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The idea of writing about my success stories came to me a week ago. I thought if you are reading my blog post at least once a week, then you would like to know who am I and what I can bring to you. That's why now I would like to write about my top 3 success stories which could help people to find motivation in their lives when they are struck somewhere and can't keep going. I write it, because I've been there, I've been in the same situation for the most of my life and I'm sure you can do it too. I've never been a hard working person, but still I kept everything going.
My three blog posts will be about my top 3 success stories which have changed my mind if not completely, but at least good enough to understand what I was doing and why and how I managed to do them without a hard working routines, but with an approach of habits and effectiveness, not hardiness. Closer to the point the titles are:
1) My Guitar Playing Habits of 7 Years
2) How I got the 7.0 points in IELTS without a hard work
3) How I won the Blog Post Contest without a hard work
The first one will be more interesting for new starter guitar players or any new starter musicians who don't know where to start and how to manage doing it everyday without losing motivation and control. You will know how I started it and how I kept doing it without a teacher or mentor.


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Red bumps on the scalp can be stressful. They could manifest themselves in the form of red itchy bumps on scalp, small red bumps on scalp or hard raised red bumps on scalp. Knowing how to get rid of red bumps on the skin will go a long way in helping to get rid of them.
Red Itchy Bumps on Scalp
When one has red itchy bumps on scalp, it is not only annoying but uncomfortable as well. These could turn into painful flaky sores as well. When one has these itchy bumps, it is likely that they are suffering from either Sebhoric dermatitis or scalp psoriasis. These are normally hard to differentiate since the two disorders share the same symptoms.
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The two conditions can be bothersome and could get dangerous if not treated. They may also be hard to hide making it necessary for one to know what causes them and what remedies are available for their treatment. In cases of sebhoric dermatitis, they could lead to hair loss. The bumps could also spread to other areas such as on the nose, ears and eyelids. These could be accompanied by scaling.
These illnesses are caused by a type of yeast known as malassezia which tends to be stimulated to overgrow by the presence of excessive oil on the scalp. This could be triggered by infrequent or inappropriate bathing, stress, alcohol containing scalp products as well as obesity. They could also be caused by an infection on the hair follicles by a virus, fungus or bacteria.
Folliculitis is another condition that could lead to bumps on scalp. They could lead to formation of boils beneath the surface of the skin. This will result in extreme scarring as well as pain. In extreme cases, hair loss could occur where hair follicles have been destroyed.
If left untreated, these skin conditions could be dangerous. Apart from the embarrassment they cause, serious bacterial and fungal infection could occur. These could spread to the blood stream as well as the lymph nodes.
Little or Small Red Bumps on Scalp
When one has small red bumps on scalp, it may be hard to diagnose what they are unless one visits a dermatologist. They could be as a result of keloidalis nuchae. This occurs when there are hairs on the back of the head and around the neck which grow in to the skin. This leads to their becoming inflamed and results in formation of scar tissue. They mostly form when one has had a short hair cut.
To treat these, it is required that a suppression of the inflammation is done. This is possible with the use of antibiotics, steroid injections as well as steroid gels. Where these do not work, oral antibiotics and steroids will be needed. These can be prescribed by a dermatologist. Larger bumps or those that have been present for a while and are not responding to treatments may need surgical removal.
Red Bumps on Scalp Not Itchy
It is not always that red bumps on scalp will be itchy. They at times are not itchy. Where this is the case, they may go unnoticed as the itch is what makes one realize they have bumps. At times, what started off as not itchy may end up becoming itchy where treatment is not done. It is therefore important to find out what it is that is behind their formation. This will also go a long way in helping to seek treatment for them.
Sore, Painful Red Bumps on Scalp
Where one experiences sore and painful red bumps on the scalp, they could be as a result of a number of infections including Scalp Psoriasis, seborrheic dermatitis, sebaceous cyst or folliculitis. Only a diagnosis by the dermatologist can tell for sure what it is. To prevent the condition from deteriorating, it is important to seek medical attention as early as possible.
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Hard, Raised Red Bump on Scalp and Hair Loss
Localized swellings on the head are mostly described as raised red bump on scalp. These could either be hard or soft. They occur when one has a skin condition that gives rise to a skin rash. There also are solitary conditions that result in raised red bumps on the scalp. The cause for these could be the body's response to trauma, tumors or infections. Other than being located on the scalp's surface, they could also be located underneath the scalp.
The size for these bumps may vary and is determined by the cause. Other than being red in color the skin, may be ulcerated. They may be accompanied with a loss of hair and pain depending on cause as well. When one experiences hard bumps that are accompanied by hair loss, medical attention should be sought.
How to Get Rid of Red Bumps on Scalp – Treatment
Any skin condition needs not be left unattended to avoid it from turning into a serious problem. It is always important to seek treatment so as to get rid of the red bumps. Depending on what the cause is, there will be varied ways on how to get rid of red bumps on scalp. Treatment should be based on cause for it to be effective.
Seborrheic dermatitis treatment could involve the use of over the counter medicated shampoo. This could contain medication such as resorcin, coal, salicylic acid, zinc and tar. Where the condition is severe, a doctor can recommend ketoconazale or corticosteroid shampoos.
Where the cause of the bumps is folliculitis, treatment could be done using oral or topical antibiotics. These help in treating infection as well as in reducing inflammation and itching. For bumps that are chronic and have developed to become boil-like, surgical drainage will be necessary if recovery is to be hastened and pain relieved.
Any patient should consult a dermatologist in case the bumps fail to respond to any home treatment. The same should also happen in case they are persistent. When dealing with the bumps, one ought to be gentle enough. The area should be kept clean and washed at least twice a day using antibacterial soap.

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Solar energy forms through photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity. Solar batteries generate electric power from solar cells composed of a semiconductor material, usually silicon. Solar power is used to power items as small as calculators and wrist watches to complex equipment, such as artificial satellites and spaceships.
Photovoltaic cells are used in solar panels to convert sunlight into electric power. When sunlight enters the cells, it causes the electrons to move around and create electrical energy in the external circuits. The three basic types of solar cells made from silicon are single-crystal, polycrystalline and amorphous. Single-crystal cells are the most efficient cells but are more expensive and energy-intensive to produce. Estimates suggest that single-crystal cells account for 29 percent of the global market for photovoltaic cells.
Solar energy is a renewable form of energy because it comes from a source that is naturally replenished: the sun. Furthermore, solar energy does not pollute the air and water, which makes it a suitable alternative to traditional fossil fuels. According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, solar energy is "poised to play a prominent role in our energy future." Although the future of solar energy is promising, the main challenge lies in harnessing the power of the sun in a more efficient and cost-effective way.


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[About the book]: Published in association with the Church Times, this detailed, comprehensive and highly illustrated book charts the story of the growth and development of Christianity in this country, an epic tale of courageous mission, saintly deeds and sacrifice, political intrigue, great artistic achievement, murder and mayhem, the making and breaking of kings, reform and counter-reform, civil war, foreign exploration and conquest, continuous change and new challenges. In short, all of human life is here and, as we trace our spiritual progess over the centuries, we can far better understand our religious identity and loyalties today.
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Our Ambassadors
For over 75 years, SPCA Tampa Bay has worked to bring joy to both people and pets. In celebration, some of the community's most influential and well-known citizens have come together to share their joy. We call it spreading the humanimality, and we invite you to do the same.
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The Heheman's were looking for a sibling to keep their German Shepherd, Shadoe, company and when they came across 8-week old Nugget, they immediately fell in love. A dynamic duo, Nugget and Shadoe loved playing, going for walks, and even participating in the SPCA Tampa Bay Pet Walk. Nugget learned a lot from Shadoe, and after Shadoe's passing, Nugget helped Teresa's family carry on through hard times. Like Shadoe, who was adopted from SPCA, Nugget loves to raise awareness for SPCA and help other pets. When Nugget isn't making the community a better place for other pets, carrying in the groceries or bringing in the paper, she can be found in the backyard with Teresa's Dad, getting combed and watching the wildlife.
Teresa Heheman and Nugget
Man's best friend doesn't even begin to describe the relationship between Sobe and Danielle. After 15 years together, little Sobe has been with Danielle through good times and bad. They've celebrated a lot of firsts together, like Sobe's first trip to the ocean, and the birth of Danielle's son, Alexander. Sobe will always be Danielle's "first born" and if one thing is for certain, it's that these two were made for each other.
Danielle Findley and Sobe
Lovebirds have always held a special place in Nichole's heart, having owned them since she was a small child. So when the owners of Totter and Burger couldn't keep them any longer, Nichole made room among her growing bird family for the new feathered friends. Nichole found Totter back in 2007 abandoned behind her clinic with a "Dear John" letter stating he was sick and the owner couldn't care for him. She didn't hesitate to take him in and he has since lived to the incredible age of 16 years. It brings Nichole joy everyday knowing she helped give these birds the lives they deserve and they thank her in return with constant chatter and music to express their love.
