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Heads of the Colored People, Nafissa Thompson-Spires (Atria)
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2017 Helen Oyeyemi, What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours (Riverhead Books/Penguin Random House)
2016 Rick Barot, Chord (Sarabande Books)
2015 Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric (Graywolf Press)
2014 Nina McConigley, Cowboys and East Indians (FiveChapter Books)
Ruth Ellen Kocher, domina Un/blued (Tupelo Press)
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Kevin Young, The Grey Album (Graywolf Press)
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Robin D.G. Kelley, Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Free Press)
Canyon Sam, Sky Train: Tibetan Women on the Edge of History (University of Washington Press)
2009 Uwem Akpan, Say You're One of Them (Back Bay Books)
Juan Felipe Herrera, Half of the World in Light: New and Selected Poems (University of Arizona Press)
Lily Hoang, Changing (Fairy Tale Review Press)
2008 Chris Abani, Song for Night (Akashic Books)
Amiri Baraka, Tales of the Out and the Gone (Akashic Books)
Frances Hwang, Transparency (Back Bay Books)
Naeem Murr, The Perfect Man (Random House Trade Paperbacks)
Joseph M. Marshall III, The Day the World Ended at Little Big Horn (Penguin Books)
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Ernest Hardy, Blood Beats, Vol. 1 (Redbone Press)
Harryette Mullen, Recyclopedia (Graywolf Press)
Alberto Ríos, Theater of Night (Copper Canyon Press)
2006 Richard Blanco, Directions to the Beach of the Dead (University of Arizona Press)
Andrew Lam, Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora (Heyday)
Ed-Bok Lee, Real Karaoke People (New Rivers Press)
Caryl Phillips, Dancing in the Dark (Vintage)
Jennifer Tseng, The Man With My Face (The Asian American Writers' Workshop)
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Raquel Cepeda, ed., And It Don't Stop: The Best American Hip-Hop Journalism of the Last 25 Years (Faber & Faber)
Lan Samantha Chang, Inheritance (W. W. Norton & Company)
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2002 Meena Alexander, Illiterate Heart (Triquarterly Books)
Luis Francia, Eye of the Fish (Kaya Press)
Joy Harjo, A Map to the Next World: Poetry and Tales (W.W. Norton & Co.)
Victor LaValle, Slapboxing with Jesus: Stories (Vintage Books)
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Why study Literature?
by Lizzie Amati
Honorary Fellow of the School of Humanities, Richard Jacobs, has 40 years experience of teaching literature, so The English Association invited him to write about why it's such an important subject to study . Read the article here.
In Richard's role he delivers open lectures on literature which students on all our literature courses can attend – find out more about these courses on our Literature, Language and Linguistics subject page.
Why Study Literature? by Richard Jacobs
The question 'why study literature?' would rarely have been asked when I
started teaching literature forty years ago. That was the time when, for
instance, George Steiner could confidently pronounce that to teach King
Lear was to have the responsibility of holding students' souls (or was it
their heart-strings?) in one's hands. That was the time when even secularists
talked about souls in relation to texts. It's true that in the early seventies
continental theory, in the form of Derrida's first books, was already being
heatedly welcomed in the more knowing circles, as I found when I arrived at
Oxford and was shortly afterwards told, at a student essay-society meeting,
that liberal humanism was dead, but then, as a public-school educated
adolescent, I hadn't even heard of liberal humanism, let alone Derrida. A
few years later, when I was a hardly less callow postgraduate, John Sparrow
of All Souls told me that he didn't actually agree with anyone at All Souls
studying English literature, but that wasn't because he belittled the subject
(as might be the case now) but because he thought all properly educated
students (at least at Oxford) were doing it all the time anyway just by reading
books, so there was no need for research grants and prize fellowships for
them to get on with it.
Today the question has urgency for reasons that don't need much
elaboration, from the instrumentalist-utilitarian ideology infecting all
education in the UK to the predictable effects of getting rid of AS levels
while straight-jacketing the GCSE English curriculum. Numbers taking
A-level literature are in worrying decline and universities like my own are
seriously worried by the consequences.
So it may be timely to reflect on what it is, as teachers of literature, at
schools and universities, we believe about the benefits to students, and
ourselves, of studying our subject – though I'm very aware that there's
room for considerable disagreement about questions of benefit and value,
and even 'truth', in a 'post-truth' age, an age of increasingly brazen lies and
deceptions posing as narrative facts, where 'truth' has to be bracketed by
quotation (or, in the theory buzz-term, put under erasure), as well as there
being a range of ideas about what it is we're actually teaching – transferrable
life-skills, cultural heritage, personal growth, critical literacy etc. The
personal growth model is implicit in what follows but I might add that
critical literacy is, in the current cultural moment, perhaps the most urgent
of these aims in our work: the shared experience in class on the individual
text which will empower students with the ability, and the need, to read the
world and its texts on their own, with critical insight and the awareness of
alternative readings.
I'll approach the question 'why study literature?' in a personal way
(which I hope will be excused), as a series of examples of how literature,
or moments of (if I can risk the phrase) literary epiphany, have affected
me – and changed my life. For I hope we can agree that great literary texts
simultaneously explore, dramatize and thematise changes in and to lives
(most predictably in hetero-normative marriage in the 19th century novel)
and also enact that process of change upon the reader, a dynamic that is
at the heart of the reading-experience and, of course, central to the notion
of reader-response criticism, which is perhaps the most relevant of critical theoretical
approaches in post-16 literature classrooms.
My first example is from Chaucer, not of course because he chronologically
kicks things off (I assume he's now hardly ever taught in schools and
colleges – or indeed in most universities: he's not taught in mine), but
because this is one of the purest examples I know of what this article is most
interested in. It's also, for me, the most wonderful textual moment in the
entire Canterbury Tales.
It's the climax of 'The Franklin's Tale' in which the devoted wife Dorigen
has playfully and pityingly indulged her besotted courtly-lover Aurelius
that she will yield to his demands for love if he performs an impossible
task which, of course, he sort-of does. In desperation she confesses to her
husband, the knight Arveragus who, in another wonderful moment, says
(in effect) 'oh, is that all? Well, you must keep your word as that's always
our first duty' – and then bursts into tears. Dorigen starts off to the garden
where the promised assignation is to take place and in the street on the way
bumps into Aurelius whom, in her despair, she doesn't seem to recognise.
He asks her where she's going. In Coghill's translation:
And she replied as one half driven mad,
'Why, to the garden, as my husband bade
To keep my plighted word, alas, alas!'
This onrush of true feeling so profoundly affects the young lover that he
feels a 'great surge of pity' and, under that impulse, he releases her from her
promised word.
I read this as a teenager but it wasn't till teaching it at A-level in my first
job that it hit me with the force of revelation. For what became so clear was
that Dorigen, but also Aurelius, were as-if sleepwalking into the coerciveness
of allegory, in the form of the garden beyond the city-street, in imminent
danger of succumbing to a paper-thin fictiveness – the pseudo-world of
courtly love becoming 'real', where it suddenly matters and is irrevocable.
Aurelius has occupied that allegory as his daily life, a dream; the threat so
nearly not averted is that Dorigen will be folded into it, as a text into a text.
Of course, the students I was teaching realised that we weren't talking about
one 'real' life or world and one 'fictive' life or world, because 'The Franklin's
Tale' is fictive and its characters are made up of Chaucer's words. But they
saw clearly that the dangers of Dorigen and Aurelius collapsing into allegory
can only be averted by that semi-conscious cry in the street, her tears (and
those of Arveragus), and that onrushing surge of pity. The fact that my own
adolescence, hardly behind me at the time, was, like Aurelius', a matter of
fictive romantic entanglements, little to do with true feeling, and nothing to
do with pity, sharpened further the revelatory power of this moment.
I was, like everyone else, stunned and astonished by Philip Pullman's
His Dark Materials (which, both for literary and political reasons, I'd love
to be placed in the hands of all our school-children). At one point, Pullman
makes a crucial distinction which we can compare with the Chaucer passage
we've just been looking at.
Lyra and Will have travelled to the world of the dead. Harpies guard
and harry the ghosts in the region and when Lyra offers to tell them a story
to make the Harpies let them through to search for her friend she thinks
she's on safe ground, being (as her name hints) used to spinning lies. So,
after she does a quick mental check ('parents dead; family treasure; shipwreck;
escape'), she launches into the fantasy narrative only to be viciously attacked
by the Harpies screaming 'Liar! Liar!' Pages later she tries telling stories
again, this time simply drawing on the world she knows, and with legions
of ghosts as well as Harpies listening. This time the Harpies listen, 'solemn
and spellbound'. Will asks them why. Their leader replies, in a paragraph
that for me is Pullman at his eloquent best.
Because it was true…Because she spoke the truth. Because it was
nourishing. Because it was feeding us. Because we couldn't help it.
Because it was true. Because we had no idea that there was anything
but wickedness. Because it brought us news of the world and the sun
and the wind and the rain. Because it was true.
The distinction here is no simple one between true and false, and of
course Pullman is the first to be aware of that (as his fiction, like the
Chaucer tale, like all fiction, is 'false'), nor is the narrative implying that
only the biographically factual (Lyra's life) can make for 'true' stories. The
distinction, I think, is between narrative as empty fantasy (like courtly love),
manipulative and merely lying for routine and other purposes (as in our
world of Trump and Brexit), and narrative as 'nourishing' and 'feeding':
and it is literature of that kind that changes lives, as it changes the lives of
the Harpies. And this is the literature that as teachers we celebrate with our
daily work with students.
Alongside some Chaucer and the expected plays of Shakespeare, at
boarding-school my life was changed especially by Waiting for Godot, which
I came across at random and immediately knew I had to act the part of
Estragon and direct – wholly absorbed by the language and comic routines
of two characters staving off silence and emptiness (which I knew about too
well), painfully aware that Estragon and Vladimir need change above all but
that 'they all change, only we can't' – and, this time taught in class, Emma.
I identified guiltily with Emma and fell into all the plot-traps so brilliantly
laid for her and unobservant readers like my adolescent self, convinced, like
Emma, that I was at the centre of a web of romantic intrigues and controlling
it, when of course the opposite was the case. It was a very chastening read
and it took me a long time to recover from it. And one passage, above all,
thudded into me.
It's the end of the Box Hill scene, following Mr Knightley's very stern
rebuking of Emma for her cruel treatment of Miss Bates, and that rebuke
itself made me feel differently as a person. In effect, Mr Knightley is not
saying that Emma's wrong to think of Miss Bates as tiresome and irritating
(he's pretty short with her himself) but wrong to give voice to that opinion
when she might hear it. It's a lesson in the necessities of mild hypocrisy
and veiled dishonesty, those being preferable to hurting people outright.
But the aftermath of the scene is what I'd like to turn to now, the novel's
most emotionally draining moment – and I can still recall my school-boy
shocked reaction.
While they talked, they were advancing towards the carriage; it was
ready; and, before she could speak again, he had handed her in.
He had misinterpreted the feelings which kept her face averted, and
her tongue motionless. They were combined only of anger against
herself, mortification, and deep concern. She had not been able
to speak; and, on entering the carriage, sunk back for a moment
overcome – then reproaching herself for having taken no leave,
making no acknowledgement, parting in apparent sullenness, she
looked out with voice and hand eager to show a difference; but it was
just too late. He had turned away, and the horses were in motion. She
continued to look back, but in vain; and soon, with what appeared
unusual speed, they were half way down the hill, and everything left
far behind…It was not necessary to speak. There was only Harriet,
who seemed not in spirits herself…and very willing to be silent; and
Emma felt the tears running down her cheeks almost all the way
home, without being at any trouble to check them, extraordinary as
they were.
Just typing that out now is to revisit the sheer pain ('it was just too late') that
changes Emma, and changed me, for ever. There may be students working
in class with this novel, and I'm sure less self-centred than I was at 17, for
whom the force of this passage may potentially mark a milestone in the
journey towards the fully socialised self that we all have in mind in teaching
for a properly civic society.
I've implied already that when lives change – for characters in texts,
for students in reading about them (and indeed in teaching) – there is
a political dimension, even if political issues are not explicitly evoked. I
mean that the kind of enhanced reading that we're thinking about has the
effect of enlarging our and our students' consciousness and sympathies –
simply put, our capacities to identify with and feel for others, especially
for those demonised as the 'other'. An example I've written about more
than once is the radical transformation of Melville's lawyer in Bartleby as he
feels, for the first time in his life, profound sympathy for another human
being. In effect, the elderly lawyer, like Emma and Aurelius, grows up. It's
a blunt point to make about our cultural moment (Brexit, Trump) that the
successful demonising of the 'other' is the ugliest and most dangerous of its
manifestations. We should feel no embarrassment in teaching to counteract
this thinking, or rather the active encouragement, fed in frenzy by the
western world's most rabidly irresponsible and vindictively partisan press,
not to think properly at all, and certainly not to think about and not to
feel for others different from ourselves. We can subscribe to many aspects
of literary theory without losing sight of how reading can change lives for
others as well as ourselves.
Of my two last examples the first is openly political. The character in
question becomes politicised and as readers we are made to negotiate our
own political responses. This is Stevie in The Secret Agent. I only got to
know this novel when teaching it – and, as it happens, this was during
the miners' strike which (very belatedly) politicised me. Conrad made the
challenging decision to base his account of a character becoming politicised
on someone himself 'othered' (by everyone apart from his sister) because
of being 'simple'. There's an attendant comedy lurking in Stevie's discovery
of the brutal social realities of poverty and exploitation from talking to the
cabby with his suffering horse. Conrad's flickering ironic narrative voice is
always tempting us to keep our distance from the rawness of the pain. But
he knows we can't but be moved, not least because, perhaps like Bartleby,
Stevie is missing the usual human layer by which we limit our susceptibility
to the pain of others. Though it's 'funny', Stevie's wish to take the suffering
cabby and his horse into his bed, and his child-like gnomic utterances, '"Bad!
Bad!…Poor! Poor!"', spoken 'with convulsive sympathy' and culminating in
the suddenly flashing accumulated insight '"Bad world for poor people…
Beastly!"', have exactly the 'simple' immediacy that can awaken students to
their own enlarged political understanding, as raw and odd and unsettling
as Stevie's, and more powerful as an agent of change in their lives than an
economics textbook or Guardian leader.
Before my last example, a brief word on two texts that students have
regularly reported back as having had an enormous impact on them, making
their lives feel very different. The power of these texts derives largely from
the fact that they are compressed into the smallest possible space and use
language of the utmost concentration and with almost incantatory powers.
These are Geoffrey Hill's Holocaust poem 'September Song' and Beckett's
'Not I'. I've written about these (as about other texts in this article) before,
so I'll just say here that in both instances students are forced to struggle in
language's grip, in the case of the Hill poem having to negotiate, through
the thorny series of furious puns, issues of history, entitlement, collusion
and guilt, and in the case of Not I being locked into a space and forced
to listen for a few terrible minutes to, to bear witness to, a woman whose
torrent of words is a refusal to own the narrative of her anguished life. The
texture of language, its text-ness, is where the life-changing power inheres,
as in all great poems, as in the textures of music and painting.
My last example is very different and concerns a painting. I came to
Proust late in life and I wouldn't pretend for a moment that many of
our students, at A-level and university, will be easily urged to climb that
particular mountain. With self-help and other books arguing how Proust
changes our lives you don't need me to add to the list. But one passage did
change my life in a particularly acute way (rather than cumulatively through
the 3300 pages) and that's the very moving passage on the death of the
writer Bergotte.
Ailing and only partly aware of how ill he is, he feels he must visit a Paris
exhibition of Dutch art to see a painting he particularly loves and thinks he
knows intimately, Vermeer's The View of Delft. A review of the exhibition has
mentioned the wonderful effect in the painting of a 'little patch of yellow
wall' that Bergotte can't recall. So, with his head now spinning and on the
edge of a stroke, he goes up to the painting. He sees it afresh, noticing
details he didn't recognise, especially 'the precious substance of the tiny
area of wall'.
I'm using Carol Clark's fine Penguin translation. I'll end with this as I
think its powers speak for themselves.
His head spun faster; he fixed his gaze, as a child does on a yellow
butterfly he wants to catch, on the precious little patch of wall. 'That
is how I should have written', he said to himself. 'My last books
are too dry, I should have applied several layers of colour, made my
sentences precious in themselves, like that little patch of yellow wall.'
[…] He was repeating to himself, 'Little patch of yellow wall with a
canopy, little patch of yellow wall'. While saying this he collapsed on
to a circular sofa; then suddenly, he stopped thinking that his life was
in danger and said to himself, 'It's just indigestion; those potatoes
were undercooked'. He had a further stroke, rolled off the sofa on to
the ground as all the visitors and guards came running up.
Austen, Jane (1994) Emma (Harmondsworth: Penguin), p.284.
Chaucer, Geoffrey (1977) The Canterbury Tales, trans. Nevill Coghill (Harmondsworth:
Penguin), p.448.
Conrad, Joseph (1984) The Secret Agent (Harmondsworth: Penguin), pp.165, 168.
Jacobs, Richard (2001) A Beginner's Guide to Critical Reading: An Anthology of Literary
Texts (London: Routledge) for discussions of Melville's Bartleby, Beckett's Not I and Hill's
'September Song'.
Jacobs, Richard (2003) 'Transformed by Godot' in emagazine 20 (English and Media
Centre), pp.47-50.
Proust, Marcel (2002) The Prisoner, trans. Carol Clark (London: Penguin), p.169.
Pullman, Philip (2000) The Amber Spyglass (London: Scholastic), pp.307-308, 332-333.
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The recurrent theme running through all of our activities and making Ina a company with an audiovisual culture is preserving, promoting and transmitting form.
http://www.institut-national-audiovisuel.fr
archives, audio repository, AV repository, radio, video repository
Schools World
Through engaging videos, practical resources and an active online community, SchoolsWorld supports the professional development of anyone working in school, enabling them to widen their skills, develop their practice, and connect with others in the field. It provides instant access to up to date professional development videos and resources, practical tips and lesson ideas.
Art & Design, Business Studies, Citizenship, Cross-curriculum, Design & Technology, Engineering, English, Geography, History, ICT, Maths, Modern Foreign Languages, Music, Physical Education, PSHE, Religious Education, Science, Vocational 14-19
http://www.schoolsworld.tv
AV repository, educational media, guidelines, ICT in education, introductory video, media in education, teaching guide, use in class, video repository
Video Resource "100 Questions on Islam"
This "100 Questions on Islam" video series, produced the UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC) and the British Council and published on a Vimeo Channel is a easily accessible repository of expert interviews on video (all short pieces) discussing current issues around perceptions of Islam and Muslim communities. Interviewees are scholars, journalists and policymakers from a diversity of geographical and professional backgrounds on major social, foreign policy, and historical questions. The 100 videos, which average two minutes in length, be a valuable source for research or education on the topic. Topics include the role of women in Islam, the place of democratic principles in theocratic governments, the veil, the Arab Spring, Shariah law and so on.
100 Questions About Islam tries to be a digital resource for the general public. It was produced by students from the University of Missouri School of Journalism during a symposium hosted by Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding.
Cultural Understanding
Evaluating the "Clash of Civilizations"
Islam and International Relations
Muslims and American Politics
Muslims and the West Throughout History
Muslims in the Public Sphere
New Conversations
One Religion, Many Cultures
The Nuances of Identity
The Problem with Stereotypes
Understanding Islam
Women and Islam
http://vimeo.com/groups/100questionsaboutislam
video, website
secondary and above (14 - 18 +)
UN Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC), the British Council, University of Missouri School of Journalism, Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding
100 videos of average 2 minutes
Islam, religion, video interview, video repository
NPTEL - National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning, NPTEL, is a joint project of a group of well-known technology education/research institutes in India, collectively known as the Indian Institutes of Technology. This project has placed online resources in HTML or PDF format as well as many video lessons, providing e-learning through online Video courses in Engineering, Science and humanities streams.
The project also has a channel on YouTube that can be accessed at www.youtube.com/user/nptelhrd.
http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/
ICT in education, lesson plans, media in education, open resources, video repository
Film Awards and Prizes - University of Leicester
This web page is a list of some interesting educational films produced by Jon Shears and Carl Vivian who both work in Multimedia Services in IT Services of the University of Leicester. Their expertise in creating educational films and teaching materials, and for designing and teaching film production modules has been internationally recognised: here you can find some of the winner films.
http://www2.le.ac.uk/webcentre/plone/webwriting/live/awards2?searchterm=mildred%27s%20story
Jon Shears and Carl Vivian
AV in education, educational media, filmmaking, ICT in education, media in education, video repository
Multimedia Training Videos
Multimedia Training Videos is a series of free and open educational resources for learning a variety of multimedia and ICT tools. It was created by members of the MSc in Multimedia of the University of Westminster.
The project is a joint collaboration between Joint Information Systems Committee-JISC, Higher Edcuation Academy and University of Westminster Education Initiative Centre. You can read more about the OER project at the following site: Open Educational Resources Site http://www.jisc.ac.uk/whatwedo/programmes/elearning/oer.aspx.
http://www.multimediatrainingvideos.com/
guidelines, ICT in education, student-created, user-generated content, video repository
LUTube - University of Leeds channel
LUTube is a service from the Leeds University that allows staff and students to share and watch online videos. On the website you can find a lot of different educational and informative kind of videos.
http://lutube.leeds.ac.uk/
AV in education, media in education, student-created, teacher-created, user-generated content, video repository
History for Music Lovers on Youtube
History for Music Lovers is a Youtube channel with a collection of music videos made for history and literature teaching and performed on the backing track of very famous songs, like this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4pGFGkHOd8&feature=BFa&list=UUB3GNS3IPzv... about King Arthur (on the music of "Nature boy" by Eden Ahbez) or this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jz3d5x-MUT4&feature=BFa&list=UUB3GNS3IPzv... about the Ancient Minoan Civilization on the tones of "Creep" by Radiohead.
See also their Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/historyteacherz) and follow them on Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/#!/historyteacherz).
53 videos (2012/02):
William the Conqueror ("Sexyback"...
Viva Roma No. V ("Mambo #5" by Lo...
The Vikings ("Personal Jesus" by ...
The Trojan War ("Tainted Love" by...
The Spanish Inquisition ("(Keep F...
The Mahabharata ("Abracadabra" by...
The French Revolution ("Bad Roman...
The Crusades ("Eyes Without a Fac...
The Canterbury Tales ("California...
Renaissance Man ("Blister in the ...
Prehistoric ("Toxic" by Britney S...
Pompeii ("Bang Bang (My Lover Sho...
Napoleon ("Gone Daddy Gone" by th...
Mummification ("Good Riddance (Ti...
Mary, Queen of Scots ("Jenny from...
Martin Luther ("Manic Monday" by ...
Makers en partners
Macedonia ("My Sharona" by the Kn...
Leonardo da Vinci ("Dear Prudence...
Joan of Arc ("Seven Nation Army" ...
I'm a Knight ("Friday Night" by L...
History for Music Lovers
Henry VIII ("Money, Money, Money"...
Elizabeth I ("She's Not There" by...
Constantine ("Come On, Eileen" by...
Cleopatra ("Fergilicious" by Fergie)
Chinese Dynasties ("Vogue" by Mad...
Charlemagne ("Call Me" by Blondie)
Black Death ("Hollaback Girl" by ...
Beowulf ("99 Luftballons" by Nena)
Anne Boleyn ("Girl" by the Beatles)
Ancient Minoan Civilization ("Cre...
http://www.youtube.com/user/historyteachers
primary education, secondary schools
historyteachers (Amy Burvall)
AV in education, history, media in education, music, video repository
SchoolTube.com is a free video sharing website, approved by over a dozen National Education Associations for use in K-12 schools. Their mission is to provide educators and students a safe and fun video sharing environment to enhance their classrooms and learning experiences. Videos are student produced and moderator approved through a innovative Chain of Accountability process.
An assortment of new student and teacher created content is available on SchoolTube.com daily from lots of categories, and it can be used by students, teachers, administrators, and school-related associations.
http://www.schooltube.com/
AV in education, AV repository, educational media, ICT in education, media in education, student-created, teacher-created, user-generated content, video repository
ResearchChannel on YouTube
ResearchChannel is a nonprofit media and technology organization that connects a global audience with the research and academic institutions whose developments. Its YouTube Channel is a good repository of educational videos.
http://www.youtube.com/ResearchChannel
AV in education, AV repository, educational media, ICT in education, video repository


