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Recent St. Ambrose graduate Munir Sayegh has been awarded a Fulbright research grant in Egypt.
The son of an Iowan mother and Palestinian father, Munir will spend a year in Cairo examining Qur'anic manuscripts and other ancient Arabic letterforms, studying with typographers and calligraphers, and eventually, creating "a modern typeface family that can be used in advertising, graphic design and marketing in the Arab world."
Munir writes:
"In the Arab world, Arabic is not only the language of everyday life, it is also the language of God and the visible expression of the spiritual world. But visual communication in the Arab world is currently immersed in a trend to westernize Arabic design and typography, and Arabic letterforms are being lost."
What was it like when you found out you received the Fulbright?
The unrest in Egypt meant that I did not find out for a long time. Honestly, I got to the point where I just needed to know one way or another, so it was a great relief. I danced around.
Why do you refer to Arabic as the language of God?
In Arab society, most Arab people are Muslim and for many years, the Qur'an (Koran) was available only in Arabic. Arabic words are very beautiful, the visual representation of Islam. Stepping into a mosque you notice there are no pictures, just script, symbols and shapes. Arabic is similar to the importance of Hebrew or Greek when speaking of God or spiritual matters.
What's wrong with the current Arabic typography and letterforms?
Marketers—usually Western companies—are taking Latin typefaces and trying to develop their Arabic counterparts. The Arabic becomes mechanical and blocky, nothing like its true nature.
What's a "modern typeface family"?
A modern typeface family is basically a font. For example, the font Arial has regular, bold and italic versions, a "family" of typeface. My Fulbright year will allow me to research what needs to go into my typeface family, to create a beginning.
And the desired outcome?
An English/Arabic typeface family, classical and traditional, with similar elements of design and a cohesive look. In other words, a modern Arabic font with true Arab roots.
Let's shift away from your Fulbright Research for a minute. Tell me a story from your childhood.
With extended family in Iowa and Jordan, many summers were spent traveling to either DeWitt (Iowa), eating mashed potatoes and gravy, or to Jordan, where my Palestinian grandmother—"Tayta"—would lovingly prepare stuffed grape leaves and hummous (hummus).
I remember one of my visits to Jordan when I was about six years old. I met a boy my age at the store and he was trying to buy salt. I was trying to buy ice cream. He was handicapped in some way. He couldn't say the word salt, "Malih," let alone afford it. This experience totally changed my worldview and touched me in the deepest way. When I returned to Jordan on my study abroad semester, I'm pretty sure I saw the same boy. I was helpless back then to help him but not anymore.
But how can your Fulbright research help the boy in Jordan?
I called my senior honors Arabic calligraphy show "obligation," thinking about that boy. But not only him. Refugees, and my father's and my heritage. I guess I would say my art show, my work on this typeface family, are both an obligation to Palestinians refugees. Because maybe through design/visual communication I can show the Western world what Palestinian-Arabs are all about, what they are and who they are.
What about tensions between America and the Middle East?
I grew up in the Midwest and the stories we hear about the Middle East are usually quite different than what those in the Middle East are hearing about themselves and their countries. There is a lot of fear in the United States about Arabs and the Middle East, misunderstanding and misconceptions. It goes the other way too, of course, misconceptions of Americans.
Why do you think you can do this? Isn't it rather ambitious?
I think I was born to do this. Maybe this project is a culmination of a lot of different factors in my life. Something like this has to be part of who you are. And for me, it is.
What about you might surprise people?
I have a lot of unusual hobbies. I play the djembe African drum and I minored in French. In fact, I probably speak better French than Arabic. Oh, and I love giving haircuts!
What makes you good at what you do?
I would describe myself as a stereotypical man; I focus on only one thing at a time, hardly ever multi-task. For example, when I go shopping for something, I go into the store, look at the item—and buy it. That's it. This single-minded approach can serve me well when there is something I've got to get done.
What haven't we talked about that you'd like to?
I would like to encourage other Ambrose students to apply for a Fulbright, start early, figure out what they are passionate about, what they've always wanted to do or give to the world. I was supported throughout the Fulbright process, and there were about five or six professors that I can say really mentored me. Being a small school, the professors really care about our wellbeing, care about our changing the world.
And finally, your future after the Fulbright?
I plan to earn my master's degree in typography or diplomacy. As a Fulbrighter, I will be a cultural ambassador. I love diplomacy and talking with people; I could talk with people all day. But I also love art, so either way it's pretty much a win-win. And of course, I could always go to beauty school.


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Amid Rising Tuition, For-Profit Students Often Pay More for Less
A new report from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) on postsecondary tuition highlights the speed at which college tuition costs are rising. Most concerning is the rate at which tuition is increasing in some for-profit programs compared with tuition for other programs, particularly when considered in the context of the earnings graduates of many for-profit programs obtain.
The NCES report shows an 11.4 percent increase in the tuition for less-than-two-year, for-profit institutions, where the average annual tuition was $14,439 in 2011-2012. In contrast, between the 2009-10 school year and the 2011-12 school year, in-state tuition at four-year public institutions rose 9 percent.
Compounding the problem of high tuition, graduates of many certificate programs at for-profit college companies are unlikely to receive salaries commensurate with their investment. For example, the typical graduate of Everest College's aromatherapy certificate program can expect to earn just $13,929 annually. Graduates of Empire Beauty School's cosmetology certificate program in Phoenix should expect to earn just $8,748. Paying for basics like food and rent is hard enough on $8,748 a year, which is below the poverty level for a single person. Add the monthly cost of paying off the enormous student loan debt, and these graduates are squeezed even tighter.
Often, pursuing pricey certificates at for-profits often also means passing up more affordable options at other schools. The average annual tuition and fees for an in-district student attending a less-than-two-year public college is just $6,701 — less than half the average cost at a similar for-profit institution. The difference is even starker at two-year colleges: Two-year for-profit institutions average $14,131 annually, while in-district public community colleges average only about a fifth of that ($2,912).
The soaring price of postsecondary education is daunting for many students and families, and addressing the problem is important work. But curbing the scourge of high-priced programs that offer little value to students deserves particular attention. Students deserve better than a pile of debt for a certificate or degree that promises but fails to increase their earning power.
— Jim Davy

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Pacific Northwest: Taste |
Blue Ribbon Peach Pie |
Makes one 9-inch pie |
3 pounds ripe peaches 3/4 cup sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1. Prepare the butter pastry (see below) and chill it in the refrigerator while you make the pie filling. 2. In a large pot over high heat, bring a gallon of water to a full boil. Fill a large mixing bowl with ice water and set aside. Drop the peaches into the boiling water; after one minute, use a slotted spoon to lift them out and put them in the ice water. The skins will slip off. 3. Slice the peeled peaches and combine them with the sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. 4. Roll out one round of the pastry into a 12-inch circle. Fold the circle into quarters and place the folded pastry in a 9-inch pie pan, the point of the folds in the center. Unfold the round of dough in the pan and press it into place, letting the excess dough hang over the sides. Put the peach filling into the pastry-lined pie pan. 5. Roll the second piece of dough into a 12-inch circle and, using a pizza wheel or a sharp knife, cut the dough into 1-inch-wide strips. Lay half the strips of dough over the filling and fold every other one back on itself to the left. Starting at the right edge, lay a strip of dough at a 90-degree angle from the first strips you laid and unfold the strips that were folded back. Fold the strips that were not folded the first time and lay another strip. Repeat this process to create a lattice top over the surface of the pie. Press the edges of the dough around the edges of the pan and trim off the excess. 6. Put the pie pan on a baking sheet to catch any overflow. Bake in a preheated 400-degree oven 55 to 65 minutes. The crust should be well browned and the filling should be bubbling up between the seams of the lattice top. Cool the pie on a rack for at least an hour before serving so the juices have time to set. |


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KEEN Men's Siskiyou Low Waterproof Hiking Shoes
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Kick around in comfort all day long in the KEEN® Men's Siskiyou Low WP hiking shoe. A waterproof nubuck leather and mesh upper increases durability, while the KEEN.DRY membrane shields feet against incoming moisture for breathability. KEEN.PROTECT outsole material wraps up over toes for extra abrasion resistance, and 3 mm multi-directional lugs maximize traction. Trek the trails with ease in the Siskiyou Low WP shoe.
