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Found 4 collections related to Literature -- Societies, etc
Columbian Peithologian Society
Columbian Peithologian Society constitution, bylaws, and roll of members, 1806-1840
.21 linear feet (1 volume)
This volume contains the Columbia College Peithologian Society's constitution, bylaws, and roll of members spanning 1806 to 1840. The society was founded in 1806 as a literary group for freshmen students. It later opened its doors to all students... more
This volume contains the Columbia College Peithologian Society's constitution, bylaws, and roll of members spanning 1806 to 1840. The society was founded in 1806 as a literary group for freshmen students. It later opened its doors to all students at Columbia less
Georgetown Book Club (Georgetown, Washington, D.C.)
Georgetown Book Club records, 1889-1901
1 linear foot (10 v.)
Collection consists of correspondence, forms and other records.
Hellman, George S. (George Sidney), 1878-1958
George Sidney Hellman papers, 1888-1958 [bulk 1900-1958]
24 linear feet (50 boxes, 17 v.)
George Sidney Hellman (1878-1958), American author and editor, was a rare book, manuscript and art dealer and collector in New York City. He amassed collections of his own and helped secure major acquisitions for the Pierpont Morgan Library. He... more
George Sidney Hellman (1878-1958), American author and editor, was a rare book, manuscript and art dealer and collector in New York City. He amassed collections of his own and helped secure major acquisitions for the Pierpont Morgan Library. He founded and edited the literary magazine, East & West, 1900-1901; and from 1919 to 1920 served as director of the American Expeditionary Forces University's School of Fine Arts for servicemen in France. His publications include Washington Irving, Esquire (1925), The True Stevenson (1925), Benjamin N. Cardozo, American Judge (1940), and hundreds of book reviews and magazine articles. Collection consists of Hellman's correspondence, writings, research notes, scrapbooks, photographs, and printed matter. General correspondence, 1888-1958, contains his letters to and from fellow students and professors at Columbia University; letters concerning his activities as editor of East & West and as art and manuscript dealer and collector; as well as correspondence with fellow scholars and publishers regarding his research and writing on Washington Irving, Robert Louis Stevenson, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Benjamin N. Cardozo, and the Seligman family. Also, essays, reviews, plays, novels, speeches, and biographical and autobiographical works (both published and unpublished), scrapbooks of clippings, writings by others (mostly typescripts), photographs, contracts, and memorabilia. less
Marx, Anne
Anne Marx papers, ca. 1914-2004
Anne Marx was a poet, lecturer and editor. She was vice-president of the Poetry Society of America in 1978 and regional president of the National League of American Pen Women in 1992. She died April 16, 2006. The collection contains correspondence... more
Anne Marx was a poet, lecturer and editor. She was vice-president of the Poetry Society of America in 1978 and regional president of the National League of American Pen Women in 1992. She died April 16, 2006. The collection contains correspondence with friends and organizations, Poetry Society of America records, material about lectures and workshops, drafts of her poems and material pertaining to the nine volumes of published poetry. Also included are audio tapes. Additions donated in 1994 contain material concerning her early years living in Germany, including correspondence, diaries, school material and poems. Also included are materials concerning her first years in the United States. Additions donated in 2006 following Marx's death provide further documentation of her activities as poet and lecturer and covers the years 1947 through 2004. less


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FIRE > Newsdesk > U. of Minnesota Chills Speech Via 'Charlie Hebdo' Flyer Investigation
U. of Minnesota Chills Speech Via 'Charlie Hebdo' Flyer Investigation
After sponsoring an event focused on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and the aftermath of the tragic attack on the publication's staff in January, the University of Minnesota's (UMN's) College of Liberal Arts (CLA) was investigated by the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action (EOAA) for flyers promoting the event. The flyers featured a reproduction of the cover of the first Charlie Hebdo edition published following the attack with the word "censored" stamped over it. Eight individuals filed a complaint with EOAA, and approximately 260 people signed a petition calling the flyer design "very offensive." Both groups included students, staff members, and non-community members. After an investigation, the flyers were determined not to have violated university policy, but the community's response to the flyers nevertheless demonstrates misunderstandings about freedom of expression and the interests at stake.