Dr. Nichole Zellner & Dr. Rizal Lopez and Totter & Burger
Roxanne and Pumpkin met when a co-worker brought an abandoned group of kittens to her office. It was love at first sight as Pumpkin immediately curled up around Roxanne's neck and didn't let go for the entire drive home. That little kitten has been one of Roxanne's most faithful companions ever since. Pumpkin, who was lovingly nicknamed Punki, has been a sweet and compassionate member of Roxanne's family for over a decade since that fateful day.
Roxanne Wilder and Pumpkin (Punki)
When they are off the clock, these fire chiefs return to their homes, families and furry friends. For James Large, that would be his puppy Soto, who is always happy and enthusiastic in greeting him. Soto is a very affectionate pup; however, if you turn your back, he will steal your socks and shoes — they are toys, after all! Michael Domante and his wife don't have kids, so Duke has become their very important fur baby. Duke brings them joy in many ways, one being his "buzz." When Duke gets excited, he growls, or "buzzes" as a way to show off. (He's also as speedy as a buzzing bee!) Ian Womack shares his love, and his home, with Athena, who showers him in kisses (and fur of, course) every time he returns home. When she's not urging him to play, she loves to go for walks in the great outdoors.
James Large, Michael Domante and Ian Womack and Soto, Duke & Athena
Chris and his husband met Brody at a St. Pete Pride expo and instantly fell in love with the pup. He was in the care of an Orlando-based rescue shelter, where he was being treated for a broken leg. Chris and his husband took him to their home a month later, and over the past seven years, Brody has become an essential part of the family. Though Brody now has a "sister," he still commands the attention in the room with his beautiful coloring and acting abilities. Brody learned early on how to use his leg injury to get out of trouble. Even years since his broken leg has healed, whenever Brody is in trouble, he will sit down, perfectly poised, and hold up his paw like it is injured.
Chris Rudisill and Brody
It was by chance that Shelby found Aaron and Theresa. One of Aaron's co-workers, a fellow police officer, happened upon a group of abandoned puppies and was only able to catch one – which Aaron volunteered to take home for the weekend. The rest of the puppies were eventually found and taken to SPCA Tampa Bay. That weekend visit turned into a much longer stay, as Shelby found her forever home. When Aaron introduced Shelby to his mother Theresa she was smitten. She has always been an animal lover and became a loving grandmother to Shelby. When Theresa was only 12 years old she had taken in a stray dog herself just as her son would do years later. Shelby loves taking car rides and going on runs with Aaron, and you'll know since her tail (and butt) wag a mile a minute.
Theresa Pinnix and Aaron Franklin and Shelby
When Jerry saw Oscar for the first time when Oscar was just 4 weeks old, they had an immediate connection. Surprisingly, Jerry found the small puppy through a kitty rescue. Jerry often thinks Oscar may be a person in a dog suit, as he's smarter than any person Jerry knows. Over the past 11 years, Oscar has brought a truly immeasurable amount of joy to Jerry's life, as well as an immeasurable amount of sloppy kisses.
Jerry Penacoli and Oscar
A tragic beginning becomes a storybook ending in the tale of Tiger the cat. Katie's family rescued Tiger 13 years ago after her litter had been thrown out of a car. But that terrible day hasn't dulled Tiger's positive outlook on life as she is still full of lots of warm snuggles and playful energy. No ponytail tie or piece of string is safe in the Pemble household as Tiger will often seek them out to bat around. While it is a joy to watch Tiger pounce and play, Katie's family could do without the unusually loud snoring that come from little Tiger, but still, they love her all the same.
Katie and Laura Pemble and Tiger
When you think of a tiny Yorkshire terrier, you don't think of a horse. But that is exactly how Dave describes Maggie's eating habits, though she somehow maintains the weight of 5 pounds. Maggie came into the Moore family's lives as a Christmas present for the kids, and she has continued to bring joy to Dave and his whole family. No matter what kind of day Dave has, Maggie is always happy to see him.
Dave, Ann, Haley, & Jake Moore and Maggie
Every little girl's dream is to grow up with a loving and loyal pet. Anna found hers in Zsa Zsa. All through elementary, middle and, now, high school, Zsa Zsa has been Anna's confidant and best friend. What started out as short rides in a dolly stroller are now exciting adventures for Zsa Zsa in Anna's car. With her spunky personality and million-dollar smile, Zsa Zsa lives up to her namesake Zsa Zsa Gabor (blonde hair and all).
Anna Mink and Zsa-Zsa
SPCA Tampa Bay shelter cats, Squints and Simon, sat in for picture day with the McClellans. Duncan and Irene's cats, Ramon and Monroe, were born a day apart and are practically brothers. Duncan and his wife, Irene, adopted them together as kittens from a shelter. Upon reaching their new forever home the rather shy kittens had to be coaxed out with some delicious tuna fish. Ever since, they've been roaming the place as if it were their domain, bringing endless joy to Duncan and Irene. Monroe learned the hard way about the danger of being too adventurous, as he once climbed high into the rafters and needed saving. Duncan quickly came to the rescue, but in the end Monroe squirmed from his arms and caused Duncan to crash into a very expensive glass vessel. Thankfully, everyone is okay and Monroe no longer explores the rafters. He instead wanders the expansive property while Ramon spends the better part of his day lounging on the living room sofa.
Duncan and Irene McClellan and Squints & Simon
Within five minutes of holding Riley and looking into his big, brown eyes, Lisa knew that he should be a part of the family. And he has become a huge part of her and her husband's lives. When they first met Riley he was incredibly shy, but within one week he had made himself right at home among their other pets. In fact, with his unique personality he can be extremely playful and mischievous one minute and very loving with snuggles galore the next.
Lisa Mayrose and Riley
Behind these two fabulous women are fabulous pets. When Franki and Donna get off of work they are not only greeted by their husbands, but also their furry children. Franki has her maltese, Vivica A. Dog (Vivi for short) waiting for her. Vivica had a troubled start with a host of health problems at an early age. Though Franki thought she'd adopted the puppy from a sweet couple who bred dogs and sold them for extra money, she quickly found out that Vivica's health problems were signs the cute pooch was bred in a puppy mill. Though Vivica was born into a difficult situation, she is now a happy and healthy diva who loves to wear her pearls (like a true lady). She has stamped a paw print of love on both Franki and her husband's hearts — they can't imagine life without her. Vivi is quite definitely a daddy's girl, as each night she climbs into his lap and licks his entire face clean. Donna and her husband Bryan had their hearts stolen by a tiny 5 week old kitten named Tux. They had been healing from the loss of their first cat, loving dubbed Smelly-Cat, and were wary of getting another pet. When they first laid eyes on Tux they couldn't resist. He was very tiny when he came home with them (smaller than Donna's hand) and very easy to lose in their home. Donna created a small litter box for him, slept with him on the bathroom floor and carried him in the pocket of her robe. While Tux doesn't fit in Donna's pocket anymore, they're still just as close as ever.
Donna Hostnick & Franki Pethtel and Vivica & Tux
Tucker found his forever home with Chuck when he was just 10 weeks old. After the initial and required "Lion King" pose when they brought him out of the house, he settled right in. It's hard to decide who rescued who, as Tucker's undeniable "Scottie attitude" has brought so much joy to their lives. Chuck's family learned just how energetic Tucker could be one Christmas Day when they returned home and discovered a tree surrounded by shredded open presents. Thankfully, Tucker no longer shreds any unsuspecting wrapping paper and can now be trusted home alone.
Chuck Henson and Tucker
Soon after Poppy and her pups were brought to SPCA Tampa Bay, her babies found their forever homes. But Poppy was still waiting to find hers. Ike and his wife gave her a loving home and a spoiled life in exchange for her company and an endless amount of joy. Since Ike's wife passed away, Poppy has stuck to him like glue, and if she isn't cuddling by his feet, she's playing with one of her toys (which she knows by name).
Russell (Ike) Einherst and Poppy
Mr. Carson came into Martha and her husband Roy's lives with a mouthful of dental issues, deteriorating vision and rather worried about life in general. In need of a haircut and a bit down on his luck, Martha decided Mr. Carson had to come home with her. After a great deal of TLC, Mr. Carson's looks finally matched his elegant and formal demeanor, earning him the fitting name of Mr. Carson, after the sophisticated butler in "Downton Abbey". While this old pooch has only been part of Martha's and Roy's lives for less than a year, it's been a special year of fluffy hugs, sloppy, toothless kisses, and lots of love.