- Waterproof nubuck leather and mesh upper increases durability
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- Metatomical footbed offers superior arch support
- KEEN.PROTECT outsole wraps up over the toes, protecting against abrasions and stubs
- 3 mm multi-directional lugs maximize traciton on rugged outdoor terrain
- Weight: 1 lb 1 oz
- Style: 12001
Country of Origin: China
Web ID: 11364890
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KEEN Men's Siskiyou Low Waterproof Hiking Shoes
Briefly loved
I wore these shoes walking my 4 miles in the evening and after quarter way through the third evening, my joint at the base of big toe was killing me. I had to come in and change shoes because I had a pretty bad blister. The shoes are stiff and I sure hope they loosen up because otherwise they were comfortable. When I say I wouldn't recommend, that is as of now and if shoes loosen up, perhaps I would
January 22, 2015
Another great pair of Keens
This is my 5th pair of Keens and these are just as comfortable as all the others. My only complaint is the laces will loosen if they're not double-knotted.
I have lower back pain when I walk any distances but these shoes allow me to walk all day with no pain at all. Did 4 miles at the zoo in them yesterday and felt great. There were many puddles and a lot of snow but my feet remained warm and dry with regular ankle socks. Love these and will certainly buy another pair when these wear out.
January 17, 2015
Poor sizing
I really wanted to like these shoes. The right shoe fit fine. Unfortunately, the left shoe was way too narrow in width. It was painful just walking around the house. Had to return them. Keen really needs to work on their sizing and quality control.
December 15, 2014
Great shoes for the price!
These hikers are very comfortable. I would suggest getting a half size bigger than you normally wear. I bought my normal size 10.5 and had to return for an 11. No problem with the return process. As I said great show for the price!
December 15, 2014
Definitely not for hiking
Stylish shoe but definitely not good for hiking purposes. Slips at the heel and not much arch support.
December 13, 2014
Couldn't be happier
Received these shoes promptly. Fit great. I wear a size 13 and these fit nicely. The next day I wore them while working a 13 hour day. On my feet mostly and felt great at the end of the day. Great looking show also. My first pair of Keen's. They will be on my radar in the future.
December 8, 2014
very comfortable and nice looking
no break in time needed on these shoes. One thing though, I took it on one very rugged hike and it performed very well but not the best , and hence I give it a 4.5 star and not a 5 (but could only choose 4, no 1/2s) .. So if you want one for very rugged hikes get the ones which are more groovy.
December 7, 2014
this product will last quite a while
I have owned keen shoes before...they wear well and will last me a long time
December 4, 2014
Waterproof shoe
A reliable waterproof shoe is a requirement for me so I can walk my three dogs in wet grass, rain and snowy conditions and have dry feet. Keen Siskiyou with KEEN-DRY fabric liner has proven to do the job better than Merrill shoes with Gore-Tex. This is my second pair. The first one got daily hard use walking in dew-covered grass or rain/snow without ever failing. Other brands with Gore-Tex have developed leaks where the front part of the shoe bends with your toes. The soles developed small separations from the shoe upper and the Gore-Tex failed to keep my feet dry. KEEN Siskiyou has come up with a design that does not crack away from the shoe upper. Excellent design and materials. I recommend ordering 1/2 size larger on this shoe only.
December 4, 2014
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These shoes are amazingly comfortable. I highly recommend them!!!!
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Your Tour of Cadwallon
Presenting a video overview of Cadwallon: City of Thieves |
Cadwallon: City of Thieves | Published 03 September 2010 |
Welcome to Cadwallon, a city of vagabonds and outlaws of every kind. The Duke and his brave militia struggle to maintain order, but it is the mighty guilds and wealthy merchants who rule the city... and the most feared of these is the shadowy Guild of Thieves...
Cadwallon is a wondrous city, full of adventure and fantasy. However, a sinister underworld encroaches on the city at night, making it a most deadly place, indeed.
Today, Fantasy Flight Games is pleased to offer you a breathtaking visual journey through Cadwallon: City of Thieves, the fast-paced game for two to four players abound with cunning thievery and ruthless skullduggery in a fantasy city steeped in magic and intrigue.
Take your first trip into these labyrinthine streets with the following video overview of the Cadwallon: City of Thieves board game:
Click the image above to launch video (48 MB), or watch on FFG Media Player
For more information on Cadwallon: City of Thieves be sure to check out its website and description page. Once you learn the ropes, check your friendly local game store or our webstore to pick up your copy of Cadwallon: City of Thieves soon and attempt to become the wealthiest thief in all of Cadwallon!
Cadwallon: City of Thieves is a fast-paced board game of cunning thievery and ruthless skullduggery in a fantasy city steeped in magic and intrigue. Two to four players each control their own gang of four thieves, competing to amass the greatest haul of loot from the many carefully locked chests scattered about the city.
i picked this up at gen con and UPS managed to destroy it when i shipped it home.
This game and the painted minis were one of the big delights for me at GenCon. I am very happy with the game. I hope the rest of you enjoy it as much as my group has.
Im going to buy it for sure, also the painted minis!
ya know i didnt plan on buying this game but I may have changed my mind. This game looks pretty good
@ Roenalt
The combat rules you seek are called "Okko". Made by the same designer as City of Thieves (Laurent Pouchain). A very light, oriental themed combat game, but it has a certain depth that grows as you play. Worth a look.
lets get a combat ret of rules for thsi and do some skirmish level fighting cant wait till it comes out, wonder if I could fan base a set of rules do do map fighting?
Come on Pre-Order.
Great intro vid - makes me very glad that I have mine pre-ordered!
Kudos to FFG...another fantastic video for another fantastic game! Keep em coming (both videos and games ;))
Huh, it's actually sounds really great! Much easier to learn then I first thought but, still deep.
I cant wait get this...sort of hoping it would get released sooner rather than later...
Im just impatient!


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X-Factor Flashback: #70-89 (1991-1993)
- Posted by Johanna on January 18, 2006 at 1:18 pm
- Category: Superhero Reviews
- PUBLISHER: Marvel
Because I enjoyed the Peter David-written Madrox miniseries, it was recommended that I try his earlier run on X-Factor.
He started on X-Factor #70 in September 1991 with the wrapup to some big X-Men crossover. It's full of lots of chatter, too many guest stars, and showy character bits, as when Wolverine swallows a cigarette instead of extinguishing it. That's the kind of thing that would normally interrupt a story, but since there's not really one here, instead, they're character-defining elements that are likely to stick in fans' minds.
The Beast quotes one of my favorite poems, Yeats' "The Second Coming". (The description of the worst as "full of passionate intensity" always reminds me of the downside of online communication.) An unfortunately heavy-handed sequence of visual puns drives home the conclusion. This issue isn't necessary for the David run and should be skipped.
The group proper starts in #71. Sadly, the entertaining bits are undercut by the less-than-supportive art by Larry Stroman and Al Milgrom. It's all sharp angles and strange close-ups, overly inspired by fashionable posters, with strange lines and colors instead of backgrounds, plus too many inset panels. As a result, David has to work in large chunks of dialogue where he can.
Surprisingly, for an ongoing superhero comic of that era, I found everything I needed about the characters in the issue. Previous plots are referred to, and I feel as though I'd know more about a character like government liaison Val Cooper if I'd read earlier comics, but I don't need that information to understand what's going on. Two major stories are established — Quicksilver's powers are killing him, and Madrox is shot — while the minor running joke involves trying to get a jar of mayo open.