7am yesterday morning I was standing at Exeter St David's station in Devon waiting for a train to London Paddington.
My Honor View 20 was at 100% battery and picking up a 4G signal on Three UK. This was going to be a true test of it's battery life and performance as I was only going to be using cellular signal and data and no WiFi. If you connect the Honor View 20 to WiFi , the battery performance improves by 25% approximately.
The train line to London from Exeter is not the best for obtaining a signal. Other phones I've have used on the same line, often struggle for signal. The Honor View 20 seemed to have a signal for the entire train journey of nearly 3 hours. Not only that my dad decided to video call me, and twice. Both times the video call was held perfectly.
Whilst on the train, I used Amazon Prime and watched the latest episode of the Grand Tour using my wireless headphones. I was also getting lots of messages and was replying on and off for the entire journey. After watching the Grand Tour I was listening to Tidal music at master quality using my Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones for the rest of the train ride.
So eventually, I arrived at London Paddington, and I needed to take the Circle Line to South Kensington. Unfortunately, this line was closed at London Paddington due to engineering works, so I fired up Google Maps, and used this to give me turn by turn directions to Fulham Road. This ended up using Google Maps for one hour.
Of course, walking across London, there was no way I couldn't stop and take loads of photos. So I did. See my previous post for photos I took of London Paddington and at Hyde Park, London. As a side point, the View 20 is a blast to use and it takes great photos without any effort.
During my walk across London, I received several phone calls, and another video call. The video call was on loudspeaker and despite the strong cross wind, I could hear my dad and he could hear me too. Phone calls were also really clear.
When I arrived at my destination, I ended up having to message various people on and off for the next 4 hours.
I then had to walk back to London Paddington station, again using Google Maps and taking a few more photos.
More messaging and emails occurred throughout the day.
On the train back to Exeter St David's , I watched a film on Netflix. Batman vs Superman: Dawn of Justice. 2 hours and 30 mins.
Remember all the time, I'm on 4G not WiFi.
Eventually, I got back home. A whole day out in London 6 hours screen on time. And still 15% left.
The Honor View 20 and its 4,000mAh battery is a true battery champ.