Martha Boden and Mr. Carson
Typically matchmakers don't come with wet noses or wagging tails, but Chanel introduced her owner Nancy to Steve during a walk. As a beautiful and spunky dog, Chanel was an easy conversation starter. Now that she has both Nancy and Steve in her life, she couldn't be happier. Unless there is a football game on for her to watch. Chanel even has her own touchdown ritual of tossing a ball and catching it in her mouth.
Steve and Nancy Westphal and Chanel
There is no way to describe Jeanette and Brian's household other than through their ragtag group of fun, furry and festive pups! Marko, a pit mix, went home with Jeanette for a weekend getaway from the vet's and never left. Marley was down on his luck and abandoned in Jeanette and Brian's neighborhood, where Jeanette quickly rescued the cut Lab mix (despite Brian's reluctance). Mia, a Catahoula mix, was a foster dog that never left the Rivera household once they realized they were the only ones who could put up with the hyper little attention hog. Murphy, the nervous-nelly boxer, was adopted as a puppy and has slowly grown into a mama's boy. Maverick was found and taken in as a puppy and rightfully earned his name for being a fighter and independent. He likes to think he can catch the squirrels in the backyard, but is never quite fast enough. And Mr. (not pictured), the youngest of the Rivera clan, stole Jeanette and Brian's hearts during an SPCA Tampa Bay tour. At 6 months old, he is still learning the ropes but is clearly a match for the group. It's a lot of work keeping up with all the fur (two Roombas required), but they wouldn't have it any other way.
Jeanette and Brian Rivera and Marko, Marley, Mia, Murphy, & Maverick
Marilyn fell in love with the small kitten the minute she opened her present from "Santa." Babee, originally too small for her large ears and extra-long tail, eventually grew into them. Sixteen years later, Babee just requires daily belly rubs and an exciting game of fetch. Why yes, she plays fetch. That's one cool cat.
Marilyn Hulsey and Babee
The best day ever for MaryAnn (according to her granddaughter) was the day she got to bring Pinta home. Pinta quickly adjusted to her owner's new retirement lifestyle, filling the day with playing, walking, more playing and snuggling. It's hard not to have an active lifestyle when there's a puppy like Pinta waiting for her ball to be thrown just one more time. For MaryAnn, waking up and greeting the day is fairly easy now that she has an adorable "good morning greeter."
MaryAnn Fisher and Ava Rae & Arthur Lipan and Pinta
With two pooches who are so loving – like Freebee, who loves giving kisses, and Nigel, who adores hugs – it is easy to see why Cyndi sometimes rushes home. Freebee and Nigel have made Cyndi and her husband's life richer in every way, and made their home and family complete. No matter what kind of day Cyndi has had, Freebee and Nigel find a way to cheer her up (which isn't hard, with two fluffy-friends that give sloppy kisses and furry hugs).
Cyndi Edwards and Colin Trethewey and Freebee & Nigel
Natalie found her two best friends in Onyx and Maggie when she rescued them from terrible lives and situations. Now, however, they truly live the "dog life," with comfy couches, a swimming pool, long walks and, of course, their humongous doghouse (aka Natalie's house). Onyx and Maggie are nearly inseparable and have become the best of friends. Natalie is blessed to be able to return the unconditional love that they share with each other and with her.
Natalie Conner and Onyx & Maggie
Working with animals every day, Cherie was bound to take one (or a few) of them home. Muggle, Pirate and Bailey (Pirate and Bailey stayed home on photo day) joined the family one by one and have been with Cherie for all of their lives. Though they have different quirks – like Muggle, the dachshund, having a taste for beer, or Pirate, the Birman cat, making raspy "Arrrgghh" pirate growls – they all have one thing in common: their love, commitment and unwillingness to share Cherie with other humans.
Dr. Cherie Buisson and Dr. Derek Moore and Muggle
Joy's family might call her a "crazy dog lady", but she'd prefer "lucky dog lady." With five fur babies to cuddle with nightly, who wouldn't say that's an ideal setting? That's just what happens when you volunteer at SPCA Tampa Bay four days a week. Whether it's Gloria stealing someones pillow, Evelyn playing tug-of-war with bath towels, Audrey (aka Diva Dog) stealing all the attention, Stella's obsession with treats (and she knows when you have one), or Lester's perfect army crawl across the living room floor, there is never a dull or boring moment with these fluffy faces.
Joy Brauer and Joy's Crazy Clan of Pooches
Jerry and Ruth's children fell in love with Astro the poodle at the shelter. Over the past 15 years, Astro has watched their kids grow into young adults. When Chloe, a 3-year-old pitbull mix, joined the pack, Astro mentored her in the ways of being a lap dog and hogging all the covers – even though she is way too big for that!
Jerry and Ruth Bell and Astro & Chloe
The rambunctious duo of Dasher and Buster were the perfect additions to the adventurous Baker family. Rick, Joyce, Jacob and Julann Baker enjoy making trips to the cabin in North Carolina and it just so happened their pups had the same interest in the great outdoors. They gladly stick their noses to the A/C vents in the car as soon as they reach North Carolina, taking in all the smells of the wild. The dogs, of course, not the two-legged passengers.
Rick Baker and Family and Dasher & Buster
Nita has been "second-chance mother" to Lucy, Buddy, Gracie and Ricky Bobby since they were puppies, and in each case it was love at first sight. Though these dogs can be considered on the normal side (for dogs, of course), Gracie takes the prize for Miss Oddball. All toilet paper must be kept under lock and key, otherwise Gracie like to unwind and shred it from the roll. With these wonderful bundles of love, Nita could never imagine asking for sweeter furry kids.
Nita Ward and Lucy, Buddy, Gracie & Ricky Bobby
Betsie, pictured with Jonathan & Antony Browy, Alexandria Michael and Betsie's three girls (all furry and small in stature) have been her comfort and joy, especially after the passing of her husband. Though tiny, they still manage to take up most of the bed and turn the living room into a zoo with all their playing. Betsie and her husband rescued Daisy from a puppy farm in 2000. On their anniversary, they received a special gift when Lily fell into their lap (where she quickly became a daddy's girl). As for Elysian, Betsie would like to think that she handpicked her, but she does have to admit that Lily may have "paw-picked" this new playmate.
Betsie Scott and Family and Daisy Mae Marigold, Lily Rose & Elysian
Dharma captured the hearts of Debra and her family during a pet rescue meet-and-greet. At the end of the meeting and greeting, Dharma was the only one they wanted to bring home. Dharma is a ladies dog and loves to hang with Debra's girlfriends during book club or girl's night. She is the most loving of dogs and will snuggle with anyone (unless you come between her and her bone – then watch out!).
Debra Schrils and Dharma
Coming from different backgrounds, rescues and states, Charlie, Lacy, Ellie, Frank and Lucy all found their forever home with Ethel. And Ethel found unconditional love, comfort and true friendship with them. She is a women who is constantly on the go, and her fur family remains quite active as well – even Frank, who cannot use his back legs, finds activity and joy by swimming. These dogs are truly living the dream life that most people would be jealous to have.
Ethel Buns and Charlie, Lacy, Ellie, Frank & Lucy
Unable to deny his two sons' hopeful wishes, Chris took them to the shelter where Kimber, a lab-mix, quickly became family. With Houdini-like skills, Kimber would sneak her way out of the crate and into their beds at night. After Kimber's passing, a new feline friend, Kitty Kitty Bang Bang, just as quickly became family due to her loving personality and adorable face.
Chris Steinocher and Pizza
When Patrick and his partner were looking for a dog, they had no idea one was looking for them, too. Beau knew the minute they walked in that he had found his forever home. He can now proudly say — and wag his tail — that he's been the Prince of the house for six years. And yes, you may call him that
Patrick Owings and Beau


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Idris Elba and daughter Isan in Los Angeles, February 2007. Photo by E. Charbonneau/WireImage for Lionsgate.
Colin Farrell, father of two, at the premiere of Saving Mr. Banks in London, England, October 2013. Photo by Dave J. Hogan/Getty Images.
Kanye West, father of two, with wife Kim Kardashian at the 57th annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, California, February 2015. Photo by Getty Images.
Tom Hardy, father of one, at the Legend screening in Toronto, Canada, September 2015. Photo by Getty Images.
Cillian Murphy, father of two, at the premiere of In the Heart of the Sea in London, England, December 2015. Photo by Getty Images.
Colin Firth, father of three, at the U.K. premiere of Eye in the Sky in London, England, April 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Chris Hemsworth, father of three, at the premiere of The Huntsman: Winter's War in Westwood, California, April 2016. Photo by Mark Ralston/AFP/Getty Images.
