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1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina by Chris Rose
A journalist offers a collection of his columns detailing his own experiences living through Hurricane Katrina, the stories of other city inhabitants, and the struggle to rebuild in the wake of destruction, tragedy, and death. (6 copies)
13 Little Blue Envelopes by Maureen Johnson NEW
When seventeen-year-old Ginny receives a packet of mysterious envelopes from her favorite aunt, she leaves New Jersey to criss-cross Europe on a sort of scavenger hunt that transforms her life. (5 copies)
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton NEW
In the highest circle of New York social life during the 1870's, Newland Archer, a young lawyer, prepares to marry docile May Welland. Before their engagement is announced, he meets May's cousin, mysterious, nonconformist Countess Ellen Olenska, who has returned to New York after a long absence. (6 copies)
The Accursed by Joyce Carol Oates NEW
A strange European prince, possibly the Devil himself, befuddles members of Princeton's social elite, including college president Woodrow Wilson. Can the curse be broken by the end of this surreal historical novel? (6 copies)
Ashfall by Mike Mullin NEW
After the eruption of the Yellowstone supervolcano destroys his city and its surroundings, 15-year-old Alex must journey to find his family, trying to survive in a transformed landscape and a new society in which all the old rules of living have vanished. (5 copies)
Astoria & Empire by James P. Ronda
Details John Jacob Astor's attempt to establish a Northwest fur-trading empire, including the exploration of Southern Idaho, and the struggle among Britain, Spain, and the U.S. for control of the region.* (6 copies)
The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. King
When Mary Russell meets famous detective Sherlock Holmes, she discovers that he is also a beekeeper. Soon she finds herself on the trail of kidnappers and discovers a plot to kill both Holmes and herself. (5 copies)
Beginner's Greek by James Collins
Falling hopelessly in love with a woman whose contact information he loses, Peter Russell perpetuates a series of events involving a woman's complicated marriage to a man in love with someone else, a man's debauchery, and an evil boss. (6 copies)
The Big Over Easy by Jasper Fforde
Unconvinced that a former convict and millionaire philanthropist has been murdered by his suicide-victim ex-wife, detective inspector Jack Spratt and his assistant, Mary Mary, uncover a plot involving money laundering and asylum-seeking titans. (6 copies)
The Blight Way by Patrick F. McManus
Idaho sheriff Bo Tully's hopes about a rekindled romance with his high-school sweetheart are challenged by his father's upcoming seventy-fifth birthday celebration and a ranch murder involving numerous possible suspects. (5 copies)
Blood Harvest by S. J. Bolton
Something isn't quite right in Heptonclough, including the mysterious accidental deaths of three toddlers over the last ten years. It is not until Tom Fletcher's siblings, two-year-old Milly and five-year-old Joe Fletcher, go missing in turn that the little village's evil secret turns his family's dreams of an English paradise into a nightmare. (6 copies)
The Book of Lost Things by John Connolly NEW
Taking refuge in fairy tales after the loss of his mother, twelve-year-old David finds himself violently propelled into an imaginary land in which the boundaries of fantasy and reality are disturbingly melded. (6 copies)
Boneshaker by Cherie Priest
Commissioned to build a machine that will promote gold-rush land-breaking efforts between Civil War-era Seattle and Alaska, inventor Leviticus Blue inadvertently triggers the release of a deadly gas that transforms people into the living dead, a situation that prompts his teenage son to restore the family reputation years later. (6 copies)
Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
During a ninety-mile drive to her best friend's husband's funeral, Maggie and her husband, Ira, recall and reevaluate the details of their twenty-eight-year marriage. (5 copies)
The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling
The early death of a small town councilman reveals deep-rooted conflicts in the seemingly idyllic community of Pagford, which rapidly deteriorates in the face of cultural disputes, generation clashes, and a volatile election. (6 copies)
Catch Me if You Can: The Amazing True Story of the Youngest and Most Daring Con Man in the History of Fun and Profit! by Frank W. Abagnale, Jr.
A former confidence man and master impostor recounts his crimes, captures, escapes, and imprisonment, in a firsthand account of his international exploits. (5 copies)
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert Galbraith
Private investigator Cormoran Strike has a day he'll not soon forget. The 35-year-old, who lost a leg in Afghanistan, spends the night in his bare-bones London office after a relationship-ending fight with his girlfriend. That morning, he sports a cut on his face (she threw an ashtray) as he rushes out the door, barreling into a new temp secretary he can't afford, almost sending her down a staircase. The forgiving temp, Robin, quickly proves useful when they get a case: a famous young model supposedly jumped from the top of her penthouse apartment, but her brother believes she was murdered. Entering the realm of the mega-rich, Strike and Robin question celebrities and fashionistas, trying to uncover the truth. (5 copies)
The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon and French cryptologist Sophie Neveu work to solve the murder of an elderly curator of the Louvre, a case which leads to clues hidden in the works of Da Vinci and a centuries-old secret society. (6 copies)
Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man by Fannie Flagg
Daisy Fay Harper turns 17 during the 1950s, and her experiences evoke the time in the deep South of strapless net evening gowns and Red Ryder. (5 copies)
Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town by Paul Theroux
The author recounts his odyssey down the length of Africa, from Cairo to South Africa, describing the bad food, many delays, discomforts, and dangers of his trip, along with the people and places of the real Africa. (6 copies)
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements by Sam Kean NEW
The periodic table of the elements is a treasure trove of passion, adventure, obsession, and betrayal. These tales follow carbon, neon, silicon, gold, and all the elements in the table as they play out their parts in human history. (6 copies)
The Dressmaker of Khair Khana: Five Sisters, One Remarkable Family, and the Woman Who Risked Everything to Keep Them Safe by Gayle Tzemach Lemmon NEW
The incredible true account of Kamila Sidiqi who, when her father and brother were forced to flee Kabul, became the sole breadwinner for her five siblings. Armed only with grit and determination, she picked up a needle and thread and created a thriving business of her own and held her family together. (7 copies)
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry: Poems About Food and Drink edited by Peter Washington NEW
All kinds of foods and beverages are laid out in these pages, along with picnics and banquets, intimate suppers and quiet dinners, noisy parties and public celebrations – in poems by Horace, Catullus, Hafiz, Rumi, Rilke, Moore, Nabokov, Updike, and many others. (6 copies)
Echo Park by Michael Connelly
Detective Harry Bosch, now in the Open-unsolved Unit, receives a call from the DA telling him a serial killer has confessed to several murders. Harry must interview the man about a case he couldn't crack involving the murder of a 22-year-old woman whose body was never found. (5 copies)
Ella Minnow Pea by Mark Dunn
Recounts what happens when the citizens of an island must rely on all their ingenuity to communicate in an increasingly limited language when the government progressively bans letters from the alphabet. (6 copies)
Enchantment by Orson Scott Card
Follows one man from ninth-century Russia to present-day America as he struggles to rescue a princess and her kingdom, find true love, and overcome the blackest of evil. (6 copies)
Enemy Women by Paulette Jiles
Follows Adair, the daughter of modest farmers in the Missouri Ozarks, who is wrongly accused of enemy collaboration by the Union militia, as she falls in love with her interrogator and embarks on a periloous journey to find her family. (6 copies)
En~The Faith Club: A Muslim, a Christian, a Jew – Three Women Search for Understanding by Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver, and Priscilla Warner
Traces how three American women of different faiths worked together to understand one another while identifying the connections between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, during which they openly discussed the issues that divided them. (5 copies)
The Fifth Vial by Michael Palmer
A suspended Harvard Medical School student is kidnapped and left for dead in Rio de Janeiro, while a terminally ill medical genius works on a potentially world-changing cure, and a Chicago detective struggles to identify a mysterious accident victim. (6 copies)
Finn by Jon Clinch
A novel inspired by Mark Twain's classic tales explores the mysterious life and strange death of Huckleberry Finn's infamous father, describing Finn's fearsome father, the Judge; his brother, the sickly, sycophantic Will; and young Huck. (6 copies)
Frankenstein: The Graphic Novel by Mary Shelley and Jason Cobley NEW
A Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of committed science student Victor Frankenstein who assembles a human being from stolen body parts. (6 copies)
The idyllic lives of civic-minded environmentalists Patty and Walter Berglund come into question when their son moves in with aggressive Republican neighbors, green lawyer Walter takes a job in the coal industry, and go-getter Patty becomes increasingly unstable and enraged. (6 copies)
Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
As the Reverend John Ames approaches the hour of his own death, he writes a letter to his son chronicling three previous generations of his family, a story that stretches back to the Civil War and reveals uncomfortable family secrets. (6 copies)
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls NEW
The child of an alcoholic father and an eccentric artist mother discusses her family's nomadic upbringing, during which she and her siblings fended for themselves while their parents outmaneuvered bill collectors and the authorities. (6 copies)
Good in Bed by Jennifer Weiner
At first my eyes wouldn't make sense of the letters. Finally, they unscrambled. Loving a Larger Woman, said the headline, by Bruce Guberman. Bruce Guberman had been my boyfriend for just over three years, until we'd decided to take a break three months ago. And the larger woman, I could only assume, was me. (5 copies)
Hattie Big Sky by Kirby Larson NEW
After inheriting her uncle's homesteading claim in Montana, sixteen-year-old orphan Hattie Brooks travels from Iowa in 1917 to make a home for herself and encounters some unexpected problems related to the war being fought in Europe. (6 copies)
A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage
An offbeat history of the world traces the story of humankind from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century from the perspective of six different drinks–beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola–describing their pervasive influence during pivotal eras of world history, from humankind's adoption of agriculture to the advent of globalization. (6 copies)
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros NEW
For Esperanza, a young girl growing up in the Hispanic quarter of Chicago, life is an endless landscape of concrete and run-down tenements, and she tries to rise above the hopelessness. (6 copies)
The Inextinguishable Symphony by Martin Goldsmith
An account of two Jewish musicians who fell in love while playing for Frankfort's Kulturbund orchestra, which served as a haven for persecuted Jews and as a Nazi propoganda tool, describes how love maintained through the horrors of the Third Reich. (6 copies)
The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town by John Grisham
Presents the real-life case of Ron Williamson, a mentally ill former baseball player who was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death for the 1982 murder of a 21-year-old woman in his Oklahoma hometown. (5 copies)
The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Encompassing two generations and a rich blend of Chinese and American history, the story of four struggling, strong women also reveals their daughter's memories and feelings. (6 copies)
Traces the unlikely friendship of a wealthy Afghan youth and a servant's son, in a tale that spans the final days of Afghanistan's monarchy through the atrocities of the present day. (6 copies)
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, August 27, 1883 by Simon Winchester