Choosing to install a new kitchen is a decision rarely taken lightly – and so it shouldn't be. As a family business, Spillers have been looking after clients across the South of England for over 170 years, carefully combining a friendly, personable approach with professionalism and a real passion for design.
Come and experience our beautiful world of kitchens.
Only the finest, most exciting products and brands make it into the Spillers portfolio. Our inspirational 12,000 square foot kitchen and appliance destination is a real feast for the senses. An ever changing landscape where traditional designs sit alongside the latest contemporary fashions and world renowned names such as SieMatic, Charles Yorke and Mackintosh wait to satisfy a myriad of tastes and budgets.
Choose from one of the following Kitchen Ranges to start exploring, or talk to the Spillers kitchen design team by calling 01460 67878.
The epitome of British style and craftsmanship, Charles Yorke Furniture is designed to enhance your home, creating a hardworking, beautiful living space that can be enjoyed for many, many years.
SieMatic are one of the most respected names in the world of kitchens. Striking, functional and innovative designs, combining precision German workmanship with state-of-the-art technology.
Introducing the Mackintosh collection of traditional and contemporary kitchens. A range influenced by one of Europe's best known designers, combining superb quality and outstanding value.
The kitchen showrooms at Spillers are an excellent place to experience a wide range of worktops – with Granite, Engineered Stone (or Quartz), Wood, Laminate and Glass all used extensively throughout the kitchen displays. The large number of real room settings also allows the most popular work surfaces to be seen full size, in all their glory.
Every project we are given takes time to understand to ensure the room works just the way you would like it to. This project was no exception. Designing a modern modular kitchen in an older property with distinct zones for convenience began with an expansive island with seating as the focal point. Anthracite and white gloss Mackintosh cabinetry work well with the spectacular effects of a Black Cosmic granite worksuface illuminating the island like fireworks in a night sky.
When it comes to home improvements, the kitchen sits comfortably in pole position as the room we love to update the most – and why not? Fashions chop and change, new ideas come to the fore and technology continues its metronomic march onwards.
Choosing Granite for your kitchen is a journey of a few key decisions, colour, style, finish and edge profile all play a part in achieving the perfect worktop for your kitchen. At Spillers of Chard we take pride in helping you through these stages with our kitchen design team supporting you every step of the way.


