered, placed one inside the other. They were unearthed by chance during terracing work in a sand quarry. Fragments of other cuirasses were discovered subsequently, and an archaeological survey was carried out in 1980, enabling the collection to be completed.\nIn all, seven cuirasses were found at Marmesse, representing part of a votive hoard probably linked to the presence of a spring. The circumstances of the discovery of these defensive weapons, and the absence of any specific archaeological context, explain the imprecise dating, which is based purely on typological and stylistic considerations.\nThe discoveries at Marmesse are part of an important series of hoards, which, at this pivotal time between the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, express in different ways the prestige and the power of a warrior elite. As well as carrying these prestigious defensive weapons, warriors wore helmets and greaves (leg protectors). Attacking weaponry consisted of a sword and a spear. This equipment evokes in some way the “bronze-clad” warriors described by Homer. We should not forget that the Trojan War took place at the end of the Bronze Age.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results.\nPolaris is a leader in the global fight to eradicate modern slavery. Named after the North Star that guided slaves to freedom in the U.S., Polaris systemically disrupts the human trafficking networks that rob human beings of their lives and their freedom.\nFrom Human Rights Brief, a university student-run publication and online resource of the American University Washington College of Law (AUWCL) Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Law (Center). **Contains some challenging vocabulary\n\"Girls Not Brides is a global partnership of more than 700 civil society organisations committed to ending child marriage and enabling girls to fulfil their potential.\" (Not exactly exploitation in the traditional sense, but perhaps an interesting idea to explore)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "This latest novel by Jennifer Chiaverini relates the hardships and violence suffered by the women who fought for the voting rights in the early 1900’s. Some of the characters are modeled on real life activists. Alice Paul was a vocal activist for women’s rights, and organized the March, Maud Malone, who was a NYC librarian, and Ida Wells-Barnett, a journalist and researcher as well as an activist, who also had to battle racism. It is thanks to these brave women that the 19th amendment eventually was passed in 1920, giving women the right to vote. Chiaverini describes in riveting details the 1913 women’s long Suffrage March from NYC to Washington, D.C., in March, just before President Wilson was inaugurated. We truly owe a debt of gratitude to these individuals and others who worked tirelessly to achieve the vote. A great piece of historical fiction.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Fennlock's Fun Fact Friday: Elephants!\n1. Elephants are the largest land animal!\n2. They can eat around 300 pounds of food a day!\n3. Their skin can be 1.5 inches thick in some places - now that is some thick skin!\n4. You can tell different types of elephants apart by their ear shape.\n5. They cover themselves in mud and sand as a way of protecting their skin from the hot sun - it's their own homemade sunscreen!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Blackpool Tower Opened\nFor once, unlike with the guillotine, champagne and the corkscrew, the French were ahead of us on this one. The inspiration for Blackpool Tower was a trip by the town’s mayor to Paris in 1889, where he saw the Eiffel Tower during his visit to the Exposition Universelle celebrating the centenary of the French Revolution.\nWhen Mayor John Bickerstaffe returned to Lancashire he set about organising the erection of a similar structure on the resort’s shoreline. The raw figures are fascinating in themselves: some five million bricks were used, along with 2500 tons of iron and 93 tons of cast steel. It takes six tons of paint to coat the tower which stands 519 feet high. And the cost was roughly £290,000, the equivalent of £40 million in contemporary terms. The most poignant statistic is the smallest, and given the safety record of other major Victorian projects the most surprising – just one fatality occurred during the near three years it took to construct: the foundation stone was laid on September 29 1891, and the building opened to the public on Monday May 14 1894.\nOur Victorian forebears were commercially astute: while the tower itself was being built an aquarium was opened at its base (replaced by the Blackpool Tower Dungeon in a massive revamp in 2011) so revenue could be generated before the main attraction was completed.\nThe engineers who designed Blackpool Tower (Charles Tuke and James Maxwell from Manchester) had regard to the safety of the town, hay bales at its foundations providing a cushion against earth-tremors, and the configuration of the ironwork made such that should it ever collapse the tower would fall westwards into the Irish Sea. The tower we see today, however, is not actually that built in the last decade of the 19th century, though the design was unchanged: corrosion of the original meant the iron and steel had to be replaced in the 1920s.\nMore famous dates here\n5439 views since 5th March 2012\nOn this day:", "label": "No"}
{"text": "|source: Oberlin College|\nThere are many churches in Italy built during the late Byzantine rule over Italy which seemingly blur the boundaries between what are now denominated East and West, but at the time of their constructions was simply the Empire. Among these is the basilica of San Vitale in the former Exarchate of Ravenna, the remote administrative center of Italy for the Empire now based in Byzantium. The church is octagonal in shape, recounting to us that the Sacrament of greatest importance in earlier days was Baptism, which incorporated one into the Church. St. Augustine simply calls Baptism \"the Sacrament\" in his Confessions. Images of the occasionally notorious and often effective Justinian and his wife, Theodora, grace the opposite sides of the apse, at the center of which is a beardless image of Our Lord Jesus Christ; the earthly court anticipates the heavenly court. The people of the region likely depicted Christ without facial hair because of the Roman custom of men to shave; they showed Christ as they knew him, even if inaccurately. The arch over the apse holds the images of the Twelve Apostles, through whom we have received the Church and come to know Christ.\nA church similar in antiquity but different in both execution (Roman basilica rather than Greek dome) and intention (communal church rather than political metaphor) is Santa Maria Assunta in Torcello. The Mother and Child look down the apse in Greek fashion, but the apse with an episcopal throne and forward facing altar are purely Latin. The imagery on the Rood screen echoes what developed into the iconostasis in Byzantine Christianity. The seemingly Greek Last Judgment on the back wall dates to the 12th century, before the Venetians sacked Constantinople.\nSt. Vitalis, whose patronal church is more renown on earth, pray for the Church in heaven, where you enjoy fitting repute!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Although this mammoth pecan tree is not the largest in the world, nor in Texas, it has the distinction of once having yielded the largest pecan nuts in the world. Robert L. Ripley cited the Jumbo Hollis in his “Believe It or Not” column as requiring the fewest nuts to weigh a pound. When other native pecans averaged 70-80 nuts per pound, Jumbo’s averaged 33.\nThe name Jumbo Hollis is derived from the tree’s unusually large fruit and from Thomas I. Hollis, the first recorded owner of the tree. Hollis was an early settler and storekeeper in the Bend community, near San Saba. At the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Jumbo Hollis pecans won a bronze medal for being the largest displayed.\nIn the early 1900’s much of its wood was sent throughout the South to be “budded” (grafted) to other pecan trees.\nThe tree’s record year was 1919, when it produced 1,015 pounds of nuts. So popular were the fruits of this tree that buyers then paid as much as a dollar a pound for them.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Think about it… A good scientist is a person with original ideas. A good engineer is a person who makes a design that works with as few original ideas as possible.\nSomething new everyday\nEvery day we share a new idea, a new thought, an upcoming technology OR an engineering breakthrough that will change the way you think about technology and engineering in today’s world and in near future.\nI create musical robots that can play duets\nAngelica Lim – I create musical robots that can play duets. Angelica works in an area of computer science called artificial intelligence (AI), which makes it possible for her robot to learn from and adapt to its environment. “With my software, the robot can take information from its video camera and microphones and understand the world around it.” When people think of robots, they often think of Terminator-type bots. “I’m passionate about making robots less scary and more approachable—they have the potential to make our lives happier.” read more\ndotDiva – Dot Diva’s mission is to create an exciting and positive image of computing for high school girls. Our nationwide survey revealed that not only do the majority of girls think of computing as “boring” and “hard,” but they believe it fails to deliver two crucial benefits: “working with others” and “making a difference in other people’s lives.” Our ultimate goal is to transform this negative perception.\nOptical device takes after a dog’s nose to sniff out disease\nThe latest scientists to start sniffing around breath analysis as a form of medical diagnosis is a team from the University of Adelaide, who are developing a laser instrument inspired by dogs’ noses that can screen samples for signs of disease. read more\nGizMag “is a celebration of human endeavor, we aim to inspire, not ridicule. We cover technology, not the politics or the money behind it. Online for more than a decade, Gizmag is read by more than 5 million people per month. We are 100% self-funded and independent.”\nLooking at daVinci’s sketches of flying machines. Leonardo daVinci wanted a practical solution to flight. Leonardo designed a multitude of mechanical devices, including parachutes, and studied the flight of birds as well as their structure. daVinci used art as an avenue to understand and experiment with scientific principles through his sketchbooks. What questions are being explored? How did daVinci use traditional mathematical practices to challenge convention and create something new? read more\nCurriki – To help equalize access to education globally, Curriki makes world-class learning materials freely available to educators, students, and parents around the world. Curriki originated from the idea that technology can play a crucial role in breaking down the barriers of the Education Divide—the gap between those who have access to high-quality education and those who do not. Curriki helps bridge this divide by providing free and open resources to everyone.\nNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA}’s Vision: To reach for new heights and reveal the unknown so that what we do and learn will benefit all humankind.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Brazil is one of the world’s least equitable countries. While it ranks among the likes of China, Germany, and the United States in terms of wealth, it ranks alongside Central African Republic, Lesotho, and Zambia in terms of inequality. With the current generation of Brazilians on the brink of getting trapped in the cycle of inequality that has swallowed up so many generations before it, there has never been a better time to address this challenge head-on.\nBreaking this cycle of inequality requires large-scale action on two fronts. One, we must rapidly address Brazil’s learning crisis. Two, we must equip Brazil’s leaders with the tools and opportunities they need to drive social change.\nBrazil has a serious\nFully half of the nearly 50 million children who attend Brazilian public schools are still illiterate by third grade. Illiteracy rates are even higher among Afro-Brazilian and indigenous children, reaching 80 percent in Brazil’s most vulnerable communities. In total, only 10 percent of students finish middle school with the appropriate competencies, and only six percent of students in the public school system end up graduating high school.\nAddressing the crisis is complicated by the incredibly uneven learning levels across the country. In some states, over 70 percent of students are learning what they should be. In others, the number is closer to 30 percent. Across the country, students attending public schools lag three years behind students attending private schools — a gap that has exponential effects since Brazil’s public education system enrolls 82 percent of the country’s students.\nAll these factors contribute to Brazil’s extensive “learning poverty,” a term the World Bank uses for the number of children who reach the age of 10 without being able to read. Learning poverty lies at the heart of broader economic poverty, and affects over 50 percent of children in low- and middle-income countries, compared to only nine percent of children in wealthy countries. The World Bank estimates that at its current rate of improvement it will take Brazil a staggering 260 years to reduce its learning poverty to the level seen in the average wealthy country.\nUnleashing the power of a\nnew generation of leaders in Brazil\nThe most effective way to address Brazil’s staggering inequality will draw on the power of Brazil’s most precious asset: its people. It is our people who innovate, our people who solve complex social problems, our people who make a more advanced, more equitable Brazil possible.\nUnfortunately, pursuing a career in the public sector is simply not an attractive option for many people in Brazil. A paltry eight percent of Brazilians believe that those in leadership positions are the most competent people for the job. This cynicism has detrimental real-world effects since it prevents many talented Brazilians from joining public life. This issue is only exacerbated by the fact that Brazil ranks 105th on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index.\nThese doubts notwithstanding, most Brazilians still believe the public sector is one of the few places that can spur significant change nationwide. Nearly three-quarters of Brazilians agree that having well-prepared, highly-skilled individuals in influential public sector positions like directors of schools and social services can directly improve their lives.\nUnleashing the power of both the current and rising generations of Brazil’s social and political leaders will require action on both the individual and systemic levels. Brazil’s young leaders are brimming with potential, but they often lack the knowledge, resources, and networks to generate significant nationwide impact.\nTo address these issues, the Lemann Foundation has set ambitious goals to bring about a more just and equitable Brazil. But we cannot achieve these objectives alone, which is why we work with numerous co-investment and collaborative philanthropy partners from both Brazil and abroad.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Each year on or around January 15, we celebrate the tremendous and world transformative life of the legendary Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. There are oratory contests, days of service, parades, and commemorations spread out around the United States to celebrate and lift up the name of justice. And not the least of the memories, is the famous “I Have a Dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. However, this year, I found myself becoming wrapped in another one of King’s “sermons” if you will. “What Is Your Life’s Blueprint”, a short speech given by King at Barratt Junior High School in Philadelphia on October 26, 1967. For a quick moment I want to talk about the street sweeper…\nSee the climate of 1967 was just as rough as any during the civil rights movement, and Dr. King had taken a few moments to go speak to a group of middle school students and empower them beyond their violent climate. Moreover, he called the students to consider their blueprint or plan if for their very own lives. Calling them OUT of the struggles of being a negro during the civil rights movement to be the best at whatever their various commissions may have been. About 10 minutes into his speech he switches from giving his reasons, and over to the calling.\nSee Full Speech Here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmtOGXreTOU\nIn King speech he proclaims: “Stay in school, and when you discover what you’re going to be in life, set out to do it like God almighty called you at this particular moment in history to do it…” And don’t just setout to do a good “Negro” job, but do a good JOB. That ANYBODY could do […] And set out to do that job so well, that living, the dead or the unborn couldn’t do it any better. If it falls your lot to be a street sweeper, sweep streets like Michelangelo painted pictures, sweep streets like Beethoven composed music, sweep streets like Leontyne Price sings before the Metropolitan Opera. Sweep streets like Shakespeare wrote poetry. Sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will have to pause and say: Here lived a great street sweeper who swept his job well.”\nMakes you think right? I’ve heard snippets of this speech many times and know the poetic commission of the “Street sweeper” but it wasn’t until I had my first meal of 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana that I saw it manifested for myself. My friends and I celebrated NYE in NOLA, and concluded our trip with lunch at Mandina’s Restaurant off of Canal St. As we awaited in the bar area for our table to be made ready, we found ourselves unknowingly staring at one of the bus boys. We initially began joking and how quickly he would bus down a table, clean it, and have it setup for the next party. He was seemingly doing it in one fell swoop. We kept watching as he adjusted from bus boy to server, and back to the tables just to keep the flow of traffic and patrons reasonable. Shortly after that we were seated and began to order, and all throughout the time at the restaurant we found ourselves continuing to be amazed and how he flowed through the rows of tables, around the servers, and barely missing the patrons as the morning and afternoon progressed. Just like Martin alluded, it truly was like art. He had a subtle smile on his face and was the only bus boy that we noticed in the restaurant. As we concluded our meal, we requested to see the manager and brag not on our waiter but on the bus boy. That we had never seen anything like that and wanted to make sure he got his due of credit for an enjoyable experience. The manager mentioned that he loved that job, and he even tried to make him a waiter at one point, but it didn’t work out. The kid just wanted to be a bus boy…\nIt was at that moment that it hit me. Not that this man’s life calling was to be a bus boy, but in that moment, his dedication to that job allowed me to notice a splendor of God that was over him and even my own life. It was in such a way that I realized if you can do a job or vocation so well that it points people to God, you are indeed called in that moment for a reason and a season. Whatever it may be that you are called to do, do it like the street sweeper Martin talked about, do it so well like the bus boy that you outshine those that may have higher positions than you. When you are equipped with skill, passion, and joy its no longer work but a commission to transform people, places, or things into a better representation of themselves. So on this Martin Luther King, Jr’s Day, in addition to your plans you may have, I want you to think about what you’ve been called to do. I want you to consider all the people that are waiting on you to accept your calling and bless their lives. I believe there are blessings God has for people around you, that He’s waiting to speak and demonstrate through you after you submit to obedience. Let today be that day as you embark into the remaining months, weeks, and days of 2018. No matter how low or high the position, do it for the glory. Happy King Day to all the “Street Sweepers!”\n. With Passion, Purpose, and Pride,\nTrent J ACEO", "label": "No"}
