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Although most people think that anger is caused by external factors (i.e., bad drivers or politics), another way to look at anger is as a response to our own interpretations of stimuli, events or even memories. No two people react the same way to the same event or person. Angry feelings are always preceded by angry thoughts.
Anger is often caused by hunger, lack of sleep and physical and mental exhaustion. It could also be a symptom of some other underlying issue such as a mood or anxiety disorder. Even medical conditions like hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) can precipitate angry outbursts.
How we deal with our anger has a huge impact on the quality of our relationships. Angry people tend to criticize everyone and everything. They tend to make cynical comments and put other people down. It is not much fun to be around an angry person for very long. Anger can also escalate into violence in relationships.
How you handle your angry feelings can make a huge difference on the quality of relationships. All of us have learned to either suppress or express anger. Both suppression and inappropriate expression of anger can cause problems in our lives.
We don't know for sure from where emotions come, but we do know that they come and go. When you truly understand the nature of our feelings, you can learn to take a step back and take appropriate action, rather than react impulsively to our thoughts and emotions. You can never get rid of all the people and situations that cause you anger, but you can learn to respond differently to thoughts and reactions.
The best way to deal with angry feelings is to to address the physiological and the mental (cognitive) aspects of anger through:
If you or someone close to you believe that your anger is out of control to the point where it affects your day-to-day life and relationships, you might want to explore the option of seeking professional help.
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New article reveals the fat burning power that can be harnessed from the most simple diet plan.
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In a recent article posted at DietRecommendations.com they briefly talk about the power of intermittent fasting and how it can be used to lose weight using a very simple diet plan.
The article describes intermittent fasting as being a fast that only lasts anywhere from 16 to 24 hours rather than several days at a time. During the time that the digestive system is given a rest and digestive enzymes are able to upregulate becoming more effective for the next meal in order to assimilate nutrients and break down food having a positive fat burning effect.
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ARMM goes ahead, passes own RH law
DAVAO CITY—Without too much ado, and way ahead of the Philippine Congress which is still locked up in a long-drawn debate, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) approved its version of reproductive health (RH) care for its citizens on Monday.
Known as the Reproductive Health Care Act of 2012 for the ARMM, Muslim Mindanao Autonomy Act No. 2921 seeks to protect the rights and welfare of women and children, by not only requiring the autonomous government to carry out programs on family planning and ensure that information about these programs are available to the poor, but also by providing funds to carry out these programs.
ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman on Monday signed the new law, which was passed by the ARMM regional legislative assembly on Dec. 13.
The ARMM Act No. 2921 guarantees freedom of information not only on natural but also on artificial family planning methods, respect freedom of choice and beliefs in achieving reproductive health rights.
It requires local governments to hire skilled midwives, targeting to achieve a minimum ratio of one fulltime skilled birth attendant for every 150 deliveries per year. It also requires each province and city to establish or upgrade at least one hospital per province, with adequate and qualified personnel, equipment and supplies to provide emergency obstetric and neonatal care.
The law also requires all accredited health facilities in the ARMM to provide family planning services; and for the local governments to ensure that a minimum initial service package (MISP) for reproductive health be available in crisis situations by making it a part of the emergency response in times of disasters.
It also requires local governments, hospitals and other public health units to do an annual maternal death review; and ensure that supplies and essential medicines for reproductive health care shall be part of all regional and local hospitals and other regional government health units.
The new law also strives to integrate a responsible parenthood and family planning component into all antipoverty and other sustainable human development programs of the government, with its corresponding funding support. It also gives poor families preferential access to services, commodities and programs for family planning.
ARMM will also provide at least one mobile health care service, in the form of van or motorized boat to island areas, to deliver health care supplies and services to constituents, particularly the poor. These mobile services will also disseminate knowledge and information on reproductive health in inaccessible areas of the ARMM. Germelina Lacorte, Inquirer Mindanao.
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Fun with Faulkner
An exhibit of paintings by local artist Jason Heavner, also known as J-Man, focuses on writer William Faulkner. The series of paintings are profound, a bit profane and a lot of fun. (July 25, 2014, Page 1B)
Yesterday's Papers takes a look at July 21, 1949
The Oxford area was worried about the spread of polio and whether the community had a reliable source of power during this week 65 years ago. (July 23, 2014, Page 1)
Yesterday's Papers looks at July 17, 1969
Forty-five years ago this week, The Oxford EAGLE reported on a school bond issue and the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. (July 16, 2014, Page 1)
Pageant, plantings – and a parrot prominent in past paper
This week's Yesterday's Papers takes a look at the main stories featured in the July 8, 1954 edition of The Oxford EAGLE (July 9, 2014, Page 1)
Voters should have two fine candidates in November
News Editor Jonathan Scott takes a look at the still-contested Republican Senate primary runoff race between incumbent Thad Cochran and challenge Chris McDaniel and how it was affected by traditional Democratic voters to set the stage for an expected November meeting of two moderate candidates in Cochran and Democrat nominee Travis Childers. (July 3, 2014, Page 4)
Our past offers important lessons for our future
In doing research for The EAGLE's "Yesterday's Papers" feature, News Editor Jonathan Scott has experienced a wide range of emotions, from inspiring to discomforting. Scott takes a look at some of the views and practices from the past after looking at a 1944 issue of The EAGLE. (June 5, 2014, Page 4)
Van Besien earns Sullivan Award
Carol Van Besien, a local volunteer who was recently presented with the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award by the McLean Institute at the University of Mississippi, is profiled in a new feature called Everyday Heroes. (May 30, 2014, Page 1A)
Voter ID takes state in wrong direction
News Editor Jonathan Scott takes a look at Mississippi's voter ID law that will be in place in the upcoming primaries and writes that the state should remove that burden on would-be voters and also consider implementing early voting. (May 8, 2014, Page 4)
Local leaders named to civil rights board
Four of the 15 members of the Mississippi State Advisory Committee are from Oxford. The committee evaluates and reports on civil rights concerns in the state for the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. (May 6, 2014, Page 3)
News Editor Jonathan Scott takes a closer look at the recent misrepresentation of the local school's sex education program in the national media, and he encourages fair and balanced coverage of the good and the bad in our state and region. (April 11, 2014, Page 4A)


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LAKE LUZERNE - With 14 matches decided and one to go in a meet against Granville Dec. 23, it came down to a 96-pound seventh grader to make the difference between a hard-earned victory for the War-Eagles Varsity wrestling team, or a disappointing loss.