At the panel, titled "Can One Laugh At Everything? Satire and Free Speech After Charlie," Professors Anthony S. Winer, William Beeman, Jane E. Kirtley, and Bruno Chaouat, as well as editorial cartoonist Steve Sack, discussed freedom of speech, depictions of Mohammed throughout history, and other relevant topics. According to Inside Higher Ed, panelists considered the event a success, as the debate was lively but peaceful. It was only weeks later that they learned about the controversy over the flyers.
Despite the fact that the cartoon doesn't come close to falling into any of the narrowly-defined categories of unprotected speech under the First Amendment, EOAA's investigation, which included interviewing organizers about their motives, was not completed until the end of March. Inside Higher Ed relays the outcome:
Ultimately, the office determined that the poster did not violate the university's antiharassment policy, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of religion. Factoring into the decision was the poster's relevance to academic subjects and its general commentary on a matter of public concern.
While EOAA correctly concluded that the flyer does not constitute harassment, it shouldn't have taken a public university so long to make that determination. Troublingly, UMN maintains a "yellow light" policy on racial harassment—that is, one that can be easily used to punish constitutionally protected expression—so although the poster falls far short of the Supreme Court's standard for harassment in the educational context, it was not a foregone conclusion that UMN would clear CLA of the charge. The reasons EOAA cited for doing so are also worrying: The office relied in part on its assessment of the value of this speech. EOAA's consideration of the flyers should have been much shorter and simpler, and the event's organizers shouldn't have been required to defend their decision in order to avoid censure.
Organizers had another reason to be unsure about their good standing with the university before EOAA's investigation concluded. In emails forwarded to Inside Higher Ed, the human resources office notified faculty via email on February 13 that the EOAA "ha[d] requested that the image [of the flyer] be removed from any [college] communication in all forms," including digital flyers and links. In addition to noting that the event already took place, the email explained that the request was "[d]ue to complaints about the image contained in the link." CLA's Dean John Coleman clarified three days later that it was ultimately faculty members' prerogative whether to remove these materials, although by then, most of the damage to free expression was likely done.
As constitutional law professor Eugene Volokh points out on The Volokh Conspiracy today, EOAA's email still sends the chilling message that professors who dare engage in speech that some consider offensive may find themselves under significant pressure from university administrators to self-censor. He writes:
This wasn't a fringe group of anti-Islam political activists putting out the flyers; these were people squarely in the middle of the academic Establishment. This wasn't a bunch of cartoonists putting out material that, viewed narrowly, might be seen by some as juvenile, nonsubstantive, or gratuitously offensive; these were academics putting on a substantive academic event with a flyer that is clearly and directly tied to the content of the event, and that depicts an image that has undoubted historical significance.
To be sure, I think the speech of fringe groups and juvenile cartoonists is protected by the First Amendment and by academic freedom principles — but even if you disagree, or think that this sort of speech should be generally constitutionally protected but excluded from academic institutions or condemned by standards of good manners, here we are far removed from those fringes, and squarely in the core of serious academic discussion on hugely important matters. Yet some public university administrators still seem to have felt comfortable trying to take down such speech, and, I suspect, trying to prevent it in the future.
Event co-organizer Professor Chaouat spoke out about the incident's potential to chill expression on campus:
Chaouat said he feared it was possible that "terror and terrorism actually work when people have a tendency to internalize the fear of retaliation and to self-censor. …This is something that's happened in France after the January events — there's been a lot of self-censorship in the aftermath of the Charlie Hebdo attacks and I'm afraid we're on the path here as well."
He added, "In the name of tolerance and acceptance and diversity, we're actually lying to ourselves."