Considers the global impact of the 1883 eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, documenting its cause of an immense tsunami that killed 40,000 people, its impact on the weather for several years, and its role in anti-Western Islamic fundamentalism. (5 copies)
The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid by Bill Bryson
The author describes his all-American childhood growing up as a member of the baby boom generation in the heart of Iowa, detailing his rich fantasy life as a superhero known as the Thunderbolt Kid and his remarkably normal 1950s family life. (6 copies)
The Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Possessing encyclopedia-like intelligence, unusual zookeeper's son Pi Patel sets sail for America, but when the ship sinks, he escapes on a life boat and is lost at sea with a dwindling number of animals until only he and a hungry Bengal tiger remain. (6 copies)
The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon by David Grann
Interweaves the story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who vanished during a 1925 expedition into the Amazon, with the author's own quest to uncover the mysteries surrounding Fawcett's final journey and the secrets of what lies deep in the Amazon jungle. (6 copies)
The Lost Madonna by Kelly Jones
Returning to Florence, Suzanne Cunningham is determined to find out what happened to a priceless painting from her past, and to the man who forever changed her destiny. (6 copies)
Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Fermina Daza and Florentino Ariza consummate their passion at the beginning of the 20th century after having waited over 50 years. (6 copies)
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Looking down from heaven, 14-year-old Susie Salmon recounts her rape and murder and watches her family as they cope with their grief and "the lovely bones" growing around her absence. (5 copies)
Major Pettigrew's Last Stand by Helen Simonson NEW
Major Ernest Pettigrew (retired) leads a quiet life in the village of St. Mary, England, until his brother's death sparks an unexpected friendship with Mrs. Jasmina Ali, the Pakistani shopkeeper from the village. But will their relationship survive in a society that considers Ali a foreigner? (7 copies)
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
A murder involves Sam Spade in a dangerous search for a valuable statue. (5 copies)
The Mango Season by Amulya Malladi
While visiting her family in India, Priya plans on announcing her engagement to an American man, but upon her arrival she learns that her parents have selected a husband for her and must choose between her own desires and her parents' wishes. (5 copies)
Maphead: Charting the Weird World of Geography Wonks by Ken Jennings
Traces the history of mapmaking while offering insight into the role of cartography in human civilization and sharing anecdotes about the cultural arenas frequented by map enthusiasts. (6 copies)
Marcelo in the Real World by Francisco X. Stork NEW
Marcelo Sandoval, a 17-year-old boy on the high-functioning end of the autistic spectrum, faces new challenges, including romance and injustice, when he goes to work for his father in the mailroom of a corporate law firm. (7 copies)
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris NEW
In a collection of essays, observations, and commentaries, the humorist describes his recent move to Paris, life as an American in Paris, his struggle to learn French, his family, and restaurant meals. (7 copies)
Memory Wall by Anthony Doerr
Set on four continents, Anthony Doerr's stories are about memory, the source of meaning and coherence in our lives, and the fragile thread that connects us to ourselves and to others. (6 copies)
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Calliope's friendship with a classmate and her sense of identity are compromised by the adolescent discovery that she is a hermaphrodite, a situation with roots in her grandparent's desperate struggle for survival in the 1920s. (5 copies)
The Moon in Our Hands by Thomas Dyja
Recruited in 1918 to work for the NAACP, Walter White – a light-skinned African American man who can pass for white – is sent undercover to investigate a lynching, all the while confronted with personal issues of identity. (5 copies)
My Dear I Wanted to Tell You by Louisa Young NEW
The lives of two very different couples–an officer and his aristocratic wife and a young soldier and his childhood sweetheart–are irrevocably intertwined and forever changed in this WWI epic of love and war. (6 copies)
Conceived to provide a bone marrow match for her leukemia-stricken sister, teenage Anna begins to question her moral obligations in light of countless medical procedures and decides to fight for the right to make decisions about her own body. (6 copies)
Night by Elie Wiesel
The narrative of a boy who lived through Auschwitz and Buchenwald provide a short and terrible indictment of modern humanity. (5 copies)
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
At the edge of the continent, in the small town of Crosby, Maine, lives Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher who deplores the changes in her town and in the world at large but doesn't always recognize the changes in those around her. (7 copies)
Open Range by Lauran Paine
Since the citizens of Harmonville dislike open range cattlemen, they look the other way when their marshal is involved with the killings of two of Boss Spearman's cattlemen, and Spearman has to achieve justice for himself. (5 copies)
Open Season by C. J. Box
As Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett races against time to save an endangered species, he finds himself plunged into a deadly mystery that soon threatens his family and the life he loves. (5 copies)
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson NEW
The son of a singer whose career forcibly separated her from her family and an influential father who runs an orphan work camp, Pak Jun Do rises to prominence using instinctive talents and eventually becomes a professional kidnapper and romantic rival to Kim Jong Il. (5 copies)
Pacific Glory by P.T. Deutermann NEW
Their military careers forever transformed by the attack on Pearl Harbor, Navy nurse Glory grieves for the loss of her husband while ship officer Marsh battles his way toward Leyte Gulf and fighter pilot Mick struggles with the drinking problem for which he was grounded. (6 copies)
Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi
The great-granddaughter of Iran's last emperor and the daughter of ardent Marxists describes growing up in Tehran in a country plagued by political upheaval and vast contraditions between public and private life. (6 copies)
Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Set in twelfth-century England, this epic of kings and peasants juxtaposes the building of a magnificent church with the violence and treachery that often characterized the Middle Ages. (6 copies)
Please Look After Mom by Kyung-sook Shin
A stunning, deeply moving story of a family's search for their missing mother, and their discovery of the desires, heartaches and secrets they never realized she harbored within. (6 copies)
Poetry 180: A Turning Back to Poetry edited by Billy Collins
Inspired by Billy Collins's poem-a-day program with the Library of Congres, Poetry 180 is the perfect anthology for readers who appreciate engaging, thoughtful poems that are an immediate pleasure. (6 copies)
The Quickening by Michelle Hoover
With the coming of the Great Depression to the upper Midwest, two farmer's wives are pitted against one another, exposing the dark secrets they hide and triggering a series of events that will unravel their friendship–and their families. (6 copies)
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books by Azar Nafisi
The author describes growing up in the Islamic Republic of Iran and the group of young women who came together at her home in secret every Thursday to read and discuss great books of Western literature. (5 copies)
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
The story of Dinah, a tragic character from the Bible whose great love, a prince, is killed by her brother, leaving her alone and pregnant. The novel traces her life from childhood to death, in the process examining sexual and religious practices of the day, and what it meant to be a woman. (6 copies)
The Road by Cormac McCarthy
In a novel set in an indefinite, futuristic, post-apocalyptic world, a father and his young son make their way through the ruins of a devastated American landscape, struggling to survive and preserve the last remnants of their own humanity. (6 copies)
Robopocalypse by Daniel H. Wilson
A tale set in the near future finds the world thrown into chaos by rebelling artificial intelligences under the leadership of a murderous technology called Archos that kills its creator and takes over the global network, triggering an unprecedented united front among all human cultures. (6 copies)
Say You're One of Them by Uwem Akpan
A collection of tales about modern African children in crisis includes "An Ex-Mas Feast," in which an eight-year-old child shares in his family's sacrifices to obtain enough food and enable his education. (7 copies)
Seabiscuit: An American Legend by Laura Hillenbrand
The author retraces the journey of Seabiscuit, a horse with crooked legs and a pathetic tail that made racing history in 1938, thanks to the efforts of a trainer, owner, and jockey who transformed a bottom-level racehorse into a legend. (5 copies, including 1 audiobook)
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
After her "stand-in mother," a bold black woman named Rosaleen, insults the three biggest racists in town, Lily Owens joins Rosaleen on a journey to Tiburon, South Carolina, where they are taken in by three black, bee-keeping sisters. (6 copies)
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
A boy named Daniel selects a novel from a library of rare books, enjoying it so much that he searches for the rest of the author's works, only to discover that someone is destroying every book the author has ever written. (6 copies)
Shannon: A Poem of the Lewis and Clark Expedition by Campbell McGrath
An epic work inspired by the expedition of Lewis and Clark from a perspective of its youngest member, George Shannon, that also reflects on the narrator's sixteen-day solitary journey through the prairie. (5 copies)
Stiff: The Curious Life of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
A look inside the world of forensics examines the use of human cadavers in a wide range of endeavors, including research into new surgical procedures, space exploration, and a Tennessee human decay research facility. (5 copies)
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective by Kate Summerscale
In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all England and led to a national obsession with detection, ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps the greatest detective in the land, Jonathan Whicher of Scotland Yard. (6 copies)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley NEW
11-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, finds a dead bird on the doorstep of her family's mansion in the summer of 1950, propelling her into an investigation into a man's murder where her father is the main suspect. (5 copies)
Sycamore Row by John Grisham
When a wealthy man hangs himself and leaves his fortune to his black maid, Jake Brigance finds himself embroiled in a controversial trial that will expose old racial tensions and force Ford County to confront its tortured history. (6 copies)
A Tale of Two Cities and Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
A story of the French Revolution and the horror of the guillotine, and a tale about a young orphan who aspires to life above his station.* (6 copies)
Tell No One by Harlan Coben
It's been eight years since Dr. David Beck's wife, Elizabeth, was murdered by a serial killer. When Beck receives a message containing a phrase only Elizabeth should know, he falls apart. Either someone is playing a sick joke, or his wife is still alive. After being warned to tell no one, Beck sets out in a desparate search which leads him toward a deadly secret. (5 copies)
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Two women born a generation apart witness the destruction of their home and family in wartorn Kabul, losses incurred over the course of thirty years that test the limits of their strength and courage. (5 copies)
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace – Once School at a Time by Greg Mortenson
Traces how Mortenson, having been rescued by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban restrictions. (5 copies)
Passionately in love, Clare and Henry vow to hold onto each other and their marriage as they struggle with the effects of Chrono-Displacement Disorder, a condition that casts Henry involuntarily into the world of time travel. (6 copies)
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Scout's father defends a black man accused of raping a white woman in a small Alabama town during the 1930s. (6 copies)
True Grit by Charles Portis
With her papa's pistol tied to her saddlehorn and a supersized ration of audacity, fourteen-year-old Mattie Ross sets out to avenge her father's murder. (5 copies)
Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin
An eccentric cast of characters populates the autobiography of a young girl who roots for the Brooklyn Dodgers with her father, while her mother suffers from a debilitating illness. (7 copies)
Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen
It's the Depression Era and Jacob, finding himself parentless and penniless, joins the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth, where he meets the freaks, grifters, and misfits that populate this world, as well as Marlena, its beautiful equestrian star. (5 copies)
The Widower's Tale by Julia Glass NEW
Enjoying an active but lonely rural life, 70-year-old Percy haplessly allows a progressive preschool to move into his barn and transform his quiet home into a lively, youthful community that compels him to reexamine the choices he made in the decades after his wife's death.
Weeds: In Defense of Nature's Most Unloved Plants by Richard Mabey
Weaving together natural history, botanical science and insight from his own travels, a nature writer reveals the many hidden truths behind these scourges of lawns and gardens, and explores how weeds have been portrayed from the Bible all the way to "Invasion of the Body Snatchers." (5 copies)
The Wish Maker by Ali Sethi
Zaki Shirazi, a young Pakistani in a household dominated by his mother and grandmother, is close to his female cousin, Samar Api, but while Samar's reckless teenage behavior brings consequences for her, Zaki is free to explore the world, only later reflecting on the true meaning of happiness. (6 copies)
Young Woman and the Sea: How Trudy Ederle Conquered the English Channel and Inspired the World by Glenn Stout
In 1926, a plucky American teenager named Trudy Ederle captured the imagination of the world when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel. Stout offers the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederle's pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid. (6 copies)
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This past week has been unseasonably warm—so warm that we were able to sleep outside in our "sukkah" (i.e., a tent). The nights were mild and beautiful, and we enjoyed a restful night of sleep in the fresh night air.
Friday, the temperature dropped, and the wind increased. I figured my children would sleep inside where it was warm. But no, they wanted to camp out, and they convinced me to join them.
We dressed warmly and took extra blankets outside. Like butterflies in cocoons, we snuggled inside sleeping bags with blankets piled on top.
For a moment, I contemplated returning to my soft, warm bed but decided that since we had made the effort to drag extra blankets out to the tent, we would make the best of it.
I abandoned the damp sleeping bag for the other side of the tent and again wrapped myself in blankets.
Unlike the previous night's calm air and relaxing sleep, the extreme windy conditions seemed to mock my attempts at sleeping as it whipped the protective tarp we had secured over the tent.
My mind imagined the howling wind yanking the tent pegs and transporting us into another "world," like Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.
Fortunately, our tent stayed intact and the kids got more sleep than I did.
The kids are planning to sleep outside again tonight (even though it's a little colder).
And I might just join them. After all, it is Sukkot!
Rosh HaShanah–a Joyful, Jewish New Year!
"Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
Rosh HaShanah (the Feast of Trumpets or Yom Teruah) is the first of the Jewish fall festivals. The Hebrew phrase "Rosh HaShanah" literally means "the head of the year" and is known as the Jewish New Year.
Rosh HaShanah is described in Leviticus 23:23-25 where it tells the Israelites to rest and blow the trumpet or shofar (ram's horn). Teruah is the Hebrew word for the blowing of the shofar (Numbers 29:1). This feast falls on the first day of Tishrei, the seventh month of the Jewish calendar.
Rosh HaShanah holds future significance as a day of judgment since it is connected to the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the new season (Exodus 34:22). The days following Rosh HaShanah are intense days of repentance and forgiveness leading up to Yom Kippur.
Blowing the shofar has significance in Scripture. The Israelites sounded shofars as a call to assembly, a command to move out, a call to war, in preparation for an announcement, a warning of judgment to come, a call to celebration and worship, or for the coronation of a new king, as well as new moons and feast times (Numbers 10:1-10).
Varying sounds meant different things, and when blown correctly, the shofar could be heard at great distances. Blowing shofars was a reminder of God's presence both during war and days of joy and also indicates judgment and the coming of the LORD (Joel 2:1).
This feast does not merely point to the past, but also to the future. Isaiah foretells a time when Israel will be gathered back to their land at the sound of a "great trumpet" (Isaiah 27:13).
The New Covenant prophecies Yeshua (Jesus) coming from heaven with the sound of the shofar at the rapture of His saints (1 Thessalonians 4:14-17; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52). The angels will also sound the shofar at His second coming (Matthew 24:31). Just like a new year marks new beginnings, this last trumpet will mark the beginning of the reign of Messiah (Revelation 11:15).
Psalm 47:5 says that "God has ascended with a shout, the LORD, with the sound of a trumpet (shofar)." Yeshua was crucified for the atonement of sins on the very day of Passover; we eagerly await His imminent return which will be announced with the sound of a shofar.
Like traditional New Year's celebrations, Jewish people celebrate and commit for a better year, and one tradition is eating apples dipped in honey for the sweet New Year.
Shannah Tova Umetuka! – Have a good and sweet year!
Ah, summer! Longs days, warmer weather, and fresh fruits and vegetables from the garden. Each year, my family looks forward to eating fresh berries during June and July.
You can use any fruit you have, but for Independence Day. we like to use red and black raspberries or strawberries and blueberries for a patriotic look.
Preheat oven to 400. Melt butter in the baking pan. Combine milk, flour, sugar, and baking powder. Pour over butter. DO NOT STIR. Next add fruit on top. DO NOT STIR. Bake until crust has risen and is brown, about 30 minutes.
Your daughter is growing so fast. How I wish you could see her! She is learning new words every day. She loves to look at pictures, and she now says "Da!" when I show her your picture. She keeps me busy as she likes to climb and gets into everything.
I had this picture taken especially for you! Barbara is wearing her new dress she got for her first birthday. Fella Studio did an excellent job capturing her blue eyes. They do so remind me of you.
Both of us are fine, but we miss you dearly. I tell little Barbara Ann all about you, and she can't wait to meet her daddy.
I know this letter is short, but I wanted you to get this picture as soon as possible. I will write more later.
Lloyd smiled as he once again gazed at his only daughter. His wife was right. Barbara had his blue eyes, but she had his wife's brunette hair. Oh, how Lloyd loved his beautiful brown‑eyed wife, and oh how he missed her!
Would Barbara recognize him from his picture? How would she react when she saw her daddy for the first time? Would she reach out for him, or would she turn shyly away?
Lloyd sighed as he carefully folded the letter and placed the picture back into his wallet. How he hated this war! He wanted to be back with his lovely wife and daughter.He wanted to be back with his lovely wife and daughter—a daughter who was growing up without him, a daughter he hadn't even met. Hopefully, the war would soon be over, and then he would enjoy getting to know his daughter.
But Lloyd never got that opportunity. Lloyd Theodore Guessford died on June 7, 1944, during D‑Day operations in Normandy, France. He left behind a young wife and a daughter, not quite 17 months old.
Connie tried to muffle her sobs as she rocked her young daughter who had finally fallen asleep. The young wife and mother struggled to be brave for her daughter's sake. Yet, Barbara was perceptive beyond her young years. She knew something was wrong and she clung desperately to her mother while awake and resisted going to sleep.
Connie let her mind wander back to the last time she had seen her beloved. She vividly remembered those final precious moments before Lloyd boarded the train that took him away forever. She had clung desperately to her husband as though she could prevent his leaving. Somehow, she had feared the war would take him away for more than just a couple years, despite his reassuring promises.
"Connie, I'll be back before you know it. Be brave for me‑‑and that little baby," he said winking as he patted her slightly swollen abdomen.
As much as she tried, Connie could not hold back the tears as she watched the train pull away. She was a brave young woman after that, and no one saw her cry. Only her damp pillowcase at night betrayed her emotions.
Time passed, but that lingering fear that somehow the war would separate her from her beloved, never departed. Even before the confirmed report of her husband's death, Connie knew that something dreadful had happened.
Suddenly, her life was empty, except for little Barbara who gave Connie hope that life would go on. Barbara was her last living link to Lloyd, and somehow, she and Barbara would make it.
This fictionalized true story was written in November 2000. I never had the privilege of meeting Lloyd Guessford, although I've seen pictures of him and Connie and have read the newspaper account of his death. Yet this man has become an important part of my life since I married his oldest grandson in 1991.
Though dead, Lloyd lives on in his daughter Barbara, his two grandsons, and his three great‑grandsons and four great‑granddaughters. Without this man, whom I never met, I would not have a wonderful set of in‑laws, a terrific husband, two nieces, nor five precious children.
I am thankful for the many Lloyd Guessfords who fought to maintain this country's freedom and for the many who willingly sacrificed their lives for that cause.
You can read about my oldest son in the Army in Happy Birthday in Afghanistan..
Each year on the second Sunday in May, we honor mothers on Mother's Day. While this day is special for many women, others dread that day.
For the childless woman who wants children, Mother's Day can be frustrating and a painful reminder of what is lacking in her life. No special flowers or Mother's Day gift, just another uncomfortable service proclaiming God's blessing of children.
Parents nod and smile in agreement and wonder when she is going to start a family. "Don't worry. Next year, you'll be standing up with all the other mothers," someone says.
I am in pain. Someone just died. Who you say? Someone who never was.
I am infertile. My period just came. I hurt so much.
My body keeps reminding me I am incomplete, I don't function properly.
Why? Why? Why? Oh, my baby, why can't you be?
Some women, after years of infertility treatment, may conceive only to miscarry a baby. Life does not seem fair. While she desperately wants a baby, others intentionally abort their children. She would gladly adopt one of those babies as her own. Doesn't anyone care for her pain?
Although I have not struggled with infertility, I have experienced the hurt of miscarriage. I do not understand how you feel, but I know you hurt deeply. I care and wish I could alleviate your pain. I wish I could fill your empty arms.
Please fill these empty hands.
to fill my life with joy!
One or two-I don't care.
to rest in You each day.
I'll trust You and obey.
but have not love, I am like a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal.
Yet I have not true love, I am nothing.
True love is patient (even when dirty clothes are lying around).
True love is kind and does not hurt the other's feelings.
True love does not envy or despair when disappointments abound and others prosper.
Instead it seeks to make the other look good.
Love is never too proud to admit failure or ask for help and understanding.
Love neither manipulates nor seeks to change.
Instead, love remains content with an imperfect partner.
Love is forgiving and holds no grudges nor keeps track of the other's failure.
Love believes and seeks to protect the other.
It patiently endures even through disappointments.
Love hopes for better times and perseveres when all else fails.
Romantic speeches and love songs will cease.
But true love abides forever.
When I was young, I had unrealistic expectations of love.
Now, as a mature lover, I understand that a perfect marriage will never exist.
Yet, I know that this present love only dimly reflects what my marriage can become.
And it will continue to blossom with each passing year.
One day I shall know you more fully than I do now.
Faith, hope, and love abide forever.
And truly the greatest of these three is love!
Check out my poetic version of the love chapter, also from 1 Corinthians 13.