All I'm sayin' is…the makeup community is SERIOUS. Doesn't matter your ethnicity…people REALLY get beside themselves when it comes to makeup, brands, colors that should be worn each season, etc. Just…LOTS!!
My friends do some of EVERYTHING, and I support them in their endeavors! One of my good friends, Ms. Dawnielle Alfred, is not only a hairstylist who has been in the beauty industry for 11 years (previously Before Dawn Hair Design; now her salon studio is called Designs by Dawn Hair Studio), but owns and operates a makeup line that she launched in September 2011. So…I haaaaaad to do "MakeUp Chat". (and yes, she is yet another stylist that I trust w my tresses)…Let's get into it!
"Dawni" also strongly suggests that you use brushes for makeup application instead of the sponges. "It gives you a totally different look; your brushes create a blending effect". She also suggests that women never leave home without lipstick or gloss/mascara/eyeliner. "A woman's lips should never look dry, an eyeliner is needed to bring out your eyes, and mascara is needed to make those eyes pop" (also, she suggests the use of colored mascara sometimes, which is a personal favorite of hers!). Another fantabulous point that she made is that foundations need to match your skin tone perfectly. Per Dawni, foundation is meant to cover blemishes and imperfections on the skin, not to make you look dead. We have ALL seen the photos where the foundation on a person's skin is 2,631,268 times lighter than their natural skin. That there is that good bull.
For more info regarding Makeup and Martini Parties (which I will host soon), appearances at beauty socials and vendor events plus much more, kindly email VIVID at vividmakeup@aol.com or you can call 1.888.737.1107. VIVID is also on twitter (@vivid_makeup) and on Facebook (VividMakeupByDawn). From there you can check out her pictures from past events, etc. Her website is under construction (http://www.vividmakeupbydawn.com/) for purchases, HOOOOOOOOOOOOOWEVER you are more than welcome to go to her salon studio at 18350 S. Kedzie Ave Suite 103 Homewood IL 60430; for makeup/hair consultations, please feel free to call Dawnielle at 708.691.9323. She has the sweetest personality, a beautiful spirit, and a fantastic makeup line! I am NOT a makeup person, but I am most CERTAINLY a patron of VIVID!
My next makeup venture? My blue mascara!! Yuuuuuuuup…a VIVID purchase!


Recently my medications that I take to treat my PCOS were severely delayed by nearly two months due to troubles with my physician changing practices, my mail order pharmacy changing servicing companies, and Walgreens for being genuinely terrible with customer service and their mail order arm of the company. By the time I got what I needed the symptoms of PCOS were in full swing especially all over my face. Now I'm dealing with the aftermath of a hormonal breakout which for me and my melanin rich skin means post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH) . After the pimples and irritation are gone they leave behind overly pigmented spots. The spots develop as an overreaction to inflammation causing the melanocytes (the cells that produce the pigment in your skin) to go hyperactive. The marks will fade on their own after a time and even in the last two weeks have done so quite considerably without much intervention from me. I'll be grateful for the fact this happened during the winter when I get less exposure to the sun. Still, I'd like to speed up this process and will chronicle my results here on the blog.
No make up or fancy lighting so that you can see exactly what I'm working with.
The best way to treat PIH is to prevent it from happening in the first place but as you can see that's not always possible. However, treating discoloration like this in the skin is best done when what causes the inflammation is under control. Since my breakout has subsided I can go about fading the marks. I still have some congestion where the flare ups was at its worst but treating the PIH will also help this. What's typically recommended by dermatologists to comat PIH is gentle exfoliation, a gentle lightening agent, and sun protection and that's the approach I will take because it definitely works.
I'll be exfoliating on two fronts: physical and chemical. The St. Ives Apricot Scrub Blemish Control Scrub has salicylic acid which helps with cell turnover plus walnut powder that helps physically buff the surface. The Glycolix 20% Glycolic Acid Wipes chemical exfoliant that helps cell turnover and increases collagen. This will help even not only the tone but help smooth the texture by loosening up clogged pores.
Use: Once a week. Scrub then followed up with pads. Exfoliating any more often than that will cause more harm than good.
Of course I need to protect my skin and this Ultra Sheer Dry Touch Suncsreen SPF 30 sunscreen from Neutrogena will do the trick. I don't wear sun protection daily anymore as I need the exposure due to a Vitamin D deficiency, but do carry it with me in the event I find myself exposed for prolonged periods. This will become more essential as the days get longer.
I'll be checking in at the 2 week, 4 week, 6 week, and 8 week marks and updating with photos so you can be with me as I track my progress. I've had success before with this regimen and felt it would be good to share. Some of the products are pricey, but remember it's not the exact product that matters but what kinds of ingredients, how much of them, and how they are used in the formula that matter most. I picked these because they are what I already have on hand but I'd love to know about the products you like! Leave them down below in comments so we can all learn from each other.
I'll be keeping up with this! I still haven't figured out how to treat mine, gah!
And yet your skin has been looking flawless!