Hadley-Luzerne's Ryan Matuszak got the job done, and done right, defeating his opponent with the night's fastest pin.
Bearing the weight of his teammate's expectations - and two school communities, besides - Matuszak dug deep and took Granville's Steven Cohan down and had his shoulders pressed to the mat in 48 seconds for the meet-winning pin. His feat prompted cheers from War-Eagles spectators who witnessed the come-from-behind victory in the home gymnasium.
With the win, the War-Eagles have their best season start ever with a 6-2 record overall.
Also pinning for the War Eagles (6-2) were Casey Bills (112), Joe Plante (119), Hunter Hamilton (135), Kyle Bachem (171) and Jason Yard (189).
The War-Eagles aren't strangers to winning in 2009. Saturday, the team took home the first-place title at the Canajoharie/Fort Plain Duals meet.
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112 - Casey Bills (HL/LG) pinned Jesse Owens, 4:17.
119 - Joe Plante (HL/LG) pinned Justin Duel, :51.
125 - B. Miller (G) pinned Zach Olson, 1:59.
130 - Brendan Miller (G) pinned Justin Cook, 3:49.
135 - Hunter Hamilton (HL/LG) pinned Paul Hanna, 5:20.
140 - Karl Palmer (G) dec. Cecil Hayes, 9-1.
145 - Kurt Ehntholt (G) pinned Cody Phillips, 2:15.
152 - Keith Gould (G) pinned Art Barber, 3:04.
160 - Tim Goutos (HL/LG) by forfeit.
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215 - Eric Hastings (G) pinned Josh Borgh, 1:35.
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Memphis family wins case, but antique clock still in hands of dealer
Years ago Margaret and Richard Rogers of Memphis were impressed by the charming demeanor, the wavy gray hair and dapper appearance of antiques appraiser J. Michael Flanigan of Baltimore, a regular on the PBS hit "Antiques Roadshow."
Today, not so much.
Several months after seeing him at a benefit in Memphis where they showed him an antique clock, the family invited Flanigan to their home in January 2006 for a second look at their family heirloom — a Simon Willard & Sons Lighthouse Clock, circa 1825.
They agreed to let him sell it on consignment to an unnamed museum for $100,000.
They have not seen the clock since and communications from Flanigan, they say, have been sporadic and vague.
"It's been very frustrating," said Margaret Ann Rogers, whose Irish temper can be seen slowly creeping into her emails over the years. "The sale didn't happen and then he said at different times there were buyers, but those fell through. It just went on and on. We haven't heard from him in ages, since that last check. The one that bounced."
After more than six years of emails, phone calls and demands, the Rogers family, including grown sons Sean and Brian, went to Chancery Court and recently won a $300,000 judgment against Flanigan who was served, but never responded.
Antiques Roadshow was not a party to the suit.
"Now we've got a judgment to try and enforce," said Richard Rogers, who estimates the family has spent more than $12,000 on lawyers so far. "I could probably go to Baltimore, but I may find there's nothing there to collect ... It's just been stall, stall, stall."
Flanigan did not return a telephone message, but he responded to an email Friday, saying:
"Thank you for seeking my input in this matter. I am unaware of any judgment against me and am seeking my attorney's advice in this matter. Therefore I am unable to assist you at this time. If you could give me a day or two to get back to you after I hear from the lawyer I would be happy to talk to you. J. Michael Flanigan."
Flanigan told the family more than once over the years that he had a buyer.
"I'm sorry this has taken so long," he wrote them in July 2008, "but the market is a mess and very little is moving so the buyers know they can dictate the most favorable terms."
Several weeks later, the Rogers family received a $10,000 check from Flanigan, who said the clock had finally sold, but six more monthly checks that he promised would follow never arrived.
"He sent us the check to keep us quiet," said Richard Rogers, a former teacher at Rust College. "When he did he said he'd finish (the sale)."
The clock, he says, had been in the family for several generations and the decision to sell it for a family emergency at the time was not an easy one.
"There was no date on it, but it was probably made around 1825," said Rogers, 72, whose ancestors in New England originally owned the clock. "It's quite likely it was in the family the entire history of the clock."
A similar Simon Willard clock sold at auction in 2006 for $744,000 at Sotheby's, one that was signed by Willard himself. The Rogers' clock was missing the glass globe that covered the face of the clock and also had several repairs that Flanigan was to make as part of the consignment agreement.