Kashkari leads Donnelly among both likely voters who have already voted (3%), as well as those who have not (5%). While the Democratic Party has consolidated around Brown with the incumbent earning 73%, the GOP is split 17%, for Brown, 21% for Donnelly, and 32% for Kashkari. 23% of GOP voters are undecided, compared to 13% of Dems and 21% of NPPs.
The poll uses a weighting of 44% Democratic, 29% Republican, and 28% NPP/Other.
Here is the article about the poll by the LAT's Seema Mehta and Michael Finnegan.
Now, the question is what the heck to do with the Nooner election poll. I currently have Donnelly as #2, but the Big Mo' is certainly with Kashkari. Will it be enough?


Should You Include a Giveaway In Your Dealership's Next Direct Mail Promotion?
Everybody likes something for nothing and FREE! is the most powerful word in advertising so should you include a FREE PRIZE promotion in you car dealership's next automotive direct mail campaign?
The short answer is it depends entirely on your salespeople and the culture at your dealership.
We can take the same mailer with the same prizes and offers and mail it for two different dealers and get polar opposite results.
One dealership will call me absolutely livid because their staff spent the day wasting time talking to people who had zero interest in buying a car and only called or stopped by the dealership to see if they had won a free trip.
The second dealership will be ecstatic because they had a showroom full of people and a couple of hundred ups to talk to.
My personal preference has always been to not include prizes and sweepstakes. We want to create urgency about the sales event and attract traffic that is there because of the vehicle offers in the mailer, because they know that you've brought in special appraisers to get them top dollar for their trade, because bankers are on site to accept every credit application.
But, I know dealers who swear by sweepstakes and promotions. Giveaways absolutely, 100% will boost traffic on the floor, on the phones and on the web. Now the truth is most of the folks who call or come by aren't coming in to buy a car, they're only there to win a car, or a trip, or some cash or at the very least a free set of steak knives. But hey, free is free.
If you've got the kind of sales staff who's going to work every up that calls, get them into the store to check their numbers, take the time to find out what they're driving now, why they're hoping to win a new car and present them with something exciting that they can afford, you're going to close some percentage of those tire kickers.
At the very least activity creates excitement. Excitement creates enthusiasm. And enthusiasm makes the order bell ring – Ding, Ding, Ding!
But if your staff isn't going to put in that kind of effort, if they just let the receptionist check the winning numbers over the phone or post the prize board upfront were anybody can take a quick look and head back out the door, then the extra expense of a scratchoff and prize insurance is just a waste of money. You're better off hammering home the great deals, financing, and sales deadline to bring in the low hanging fruit.
Cold hard cash is cool, and everyone wants a vacation, but if you're giving away a car, you're going to attract people who need a car. And since you're in the business of selling cars, you've automatically got something to talk about. You can cover the cost of a $20,000 car with prize insurance for well under a thousand bucks.
Offer secondary prizes of lesser value or even purchase discounts so that every mailer says WINNER under the scratchoff. If you tell people they've already won, they'll come in to find out which prize.
You've got to get them into the store and log every up.
Then work every up to make it work.