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Q: Can someone help me understand why I should or should not convert all my columns from latin1_swedish_ci to utf8_unicode_ci? I know this has been asked many times, but I'm having a hard time understanding the difference in collation and encoding.
OK, so we have a MySQL database (several actually) that have tables with mixed collation.  Now, some columns are utf8_unicode_ci and some are the default of latin1_swedish_ci.  We have since used the utf8_unicode_ci as the default.  But we have a lot of "legacy" columns in the latin1.
We like consistency and would like to convert all columns to the utf8.  Fortunately, 99.9% of our data is in English with the (literally) couple of records that have Spanish addresses (tildes).  So pretty simple stuff for us but we want to do it the "right way" and fully support any language.  Hence, the utf8_unicode.
We would rather not have to go through every column in every table and make that change.  Is there a simple script that would covert every column to utf8_unicode_ci?
Also, what are some pitfalls we need to look for?  I mean, if I'm wrong and there are records in Russian or Japanese that I'm not aware of then will I have problems?
And maybe this should be a side question, but for encoding, UTF8 is better because it can store any language, correct?  As in, each character would have 2 or 4 bytes that represent what it should be in a "global" alphabet of thousands of characters?  Sorry if that analogy sounds stupid but trying to understand.  And collation is just how they are sorted when I query.  So that if the characters were stored like A8 9F for the letter H and B3 2E for the letter e then H would come first because A8 comes before B3?
Ha, my head is spinning now.  Sorry if this seems to be three different questions but when I go to management and say I need to convert columns, this is why....
Thanks

A: Simplest way that comes to mind is:

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*create a backup database create database olddb like dbname;

*export all data and stucture to a dump: mysqldump dbname > dbname.sql

*import everything into your backup: mysql -D olddb < dbname.sql

*only export table structure: mysqldump --no-data olddb > structure.sql

*open structure.sql with a text editor of your choice and replace all latin1_swedish_ci with utf8_unicode_ci

*drop your database: drop database dbname to clear all tables easy.

*recreate your database with utf8:  create schema dbname default character set utf8 collate utf8_swedish_ci

*import your altered structure into new database: mysql -D dbname < structure.sql. At this point your should have your entire old database in olddb, and an empty, fully utf8 database in dbname.

*for each table in your database use a insert into dbname.tbl select * from olddb.tbl. if there are a lot of tables, you could generate a sql script to do this by exporting output of show tables from olddb and adding insert sqls around it.

*Check the results, if you're satisfied, drop database olddb
This procedure could be a bit shorter, unfortunately MySQL no longer supports database renaming.

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Being a photographer is a unique job that requires you to control and organize a million little details in order to create the literal big picture. Small details such as propping, wardrobe, or fingernails can make or break your final work and shake your client's trust. Here at Shutterstock Custom HQ, we see hundreds of pieces of content every day that could easily cross the threshold from good to great when contributors pay attention to the little details.
If you're a Shutterstock Custom contributor, you should note that great images can translate into a higher contributor score with the potential to receive a higher volume of projects and larger assignment sizes.
Here are a few of the small details you should pay attention to when shooting commercial content.
Images with dirty nails or chipped nail polish are one of the most common issues, and require extensive post production time to fix. If hands will be prominent in the brief, such as holding product or interacting with food, ask your models to show up polish free, and with freshly cut nails. If polish is permissible, ensure it is a neutral colour, and nails are a natural shape. To really go the extra mile, bring polish remover and a nail file on set for any last minute touch ups. Brands want to see their products looking best, support them in this by ensuring clean hands, groomed nails, and no chipped polish!
There is nothing worse than seeing a great image come in with wrinkled clothing. It is distracting for viewers, and time-consuming to fix in post. If you are a frequent shooter, consider investing in a cheap, portable hand steamer. If you shoot less frequently, or cannot make the investment, always ask models to come to set with freshly ironed clothing.
Many brands want to incorporate mobile devices or laptops into their requested content. Small time investments such as wiping down your screen for fingerprints or dirt are essential for making sure the viewers focus is on your image and not the dirty device.
Propping is one of the easiest ways to elevate your images, so it's important to ensure props are appropriate, and add to the images rather than detracting. Look for brief keywords to guide your propping choice- for example, rustic will indicate earthy tones and materials, whereas modern will indicate, starker colors and sleek materials.
Another important factor in propping your images, is ensuring props make sense. Are they naturally placed? Do they tell a story in the greater context of the image? For example, if your shoot is centered around a picnic- you probably wouldn't have a centerpiece, but a few fall leaves, flowers, or nice linen napkins would be believable.
To ensure the success of all your shoots, don't forget about the little details that make a big difference. The tips outlined above do not require big time or cost investments, but will help you deliver consistent images that wow your clients every time!


Ali's Alphabet Adventure...L is for Leukemia!
This book takes children and families through valuable information about leukemia in an honest and helpful manner. Ali shares her own experiences as the daughter of a leukemia patient so people can better understand the complexities of the disease. All proceeds will be donated to cord blood transplantation research.
Ali is a student from New York City who during her junior year in high school began the challenge of writing this book. As the daughter of a leukemia patient, it is written in a passionate effort to support other families dealing with leukemia, and to help make a difference by donating 100% of the books proceeds to cord blood transplantation research.


Learn how to surf, body board or paddle-board in complete safety by signing up at one of the surfboarding schools overlooking the beaches. Golf courses in the Landes come highly recommended: Seignosse, Hossegor and Mont de Marsan offer unique beach courses. Got a family bike ride in mind? Try the Velodyssey trail! This marked cycle route is the longest in France and skirts the Atlantic coastline offering cyclists a great opportunity to discover the region's natural wonders.
Labenne, Capbreton, Hossegor, Seignosse, Vieux-Boucau, Mimizan, Biscarosse… one charming seaside resort follows another here with plenty of summer fun up for grabs. Don't miss Labenne Zoo with over 200 animals from the four corners of the world; or the Pine forest monkeys and the Reptilarium in Labenne; as well as Atlantic Park at Seignosse, the largest water park in the Landes. A little further afield is the town of Dax, France's premier thermal spa resort with its century-old arenas. When it comes to regional food get ready to titillate your taste buds with gastronomic delights including the most well known specialities of foie gras and duck breast as well as Asparagus from the Sands of the Landes, Chalosse beef, Adour kiwis, Pastis and Armagnac from the Landes and Tursan wines.