Ryan Gosling, father of two, at the premiere of The Nice Guys in Rome, Italy, May 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
John Legend, father of Luna Simone, at the Spike TV Guys' Choice 2016 in Culver City, California, June 2016. Photo by Getty Images.
Jay Z with daughter Blue Ivy at the CFDA Awards in New York, New York, June 2016. Photo by Robert Kamau/GC Images.
Donald Glover attends the 74th Annual Golden Globe Awards at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on January 8, 2017 in Beverly Hills, California.
Brad Pitt attends the New York premiere of "Okja" at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on June 8, 2017 in New York City.
Jude Law attends the 'Genius' premiere during the 66th Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin at Berlinale Palace on February 16, 2016 in Berlin, Germany.
Matthew McConaughey attends a photocall for "The Sea Of Trees" during the 68th annual Cannes Film Festival on May 16, 2015 in Cannes, France.
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IRC Operator Training Class
The Ubuntu Classroom is welcoming the first in a series of training classes on Being an IRC Operator which will take place at 20:00 UTC on 12th March.
The class will be presented by Myrtti in the #ubuntu-classroom channel, and they will also be going into another channel to have fun practicing with bans and quiets.
Everyone is welcome to attend, including and in particular our current intake of new operators to the core ops team. If anyone can't attend and wanted to, don't worry, there will be logs available afterwards.
If you want to attend, please send your freenode NickServ account name (generally the same as your IRC nick) to email@example.com or find Myrtti on freenode so that we can get the practice channel set up in advance for you.


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Scholars of AIYS Scholars-to-Scholars Program
The following is a list of scholars who are willing to collaborate or be in contact with Yemeni scholars inside Yemen. Please contact the scholar directly.
For a list of subjects in this program, click here.
If you would like to volunteer for this program, click here.
ADRA, Najwa
Highest degree: Temple University, Anthropology, 1983
Current Position: Independent scholar
Major Publications on Yemen:
2016 Tribal Mediation and Empowered Women: Potential Contributions of Heritage to National Development in Yemen. International Journal of Islamic Art 5(2):301-337.
2013 - 2014 Women and Peacebuilding in Yemen: Challenges and Opportunities. Policy Brief, Norwegian Peacebuilding Resource Centre (NOREF). Available online: http://www.peacebuilding.no/Regions/Middle-East-and-North-Africa/The-Gulf/Publications/Women-and-peacebuilding-in-Yemen-challenges-and-opportunities
2011 Tribal Mediation in Yemen and Its Implications to Development. AAS Working Papers in Social Anthropology, 19:1-17. Available online: http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/wpsainhalt?frames=yes
2008 Learning through Heritage, Literacy through Poetry. Adult Education and Development, 70. Available online in English, French and Spanish: http://www.dvv-international.de/index.php?article_id=731&clang=1
2009 Steps to an Ethnography of Dance. In Viewpoints: Visual Anthropologists at Work, Mary Strong and Laena Wilder, eds. Pp. 229-253. Austin: University of Texas.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: Anthropology, Dance, Development in Yemen, Education, Folklore (Intangible Heritage), Gender and Sexuality, Tribalism and Customary law
BRANDT, Marieke
Highest degree: Ph.D., Cultural Sciences at the Humboldt University of Berlin (Institute for Cultural History and Theory), 2004
Current Position: Postdoc
Major Publications on Yemen:
2017 Tribes and Politics in Yemen: A History of the Houthi Conflict. London: Hurst/Oxford University Press.
2016 'Heroic History, Disruptive Genealogy: Al-Ḥasan al-Hamdānī and the Historical Formation of the Shākir Tribe (Wāʾilah and Dahm) in al-Jawf, Yemen,' Medieval Worlds 3/2016, pp. 116-145.
2014 'Inhabiting Tribal Structures: Leadership Hierarchies in Tribal Upper Yemen (Hamdān & Khawlān b. ʿĀmir),' in South Arabia Across History: Essays in Memory of Walter Dostal, Vienna: Verlag der ÖAW.
2013 'Sufyān's 'Hybrid' War: Tribal Politics During the Ḥūthī Conflict,' Journal of Arabian Studies 3/1, pp. 120-138, DOI: 10.1080/21534764.2013.802942.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: Anthropology, History (20th Century), Tribalism and Customary Law
KHALIDI, Lamya
Highest degree: PhD, Archaeology, 2006
Current Position: Tenured researcher with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), CEPAM, University of Nice, Sophia-Antipolis
Major Publications on Yemen:
2013 Khalidi, L., Gratuze, B., Inizan, M.-L., Crassard, R. "Considering the Arabian Neolithic through a reconstitution of nascent interregional obsidian distribution spheres in the region". Arabian Archaeology and Epigraphy 24: 59-67.
2012 Khalidi, L., Lewis, K., Gratuze, B., "New perspectives on regional and interregional obsidian circulation in prehistoric and early historic Arabia". Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 42: 1-22.
2011 Khalidi, L. and Keall, E.J. "Late prehistoric standing stones of the Tihamah coastal plain, Yemen: cumulative review" in Pierres levées, stèles anthropomorphes et dolmens; Standing Stones, Anthropomorphic Stelae, and Dolmens. T. Steimer-Herbet (ed.). BAR Series 2317. Oxford, Lyon : Archaeopress – Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux (MOM), pp. 145-158.
2010 Khalidi, L., Oppenheimer, C., Gratuze, B., Boucetta, S., Sanabani, A., Mosabi, A. "Obsidian sources in highland Yemen and their relevance to archaeological research in the Red Sea region". Journal of Archaeological Science 37 (2010): 2332-2345.
2010 Lewis, K., Khalidi, L., Eisenberger, B., Sanabani, A. "Mapping Masna'at Maryah: Using GIS to reconstruct the development of a multi-period site in the highlands of Yemen" in Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies 40: 213-226. Oxford: Archaeopress.
2009 Khalidi, L. "Holocene Obsidian Exchange in the Red Sea Region" in The Evolution of Human Populations in Arabia: Paleoenvironments, Prehistory and Genetics, M. D. Petraglia and J. I. Rose (eds.). New York: Springer Academic Publishers, pp. 279-291.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: Archaeology, Geology, Tihama
KLOSS, Magdalena Moorthy
Highest degree: M.Sc. in Anthropology and Development, London School of Economics and Political Science, 2009
Current Position: Doctoral researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Dissertation topic: Slavery in Medieval Yemen (focus: coastal areas, ca. 12th-15th centuries)
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: Anthropology, Biography, Gender and Sexuality, History (early Islamic in Yemen), History (Ayyubid and Rasulid), Islam in Yemen, Law, Islamic and Civil, Migration and Diaspora, Politics and Political Science, Sociology, Tihama, Travelers, Islamic and Western, Tribalism and Customary Law
LENZ, Lisa
Highest degree: MA, University of Vienna
Current Position: PhD researcher
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: Anthropology, Gender and Sexuality, Geography, Geology, History (20th century), Migration and disaspora, Social media (including internet), Sociology, Tribalism and Customary Law
LIEBHABER, Sam
Preferred Email contact:
Highest degree: Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley, Near Eastern Studies (Arabic Literature)
Current Position: Associate Professor of Arabic, Middlebury College
Major Publications on Yemen:
2018 When Melodies Gather: Oral Art of the Mahra. Berkeley: University of California Press. https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=27390.
2016 From Minority to Majority: Inscribing the Mahra and Touareg into the Arab Nation. In Minorities and the Modern Arab World: New Perspectives, Laura Robson, editor,140-150. Syracuse: Syracuse University Press.
2015 Mahri Oral Poetry and Arabic Nabaṭi Poetry: Common Core, Divergent Outcomes. Arabian Humanities 5: https://cy.revues.org/2973
2013 Rhetoric, Rite of Passage and the Multilingual Poetics of Arabia: A Thematic Reading of the Mahri Tribal Ode. Journal of Middle Eastern Literatures 16/2:118-146.
2011 The Ḥumaynī Pulse Moves East: Yemeni Nationalism Meets Mahri Sung Poetry." British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 38/2:249-265.
2011 The Dīwān of Ḥājj Dākōn: Introduction and Commentary by Sam Liebhaber. Ardmore: The American Institute for Yemeni Studies.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? yes
Research Interests: Folklore (intangible heritage), Literature (novels, etc.), Mahra, Poetry, Socotra, South Arabic.
MAHONEY, Daniel
Highest degree: Ph.D. The University of Chicago, Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, 2014
Current Position: Researcher at the Austrian Academy of Sciences
Major Publications on Yemen:
2018 Writing the Ethnic Origins of the Rasulids in Late Medieval South Arabia. The Medieval History Journal 21(2):1-20.
2017 The Role of Horses in the Politics of Late Medieval South Arabia. Arabian Humanities 8. Online at https://journals.openedition.org/cy/3287
2016 "The Political Agency of Kurds as an Ethnic Group in Late Medieval South Arabia," Medieval Worlds 3: 146-157.