He told them in 2009 that he had spent some $4,000 making those repairs, expenses to be charged against the 80 percent the Rogers family would receive from any sale.
Margaret Rogers says she has not seen the clock or the repairs, but wants the clock or sale proceeds.
As she said in an email of Jan. 14, 2009: "Hi Mr. Flanigan: First, Happy New Year to you. Next, what is the story with the clock?"
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The latest Percy Jackson novel, The House of Hades, introduces a character who is gay. Author Rick Riordan tells Harshini Vakkalanka the idea that we should treat sexual orientation itself as an adults-only topic is absurd
Most Percy Jackson fans, would have most likely read The House of Hades (Penguin Books, Rs 499), by now, some even twice and will be ruing the fact that they have to wait for another year before The Heroes of Olympus series concludes next Fall.
Even after two best-selling series, seasoned Percy Jackson fans, may not have had their fill. And his English teacher-turned full-time author Rick Riordan, also known for the Kane Chronicles and the Tres Navarre series, it seems, has not had his fill of crafting gripping tales around mythology. First there was Greek mythology in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, combined with Roman mythology in The Heroes of Olympus and Egyptian mythology in the Kane Chronicles series.
Here is the man of the moment, for fantasy aficionados, talking about his latest work, his motivations, his characters and his plans.
Did House of Hades, turn out the way you had planned or did the story take an unexpected turn while you were writing it?
I plot all my stories in advance, so I know the main points of the plot, but small details always surprise me — how the characters will interact develops organically, for instance.
What can we expect in the last of the series, The Blood of Olympus? Are there any clues in this book?
Certainly there are clues, but I can't give away too much! Of course the storyline will wrap up. The battle between the demigods and the villain, Gaea, will occur. The Roman and Greek camps will face off. I'll try to give the readers a satisfying ending and answer their burning questions.
Are you planning to take the Percy Jackson series forward after the Heroes of Olympus series ends? What next, after Percy Jackson?
Next up I will do a modern take on Norse mythology – something I've wanted to do for years. After that, I'm not sure.
What made you bring in the Roman side of Greek mythology in Heroes of Olympus? How was the series conceived?
As I wrapped up the first series, I realized I had many more myths to explore and other characters I wanted to write about. I launched Heroes of Olympus to explore the Roman side of the stories.
The storylines in the Percy Jackson movies are different from the book. Why have they been modified? Are you happy with the changes?
I am not involved with the movies and don't watch them, so I'm afraid I can't answer.
What fascinates you about Greek mythology? Why did you choose to weave stories from Greek mythology for kids?
The stories are timeless because they have all the elements of great adventure – magic, monsters, heroes, villains, mystery, romance. They run the full range of human emotions.
One of the characters in your latest book is gay. What made you introduce homosexuality in a book meant for young readers?
I am committed to writing appropriate books for the middle grades. This means no bad language, no gratuitous or explicit violence, and no sexual content beyond what you might find in a PG-rated movie – expressions of who likes whom, holding hands, and perhaps the occasional kiss. The idea that we should treat sexual orientation itself as an adults-only topic, however, is absurd. Non-heterosexual children exist. To pretend they do not, to fail to recognize that they have needs for support and validation like any child, would be bad teaching, bad writing, and bad citizenship. Once I realized this character's life experience was informed by his sexual orientation, I would've been doing a disservice to the readers and the story to simply sweep it under the rug.
Could you describe your creative process?
I start with the locales I wish to visit and the monsters or gods my heroes will encounter at each place. Then I craft the book from there, chapter by chapter, going through several drafts.
What do you love about writing? Did your work as a teacher contribute to your writing?
Sharing stories with my young readers is its own reward. I love to see the light in their eyes when they really get excited about a new book.
Is there anything you are trying to communicate through your books?
I don't consciously put messages in my books because my job is to be a storyteller, not a preacher. However, lots of timely issues are raised if I think they are relevant to young kids and what they experience.
What role does love play in your books?
The same as in real life, I imagine! It's a primary motivator for most characters. In House of Hades, we meet Cupid himself, the god of love, and he's a rather intense, frightening guy.
How would you describe your relationship with Percy Jackson? What do you think has made him so popular?
Percy is partly me. He shares my snarky sense of humor and my irreverence. He's partly based on my son, who also has ADHD and dyslexia. Percy is like a camera lens through which I can see the world whenever I write in his voice.
Who are your favourite characters in the series (in both the Olympians and the Heroes of Olympus) and why?
I love Gleeson Hedge the satyr because he's so funny to write about. Tyson and Grover are also favourites of mine. They make me laugh whenever they appear in a scene.
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Martha Boswell Lloyd (July 9, 1905 in Kansas City, Missouri – July 2, 1958 in Peekskill, New York) was the eldest of the legendary Boswell Sisters. Her younger sisters were Connee and Helvetia "Vet" Boswell.[1]
The Boswell Sisters sang together until 1936 when Vet and Martha retired to begin their married lives. In addition to singing, she also played piano accompaniment on most of the Sisters recordings and was a gifted concert pianist as well. She could play almost anything with keys. Rag and blues entered Martha's musical vocabulary at an early age.[1]
The Boswell Sisters left New Orleans in 1928 and their jazz harmony singing catapulted them to international fame. Backed by musicians like the Dorsey Brothers, Bunny Berrigan, Venuti and Lang, Glenn Miller, Artie Shaw and the orchestras of Victor Young and Jimmy Grier, the sisters dominated the airwaves between 1931 and 1936.[citation needed] Beginning with their own national radio show in 1930 and later alternating with the Mills Brothers as guests on Bing Crosby's syndicated show, they became the sound to lighten the heart of the Depression. They made movies, played Broadway and toured Europe. They cut hit songs on the Brunswick label and were among the small stable of stars that Jack Kapp used to launch Decca Records.[citation needed]
Personal life[edit]
In 1925, Martha Boswell married Jules Picard; they had one child, a son, Jules L. Picard (1926-2004). In 1936, she remarried to George Lloyd, who adopted Jules.