{"text": "It looks like you're using Internet Explorer 11 or older. This website works best with modern browsers such as the latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and Edge. If you continue with this browser, you may see unexpected results.\nA note about the data sources below:\nBeginning January 20, content on US government websites has been removed or revised for nonscientific reasons. If any of the websites on this guide have had data removed, viewing previous versions of the websites on the Internet Archive may prove helpful.\nFollow along today using this document: [Word] | [PDF]\nProvides the only comprehensive, regularly collected source of information on selected economic and demographic characteristics for businesses and business owners by gender, ethnicity, race, and veteran status.\nCensus Aggregated Data Sources\nThe following databases and websites allow researchers to access Census aggregated statistics (statistics that you can process into easy to use tables).\nAccess data and digital content from the U.S. Census Bureau. Data sets from the census and the economic census are available and custom tables and maps can be created from the data. This platform replaces American FactFinder.\nData and interactive thematic maps from the U.S. Census from 1790-present.\nProvides access to current and historical United States census data, including all historic decennial censuses and American Community Surveys, as well as other demographic information, such as religious organizations. Census data is current to 2010 and historical back to 1790. In addition to being a data resource, the web interface lets users create maps and reports to better illustrate, analyze and understand demography and social change.\nA comprehensive collection of statistics on the social, political, and economic conditions of the United States, 1878 to present.\nThe United States Statistical Abstract (aka Stat Ab) is useful both as a convenient source for statistical reference, and as a guide to sources of more information, in print and on the Web (when available). Sources include the Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and many other Federal agencies and private organizations. Prior to 2012, the Stat Ab was provided free of charge. In 2012, Congress cancelled funding and ProQuest has continued producing the Stat Ab.\nA web-based data analysis and mapping application that allows users to create custom thematic maps, tables, and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States. Note: Access limited to 10 simultaneous users. To increase the limit temporarily for use in classes or workshops, please send your request to firstname.lastname@example.org a minimum of 5 business days in advance.\nA web-based data analysis and mapping application that allows users to create custom thematic maps, tables and reports using demographic, business, and marketing data for the United States. Includes over 70,000 data variables related to demographics, employment, real estate & housing, crime, businesses, consumer spending, and points of interest data from the US Census, historical US Census data (2000), SimmonsLOCAL data from Experian, and Nielsen Claritas PRIZM data.\nNational Center for Health Statistics (CDC): Surveys & Data\nNCHS data collection systems includes population surveys (sometimes combined with physical examinations, lab tests, & more), provider surveys, and vital statistics. Below are summaries of the current systems. More information is available at cdc.gov/nchs/surveys.htm and tinyurl.com/h9zntf8 (PDF)\nData Source and Methods: Mail/web/telephone survey of directors of adult day care services centers and residential care communities, Administrative data from the CMS on nursing homes and residents, home health agencies and patients, and hospices and patients\nProduces health profiles for all 3,143 counties in the US. Each profile includes key indicators of health outcomes, which describe the population health status of a county and factors that have the potential to influence health outcomes, such as health care access and quality, health behaviors, social factors and the physical environment.\nProvides access to a variety Center of Disease Control reports, guidelines, and dozens of text-based and numeric databases, including vital statistics, environment, population, disease and disability, immunization, behavior and health, injuries, occupational health, and more. Export data: tab-delimited text file.\nHealthy People 2020 includes over 1,200 objectives to monitor and improve the health of all Americans over the decade. The objectives are organized into 42 Topic Areas, each representing an important public health area. See also the 2020 Topics and Objectives for overviews and links to data.\nSocial vulnerability refers to the resilience of communities when confronted by external stresses on human health, stresses such as natural or human-caused disasters, or disease outbreaks. Reducing social vulnerability can decrease both human suffering and economic loss. ATSDR's Social Vulnerability Index uses U.S. census variables at tract level to help local officials identify communities that may need support in preparing for hazards, or recovering from disaster.\nThe Healthy People 2020 Midcourse Review provides a snapshot of objective progress toward meeting targets halfway through the 10-year initiative, providing a roadmap for the second half of the decade. This 820-page report provides detailed progress and health disparities data, as available, for over 1,200 objectives. Readers can download individual chapters of the report.\nMany States and Territories use Healthy People as a guide to improving health. Find your State or Territory below to learn about how they’re working to achieve the Healthy People 2020 goals and objectives. Some states provide statistics by race and other factors; some also display at county level.\nThe Institute of Medicine Committee on Quality Measures for the Healthy People Leading Health Indicators was charged to identify measures of quality for the 12 Leading Health Indicator topics and 26 Leading Health Indicators in Healthy People 2020, the current version of the Department of Health and Human Services 10-year agenda for improving the nation's health. This book also addresses data reporting and analytical capacities that must be available to capture the measures and for demonstrating the value of the measures to improving population health, and provides recommendations for how the measures can be used across sectors of the public health and health care systems.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "“A Day of General Thanksgiving to Almighty God for the bountiful harvest with which Canada has been blessed – to be observed on the 2nd Monday in October”. (January 31, 1957, Parliament of Canada)\nCanadian Thanksgiving, one of the most famous holidays and not to be confused with the U.S. American version is celebrated at the second Monday in October. It is similar to the English and European Harvest festival, symbolizing people’s gratitude for everything given by nature or God that sustains them.\nWhile the actual Thanksgiving holiday is on a Monday, Canadians may gather for their Thanksgiving feast on any day during the long weekend. Thanksgiving in Canada is also often a time for weekend getaways.\nThe traditional dish for the Thanksgiving dinner is roasted turkey, cranberries, and pumpkin pie. Watching football on TV is also a part of the modern tradition for many Canadians.\nBecoming a statutory (public) holiday in 1957, Thanksgiving goes back much further than that. Besides being linked to the before mentioned European traditions, it is also a way to remember the English explorer Martin Frobisher and his search for the Northwest Passage in 1578. As it was common in those times, his journey was a difficult one; made hard and exhausting by severe weather and ice. So when Frobisher and his crew arrived in Frobisher’s Bay, they celebrated the first ceremonial Thanksgiving.\nThanksgiving being a public holiday means that all government institutions are closed and also most liquor stores. Most other stores are open, though. And if you want to visit some of Vancouver’s attractions, you can check out here, which of them will be open today.\nHappy Thanksgiving to all of you!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The red flesh of watermelon contains lycopene, a pigment with antioxidant properties that help prevent certain types of cancers. This experiment was done to determine cultivar variation in lycopene content, and the effectiveness of colorimetric measurements for predicting lycopene content. Ten ripe melons per cultivar of hybrid, open-pollinated, and triploid types were selected from field plantings at Lane, Okla. Melons were cut transversely and color measured with a colorimeter at three heart and three locule sites, in a counterclockwise rotation starting at the ground spot. For lycopene content, a 100-g sample of heart tissue was removed, extracted with a hexane-acetone-ethanol mixture, and lycopene concentration measured spectrophotometrically at 503 nm. Lycopene content varied among cultivars, from 33.96 μg·g–1 in `Crimson Sweet' to 66.15 μg·g–1 in `Crimson Trio'. Chroma and “a” colorimeter values were highly correlated with lycopene content (P < 0.001). Linear and quadratic regression of lycopene against colorimeter values yielded an R2 of 0.55. Results indicate that, like tomatoes, watermelon cultivars vary widely in lycopene content. Colorimeter readings did not adequately predict lycopene values.\nIf the inline PDF is not rendering correctly, you can download the PDF file here.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "My high school sophomore son was grumbling as he read his world history textbook. He pointed me to this paragraph about the encounter between European and Mesoamerican civilizations.\n\"The American Indian societies had many religious ideas and practices that shocked Christian observers, and aspects of their social and familial arrangements clashed with European sensibilities . . .\"\nThe text, \"World Civilizations: The Global Experience\" by Peter N. Stearns et al, was a little oblique about the nature of those ideas and practices. It mentioned human sacrifice but then rushed to add that \"Many of those who most condemned human sacrifice, polygamy or the despotism of Indian rulers were also those who tried to justify European conquest and control, mass violence, and theft on a continental scale.\"\nThe authors clearly wish to avoid the unpleasant details of Indian practices in their rush to condemn European depredations. A curious student would have to discover on his own that the Aztecs themselves claimed to have ritually sacrificed 80,400 people over the course of four days at the rededication of the Great Pyramid of Tenochtitlan in 1487. While this was probably bragging, historian Victor Davis Hansen estimates that at least 20,000 victims were sacrificed yearly. Most were slaves, criminals, debtors, children and prisoners of war (the Aztecs fought to capture, not kill, so as to provide a steady stream of sacrifices). The affair was a bloody and brutal mess, and it consisted of slicing open the chest and pulling the still beating heart from the person's body.\nWhen the topic of human sacrifice was broached in the classroom, my son reported that not one of his classmates was comfortable condemning the practice as immoral. \"It was their culture,\" his classmates said. And it's wrong to impose your values on someone else's culture.\nThis is not a fluke. In \"Lost in Transition: The Dark Side of Emerging Adulthood,\" Christian Smith and his co-authors recount the results of their decade-long study of a representative sample of Americans aged 18-23. Through in-depth interviews, they examined their subjects' lives and concluded that an alarming percentage of young people are highly materialistic, commitment averse, disengaged from political and civic life, sexually irresponsible, often heavily intoxicated and morally confused. In fact, the authors contend, they lack even the vocabulary to think in moral terms.\nThe products of a culture that dares not condemn even human sacrifice for fear of transgressing multicultural taboos, these young people are morally adrift.\nSix out of 10 told the authors that morality is a \"personal choice,\" like preferring long or short hair. \"Moral rights and wrongs are essentially matters of individual opinion.\" One young woman, a student at an Ivy League college, explained that while she doesn't cheat, she is loath to judge others who do. \"I guess that's a decision that everyone is entitled to make for themselves. I'm sort of a proponent of not telling other people what to do.\" A young man offered that \" . . . a lot of the time it's personal. It changes from person to person. What you may think is right may not necessarily be right for me, understand? So it's all individual.\" Forty-seven percent of the cohort agreed that \"morals are relative, there are not definite rights and wrongs for everybody.\"\nIt goes beyond cheating or failing to give to charity. One young man who stressed \"everyone's right to choose,\" was pressed about whether murder would be such a choice? He wasn't sure. \"I mean, in today's society, sure, like to murder someone is just ridiculous. I don't know. In some societies, back in time, maybe it's a good thing.\"\nThe irony is that this supposed reluctance to make moral judgments is itself a moral posture. The young people in the study, like the authors of my son's textbook, and much of the American establishment, believe that it is (set ital) morally wrong (end ital) to judge people harshly. (Except, perhaps, if it's Western civilization you're condemning.)\nMy son was most exasperated by the textbook's suggestion that Western civilization's response to other cultures was \"complex\" and that this was probably just as true of Chinese, Persians and others. No, he protested, the only civilization that is self-critical -- at all -- is our own. Other world civilizations continue to express pride and even arrogance about their own histories.\nThose who resist the self-flagellation that travels under the name multiculturalism are accused of chauvinism. But the withdrawal from any kind of judgment is yielding a generation of moral cripples.\nTo find out more about Mona Charen and read features by other Creators Syndicate columnists and cartoonists, visit the Creators Syndicate web page at www.creators.com.\nCOPYRIGHT 2011 CREATORS.COM", "label": "No"}