2016 "The Political Construction of a Tribal Genealogy from Early Medieval South Arabia," in Meanings of Community across Medieval Eurasia, E. Hovden, C. Lutter, and W. Pohl (eds.), 163-182. Leiden: Bril.
2016 "Ceramic Production in the Yemeni Central Highlands during the Islamic Period," in Landscapes of the Islamic World: Archaeology, History, and Ethnography, S. McPhllips and P. Wordsworth (eds.), 129-142. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2016.
2014 "Cultural Heritage and Identity Politics in Early Medieval South Arabia," in Southwest Arabia across History: Essays to the Memory of Walter Dostal, A. Gingrich and S. Haas (eds.), 67-78. Vienna: Austrian Academy of Sciences Press.
2014 The Political Landscape of the Yemeni Central Highlands during the Late Medieval and Early Modern Periods. PhD. Thesis. University of Chicago, 2014.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: Anthropology, Archaeology, Architecture, Biography (including tabaqat literature), Gender and Sexuality, Geography, History (pre-Islamic), History (early Islamic in Yemen), History (Ayyubid and Rasulid), History (Zaydi), History (Ottoman periods), History (20th century), Islam in Yemen, Law, Islamic and Civil, Travelers (Islamic and Western), Tribalism and Customary Law
Preferred Email contact:
institutional website: https://www.soas.ac.uk/staff/staff31381.php
Highest degree: Ph.D. Social Anthropology (SOAS)
Current Position: Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology, SOAS, University of London
Major Publications on Yemen:
2018 Impact of Conflict on Vernacular Architecture: The Case of Yemen. In Encyclopaedia of Vernacular Architecture of the World, 2nd revised edition, Marcel Vellinga, editor in chief, London: Bloomsbury.
2017 Architectural Heritage of Yemen: Buildings that Fill My Eye. London: Gingko Library & University of Chicago Press.
2003 Process Over Product: Case Studies of Traditional Building Practices in Djenné, Mali, and Sana'a, Yemen. In Managing Change: Sustainable Approaches to the Conservation of the Built Environment, J.M. Teutonico & F. Matero, editors, 137-159. L.A.: Getty Conservation Trust.
2001 Minaret Building & Apprenticeship in Yemen. London: Curzon Press (Routledge).
2000 Walling Old San'a': Re-evaluating the Resurrection of the City Walls. In Terra 2000: 8th International Conference on the study and conservation of earthen architecture, 46-51. London: James & James Scientific.
MARGARITI, Roxani
Highest degree: Princeton, Near Eastern Studies, 2002
Current Position: Associate Professor, Emory University
Major Publications on Yemen:
2012 An Ocean of Islands: Islands, Insularity, and the Historiography of the Indian Ocean. In Peter Miller, editor, The Sea: Thalassography and Historiography. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
2010 Maritime Cityscapes: Lessons from Real and Imagined Topographies of Western Indian Ocean Ports." In Roxani Eleni Margariti, Adam Sabra, and Petra Sijpesteijn, editors, Histories of the Middle East: Studies in Middle Eastern Society, Economy, and Law in Honor of A.L. Udovitch. Leiden: Brill.
2010 "Thieves or Sultans? Dahlak and the Rulers and Merchants of Indian Ocean port cities, 11th-13th Centuries." In Lucy Blue, John Cooper, Ross Thomas and Julian Whitewright, editors. Red Sea IV: Connected Hinterlands: The Fourth International conference on the Peoples of the Red Sea Region. Oxford: Archaeopress.
2008 Mercantile Networks, Port Cities, and "Pirate" States: Conflict and Competition in the Pre-modern Indian Ocean World of Trade. Journal of Economic and Social History of the Orient 51(4) 543-577.
2007 Aden and the Indian Ocean Trade: 150 Years in the Life of a Medieval Arabian Port. Islamic Civilization and Muslim Networks. Durham: The University of North Carolina Press.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: apprenticeship, skill learning and building-craft knowledge, Islamic mosques
MILLER, Flagg
Highest degree: PhD., The University of Michigan, Linguistic Anthropology, 2001
Current Position: Professor of Religious Studies, The University of California (Davis, CA)
Major Publications on Yemen:
2007 The Moral Resonance of Arab Media: Audiocassette Poetry and Culture in Yemen (Harvard University Middle Eastern Monographs series). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
2002 "Metaphors of Commerce: Trans-valuing Tribalism in Yemeni Audiocassette Poetry," International Journal of Middle East Studies, 34(1): 29-57. (2002)
2002 "Public Words and Body Politics: Reflections on the Strategies of Women Poets in Rural Yemen," Journal of Women's History, 14(1): 94-122. (2002)
2005 Entries for "Yemen," "Aden," and "Sanaa" in Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World, vol.2: Locations. Continuum Press, United Kingdom, 2005.
2015 The Audacious Ascetic: What the bin Laden Tapes Reveal about Al-Qa`ida (Hurst & Company / Oxford University Press / Hachette India), 2015.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Not in writing. Spoken Arabic is fine.
Research Interests: Anthropology, Islam in Yemen, Poetry, Politics and Political Science, Social Media (including Internet)
PEUTZ, Nathalie
Highest degree: Ph.D., Princeton University, Anthropology 2009
Current Position: Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Program in Arab Crossroads Studies, NYUAD
Major Publications on Yemen:
2018 Islands of Heritage: Conservation and Transformation in Yemen. Stanford: Stanford University Press.
2013 Targeted Women and Barred Development in Socotra, Yemen. Arabian Humanities. International Journal of Archaeology and Social Sciences in the Arabian Peninsula 1 (online). URL:http://cy.revues.org/1991.
2012 "Revolution in Socotra: a Perspective from Yemen's Periphery." Middle East Report. Middle East Review and Information Project (MERIP). 263: 14–20.
2011 "Shall I Tell You What Soqotra Once Was?": World Heritage and Sovereign Nostalgia in Yemen's Soqotra Archipelago. Transcontinentales: Sociétés, idéologies, système mondial. (Special Issue: The Land Rush: transnational strategies for land grabbing.) No. 10/11. URL: http://transcontinentales.revues.org/1135
2011 Bedouin "Abjection": World Heritage, Worldliness, and Worthiness at the Margins of Arabia. American Ethnologist 38 (2): 338–360.
2008 Reorienting Heritage: Poetic Exchanges between Suqutra and the Gulf. Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée 121-122: 163–182.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes, but over phone or skype rather than in writing
Research Interests: Anthropology, Arabic dialects in Yemen, Development in Yemen, Environmental Issues (water, deforestation, etc.), Folklore (intangible heritage), Gender and Sexuality, History (20th century), Mahra, Migration and disaspora, PDRY, Poetry, Socotra
PHILLIPS, Sarah
Highest degree: Ph.D., Political Science and international Relations, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University, 2008
Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Department of Government and International Relations, The University of Sydney.
Major Publications on Yemen:
2017 "The norm of state-monopolised violence from a Yemeni perspective" in Charlotte Epstein (Ed.) Against International Relations Norms: Postcolonial Perspectives, Routledge 'Worlding Beyond the West' Series (forthcoming May 2017).
2016 "Questioning Failure, Stability and Risk in Yemen" in Mehran Kamrava (ed.) Fragile Politics: Weak States in the Greater Middle East (London: Hurst/Oxford University Press, 2016).
2015 "Assisting al-Qaeda" Foreign Affairs, 30 August 2015.
2011 Yemen and the Politics of Permanent Crisis (London: Routledge – The Adelphi Series).
2008 Yemen's Democracy Experiment in Regional Perspective: Patronage and Pluralized Authoritarianism (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? With assistance - it's been a while, and I am rusty (particularly over the phone).
Research Interests: Development in Yemen, Politics and Political Science
Preferred Email contact:
Highest degree: Habilitation, Rheinische Friedrich‐Wilhelms‐Universität, Bonn, 1999;
D. Phil., Oxford University, 1990
Current Position: Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ
Major Publications on Yemen:
2018 Traditional Yemeni Scholarship amidst Political Turmoil and War: Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Ismāʿīl b. al‐ Muṭahhar al‐Manṣūr (1915‐2016) and His Personal Library. Cordoba: UCOPress.