Those stories continue through issue #75, a giant-size anniversary issue, where the team fights Mr. Sinister and his Nasty Boys. Throughout, Madrox and his teammates learn more about his powers and the effect they've had on his personality and temperament, complicated by the question of which duplicate is the "real" one. There's also the crusade of Strong Guy (named here for the first time) to have mutants renamed "genetically challenged". With better art, this could have been a really good read. As it is, it's historically interesting but something of a struggle to get through.
Issue #76 (cover-dated March 1992) is part two of a crossover with Incredible Hulk #391 involving the Pantheon. The ending involves two deaths, I think, but with fill-in pencils by Tom Raney and Kevin West (and possible Comic Code concerns), that was only understandable through the dialogue.
The part I found most interesting was the statement of ownership. This title printed, on average over the past 12 months, 357,642 copies to sell 265,252. The most recent issue, 484,100 were printed to sell 392,000. In contrast, the Madrox miniseries had estimated sales of 33,752 copies of #1, roughly 10%.
Issue #77 is a surprisingly timely story, with a lawyer fighting the illegal detention of the Nasty Boys. The government has locked them up without trial because they're so dangerous. Once the Mutant Liberation Front shows up, though, it becomes a big fight issue. Man, they sure had a lot of mutant villain teams, didn't they? It's hard to keep them all straight.
Issue #78 deals with abortion, as the MLF attack a clinic where a doctor is working on identifying mutants in utero, so the parents can decide whether they want a "freak" child. Around the edges of the fighting, the heroes express various philosophical positions. In today's more diverse comic market, it's a little weird to read a story where a significant cultural issue has to be grafted onto a punch-up in order to reach the printed page.
Issue #79 is a refreshing change of page. The art is more traditional, by Jim Fern, and a lot easier to read. There's more focus on the team members and their interaction as the issue starts with some downtime. Strong Guy's out on a date while Quicksilver gets musical. Then he and Madrox head out to handle a small-town mutant problem. Although there's a rather gripping cliffhanger, this is the best issue so far. As a relative stand-alone, it's also a great sample of the series.
Issues #80-81 continue with more of the same, only with additional pop culture jokes and mystery. Larry Stroman's back, as well, but it's Peter David on top of his game that's the appeal. Unfortunately, like most peaks, it doesn't last for long.
Issues #82-83 feature the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants and a group of Genoshan refugees, which is a bit too much X-Men continuity for my taste. Then the crossover comes. Issues #84-86: X-Cutioner's Song.
Issue #87 is a followup with team members in counseling, which reveals Strong Guy's origin as well as insights into all the characters. Joe Quesada (!) also begins as the book's artist. This single issue is the summation of David's run on the book.
Issues #88-89 are his last, after which he was replaced by Scott Lobdell. #88 has the next Statement of Ownership. This title printed, on average over the past 12 months, 546,983 copies to sell 448,558. The most recent issue, 442,900 were printed to sell 324,100. The number of issues they trashed is higher than most comic sales today.
Ultimately, if someone who enjoyed Madrox asked me what else to read, I'd tell them issues #79, 80, 81 and 87. The rest seemed too X-connected to recommend to someone who wasn't specifically looking for that mythology.
10 Responses to "X-Factor Flashback: #70-89 (1991-1993)"
Dan Coyle Says:
January 19, 2006 at 1:30 PMI agree with you 100% that those were the best issues of the run.
David said at the time in But I Digress that due to fallout from the Northstar outing in '92, the aborition story "was rewritten into incomprehensibility."
Ray Cornwall Says:
January 19, 2006 at 2:08 PMThat X-Factor Hulk story was well done if you get to read all three parts. The artist on Hulk at the time was Dale Keown, and Keown never did better work in his life than with Peter David. There should be some sort of law that the two of them should always work together.
Sarah Says:
January 19, 2006 at 2:29 PMThose circulation numbers blow my mind. This run started just about when I was abandoning comics the first time at the end of high school. It's hard to fathom that the numbers on individual titles have shrunk so much in my (not all that long) lifetime.
Dave Carter Says:
January 19, 2006 at 4:30 PMAnd IIRC, at the time X-Factor was considered a mid-tier book, as titles like X-Men, Uncanny X-Men and X-Force were selling around 1,000,000 copies per issue.
Brian J. Says:
January 24, 2006 at 12:35 AMHmmm . . . I wonder though how many books were actually being purchased by collectors or readers? I know that a lot of retailers still have long boxes full of X-Men #1 (Lee series). When they say they printed x amount of books to sell y issues, are they meaning that they actually sold y issues to actual readers, or just stores?
Johanna Says:
January 24, 2006 at 8:28 PMBrian, back then, sales to newsstands were returnable (which is why they printed 500K to sell 400K). So if a book didn't sell, it got sent back. Barring potential fraud, the sales to customers were a higher percentage of sales figures cited than they are now.
hostile17 Says:
April 12, 2006 at 4:04 PMI do have a few of these issues in my collection and I agree with the statement that Dale Keown and Peter David worked well together. I remember seeing them together at a comic book shop down Melrose were they gave away pages of their Hulk Comics. I really wished I had taken better care of them though as they got lost over the years!
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July 5, 2006 at 6:53 AM[…] David addresses that topic in the letter column, briefly, saying that he reads the other comics when we do and has to figure out how to work key events into his schedule. I'm impressed he can do as much as he does here, and given his classic run on the title, I see Quicksilver's impending presence as suggesting good things for the book. (Plus, also in the letter column, David reveals that #13 will be similar to the well-remembered psychiatry issue from that run.) […]
Comics Worth Reading Says:
July 6, 2006 at 10:26 AM[…] Rahne Sinclair, a werewolf and one of his former superhero teammates, works for Jamie, as does Strong Guy. The characterization is great; although Peter David has worked with these characters before, on the title X-Factor, the new reader doesn't need to know anything but what's provided. There's a lot of information packed into the story about the way these personalities relate to and care about each other. The art by Pablo Raimondi and Drew Hennessy is nicely realistic, which grounds the more fantastic occurrences, and quite attractive. […]
rene Says:
August 23, 2006 at 6:48 PMi very much disagree about the art by larry stroman and al milgrom. i think its phantastic. it might be too self-consciously stylish for some tastes, much like the recent work of chris bachalo. but unlike bachalos work, stromans is perfectly readable to me.


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Tamarind | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Rosids |
Order: | Fabales |
Family: | Fabaceae |
Subfamily: | Caesalpinioideae |
Tribe: | Detarieae |
Genus: | Tamarindus L. |
Species: | T. indica |
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Tamarindus indica L. |
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) (from Arabic: تمر هندي, romanized tamar hindi, "Indian date") is a leguminous tree in the family Fabaceae indigenous to tropical Africa. The genus Tamarindus is a monotypic taxon, having only a single species.
The tamarind tree produces edible, pod-like fruit which are used extensively in cuisines around the world. Other uses include traditional medicine and metal polish. The wood can be used in carpentry. Because of the tamarind's many uses, cultivation has spread around the world in tropical and subtropical zones.
Tamarindus indica is probably indigenous to tropical Africa,[1] but has been cultivated for so long on the Indian subcontinent that it is sometimes also reported to be indigenous there.[2] It grows wild in Africa in locales as diverse as Sudan, Cameroon, Nigeria and Tanzania. In Arabia, it is found growing wild in Oman, especially Dhofar, where it grows on the sea-facing slopes of mountains. It reached South Asia likely through human transportation and cultivation several thousand years prior to the Common Era.[3][4] It is widely distributed throughout the tropical belt, from Africa to South Asia, Northern Australia, and throughout Oceania, Southeast Asia, Taiwan and China.
In the 16th century, it was heavily introduced to Mexico, and to a lesser degree to South America, by Spanish and Portuguese colonists, to the degree that it became a staple ingredient in the region's cuisine.[5]
Today, India is the largest producer of tamarind.[6] The consumption of tamarind is widespread due to its central role in the cuisines of the Indian subcontinent, South East Asia and South America, particularly in Mexico.