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Longtime entertainer Cathy Rigby just can't stay away from 'Peter Pan'
I started not only meeting the children but listening to the history that people had with the show. And I was so touched by the stories they had to tell, and the memories they had, that I thought, "Oh gosh, I'll have to do this one more time." (As long as) I can do it as well as I ever have, if not better.
Q: It's no secret that Peter is a physical role; how do you stay fit enough to do it safely?
A: You're right, it's a pretty demanding role. But it's interesting — it's actually easier than it used to be. I've (learned) I can't just jump out there and flip around without really training. You take that for granted when you're young — you think your physical health will last forever.
I knew on this last tour that I didn't want it to be less than it was in the past. So I started working with a trainer and then got into the routine of doing Pilates.
I've had physical activity obviously my whole life, so I know what to do. But I think more than anything, you get to a point where you're so comfortable in the skin of the character you're playing, and you've done it before, you know how to land, you know how to fly. I know how to do all those things, and do them effortlessly. It's not as if I have to white-knuckle it anymore.
You don't try so hard to be a boy — you just are. And you don't try so hard to be energetic — you just are.
Q: But do you find that audiences expect more now, given the increased sophistication of technical effects in theater, and the extensive flying in a show like Broadway's "Spider-Man"?
A: It's funny, I think (in some ways) they expect less and they get more. I remember when I started in the theater world, people said, 'Oh, she sings well for a gymnast.'
I think now they expect that because of my age, I would lighten up on it. So when they see more, it's (surprising).
Q: What do you think it is about "Peter Pan" that makes the story so enduring, through its many incarnations onstage and elsewhere?
A: Just on a personal level, the more I read it, the more I do it, the more understanding I gain of Sir James Barrie's amazing insight into the whole idea of growing up, growing older.
And (insight into) your relationship with your children. As much as you want them to stay young forever, they grow up. There's a great line at the beginning of "Peter Pan" where Mrs. Darling looks at Wendy. Wendy's about 3 years old at the time, and she plucks a flower and brings it to her mother. And her mother says, "Oh, if only you could remain like this forever."
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Google's webmail service, Gmail, is powerful and flexible, but not everybody's using it to its full advantage. You can beef it up by applying these 14 tips and tools to customise and extend it.
Mailplane is a fully functional Gmail client for the Mac only. It's a web browser that's customised for use only with Gmail; it doesn't have an address bar, and you can't use it to open any websites other than Gmail. That means Gmail is always open on your desktop, and if you have multiple Gmail and Google Apps accounts, you can stay logged into an unlimited number of them simultaneously.
Mailplane lets you access your Mac OS X address book for sending mail, integrates with iPhoto and more. It has its own built-in notifier, but unlike Google Notifier, Mailplane can be configured to only show you new messages in your Priority Inbox.
I use Mailplane as my primary mail client. It costs $24.95 (£15.50), and you can try it for free for 30 days.
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You don't have to have an @gmail.com address to use Gmail. Sign up for Google Apps, and you can use Gmail's webmail client with your own domain. The Standard Edition is free and supports up to 50 users. It's great for individual users and small businesses (it's the plan I use).
The Premier Edition starts at $50 (£31) per user account per year and supports added features, including unlimited users and increased storage. (Regular Gmail accounts and the mail service in Google Apps Standard Edition support 7GB per user, while the Premier Edition supports up to 25GB.) In addition to Gmail, you get other Google Apps with your own domain, including Google Calendar, Google Groups and Google Docs.
Aggregate mail from multiple accounts
Sick of checking multiple in-boxes, possibly in different email clients, to keep up with all your email accounts? Send all your email to Gmail instead. Go to Settings, then Accounts and select either 'Get mail from other accounts' or 'Check mail using POP3', depending on which version of Gmail you're using. Enter the email address and POP3 address of the remote server you want to check. (Not an IT pro? You can get that information from your email administrator or from your ISP's configuration instructions.)
Warning: Aggregating your employer's email into Gmail could violate security policies and confidentiality regulations. If you're an end user, check with your IT manager for permission, and if you're an IT manager, check with your company's compliance officers.
Gmail will occasionally poll the external server for new messages. The more frequently you get mail on that server, the more frequently Gmail will poll. You can speed things up even more by going to Settings, then Labs and enabling 'Refresh POP accounts'; that adds a link to the top of your Gmail that allows you to poll external POP servers manually.
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Sean Miller, Delaware County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) director, addressed the Village of Galena Council at its April meeting. He explained that the Delaware County Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan is required by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The plan was developed in conjunction with political jurisdictions across the county and is geared toward cooperation among those entities. It details hazards common to Delaware County and methods to mitigate those hazards. Miller explained that Galena and other political jurisdictions in Delaware County pay a per capita fee to fund the EMA in addition to grant funding. The organization manages a county-wide emergency operations plan and promotes public preparation to reduce or eliminate the effects of hazards. Council adopted the plan.