2016 Zaydī theology in 7th/13th century Yemen: Facsimile edition of Kitāb al‐Maḥaǧǧa al‐bayḍā fī uṣūl al‐dīn of ʿAbd Allāh b. Zayd al‐ʿAnsī (d. 667/1269) (MS Munich, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod. arab. 1286). Introduction and Indices by Hassan Ansari and Sabine Schmidtke. Tehran: Mīrāth‐i maktūb, 2016 (Classical Muslim Heritage Series; 9)
2015 The Yemeni Manuscript Tradition. Leiden: Brill (with David Hollenberg and
Christoph Rauch)
2012 The Neglected Šīʿites: Studies in the Legal and Intellectual History of the Zaydīs. Arabica 59.
2011 Preserving Yemen's Cultural Heritage: The Yemen Manuscript Digitization Project. Sanaa: Botschaft der Bundesrepublik Deutschland & Deutsches Archaeologisches Institut, Orient‐Abteilung, Außenstelle Sanaa, 2011 (Hefte zur Kulturgeschichte des Jemen; 5) (with Jan Thiele)
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: Zaydī Islam, Islam in Yemen, Yemeni manuscripts, Libraries History
TAMINIAN, Lucine
Highest degree: Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Michigan, 2001
Current Position: Senior Researcher, The Academic Research Institute in Iraq
Major Publications on Yemen:
2002 San`a'. In M. Ember and C. Ember (eds.). Encyclopedia of Urban Cultures Cities and Cultures around the World. Grolier. Vol. 4: 111-117
1999 Persuading the Monarchs: Poetry and Politics in Yemen. In R. Leveau, F. Mermier, and U. Steinbach (eds.) Yemen in the Arabian Peninsula. Paris: Karthala.
1998 Rimbaud's House at Aden: Giving Voice(s) to the Silent Poet. Cultural Anthropology 13 (4): 464-490.
1997 The Self and the Other: The Absence of Dialogue. In L. Taminian (ed.) Yemen as Viewed by the Other: Anthropological Studies. San`a': The American Institute for Yemeni Studies. (In Arabic).
1997 Women's Studies or Feminism? Theoretical Approaches to the Study of Women in Yemen. In L. Taminian (ed.) Images of Yemeni Women in Western Social Studies. San`a': The American Institute for Yemeni Studies. (In Arabic). 1997
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: Agriculture and Irrigation, Anthropology, Literature (novels, etc.), Poetry
UM, Nancy
Highest degree: PhD, Islamic Art and Architectural History, UCLA
Current Position: Associate Professor, Art History, Binghamton University
Major Publications on Yemen:
2017 Shipped but not Sold: Material Culture and the Social Protocols of Trade during Yemen's Age of Coffee, Perspectives on the Global Past Series. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press
2009 The Merchant Houses of Mocha: Trade and Architecture in an Indian Ocean Port, Donald R. Ellegood International Publications. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
2015 "Chairs, Writing Tables, and Chests: Indian Ocean Furniture and the Postures of Commercial Documentation in Yemen, 1700-1750," in Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World, ed. D. Bleichmar and M. Martin, a special issue of Art History 38:4 (September 2015): 718-31.
2015 "Foreign Doctors at the Imam's Court: Medical Diplomacy in Yemen's Coffee Era," in "Transcultural Networks in the Indian Ocean, 16th-18th centuries: Europeans and Indian Ocean Societies in Interaction," ed. Su Fang Ng, a special issue of Genre: Forms of Discourse and Culture 48:2 (July 2015): 261-88.
2015 "1636 and 1726: Yemen after the First Ottoman Era," in Asia Inside Out: Changing Times, vol. 1, ed. E. Tagliacozzo, H. Siu, and P. Purdue, 112-34. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2015.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? I am happy to receive messages in Arabic, but would prefer to respond in English.
Research Interests: Architecture, Art, History (Zaydi), History (Ottoman periods), Tihama
VARISCO, Daniel Martin
Highest degree: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, 1982
Current Position: President, AIYS
Major Publications on Yemen:
2018 The State of Agriculture in the Mutawakkilite Kingdom of Yemen, 1918-1962: A Documentary Overview. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Austrian Academy of Sciences, AAS WORKING PAPERS IN SOCIAL ANTHROPOLOGY, Volume 32. Available online at http://epub.oeaw.ac.at/wpsa32.
2017 "Yemen's Tribal Idiom: An Ethno-Historical Survey of Genealogical Models." Journal of Semitic Studies, 62(1):217-241.
2017 Date Palm Production in Rasulid Yemen. Annemarie Schimmel Kolleg, Ulrich Haarmann Memorial Lecture, 14. Berlin: EB-Verlag Dr. Brandt
2014 "Pars Pro Toto Observation: Historical Anthropology in the Textual Field of Rasulid Yemen." History and Anthropology. Published in "Online First" in July, 2014.
2012 "Qat and Traditional Healing in Yemen." In H. Schönig and I. Heymeyer, editors, Herbal Medicine in Yemen, 69-102. Leiden: Brill.
1997 Medieval Folk Astronomy and Agriculture in Arabia and the Yemen. London: Variorum Press.
1994 Medieval Agriculture and Islamic Science: The Almanac of a Yemeni Sultan. Seattle: University of Washington Press.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Yes
Research Interests: Agriculture and Irrigation; Anthropology, Botany (and medicinal plants), Development in Yemen, Environmental Issues (water, deforestation, etc.), History (Ayyubid and Rasulid), Islam in Yemen, Proverbs, Qat, Social media (including internet), Travelers, Islamic and Western
WALTERS, Delores M.
Highest degree: Ph.D., NYU, 1987
Current Position: historical/cultural educational program consultant .
Major Publications on Yemen:
2013 Gendered Resistance: Women, Slavery and the Legacy of Margaret Garner, Delores M. Walters, co-editor, U. of Illinois Press.
1996 "Caste Among Outcastes: Interpreting Sexual Orientation, Racial and Gender Identity in the Yemen Arab Republic," in Out in the Field: Reflections of Lesbian and Gay Anthropologists. Ellen Lewin and William Leap (eds.).
2016 Excerpted in Feminist Ethnography: Thinking Through Methodologies, Challenges, and Possibilities, Dana-Ain Davis & Christa Craven, eds., Rowman & Littlefield.
2001 "Women, Health Care and Social Reform in Yemen," in Feminism & Antiracism: International Struggles for Justice, France Winddance Twine and Kathleen Blee (eds.), New York University Press, Chapter 4; pp. 71-93.
1998 "Invisible Survivors: Women and Diversity in the Transitional Economy of Yemen," in Middle Eastern Women in the Invisible Economy, Richard Lobban (ed.), University Press of Florida, Chapter 3, pp. 74-95.
(2006) Translated into Arabic in Challenging the Familiar: Historical and Anthropological Studies of Yemen, Lucine Taminian, ed., Sana`a: American Institute for Yemeni Studies, pp. 161-186.
Video Documentary
1999 "Murshidat: Female Primary Health Care Workers Transforming Society in
Yemen," health care and inclusion of formerly enslaved African-identified groups (Arabic, English voice-over, 35 min.), available at http://deloresmwalters.com/yemen-video/ and YouTube
[Based on research, and analysis of strategies used by women to empower other women and the most marginalized groups in an Arabic-speaking, rural community in Yemen]
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic? Not without assistance
Research Interests: Anthropology, Health Services and Traditional Medicine
WATSON, Janet
Preferred Email contact:
Highest degree (university, field, date): Ph.D., SPAS, University of London, Linguistics, 1989
Current Position: Leadership Chair for Language at Leeds University, England
Major Publications on Yemen:
2012. The Structure of Mehri. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (Semitica, Viva, 52).
2000 Wasf San'a: Texts in San'ani Arabic. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (Semitica Viva, 23).
1996 Sbahtu! A Course in San'ani Arabic. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (Semitica Didactica, 3).
1993 A Syntax of San'ani Arabic. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz (Semitica Viva, 13).
Research Interests: Mahri dialect, Sanaa dialect, Documentation of Modern South Arabian languages; Arabic dialectology; phonology; morphology; acoustic and instrumental phonetics
YADAV, Stacey Philbrick
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Highest degree: Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Political Science, 2007
Current Position: Associate Professor of Political Science
Major Publications on Yemen:
2017 Sectarianization, Islamist Republicanism, and International Misrecognition in Yemen. In Sectarianization: Mapping the Politics of the New Middle East, edited by Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel. Hurst: 185-198.
2015 The 'Yemen Model' as a Failure of Political Imagination. International Journal of Middle East Studies 47 (1): 144-147.
2013 Islamists and the State: Legitimacy and Institutions in Yemen and Lebanon. London: I.B. Tauris).
2011 Antecedents of the Revolution: Intersectoral Networks and Postpartisan Activism in Yemen. Studies in Ethnicty and Nationalism 11 (3): 550-563.
2010 Segmented Publics and Islamist Women's Activism. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 6 (2): 1-30.
Are you willing to correspond in Arabic?