{"text": "\"Social justice-oriented approaches in education refer to standpoints and scholarly traditions that actively address the dynamics of oppression, privilege, and isms, recognizing that society is the product of historically rooted, institutionally sanctioned stratification along socially constructed group lines that include race, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability. Working for social justice in education means guiding students in critical self-reflection of their socialization into this matrix of unequal relationships and its implications, analysis of the mechanisms of oppression, and the ability to challenge these hierarchies.\"\nSensoy, O. and DiAngelo, R. (2009). Developing social justice literacy: An open letter to our faculty colleagues. Phi Delta Kappan, pp. 345-352.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "PELICAN Traffic Signal\nThe PEdestrian LIght Control ActivatioN (PELICAN) system provides a safe, two-stage crossing for pedestrians. The crossing incorporates the median island refuge between the two stages. These crossings can be easily identified by artwork displayed on the median. The PELICAN is placed mid-block on major streets, and minimizes the potential for stops, delays, and accidents. A pedestrian uses the crossing by pressing a button to activate the first signal. When the light turns red, a “WALK” signal prompts them to proceed to the median. The pedestrian then walks a short distance along the median to activate the second signal. A second “WALK” indication appears when the traffic signal turns red. The PELICAN uses a standard Red-Yellow-Green signal for motorists and remains green unless activated by a pedestrian. Bicyclists should yield to pedestrians, dismounting if necessary.\nTOUCAN Traffic Signal\nThe TwO GroUps CAN cross (TOUCAN) system was designed to provide a safe crossing for two groups - pedestrians and bicyclists. TOUCAN systems are placed at locations of heavy bicycle and pedestrian crossing activity and along roadways that are prioritized for non-motorized uses, sometimes known as “Bike Boulevards.” An added benefit to the TOUCAN signal system is that motorized traffic is not allowed to proceed through these signals, decreasing the number of cars on neighborhood streets, and enhancing the neighborhood’s quality of life. A TOUCAN can be activated only by bicyclists or by pedestrians. Both use a push button to activate the signal. Bicyclists respond to an innovative bicycle signal and use a special lane when crossing. Pedestrians get a standard WALK indication and have a separate, adjacent crosswalk. The system uses a standard signal for motorists.\nHAWK Pedestrian Flasher\nThe High Intensity Activated Cross WalK (HAWK) is one of the newest crossing systems in use. It is based on a European design and resembles the American school bus “children present” warning. The HAWK consists of a Red-Yellow-Red signal format for motorists. The signals remain off until a pedestrian activates the system by pressing a button. First, a FLASHING YELLOW light warns motorists that a pedestrian is present. The signal then changes to SOLID YELLOW, alerting drivers to prepare to stop. The signal then turns SOLID RED and shows the pedestrian a “WALK” symbol. The signal then begins ALTERNATING FLASHING RED and the pedestrian is shown a flashing “DON’T WALK” with a countdown timer. Drivers are allowed to proceed during the flashing red after coming to a full stop and making sure there is no danger to pedestrians. In school zones, drivers must wait until the children and crossing guard are completely out of the crossing before proceeding. Bicyclists are advised to yield to pedestrians and dismount if necessary.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Lithofacies identification supplies qualitative information about rocks. Lithofacies represent rock textures and are important components of hydrocarbon reservoir description. Traditional techniques of lithofacies identification from core data are costly and different geologists may provide different interpretations. In this paper, we present a low-cost intelligent system consisting of three adaptive resonance theory neural networks and a rule-based expert system to consistently and objectively identify lithofacies from well-log data. The input data are altered into different forms representing different perspectives of observation of lithofacies. Each form of input is processed by a different adaptive resonance theory neural network. Among these three adaptive resonance theory neural networks, one neural network processes the raw continuous data, another processes categorial data, and the third processes fuzzy-set data. Outputs from these three networks are then combined by the expert system using fuzzy inference to determine to which facies the input data should be assigned. Rules are prioritized to emphasize the importance of firing order. This new approach combines the learning ability of neural networks, the adaptability of fuzzy logic, and the expertise of geologists to infer facies of the rocks. This approach is applied to the Appleton Field, an oil field located in Escambia County, Alabama. The hybrid intelligence system predicts lithofacies identity from log data with 87.6% accuracy. This prediction is more accurate than those of single adaptive resonance theory networks, 79.3%, 68.0% and 66.0%, using raw, fuzzy-set, and categorical data, respectively, and by an error-backpropagation neural network, 57.3%. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.\nAdditional publication details\nLithofacies identification using multiple adaptive resonance theory neural networks and group decision expert system", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The relationship between the institution now known as Duke University and the United Methodist Church has evolved over more than a century and a half. In governance, the Charter of Duke University notes that the Trustees \"shall be a body politic and corporate under the name and style of `Duke University,' and shall have perpetual existence.\" The purposes for which the body is organized are, among others, \"to acquire, own, operate, provide, maintain and perpetuate an institution of higher learning.\" Membership of the Trustees shall be, in addition to the President of the University, \"thirty-six elected Trustees, twelve elected by the North Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church; twelve by the Western North Carolina Conference of the said church; and twelve by the graduates of said University; provided, however, that no person shall be elected a Trustee till he has first been recommended by a majority of the Trustees present at a regular meeting..\" The by-laws spell out the means of nomination and replacement.\nThe origin of administrative authority by the Board of Trustees and of a self-perpetuating Board first appeared in the Laws of North Carolina in an Act to Incorporate Union Institute Academy in 1841. These stipulations were continued in the Charter of 1859 when it noted that the trustees of Trinity College \"hold and use all the authority, privileges, possessions and liabilities it had under the former title and name.\" The charter of 1903 reiterated the provision of nomination by the Board as well as powers of removal and filling vacancies. When Duke University was established in 1924 these same provisions were carried over without change. Thus historically and technically, Duke University has a long history of a self-perpetuating Board of Trustees.\nDuring the nineteenth century, ownership of property was vested in the Board of Trustees, but the Charter of 1859 stated that the trustees shall operate Trinity College \"for the uses and purposes of a literary institution for the North Carolina Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.\" However, the Methodist Conference was not able to adequately support the school financially because of hardship brought on by the Civil War and era of reconstruction. In 1892, ownership by the Board of Trustees became explicitly clear through resolutions concerning the relocation of the college to Durham and by the transfer of deeds of gift of land and money specifically to the Board of Trustees. The reference in the charter to the College existing for the use and purpose of the North Carolina Conference ceased with increased reliance for financial support on the Duke family and upon the move to Durham.\nThe University has historic ties to the United Methodist Church. The institution was begun in 1838-39 when Methodist and Quaker families in northwest Randolph County united to transform Brown's Schoolhouse into Union Institute, thus providing permanent education for their children. A formal agreement with the Methodist Church was entered into in 1859 when the name of the school was changed to Trinity College. The motto, Eruditio et Religio, which is based on a Charles Wesley hymn, and the official seal, both of which are still in use today, were adopted in 1859. The name of Trinity College continues as the undergraduate college of the University.\nThe most significant development in the history of the school came with the adoption of Trinity College as the primary beneficiary of the philanthropy of the Duke family in 1889. This occurred in part because the college was an institution of the Methodist Church and Washington Duke practiced stewardship as taught by his church. His sons Benjamin N. and James B. continued the philanthropy of their father with James B. Duke making the spectacular gifts in 1924 that created The Duke Endowment (the family philanthropic organization) and permitted the construction of two new campuses and the transformation of Trinity College to Duke University.\nSymbolically, the religious ties are dramatically illustrated by the dominating Chapel tower on campus. This reflects the wish of James B. Duke and the history of the institution. However, the college and university have always been nonsectarian, a fact amply documented even during the presidency of John Carlisle Kilgo (1894-1910). He was a noted preacher, the most fervent Methodist administrator in the school's history, and was elected Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South in 1910.\nThe exact relation of the school to the church has varied from time to time but over the years Duke University has matured into a leading research university. In the history of the Methodist Church and higher education in the United States, Duke has much in common with other Methodist related universities like Northwestern, Syracuse, Vanderbilt, or the University of Southern California. However, each institution has its own history. Duke University would not be the institution it is today without its historic and symbolic ties to the Methodist Church, but it always has been independent in its governance.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Want Healthy Eyes? Use Both Plan A and Plan B\nFebruary 27, 2021\nFor many people, eating a balanced diet with plenty of fruits and vegetables is enough to keep their eyes healthy. But whether because of getting older or suffering from certain serious eye diseases, you may also want to add vitamin supplements to your daily dietary intake to keep your eyes healthy and your sight sharp.\nVitamin A is one of the most important vitamins for eye health. This is because it nourishes and protects both the front of the eye, called the cornea, and the back, called the retina.\nBy protecting the cornea, the risk of developing cataracts is reduced. Vitamin A also helps produce the pigments that allow the retina to function properly. When the retina isn’t functioning properly, you may have trouble seeing low light.\nAdding vitamin A to your diet can help repair some vision loss. The recommended daily dosage for Vitamin A is between 0.7mg and 0.9 mg. Some foods high in the vitamin are eggs, sweet potatoes, and carrots.\nB vitamins help prevent age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a condition where the retina deteriorates over time. In the short term, this can cause blurry vision. Over time, serious conditions including blindness could result. B vitamins also protect the optic nerve, which is the tissue tasked with sending images from the eye to the brain.\nA 2009 study found that women who had a deficiency of vitamin B12 were 2x as likely to have AMD than those with normal b12 levels. Women who took 50mg B6, 1mg B12, and 2.5mg folate supplements for two years were 35-40% less likely to develop AMD.\nFoods rich in B vitamins include chicken, spinach, and oranges.\nGetting enough A and B vitamins in your diet can have significant benefits for your eye health. While for many people the best way to get these nutrients is through diet, if you have a serious condition like AMD, your eye doctor may recommend that you start taking supplements.\nAlong with making sure you get the right dosage of vitamin supplements, regular visits to your eye doctor can help you keep your eyes healthy and strong. A simple low-cost Vision Plan from INRTA and AMBA can help you save hundreds on the cost of check-ups, exams, even eyewear. Learn more.\nLooking to Capture Special Moments? Then Capture Great Deals on Cameras and Gear with AMBA Discounts\nWith the summer approaching, get-togethers, road trips, or vacations with friends and loved ones might be on your mind.\nSeeing Signs of Alzheimer’s Through Your Eyes\nWe’ve all heard the expression that the eyes are a window to the soul. But a recent study has made a breakthrough\nWatch Out! New Bank Scams on the Rise.\nYou may be familiar with the news of some recent bank failures. As a result of these events, many financial\nMay’s Recipe: Watermelon Salad with Arugula, Feta, & Fresh Herbs\nWatermelon season starts as early as May in many places, so what better time to kick off the summer than with a delicious", "label": "No"}
{"text": "By Emma Patten-Hitt, Yahoo! News, December 29, 2000\nNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Childhood abuse and neglect may do more than just affect the way a person looks at life, new research suggests. Abuse may result in permanent physical changes to the developing brain--changes that could cause psychological problems in adulthood.\n``The science shows that childhood maltreatment may produce changes in both brain function and structure,'' said lead investigator Dr. Martin H. Teicher, of the McLean Hospital, Belmont, Massachusetts. ``These changes are permanent,'' he added. ''This is not something people can just get over.''\nTeicher's team identified four abnormalities in the brain that were much more prevalent in adults who had been abused and neglected as children than they were in adults who were not abused.\nThe investigators found that adults who had been abused as children were more likely to experience epileptic seizures caused by changes to the limbic system, a part of the brain that controls emotions.\n``Emotions that accompany these seizures include sadness, embarrassment, anger, explosive laughter (usually without feeling happy), serenity, and quite often, fear,'' Teicher explains.\nThe researchers also found that abused children were twice as likely as non-abused children to have an abnormal electroencephalogram (EEG)--a reading that measures electrical activity of the brain. Also, abnormal EEGs were associated with increased self-destructive behavior and aggression.\nAnother change noted was deficient development of the left side of the brain in adults abused as children, which, the researchers speculate, may lead to depression and problems with memory.\nAbused children did not integrate the function of the left and right sides of their brain as well as those who had not been abused, the report indicates. The researchers suggest that this may be caused by a decrease in the size of the bridge between the two hemispheres of the brain.\nInterestingly, Teicher and colleagues found a difference between boys and girls in the response to type of abuse. Neglect was the more likely factor to reduce the size of the bridge in boys. But sexual abuse had no effect. In girls, sexual abuse was associated with a decrease in the size, but neglect had no effect.\n``The trauma of abuse induces a cascade of effects, including changes in hormones and neurotransmitters (chemicals released by brain cells) that mediate development of vulnerable brain regions,'' Teicher writes in the Fall 2000 issue of Cerebrum.\n``We know that an animal exposed to stress and neglect early in life develops a brain that is wired to experience fear, anxiety and stress,'' Teicher said. ``We think the same is true of people.''\nSOURCE: Cerebrum 2000;50-67.\nSee .Punished for Life--Canadian study links spanking to addiction and psychiatric disorders, Reuters, re: Study, Canadian Medical Association Journal, October 5, 1999\nSee Hidden Scars--Childhood abuse, whether physical or sexual, leads to psychological disturbances in up to 40 percent of survivors. It may also cause changes in brain structure, by Madhusree Mukerjee (1995).", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Moscow State Institute of International Relations (University)\nOne of the ethnic minorities in Spain, whose human rights situation is far from being trouble-free is its Muslim community, consisting mainly of residents of Maghreb states, predominantly Moroccans. Its size began to grow since 1985, when the scale of immigration into Spain increased dramatically due to the need of inexpensive labour force. In the early 2004 there were 333,800 Moroccans in Spain, or 20.3% of the total number of the settlers, by far exceeding the number of other ethnic minorities that arrive in Spain from different countries.\nThe routes immigrants use to enter Spain are diverse. Some of them get to Spain having obtained a residence permit from the country's authorities or an official permit, enabling them to be engaged in a number of businesses. Others cross the border as tourists.\nSome of those \"travellers\" happen to obtain a work permit by striking a contract with a businessman that enables them to stay in Spain legally, enjoying the rights of social security, health care and school education for their children as well as other advantages that the official status can provide. But the preponderance of these \"tourists\" become illegal after their visa expires. Many of their country fellows act in the same way when they fail to prolong the expiring contract. And, of course, the many people arrive to Spain illegally.\nIn the last decades the country was actually \"flooded\" by north African Muslims. Many people cross the Gibraltar and sail to the Canary Islands in their shallops or cutters. Some of these immigrants are apprehended and deported back home by Coast Guards, whereas for those who dare cross the sea in dilapidated boats the trip ends in a tragedy: they die.\nParadoxically, immigrants are able to find jobs even though Spain has had one of the highest Europe's unemployme ... Read more", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A 5,000-year-old rock carving of a figure on skis is among the most recognized symbols of Norway. Two kids, however, thought it could use some improving. In what's been described as \"a national tragedy,\" the Norwegian boys are accused of using a sharp tool to retrace the image on the island of Tro—among the earliest evidence of skiing—to make it more obvious, per the Local and New York Daily News. The boys came forward and apologized after the vandalism was reported Friday, but could still face criminal charges, reports the Washington Post. \"The new lines are both in and outside where the old marks had been,\" an archaeologist tells the Telegraph. \"We will never again be able to experience these carvings again the way we have for the last 5,000 years.\"\n\"It's a tragedy, because it's one of the most famous Norwegian historical sites\" and \"one of the most internationally known symbols of Norway,\" adds a local mayor. The image of the skier—which inspired the logo for the 1994 Lilliehammer Olympics—wasn't even the only one damaged. An image of a whale that's part of the same scene also was hit. However, \"it was done out of good intentions,\" the mayor says. \"They were trying to make it more visible actually, and I don't think they understood how serious it was. I think now they understand.\" The boys issued a public apology, but many on social media say they should still be punished. (Someone left their initials in this 1,000-year-old rock art.)", "label": "No"}