If you are new to the website, please read this page as it will answer all of your questions on how to get a password, make a profile and how to use the website.
You have the option of password protecting your personal profile which blocks the general public and search engines from accessing your profile details. Once you create a profile, you will also be able to see the profiles of your fellow Enrouters and interact with them.
Check below for frequently asked questions (FAQs).
Please click on "Missing Enrouters" link. This will take you to a page with all the Enrouters who have yet to create a profile. Follow the prompts to create your profile. Provide your work or home e-mail address, select a password (which you can change at any time), tell us about your assignment with the 435th OMS Enroute MX Section and what you have been up to since you left. You can also add your married name, if applicable, photos, etc. The password that you enter during this process will be used as your login password. If you click "Remember Me" when you log in, you will not need to log in next time you go to the site.
I clicked on the Missing Enrouters link but I don't see my name. What should I do?
If you cannot find your name on "Missing Enrouters" page, please contact us to have your name added. We welcome ALL ENROUTERS, Transient Alert (T/A), Job Control, OMS Supervision and Orderly Room Staff. If you have any comments, suggestions, information and/or questions, use the "Contact Us" link.
You log in with the e-mail address you provided during your member account set-up. If you have several e-mail addresses and cannot remember which one you used or if you no longer have access to that e-mail address, click on "Contact Us" and provide your new e-mail address. Your website administrator will make the change and then e-mail you a temporary password.
Once you have logged in using your new e-mail address and temporary password, change your password by clicking the "Change Your Password" link under the Member Functions menu on the home page.
If you remember your e-mail address but you forgot your password, click on the "Forgot Password?" link above the green "Log On" button, and the website will automatically e-mail your password to yo within a few minutes.
Who has access to my "Enrouter Profile" and personal contact information?
You can choose whether your Enrouter Profile is publicly viewable on the website (e.g., by other Enrouters, friends, and the general public) or restricted to registered 435th OMS Enrouters only. If restricted, search engines and the general public will be blocked from accessing your Enrouter Profile page. You can also choose whether or not your mailing address and phone number are displayed; otherwise, only the City and State/Country where you live will be listed. Click on the "Edit Profile" link under the Member Functions menu in the side column, then scroll down to the bottom of the page to make your choice.
Can I be notified if other Enrouters update their "Enrouter Profile"?
Yes! Click on "Enrouter Profile", and then click on the name of the Enrouter you'd like to keep track of. Once he/she has registerd, his/her profile will be displayed. Scroll down to the bottom of his/her profile page, click on the box that says "Notify me whenever Enrouters profile is updated", and click on the "Notify Me" button. You will be notified by e-mail.
Does the public or other Enrouters have access to my e-mail address?
No. To protect you privacy, your work or home e-mail address is stored only within the website, so Enrouters can send you a message. You can decide who you want to provide your own e-mail address to. To check if you've received any new messages, click on the "Check Messages" under the Member Functions menu in the side column.
How will I receive e-mails from the 435th OMS Enroute Reunion Coordinator?
E-mails to the entire Enroute Group will be sent you from postmaster@classcreator.net so please add this e-mail address to your Address Book or spam filter's Approved List. You can send e-mails to our website administrator, Stanley Miller, by clicking on the "Contact Us" link. Stanley will reply as soon as possible.
You will be e-mailed information about new website features; details about upcoming Enroute reunions, fundraisers, or events; general announcements about Enrouters; and the other important news.
Yes! you can upload a current photo of yourself, your family, vacations, old photos from days gone by, pass reunions, etc. -- anything you want to share -- by clicking on "Edit/Upload Phtos" under the Member Functions menu of the left. There is no limit on the number of digital photos that you can store on your Enrouter Profile page. Each photo is automatically resized to fit on your Profile page. You can also upload your own videos that you've posted to Youtube.com by clicking on the "Enroute Profiles" link, then following the instructions. And yes, you can add, delete, or replace your won photos or videos at any time.
Click the "Message Forum" link and read all the posts, then you can post a response to a prior message or start your own topic of conversation by asking a question, reliving an old memory, or share your thoughts on life.
How does the "Live Chatroom" work?
The Live Chatroom allows you to chat with other Enrouters who are online and have logged on into the chatroom. When you go to the "Live Chatroom" page, you will see a login box. The Chatroom doesn't require a password, only your name. It is suggested that you use your real name while you are in the chatroom so that other Enrouters don't have to guess who you are.
If you would like to chat in real-time and still move around the website, it is suggested that you use the Pop-up Chat box instead by clicking the link "Reunion Class Pop-Up Chat" that is above the log in box on the Chatroom Page.
Please note that you must have java enabled on your web-browser to use this chat room. Also Mac users may find that the chat room doesn't work on their Mac (sorry).
Who designs and maintains the 435th OMS Enroute MX Section Website?
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Madeline Davis: The Incalculable Value Of A Lesbian Legend's Life
April 26, 2021 Clare Hand
Photo: Madeline Davis (third from left) and her co-author, Liz Kennedy (far left) gives a presentation at the archives bearing her name in fall 2018, commemorating the 25th anniversary of the publication of Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold. Photo credit: Amanda Killian.
"We want to make sure that this next stage of Madeline's life is as free from fear and full of love as our whole lives have been because of her."
For she walks in boots of leather
And in slippers made of gold;
She will be a child forever
And forever, she'll be old.
She's the heroine of legends;
She's the eagle and the dove.
She's the daughter of the moon;
She's my sister and my love.
– "Boots of Leather," Madeline Davis [1974]
Madeline Davis is an archivist, activist, author, educator, musician, Reiki master, and an all-round lesbian legend, who really ought to be a household name throughout the country.
The octogenarian has a list of accolades as long as a lesbian's little black book. Some of her most pioneering achievements: she designed Lesbianism 101, the first course on lesbianism taught in a major U.S. university back in 1972; Boots of Leather, Slippers of Gold, the first comprehensive history of a lesbian community co-authored with Elizabeth Lapovsky Kennedy; she composed the first gay liberation song Stonewall Nation; and she was the first openly lesbian delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1972.
The latter of these firsts is particularly notable considering that Davis was a Beatnik in her late teens who saw little hope in politics. Working her way through college singing folk and jazz in coffee houses, she was "part of that group that walked around in black turtleneck sweaters with slim volumes of poetry, most of which was horrendous," Davis said in a 2004 interview in her home in Buffalo, New York. "We thought the government was useless," she said, "and anarchy was the best, and who even knew what that meant."
Things changed in 1970, when gay activist group The Mattachine Society of the Niagara Frontier launched in Buffalo. Davis' then-partner was at a meeting, while the cool cat with the Beat poetry book waited outside. "I was bored, so I stopped in at the meeting," said Davis. And the rest is lesbian activism history; "I was absolutely hooked," she said.
Fast forward two years and the apolitical turtleneck-wearer was running to be a delegate of the Democratic Convention. "They asked me why I wanted to be a delegate," she recalled. "Well, I'm a lesbian, and gay men and lesbians have never been represented at a Convention and it's time our needs were heard."
Davis speaks (and sings) in tender and ethereal tones, using clear and candid language while managing to retain power and conviction in her words (all those years digesting Beat poetry paid off). "Madeline is this literal person who we got to know and hang out with, but also this kind of radiating symbolic figure," says Ana Grujic, a local queer historian who spoke with GO alongside her partner Adrienne Hill over Zoom the other week. The couple recently launched a fundraiser for Davis, who tragically suffered a stroke at the start of 2021. As historians who've spent many hours learning from and laughing with Davis, Grujic and Hill's admiration for Davis and her legacy are clear. "No matter how much I talk to her, I always remain a little bit star-struck," says Hill.
So why aren't there coffee table books, Netflix series and countless articles celebrating this living legend? Well, Davis works in a very different context to most of the activists we'll be familiar with. Del Martin and Phyllis Lyon were San Franciscans. Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, Edith Windsor and Brenda Howard were all New Yorkers, from New York City. Davis is from Buffalo which is, as she puts it in the 2009 documentary, Swimming With Lesbians, "a working class, impoverished, rustbelt city on the edge of the Midwest. And we have done some amazing things coming out of that context."
Two of the most widely recognized 'amazing things' from Buffalo are Leslie Feinberg's "Stone Butch Blues" (set there), and Davis' impressive archives. "Buffalo has one of the biggest LGBTQ+ archives in the country; it's New York City, L.A., San Francisco, then Buffalo because of what Madeline Davis has done," says Hill. "If you want to know how LGBTQ+ movements are built in a mid-size city, Buffalo is where you go. We have those resources because she put them there."
And Davis certainly loved the archives. "To collect this community's history is really so important," she said in 2004, "and I love doing it, I love going over the papers, I love sitting alone in the archives and just going through people's papers, just reading and remembering things I've forgotten about my own life… the archives are an on-going project for me. It will be the last thing I do before I die."
Davis ensured her archives reflect the complicated reality of queer existence. "She has always been ahead of – or more expansive I think – than whatever the prevailing understanding of LGBTQ+ identity was at the time," says Hill. A prime example of which can be found in the fact that one of the first documents she accepted for her archives were from a woman named Peggie Ames. "Peggie was a trans woman and a trans-activist living in the country outside of Buffalo in the 1970s," said Hill. "There's sometimes this assumption that lesbians who were involved in second wave feminism are universally TERFs but she was very clear on the fact that Peggie's life history, what Peggie left behind, was important. And in some ways, Peggie's papers were a real impetus to create the entire archives. It's because of Madeline we're not just looking at cis gay white men and women; we know what transgender activism looked like in Buffalo in the 1970s, and that's an incredible resource."
With activists like Davis – those with such might, such foresight, such perseverance – it's hard to imagine them powerless. On January 6th, 2021, with all the world still in Covid-induced disarray, Madeline had a stroke. The tragedy has been intensified over the last few months by a tumultuous concoction of hospitals and rehab centers interspersed with weeks of quarantining. This meant that Madeline spent a lot of that time isolating alone, separated from Wendy Smiley, her primary partner of 25 years and her primary caregiver. "When Madeline's away from Wendy she just feels completely unmoored and can't habituate," says Hill.
At the end of March, the decision was made to bring Davis home, where she could receive home hospice care and be looked after by Smiley, assisted by home healthcare aides.
The story doesn't end there. This is America, after all, a nation that seemingly hallows profit above all else. In few places is this more apparent than in the intolerably profit-driven healthcare system. Davis' home hospice care is covered, but the necessary home healthcare aide service is not. This service costs $16,800 per month — a jaw-dropping figure by anyone's standards.
And that is where Davis, a dyke whose work has, and will continue to change the game for queers across America (and the world), needs our support. As beautifully put in Davis' GoFundMe (which has seen contributions from dyke royalty Joan E. Biren, Joan Nestle and Maxine Wolfe), "we want to make sure that this next stage of Madeline's life is as free from fear and full of love as our whole lives have been because of her."
Contribute to Madeline's GoFundMe here. If every one of us gives a little, our community can go a very, very long way.
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I lnked Marilyn's interview in my post you quoted but here it is again.
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Bottom of page 19 makes for interesting reading. From that it is abundantly clear Marilyn knew Paul was 'playing away from home'.
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Scrolling through tonight and this link came up. Lyn Dawson a life in pictures starting in 1950, many photos courtesy of her Simms family.
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You can't say NO......CC ad from 1988 starring Twin1 and Twin2 (nodding Police Officers)....approx 7 sec in.
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Marilyn's responses to Damian Loone's questioning about whether or not she forged Lyn's signature on an insurance document are absolutely damming (refer pages 31-33).
I can't wait til she gets her turn in the witness box at the trial.
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Page 8 and 39 the phrase "the story" seemed to stand out to me.
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"Last month, police finally made an arrest in the case: Lynette's husband. He has always denied any involvement.
It is hard to say exactly what prompted this latest development, but more than a few people have pointed towards a podcast released in May 2018.
The Australian's series The Teacher's Pet - which reinvestigated the case in huge detail and uncovered new witnesses and evidence - caught the attention of millions of people around the globe.
As yet, it is unclear exactly what role, if any, the podcast played. After all, police had been conducting their own reinvestigation for the past three years.
However, many have been left wondering: if not for the work done by journalist Hedley Thomas and his team, would they have jumped into action so quickly?"
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Don't conform in what respect? Allowing him to have his girlfriend live at the house?
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I believe Chris wanted Lyn to continue to be the subservient wife and don't dare to voice her own opinion or objections about his inclusion of Joanne into their lives.
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Has the marriage counsellor ever spoken about what was said in their session? I've now listened to all the podcasts and I may have forgotten that part. I know it's possibly confidential but I don't know about that in a murder investigation.
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Lyn was 33 at the time she went missing and would be 70 now. Possibly passed away, or possibly without anything extraordinary revealed at the counselling session, they were just another 2 names with marriage problems. It didn't make the news at the time. It would be like asking the bus drivers at Mona Vale if they remembered Lyn getting on the bus.
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I think a marriage counsellor/therapist would keep notes though.
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First things first. Has the counsellor been identified by name?
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Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin rides Grand Prix track: 'Unbelievable'
Young Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin hitches a ride with former Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran and rates it 'very cool.'
Detroit Red Wings' Dylan Larkin rides Grand Prix track: 'Unbelievable' Young Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin hitches a ride with former Indy 500 winner Gil de Ferran and rates it 'very cool.' Check out this story on Freep.com: https://on.freep.com/1sP7NmN
Mike Brudenell, Detroit Free Press Published 11:25 a.m. ET June 2, 2016
Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin stands in the pit area Thursday, June 1, 2016, at the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix.(Photo: Mike Brudenell, DFP)
Young Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin can scorch the ice, but he discovered what real speed was all about today at Belle Isle.
Larkin took a two-seat IndyCar ride with former Indianapolis 500 champion Gil de Ferran around the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix course.
He was wide-eyed after he removed his helmet in the pits.
"It's just crazy how fast he was going," said Larkin, 19, who will be grand marshal Saturday, during the first race of the Verizon IndyCar Series doubleheader weekend. "The acceleration was unbelievable. It was so cool. I couldn't believe how fast they go around the turns."
After catching his breath, Larkin, who was suited up like an IndyCar driver, said he never had been in a race car.
"I joked around in a go-kart, but nothing like this," he said. "I drive a Jeep, not anything fast."
Larkin said he was surprised how drivers get into the small cockpits of the IndyCars. "I was just happy to fit in there. There's not much room."
And the feeling in his stomach while de Ferran, the former Team Penske ace, screamed around Belle Isle? "Oh, jeez, it was like being on a roller coaster. I got that feeling in my stomach. It was so fast and so cool."
How fast did de Ferran go?
"He got going real fast down the back straight," Larkin said. "I felt like my helmet was going to come off. I tried to tuck my head down, but then I couldn't see the track."
So would Larkin take a racing lesson now, or drive in a pro-am race?
"I don't think so," he said. "I wouldn't want myself going around those turns. I wouldn't do that."
Belle Isle Grand Prix chairman excited to get Wings' Larkin on track