• I am willing to receive messages in Arabic, but should only reply in English, given my rustiness.
Research Interests: Development in Yemen, Gender and Sexuality, History, Islam in Yemen, Law, Islamic and Civil, Migration and disaspora, Politics and Political Science, Tribalism and Customary Law, Zaydi Islam.


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RIP: Papa Wemba
Musician Papa Wemba has died on stage at the age of 66... par actutete
Congolese star collapses and dies at African music festival
After 40 years as one of Congo's biggest stars, singer Papa Wemba died on stage at a music festival in Abidjan on April 24 2016. The 66 year-old star was giving one of his countless concert when he suddenly collapsed. Despite being attended to very quickly by first aid services, the singer died in hospital.
Papa Wemba is considered the king of modern rumba (also known as soukous), a guitar-based fusion of Latin and African dance styles inspired a generation of African musicians. His influence across Africa was absolutely huge, and he toured in the 90s with Peter Gabriel. His distinctive high-pitched voice was instantly recognisable on the more than 25 albums that he recorded.
A star in his own right, Wemba was also instrumental in the careers of many other musicians, notably Koffi Olomide.


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GALILEO birthday coming up
Like | robinna | April 21, 2010 | Libraries
I totally meant to post this earlier. On Sept. 21, 2010 it will be the 15th anniversary of GALILEO.
Hopefully, it okay to crosspost this...
Happy New Year, GALILEO Users,
Believe it or not, GALILEO will turn 15 on September 21, 2010. Way back in 1995, long before Google, GALILEO helped bring the University System of Georgia libraries, students, faculty, and staff the ability to search indexes and retrieve full-text materials on this new thing called the "World Wide Web" using something called "ASCII text." For many of these users, GALILEO was their first introduction to the Internet, much less graphical interfaces, as well as the benefits this technology had for learning and research. In fact, GALILEO helped put public computers into the University System libraries and provided fax machines for interlibrary loan articles, at time when some campuses had a single fax machine in the President's office. Institutions that had only a few journals suddenly had access to hundreds of journals. GALILEO's delivery over PeachNet helped people understand the benefits of robust networks for transmitting data, providing the impetus and legislative support for bringing both internet access and GALILEO to public libraries and schools. Even in this era of ubiquitous information that has followed its early innovation, GALILEO still provides the core resource for the libraries and media centers of Georgia, fulfilling its mission to be "One Statewide Library" by bringing quality, authoritative, and secure digital materials of all kinds to the citizens of Georgia, including encyclopedias, books, thousands of periodicals, and unique materials of historical and cultural significance. Over one billion user experiences attest to the success of GALILEO.
The spirit of innovation and collaboration that has been part of GALILEO since the beginning continues, as today GALILEO has multiple interfaces that serve different audiences and communities of interest, special tools for federated searching and linking to ejournals across all resources, a toolbar for easy use in common browsers, online training for library staff, and video tutorials for users. The future promises to continue apace, as new discovery tools and tools to assist the integration of library resources into online learning environments enhance the GALILEO environment.
As a teenager, GALILEO will continue to need the support, encouragement, and thoughtful guidance of the GALILEO community; the birthday is a great opportunity to share and express the value that GALILEO provides to the state of Georgia.
• GALILEO Life Contest: Use your creativity to show support for and use of GALILEO by making a video, poster, powerpoint, or a library "fan." Contribute entries by May 14th. Prizes will be awarded for the 5 age groups in each of the three media (poster, video, and powerpoint) categories and the 3 library types (public, academic, and K12) in the fan category. See details about the contest guidelines and submission instructions here: http://www.usg.edu/galileo/about/birthday/
• GALILEO Scrapbook: Collect your stories, quotes, and pictures and share with GALILEO to post in an online scrapbook of community and sharing. Details will be available soon.
• GOLD/GALILEO User Group Conference: Our annual gathering will include special events and activities to recognize GALILEO's birthday and contributions to libraries in Georgia and your participation in the contest and scrapbook activities. Details will be available later in 2010.
• Virtual Birthday Celebration, September 21, 2010: A special online event to share and recognize the 15th birthday and the GALILEO community.
The celebration starts today — watch for regular news and information in the coming months, and in the meantime, remember: you are part of GALILEO, so this is your 15th birthday too!
Thank you from all of the GALILEO staff.


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Monday, 15 October 2007
Can You Tell What It is Yet?
Of Course it's a root burl. Or to be more precise a burl that has separated from its parent tree and then rooted. Before it could put up any shoots along came your pal the bushwacker and snaffled it.
Burls are a great example of the adage 'it's the exception that proves the rule' if you took any woodwork classes at school you may remember being told that wood 'always' grows in strait fibers that form the woods grain, then along came a burl to disprove that generalisation. Burls do have grain but it's not straight, in fact its usually in interconnecting spirals. If you get the first stages of curing right they form an incredibly hard and stable piece of timber. They are dense, hard to carve, but very beautiful. Because of the random super tight grain they are far less likely to split, even if they get wet. I've been an avid Burl collector for a few years but most of my collection are pretty small. They become handles for fire steels and brushes. Occasionally I find some larger specimens and this one came along just as I was thinking about Mungo's request for a Kuksa.
Most european bushcrafters have a fascination for the Sammi or Laplanders of Finland.They live in some of the most beautiful and challenging terrain europe has to offer, and are masters of cold weather living. They have developed some equipment that has been 'field tested' over generations. The Puukko knife and the Kuksa (or wooden cup) are icons of european bushcraft. Both use burls from the birch tree in their construction.The clever thing about a wooden cup is that however cold the weather it wont stick to your lips, and is a fair insulator, keeping hot drinks and soups warmer for longer.
For a really good kuksa tutorial see Jon's Bushcraft.
American Finn's blog has some very good pictures of Puukkos and kuksas
Kellam Knives have kuksas and Puukkos
Bearclaws are the only people I've seen selling proper hand carved Burl Kuksas, not cheap but look totally authentic.
Thanks for reading
7 comments:
- Decado said...
Nice piece of wood! I am sure it will be great when you get it done!
Did not know about the burls though. How do you find them?
Funny about the timing of your post, as I just started making a Kuksa this weekend.
- 15 October 2007 at 14:22
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
I believe that burls often form on trees as a response to pollutants in the ground water, so in areas like Poland where there is arsenic in the ground water you'll find more of them.
Birch is the classic material for Kuksas although I've done well with both kinds of Chestnut and Oaks. Holly often produces some pure white bead sized burls that some wiccans go nuts for.
As you can see the camera on my phone is rubbish to say the least, as I get access to some better equipment I'll be posting pix of some of the more interesting ones I've found.
Thanks for reading
- 15 October 2007 at 14:55
- viridari said...
There could also be a tobacco pipe hiding in there as well.
- 16 October 2007 at 02:13
- Todd: said...
Great post. I want to make a kuksa now! What are the secrets of curing the burl? I look forward to seeing the finished cup.
- 14 November 2007 at 22:30
- The Suburban Bushwacker said...
In Scandinavia (home of the Kuksa) they apparently cure their burls by soaking them in salt water for a while pre, during, and post carving. As to salinity my guess is that seawater would be the standard, although I've not been able to find any hard facts or birch burls large enough to be worth experimenting with. Currently I use sawdust to slow the drying process and it seems to be working very well. I'm planning a post about Burls and collecting them as soon as the Mrs' mania for DIY passes!
- 15 November 2007 at 20:33
- Todd: said...
Thanks! I've heard about water curing similar to that. Look forward to your future burl post.
- 17 November 2007 at 14:31
when i lived in the puget sound area in the 90s the japanese were buying shiploads of old growth lumber and taking it to japan and sinking it in the salt water harbors for future use. salt preserves wood as well as meat.
in that area, all one has to do to obtain huge pieces of quality wood (softwood)is to go to the beach and select a salt preserved log, split out a section and take it home. hardwoods were nearly non-existent except for the madrone which was the locally named "ironwood" of the pacific nw.
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To be honest, I find these headlines a bit heart breaking. I realize that there is intense anger when it comes to this man but the idea of rejoicing in someone's, anyone's death (especially someone we can be confident is not heaven-bound) is just wrong. One headline I read said "Rot In Hell". The reality is, that is just what is happening to him and millions of others around the world. Hearing fellow American's chanting "USA" and celebrating the end of someone's life makes my heart heavy.
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Welcome To Worship
East Brentwood Presbyterian Church
Sunday, November 12, 2017
10:00 a.m.
32nd Sunday In Ordinary Time
Sunday, November 12, 2017
The congregation is asked to use the time of the pre-service music as a period of silent prayer and preparation.