{"text": "We continue our series on estuarine and marine fish and wildlife with fish who live on the bottom.\nThe Gulf of Mexico is a huge ecosystem. With 600,000 m2 and an average depth of 6000 feet, there is a lot of “blue” out there for fish to find a home. But oddly enough, 69% of the species describe in the northern Gulf live on the bottom – what we call benthic fish.\nThis makes since really. In the “open blue” there are few places to hide from predators and prey. On the other hand, the seafloor has numerous places to hide – so there they are.\nMost benthic fish have a general body design for living there. They are generally deep bodied, more rounded – as are their fins. They have a higher percentage of white muscle which makes them very explosive – for a few seconds. This is how they live. Blending in with the bottom, waiting for the prey to get within range and then exploding on it. This white muscle also gives these fish a distinctive taste, different from the red muscle typically found in the open water fish such as tuna.\nIn this environment, the sense of smell is very good. Many have taste and smell buds extended on fleshy appendages called barbels (the “whiskers” of a catfish). Many will have their mouth on the bottom side of their head for easier eating – though the predators (like the grouper) will still have it directly in front. Many will make short migrations into estuaries for breeding, but long open ocean migrations are not common. There are 342 species of benthic fish in the northern Gulf, let’s look at a few.\nSomething about these animals creeps us out. Maybe their similarity to snakes? Maybe the thought they are electric or venomous – neither of which are true. There are electric eels in the Amazon, but not in the ocean. They do behave much like snakes in that they have very sharp teeth for grabbing prey and can use them on fishermen if they need to. There are 16 species of eels in the northern Gulf. With the exception of the morays – eels live in sandy or muddy bottoms. Shrimpers frequently haul them up, and some are even known as shrimp eels. The American eel (Anguilla rostrata) has a cool life history. They spawn in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, a place known to the sailors as the Sargasso Sea. It is in the middle of the vortex of ocean currents. The young that catch the northern currents and head to Europe – there they are known as the “European Eel”. Those that catch the southern swirl end up here in the United States are known as the “American Eel”. Their young look like thin pieces of plastic with eyes. Known as elvers they can be found within Pensacola Bay by the thousands when they arrive. The growing adults move up stream and spend part of their lives in our rivers and springs, before swimming back to the Atlantic and starting the process all over. In some areas, there is a commercial fishery for this eel.\nThis is a bottom fish that fishermen love to hate. Marine catfish (Ariopsis felis) are oily and not as popular as their freshwater cousins as food. So, when fishermen catch them, they tend to toss them on the beach to die – the idea is that there are fewer to breed – an idea that really does not work – they keep catching them. One interesting twist on this story is that the ghost crabs in the dunes drag the dead ones towards their burrows where they feed on them. The skull of the sea catfish is very hard – giving them their other common name “hardhead” catfish, or “steelhead”. When the crabs are finished the hard skull can be found and the bones on the belly (ventral) side resemble the cross. It is sold in some novelty stores as the “crucifix fish”. To add to the legend, when you shake it, it rattles. This has been described at the “soldiers rolling dice” at the crucifixion. They are actually loose bones. These “crucifix fish” are pretty neat, and pretty common.\nThe long “whiskers” (barbels) are for finding food buried beneath the sand or mud. It is also believed they may have a form of echolocation to detect prey. As if this were not interesting enough – the males carry the developing eggs within their mouths. Development takes about two weeks and young fish emerge from dad ready for the world.\nOne other thing the visitor should know – the serrated spine on the dorsal and the pectoral fins can inflict a nasty wound, even releasing a mild toxin. Most discover this when they step on a dead one tossed on the beach, or trying to get one off their hook – be careful of this.\nThis is the largest family of estuarine fish in the northern Gulf of Mexico – with 18 species described. The whiting, drum, kingfish, croakers, trout, some perch, and others all belong to this group. They are popular with fishermen and seafood consumers. The red drum (redfish) is one of the more popular targets in our area. Speckled trout (or spotted seatrout) are also a favorite. Most have the characteristic body of a benthic fish. Deep bodied, rounded fins, mouth on the belly (ventral) side. Sea trout have two large “Dracula” looking fangs for grabbing shrimp and other prey. In most, one has broken off and the angler usually finds only one fang present. Some species, such as the black drum, will have short “whiskers” on their chins – you guessed it, barbels – and they are used for finding “buried treasure” (food).\nTheir common name drum (or croaker) comes from the sounds they produce using their swim bladders. Swim bladders are large sacs within many fish they can fill with gas and float off the bottom. The drum-croaker group rub this with internal muscles making resonating sounds that sound like they are “croaking”. Atlantic bottlenose dolphin can hear this too – and croakers make up a big part of their diet.\nThere are actually two types of flatfish in the Gulf – the flounder and the sole. How do you tell them apart?\nWell, they are born as a typical-normal looking fish, but as they grow one eye begins to “slide” across the top of the head to the other side – both eyes are now on one side of the head – weird right?\nIn our part of the Gulf, if the eyes slide to the left side – we call it a flounder, to the right – a sole. There are a FEW exceptions to this rule – but many call the popular flounder the “left-eyed flounder” as opposed to the “right-eyed” one.\nSo why do they do this?\nIf your eyes were placed on each side of a torpedo pointed head, you would have what we call monocular vision. This type of vision gives you ALMOST 360° range of view… almost. So even though you can see what is behind you while facing forward, you do not have good depth perception – so you are not sure exactly how far away it is. You must either rely on other senses to help you out or get lucky. Having both eyes on one side (or in front like us) you have binocular vision. You cannot see behind you, but you can tell the distance of the object in front of you. This is common for predator fish like flounder. Many would agree that your mother has both!\nWith the eyes on one side of the head, they lose color on the other and then lay flat on one side. They can bury in sand and wait for prey. Most species have chromatophores in their skin. These are cells that allow them to change color, like a chameleon or octopus. So, they can change their color to blend into whatever bottom type they are on. What an incredible adaptation.\nThere are 17 species of flounder, and they are not easy to tell apart – so just call them flounder.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Chapter 14. Binomial Trees Study Notes cover the following learning objectives:\n* Calculate the value of an American and a European call or put option using a one-step and two-step binomial model.\n* Describe how volatility is captured in the binomial model.\n* Describe how the value calculated using a binomial model converges as time periods are added.\n* Define and calculate delta of a stock option.\n* Explain how the binomial model can be altered to price options on stocks with dividends, stock indices, currencies, and futures.\nAfter reviewing the notes, you will be able to apply what you learned with practice questions.\nNo Sample AvailableShop Courses", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The Argentine Tango was born at the end of 1800. It started as a mixture of various rhythms that were danced in the poorer quarters of Buenos Aires. In the early days of Buenos Aires tango, it was originally danced by pairs of men.\nArgentine Tango included the flute, the violin and the guitar, the first of which was subsequently replaced by the “bandoneón” (a type of accordion), which gives the tango it its distinctive flavor that is now known throughout the world. With the addition of immigrants to Buenos Aires, Argentine Tango incorporated their experiences, their cultures and their melancholic nostalgia for the old world. And fortunately for the rest of us, tango evolved and its Buenos Aires influences brought forth such musicians as Astor Piazzolla and Anibal Troilo, not forgetting Carlos Gardel.\nToday, one of the must-do experiences in Buenos Aires for the international traveler is to enjoy the maginificence of the Argentine Tango dance in a traditional Buenos Aires Tango Show with a gourmet dinner. Like flamenco in Spain, Broadway theater play in New York, the Argentine Tango in Buenos Aires is a must do for a complete cultural experience of this country. Bear in mind that as any main attraction, Argentine Tango Shows are usually packed with tourist, not just from other countries but also from other provinces (since best tango shows are in Buenos Aires, while in the big city argentine visitors from other provinces like to visit a tango house).", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Surgical robots developed by Vanderbilt researchers could make radical prostatectomy safer and less invasive\nFeb. 10, 2021—Surgery for prostate cancer—the most prevalent cancer in men—soon could no longer require cutting through healthy tissue and nerves. Surgeons instead may work with minuscule robots developed at the Vanderbilt Institute for Surgery and Engineering.\nJul. 18, 2019—Vanderbilt collaborators focused on minimally invasive prostate surgery are developing an endoscopic robotic system with two-handed dexterity at a much smaller scale than existing options. A key part of the design – telescoping, curved, concentric tubes – received U.S. patent protection in March 2019, the same month the principal investigators secured a $2.1 million R01...\nMay. 8, 2018—Nabil Simaan’s Advanced Robotics and Mechanism Applications Laboratory at Vanderbilt leads the way in advancing several robotics technologies for medical use, including miniature robots for single small-incision, cochlear implant and minimally invasive throat surgeries.\nOct. 28, 2016—Bioengineer Nabil Simaan is taking robotic surgical tools to the next level by making them incredibly flexible and situationally aware.\nAug. 8, 2013—Surgery to relieve the damaging pressure caused by hemorrhaging in the brain is a perfect job for a robot. That is the basic premise of a new image-guided surgical system under development at Vanderbilt University.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Goldfish have become an invasive species which have negatively impacted lakes within the United States, as well as around the world. Large goldfish have been found in lakes within the United States such as Lake Tahoe, Quemado Lake in New Mexico, and Lake St. Clair in Michigan. Experts are worried how fast goldfish can breed and alter an ecosystem.\nGoldfish dumping is happening around the nation. They are common in family aquariums and backyard pools. They can easily be obtained, usually being among the least expensive fish to purchase. In addition to that, they can be brought home through other means, for instance, people can acquire a goldfish out of a game booth at a fair. When the goldfish is no longer desired, or maybe due to the necessity to move, people can think that they are being kind to their pet goldfish by setting it free in a nearby lake, rather than killing it. But while they may save their pet’s lifestyle, the goldfish may destroy a whole population of native fish.\nAccording to an expert, Wildlife Removal Melbourne FL, who’s an ecology professor at the University of California, aquarium dumping has generated one third of the world’s worst aquatic invasive species.\nGoldfish create waste, which feeds algae near the coast. Their feeding habits not only reduce water clarity, they can also ultimately bring about a decrease in water oxygen. This then increases water temperatures, which then destroys the natural habitat for young, juvenile fish. Goldfish root around in the sand, which makes the waters murky and suspends sediment.\nBecause Lake Tahoe is a massive tourist attraction for boating, hiking, cycling, and swimming, biologists have been employed in an attempt to maintain the waters pristine. They discovered that goldfish are becoming an invasive species. In 2011, biologists discovered a 14.2 inch goldfish weighing over three pounds. Goldfish in Lake Tahoe eat minnows, which are food for trout.\nNot only are goldfish an issue to Lake Tahoe, but pollution and climate change have become problems to the Lake Tahoe ecosystem. Thus, with all the challenges to Lake Tahoe, goldfish can be a factor that may tip the balance to an entirely different type of lake composition. In 2011, Nevada passed a law making it illegal to dump goldfish and other invasive fish.\nAs already mentioned, another lake invaded by goldfish is Quemado Lake in New Mexico. More than five and a half tons of goldfish have been removed from this lake. There were numerous goldfish, it gave the lake an orange hue.\n1 way to eliminate the invasive fish is to shock them, which stuns the fish and allows them to be gathered and removed. Few fish actually die from electric shock.\nOne third of the worst invasive aquatic species of the world has come from the practice of dumping aquarium goldfish and other non-native fish. Like the pythons who have invaded the Florida Keys, and are becoming a significant problem that’s eating natural species and affecting the natural habitat, goldfish are become a serious invasive problem due to aquarium owners that are dumping unwanted fish, not realizing the serious consequences of their activities.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "From the Orlando Sentinel\nMarch 28, 2019\nmong all the beasts in the animal kingdom, perhaps none is more dangerous to humans than the mosquito.\nThe whiny insects aren’t just irritating — they can be deadly.\nIn fact, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reckons that mosquitoes are responsible for at least 700,000 deaths worldwide each year, thanks to their ability to transmit diseases such as malaria and yellow fever with a single bite.\nThat makes the bugs 50,000 times more deadly to humans than sharks, according to the CDC.\n“In order to figure out how to deal with mosquitoes, we first have to understand them,” said Matt DeGennaro, a mosquito neurobiologist at Florida International University in Miami.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Hello to one and all sorts of you present, my process for today is to explain to you by what Inclusive Education is and what extrinsic & intrinsic barriers to learning and development will be. One of the many difficulties facing education in post-apartheid South Africa is realising the constitutional beliefs of equal rights, freedom via discrimination as well as the right to a education for all learners, including those who encounter barriers to learning. Under apartheid, students were not only educated separately according to race, but a separate unique education system served individuals learners with disabilities or perhaps impairments. To deal with this and bring educational practice in South Africa in line while using international trend of which includes learners, whom experience barriers to learning, in general or mainstream classes, South Africa provides enacted legal guidelines and created policy which establishes an inclusive education program.\nInclusion is definitely broadly recognized as the task by which students who recently might have been educated in a distinct special education system, as a result of barriers to learning that they experience, will now be taught in regular schools that contain taken the responsibility of changing and improving to provide the support necessary to aid access and participation. Precisely what is Inclusive Education? Inclusive education means that almost all students go to and are welcomed by their community schools in age-appropriate, regular classes and they are supported to master, contribute and participate in every aspects of the life of the college. Inclusive education is about the way we develop and design each of our schools, classes, programs and activities so that all college students learn and participate jointly.\nNeighborhood colleges are the heart of our areas, and Inclusion BC feels they are essential for a quality comprehensive education program. Therefore we expect it is important to support a community education system in W. C. Addition in education is an approach to educating learners with exceptional educational needs. The Division of Simple Education can be committed towards the building of the Inclusive Education system in any way levels while outlined in Education Light Paper 6th: Building an Inclusive Education System, 2001. This kind of inclusive program will help the inclusion of susceptible learners and reduce the barriers to learning, through targeted support structures and mechanisms that may improve the retention of scholars in the education system, especially learners whom are prone to losing out. Advantages of Inclusive Education All children benefit from inclusive education.\nThis allows these to: Develop person strengths and gifts, with high and appropriate anticipations for each child. Work on individual goals when participating in lifespan of the classroom with other students their own era. Involve their parents in their education in addition to the activities with their local colleges.\nFoster a college culture of respect and belonging. Comprehensive education gives opportunities to discover and recognize individual differences, lessening the impact of nuisance and bullying. Develop friendships with a wide variety of other kids, each with the own specific requirements and talents.\nPositively influence both all their school and community to appreciate diversity and inclusion on a broader level. Why is Inclusive Education Significant? It's crucial because because South Africans, we value our various communities. These types of communities from school, exactly where all students learn to live alongside colleagues.\nThey master together; they play with each other; they grow and are nurtured together. Is usually inclusive education for everybody? The straightforward answer is YES. Nevertheless , individual needs may mean that several students ought to spend time out of regular class for a particular purpose. There are always conditions, but they are actually EXCEPTIONS: if perhaps needed, they are really individualized in the student's community school.\nWhat should I expect? You can expect the school to provide a want to support educators and pupils through great inclusive methods like collaboration, team operate, innovative instructional practices, peer-strategies, and more. ************************************************************************************* We now begin the Second part of the discussion what intrinsic and extrinsic obstacles to learning and advancement are? Obstacles to learning acknowledges that educational difficulties may possibly arise by a number of sources, and may become intrinsic or extrinsic to learners. Precisely what is Intrinsic Barriers? Intrinsic barriers include physical, sensory, and neurological and developmental impairments, chronic health issues, psycho-social disruptions and differing intellectual capacity.