Council held a first reading on a resolution to terminate Village responsibility for five home grinder pumps. The pumps were installed when the central sewer system was installed in 1995. The pumps were necessary to lift sewage to the central sewer line because those homes' sewer outlets were lower than Village's sewer line. Village Council at that time, opted informally to maintain those private pumps since the owners did not have a choice in their installation. In 2003, Council passed a resolution limiting that responsibility to maintenance and replacement of the original pumps. Home grinder pumps installed at newer residences, sewer lateral lines, and systems on private property are the property owners' responsibilities. Two affected residents addressed Council about their concerns that the grinder pumps were not their choice and they should not be responsible for their costs. Council requested additional information and will hold two more readings on the resolution.
The Village of Galena has a four-year, 2-mil replacement property tax levy on the May ballot. The current 2-mil levy expired December 31, but will continue to be collected in 2014. The Delaware County Auditor estimates the total property valuation in the Village at $18,951,910. The Auditor's Office estimated the cost to homeowners would be $70 per $100,000 of home valuation. The levy would generate $37,903 per year in critical operating funds for the Village.
Galena's Easter Egg Hunt was a big success. The Village thanks Karin Underwood for organizing the event for 20 years and Journey Fellowship Church volunteers for helping with the event. Underwood has served as the long-time chairwoman of Galena's Parks and Special Events Committee and later the Special Events Committee. Village Administrator Jeanna Burrell thanked Underwood for her many years of dedication and passion in organizing the annual Easter Egg Hunt, Ice Cream Social, Halloween Costume Contest, Santa Claus, and the Christmas Tree Lighting events. In March 2011, Mayor Tom Hopper honored Underwood for her years of service with a Mayor's Proclamation.
Council adopted a records retention schedule; joined the Ohio Cooperative Purchasing Program; and, authorized disposal of obsolete equipment including an inoperable 1993 Dodge truck, an inoperable golf cart and a Ricoh copier. The items will be auctioned on govdeals.com to free up storage space. A six-month extension was given to Border Energy for the Village's electrical service billing. This allows additional time to research electric providers.
A second reading was held on an agreement with the Greater Galena Civic Association (GGCA) for Summerfest. The event will be held August 23 and the agreement spells out street closings and security. Council approved up to $800 to assist with police coverage. Village Summerfest Committee representatives said Carole Murphy designed a new web site for Summerfest at < http://www.galenasummerfest.com/ >. A flier also was mailed to encourage volunteers and sponsorships.
Burrell updated Council on several infrastructure projects. Complete General Construction was scheduled to begin punch list corrections and warranty work on the brick portion of Walnut Street on April 28-May 2 but work has been delayed by rain. The Village used 67 tons of salt during the 2013-14 winter and estimated it will need 60 tons for the 2014-15 winter. Burrell is getting estimates on repairing sidewalks and curbs around the Village square and patching potholes. Work will occur on the square to connect the Village's new water tap and disconnect the water line from its old municipal building. Del-Co Water Company is starting landscape restoration work from its 2013 water line relocation projects. Burrell also contacted the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT) regarding the uneven surface at the intersection of North Walnut Street and Ohio 3 that are in ODOT's right-of-way. ODOT responded quickly and milled off the bumps and plans to do further milling and paving when asphalt is available.
Burrell has worked with Miller Watson Architects on pre-design, design development and cost estimates for additional Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) restrooms for the Galena Village Hall. She presented the concept to the Delaware County Commissioners during the first public hearing on Community Allocation Funds. The Village will apply for a grant to create a lower level unisex ADA restroom; convert the upper level unisex ADA restroom into a men's room; and, add an upper level women's ADA restroom.
Fiscal Officer Marty Mazzie reported on sewer billing and progress in collecting overdue sewer bills. Six new residents have moved into the Village and were sent new resident packages. Mazzie also said that Ruffner Park shelter house reservations have been increasing for the summer. Staff forwarded tax forms and filing extension information to residents when the Regional Income Tax Agency had web site problems at tax filing time. The Income Tax Review Committee met and recommended forgiveness of penalties and interest for Arrowhead Golf Course. Council approved the recommendation.
Under the Zoning and Property Maintenance Report, it was noted that the workload has increased significantly this year with property maintenance cases, new home permits and three public hearings in April. Revised development plans were approved for Mudflats Bar and Grill, the Galena Commerce Center (GCC),and 39 Middle Street. which is being renovated into an antiques shop. After a 90-day period to bring Sambuca's Nursery into compliance with its new Planned Commercial and Office zoning district, a zoning violation was issued. Owner Eddie Ambrose is appealing the violation to the Planning and Zoning Commission.
Burrell worked with the Delaware County Economic Development director to add information on GCC (former Galena Brick Yard) to the Columbus 2020 website to market it for potential business locations. She also noted that there has been a marked increase in development interest and inquiries. She noted that she would like to see the Village get back to updating its subdivision code. The Personnel Committee will meet to discuss options.
A grand opening was held for the new arts and antiques business at the Galena Vault in the Village's former municipal building at 9 West Columbus Street. Burrell noted that owners Marcia and Steve Eisenbrown have done a wonderful job remodeling the 1900s-era bank building.