Professor Beeman called the controversy an attempt "to enjoin faculty from saying anything that might hurt somebody's feelings, or that might offend someone." Indeed, as FIRE President Greg Lukianoff wrote in his book Freedom From Speech, there is a growing trend of students demanding that nobody say anything that might offend them. Speaking to the Minnesota Daily student newspaper, FIRE's Catherine Sevcenko aptly noted, "You're not going to be producing ideas if you're saying things that are safe and everyone agrees." Innovation and progress depend on the ability to express thoughts that may not be well-received.
Another worrying element of this case is that at one point, Dean Coleman reportedly considered putting a trigger warning on (presumably online) displays of the flyer, saying, "I not infrequently will come across news sites that will provide the option of seeing/hearing something that might be considered difficult for some viewers/listeners." Proponents of trigger warnings are increasingly using the concept to silence or chill expression. What's more, just as students are confusing the need for physical safety with their interest in emotional and intellectual safety, an improbable proportion of campus communities are claiming the need for care formerly associated with those diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder, a serious illness that cannot be treated by simply avoiding all potential reminders of the trauma.
FIRE hopes that the CLA professors and the rest of the UMN community aren't dissuaded from continuing conversations about Charlie Hebdo or any other topic they wish to discuss. As always, those who object to the CLA's programming or advertising should respond with their own expression, rather than enlisting the university to employ censorship.
Schools: University of Minnesota – Twin Cities

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Web retail has grow to be large information over the past 20 years or so, each for customers and merchants. If your shoe measurement is much like mine, do your shoe shopping before coming to Thailand; get your workout shoes, several pair of labor footwear (Thais want closed toe black leather-based), going-out-to-some-place-good sneakers, sandals, no matter you may consider that you will need before your journey again to your house country. Situated in the midst of Middle Metropolis's shopping district, The Shops at Liberty Place function more than fifty five retailers and eating places in a chic, urban setting. At , whether you want to find by category, find by shop, find by model or find by value range, it's made simple at , so holding shopping enjoyable and ensuring you get the easiest deal! Yes, for example, I've bother shopping from because so much of what they offer (beyond books) they won't ship to Spain.
British consumers can apply for unlimited next day delivery for under £9.95. The shop combines model name merchandise and its personal clothes strains to create an amazing shopping experience for people aged between 18 and 35. To get a read on the tendencies heading into Black Friday, we took the temperature of holiday shopping online. It is time to rejoice as a world class, hello-definition shopping vacation spot has now opened within the capital that meets all our Fashion & Lifestyle wants. The reason why I first fell into the black gap of shopping usually is because I was bored.
Though the phenomenon of huge shopping malls are a bit new here, traditionally made textiles and jewelry retailers are one of the best right here; for which the shops are scattered all over the metropolis. Should you like to read, and have been shopping frequently at Half-Price Books, you may be enthralled by 75% Off Books! I chose to put on this denim dress from ZARA as you can never go mistaken with an all-over denim costume whether or not you chose to put on it for a lunch date or a day out for shopping. The difficulty is that her avoidance will increase and solely hardly ever will she venture out to do the shopping.
On-line shopping provides everyone the chance to avoid wasting large money whereas shopping Reductions will all the time be there for consumers to take pleasure in. It is so hard to search out nice garments that shopping becomes boring and even downright disagreeable. Tampaknya Louie memiliki insting shopping yang tinggi, ia bisa mengetahui barang-barang berkualitas seolah-olah barang tersebut melakukan dialog dengannya. And, lastly, congratulations to the profitable group who walked away with RM5,000 shopping vouchers. As a matter of reality, most shopping malls carry all different sizes for men and they can be utterly LARGE.
Masih di episode satu, chemistry dan storyline Shopping King Louie sudah cukup memberikan saya jaminan bahwa drama yang tayang di MBC ini patut saya ikuti setiap Rabu dan Kamis. With almost 30 open air shopping centers tucked amid the island's magnificent stay oaks, scenic harbors and pristine tidal creek, you can do both. No Shopping Dolphin Mall tem também as lojas lojas de departamento Ross, Marshalls e , que são gigantes lojas de departamento, que vendem roupas de todas as marcas por um preço muito barato, mais barato até do que alguns shops.