\nWhat is Extrinsic Barriers? Extrinsic barriers will be those elements that arise outside the learner, but impact on his or her learning. They may arise from the family and its ethnic, social and economic circumstance and include not enough parental participation in education and friends and family problems just like divorce, loss of life, and physical violence. Schools themselves may make up barriers to learning the moment learners' native language is certainly not used for educating and learning and when universities are not secure. Therefore learners will knowledge barriers in different ways depending on the category of which they are a part, the extent to which their colleges facilitate gain access to and contribution and the resources in the communities and societies in which that they live.\nSupport for students who encounter barriers to learning could be understood since all those actions that enhance schools' convenience of responding to selection Inclusive practice is an important element of support and refers to approaches adopted, technical support provided, buildings and types of procedures applied and actions carried out in the quest for including students who encounter barriers to learning. A focus on comprehensive practice, while not denying the importance of specially culture and policy, helps to ensure that attention is given to what is actually happening in schools, instead of wishful thinking or rhetoric about add-on. Intrinsic factors born with problem -physical/physiological impairments that may turn into disabilities in the event that society plus the system of education do not make dotacion for these students (impairments, innate factors, brain damage) -personality factors, especially types of temperament and unsatisfied mental needs Extrinsic factors problem certainly not in students self but in circumstances they will grow up in -Environment unfavourable socioeconomic circumstances, urban areas (apartments, tiny supervision), country environments (poor school attendance), prosperous areas (bored, drugs, pressure) -Education poor teaching (lack of skills, unmotivated or lazy), incomplete participation on the part of learners, improper study material, ineffective school business, crowded sessions -Language many learners taught in English (not home language), often the teachers can't speak proper English either.\nThat they perform inadequately due to a lack of understanding -Culture ought to accommodate diff cultures, we all learn, believe and do issues differently keep that in mind (religion, language, food, sense of humour) -Job prospects many learners leave schools but there is no jobs obtainable so that they get frustrated and discouraged = underachieve at school To conclude Schools of a number of classroom techniques that recognize the variety among scholars and separate according to individual learning suggests that these kinds of practices must be encouraged in inclusive sessions. In these techniques, schools can learn from one other and can increase their repertoire of strategies that enable support, address boundaries to learning and provide top quality education for his or her learners. Many thanks.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "It is also known as ALL, acute lymphocytic leukemia, or B-Cell Acute lymphoblastic leukemia.\nALL accounts for 80 percent of childhood leukemias. It is the only leukemia more common in children under 5 years than in adults. It often affects children aged 2 to 3 years.\nIn the United States (U.S.) there are about 6,500 new cases of ALL annually, or 1.7 in every 100,000 people.\nThe American Cancer Society estimate that 2017 will see 5,970 new ALL diagnoses and 1,440 deaths from ALL.\nAcute lymphocytic leukemia is the most common childhood cancer.\nSymptoms of ALL usually start slowly and then escalate in severity as the number of blast cells in the blood rises.\nIn people with ALL, the blood and bone marrow have large numbers of early white blood cells, or lymphocytes, which become leukemia cells.\nSigns and symptoms may include:\n- excessive sweating\n- frequent unexplained bleeding, such as nosebleeds or bleeding gums\n- high fever\n- painful joints and/or bones\n- several infections over a short period\n- swollen glands (lymph nodes)\n- swollen liver\n- swollen spleen\n- skin bruises easily\n- skin is paler than it should be\n- unexplained weight loss\nThe affected cells can spread into the central nervous system (CNS), affecting the brain and spinal cord. If this happens, the patient may have neurological symptoms, such as dizziness, vomiting, blurred vision, fits (seizures), and headaches.\nCauses and risk factors\nThe causes of ALL are mostly not yet known, but there are some common risk factors.\nExperts say the main causes of ALL are exposure to high levels of radiation or benzene. It has also been linked to some medical conditions.\nRadiation can come from air travel. Individuals who have spent over 5,000 hours in airplanes have a higher risk of developing ALL, because flying increases exposure to the sun's radiation.\nBenzene is a chemical found in crude oil, petroleum and many solvents and plastics. It can also be found in cigarette smoke, which is one of the factors linking ALL and smoking.\nAbout 1 in every 20 cases are thought to be caused by genetic disorders, such as Down's syndrome.\nHow does leukemia progress?\nALL occurs when there are too many immature blast cells in the blood.\nLeukemia can be acute or chronic.\nChronic leukemia develops slowly, and it allows more mature, useful cells to be made, but acute leukemia progresses rapidly.\nAcute leukemia crowds out the good cells more rapidly than chronic leukemia. There is a speedy accumulation of immature, useless cells in the marrow and blood.\nThese are called B-lymphocytes and T-lymphocytes, or B-Cells and T-Cells.\nA 1999 study looked at whether early exposure to germs might protect children from developing ALL.\nA significantly lower percentage of children who went to playgroups at an early age develop ALL compared to those who did not, suggesting that early exposure to a variety of microbes may offer some protection.\nTreatment options will depend on the type of ALL as well as the age and general health levels of the patient\nTreatment involves two stages:\n- The first phase aims to destroy leukemia cells in the blood or bone marrow. This is called remission induction.\n- The second phase takes place after remission is confirmed. Treatment continues to work against the recurrence, or reappearance, of ALL.\nRemission is the name for the absence of leukemia cells in the blood or bone marrow.\nAt each stage, chemotherapy is used. Chemotherapy is given intravenously through a central line, or a central venous catheter.\nChemotherapy is the main course of treatment for ALL\nChemotherapy is used to kill cancer cells. It is often given intravenously or by mouth.\nHowever, the chemicals may not reach the brain or a man's testes. Since leukemia can affect both of these areas, so, to reach them, an injection may be made directly into the spinal column. This is known as an intrathecal injection.\nRadiotherapy is used for cases in which ALL has spread to either the brain or the CNS. In this case, more targeted treatment is needed.\nA bone marrow or stem cell transplant may be used as part of intensive chemotherapy or radiotherapy. The high-dosage chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment kills the bone marrow cells, and new cells need to be generated.\nA transplant normally comes from a donor, but sometimes a patient's own cells may be used. It depends on the type of leukemia.\nThere is a strong risk of bleeding throughout any of the treatment options. This is due to the reduced number of platelets in patients with leukemia.\nOutcomes and prevention\nLeukemia is curable, especially in younger patients, and a full life can be lived after treatment.\nHowever, there are long-term considerations for patients of ALL who are in remission.\nThe immune systems of those who are not fully cured are very low in white blood cells. The patient becomes vulnerable to infections, some of them life-threatening.\nPrevious patients of ALL can go on to lead a full and happy life after recovery.\nThe patient will need to continue undergoing regular diagnostic tests for some years following active treatment to rule out the recurrence of the cancer.\nDiagnostics will decrease in regularity and then stop once there has been sufficient progress.\nThe medical requirement to continue with testing depends on the type of ALL and the condition of the recovered patient.\nForty percent of adults aged 25 to 64 years will survive ALL for at least 5 years following diagnosis.\nThe 5-year survival rate for children under 19 years is 85 percent when given the right treatment.\nNew methods of diagnosis and treatment mean that there is an optimistic outlook for an increase in adult survival rates for ALL.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Lifelong Music Development Plan\nMusic appreciation and ability is a gift that most people enjoy. If you ask most accomplished musicians about their current musical abilities and interests, more often than not they will describe what it is they are working on and not what people think they may have mastered. The best musicians view themselves as students always learning and improving their musicianship. The following list represents my musical direction towards enriched and rewarding musical experiences:\n- Be a Fan.\nYour life is already improved my music if you are simply a fan of groups and individuals that make music that you like. There is something that you can learn from listening to and watching how music is performed. Tony Robbins says that the key to success is finding someone who has achieved success doing something that you would like to do and learning how to do what they do.\n- Get Involved In Music.\nMost human beings are blessed with amazing musical abilities that allow them to sing, play rhythms, and create music with little musical training. Joining a hobby band or community choir can offer a place to start to grow musically. As Nike says, just do it!\n- Play Regularly.\nIf you sing or play and instrument regularly every day, you will improve and grow as a musician.\n- Learn to Read Music.\nLearning to read music will allow you to learn new songs, techniques, and approaches. Although there are many top pop performers who do not read music, reading is an essential skill for most musicians.\n- Learn to Sight Read.\nBeing able to sight read well will open many doors. It allows you to play new pieces with little or no rehearsal. All orchestral and classical musicians relay on sight reading and many popular performers use local musicians when touring. A musician with good chops and good sight reading skills can fit in as though they had always been in the orchestra.\n- Learn Music Fundamentals.\nLearn about rhythm, scales, key signatures, modes, and harmonic theory so that you can understand and play within the structure of a song. This is essential for good composition as well.\n- Develop Your Musical Ear.\nRelative pitch is the ability to recognize intervals and chords. Absolute pitch is the ability to recognize individual notes heard separately. Musicians who began their musical studies early tend to have a better ear for relative pitch and sometimes absolute (or perfect) pitch with less work than people who start studying music later. Having a good ear is essential for singing or playing instruments that rely or ear and technique to play in tune, such as the violin and French horn. Developing a good ear can be very difficult for many students.\n- Learn Music Styles.\nVariety is the spice of life. Being comfortable with a number of different styles is interesting and can expand your playing opportunities.\n- Learn Songwriting and Composition.\nA song is a place where the miracles of human language and music meet to provide creative expression. Songs and instrumental arrangements are a significant part of the tapestry for television, films, stage, and radio productions. Crafting a great song is both art and science.\n- Learn Arranging.\nA good arrangement can breathe life into a song.\n- Learn to Think Like A Producer.\nA good producer looks at many aspects of a song including the artistic intention, the arrangement, the instrumentation and musicianship, technical aspects of the production, and the experience of the listener to craft the best version of a musical composition. Whether you are the composer, singer, musician, or arranger, looking at the process as a producer can be rewarding. You as a producer may make different choices than you as a composer might, so it is worth wearing different hats from time to time.\n- Learn Where Music Fits In Your World.\nHow does music fit in your world? Do you want to explore and enjoy the work of others? Do you want to be a performer? Do you want to create original and lasting music? The opportunities are endless.\n- Move Forward Every Day.\nA person can spend an entire lifetime trying to master a single instrument without running out of things to learn and explore. This is both inspiring and intimidating. No one can master it all. Perhaps the best measure of success is that you are learning and improving a little each day. For some this may be a few minutes a day, for others it may be full days of study, practice, and exploration.\nWhere am I with my musical progress? I think I have done fairly well with points one and two. Although I have played drums professionally, as a new student of piano it may not be hard to find five-year old children that I will never catch in proficiency. Ear training is a struggle and an area where drumming is not the best foundation. Most areas have huge potential for improvement. I will strive to move forward to see how far I get :-)\n— Greg Dixon", "label": "No"}
{"text": "By Chie Li Ee, DMD & Chrissy Boothroyd\nIf you are one of the 29 million Americans with diabetes, you may be surprised to find that the answer is “Yes”. You can add periodontal (gum) disease to the list of other possible complications from diabetes, such as heart disease, kidney disease, eye disease and stroke. Not only are diabetics more likely to have gum disease, but severe gum disease can also affect your blood sugar levels. If you have been diagnosed with diabetes, you are 3 – 4 times more likely to develop periodontal disease.\nSome of the factors that are linked to increased risks of periodontal disease are as follows:\n- The main cause of periodontal disease is bacterial plaque. Toxins produced by the bacteria irritate the gums and cause infection. Diabetics are generally more susceptible to infection and less able to fight germs that invade the gums.\n- Excess body fat may produce chemicals that cause the gums to be more inflamed.\n- Damage to blood vessels in the gums can reduce blood supply which limits the immune response.\n- Wound healing is impaired, so healing of the gums is reduced.\n- Uncontrolled blood sugar levels. If your A1C is greater than 8.5, your risk of periodontal disease is much greater.\nSome other possible oral conditions that can occur if you have diabetes are oral thrush, dry mouth and complications after oral surgery. Although you may not be able to prevent these conditions, your dentist can help you minimize the effects. There are steps that you can take to help prevent some of the dental problems associated with diabetes; controlling your blood sugar, good home care of your teeth and gums and regular cleanings and check-ups at least every six months. Tell your dentist if you have been diagnosed with diabetes and any medications you may be taking. Your dentist may recommend more frequent cleanings and check-ups. The oral cavity is the gateway to the rest of your body and should not be over looked when evaluating one’s overall health. So the next time you think about cancelling your dental appointment or are too tired to floss, think about how you could be affecting your body. Cape May Dental Associates is welcoming new patients and always offers comprehensive and thorough dental care. Call (609) 884-5335 or visit www.capemaydental.com today for more information!", "label": "No"}