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Kremeljska ura (rusko: Кремлёвские часы; Kremljovskije časi) ali Kremeljski zvon (rusko: Кремлёвские куранты; Kremljovskije kuranti), ki jo na Zahodu poznajo tudi kot Moskovski urni stolp, je zgodovinska ura na Odrešenikovem stolpu v Moskovskem kremlju. Številčniva ure je nad glavnimi vrati z Rdečega trga. Desetletja so zvonarji zvonili po četrt ure, zvonovi pa so zvonili vsako polno uro.

Stare ure
Po različnih zgodovinskih poročilih iz ustreznega članka o ruski Wikipediji je bila ura na Odrešenikovem stolpu zgrajena med letoma 1491 in 1585. Leta 1585 so bile ure v uporabi pri treh kremeljskih vratih, Odrešenikovih, na Tajniškem stolpu in na stolpu svete Trojice , ki ponazarja uporabo ur že v 16. stoletju. Omenjene so iz leta 1613–1614 tudi pri Nikolskem stolpu. Septembra 1624 so bile nekatere stare ure prodane samostanu v Jaroslavlju.
Leta 1625 so pod vodstvom škotskega inženirja in izdelovalca ur Christopherja Gallowayja novo uro na Odrešenikovem stolpu dokončali ruski urarji Ždan, njegov sin Šumilo Ždanov in njegov vnuk Aleksej Šumilov. Trinajst zvonov za urni mehanizem je ulil kovač Kiril Samojlov. Ure so v požaru leta 1626 pogorele, kasneje jih je obnovil Galloway. Leta 1668 so bile ure pripravljene za ponovno predvajanje glasbe ob uri, sončnem vzhodu in sončnem zahodu z uporabo posebnih mehanizmov. 24-urna številčnica je bila označena s cirilskimi številkami. Visoke so bile približno 71 centimetrov (en aršin = 71,12 cm), ulite v medenino in prekrite z zlatimi lističi. Ura je imela na sredini številčnice sliko sonca z roko v obliki podolgovatega žarka svetlobe. Sončna slika je bila obešena z zgornjega dela obraza ure, ki je bil razdeljen na 17 enakih delov, kar ustreza 17-urni dnevni svetlobi v Moskvi na najdaljši dan v letu, poletnem solsticiju.

Zgodovina
Leta 1706 so postavili novo uro. Na Nizozemskem jo je kupil Peter Veliki, s 30 vozovi so jo prepeljali iz Amsterdama v Moskvo, montiral pa jo je urar Ekim Garnov. Na licu ure je bil 12-urna številčnica. Nova ura je z nekaj prekinitvami služila vse do sredine 19. stoletja. Požar jo je poškodoval leta 1737,  obnovljena je bila šele leta 1767. Od leta 1770 je igrala nemško melodijo O, dragi Augustin. Med moskovskim požarom 1812 je bila ura spet poškodovana.

Sodobno kremeljsko uro so leta 1851 preuredili bratje Butenop.  Za bolj melodične melodije zvonjenja so iz stolpa svete Trojice in Borovickega stolpa odstranili 24 zvonov in jih preselili v Odrešenikov stolp. Večina obnovitvenih del na samem stolpu je potekala hkrati pod vodstvom arhitekta Gerasimova. Kovinska tla, stopnice in podstavek ure so izdelali po risbah ruskega arhitekta Konstantina Thona, oblikovalca cerkve  Kristusa Odrešenika. Od takrat naprej so zvonarji ob 12. in 6. uri igrali Marš Preobraženskega polka, ob 3. in 9. uri pa je himno Kako je slaven je naš Gospod v Sionu Dmitrija Bortnjanskega. Sprva je bila predlagana državna himna Bog čuvaj carja!, vendar jo je car Nikolaj I. Ruski prepovedal, češ da »zvonarji lahko predvajajo katero koli pesem, razen himne«. Leta 1913, za 300-letnico rodbine Romanov, je bila izvedena nova obnova ure.
2. novembra 1917 je med napadom boljševikov na Kremelj uro udarila granata in jo ustavila. Eden od kazalcev je bil zlomljen in mehanizem za nadzor vrtenja kazalcev poškodovan. Ura se je ustavila za skoraj leto dni. Avgust – september 1918 je uro popravil urar N. Behrens. Z velikimi težavami je bilo izdelano novo 32-kilogramsko nihalo iz pozlačenega svinca. Po naročilu nove vlade je bil umetnik in glasbenik Mihail Čeremnih zadolžen, da sestavi novo revolucionarno glasbo za uro. Internacionala se je igrala opoldne in Padeš žrtev ob polnoči.

Leta 1932 je bila ura Kremlja spet obnovljena. Nameščeno je bilo novo lice, natančna kopija originala. Platišče, številke in kazalca so bili pokriti z zlatom (28 kg zlata v vsem). Uporaba Internacionale je bila edina stvar, ki je ostala nespremenjena. Vendar so od leta 1938 zvonarji molčali in niso igrali melodij. Ura je preprosto udarila na uro in četrt ure, saj je posebna komisija prepoznala, da je zvok glasbenih zvonov postal nezadovoljiv, ker je bil mehanizem zvona obrabljen, sezonske zmrzali pa so močno motile zvok.

Leta 1941 so posebej za izvedbo Internacionale postavili poseben elektromehanski pogon in ga kasneje razstavili. Leta 1944 so bili v režiji Josipa Stalina neuspešni poskusi ponastavitve ure za igranje nove himne Sovjetske zveze.

Večja obnova zvonov in celotnega urnega mehanizma je bila izvedena leta 1974. Mehanizem so ustavili za 100 dni, ga popolnoma razstavili in obnovili, nadomestili so nekatere stare dele. Vendar je mehanizem glasbenih zvonov ostal neobnovljen.