A simple melody. An incredible dream. A passion to perform. For 20 years we've fueled it with the largest and highest quality collection of sheet music in the world. Expertly notated. Beautifully crafted. Easily searched. In versions for every skill level. You can play - and we're with you every note of the way.
For over 20 years, Musicnotes has supported musicians by providing them with an enormous library of sheet music. In "You Can Play," we cinematically display that support with a young child learning how to play music on the piano and developing into a professional pianist before our eyes.
To bring this video to life I partnered with Madison's local video production house, Kingdom Film Works, to get the creative look I was after. Due to the nostalgic value of this video, we decided to go with a set of modified Leica Summilux lenses to get a cinematic, aged look. Since the video would span a period of 15 years, we hired Production Designer, Elizabeth Jeann, for wardrobe and set design. One of the more challenging aspects of this video was finding a young professional Pianist to play our lead actor–I found that in the very talented, Jason Kutz. In addition to Jason, our production cast local and very talented performers from the American Players Theater which included, Emily Daly, and brothers Jamison and Guidry Madden to star in the video. The incredible cast really brought this story to life.
Since music was going to be a key factor to the whole production (and a character in itself), I went with Nancy Groeneveld to compose the music. Arranging the music proved to be the most challenging aspect of this production for three reasons. The first was finding the sound of the Musicnotes brand. Musicnotes had never produced a video of this scope or magnitude and they never composed an original score to represent their brand. So a very fun, creative, and laborious process began to develop Musicnotes unique sound. The second was the music needed to be composed before production began. Normally the Composer comes at the end of production and has footage to compose to. Nancy had to go off of my storyboards and imagination to develop the music. And third, the music needed to be done early enough to give our Lead Actor time to learn the piece. These three combined proved to be a challenge but was completely worth it. Nancy produced a memorable and beautiful melody, and Jason's performance of the music in the video proved magical. It really set this video apart.
Filming took three full days in four locations, with editing spanning over a month. When all said in done, this project took five months for development, scoring, preproduction, and production. Included with this video production was photography by Mike Gorski to capture behind the scenes and cinematic scenes that could be paired with the website.
The style, technique, and level of quality were the first of its kind for Musicnotes and the results quickly showed. Within its first full week of release, the video received well over 200K views. To date, the video has garnered well over 300K views and counting.
Alex Miranda Cruz has been a Contributor since 30th January 2018.


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Mayhem Fest 2015 - Jiffy Lube Live
2015 Mayhem Fest
Jiffy Lube Live
Bristow, VA
The 2015 installment of Mayhem Fest rolled through the MD/DC/VA tri state area and what struck me when I arrived at a little after 2 PM was NO lines to get in! I mean quite literally, there wasn't one person waiting in line to enter the show!
I arrived just before Swedish rockers Sister Sin took the stage and the band sounded great! They always deliver a strong old school metal set and the crowd seemed to love it despite the low turn out.
In years past the Mayhem Fest would set up the 2nd and 3rd stages in a side parking lot and the area was massive. This year the 2nd stage was set up in the concession area close to the bathrooms and the stage was tiny.
Jungle Rot impressed me with their power, heaviness and anger onstage...they pummeled through their short set as if they were on the main stage playing for thousands!
Thy Art Is Murder were interesting...their singer took the stage wearing a wind breaker and he reminded me of Andrew WK looks wise. I wasn't overly impressed with Thy Art Is Murder, they were ok. The crowd loved Thy Art Is Murder.
White Chapel were amazing BUT what impressed me the most about their set was their guitarist's cool black cowboy boots!
Kissing Candice had the most visual set on the 2nd stage. The bands masks remind you of Slipknot just a tad yet their music is more intense and less "metal" than Slipknot. Kissing Candice should have closed the main stage yet ironically their set was only 20 minutes long!
The Devil Wears Prada bored me. They delivered a decent set but were just so/so on the main stage. It felt like their set would have been better suited on the smaller stage where they would have been closer to their fans!