The tamarind is a long-lived, medium-growth, bushy tree, which attains a maximum crown height of 12 to 18 metres (40 to 60 feet). The crown has an irregular, vase-shaped outline of dense foliage. The tree grows well in full sun in clay, loam, sandy, and acidic soil types, with a high drought and aerosol salt (wind-borne salt as found in coastal areas) resistance.
Leaves are evergreen, bright green in color, elliptical ovular, arrangement is alternate, of the pinnately compound type, with pinnate venation and less than 5 cm (2 inches) in length. The branches droop from a single, central trunk as the tree matures and is often pruned in human agriculture to optimize tree density and ease of fruit harvest. At night, the leaflets close up.
The tamarind does flower, though inconspicuously, with red and yellow elongated flowers. Flowers are 2.5 cm wide (one inch), five-petalled, borne in small racemes, and yellow with orange or red streaks. Buds are pink as the four sepals are pink and are lost when the flower blooms.
The fruit is an indehiscent legume, sometimes called a pod, 12 to 15 cm (3 to 6 inches) in length, with a hard, brown shell.[7][8][9] The fruit has a fleshy, juicy, acidulous pulp. It is mature when the flesh is coloured brown or reddish-brown. The tamarinds of Asia have longer pods containing six to 12 seeds, whereas African and West Indian varieties have short pods containing one to six seeds. The seeds are somewhat flattened, and glossy brown.
The tamarind is best described as sweet and sour in taste, and is high in tartaric acid, sugar, B vitamins and, oddly for a fruit, calcium.
As a tropical species, it is frost sensitive. The pinnate leaves with opposite leaflets give a billowing effect in the wind. Tamarind timber consists of hard, dark red heartwood and softer, yellowish sapwood.
It is harvested by pulling the pod from its stalk. A mature tree may be capable of producing up to 175 kg (350 lb) of fruit per year. Veneer grafting, shield (T or inverted T) budding, and air layering may be used to propagate desirable selections. Such trees will usually fruit within three to four years if provided optimum growing conditions.
The name ultimately derives from Arabic tamr-hindī, meaning "date of India". Several early medieval herbalists and physicians wrote tamar indi, medieval Latin use was tamarindus, and Marco Polo wrote of tamarandi.[10]
Alternative names[edit]
The tree is most numerous in South Asia, where it is widely distributed and has a long history of human cultivation. Many South Asian regional languages have their own unique name for the tamarind fruit. In Sanskrit, it is called thinthrinee.In Nepalese,it is called titiri(तितिरी ). In Assamese, it is called teteli. It is called tetul (তেঁতুল) in Bengali. In Oriya, it is called tentuli, in Hindi it is called imli (इमली); in Rajasthani, it is known as aamli (आम्ली); in Gujarati the amli, and Marathi and Konkani चिंचं (the chinch); in Kannada it is called hunase (ಹುಣಸೆ), Telugu chintachettu (tree) and chintapandu (fruit extract). In Tamil-speaking regions as such in Tamil Nadu and northern areas of Sri Lanka, the tamarind is known as puli (புளி). In Malayalam, it is called vaalanpuli (വാളന്പുളി) and in Pakistan in Urdu, it is known as املی imli and in Sindhi, it is called Giddamrii. In Sri Lanka in Sinhala, it is called siyambala (සියඹලා). Much further west, in Turkey, it is called demir hindi.
In Chinese language, tamarind is called Luówàng Zǐ, Suāndòu or Suānjiǎo (罗望子/羅望子, 酸豆, 酸角). In Indonesia and Malaysia, tamarind is known as the asam (or asem) Jawa (means Javanese asam), which in the Indonesian and Malay languages, translates as Javanese sour [fruit] (though the literature may also refer to it as sambaya). In Khmer language, it is called "âm-pil" (អំពិល). In Laos, it is called ໝາກຂາມ (maak-kham). In Malagasy, it is called voamadilo and kily. In Myanmar, it is called magee-bin မန်ကျည်းပင် (tree) and magee-thee မန်ကျည်းသီး (fruit). In the Philippines, tamarind is referred to as sampaloc, which is occasionally rendered as sambalog in Tagalog and sambag in Cebuano. The Vietnamese term is me. The tamarind is the provincial tree of the Phetchabun province of Thailand, where it is called má kăam (มะขาม). The Yolngu people of Australia's northeastern Arnhem Land call Tamarind djambang or jambung.
In the Cook Islands in the Cook Islands Māori language (also called Māori Kūki Āirani or Rarotonganis language), Tamarindus is called tamarene.
In Ghana, it is called dawadawa. In Malawi, it is called bwemba. In Zambia (nyanja) it is called viwawasha. In Nigeria, it is called tsamiya (Hausa language) and awin (Yoruba language). In the Kiswahili language of east and central Africa, it is called ukwaju. In Somalia it is called Hamaar. In Sudan it is called Aradieb.
In Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Venezuela and throughout the Lusosphere, it is called tamarindo. In the Caribbean, tamarind is sometimes called tamón.[3] In Trinidad and Tobago and most other Caribbean countries, however, it is also called tambran or tambrin.
Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) should not be confused with "Manila tamarind" (Pithecellobium dulce). While in the same taxonomic family Fabaceae, Manila tamarind is a different plant native to Mexico and known locally as guamúchil.
Seeds can be scarified or briefly boiled to enhance germination. They retain germination capability after several months if kept dry.
The tamarind has also long been naturalized in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and the Pacific Islands. Thailand has the largest plantations of the ASEAN nations, followed by Indonesia, Myanmar, and the Philippines. The pulp is marketed in northern Malaya. It is cultivated all over India, especially in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Extensive tamarind orchards in India produce 275,500 tons (250,000 MT) annually.
Commercial plantations throughout tropical Latin America include Brazil, Costa Rica, Colombia, Cuba, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua, Puerto Rico and Venezuela.
In the United States, it is a large-scale crop introduced for commercial use, second in net production quantity to India, in the mainly Southern states due to tropical and semitropical climes, notably South Florida, and as a shade and fruit tree, along roadsides and in dooryards and parks.[11]
Culinary uses[edit]
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) | |
Energy | 239 kcal (1,000 kJ) |
62.5 g
Sugars | 57.4 |
Dietary fiber | 5.1 g |
0.6 g
2.8 g
Vitamins | |
Thiamine (B1) |
0.428 mg |
Riboflavin (B2) |
0.152 mg |
Niacin (B3) |
1.938 mg |
0.143 mg |
Vitamin B6 |
0.066 mg |
Folate (B9) |
14 μg |
Choline |
8.6 mg |
Vitamin C |
3.5 mg |
Vitamin E |
0.1 mg |
Vitamin K |
2.8 μg |
Trace metals | |
Calcium |
74 mg |
Iron |
2.8 mg |
Magnesium |
92 mg |
Phosphorus |
113 mg |
Potassium |
628 mg |
Sodium |
28 mg |
Zinc |
0.1 mg |
Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. Source: USDA Nutrient Database |
The fruit pulp is edible. The hard green pulp of a young fruit is considered by many to be too sour, but is often used as a component of savory dishes, as a pickling agent or as a means of making certain poisonous yams in Ghana safe for human consumption.[12]
The ripened fruit is considered the more palatable, as it becomes sweeter and less sour (acidic) as it matures. It is used in desserts as a jam, blended into juices or sweetened drinks, sorbets, ice creams and all manner of snacks.
In Western cuisine, it is found in Worcestershire sauce[13] and HP Sauce.