The GGCA and Big Walnut Nature Club joined forces for a clean-up day and collected 32 garbage bags of trash in areas around Hoover Reservoir.
Galena's Memorial Day Services will be at 1 p.m. on the Village Square. In case of rain, services will move to the Village Hall. The Ice Cream Social will be held June 8, 6 to 8 p.m., in Ruffner Park.
The Village of Galena has a four-year, 2-mil replacement property tax levy on the May ballot. The current 2-mil levy expired December 31, but will continue to be collected in 2014. The Delaware County Auditor estimates the total property valuation in the Village at $18,951,910. The Auditor's Office estimated the cost to homeowners would be $70 per $100,000 of home valuation. The levy would generate $37,903 per year in critical operating funds for the Village.


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The following video is just to show how and where to make the 4 barrel rolls that are key to beating Zico, the rest is just grabbing the corners really tightly. My current record is 30.68. I know i didnt beat the record in this video but as i said i just want to show where to make the barrel rolls.
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Winter is a tough time for wildlife, but especially so for those species which call farmland home. Many farmland bird species such as grey partridge, yellowhammer and corn bunting depend on seeds to survive. Other species such as thrushes and bullfinches depend on berries, fruit and grubs found along...
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With the successor to the previous agri-environment schemes in England nearing it's final stages of development, Farming Minister George Eustice made a trip to visit the RSPB's Hope Farm earlier this month to see how we've been giving nature a home on the farm. Image: George Eustice...
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It's been a busy few weeks on the farming advice front, what with Open Farm Sunday, show season getting in to full swing and the recent announcements on greening from Defra. If you haven't had chance to read Martin Harper's blog on our response to the announcement, you can do that here ....
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Happy New Year! I'm never sure when we should stop saying that, but seeing as this is the first post published in 2014 I feel I can still get away with it, even if it is nearly the middle of January already! The reason for the delay in posting the first update for 2014 is the small matter of Oxford...
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Watt a winner for wildlife!
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Congratulations to Nicholas Watts of Vine House Farm who has been unveiled as the 2013 winner of The Nature of Farming Award . For the sixth year running, you voted in your thousands to crown the UK's most wildlife-friendly farmer and Nicholas is truly deserving of the title, and he firmly believes...
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Posted on behalf of Niki Williamson, Fenland Farmland Conservation Advisor Imagine the scene. You're sitting in your home surrounded by your family with a fridge full of nice food when, out of the blue, somebody bulldozes it down around you. Fleeing for your life, you take refuge in the nearest...
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By Vicki Swales, Head of Land Use Policy, RSPB Scotland Does Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and the Environment in Scotland, want the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to promote greener farming? Or does he need some gentle persuading? On past performance, we think the...
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Showing MEPs how farming and nature conservation can go hand in hand
Over the summer months, the RSPB has met with many MEPs (Members of the European Parliament) to discuss topics as varied as seabird by-catch from fishing fleets to biodiversity in the UK's overseas territories. For two MEPs in July, the focus of our meetings was to demonstrate how farming and...
16 Aug 2011
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Final stretch for CAP reform but fears over green credentials
The last few months have seen a flurry of activity on CAP reform and the next few months should see the deal sealed. But what has actually happened and what are the prospects for a 'greener' policy? March was a particularly busy month. Almost 18 months after the European Commission released...
8 Apr 2013
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Playing by the rules...
Many of you will have followed the NFU annual conference last week and seen the Government's long-awaited response to the Farming Regulation Task Force, chaired by Richard MacDonald. In it, the Government accepted most of the panel's 220 recommendations, which aim to cut red tape in the agriculture...
28 Feb 2012
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A voice for nature friendly farmers?
Recently I was fortunate enough to meet with Liberal Democrat MEP Andrew Duff and his team along with my colleagues to discuss the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and the current reform proposals and the need for a fairer CAP for wildlife, farmers and the EU tax payer. We had a wide...
2 Mar 2012
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Step into my Office
Welcome to my office. I reckon it's one of the biggest in the UK. Vaguely speaking, the 'walls' are the A14 to the south, the Cambridgeshire border to the west, the start of the sandy Brecks to the east, and to the North... Well I haven't quite decided but it's somewhere...
26 Aug 2011
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A 'rye' smile....
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I love it when things work out well. We put a stack of effort into working with farmers to find new ways to help wildlife. Not every idea will turn out to be as practical or effective as we want it to be (that is the point of testing ideas out after all), but I'm pleased to say that we have a new...
3 Aug 2011
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Thinking big
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"A new type of Environmental Stewardship Scheme is needed, particularly to help buffer sites and establish stepping stones and ecological corridors" [ Lawton Report , Recommendation 16, p 82]. "Delivering a more effective ecological network may require refinements to the [Entry...
2 Aug 2011
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EU Budget - Disaster averted...but still fails the environment
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Unlike normal people, who spend their Wednesday evenings enjoying a free ticket to the cinema, the Agriculture Policy nerds at the RSPB have spent the last 12 hours or so digesting and interpreting the EU budget proposals for the period 2014-2020, which were announced last night. As many of you will...
30 Jun 2011
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Knowing me, knowing you….
Emily Sanders
I'm excited at being the first person to contribute to this brand new blog. I hope you enjoy reading it, and want to come back for more. You'll be hearing from many of us here in the RSPB agricultural team in the future, including our farm advisors with practical advice, our policy team who...