Hell Yeah sounded good, they owned the stage, and this line up is probably the tightest version of the band. Chad owned the stage but I can't help thinking of Mudvayne when I see him. I think most of his fans miss Mudvayne way more than he realizes. Vinnie Paul randomly chatted with the crowd and tossed out a good amount of drumsticks between songs. Hell Yeah were the calm before the demonic storm.
Feed Her To The Sharks closed out the 2nd stage and they were the band that offered the most diverse sound on this tour; this style was un-like anything else on this tour which made them a stand out act.
King Diamond's stage was awesome visually. The stairs, the upside down crosses, the theatrics; it was like satanic musical theatre on acid! "Abigail" was probably the best song in the set and Kerry King joined King for a Merciful Fate cover which was probably the highlight of the day.
Slayer were the nights headliner and it was interesting to see how much the crowd had cleared out before Slayer took the stage. The pit was 1/2 empty, the seats were not even 1/2 filled, the lawn was totally empty! Slayer delivered a set which covered new and old perfectly. It feels odd without Jeff but his essence is still there. Holt is a nice addition to the band but on many levels this does feel like it could be Slayers last tour.


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Home / News / Aero Contractors Sacks 900 workers
Aero Contractors Sacks 900 workers
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Aero Contractors Airline, which is under the management of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), has sacked about 900 workers representing 60 per cent of its workforce.
Letters of redundancy were issued to the affected employees during the week.
Simon Tumba, media consultant to the airline, confirmed the development in a statement, saying affected workers would be paid their pension and gratuity.
Before it suspended flight operations in September, the company had about 1,500 workers on its payroll.
Tumba said the airline had been grappling with huge and unrealistic personnel cost as well as other operational challenges, worsened by lack of enough aircraft to keep all the workers meaningfully engaged.
"The issuance of notification of redundancy is a business decision that will ensure Aero's survival," he said.
"The current situation where over a thousand people are basically not engaged due to lack of serviceable aircraft is not sustainable for the airline.
"The huge monthly salary associated with a bloated workforce will eventually kill the airline, which is not the intention of the current government."
According to him, Aero Contractors currently has aircraft-to-employee ratio of 1:500, which analysts believe is perhaps the worst in the history of global airline industry.
Tumba said government's intervention in Aero was to save it from total collapse.
He said, all steps such as this (issuance of redundancy letters) to ensure its survival must be put into effect to save the airline.
"This decision will immediately reduce the whopping operational cost, which has been stifling Aero; enable the management bring in more aircraft through savings from overheads and pay for C-checks," he said.
"It will also enable Aero have a more manageable and committed workforce in line with international best practices of 50 to 60 personnel to one aircraft unlike what obtains in Aero at the moment."
He added that those in maintenance repair and overhaul (MRO) and other essential staff in critical departments would not be affected.
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U.S. TRAVELS. 86 percent of travelers in the United States are planning leisure trips this summer, up from 81 percent that traveled last summer, according to Tripadvisor's annual travel survey released on Tuesday. The survey is based on more than 1,800 U.S. respondents, according to the travel site.


For people with phobias, exposure can be helpful. And so, therapists have taken their patients on plane trips and to visit tall buildings, and encouraged them to sign up for public speaking classes. As technology advances, we can ask: could virtual reality, or VR, work?
In the second selection, we look at a new editorial from The Lancet Psychiatry. While the authors are keen on digital psychiatry – the sort of work that Donker and her team do – they also warn about potential problems.
It's effective but is it really safe?
Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) remains controversial 80 years after its first clinical use. At the heart of the controversy: its effects on cognition. Some wonder about the possibility that ECT could be linked to dementia.
Despite the strong concerns expressed over the years, relatively little research has been done on the possible connection between ECT and dementia. This week, we consider a new paper by the University of Copenhagen's Merete Osler and her co-authors. In this Lancet Psychiatry study, they tap Danish national databases, finding no connection.
van Gogh's Old Man in Sorrow – in need of ECT?
In this Reading, we look at the paper and consider some recent work on ECT.