In most parts of India, tamarind extract (dried tamarind available commercially is heated in water and strained out leaving the extract) is used to flavor foods ranging from meals to snacks. Along with tamarind, sugar and spices are added to (regional) taste for chutneys or a multitude of condiments for a bitter-sweet flavor. The immature pods and flowers are also pickled and used as a side dish. In regional cuisines, such as Rajasthan, Maharashtra (where it is called chincha), Tamil Nadu (where it is called puli) and Andhra Pradesh, (where it is called Chintha pandu) it is used to make rasam, amtee, Sambar_(dish), vatha kuzhambu, puliyogare and chutneys and pickles. In Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, tender leaves of tamarind called chintha chiguru (చింత చిగురు) and puliyankozhunthu (புளியங்கொழுந்து), respectively, are used with lentils to make raw chutney. In the state of Andhra Pradesh "Chintha pandu" (Tamarind) is an essential ingredient in their "Pulihora" "Fish Pulusu", majority of "vegetable Pulusu curries", "Chaaru" "Pappu Chaaru" "Nilava Patchallu" and "Chethi Patchallu". Curries made of "Chintha Chiguru"(tender leaves of tamarind tree) mixed with prawns, meat or pulses ("Chintha Chiguru Royyala Koora", "Chintha Chiguru Maamsam Koora" or Chintha Chiguru Pappu" respectively) are great delicasies in Andhra Pradesh. In Karnataka, India, the tamarind, called hunasae hannu, is used in saaru (lentil soup), sambhar or sambar (vegetable soup), gojju (sauce), and several types of chutneys. In southern parts of Kerala, mostly along the coastal belt, it is added to fish curry masalas, with ground coconut for flavoring. It is also used extensively as preservative and in pickles (thokku).
In the Chinese province of Yunnan, tamarind is used in making jam or chilled drink.
In Guadeloupe, tamarind is known as tamarinier and is used in jams and syrups.
In Mexico, it is used in sauces or sold in various snack forms: dried and salted; in sweet, soft clusters, or candied (see for example chamoy snacks). Agua de tamarindo, a fresh beverage made from tamarind, is popular throughout the country. Agua fresca beverages, iced fruit bars and raspados all use it as the main ingredient. Jarritos is a well-known export brand soda drink (tamarind is the second most popular flavour of the brand). Mexican tamarind snacks, such as "Batilongo", Pelon Pelo Rico and Pulparindo are available in specialty food stores worldwide. Often in Mexico, tamarind is plucked off the tree and eaten raw.
A variant of the traditional Mexican mole sauce is made with tamarind paste in addition to the more traditional ingredients of mole, such as chile ancho and chocolate. This version is not very well known outside of the city of [Oaxaca]].
A sour, chilled drink made from tamarind is served in Egypt.
A traditional food plant in Africa, tamarind has potential to improve nutrition, boost food security, foster rural development and support sustainable landcare.[14]
In Barbados, Jamaica, Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Colombia, Mexico and other Latin American countries tamarind is rolled into balls (5 cm in diameter) with white granulated sugar and a blend of spices to create tambran balls.
The Javanese dish gurame and more so ikan asem, also known as ikan asam (sweet and sour fish, commonly a carp or river fish) is served throughout Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore; some dishes in Manado, Sulawesi and Maluku cuisines use tamarind.
In southern Kenya, the Swahili people use it to garnish legumes and also make juices. In Somalia, it is used to give rice some sour flavour. In Lebanon, the Kazouza company sells a tamarind-flavoured carbonated beverage.
Across the Middle East, from the Levant to Iran, tamarind is used in savory dishes, notable meat-based stews, and often combined with dried fruits to achieve a sweet-sour tang.
In Myanmar, young and tender leaves and flower buds are eaten as a vegetable. A salad dish of tamarind leaves, boiled beans, and crushed peanuts topped with crispy fried onions is served in rural Myanmar.[citation needed]
In Madagascar, its fruits and leaves are a well-known favorite of the ring-tailed lemurs, providing as much as 50% of their food resources during the year if available.
In northern Nigeria, it is used with millet powder to prepare kunun tsamiya, a traditional pap mostly used as breakfast, and usually eaten with bean cake.[citation needed]
In the Philippines, tamarind is used in foods like sinigang soup, and also made into candies. The leaves are also used in sinampalukan soup.
In Thailand, a cultivar has been bred specifically to be eaten as a fresh fruit: it is particularly sweet and minimally sour. It is also sometimes eaten preserved in sugar with chili as a sweet-and-spicy candy.[15] Tamarind is an essential souring ingredient in the central Thai variant of kaeng som, a sour curry. Pad Thai often includes tamarind for its tart/sweet taste (with lime juice added for sourness and fish sauce added for saltiness and umami). A tamarind-based sweet-and-sour sauce is served over deep-fried fish in central Thailand.
In Turkey, it is called demirhindi, and is consumed as a sweetened cold drink. It is also available as a fruit, but is not well known by the general population since it is not grown locally and is imported.
In Vietnam, tamarind is eaten fresh or processed into a sweet, sour and sometimes spicy candy. Tamarind is also one of the main ingredients in the Vietnamese sour soup, Canh chua.
Traditional medicinal uses[edit]
Throughout Southeast Asia, fruit of the tamarind is used as a poultice applied to foreheads of fever sufferers.[7] Based on human study, tamarind intake may delay the progression of skeletal fluorosis by enhancing excretion of fluoride. However, additional research is needed to confirm these results.[16]
Carpentry uses[edit]
Tamarind wood is a bold red color. Due to its density and durability, tamarind heartwood can be used in making furniture and wood flooring.
Metal polish[edit]
Tamarind concentrate can be used to remove tarnish from brass and copper.
In temples, especially in Buddhist Asian countries, the fruit pulp is used to polish brass shrine statues, lamps, and other objects, removing tarnish and the greenish patina that forms.[3] In south Indian homes and temples tamarind is widely used to clean the copper and bronze utensils.[citation needed]
Horticultural uses[edit]
Throughout Asia and the tropical world, tamarind trees are used as ornamental, garden and cash crop plantings. Commonly used as a bonsai species in many Asian countries, it is also grown as an indoor bonsai in temperate parts of the world.[17]
In hens, tamarind has been found to lower cholesterol in their serum, but not in the yolks of the eggs they laid.[18] Due to a lack of available human clinical trials, there is insufficient evidence to recommend tamarind for the treatment of hypercholesterolemia or diabetes.[19]
See also[edit]
- ^ Diallo, BO; Joly, HI; McKey, D; Hosaert-McKey, M; Chevallier, MH (2007). "Genetic diversity of Tamarindus indica populations: Any clues on the origin from its current distribution?". African Journal of Biotechnology 6 (7).
- ^ Abukakar, MG; Ukwuani, AN; Shehu, RA (2008). "Phytochemical Screening and Antibacterial Activity of Tamarindus indica Pulp Extract". Asian Journal of Biochemistry 3 (2): 134–138.
- ^ a b c Morton, Julia F. (1987). Fruits of Warm Climates. Wipf and Stock Publishers. pp. 115–121. ISBN 0-9653360-7-7.
- ^ Popenoe, W. (1974). Manual of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits. Hafner Press. pp. 432–436.
- ^ Tamale, E.; Jones, N.; Pswarayi-Riddihough, I. (August 1995). Technologies Related to Participatory Forestry in Tropical and Subtropical Countries. World Bank Publications. ISBN 978-0-8213-3399-0.
- ^ http://www.cropsforthefuture.org/publication/Monographs/Tamarind%20monograph.pdf
- ^ a b Doughari, J. H. (December 2006). "Antimicrobial Activity of Tamarindus indica". Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research 5 (2): 597–603. doi:10.4314/tjpr.v5i2.14637.
- ^ "Fact Sheet: Tamarindus indica". University of Florida. Retrieved July 22, 2012.
- ^ Christman, S. "Tamarindus indica". FloriData. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ^ Tamarind at the Oxford English dictionary [1]
- ^ "Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations".
- ^ "Tamarind: Tamarindus Indica L.".
- ^ "BBC Recipes—Glossary of food terms: Tamarind". BBC. Retrieved January 11, 2010.[dead link]
- ^ National Research Council (January 25, 2008). "Tamarind". Lost Crops of Africa: Volume III: Fruits. Lost Crops of Africa 3. National Academies Press. ISBN 978-0-309-10596-5. Retrieved July 17, 2008.