The second generation Miata was introduced in 1998 with a slight increase in engine power; it can be recognized by the fixed headlights and the glass rear window. The third generation was introduced in 2005 with a 2.0 L engine.
The MX-5 was conceived as an small roadster – with light weight and minimal mechanical complexity limited only by legal and safety requirements; technologically modern, but a philosophically direct descendant of the small British roadsters of the 1960s such as the Triumph Spitfire, Austin-Healey Sprite, MG Midget and Lotus Elan.
The MX-5 was designed with a traditional front-engine, rear-wheel drive layout and four-wheel independent double wishbone suspension. It has a longitudinally-mounted four cylinder engine coupled to a manual transmission; an automatic transmission is a cost option.
The body is a conventional, but light, unibody or monocoque construction, with a (detachable) rear sub frame. The MX-5 also incorporates a truss marketed as the Powerplant Frame (PPF) which connects the engine to the differential, minimizing flex and contributing to responsive handling. Some MX-5s feature limited slip differentials and anti-lock braking system. Traction control is an option available on NC models. The earlier cars weighed in at just over a ton, with engine power output usually 116 bhp (87 kW). The later cars were heavier, with higher power engines.
With an approximate 50:50 front/rear weight balance, the car has nearly neutral handling. Inducing oversteer is easy and very controllable, thus making the MX-5 a popular choice for amateur and stock racing, including, in the USA, the Sports Car Club of America's Solo2 autocross and Spec Miata race series.
Beginning with the third generation, Mazda consolidated worldwide marketing using the MX-5 name, though enthusiasts in the USA still refer to it as Miata, a name that means "reward" in Old High German.
The MX-5 has won over 150 awards in its history, including making Car and Driver magazine's annual Ten Best list seven times; Wheels Magazine 's Car of the Year for 1989 and 2005; Sports Car International's "best sports car of the 1990s" and "ten best sports cars of all time"; 2005-2006 Car of the Year Japan; and 2005 Australian Car of the Year.
MX-5 Superlight is a concept car commemorating the 20th anniversary of MX-5, designed at Mazda's studio in Frankfurt, Germany. It is made of lightweight materials to improve performance, handling, fuel economy, and CO2 emissions. The vehicle was unveiled in 2009 Frankfurt Motor Show.


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Q: Edquota editing user settings via PHP I'm trying to automate the process for my ftp user creation, however I need to be able to set the quota of a user via PHP, in a shell on a remote server, using SSH. I would use edquota username however is there a way to do this via PHP?
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[root@s1 home]# edquota user2

Disk quotas for user user2 (uid 509):
  Filesystem                   blocks       soft       hard     inodes     soft     hard
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Now what i'd have to do is edit the amount of blocks, but how would I do this over ssh2_exec() ?