{"text": "According to recent reports, India is home to seven of the ten most polluted cities in the world. Previously, this infamous title was held by cities in China which were covered in smog. However, China has made major strides in cleaning up the air.\nGurugam holds the title of most polluted city in the world with an air quality index of 135.8. This is three times the number that the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) deems healthy.\nWhen is the Air Quality The Worst\nDuring the months of October, November, and December the air quality in Gurugam jumps up to 178.3, 197.3, and 208.2 respectively. These all reach the EPA’s “very unhealthy” level, which signifies serious health hazards for inhabitants. This is due to using more energy to heat houses. And 80% of India’s energy is produced by coal, one of the biggest air polluters in the world.\nInhabitants of places with these air conditions can expect shorter lives. An estimated 7 million premature deaths will be caused directly by poor air conditions in these cities, which will have a major impact on the economy.\nWhat’s Causing This Level of Air Pollution\nThe big question is, what is actually causing these unhealthy conditions? For starters, India strongly relies on coal. Coal and other fossil fuels can be responsible for smog, which is a major health hazard. Not only is coal the problem, but there is also a large amount of transportation in these cities and the fossil fuels burned by cars are also to blame.\nWhat makes India unique is its climate since the rest of the world also burns these substances. India sees phenomena like dust storms and climate change has made forest fires much more common. Another major factor is that two-thirds of India’s population does not reside in cities. Houses rely on burning wood and other substances for cooking and heat, which adds to the air pollution.\nLastly, but most importantly, construction in India needs to be reformed. Large amounts of dust and other particles are released from construction sites into the air. One thing is for certain. If India does not fix this crisis, air pollution will claim millions of lives every year.\nHow Can It Be Fixed\nHow can India go about fixing its air pollution problem? For starters, coal needs to go. Not only is it terrible for the air quality, but it also produces large amounts of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, which intensify global warming. Clean energy alternatives like solar and wind power are not only healthier, but they are also cheaper than coal.\nMajor reform is needed in construction practices in India to prevent these sites from releasing dangerous particles and dust into the air. Industry reform is also needed because exhaust from plants is responsible for a lot of air pollution.\nThe Transportation sector, which is the main focus of the government, actually meets most guidelines around the world. In fact, India is actually quite far ahead in this regard since cars older than 15 years are scrapped. This results in more efficient cars driven. However, it should be noted that electric vehicles are always a better option.\nOf course, these solutions beg the question, will India really make changes?\nImprovements Are Possible\nFor skeptics who say change is impossible, look no further than China. While it still has poor air quality, it has improved greatly thanks to strong government reforms. The same is completely possible for India, but this relies heavily on the government stepping in to clean up the air.\nThe longer the country waits, the more lives it endangers.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Manufacturing, Ripening, Process Control and Grading\nThis chapter describes the principal steps involved in cheese manufacture. Figures 14.1 and 14.2 at the end of the unit are sample process (make) and quality sheets.\n1. Ripening the Milk\nThis term is a little confusing because it is also used to describe the ripening or aging of cheese. Here, ripening refers to the practice of giving the culture time to begin acid production before the rennet is added. This is done for two reasons:\n- To ensure the culture is active before the milk is renneted. It is impossible to inoculate after the milk is set. Normally, 45 – 60 min is sufficient to increase TA (titratable acidity) by 0.005 – 0.01%.\n- Development of acidity aids the coagulation process, especially the secondary stage.\nIn many varieties such as Brine Brick and Swiss, low amounts of culture are used and renneting proceeds with little or no prior production of lactic acid.\n2. Setting the Vat\n- Repeatable performance depends on accurate measurement. For most varieties, the quantity of rennet is selected to set the milk to a firm coagulum in 30 – 40 min, corresponding to about 50 IMCU per liter. Measure the rennet accurately and monitor to ensure that coagulation rate is uniform from day to day.\n- Rennet must be diluted (about 20 times) in water and well mixed when added to ensure uniform distribution.\n- Watch out for chlorine. It is imperative that the dilution water contains no chlorine. Two ppm of chlorine will destroy 40% of rennet activity in 3 minutes. Similarly, do not sanitize the container used for the rennet with chlorine.\n- Another water quality issue is pH. Typically, if the water is hard, it also has pH greater than 7.0, which also decreases rennet activity.\n- Finally, dilute the rennet not more than 30 minutes before adding to the vat. After the brined rennet is diluted in water, its activity declines.\nOptimizing Setting Parameters\n- Milk preparation was discussed in Parts 10 and 11. Here are the principal considerations:\n- Pasteurization temperature: higher temperatures increase yield by increased recovery of whey proteins, but a suggested maximum with respect to curd quality is 75ºC, 16 s.\n- Temperature history: if the milk is pasteurized and immediately sent to the setting vat, it will be necessary to adjust the mineral balance by adding calcium chloride.\n- The jury on selection of coagulant always seems to be out. If microbial coagulants are to be used for high temperature varieties, ensure that the supplier certifies that the heat treatment in the cheese making process is sufficient to substantially reduce the activity of the enzyme. For other varieties, the caution is to ensure that yield and flavour development are not compromised. Given the decreasing availability of calf rennet (the technical name for calf rennet is chymosin), recombinant rennet is the preferred enzyme provided that customers are not spooked by the genetic technology.\n- The amount of rennet must be carefully determined. Because rennet is costly, it is desirable to minimize its use, but this can be false economy if curd properties or cheese quality are compromised. Poor setting means increased losses of both fat and protein as fines. And, don’t forget that the coagulant is also a ripening agent.\n- Temperature control must be accurate and uniform throughout the vat because both the enzyme activity and the subsequent process of micelle aggregation are extremely temperature sensitive. Inaccurate or non-uniform temperature during setting will result in local areas of under or over set curd, which in turn cause loss of fines during cutting.\n- Soft curd results from:\n- Over heat treatment\n- Low setting temperature\n- Colostrum or mastitic milk\n- Firm curd results from:\n- High calcium\n- Low pH\n- Standardization to high protein content\n3. Cutting the Curd\nProper cutting is important to both quality and yield. Improper cutting and handling the curd results in the loss of fines; that is, small curd particles which are not recovered in the cheese. Unlike whey fat, fat trapped in fines is not recovered by whey cream separation. Therefore, both fat and protein losses occur when shattered curd results in fines too small to be recovered in the cheese.\nDetermination of Curd Cutting Time\nBoth early cutting when the curd is fragile and late cutting when the curd is brittle cause losses of fines. Several means are used to determine cutting time.\n- Manual testing. The curd is ready to cut if it breaks cleanly when a flat blade is inserted at a 45º angle to the surface and then raised slowly.\n- Several mechanical devices based on oscillating viscometry, thermal conductance, or sonication have been tested experimentally and some are used in commercial practice.\n- Some plants cut by the clock. This may be OK as long as all conditions are uniform from day to day (is that ever true?) and adjustments are made for any change in milk composition or properties.\n- If setting temperature is high, as for some Swiss recipes, the curd firms rapidly and cutting must begin early when curd is still somewhat soft to prevent over setting. Agitation should begin immediately to prevent .\nCurd size has a great influence on moisture retention.\n- High temperature and low moisture varieties such as Italian hard cheese require the smallest curd. Cutting continues until the curd is the size of rice grains.\n- Medium moisture cheeses like most washed varieties and Cheddar are cut to ½ cm cubes.\n- High moisture varieties like soft ripened cheese are cut with 2 cm knives or the curd is simply broken sufficiently to be dipped into forms.\nSmall curd size will result in greater fat and NFS recovery because large curds tend to get crushed, resulting in the loss of “fines.” Smaller curds will also dry out faster and, therefore, other factors such as cooking temperature and stirring out may have to be adjusted according to curd size.\nManual cutting is done with cutting harps, made by stretching stainless steel or nylon wire over a stainless steel frame. Total cutting time should not exceed 10 minutes (preferably less than 5 minutes) because the curd is continually changing (becoming overset) during cutting. The knives should be pulled quickly through the curd so they cut the curd cleanly, rather than push it around the vat.\nWith mechanical knives, the curd size is determined by the design of the vat and agitators, the speed of cutting (rpm) and the duration of cutting. In Double ‘O’ vats for Cheddar and American varieties, cutting is normally at a speed of about 4 rpm for 7 – 13 minutes, corresponding to a total of 30 – 50 revolutions. It is important that the knives are sharp, so they cut the curd cleanly rather than partially mashing the curd or missing some pieces altogether.\nThere is evidence that curd particle size at draining in mechanized Cheddar cheese is influenced by cutting time, cutting speed, and subsequent agitation such that:\n- Short cutting times and low rpm result in small particle size at draining and more loss of fines.\n- With increasing cutting time (more total revolutions), curd particle size at draining reaches a maximum which corresponds to a maximum in fat recovery.\n- Further increased cutting time causes decreased curd size at draining with little effect on fat recovery.\nThe exterior of the freshly cut curd is fragile, so some time is needed for the surfaces to close up (heal) and prevent the loss of fat and protein in the whey. Fresh cut curd also has a tendency to aggregate, which is undesirable. So, agitation after cutting should be minimal to give the curd some time to heal, but sufficient to prevent the curd from matting.\nAn Index of Cutting Quality\nThe loss of fines is best monitored by accurate analysis of whey fat content. Whey fat for cheese with 50% FDM should be < 0.3%. Efficient operations may achieve levels near 0.2%.\nThe combination of heat and the developing acidity (decreasing pH) causes syneresis with resulting expulsion of moisture, lactose, acid, soluble minerals and salts, and whey proteins. It is important to follow the cooking schedule. Cooking too quickly forms a tough exterior on the curd particles which prevents moisture release and hinders development of a smooth texture during pressing.\nThe whey pH at draining or dipping is less than 5.0 for predominantly acid coagulated varieties and 6.1 – 6.4 for many predominantly rennet coagulated varieties. The exceptions are varieties with no or little culture (see Chapter 2). Draining time should be uniform at about 20 min to prevent variation from vat to vat. Cheddar types may be stirred out 1 – 3 times as required to obtain required curd moisture.\nLactose content can be adjusted by moisture removal (syneresis), fermentation, or leaching with water (washing). Washing to remove lactose makes it possible to make a high moisture cheese and still achieve a final pH of about 5.0 – 5.2. Most cultured varieties with final moisture higher than 40% and minimum pH greater than 5.0 are washed. Temperature of the wash water will determine the moisture content of the curd. Sometimes relatively hot water (e.g., Gouda) is used to dry the curd and develop its texture.\nTraditionally, washing was accomplished by removing 50 to 65% of the whey, replacing it with water, and agitating for about 15 min. This process results in the dilution of large amounts of whey that must be concentrated or dumped. It also creates problems where curd tables have less capacity than setting vats. The solution is to remove more whey before washing and reduce the amount of wash water. In American style varieties such as Colby and Monterey Jack, the whey is removed almost completely and washing is accomplished by spraying water on the curd while agitating the curd with forking agitators.\n7. Curd handling\nProcedures applied during and after draining are many and varied. However, most post draining procedures are similar to one of the following.\nDipping: Dipping is often used as another term for draining, but it applies in particular to cheese varieties for which curd and whey are “dipped” into forms. There may be a “pre-draw” to drain some whey from the curd before the remaining whey is dipped with the curd into the forms. Whey drainage takes place in the forms, which are turned frequently to enhance drainage and ensure uniform shape and smooth surfaces. Soft ripened varieties and most smear (washed rind) varieties are dipped. In modern practice, the curd is partially drained and then pumped into the forms with positive lobed pumps, which do not crush or otherwise damage the curds.\nThe process of dipping encourages formation of mechanical openings. Mechanical openings result when whey trapped inside the curd is absorbed into the cheese and leaving irregularly shaped holes behind. Much of the open structure in Havarti, for example, is due to mechanical openings.\nConsolidated or Pressed Under The Whey: Cheese with small eyes (Dutch varieties), larger eyes (Swiss and related types), and cooked Italian varieties are consolidated under the whey or even pressed under the whey. For example, for traditional Swiss types, French Comté, and Parmigiano, the curd is gathered together under the whey in a large cloth and transferred directly to the forms prior to pressing.\nFor Gouda and more mechanized versions of Swiss types, it is common to press the curd under the whey using “curd tables” or “press vats” designed for that purpose. Allowing the curd to fuse under the hot whey prevents mechanical openings and helps develop smooth elastic texture, which is ideal for eye formation. The curd is then transferred into hoops for pressing.\nVat Salted Varieties: Cheshire and Cheddar and their cousins and derivatives are handled in different ways after draining, but have this in common that salt is added before the cheese is formed and pressed. The resulting structure of the cheese is coarser (less fused) relative to cheese that is consolidated under the whey and less open than cheese that is dipped into the forms.\nMost Latin American rennet coagulated fresh cheese varieties such as Panela, are also salted before pressing (see Chapter 2).\nPasta Filata Varieties (Italy) and similar stretched cheeses incorporate a curd ripening step similar to Cheddar followed by milling to form small curds that are fused together and kneaded and stretched in hot water to create a fibrous structure. In mechanical operations the curd is kneaded by augers and forced up a rectangular tube of decreasing size. This causes the curd to stretch and fuse together creating typical fibrous structure.\nPressing varies from little or none for soft cheese up to 1.5 kg/cm2 (21.3 p.s.i) for firm or hard cheeses. Warmer curd or curd with higher fat requires less pressure. Pressing also depends on the size and shape of the form. For example in a large mould, the force (numerator) of the press is distributed over a larger area (denominator). Mechanical openings may be reduced by vacuum treatment before, during, or after pressing.\nAlmost all cheese is salted by one of three methods: before pressing, as in Cheddar and American varieties, surface salting after pressing, or brine salting.\nPurposes of Salting\n- Promote further syneresis\n- Slow acid development\n- Check spoilage bacteria. LAB are more salt tolerant than many pathogenic and spoilage bacteria.\n- Promote controlled ripening and flavour development.\n- Salty flavour\nSalt concentration in cheese brines is in the range of 16 – 25% NaCl, but typically 20 – 23%. At brining temperatures (less than 10°C), the saturation point for salt in water is about 26%.\nNew brine should be treated with about 0.1% of CaCl2 to prevent conversion of calcium and hydrogen caseinate to sodium caseinate. The latter has high water holding capacity, so the cheese takes up water from the brine and the cheese surface becomes soft and slimy. Also, brine pH should be adjusted to the pH of the cheese. Normally a pH of 5.2 – 5.6 is adequate. If the pH is too high, ion exchange causing sodium caseinate is encouraged. If the pH is too low, there is insufficient Ca/Na exchange and the cheese surface becomes hard. A suggested recipe  for 100 Kg of brine is:\n- 30 Kg salt\n- 80 Kg water\n- 170 mL of 30% Calcium chloride solution.\n- 50 mL of vinegar (5% acetic acid) or 10 mL of lactic acid.\nBrining time is dependent on the shape and weight of the cheese. A rule of thumb suggested by Kindstedt (2005) is:\n1 h per 0.9 Kg per cm OR 1 h per pound per inch.\nFor example, a 1 Kg cheese made in a Kadova mold such as we have in the Guelph pilot plant is about 7.5 cm thick. So, the estimated brining time is 0.9 x 7.5 = 6.7 h. It is important to monitor the brine with a salometer and adjust as necessary to maintain the target brine concentration. Also, monitor salt concentration in the cheese to ensure that it’s consistent and close to the target level.\nBrine must be continuously agitated to prevent density fractionation (lower concentration brine on top) and dilution of the brine around the cheese. Brine must also be cleaned regularly by micro- or nanofiltration. Nanofiltration has the advantage that in addition to removing bacteria and proteins, it also removes smaller molecules such as residual sugars, but it does not remove salt. Sometimes UV sterilization is combined with filtration to further reduce the chance of contamination.\nIf cheese is floated rather than immersed in the brine, the exposed surface of the cheese should be dry salted.\n- For vat salted cheese, uniform salt content depends on accurate estimate of the weight of unsalted curd, accurate weighing of salt, and consistent processing conditions\n- Salt uptake is:\n- Increased by increased acidity (lower pH) at salting\n- Decreased by increased time between milling and salting due to healing of the cut surfaces on the curd particles\n- Increased by increased curd moisture content\n- Decreased for larger curds\n- For Cheddar and American varieties, the salt content as a percent of moisture (SM) should be greater than 3.6%\nThe act of cheese curds sticking together after cutting the curd.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Whisky or Whiskey\nBelow is an excerpt from the Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem regarding the production of whiskey.\nAn alcoholic beverage obtained by distillation. The term is derived from the Gaelic uisge-beatha, later shortened to usquebaugh, and meaning, like the Latin aqua vitae and the French eau devie, \"water of life.\"\nStanford, cited by Dr. B. W. Richardson, says aqua vitae \"was used as a drink as early as the year 1260 of our present era,\" and that the Arabians taught the use of it to the Spaniards, and the Spaniards to the monks of Ireland. In Ireland, he adds, the drink is sometimes called \"potheen or poteen,\" from the poitin, or still, from which the liquor was distilled.\nWhisky is obtained from the fermented mash of varieties of grain, the name given it in medicine being Spiritus frumenti (\"Spirits of grain\"). The classification of the different varieties is based upon the grains used; thus corn whisky, chiefly from corn or maize; rye whiskey, chiefly from rye, etc. Corn whisky, produced mainly in Kentucky, was often called Bourbon, from the county in which it was manufactured. The \"New International Encyclopedia\" says:\nBut, while the chief constituent of whisky is alcohol, and a large quantity of factitious liquor is sold under this name, which is simply rectified alcohol, colored and flavored to resemble whisky, yet genuine whisky is very far from being merely a 50 per cent mixture of alcohol and water. The Pharmacopoeia definition is: \"An alcoholic liquor obtained by the distillation of the mash of fermented grain (usually a mixture of corn, wheat, and rye), and at least four years old.\"Whisky is obtained from potatoes also.