- ^ "Tamarind – Makahm". Thai Food and Travel. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- ^ "Ameliorative effect of tamarind leaf on fluoride-induced metabolic alterations.". PubMed. PMID 22438201. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- ^ D'Cruz, Mark. "Ma-Ke Bonsai Care Guide for Tamarindus indica". Ma-Ke Bonsai. Retrieved August 19, 2011.
- ^ Chowdhury, SR; Sarker, DK; Chowdhury, SD; Smith, TK; Roy, PK; Wahid, MA (2005). "Effects of dietary tamarind on cholesterol metabolism in laying hens". Poultry science 84 (1): 56–60. doi:10.1093/ps/84.1.56. PMID 15685942.
- ^ "Tamarindus indica". Health Online. Retrieved January 11, 2010.
- Bhumibhamon, S. 1988. Multi-purpose trees for small-farm use in the Central Plain of Thailand. D withington, K MacDicken., CB Sastyr and NR Adams, eds Multi-purpose trees for small-farm use: Proceedings of an International Workshop pp. 53–55. November 2–5, 1987, Pattaya Thailand.
- Jean-Marc Boffa, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Publisher Food & Agriculture Org., 1999. Agroforestry parklands in Sub-Saharan Africa Volume 34 of FAO conservation guide Agroforestry Parklands in Sub-Saharan Africa, ISBN 92-5-104376-0, ISBN 978-92-5-104376-9: 230 pages
- Dassanayake, M. D. & Fosberg, F. R. (Eds.). (1991). A Revised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon. Washington, D. C.: Smithsonian Institution.
- Hooker, Joseph Dalton. (1879). The Flora of British India, Vol II. London: L. Reeve & Co.
- Locke J, N Renner: 1991 Pod Form and Non-Pod Form Variants of Tamarind in Guadelupe Yaghoubian Agricultural Review 2:122–149
- Michon G, F Mary, J Bopmart: 1986 Multi-Storied agroforestry Garden System in West Sumatra, Indonesia Agroforestry Systems 4:315–338
- Narawane SP 1991 Success stories of Multi-purpose tree species production by small farmers in NG Hedge and JN Daniel eds, Multi-purpose tree species production by small farmers, proceedings of the National Workshop. January 28–31, 1991 Pune, India.
- James Rennie: 1834. Alphabet of medical botany. Orr and Smith, 1834. 152 page 77. Google Books
- George Spratt, 1830. Flora Medica: containing coloured delineations of the various medicinal plants admitted into the London, Edinburgh, and Dublin pharmacopœias; with their natural history, botanical descriptions, medical and chemical properties, Together with a Concise Introduction to Botany; a Copious Glossary of Botanical Terms; and a List of Poisonous Plants. Callow and Wilson, 1830. Google Books.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tamarindus indica. |
- Tamarindus indica in Brunken, U., Schmidt, M., Dressler, S., Janssen, T., Thiombiano, A. & Zizka, G. 2008. West African plants – A Photo Guide. www.westafricanplants.senckenberg.de.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Tamarind". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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9 Facts About Reindeer That Will Blow Your Mind
Cute babies, magical pee, and badass cold tolerance? This year, bring up reindeer facts during family Christmas dinner. You'll be glad you did.
Okay, let's start with the basics: Reindeer are super cute.
Just look at that chest fluff and those baby antlers and try not to cry from the cute.
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I mean, really. A baby reindeer is enough to make you melt.
Just look at those lil toes!
Oh, and also? Their eyes change color with the FREAKIN' SEASONS.
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Reindeer are so tough that even in the summer they prefer to keep it cool.
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A friend asked me about Aurasma today and it reminded me that I keep meaning to play with it more ;-) . The Aurasma app I have on my iPad allows me to add hidden triggers to any images that I take so that when the device is held over the image (could be a place, a book or any object) the extra content I have added will play. There are many animations provided with the app or you can add your own videos and I think this is where it gets clever. These augmented reality triggers are included in the Morris Lessmore picture book and they trigger the content on the Imag-N-Tron
app. I've been experimenting with the Aurasma app today and it is fairly straightforward to use and I think it could be used in lots of exciting ways. Apparently my friend had heard talk of using it to have book trailers play when a certain book cover is hovered over and this sounds very cool indeed. Some ideas I had: Book cover triggers to student book review videos - nothing better than the recommendation of peers! If possible links to authors reading aloud from the particular book - for example the video of the wonderful Michael Rosen reading We're Going on a Bear Hunt Posters in the library linking to videos of student librarians explaining the rules of the library Display of teacher/librarians favourite books with videos of each of them talking about their reasons attached to 'their' book cover Trigger objects around the school used as a treasure hunt Holding app on device over bunsen burner to get video experiments On a personal note I'd love to buy my nephews & nieces books and then let their parents hover with their phones & discover a video of me reading the book to them - or talking about why I like the book. I'd like to create Auras for all the special Christmas decorations on our family tree too .....but that's just because I love Christmas! Could be a good way to document family history though. Just a few quick ideas but I'm enjoying using Aurasma and think it has real potential. This weekend was spent at the Lighting the Future joint School Library Association/School Libraries Group/Youth Libraries Group conference and what an exhausting and interesting weekend it was. One of the first highlights for me was listening to Prof. Stephen Heppell opening the conference and astounding us with all the possibilities there are out there for creating an exciting, personalised learning future for young people. I have heard Stephen speak on many occasions but there's always something new to hear.
My own 'appearance' was later in the day and I was slightly nervous to be on a stage with Jonathan Douglas (NLT) and Dave Coplin (Microsoft) but it seemed to go well ......luckily I am rarely lost for words and the subject of new technologies is of course very close to my heart. Planned barbecue became an indoor one due to the inclement weather and after it we were treated to storytelling and poetry from Liz Weir, John Agard, Atinuke, Alec Williams and Tony Mitton. They were all fantastic but I have to say that Atinuke stood out for me, despite appearing last she had the audience in the palm of her hand. The group session on Saturday morning chaired by Simon Mayo was very interesting with many a tallying call heard and I loved Aiden Chambers decision that a group of librarians should be called a liberation! I attended a few workshops that day, Nicola McNee's on new media, Adam Lancaster's on the subject of tracking progress and Nikki Heath's on working with public libraries and enjoyed them all but the best thing about any conference like this is the chats that go on in between sessions I think. It's always great to be with like minded people and share ideas. Morris Gleitzman's after dinner speech told us about his life and ended with a wonderful quote about librarians being the storykeepers. All in all it was a learning and chatter packed weekend and I'm very much looking forward to next year's SLA conference in Belfast. (This is only a brief blog post because I was tweeting most of the weekend so more detail can be found on the Storify stream for conference, produced by John Iona). I have just begun my celebrations for National libraries day by pre ordering the Library Book from Amazon. Looks like it will be a genuinely good read and with profits going to the Reading Agency it should provide that glow inside of doing something good at the same time. I was shocked to read on a blog from Ian Clark (http://infoism.co.uk/blog/2012/01/no-national-libraries-day-in-kent/ )that the Kent Libraries will not be celebrating National Libraries Day .....or was I? My local library is in Greenhithe, it's in a small building that is set back from the road and is extremely easy to miss. Once you do realise that it exists a warm welcome greets you when you go in. The staff are friendly and helpful and I always enjoy chatting to them. The stock however wouldn't encourage anyone to pop in - to be honest I often struggle to find anything vaguely current to read and the books are looking tired and uncared for. Their funding in the last few years must have been nearly non existent and the books are sadly out of date. There are always people there when I visit but then as the library is only open for 2 afternoons and 1 morning a week I suppose they are making the most of it.