19 May 2011
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29 Jul 2011
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Animated Ripping Reaper of Souls
…tall, he's dark and he's evil. The Animated Ripping Reaper of souls harvests horror and lives on to tell tales from the dark side. Looming over six feet tall, he rips open his tattered robe to reveal the faces and illuminated red eyes of lost souls whilst he chants scary sayings. His mouth actually…
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Grim Reaper Child Robe
Death waits for no one! Collect souls on Halloween when you wear this terrifying Grim Reaper child costume. The flowing robe of this Grim Reaper costume features an attached hood and "tear-away" mask. Terrorize the neighborhood in this darkly gruesome costume!
Forgotten Souls Child Costume
They'll never forget you when you show up to the party in this super creepy Forgotten Souls Child Costume. Black capelet features an attached hood and comes complete with a black robe and an attached belt.
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Take all the souls you want and leave the rest for the next ghoul when you wear this Soul Taker White Child Costume. Spook everyone out on Halloween wearing this white hooded robe with ghosts graphics complete with attached face mask.
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There's a warning out for beach-goers to beware of blue-green algae. Some types of the algae are very toxic, even deadly, to people and especially pets. The most recent warning is for Carver Lake in Woodbury.
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As temperatures soar into the 90s this week, the MPCA is reminding people to beware of toxic algae blooms. The agency said that people should avoid lakes and ponds that have these blooms, and to keep children and pets away.
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The warm weather is fueling a potential health risk on area lakes. Algae blooms are starting to grow and the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency has a warning about a particular type — blue-green algae.
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Evan, people may not want to pay a fossil fuel consumption tax, but they will happily accept the Income Tax Reductions that it will fund.
Further, because fuel excise at 38.15 c/L equates to a FFCT of ~$630/per tonne carbon in fuel (~$2200 per tonne CO2), there's plenty of room in FFCT revenue for decreases in fuel excise. The Good News in this is, if fuel excise is decreased, then so is the fuel excise rebate that miners get - but they still have to pay the FFCT.
I clarified these issues for someone calling themselves "Evan" in the comments after Andrew Bray's 13 August 2012 article "The turning point for renewables has arrived" (http://www.abc.net.au/environment/articles/2012/08/13/3565263.htm).
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LEWISBURG — The Ansonia Lady Tigers basketball team used a total team effort on the road Thursday, defeating Tri-County North 43-42.
"We look forward to a lot more victories the rest of the season," Ansonia coach Jim Bolin said. "We're just hitting our stride."
The Tigers' lone senior and team leader, Catey Fischer, showed her leadership abilities in guiding a young Ansonia team to victory with the team's second-leading scorer and ball handler, Lydia Sink, on the bench in street clothes with a wrist injury.
"We played fairly well, but we were playing without our second-leading scorer, Lydia (Sink)," Bolin said. "That hurt us some."
The Lady Tigers quickly faced a 4-0 deficit just 30 seconds into the contest before Gayla Crabtree knocked down a bucket in the paint.
Fischer followed with a defensive rebound, driving the length of the court and hitting a layup and a foul shot for a three-point play for a Tigers 5-4 lead.
Fischer picked up two quick fouls in a matter of 1:16 at the 2:35 point in the first quarter as the Panthers made a 8-2 run to lead 12-7 with 1:38 to play in the period.
"Monica (Stover) had two (fouls), also, so we had two starters with two fouls to start out with," Bolin said. "We were playing short so we came out pretty good.
"We went to a one-two-two (defense) with quick fouls on Fisher and Stover," Bolin said. "They didn't seem like they knew what to do with it so we stayed with it the rest of the ballgame."
A 3-pointer by Ansonia sophomore guard Stover followed with a Fischer trey from the top of the key brought the first quarter to a close with a 13-12 Tigers lead.
The second quarter got underway with the teams trading leads over the first three minutes.
Leading 17-16, the Lady Tigers used a 10-2 run and a 27-18 advantage with Crabtree knocking down six second-quarter points.
The Panthers got two late baskets, trimming the Tigers' halftime lead to 27-22.
Ansonia jumped out to a 30-22 third quarter advantage with Allison Phillippi popping in a trey followed with a 5-0 Panther run, shrinking the Tigers' lead to 30-27.
Back-to-back baskets from Fischer and Abby Helmke pushed the Ansonia lead to 34-27.
At 3:57 in the period Fisher took an elbow to the nose, sending the Tigers' team leader to the bench.
"She's a tough girl. It's hard to get her to sit down. I knew she would only be out for a few minutes," Bolin said. "My other post player, Gayla (Crabtree), had a bloody mouth that happened at the same time."
With 1:03 on the clock the Panthers evened the score at 34-34 with Fisher checking back in the game and hitting a spin move in the paint at 0:09 for a 36-34 Tigers lead going to the final period of play.
"We were kind of lackadaisical a couple of times down on defense so I called a timeout and told the girls if you're going to take a break girls, take it on the offensive end," Bolin said. "You can't take it on the defensive end."
Fisher hit a bucket from the top of the key to open fourth quarter play followed with a Panthers basket and free throw for a Tigers one-point lead with 6:51 on the clock.
The Tigers made a 5-0 run on a Phillippi 3-pointer and a Fischer goal with an assist from freshman Stefani Garrett to lead 43-37.
North would get a basket and a trey with time running out as the Lady Tigers held on for a 43-42 win.
"Gayla Crabtree played a really good game," Bolin said. "Abby (Helmke), another freshman, came in and really played well for us."