Reading of the Week: MDMA for PTSD – the New Lancet Psychiatry Paper; Is the Club Drug Really a Breakthrough Drug?
May 10, 2018 / David Gratzer / Comments Off on Reading of the Week: MDMA for PTSD – the New Lancet Psychiatry Paper; Is the Club Drug Really a Breakthrough Drug?
In a recent article on MDMA (often called Molly or Ecstasy), The New York Times quotes U.S. Marine Nigel McCourry, who has PTSD, talking about his experience taking the drug. So – is there a role for MDMA in the treatment of PTSD? In a new paper published in The Lancet Psychiatry, researchers seem to find there is. In the study, therapy sessions were enhanced with MDMA; after the sessions, 68% of the patients no longer met the clinical criteria for PTSD.
MDMA: Colourful pills – helpful pills?
In this Reading, we consider the paper behind the headlines, and the Comment piece that accompanies it. We also consider what to tell patients if they ask about MDMA for PTSD.
This week's selection is a brief paper with long implications. For all of us clinicians who turn to the peer-reviewed literature (either directly or through the filter of Reading of The Week) for guidance on how to help our patients, this paper is worth a read.
It is impossible to stay current on the treatment research results that emerge daily, and we look to those randomized controlled trials published in high-impact peer-reviewed journals for evidence of what works for people with the diagnoses that we find ourselves addressing in the office, the clinic, the ER or the inpatient unit. But who are those patients who sign consent forms to take part in these studies, and how much do they resemble the people sitting across from us?
Great clipboard but relevant to clinical work?
A patient made this comment to me recently. And it's an experience many patients have had. Despite medications and follow up, the voices continue to be problematic.
This week, we look at a new paper from The Lancet Psychiatry which considers a novel approach: AVATAR therapy.
In this study, patients who experienced auditory hallucinations created a computerized simulation (avatar) of the voice they most wanted to influence, including what the voice said, how it sounded, and how the "entity" with the voice looked like. Patients, working with a therapist who controlled the avatar, then had therapy sessions in which they could talk to it. Patients were compared on several measures to those who only received supportive therapy.
The paper has received significant media attention including CNN and BBC.
The Face of the Voice – and a Step Toward Healing?
In this Reading, we consider the paper and its findings.
If students sleep better, are they less likely to have mental health problems like paranoia?
In this week's Reading, we look at a new study from The Lancet Psychiatry. In this single-blind, randomized controlled trial, Oxford professor Daniel Freeman et al. consider students from 26 universities with insomnia, assigning them CBT (offered over the internet) or the usual care.
Spoiler alert: the students with CBT did better.
It's one of the most common patient complaints: I can't sleep.
Insomnia affects 6 to 10% of the population. It's a common problem – and often chronic. But are we mishandling insomnia?
In a two-part, two-week series, we look at the latest in insomnia research.
Last week. Fewer Pills, More Therapy. The new Clinical Practice Guidelines.
This week. Insomnia, Is There an App for That? The GoodNight Study.
This week, turning to a new paper from The Lancet Psychiatry, we consider an online insomnia program to prevent depression relapse.
As stigma fades, as mental health problems are recognized and discussed, we have an opportunity to re-think old approaches.
This week, the Readings touch on two large issues: how to handle mental illness in our society, and what to do about addiction and the law. The first comes from a recent speech by the Prime Minister of Britain; the second, from an editorial in The Lancet Psychiatry.


The Phantom Regiment is proud to announce, in partnership with the Northern Illinois University Huskie Marching Band, a brand new Concert Band Festival!
The Regiment is excited to expand on the educational programs it provides by adding a concert band festival. This festival in conjunction with the NIU Huskie Marching Band, will take place on March 2 & 3, 2012 at the beautiful Boutell Memorial Concert Hall on the campus of the Northern Illinois University campus.
The Phantom Regiment has been producing a marching band festival for many years, but in 2009, moved it to Huskie Stadium on the campus of NIU. In continuing to grow our partnership with NIU, this will bring a concert band festival back to the campus.