The library is just opposite the entrance of Ingress Park estate and I would have thought that it would be overrun with customers. Apparently one of the staff approached the libraries service with a plan to leaflet the area to make people more aware of the resource they have on their doorstep, but this plan was denied as any literature has to be standardised and approved - so nothing was done. The neglect of the library is saddening and a crying shame but as there are plans afoot to close some Kent libraries it's not hard to see why no effort at promotion has been made by the council. The fact that there is no mention of a day that has been organised to celebrate the contribution libraries make on the Kent Libraries webpage is an utter disgrace - and seems to be a cynical political decision. Kent County Council you should be very ashamed! Now, I am not a political animal. Politics and politicians normally do not impinge on my life at all - yes I know that is a shameful admission but to quote Bob Dylan 'the times they are a changing'. This government seems to be contradicting themselves at every point, one moment saying literacy for all is one of their key goals, in the next breath taking away funding from organisations that promote reading and writing to young people. The latest ridiculous idea is that primary schools are to be given a set list of the books they must study - what a sensible idea that is ...not! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-13320661 How can you decide on certain books that will appeal to all children, boys and girls from every area and cultural diversity and who is going to make this decision? Surely we should have faith in teachers and librarians to have the specialist and local knowledge to be able to choose books to study that will appeal to children in their school without dictating to them about their book choices - after all they know the kids in their school best. Children are not 'one size fits all' and they are all at different stages in their reading journey, will this be taken into account? I suspect not. Having set texts at secondary school has had the effect of turning lots of young people away from reading - even a great work of literature that would normally appeal to a certain age group becomes boring and tedious when one 'has' to read and indeed, dissect it endlessly. Yes we should be encouraging children to read widely, there are so very many fantastic books written for primary kids from brilliant authors that really understand how to enthrall kids but to generalise and say 'all seven year olds should read this book' is quite ludicrous and will not encourage students to explore authors and genres to find things that excite, amuse maybe even terrify them and 'turn them on' to reading as a pleasure for life . If the government want to encourage more primary school kids to learn to love books perhaps they should be looking to ensure that every school has a visit every week from a knowledgeable, enthusiastic, qualified librarian - this would have far more impact than dictating which books should be studied.
This weekend I was lucky enough to attend the CILIP School Libraries Group weekend course, having been asked to lead a seminar and to deliver a keynote speech. This was a little daunting because of the very high calibre of my fellow keynote speakers, Geoff Barton, Phil Bradley and Adam Lancaster to name but a few so I started the course in a rather tentative frame of mind. Of course I was silly to worry, I was soon surrounded by old friends and making new ones and my lovely new iPad 2 was getting a lot of interest! I managed to get to several seminars run by excellent practitioners (Ingrid Hopson, Barbara Band and Lesley Martin) and attended a session on Storyshaping which was extremely interesting. The only complaint I had with the seminars was that there were so many fantastic ones, it was hard to choose which ones to go to. Excellent author talks too, my favourite had to be Robert Muchamore - irreverent, cheeky, funny and totally engaging.
I will admit when I left my job as a school librarian I did not renew my CILIP membership as at that time I did not feel the Institute did enough for school librarians, and that we were rather the forgotten section of the profession but this weekend has restored my faith and I will be renewing my membership today. All of the SLG committee deserve heartfelt thanks for their efforts in organising the course, especially my good friend Laura Taylor who seems tireless and whom I have forgiven for persuading me to speak in the first place ;0) . I am feeling inspired and re energised after talking and listening to so many amazing people and I'm proud to be a part of this talented group. Yes colleagues are feeling a little worried and apprehensive due to all of the cuts but most of them are also defiant and ready to fight for their jobs, not just for their own sakes but for the young people they work with, whose education would be sadly poorer without dedicated, caring, knowledgeable librarians to help guide them. Very much looking forward to next years conference which will hopefully be a joint one with School Library Association and Youth Libraries Group but it seems much too far away! Today to show my support for Save Libraries Day I joined my local public library which is only 10 minutes walk away. I'm ashamed that I have not done so before, but in my defence it is only open for roughly 9 hours a week and is very poorly publicised. It is small, rather shabby outside and sits back from the road and I'd be surprised if many of the other residents are aware that it even exists. The residents association website doesn't mention the library and apparently the council publicity department are aware of this but haven't yet got round to writing anything. (Funny that, you would almost think they don't want to increase loans............) . Whilst I was there a young girl was getting some help from the librarian to choose books from different genres that she had on a list and two people were engrossed in surfing the internet.
The stock shows a lack of funding for the last few years at least but there are still gems to be found - I took out 14 books of the possible 30 I am allowed. Browsing the shelves encouraged me to break out of my usual favourite genres (although naturally some slipped into the bag!) and I'm looking forward to curling up with them. Didn't borrow any DVDs this time but will do in the future. The librarian was lovely, so welcoming and she lives very local to the library so is a mine of information. She told me that a new toddler group they have recently set up is very well attended. The area around is full of new housing and there must be hundreds of potential borrowers but they do need to be shown that the library is there! At the moment I don't think the library is at threat of closure but the policy of making libraries in the area self service will inevitably have an effect. The librarian, Ms Jones is the biggest asset this poor forgotten library has - long may we keep her in Greenhithe! I've just finished listening to a programme on Radio 4 with Letts discussing libraries and it has left me disheartened, annoyed and generally shouting at the radio. The entire programme gave such an old fashioned, elitist view of libraries as silent places with worthy books and none of that annoying technology to spoil them. The short quotes from Alan Gibbons helped a little but apart from that the impression that libraries should continue to stagnate and not try to attract younger people or move with the times was quite ludicrous and extremely irritating. Letts patronising and snobbish tone did the save our libraries campaign no favours at all , indeed the damage done will put back the cause.
Why get caught up in semantics - whether a library is called a learning zone, learning resources centre or dream zone it still does the same thing - provide reading material, research opportunities and support to the community, no matter their age or reading tastes. Of course that's just a few functions and to list all of them would take more time than I have. To suggest that libraries being run by volunteers is a good idea is insulting to professional colleagues and devalues the vital role they fulfil. Think this was the first time I've listened to Radio 4 - will probably be the last too! Let's hope the day improves....... can't possibly get more depressing one would hope. Twitter hashtag - #r4lettsdoeslibraries |


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1. For a simple 1 to 1 relationship between socket and association I can use the standard socket API and create the socket like this:
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That means I have only one path in my association. Right?
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Kripalu Yoga Teacher Jonathan Foust (Sudhir) guides us in a journaling meditation. Can you find the words while you let go of the inner critic? Let the breath be your guide.
Falling in Love with Life
The way I see it, Valentine's Day isn't just for lovers. It's a day for remembering love in its many forms and, whether or not we are partnered, we can put romance in our lives with simple practices that cultivate meaning, joy, connection, and richness. Here are some of my favorite ways to fall in […]
Putting Your Soul on the Page
This is my story in a nutshell: I grew up in the Midwest, the older of two children. My mother was emotional; my father was dominant. She stayed home; he worked a lot. I was a strong student. I went to college in New York City, fell in love a couple of years after graduation, […]
Summer's End as a Doorway to Transition
I never was happy with summer's end and the onset of Labor Day. Don't get me wrong—I'm a big fan of the Labor Movement, the people who brought us the weekend. I love my weekends. But Labor Day marked the end of so much—of summer, of expansion, of shorts and bikes and swimming and outdoor […]
How to Have a Happy Holiday
Holidays are about friends and family, eating copious amounts of comfort food, and enjoying our downtime. This year, in particular, we are faced with challenges that can weaken our immune system, and generally leave us feeling run-down, or drained. In the midst of holiday preparations we can lose sight of our exercise routines, our healthy eating habits, and our beneficial day-to-day patterns. On top of this, entertaining, late-night parties, and generally getting off our usual schedule can wear us down. Here are some tips for getting back into the groove during holiday time.
Relax! You have time off from work, so make good use of it and enjoy quiet time by the fire, reading books you've been yearning to pick up, getting back onto your cushion, and luxuriating in a hot bath. Since we don't often make the time for self-care, take advantage of this opportunity for relaxation and rejuventation.
Meditation and Journaling: Combining Practices to Reflect Your Inner World
"Who knows what will arise when we watch ourselves?" asks Kripalu Yoga teacher and life coach Michelle Dalbec in her R&R retreat workshop Reflections on Your Inner World. By opening up to the richness of our interior life through meditation and journaling, she elaborates, we can invite deeper self-reflection and self-expression into our daily existence.