Thought before Worship
What kind of thanks would we afford? God, make of us your living tithes; the first fruits, fit to work for you . . . . transformed and cleansed, restored, made new.—John Thornburg
We Gather to Worship God
Welcome & Announcements
Stewardship 2018 "Connecting the Blocks" Bill & Martha Wolfe
A Call to Worship Based on Psalm 98
Come, sing a new song to God!
Remember all the times full of wonder
God has already saved us!
Dust off the piano; tune up the guitar;
try out the drums!
Make a joyful noise to God, all the earth!
Open the windows!
Listen to the choirs outdoors,
feathered and furred!
Let the hills sing together for joy!
For God is not done doing wonders!
God is coming to set everything right.
Sing a new song to God!
Song "Cornerstone"
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Opening Prayer
*Hymn #591 "Halle, Halle, Hallelujah!"
Call to Confession
Prayer of Confession
God of unending love,
Forgive us our lack of imagination.
We struggle to reconcile the world's brokenness and your goodness.
In our confusion, we either focus on you, and pretend nothing is wrong,
or we focus on everything that is wrong,
and turn our backs on you.
We cling tightly to our sense of order and understanding,
afraid there is not enough grace to go around.
Give us the confidence we need to trust in your complexity.
Time for silent reflection
Response "Trisagion" Ortega
Holy God. Holy and mighty.
Holy Immortal One, Have mercy, have mercy on us.
Assurance of Forgiveness
Friends, believe the good news.
In Jesus Christ we are forgiven.
Passing of the Peace
The peace of Christ is with you!
And also with you.
*Gloria Patri #581
Time with Children John Hilley
Congregation: God go with you.
Children: God be with you here.
Anthem "God Is Calling Us" Sleeth
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We Listen for the Word of God
Prayer for Illumination
New Testament Matthew 25:1-13 NT page 28
The Word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Sermon "Invited to the Celebration" John R. Hilley
Time of Reflection
Prayers of the People—Lord's Prayer
Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our sins, as
we forgive those who sin against us; and lead us not into
temptation, but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom
and the power and the glory, forever. Amen.
We Respond to God's Love
Offertory "I Will Go"
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*Doxology #606
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow;
praise God, all creatures here below;
praise God above, ye heavenly host;
praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.
*Litany of Faith & Dedication
We are EBPC.
We believe in a loving God, who created us and is re-creating us every day. We trust in Jesus, who carries us and comforts us, who seeks us and saves us.
We listen for the Spirit, who inspires us, provokes us, and leads us.
We believe the power of the gospel can change lives.
It can heal hearts and bind up the broken.
It can inspire change and tear down walls.
We believe we are all part of that story.
We believe in the power of music, that it can open hearts and make the gospel soar.
It sings deep truth to a world in desperate need of beauty, and it gathers us together when we are falling apart.
We believe that worship is for everyone,
and that everyone, from toddlers and teenagers to those who say "fiddle" and those who say "violin," have an important place in our community of faith.
We believe in holy hospitality.
We believe that space for relationships to evolve and grow is essential. We expect that by welcoming strangers, we will find ourselves entertaining angels.
We believe that children have much to teach us,
and that we have a responsibility to teach, love, and nurture them. We are committed to helping them make their way in this world.
We believe that when Jesus said,
"Love your neighbor as yourself," he really meant it.
We believe we are called to reach out in our community with God's own love, and bring God's promised new day a little bit closer.
We are EBPC.
We believe that grace will hold this church, the entire Church, together. We believe the Spirit is stirring, that God is doing a new thing. We believe that God is always among us, in our past, now and tomorrow and forevermore.
We are stewards.
We return to God portions of what God has given us: our time, the fruits of our labors, our commitment. May the gifts we bring show that God's rule is at hand— both now and to come.
We Go from Here and Serve
*Hymn #69 "Here I Am, Lord"
*Parting Words & Benediction
*Please stand if you are able.
Immediately following today's service, we will gather to replace the contents of the time capsule and break ground for a new church sign.
About Today's Service & Activities
Participants in Today's Service: Pastor: John Hilley; Music Director: Nate Strasser; Musicians: the Praise Band, Choir; Liturgist: Ralph Comer.
This Week in Children's Worship: Come join us for the telling of the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids. We will learn about how important it is to always be ready for Jesus. Together we will make oil lamps to remind us to always shine our light for Jesus and think of ways we can "be ready" by filling our hearts with love, joy, and kindness just like the bridesmaids filled their lamps with oil! We will also shine our light by decorating Grab n Go Breakfast Bags for our friends at Glenview Elementary!
This Week in Upwards: Come join us as we explore how our own personal stories fit into Jesus' bigger story of love, generosity, and faith! We will hear the Parable of the Ten Bridesmaids and reflect on ways we can prepare our hearts and minds for Jesus. We will also create "All About Me" posters that can help us explore our own faith journeys as we seek to see our own story within God's big story of love!
Welcome to East Brentwood
To Our Members: East Brentwood gladly welcomes first-time and returning visitors. By introducing yourself and sharing a warm greeting, you express the hospitality of our congregation. Please share a smile and welcoming word to those around you.
To Our Guests: We offer education and fellowship opportunities in the mornings and evenings for children, youth and adults. Please see the calendar of events for dates and times. Be sure to complete a yellow contact card if you wish to receive future communications from EBPC.
East Brentwood Presbyterian Church is a community church made up of a loving, welcoming family of believers in honest conversation with God. We seek to emulate the ministry of Jesus through compassionate service, with stimulating and relevant exploration of God's Word, and by sharing that Word and God's many blessings with our neighbors in Middle Tennessee and around the world.
EBPC will host Room In the Inn this Tuesday, November 14! To start the season we are in need of clothing donations of ALL sizes, including men's coats (used or new), cold weather socks, gloves, long underwear, underwear, and t-shirts/undershirts. The signup for our next opportunity to host is now open for Tuesday, December 12. Look for RITI information, volunteer descriptions, signups, and donation bin in the Gathering Place or contact Ann Ketch at firstname.lastname@example.com.
HELP EBPC HELP OTHERS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON! It's November which means the holidays are upon us! We are in full swing with our collection for the College Grove Food Pantry Thanksgiving Dinner drive. Collection bins are in the Gathering Place for these items. We have a short collection time, as all turkeys are due at the church between 3p and 6p. on Thursday, November 16th. We have created a shopping list of all the items needed by College Grove for the Thanksgiving dinner collection. Please grab the list at church or print it from the eblast. A sign-up sheet for those who wish to contribute turkeys is also in the Gathering Place.
Study on the Book of Acts: "Living Faithfully in a Time of Fear";
November 14th - Acts 26 (12-18) - "Have I Told You This Story Before?"
November 21st - No meeting (Thanksgiving)
November 28th - Acts 28 (23-30) - "It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This!" (Study concludes on this day)
Calling adults and children of all ages! Let's help our partner school, Glenview Elementary, celebrate American Education Week by bagging up some brown bag breakfasts for the teachers and staff after worship TODAY. There is no PTO at Glenview, so this will be super special! Everyone is invited to help assemble them.
Calendar Events Coming This Week ~ At a Glance
Sunday, November 12—Stewardship Dedication Sunday
9:00 a.m. Adult Education
9:30 a.m. Kids' Music & Drama Club
10:00 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Youth Band Practice
4:00 p.m. PYG for High School Youth
Monday, November 13
6:00 p.m. Session Meeting
Tuesday, November 14
9:30 a.m. Bible Study on the Book of Acts
11:45 a.m. Crisis Management Team on Church Safety
6:00 p.m. Room In The Inn
Wednesday, November 15
9:45 a.m. Staff Meeting
1:00 p.m. Crisis Management Team
6:08 p.m. 608 for Middle School-aged Youth
6:30 p.m. Choir
7:30 p.m. Praise Team
Friday, November 17
7:00 p.m. Beer & Hymns in the Barn
Sunday, November 19
9:00 a.m. Adult Education
9:30 a.m. Kids' Music & Drama Club
10:00 a.m. Worship
11:00 a.m. Youth Band Practice
Praise and Prayers
† Prayers for the Lindsey Hinds-Brown and her family as she is recovering from surgery.
† Prayers for Barbara Cochran, sister of Clyde Russell, as she faces treatment for a serious health issue.
† We praise God for the blessing of a new child for the Edward's Family! May Ellery Frances stay healthy and may the whole family get the rest they need.
† We pray for Ruth Miller.
† We pray for the victims of abuse.
† Prayers of healing and strength for Debra Swartz, sister of Mary Ellen Hofstetter, who has multiple health issues.
† Prayers for those who have lost hope.
If you have a prayer request or celebration that you would like to share, please contact Richard Strecker at email@example.com or (615) 720-6262.