Leta 1991 je plenum Centralnega komiteja sklenil, da nadaljuje delo na kremeljskih zvonovih, vendar se je izkazalo, da so trije zvonovi manjši od tistega, kar je bilo potrebno za sovjetsko državno himno. Ta težava se je ponovno pojavila leta 1995. Patriotska pesem Mihaila Glinke je bila sprejeta kot nova državna himna. Leta 1996, med inavguracijo Borisa Jelcina, je kremeljska ura po 58 letih molka še enkrat zaigrala napev. Ker ni bilo nekaj zvonov, potrebnih za izvedbo državne himne, so bili poleg zvonov nameščeni tudi kovinski ritmi. Opoldne in polnoči so zvonovi zaigrali Patriotsko pesem, ob vsaki tri ure pa so igrali melodijo zbora Slava, slava tebi, sveti Rus'! iz opere Življenje za carja (tudi Glinka). Zadnja večja sanacija je bila izvedena leta 1999 po šestmesečnem načrtovanju. kazalci in številke so bile ponovno pozlačene. Namesto Patriotske pesmi so zvonarji igrali novo državno himno Rusije, ki je bila sprejeta leta 2000.

Tehnični podatki
Lice ure ima premer 6,12 metra in je nameščeno na vseh štirih straneh Odrešenikovega stolpa. Rimske številke so visoke 0,72 m. Dolžina urnega kazalca je 2,97 m, minutnega pa 3,27 m. Skupna teža ure in zvonov je 25 ton. Mehanizem poganjajo 3 uteži, ki tehtajo med 160 in 224 kilogrami. Natančnost doseže z nihalom, ki tehta 32 kg.

Prehod z zimskega na poletni čas se nastavi ročno. Zvonjenje izvajajo zvonovi, ki so na vrhu stolpa, tik nad uro.

Skrivnost Kremeljske ure dobesedno leži pod nogami. Ura je povezana s kontrolno uro na astronomskem inštitutu Sternberg preko kabla.

Zvonovi
Melodija, ki jo je slišati udari enkrat v prvi četrtini, dvakrat ob pol in trikrat v tretji četrtini ure. Melodija se v polni uri predvaja štirikrat, sledijo pa posamezni gongi glede na uro dneva. Po tem se včasih igra dodatna melodija. Običajno se po glavni melodiji in odbitju ure predvaja dodaten napev, običajno vsake tri ure. Melodija naj bi bila znana kot Malinovski zvončki.

Opoldne, opolnoči, ob 6. in 18. uri igrajo zvončki po urnih udarcih kratek odlomek iz državne himne, ob 3. uri, 9.00, 15.00 in 21.00 pa igrajo melodijo zbora Slava iz Glinkine opere Življenje za carja. Ura se nastavi dvakrat na dan. Prvotna ura se je navijala ročno, vendar je bila od leta 1937 preurejena s pomočjo treh elektromotorjev.

Pred sprejetjem državne himne Ruske federacije leta 2000 so zvonci v 1990-ih predvajali odlomek Patriotičeskaja Pesnja.

Sklici in viri

 Ivan Zabelin (2005). Домашний быт русских царей в XVI и XVII столетиях. Tranzitkniga. Moscow. pp. 90–94.

Zunanje povezave

 Bells of the Kremlin chimes
 The Kremlin chiming clock. (YouTube video.)

Moskovski kremelj

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The two volunteer teams from Land O'Lakes that prepped and painted homes in Roseville and Arden Hills were part of the Metro Paint-A-Thon, a 30-year-old program run by the Greater Minneapolis Council of Churches. The Paint-A-Thon helps low-income seniors and the physically disabled stay in their homes longer. Since its creation in 1984, the initiative has painted more than 6,350 homes in the metro area.
While Saturday, Aug. 2, was official "paint day," a great deal of work goes into preparing the homes to be painted. Paint-A-Thon representatives consult with the homeowners, evaluate the difficulty of the paint job, and crews also prepare the home to be painted, sanding, priming, power-washing and repairing them as needed.
Using supplies including brushes, tape and paint donated by local businesses and churches, a prep team led by John Nelson, a continuous improvement manager at Land O'Lakes, and a paint team led by swine nutritionist Vern Pearson made the two homes look as good as new.
Each year, Paint-A-Thon coordinators accept applications from January to mid-April, GMCC senior services coordinator Molly Chandler said.
After a homeowner has applied, an exterior paint consultant will visit the home to evaluate the amount of preparation and repair work that is required, estimate how much primer and paint is needed and rate the homes on a scale of 1-5 for difficulty and need for painting. The consultant will also also suggest color schemes based on the available tints.
This information is relayed back to team leaders, who determine if the home is a good fit for their team of approximately 10 to 40 volunteers.
Team leaders then must go about organizing volunteers and picking up the supplies from the businesses that donate them. Chandler says almost all the supplies are donated, but some volunteers choose to bring their own ladders or drop cloths.
Usually during the week before "paint day," teams will go out to the homes to do some prep work. Nelson led a prep team on July 30 and 31.
Pearson, who has been leading the Land O'Lakes paint team for 12 years, said he chose to paint Aug. 2 because it's "the least likely day to rain in Minnesota." The volunteers arrived to work on the home as early as 7 a.m. and stayed until 5 p.m., and then returned the next day to complete another half day's work. The team went back to finish the job Aug. 9.
Pearson estimates between prep and painting, the Arden Hills home took about 75 hours, and the Roseville home about 90.
One of his favorite things about the Paint-A-Thon is the fact that the larger community benefits when just one home is painted.
Chandler says the program is actively seeking more volunteers from all communities. For more information about the Paint-A-Thon, visit www.paintathon.gmcc.org.


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Curated by Anne Ryan Sydney Prints: 45 years of the Sydney Printmakers presented the works of 68 members and former members of the Sydney Printmakers Society. The exhibtion toured to Tamworth Regional Gallery & Hawkesbury Regional Gallery.
Artists included Joyce Allen, Earle Backen, George Barker, Elise Banamane, Geraldine Berkemeier, Anthea Bosenberg, Margaret Breindel, Kate Briscoe, Sue Buckley, Ruth Burgess, Cressida Campbell, Neilton Clarke, John Coburn, Vi Collings, Christina Cordero, Edith Cowlishaw, Tanya Crothers, Barbara Davidson, Brian Dunlop, Helen Eager, Helen Edwards, Olwen Evans Wilson, Joy Ewart, Ruth Faerber, Mirabel FitzGerald, Roy Fluke, Salvatore Gerardi, Tom Gleghorn, Yvonne Goodong, Strom Gould, Tom Green, Ian Hale, Rew Hanks, Weaver Hawkins, Elaine Haxton, Leonard Hessing, Frank Hinder, Roslyn Kean, Michael Kempson, Eva Kubbos, Graham Kuo, Pia Larsen, Bruce Latimer, Peter Laverty, Ursula Laverty, Margaret McLellan-Spratt, Bettina McMahon, Graham Marchant, Eileen Mayo, Max Miller, Helen Mueller, Michael Nicholson, Margaret Preston, Vaclovas Ratas, Tiiu Reissar, Sally Robinson, Marta Romer, Elizabeth Rooney, David Rose, Susan Rushforth, Henry Salkauskas, James Sharp, Laura Stark, Anne Starling, Wendy Stokes, Madeleine Tuckfield-Carrano, Michael West, Rose Vickers.
27 August Anne Ryan – guest curator Anne Ryan (curator, Australian Prints, AGNSW) coordinate Sydney Prints: 45 years of the Sydney Printmakers. Join Anne as she gives an overview of the exhibition while discussing key examples of printmaking techniques.
24 September Akky van Ogtrop, Cressida Campbell & Pia Larsen a look at etching, woodblocks & an overview on collecting prints.