Both meditation and journaling create an "open-hearted space of discovery," Michelle says, by letting things be as they are—not changing, not critiquing, but simply observing and noting our thoughts, feelings, and sensations as they arise. "If we look at a situation long enough through the lens of meditation and journaling, we might be able to shift our perspective on it," she says.
Outside Our Walls: A Mother's Journey from Trauma to a Path of Healing
Lorraine Cannatta, guest blogger
My decision to study Ayurveda evolved out of a family trauma. My son, Jacob, and his wife and daughter were visiting me and my husband, Peter, in the summer of 2005 when Jacob became severely ill. He was hospitalized and put on life support. The doctors were unable to determine a diagnosis, which made treatment difficult. For several days, we were unsure whether he would speak again, or even awaken. One or more family members were with him around the clock.
After 11 days in the critical-care unit, Jacob came home and began his recovery with us. Today, we are blessed to have him well. Though we were never able to get definitive evidence, we believe inhaling mold while renovating his newly purchased home caused what is called a "whiteout" of the lungs—when the alveoli constrict so tightly there's no longer any space for air to pass.


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YALSA unveils the 2014 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
The Young Adult Library Association has announced its 2014 Great Graphic Novels for Teens, a list of 78 titles that range from history and autobiography to superheroes and mystery.
The finalists were selected by a committee from among 122 nominees recommended for readers ages 12 to 18. From those 55 titles, 10 were singled out for exemplifying "the quality and range of graphic novels appropriate for teen audiences."
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YALSA reveals 2013 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
The Young Adult Library Association has unveiled the 2013 Great Graphic Novels for Teens, a list of 55 titles that cover the spectrum from biography and mythology to superheroes and science fiction.
The finalists were selected by a committee from among 98 nominees recommended for readers ages 12 to 18. From those 55 titles, 10 were singled out for exemplifying "the quality and range of graphic novels appropriate for teen audiences." The are:
- My Friend Dahmer, by Derf Backderf (Abrams)
- Trinity: A gRaphic History of the First Atomic Bomb, by Jonathan Fetter-Vorm (Hill and Wang)
- Annie Sullivand the thr Trials of Helen Keller, Joseph Lambert (Disney Hyperion)
- Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, Vol. 1, by Brian Micahel Bendis and Sara Pichelli (marvel)
- Friends with Boys, Faith Erin Hicks (First Second)
- A Flight of Angels, by Alisa Kwitney, Rebecca Guay and others (DC Comics/Vertigo)
- The Silence of Our Friends, by Mark Long, Nate Powell and Others (First Second)
- Stargazing Dog, by Takashi Murakami (NBM Publishing)
- Drama, by Raina Telgemeier (Scholastic/GRAPHIX)
- Daredevil, Vol. 1, by Mark Waid, Paolo Rivera and Marcos Martin (Marvel)
"What do superheroes, serial killers and the stage crew have in common? They all have a place on the 2013 Great Graphic Novels for Teens list," chair Rachael Myers said in a statement. "There is a graphic novel on this list for every teen reader and we think this is a valuable resource for teens and the librarians who work with them."
You can see the full list of Great Graphic Novels for Teens on the American Library Association website.
Talking Comics with Tim: Jim Ottaviani
An interview with Jim Ottaviani is long overdue, on multiple levels. Ottaviani is a storyteller that has been impressing peers and entertaining/informing readers since 1997. I should have interviewed the writer a long time ago. And in fact, I did. This email interview was conducted in mid-November 2009, but logistical snafus on my end prevented me from being able to post this interview until now. My apologies to Ottaviani for the delay. On the good news front, since this interview, Ottaviani's latest book (T-Minus: The Race to the Moon)–which we discuss a great deal–was included in YALSA's 2010 Great Graphic Novel for Teens (ALA) list. T-Minus, as described by Ottaviani at his G.T. Labs site, "tells you what happens when you take two global superpowers, dozens of daring pilots, thousands of engineers and scientists, and then point them at the night sky and say "Go!?" So join the whole world as it counts down to sending the first men to the moon, and discover the story of the people who made it happen, both in the rockets and behind the scenes." We also got a chance to discuss his upcoming work for First Second and Tor.com.
Tim O'Shea: You've been writing graphic novels since 1997, a period of time that has seen numerous independent creators come and go. What about the creative process has kept you around and interested in projects?
Jim Ottaviani: The short answer is everything about the process keeps me interested: I enjoy finding out about new scientists and subjects, figuring out whether there's a graphic novel in their story somewhere, doing the research, and then crafting that story. And the pleasure of seeing the finished product — a story I care about realized via the skills of artist(s) I admire — never grows old.


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text: 1 Park one day only with multiday ticket. We had the park hopper option on all our tickets except one and when we got to Epcot they caught it and wouldn't let my wife through. I wasn't trying to get over but it was a mistake at OKW when I bought the ticket, the CM wasn't paying attentin and put water park option instead. It didn't cost me anything for them to fix it.


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New York and Rochester, NY - Oct 30, 2008 - Two innovators in the broadcast, professional audio and installed sound industries are helping companies survive the economic downturn with a new marketing blog, The Whizbang Pow Wow. The blog launches this week to provide insights and advice from Bob Martin and Neil Glassman, whose marketing campaigns contributed to the success of companies such as Sennheiser, Neumann, Comrex, Broadcast Electronics, Telos Systems, Fiberplex, Anderson Stringed Instruments, BSW and others.
Designed for companies that sell audio technology products and services, Glassman and Martin expect the blog's ideas and discussions to generate creative sparks. Upcoming topics include marketing in the recession, product naming, getting coverage in trade periodicals, electronic versus print advertising and a branding boot camp.
Bob Martin is principal of RTM & Associates in Rochester, NY, and Neil Glassman manages his strategy and marketing consultancy from New York City.
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We launched our Kickstarter project for our aquaponic dome greenhouses! Your help is needed to build sustainable heating sources in our domes to grow food year round. We have until Nov. 15th at 11:59 p.m. to reach our goal. Please help in any way you can - from a pledge of any size to forwarding our page to friends and family. For any amount you give, you will receive a personal gift from us. Please view our project here. We truly appreciate your support.
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CureSearch for Children's Cancer funds and supportstargeted and innovative children's cancer research with measurableresults, and is the authoritative source of information and resourcesfor all those affected by children's cancer.
The Nick Currey Fund was established by Ralph and Nancy Currey in memory of their son, Nick, who died in November 2005 after a 14-month battle with cancer. Nick was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma in August 2004, on the eve of his departure for college.
The fund's purpose is to support research to find a cure for the disease that took Nick's life. Ewing sarcoma is a cancer of the bone (and at times soft tissue) that strikes children, adolescents and young adults like Nick. The Currey family hopes that research supported by the Nick Currey Fund will hasten the arrival of the day when no young person's life ends prematurely because of Ewing sarcoma.
The fund was established with CureSearch through the encouragement of Michael Harris, MD, head of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology at Hackensack University Medical Center. Dr. Harris was Nick's oncologist and close friend for 15 years.
Cancer is the #1 disease killer of children, cutting short the lives of more children under the age of 20 than any other disease. More than 13,500 children are diagnosed with cancer each year and over 40,000 children are treated for cancer each year. Despite these statistics, there is very little funding directed to childhood cancer research compared to other childhood diseases or adult cancers.
Because meaningful cancer research requires substantial funding, the Currey Family's initial goal for the Nick Currey Fund is to raise at least $1 million to support research to find a cure for Ewing's sarcoma. But their fundraising efforts won't stop until a cure is found!
Although the goal is ambitious, the Currey family welcomes donations in any amount as any gift reflects respect and caring for Nick and other children stricken with cancer.
Donations to the Nick Currey Fund will be used exclusively to fund Ewing sarcoma research projects selected by the Currey family in consultation with Dr. Harris and other leading pediatric oncologists. To donate to the Nick Currey Fund, please click here.
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