A: You can use the exec method in php and use setquota instead of edquota:
exec("ssh yourserver.com 'setquota -u  username  2820  0 4096  6  0 -a /dev/simfs'");


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Tarsal Coalition — Symptoms, Diagnosis, and Treatment
Dr. Kelsey Armstrong
Dr. Patrick DeHeer
Tarsal coalition is an uncommon, congenital condition of the tarsal bones in the foot. It's estimated that anywhere from 1 to 3 percent of the population have this condition, which is typically diagnosed in children and adolescents.
In tarsal coalition, two or more bones in the heel or the midfoot do not separate properly during fetal development, which can lead to a painful, flat foot. In about half of all cases, both feet are affected.
What Is Tarsal Coalition?
Tarsal coalition affects the bones in the midfoot and heel, which are called the tarsal bones. There are several different forms of tarsal coalition.
Any of the seven tarsal bones could be affected, but the calcaneus, navicular, and talus bones are the ones most commonly involved. In some cases, more than one type of tarsal coalition may be present in the same foot.
Calcaneonavicular coalition (or calcaneonavicular bar): This form of tarsal coalition involves the calcaneus bone (the heel bone) and the navicular bone (located at the top of the midfoot). The calcaneus, which is the largest bone in the foot, is not completely separated from the navicular bone. This condition is sometimes called calcaneonavicular bar because the tissue connecting the two bones may appear as a "bar" between them. The exact nature of the connection can vary from case to case, however, and it could be composed of bone, cartilage, or fibrous tissue.
Talocalcaneal coalition (or talocalcaneal bar): In this form of tarsal coalition, the calcaneus bone and the talus bone (the ankle bone) are involved. As in calcaneonavicular coalition, the connection between the calcaneus and the talus could be partial or complete, and could be made of bone, cartilage, or fibrous tissue.
Calcaneocuboid coalition, talonavicular coalition, and cubonavicular coalition: Calcaneocuboid coalition involves the calcaneus and the cuboid (located on the bottom of the foot) bones; talonavicular coalition involves the talus and the navicular bones; and cubonavicular coalition involves the cuboid and navicular bones. These forms of tarsal coalition are very rare.
Who Is At Risk For Tarsal Coalition?
Tarsal coalition is congenital, meaning that children are born with it. While it does seem to run in families, no gene has been identified that is associated with the condition. It is believed that tarsal coalition is a result of a mutation during fetal development, so there is no way to prevent it.
What Are The Symptoms Of Tarsal Coalition?
The symptoms of a tarsal coalition can include stiffness and pain in the foot. There may also be a decrease in range of motion, depending on what type of tarsal coalition is present.
The pain typically appears in the area of the fibula, on the outside of the foot where the ankle meets the foot. Pain may also be felt on the top of the foot, and some people experience muscle spams.
In some instances, especially in some cases of talonavicular coalitions, there may not be any symptoms at all. Symptoms may be more pronounced if the tarsal coalition has ossified (i.e., new bone growth has appeared).
How Is Tarsal Coalition Diagnosed?
Patients may first seek treatment when they have pain or stiffness in the affected foot. In some cases, symptoms are precipitated by a recent weight gain, a new athletic activity, or an injury. In adolescents, tarsal coalition is sometimes discovered because their bones are ossifying.
The new rigidity may bring on pain and stiffness in the foot, prompting an investigation.
A physical exam by a podiatrist, orthopedist, or other healthcare professional may help pinpoint the location of the pain, and may also reveal a lack of motion in the heel area. When tarsal coalition is suspected, imaging studies may be done to locate the source of the pain and the location of the coalition.
X-Ray: A plain x-ray may show some forms of tarsal coalition, X-rays may be taken of the top of the foot (anteroposterior), from an angled side view (internal or medial oblique), and a straight side view (lateral). Calcaneonavicular and talonavicular coalitions can usually be seen on a plain x-ray.
CT (computed tomography) scan: A CT scan is the best way to visualize and diagnose a tarsal coalition. A CT scan may be performed if x-rays don't show the suspected source of the symptoms, or if an x-ray does not provide a good view of the tarsal coalition. CT scans may also used prior to surgery, in order to determine more accurately the location of the bone or tissue involved in the coalition. In particular, talocalcaneal coalition may be better seen on a CT scan than an x-ray, and most forms of tarsal coalition can be seen with CT.
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI): In some cases, MRI imaging may also be employed to visualize a tarsal coalition. When the coalition is composed of tissue instead of bone, an MRI will show a more complete view than an x-ray or a CT scan. A tarsal coalition can also be discovered through an MRI or other imaging test that was ordered for a completely different problem.
How Is Tarsal Coalition Treated?
NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs): Pain and inflammation in the foot can be treated with over-the-counter or prescription painkillers, such as NSAIDs. This is a comfort measure, and not a long-term solution for treating a tarsal coalition.
Orthotics: In most cases of tarsal coalition, treatment is started conservatively, with bracing and orthotics. If there is pain and inflammation, the foot and ankle may be immobilized in a brace for anywhere from two weeks to a month. This can help the joints in the foot by taking pressure off them while walking, enabling them to heal. When inflammation has resolved, the patient may be fitted for special orthotics. Orthotics are worn inside the shoe, and help put the foot in a more natural position that can reduce the pain and prevent further irritation of the area of the tarsal coalition. In some cases orthotics may be enough to resolve symptoms in the long term, but if not, surgery could be an option.
Surgery: If orthotics do not resolve the pain and stiffness, surgery may be considered. With surgery, either the "bar" connecting the bones is removed or the bones are actually fused together.
Excision surgery: In this type of surgery, the connecting tissue between the bones is removed, and replaced with muscle or fat tissue. The muscle or fat forms a physical barrier that prevents the bones from connecting again. This type of surgery is generally very successful in calcaneonavicular coalition. After surgery, the foot is placed in a cast or a brace, and weight-bearing activity can generally be resumed within a few days.
Fusion surgery: In cases in which excision would not be successful, such as where the tarsal coalition is too extensive, surgery may be performed to fuse the bones together. It may also be done when there is damage to the joints, when the patient is older, or if prior excision surgery was not successful. The joints in the foot are normally covered with cartilage, and during fusion surgery this cartilage is removed, which allows the bones to grow together. The bones may be held in place with pins or screws while they heal. The foot and ankle are put in a cast or a brace, and weight-bearing activity is suspended for anywhere from six weeks to two months.
The success of either type of surgery is usually monitored with follow-up x-ray or MRI imaging.
What Are The Complications Of Tarsal Coalition
In some cases, a tarsal coalition is treated with rest and orthotics, and symptoms never recur. Sometimes an untreated tarsal coalition may advance, causing pain and becoming too significant for surgical excision. Furthermore, other joints may become involved and become arthritic from overuse. In these cases, fusion surgery may be used to relieve symptoms.
Children who experience pain from tarsal coalition may seek to avoid physical activity that causes them pain. They may also experience more injuries, such as ankle sprains, and may suffer from degenerative joint disease of nearby joints. A tarsal coalition will not affect the growth pattern of a child or adolescent.
Medical References:
Atilio Migues, A., Slullitel, G. A., Suárez, E., & Galán, H. L. (2009) Case Reports: Symptomatic Bilateral Talonavicular Coalition. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 467(1), 288–292. doi: 10.1007/s11999-008-0500-4 Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2601003/ Newman, J. S., Newberg, A. H. (2000). Congenital tarsal coalition: multimodality evaluation with emphasis on CT and MR imaging. Radiographics. 20(2), 321-32; quiz 526-527, 532. Retrieved from http://pubs.rsna.org/doi/full/10.1148/radiographics.20.2.g00mc03321 Palladino, S. J., Schiller, L., Johnson, J. D. (1991). Cubonavicular coalition. J Am Podiatr Med Assoc. 81(5), 262-266. Retrieved from http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2061824 Piqueres, X., de Zabala, S., Torrens, C., & Marin, M. (2002). Cubonavicular coalition: a case report and literature review. Clin Orthop Relat Res. (396), 112-114. Retrieved http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11859233
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addLabel, addStart, addStarts, clone, equals, getId, getLabels, getNextStep, getPreviousStep, getRequirements, getTraversal, removeLabel, reset, setId, setNextStep, setPreviousStep, setTraversal

Methods inherited from interface java.util.Iterator

forEachRemaining, hasNext, next, remove

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setUseMultiQuery

void setUseMultiQuery(boolean useMultiQuery)

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