\nThe whiskies distilled in different countries have distinctive characteristics as to quality and flavor. Scotch whisky, usually made from barley, is peat-cured and has a smoky flavor; Irish whisky is sweet and has a full bouquet; American whisky has a more pungent flavor and greater body than either Scotch or Irish. The better varieties of British whisky are carefully selected blends.\nAs whisky is obtained largely from starchy products, such as cereals and potatoes, a preliminary process is required to transform the starch into sugar; the saccharin substance is then fermented, and the resulting product distilled. The diastase from malt, especially barley malt, is the agent usually employed in the process of transforming the starch into sugar, which is called \"mashing.\" In the manufacture of whisky this is accomplished at a lower temperature than in the manufacture of beer. The resulting infusion, called\"wort,\"is treated with yeast, which induces fermentation and converts the saccharin matter into alcohol. There are two different methods of fermentation, which produce sweet- and sour-mash whiskies. The period of fermentation for sweet-mash whisky is usually 72 hours; for sour-mash, 96 hours. The process of souring the mash frequently prevents the development of unfavorable bacteria. The alcoholic mixture obtained from fermentation, now called the \"wash,\" is ready for the still. This is a copper vessel, provided with a close head terminating in a bent tube which passes, in the form of a spiral called the \"worm,\" through a refrigerating chamber filled with cold water. Heat is applied, the spirit beginning to vaporize at about 176'. The vapor, passing through the worm, is condensed by the cold and drops into a receiver. Redistillation is required to produce strength and purity. Rectification and filtration through bone charcoal or wood are frequently employed. Modern manufacturing apparatus includes complicated pot- and patent-stills, which produce whiskies of different strengths and characteristics.\nThe process of aging is important, as newly distilled whisky is fiery and unpalatable. This is accomplished by casking the raw whisky and storing in cellars, where atmospheric conditions play an important part in determining the quality and character of the ultimate product. Seasoned oak casks, charred casks, or those impregnated with sherry are most frequently used. The period required is from four to twelve years.\nDue to the length of time required before marketing, expense of suitable apparatus, and difficulty of detection, the practises of adulterating and misbranding whisky have been frequent and flagrant, particularly in the United States, where the evil reached such proportions as to become the subject of stringent legislation in the Pure Foods and Drugs Act of 1906. This Act was especially concerned with the transportation as an article of commerce of mislabeled whisky, composed of compounds, imitations, and blends. A lengthy controversy over misbranding, inaugurated by the distillers, centered around a definition of the terms \"whisky,' \"neutral spirits\" and \"like substances,\" as employed in the Act.\nIn February, 1910, the United States Department of Agriculture, in Food Inspection Decision No. 113, superseding all previous decisions, ruled with regard to the classification and labeling of whiskies:\nUnder the Food and Drugs Act of June 30, 1906, all unmixed distilled spirits from grain, colored and flavored with harmless color and flavor, in the customary ways, either by the charred barrel process, or by the addition of caramel and harmless flavor, if of potable strength and not less than 80' proof, are entitled to the name whisky without qualification. If the proof be less than 80', i.e., if more water be added, the actual proof must be stated upon the label and this requirement applies as well to blends and compounds of whisky.\nWhiskies of the same or different kinds, i.e., straight whisky, rectified whisky, redistilled whisky and neutral spirits whisky or like substances and mixtures of such whiskies, with or without harmless color or flavor used for purposes of coloring and flavoring only, are blends under the law and must be so labeled. In labeling blends the Act requires two things to be stated upon the label to bring the blended product within the exception provided by the statute: First, the blend must be labeled, branded or tagged so as to plainly indicate that it is a blend, in other words that it is composed of two or more like substances, which in the case of whisky must each be of itself a whisky, and Second, the word \"blend\" must be plainly stated upon the package in which the mixture is offered for sale. A mixture of whiskies, therefore, with or without harmless coloring or flavoring, used for coloring and flavoring only, is correctly labeled \"Kerwan Whisky. A Blend of Whiskies.\nWith reference to mixtures of whisky with potable alcoholic distillates from sources other than grain, such as cane, fruit, or vegetables, the decision states that they are required to be labeled as compounds, as, for example, \"Kerwan Whisky. A compound of whisky and cane distillate.\" When essence or oil is added to one variety of whisky with intent to simulate another, the imitation must be indicated, as for example, if rye essence were added to a highly rectified distillate of corn, the mixture would not be misbranded if labeled \"Whisky-Imitation Rye.\"\nAppeal was made from this interpretation, but in Decision No. 118, issued in May, 1910, the Department declined to modify its position. The Decision read:\nAt the instance of certain parties in interest we have considered the suggestion for a modification of the rules embodied in Food Inspection Decision No. 113. The suggestion was that mixtures of whiskey with a potable alcohol distillate from sources other than grain, such as cane, fruit, or vegetables, are not misbranded if labeled \"a blend of whiskey and neutral spirit.\" After exhaustive consideration we have concluded that such a change would be in conflict with the controlling reason of the rule itself. It has also been suggested that the term \"blend\" might be employed under the circumstances given if the neutral spirit disclosed its origin by the designation \"neutral molasses spirit,\" or other like terms. While a modification in that form might protect the public against deception or misunderstanding, we are nevertheless of the opinion that such a modification would still be in conflict with the fundamental principle adopted in the President's opinion and in Food Inspection Decision No. 113. In our opinion such a combination, if it is to be designated according to the terms of the law, would be a compound, and not a blend, and if either term is to be employed, the former is the only one that is permissible.\nOur conclusion accordingly is that we must decline to modify the decision heretofore adopted in this respect.\nThe opinion of the President (Taft) referred to, held:\nAfter an examination of all the evidence it seems to me overwhelmingly established that for a hundred years the term \"whisky\" in the trade and among the customers has included all potable liquor distilled from grain; that the straight whisky is, as compared with the whisky made by rectification or redistillation and flavoring and coloring matter, a subsequent improvement, and that therefore it is a perversion of the pure-food act to attempt now to limit the meaning of the term \"whisky\" to that which modern manufacture and taste have made the most desirable variety.\nIt is undoubtedly true that the liquor trade has been disgracefully full of frauds upon the public by false labels, but these frauds did not consist in palming off something which was not whisky as whisky, but in palming off one kind of whisky as another and better kind of whisky. 'Whisky made of rectified redistilled or neutral spirits and given a color and flavor by burnt sugar, made in a few days, was often branded as Bourbon or rye straight whisky. The way to remedy this evil Is not to attempt to change the meaning and scope of the term \"whisky,\" accorded to it for one hundred years, and narrow it to include only straight whisky; and there is nothing in the pure-food law that warrants the inference of such an intention by Congress.\nIn the case of an established product sold under a trade name, but composed of a mixture of two separate and distinct distillates of grain, such as \"Canadian Club whisky,\" upon which the Department of Agriculture asked the opinion of Attorney-general Wickersham, the latter, in a Decision of Oct. 19, 1010, after a resume of the case, declared:\n. . . it appears to me clear that the name \"Canadian Club whisky\" is a distinctive name, so arbitrary and so fanciful as to clearly distinguish it from all other kinds of whisky or other things, and a name which, by common use, has come to mean a substance clearly distinguishable by the public from anything else... In my opinion, therefore, it is not necessary that the label under which \"Canadian Club whisky\" is sold shall state that it is \"a blend of whiskies.\"\nThe accompanying Tables I and II give the production of whisky in the United States in gallons, according to the reports of the Internal Revenue Department, from 1878 to 1920. Prior to July 1, 1877, no returns were made for spirits other than fruit brandy. A new classification of spirits from 1909 and 1910 combined the statistics on Bourbon and Rye whiskies.\nEntry from the Standard Encyclopedia of the Alcohol Problem\nAbout the League\nMon - Sat: 9am - 6pm\nClosed on Saturday: 1-2pm\nClosed on Sunday\nPast \"Glory\": Black Civil War Veterans (1865-1918)Mar 24th | 7:30pm - 9:00pm\nGreat Decisions Discussion Group: Westerville Senior CenterMar 27th | 1:00pm - 2:00pmWesterville Senior Center\nCreating Ukrainian Easter EggsApr 4th | 6:30pm - 8:30pm\nRemembering the HolocaustApr 10th | 6:30pm - 8:00pm", "label": "No"}
{"text": "The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday said that only food products containing less than 20 parts per million of gluten can be labeled \"gluten free.\"\nThe new guideline is intended to provide uniformity in the labeling of food products and provide confidence to about 3 million Americans who suffer from celiac disease and must eat a gluten-free diet, the agency said.\n“Adherence to a gluten-free diet is the key to treating celiac disease, which can be very disruptive to everyday life,” said FDA Commissioner Dr. Margaret A. Hamburg. “The FDA’s new ‘gluten-free’ definition will help people with this condition make food choices with confidence and allow them to better manage their health.”\nThe FDA's rule also requires foods with the claims “no gluten,” “free of gluten” and “without gluten” to meet the definition for “gluten free.”\nFood manufacturers will have a year after the rule is in effect, which begins 30 days after it is published in the Federal Register, to adhere to the new requirements, the agency said.\nThe term \"gluten\" refers to proteins that occur naturally in wheat, rye, barley and cross-bred hybrids of these grains.\nPeople with celiac disease who eat foods that contain gluten trigger production of antibodies that attack the lining of the small intestine. That leads to problems such as nutritional deficiencies because they are unable to absorb nutrients.\nCopyright © 2015, Los Angeles Times", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Date of this Version\nOver the past 20 years, the United States’ use of power has increased about 25 percent. Couple this with the fact that Americans are looking for more clean energy choices, and it is easy to see the incentive for energy generation and use from alternative energy sources. Agriculture can provide the potential for clean, alternative energy sources.\nRenewable Portfolio Standards (RPS) require that affected electricity providers include a specified amount of renewable energy as part of their portfolio of generating fuels. There are many varieties of RPS; of the twenty-six states that adopted RPS, no two states have enacted exactly the same provisions. Out of the four states included in the collaborative efforts to present the Range Beef Cow Symposium, Colorado is the only one that has adopted such standards.\nThere are several sources that are considered alternative energy. As reported by the Energy Information Administration, the 2006 profile of renewable energy sources includes biomass, geothermal energy, hydroelectric conventional, solar/pv energy, and wind energy. Preliminary data from the report shows that total wind generation increased by 45 percent from 2005 to 2006.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "A calculator, or a computer?\nIndustrial designer and San Francisco native Roy Ozaki was integral to the design of the HP9100A desktop calculator, shown here in a 1967 photograph of the device’s first clay model. Ozaki was interned with his family at the Heart Mountain Relocation Center in Wyoming during World War II, but after the war he enlisted in the US Army as a Japanese interpreter for the Civil Affairs Team and then served in the Military Intelligence Service unit interrogating Japanese POWs returning from Soviet prison camps. After graduating from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena with an industrial design degree, he worked for IBM, Whirlpool, and Goodyear before joining HP. The HP9100A was described as a “powerful computing genie” that was the first personal computer and the catalyst for the personal computing revolution.\nBill Hewlett himself took an active interest in its development, using much of his free time to monitor it after a skiing accident landed him in a hospital. But even though the HP9100A was essentially a desktop computer (weighing in at 40 pounds and costing $4,900), it was never marketed as one. Hewlett explained: “If we had called it a computer, it would have been rejected by our customers’ computer gurus because it didn’t look like an IBM [computer]. We, therefore, decided to call it a calculator, and all such nonsense disappeared.” – Andrea Bell-Matthews\nFit for a queen\nDuring her historic 70-year reign, Queen Elizabeth II witnessed many technological advances, from the evolution of the television to the home computer to smartphones. But long before she could tour the heart of Silicon Valley to see their origins firsthand, she, too, had her own ties to service during WWII.\nShe enlisted in the Auxiliary Territorial Service in 1945 and trained to become a military truck driver and mechanic. The first female member of the royal family to serve in the armed forces, she was promoted to honorary junior commander, the equivalent of an army captain, after completing five months of training. The war ended before she could be assigned to active duty.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "They look small and harmless. But, 26-year-old Andrea Dole will tell you ticks can create some real chaos.\nThe Collins woman has been living with Lyme Disease for almost 14 years. She travels to Pennsylvania several times a year for treatment and forced to take nearly 20 pills to stay healthy.\n“I lost my independence. There was a time for a while I needed a cane and an oxygen tank just to leave the house,” Dole said.\nLyme Disease is caused by tick bites. It can cause the same harm to pets as it does to people.\nDr. Linsday Vanvolkinburg is a veterinarian at Brighton-Eggert Animal Clinic in the Town of Tonawanda. She said typically the bugs come out of hibernation when it starts getting warm. The clinic is already starting to see pets come in.\n“There will be some ticks that are carrying these diseases and there will be some ticks that are not carrying these diseases,” Dr. Vanvolkinburg.\nThere are several meds and even collars to keep ticks and fleas away. Pet owners can even take precaution as well, by checking their pets for ticks, avoid tall grass or wooded areas, wear insect repellant with deet, and keep the legs of your pants tucked in to your socks.\n“You don't want one little bug bite to ruin the rest of your life,” Dole said.\nDole is part of a group called Lyme Western New York. The group is planning several events in May to bring awareness to the tick problem. The City of Buffalo and Niagara Falls are set to light up green on May 19th to bring awareness as well. To learn more about Lyme Western New York click www.lymewny.com", "label": "No"}
{"text": "If you are at high risk of osteoporosis your doctor may refer you for a bone density test.\nA bone density test can help diagnose osteoporosis. It is a short, painless scan that measures the density (strength) of your bones, usually at the hip and spine. One of the results from this test is called a 'T-score'. It measures your bone mineral density (BMD) and compares it to the bone density of a healthy young adult..\nA T-score of:\n- above -1 is normal\n- between -1 and -2.5 is classed as 'osteopenia' (where bone density is lower than average but not low enough to be classed as 'osteoporosis')\n- below -2.5 is classed as 'osteoporosis'.\nA bone density test can help diagnose osteoporosis, but your BMD result is not the only factor that determines your risk of fracturing a bone.\nYour doctor will also consider your age, sex and any previous fractures before deciding whether you need treatment for osteoporosis.\nLearn more here about the development and quality assurance of healthdirect content.\nLast reviewed: September 2017", "label": "No"}