President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has given captains of industry the firm assurance of a sound business environment in Ghana.
Delivering his keynote address at the 7th AGI Ghana Industry and Quality Awards, the President assured that a high budget deficit, erratic power supply coupled with the high cost of doing business among other constraints will not feature in his administration.
"One thing I can assure you is that the days of high public debts, high fiscal deficits, high-interest rates, rapidly depreciating currency, erratic power supply, will not be a feature of my government," Nana Akufo-Addo assured.
With the 7th AGI Ghana Industry and Quality Awards hinged on the call for heavy industrial growth in the country, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo hinted of the passage of an automobile bill in the coming of three automotive giants to the country who will be establishing their assembling plants in 2019.
"As we anticipate the establishment of assembly plants of Volkswagen, Nissan and Sentara in 2019, a comprehensive automobile industrial policy will be launched to provide clear and consistent guidelines for the automobile sector," he revealed.
President of the AGI, Dr Yaw Adu Gyamfi, also stated that industries are "anxious to see the impact of some six priority areas" (Agriculture, Industry, Infrastructure, Entrepreneurial Support, Revenue Mobilization and social intervention) that were captured in the 2019 budget on government's industrialisation agenda.
Lamenting the challenges industries are faced in the country, the AGI President cautioned that job growth could stall and manufacturing volumes grounded if priority is not given the industry and manufacturing sector.
"Our prospects for job creation will improve if local industry experiences sustainable growth to alleviate the unemployment situation. A couple of years back, the once vibrant sectors of manufacturing such as textiles, alumina, vehicle assembly, glass manufacturing and the processing of agricultural products like meat, sugar, tomatoes and citrus processing have all collapsed," he lamented.
According to him, "industry continues to shrink and we risk losing our industry base if government policies do not address these challenges to revive the industrial sector".
It is to this end that the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the AGI, Seth Twum Akwaboah commended government "for demonstrating a clear commitment to industrial development through its industrial transformation agenda". According to him, AGI's commitment to this agenda is unwavering thus the association stays committed to assisting government implement such industrialization policies.
In all, 32 companies were awarded for their various contributions to the economy and society as a whole. This included major award categories and sector awards.
Best Industrial Company – Nestle Ghana Ltd.
Best Company Employer – Olam Ghana Ltd.
National Best Quality – Nestle Ghana Ltd.
Environment and Sanitation – Sewage Systems Ghana Ltd.
Constructions – Nexans Kabelmetal LTD.
The AGI Ghana Industry and Quality Awards is an AGI initiative to reward companies and industries in different areas of business performance. The awards ceremony is an annual event marks the climax of the National Industrial Week celebration.


If you have made an investment in river rocks, it is truly commendable! It not only shows how classy your taste is, but it also reflects your unique style of living life. Having a garden is a pleasure in itself and if you plan to incorporate rocks in your home garden, then you are not far from some exclusive visual treats ahead. In the very first place, it is important to let you know that having river rocks is the other name for getting rid of pest problems. River rocks are known for holding heat, not water. But these also act as mulch and hold water in the soil.
River rocks can make the temperature moderate since rocks can hold heat.
They can be placed in areas where you do not want an excessive growth of grass.
These rocks are also ideal for places in between your deck and lawn.
The slanted layers of black and white river rocks make a truly consistent arrangement for keeping the run-off water away from gathering around the drainage pipes and down spouts.
Your concept of having river rocks in your garden would be truly rewarding if you try to grow some hardy plants in the areas covered by the rocks. It is during springtime when river rocks actually become more active in warming the soil, which results in the faster growth of larger pants in the landscape setting of your house. Ornamental grasses look even more attractive with river rocks mulch.
You could try the following spots for using river rocks in landscaping, namely paths, columns, walls, patio floors, accent pieces and foundations.
Virtually there can be endless ways of using river rocks. With a natural looking setup in the yard, using river rocks could be ideal. You can hire landscaping designers who can arrange the rocks in neat, straight files or they can embed a garden bed with zigzag pattern of rocks. When you use accent rocks, the look and feel of every design can transform radically. How about trying to put some river rocks around your swimming pool or the pond in your backyard as a natural border, which would be very unique? You can have a wide array of accent rocks to offer you design options and embellish your yard in interesting ways. There are many more ways of using river rocks.
Have you thought of using river rocks for building a retaining wall? Such a wall would not just add an additional security to your property but it will also facilitate you by offering more benefits of adding that extra bit of beauty to your house, which everyone is bound to appreciate.
If there are accent areas that lack borders, you can use river rocks for this purpose. You could even use the rocks to make a garden.
To make you garden look even more stunning and unique, you can use river rocks around your flowerbeds. Your house will undoubtedly look very different and special. The natural essence of the setting would add to the value of your property both in terms of appearance and prestige.
River rocks can be used creatively in rock landscaping. Moreover when you use the river rocks in the flowerbeds, not only do you augment the beauty of your property but also successfully keep the weeds at bay. With this natural look, your yard can become a lot more appealing!
Barring the plants that are heat-sensitive, you can grow the rest in river rocks. Foliage plants like phormium and yucca grow extremely well in river rocks.
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Cool Summer Camps in France!
If you're aged between 12 and 17 and are interested in spending your summer in France and improving on your French skills, you may be interested in learning about some of the top summer camps in France. All of which accept foreign applicants, through our study abroad programs.
If you're a keen tennis player, why not spend your summer improving your game by attending a intensive 1-2 week long tennis camp in Vichy, a picturesque town which is located in central France. Not only will you get the opportunity to utilize world class sporting facilities which are used by French national teams but you'll also get to make French friends as 90% of participants are French.
As well as making French friends you'll also get to make friends from around the world as each year students from multiple countries sign up for our tennis summer camp.
The difference between this program and the latter is that you'll also have the opportunity to complete 15 hours of French lessons per week. So if you're just as interested in improving your French skills as you're interested in improving your tennis skills, you may want to seriously consider signing up for our tennis and French summer camp. French classes are held at the local Alliance Francaise, with class sizes consisting of 8-12 students.
We also offer a soccer summer camp in Vichy, where you'll have the opportunity to spend 4-5 hours per day working on your soccer skills. You'll have the opportunity to try out different positions and compete in individual competitions and team tournaments. Better yet, all of the coaching staff you'll come across are highly regarded and boast years worth of coaching experience.
As with all of our summer camp programs, you'll need to have one year of French classes under your belt, in order to apply to spend your summer at a French summer camp. As you'll be expected to speak in French 24 hours a day. Don't be put off though as there's no faster way to improve your French skills than by speaking French all day, every day!
This summer camp offers exactly the same itinerary as our soccer summer camp, with the addition of 15 hours of French lessons per week. Should you select this particular program you'll spend three hours each morning, taking intensive French classes.
If you're a skilled basketball player you may prefer to sign up for our basketball summer camp, which is also held in Vichy each year between June and August. Our Vichy campus even boasts both indoor basketball courts and outdoor courts. As well as getting to improve your basketball skills you'll also get to enjoy numerous on campus facilities such as water sports facilities, TV rooms, cafeterias, TV rooms and climbing walls.
This program has the same set up as the tennis and French summer camp and the soccer and French summer camp, with participants completing three hours of French classes each morning.
Each participant, will live in student residences for the duration of their summer camp. Typically students will be housed in a room which has 1-6 beds, with international students being housed in the same residences as French students. Students are placed in rooms with other participants of the same age and gender. Participants are also housed with participants who are in the same sports program. As an example, if you choose to register for our basketball camp, you'll share a room with some of your friends from your basketball program.
There's no reason to worry about getting from the Charles de Gaulle Airport or the Orly Aiport to your summer camp in Vichy, as you'll be transported to the Gare de Bercy, a major train station where you'll take a train to Vichy, with some of your fellow campers. Alternatively, if you're keen to spend extra time in Paris, you can opt to have you parents drop you off to camp. The choice is yours!


Jeff began his research of Trumpeter Swans in 1983 while conducting waterfowl research in southeast Idaho, USA. From 1984 – 1991 he conducted his master's research on the wintering and foraging ecology of Trumpeters in their primary wintering ground within the Yellowstone Ecosystem. Upon completion of his Ph.D. degree and moving to Western Oregon University in 2007, he initiated a series of collaborative Trumpeter swan ecological research projects that still continue. These projects range from winter habitat monitoring, swan family group behavior, and cygnet survivorship, to egg temperature/incubation behavior, and swan migratory ecology.
Carl D. Mitchell has worked with Trumpeter Swans since 1984. As a biologist for the U.S. Department of the Interior, he surveyed, managed and studied Trumpeter Swans in Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and Alaska. He wrote the Birds of North America (http://bna.birds.cornell.edu/bna) account on Trumpeter Swans in 1994, and co-authored a 2010 update. He retired from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 2011 and continues to work on Trumpeter Swan management and field research in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. He is the former North American Coordinator for the SSG, and currently Editor of the Swan Specialist Group Newsletter.
Kane's main interest is in Icelandic Whooper Swans and he has been fortunate enough to assist with work being carried out on this species both in Iceland and in the UK. He also takes a keen interest in Bewick's Swans and through his work at WWT, assists with the capture and ringing of both species as part of WWT's long term swan life-history studies. Kane is also involved in the Goose & Swan Monitoring Programme which monitors the abundance and breeding success of the UK's native geese and migratory swans during the non-breeding season.
Julia has been responsible for WWT's long-term study of the Bewick's swans at Slimbridge since 2004 and actively promotes swan conservation work in national and international media. She has been fortunate enough to have participated in numerous international fieldwork expeditions to study Bewick's and Whooper Swans on their breeding grounds in the Russian Arctic and Iceland. Her current research interests focus on using multi-disciplinary approaches to understand and inform the management of conservation conflicts. Most recently this has involved undertaking research, advocacy and policy work for issues, such as lead poisoning and illegal hunting, that affect wetland species of conservation concern.
Nathan joined WWT as a volunteer Research Assistant where he helped to gather data for a meta-analysis investigating drivers of waterbird aggression. He currently helps develop and upload content for the SSG website.
Diana has been working with the eastern Bewick's Swan population in the Arctic Siberian tundra since 1990. Her major topics of interest are breeding biology, climate effect on density and productivity, time budgets and migration ties. Species overlap with the Tundra Swan in parts of eastern Russia is a particular focus.
As a young farmer's son, I saw the first Bewick's swans arrive in our Wieringermeer polder, in the northwest part of the Netherlands, during the severe snowy winter of 1978/79. Since then I've become fascinated by these 'snowflakes' from the Russian arctic. I specialise in farmland birds and am involved in research into these species, particularly waders, geese and swans. I also work as coordinator for a Dutch provincial Nature Organisation, liaising with volunteers and farmers, for the protection of farmland birds in the North-Holland province. My reading of colour rings on Bewick's Swans commenced in 1989, and this has extended to visiting and monitoring key wintering sites for the NW European population in different parts of Europe. Since 1995, I have visited southeast England each winter, to read Bewick's Swan rings on the Ouse Washes, and more recently to participate in the "Swan Festival" at WWT Welney. Involvement in Bewick's swan research was first stimulated by Dutchman Trinus Haitjema, and maintained by the Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO). I have also produced a monthly Newsletter (in Dutch!) since 2000 on Bewick's swans migrating and wintering in the Netherlands, and co-organised the annual International Bewick's Swan Age Counts together with Jan Beekman since 2010. This voluntary "job" will continue in collaboration with Kees Koffijberg of Sovon Vogelonderzoek Nederlands (i.e. the Dutch Centre for Field Ornithology) from 2018 onwards.
Jon has worked with swans all his life, from childhood helping with research on Mute swans in the English Midlands and through University studying Mute Swans in Northern England for his Ph.D. On leaving the UK to live and work in Australia Jon now studies Black Swans in south east Queensland, studying their breeding behaviour and movements.
Yerko works in the Veterinary School of the Universidad Santo Tomas, Santiago, Chile, where he studies the population ecology and conservation of Black-necked Swans and Coscoroba Swans in Central Chile. Research topics include investigation of Black-necked Swan numbers in relation to the occurrence of the El Niño – Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and resulting conditions (particularly water levels) at internationally important breeding sites, such as the El Yali wetland, which is a Ramsar site. Other research interests include the sites/habitats used by Coscoroba Swans in South America. Coscoroba Swans have traditionally inhabited the Austral region of Chile, but started colonising the Mediterranean wetlands of Central Chile about 35 years ago, where their numbers are increasing. Yerko recorded this species at the El Yali wetland for the first time in 1989.
Mute Swan: breeding ecology-annual monitoring of the breeding population (50-60 pairs) since 1996, behavioural studies (breeding season, pre-laying period, parental duties), ringing (in years 2000-2010: moulting birds, annually: breeding pairs with cygnets-ca. 50 birds per year), individual life history traits (based on data from ringed birds) and avian influenza (AI) in swans (collection of samples).
Whooper Swan: ringing of breeders at the edge of species home range (2 pairs within the study area).
Bewick's Swan: time-budget analysis at stopover sites during spring and autumn migration.
John has had a long career with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as a Refuge Biologist prior to accepting the role of Regional Migratory Bird Program Chief, a position he held for 20 years. John has extensive experience in Trumpeter Swan ecology and management and is currently a Senior Conservation Advisor with the Trumpeter Swan Society.
Craig has been a Research Wildlife Biologist at the US Geological Survey (USGS), Alaska Science Centre, since 1988. He has been involved in projects on a variety of waterbirds, with a focus in recent years on threats to these species ranging from parasitic loading to blood lead concentrations, avian influenza and storm-surge flooding. Work on swans includes studies on the behaviour, health, migration strategies and population dynamics of Tundra Swan, with satellite-tracking (PTT) technology used to determine differences in the migratory patterns and winter distribution of Tundra Swans breeding across Alaska. Results of these studies also provide information on genetic differentiation and the movement of avian influenza viruses within and between populations.
Prof. Ma Ming of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xinjiang, China and has undertaken research into the ecology of birds and other animals since 1985, including on the ecology and fauna of arid lands. From 1987-1992, he took part in two nationally important programmes in the Karakorum and Kunlun Mountains (North of Tibet), and the Taklimakan Desert, which were supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. From 1991–2004 he was responsible for projects regarding the protection of swans, storks, falcons, snowcocks and ground-jays, and the swan programme was awarded the prize of the Xinjiang Science and Technology Progress Committee in 1996.
Ma Ming has published about 90 science articles and six books on birds. His book entitled "Swans in China" has been translated from Chinese into English.
In addition to serving as Whooper/Mute Swan (Eastern Population) Species Coordinator of the Wetlands International/IUCN-SSC Swan Specialist Group since 1996, Ma Ming is a member of the Oriental Bird Club (OBC), a Council Member of the China Ornithological Society, a Council Member of the Xinjiang Zoological Society, a Council Member of the China Society on Tibet Plateau, and a member of the Scientific Committee of the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has visited many countries to develop collaborative research projects and to facilitate communication.
Ólafur has been involved in Whooper Swan research in Iceland since the late 1980s, when he embarked on his Ph.D. studies and gained his doctoral degree from Bristol University in 1997 for a thesis entitled "Breeding biology of the Whooper Swan and factors affecting its breeding success, with notes on its social dynamics and life cycle in the wintering range". Following several years working at the Icelandic Institute for Natural History he moved into teaching, but remains actively involved in Whooper Swan fieldwork, including undertaking spring nest checks at his main study site of Skagafjörður (northern Iceland) in spring, followed-up by surveys to record brood sizes and numbers in moulting flocks each August. Ólafur is also responsible for organising the Icelandic Whooper Swan counts for the 5-yearly international censuses of migratory swans in NW Europe.
Preben is senior scientist at Department of Bioscience, Aarhus University, Denmark. He is national coordinator for the International Waterbird Census, and responsible for data processing and national reporting of swans, brent geese and dabbling ducks. His PhD thesis "Waterfowl as primary consumers in shallow water fiord areas" primarily dealt with the brent goose-Zostera association, but he has later worked with mute swans grazing in Potamogeton-Ruppia-Chara-Zostera beds, with whooper swans in the agricultural landscapes in Denmark, and with Bewick's swans feeding on Chara and Zostera in the White Sea, Russia. A major interest is the negative influences of eutrophication on water plant communities, and associated impacts on the guild of herbivorous waterfowl in Danish estuaries and lagoons. He has been involved with the African-Eurasian Waterbirds Agreement (AEWA) on a regular basis since 2002. He served as appointed Expert in Game Management in the Technical Committee of AEWA in 2002-2009. He is now scientific advisor to the Danish Ministry of Environment in AEWA matters, supporting national reporting, member of delegations to Meeting of Parties, and involvement in Single Species Actions Plans, including the one for Bewick's Swan.