{"text": "20 students in 6th grade and up.\nA mandala is a sacred circle. This symbol is found in all cultures throughout time for insight, healing, and self-expression. It's also linked to geometry, psychology, and art in architecture, as well as in the pattern of everyday objects. Come make your own mandala.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Australia-based Dyesol has been awarded a $449,000 grant from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to commercialize an innovative, very high efficiency perovskite solar cell. ARENA has stated that the funding would enable Dyesol to create a roadmap setting out the steps needed to take its perovskite solar cell technology from the lab to a commercially available product. Dyesol will map out the techniques and requirements for working towards scalable manufacturing of high-quality, uniform perovskite cells that achieve efficiency, durability and stability targets. As declared, Dyesol is initially aiming for a delivery cost benchmark of US 10 cents per kWh, putting perovskite solar PV cells on par with current benchmarks achieved by silicon solar PV. This would be a considerable achievement given silicon PV’s maturity as a technology, and provides…\nResearchers at ETH Zurich have built a perovskite-based memristor just 5 nanometres thick. The component has three stable resistive states, and as a result, it can not only store the 0 or 1 of a standard bit, but can also be used for information encoded by three states â the 0, 1 and 2 of a âtritâ. This component could, therefore, be useful for a new type of IT that is not based on binary logic, but on a logic that provides for information located âbetween’ the 0 and 1, with interesting implications for what is referred to as fuzzy logic, which seeks to incorporate a form of uncertainty into the processing of digital information.\nAnother potential application is neuromorphic computing, which aims to use electronic components to reproduce the way in which neurons in the brain process information. The scientists explain that the properties of a memristor at a given point in time depend on what has happened before, and this mimics the behavior of neurons, which only transmit information once a specific activation threshold has been reached.\nThe researchers have characterized the ways in which the component works by conducting electro-chemical studies. They were able to identify the carriers of electrical charge and understand their relationship with the three stable states, which is important knowledge for materials science which will be useful in refining the way the storage operates and in improving its efficiency.\nMemristors (or RRAM memory cells) are much sought-after electronic components that could one day replace flash memory (DRAM) used in USB memory sticks, SD cards and SSD hard drives. They require less energy since they work at lower voltages and can be made much smaller than today’s memory modules. They therefore offer much greater density, which means that they can store more megabytes of information per square millimetre. Memristors are currently, however, only at the prototype stage.\nAZO NanoPerovskite applicationsMemory devicesTechnical / research\nAbove are Will perovskite-based memristors someday replace Flash storage? web publication,Hope can help you.\nResearchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) developed a process for coating perovskite layers with graphene for the first time, so that the graphene acts as a front contact. A traditional silicon absorber converts the red portion of the solar spectrum very effectively into electrical energy, whereas the blue portions are partially lost as heat. To reduce this loss, the silicon cell can be combined with an additional solar cell that primarily converts the blue portions and a particularly effective complement to conventional silicon is perovskite. However, it is normally very difficult to provide the perovskite layer with a transparent front contact. While sputter deposition of indium tin oxide (ITO) is common practice for inorganic silicon solar cells, this technique destroys the organic components of a perovskite cell. The HZB scientists…", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Now is the right time to begin exploring the many health benefits of meditation. For those of you who may be new to it, those of you who are experiencing chronic illnesses or other health conditions or want to strengthen your body and mind, the benefits of meditation should not be overlooked. For those of you who have just started meditating, it is important to know that each person learns their style and the benefits of meditation. For those of you who have been meditating for some time, there are many benefits of meditation to share with you.\nThe Body Response\nThe body responds to the health benefits of meditation in different ways. It can either increase your awareness of your body, lower your blood pressure and reduce your stress levels or even change the way you think and behave. For those of you who are new to meditating, you will notice that you experience all three of these through your daily routine. Through mindfulness meditation, you will be able to observe yourself and your thoughts and, in turn, change the way you respond to them.\nWhen Did You Realize?\nMany people who suffer from depression are not aware that they are suffering until it reaches an extreme state. If you are familiar with the symptoms of clinical depression, you will note that they include lack of appetite, fatigue, insomnia, constant thoughts about death and suicide, and irritability. While clinical depression can lead to suicide, it is not the only thing that can lead to it. Several other conditions can cause similar symptoms, including bipolar disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. For those who suffer from depression, it is important to note that the symptoms of depression, including the inability to focus and concentration, and the increase of negative thoughts, can all be associated with one another and be related to a particular condition, like clinical depression.\nChange In Mind And Body\nWhen you start meditating, you will immediately see how the mind and body can change for the better when you can calm your thoughts and focus your attention. It is also very helpful to practice meditation when under stress because stress is very common in our daily lives. When you meditate, you are allowing your mind to slow down and remain calm. This is great for relieving the stress that people deal with daily.\nRegularly Practice Meditation\nOne review concluded that a person who regularly practices meditation has a greater chance of being depressed. However, another review concluded that the results were mixed. Some people were able to benefit from meditation. One review concluded that “There is no scientific evidence that meditation will necessarily cure depression.” A different review, conducted by the University of Toronto affiliate school of Medicine, concluded a “lack of consistent evidence in support of the effectiveness of meditation for treating or preventing depression.” Many health benefits of meditation should be explored to find the one that works best for you. According to one review, “meditation may include relaxation of the muscles, relaxation of the mind, breathing exercises, and stretching.” Another review stated, “The purpose of practicing meditation is to achieve enlightenment.”\nBeneficial For Adults And Children\nStudies on the health benefits of meditation have been done both in adults and children. In adults, a meta-analysis found, “Meditative techniques were effective in reducing stress and enhancing immune function.” In a pediatric study, “effects of meditation on psychological and behavioral disorders were noted.” The effects of meditation on reducing stress and anxiety were shown in both adults and children.\nIn addition to the health benefits of meditation, several studies have shown the anti-inflammatory properties of certain natural oils and supplements. These oils have been proven to fight the symptoms of arthritis. A meta-analysis showed that oil supplements are effective in reducing the number of inflammatory chemicals called cytokines. This is because inflammatory chemicals are one of the major causes of pain.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Nurses in South Carolina work for the health of their patients. However, these workers may want to consider their own safety while on the job. Some of the biggest risks for health care workers are sharps-related injuries, workplace violence and contact with allergens and toxic substances.\nAccording to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, needlesticks and other sharps-related injuries are a major risk to nurses. A needlestick injury can expose a worker to dangerous pathogens. Laws protect workers by mandating safe practices for needles. However, workers are advised to be aware of the requirements and make sure that their employers comply with them.\nLatex gloves are another cause for workplace injuries at health care facilities. These gloves, which are worn to prevent contact with toxins, often contain powder that can lead to rashes or allergic reactions in some people. It is recommended that workers wash their hands immediately after removing latex gloves and avoid using oil-based lotions that can break down the latex.\nNurses are also at high risk for workplace violence. The majority of violence against nurses is committed by patients, and the risk is highest for workers in mental health care. There are no federal laws to protect nurses from workplace violence; although, many states have regulations to curb the problem. Nurses are advised to be aware of their patients’ histories and stay alert when working with individuals who have a history of violence.\nWorkplace accidents for nurses and other health care workers could result in serious illnesses if an accident exposes a worker to a blood-borne pathogen. The result could cause financial hardship, with medical bills compounded by lost income if the worker is unable to work due to the accident. Any worker who is injured or becomes ill due to something that happens at work has a legal right to file a workers’ compensation claim if their employer provides coverage.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Levänluhta – Iron Age water burial site of 100 humans\nMarkku Oinonen, docent, laboratory manager & Laura Arppe, post doctoral researcher\nIn 1674 Alftanus, reverend of Isonkyrö-village wrote that humans bones have risen up from the Levänluhta spring “throughout the ages”. Archaeological investigations on the site, situated near the Kyronjoki River, were conducted in 1886, 1912 and 1982–1984. Among the object discovered from the Levänluhta spring area were jewellery, wooden stakes, a bronze kettle – and the skeletal remains of ca. 100 individual humans. The site is unique in Northern Europe. The iron-rich red water foaming up through the groud in the springtime adds to the mysterical nature of the site.\nThe Laboratory of Chronology takes part in a multidisciplinary research effort, coordinated by archaeologists form the University of Helsinki, and funded by the Eemil Aaltonen foundation, where the mysteries of the Levänluhta water burial site are investigated using archaeological and natural scientific methods . Radiocarbon datings will provide the timeline for interpretations of the people’s diet and subsistence patterns which will be studied based on stable isotope analyses of the bones.\nThe period of use of the Levänluhta burial site coincides with a climatic anomaly that took place 1500 years ago. According to written sources, mostly from the Mediterranean realm, the sun was dimmed for 18 months during the AD 530’s - a phenomenon observable in tree-ring records as very low growth and frost damage across the northern hemisphere. The project takes advantage of tree-ring isotopic analyses performed (in the CARATE-project), to better understand the impacts of the calimte anomaly to the lives of the Iron Age people in the Levänluhta region of Western Finland.\nWessmann A et al. (2011) The Levänluhta site – Multidisciplinary research into a unique mystery in Northern European prehistory. Funding decision by Emil Aaltonen foundation for 3-year project 2012–2014.\nOinonen M et al. (2012) Levänluhta water burial in the light of bone collagen isotopic ratios. Talk at the 18th Annual Meeting of European Association of Archaeologists, August-September 2012, Helsinki, Finland.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Starting in the late 1950's, Florence, Kentucky went through a housing boom. Many people moved to the area to work in factories in Cincinnati and thought Boone County was a great place to live. Because there weren't as many houses as families moving to the area, subdivisions were developed around the main town of Florence.\nAccording to the U.S. Census, 5,837 people lived in Florence in 1960. That is a 340.5% increase over the 1950 population of 1,325! By the time the 1960's were over, Florence's population doubled to 11,661. 1)2) Most of the population lived in the new subdivisions.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "Los Angeles has been known for years for having an unsustainable lifestyle; the water the city requires to live is brought by aqueduct from over 200 miles away, a triumph of engineering, but an ecological abomination. Will the mayors ambitious new plan save the day?\nAntonio Villaraigosa, who is in his third year overseeing the affairs of the city of angels, is planning to aggressively campaign in favor of a water reclamation technology that Angelenos passed over ten years ago, but that would serve to dramatically lower the risks of living so far from their water supply. Los Angeles is, like all of California, going through a drought right now, and that natural event has turned many Angelenos into water conscious consumers the way they weren’t ready to be when this proposal was first floated in 2000.\nThat proposal, which opponents successfully labeled toilet to tap was highlighted by the approaching 2001 mayoral election, for which none of the candidates were in favor of the measure, a play towards the San Fernando Valley, site of the project both then and now. In 2000, however, the valley was also beginning to put steam behind an effort to secede from the cityfurther crippling the movement towards a more sustainable infrastructure.\nHow Does This Work, Anyway?\nPurifying water that comes out of waste systems isn’t all that hard anymore, and its being used in several other communities nationwide, most notably Californias own Orange County. The water is first returned to the Tillman treatment plant in the San Fernando Valley, where its purified to a drinkable quality via a series of chemical treatments and filtration, including reverse osmosis that’s not terribly unlike that used in desalination plants. From there it travels to what are known as spreading grounds where the water is allowed to seep through layers of soil (more filtering) en route to the underground aquifer that L.A. must be able to draw from more effectively if it is to wean itself from the viaduct. It will, models predict, spend 2-3 years mixing with the water in the aquifer before the first recycled water comes back to public use in heavily diluted form and goes straight to you got it a purification plant.\nHow Is This Eco-Friendly?\nWhile 2007 in the life of Atlanta should be enough to scare any major city into ensuring it has complete control over its water supply, there are several ecological benefits to recycling your waste water. Chief among them is that people readily forget that the water you’re drinking was almost certainly supposed to be somewhere else maybe in an underground aquifer, or maybe in a fragile wetland. If L.A. was ever able to take care of L.A., then the surplus would be a boon to the ecosystems of the Owens River, the current source of drinking water to the stars. Not a fan of wetlands? Recycled water also cuts down on the amount of wastewater discharge that treatment plants place into the environment, to potentially catastrophic effect.", "label": "No"}
{"text": "21 October, 2013\nKeep your weight – don't miss breakfast\nHere is the perception: skipping breakfast increases hunger throughout the day, making people overeat and seek out snacks to compensate for missing that first – and some would say most important – meal of the day. This belief is based on many studies and was not challenged until recently, when Brown and colleagues published their findings .\nBasically, what the authors were pointing out was that sometimes science-related beliefs are presumed true even though insufficient evidence exists to support or refute them. They searched various sources of information in regard to the effect of eating breakfast on obesity, and focused on one meta-analysis and three systematic reviews, which included data from 92 relevant articles. They noted that there were only a few relevant randomized controlled trials, which gave a variety of results and were inconsistent in their conclusions.\nAs for the observational evidence, there was a clear association between breakfast omission and excess weight on the one hand, but this association did not show causation on the other hand. Several methodological flaws were detected in the database as well, such as biased interpretation of one’s own results, improper use of causal language in describing the results, or misleadingly citing others’ results.\nTo summarize, Brown and colleagues suggested that careful analysis of the data dictates caution, since the belief in the association between eating breakfast and better management of obesity exceeds the strength of scientific evidence.\nPeople may believe that by omitting breakfast they are reducing their total calorie intake and thereby helping their efforts at weight control. But, in fact, many studies support an opposite view, namely that eating breakfast is important especially as part of weight reduction programs. A typical study that demonstrated the benefits of not missing breakfast examined 52 moderately obese adult women, who were stratified according to their baseline breakfast-eating habits and were randomly assigned to a weight-loss program .\nThe no-breakfast group ate two meals per day and the breakfast group ate three meals per day. The energy contents of the two weight-loss programs were identical. After the 12-week treatment, baseline breakfast eaters lost 8.9 kg in the no-breakfast treatment and 6.2 kg in the breakfast treatment. Baseline breakfast skippers lost 7.7 kg in the breakfast treatment and 6.0 kg in the no-breakfast treatment.\nAnalyses of behavioral data suggested that eating breakfast helped to reduce dietary fat and minimize impulsive snacking and therefore could be part of a weight-reduction program.\nA comprehensive article in the New England Journal of Medicine published earlier this year discussed several obesity-related myths and mis-perceptions, including the issue of eating regular breakfasts . One of the addressed presumptions was that 'Regularly eating (vs. skipping) breakfast is protective against obesity. Skipping breakfast purportedly leads to overeating later in the day'. But, according to the NEJM paper, the true fact is that 'Eating breakfast daily is likely to help only if it is accompanied by an overall reduction in energy intake'.\nThe take-home message is very clear: in modern times we are exposed to vast quantities of all sorts of information, sometimes leading to creation of 'accepted perceptions'. The above issue is a good example: the importance of having regular breakfasts as part of the strategies to reduce weight has been repeatedly and favorably addressed by the lay-media, scientific, and (USA) government sources. Perhaps this seemingly clear-cut association is not so accurate and deserves further testing.\nDepartment of Medicine ‘T’, Ichilov Hospital, Tel-Aviv, Israel\n1. Brown AW, Bohan Brown MM, Allison DB. Belief beyond the evidence: using the proposed effect of breakfast on obesity to show 2 practices that distort scientific evidence. Am J Clin Nutr 2013 Sep 4. Epub ahead of print\n2. Schlundt DG, Hill JO, Sbrocco T, Pope-Cordle J, Sharp T. The role of breakfast in the treatment of obesity: a randomized clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr 1992;55:645-51.\n3. Casazza K, Fontaine KR, Astrup A, et al. Myths, presumptions, and facts about obesity. N Engl J Med 2013;368:446-54.", "label": "No"}