Fisher led Ansonia and all scorers with 17 points.
Scoring by quarters: 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Ansonia 13 14 9 7 43
Tri-County North 12 10 12 8 42
Ansonia scoring: C. Fischer 17, G. Crabtree 11, A. Phillippi 10, M. Stover 3, A. Helmke 2
Tri-County North scoring: J. Marshall 16, M. Duffy 8, K. Vanover 7, A Kring 6, K. Simpson 5


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Indian Diplomat Devyani Khobragade indicted in New York
An Indian consular official has left the U.S., officials and her lawyer said, after federal prosecutors filed a criminal indictment accusing her of visa fraud and making false statements about a domestic worker.
The indictment further fuels an international dispute over Devyani Khobragade's arrest, which has strained relations between the U.S. and India.
It is a more serious step in the criminal-justice process because it means a federal grand jury has heard evidence and decided the case is strong enough to proceed. The indictment also came as a surprise after prosecutors said in court papers earlier this week they were hoping to negotiate a plea deal ahead of her arraignment.
The dispute began last month when Ms. Khobragade, a deputy consul-general for India, was arrested on prosecutors' charge that she submitted false documents to get a work visa for an Indian woman to work as her babysitter and housekeeper in her family's Manhattan home. Prosecutors say she grossly underpaid the helper and only allowed her one day off per week. Ms. Khobragade denied all the charges.
A spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said Ms. Khobragade left the U.S. late Thursday for New Delhi. Her father, Uttam Khobragade, told the Journal that she was expected to reach India on Friday evening. Ms. Khobragade has been transferred to the Ministry of External Affairs in New Delhi and her two children remain in New York, according to a statement on the ministry's website. In an email, one of her lawyers, Dan Arshack, also said his client had left the U.S.
A federal grand jury voted to charge Ms. Khobragade with two counts visa fraud and making false statements, prosecutors said Thursday. Prosecutors also said that Ms. Khobragade had been accorded "diplomatic immunity status" but it was unclear whether the immunity would protect her from facing trial.
"Dr. Khobragade denies the baseless charges brought by the prosecutor's office in New York and looks forward to providing the proof that over and over the investigators and prosecutors in this case have been sloppy and wrong," said Mr. Arshack.
The State Department asked that Ms. Khobragade leave the country, after India denied a request to waive her diplomatic immunity, a U.S. official said.
India has been outraged over the treatment Ms. Khobragade, who was strip-searched after being arrested in December and placed temporarily in a New York City jail, and the fallout has caused a rift in U.S.-Indian relations. The tension continued this week as U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz on Thursday postponed a trip to India that was planned for next week.
Last month, Secretary of State John Kerry issued a statement of regret over the situation while Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the arrest "deplorable," and police removed barriers in front of the U.S. Embassy in New Delhi in apparent retaliation.
The status of Ms Khobragade's diplomatic immunity has been another source of friction.
The U.S. has requested that India waive her immunity in order to prosecute her, a U.S. official said, but India denied the request. The State Department asked that Ms. Khobragade leave the country, which is protocol when a waiver request isn't granted, according to the official.
Thursday's indictment gave previously undisclosed details about the alleged arrangement between Ms. Khobragade and her housekeeper, Sangeeta Richard.
Ms. Khobragade allegedly initially offered her housekeeper 20,000 rupees a month but eventually raised the offer to 30,000 rupees per month (or $6,876 a year), which amounted to approximately $3.33 an hour for a 40-hour work week. Thursday's indictment said that Ms. Khobragade filled out a temporary-work visa application for Ms. Richard, claiming she was paying her $4,500 a month.
Once in the U.S., Ms. Khobragade made Ms. Richard "work often up to 100 or more hours per week without a single full day off," which the indictment states worked out to $1.42 an hour or less, and withheld the woman's passport from her, the indictment said.
Ms. Richard fled Ms. Khobragade's house, according to the indictment, after her requests for more pay and to return to India were denied. Ms. Khobragade subsequently pressured the woman's husband in India to tell her the housekeeper's whereabouts, the indictment said, and caused the woman's family in India to be "contacted by law enforcement."
But Ms. Khobragade filed in July a complaint against the woman in India, the indictment said, accusing the worker and her husband of making a "false promise to work as domestic assistance" in order to procure an official passport and enter the U.S., where she would subsequently work as a "freelance servant and earn huge money, many times more than that of her agreed salary." An arrest warrant was issued in India in November charging Ms. Richard, who remains in the U.S., with extortion, cheating and participating in a conspiracy.
"I would like to tell other domestic workers who are suffering as I did: You have rights, and do not let anyone exploit you," Ms. Richard said Thursday.
—Jay Solomon, Jacob Gershman and Saptarishi Dutta contributed to this article.
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Hystera, The Acclaimed New Novel by Leora Skolkin-Smith
A Story of Mental Illness in a Young Woman in 1974
Manhattan, New York (PRWEB) February 24, 2012
Set in the turbulent 1970s when Patty Hearst became Tanya the Revolutionary, Leora Skolkin-Smith's Hystera is a timeless story of madness, yearning, and identity. After a fatal accident takes her father away, Lillian Weill blames herself for the family tragedy. Tripping through failed love affairs with men, and doomed friendships, all Lilly wants is to be sheltered from reality. She retreats from the outside world into a world of delusion and the private terrors of a New York City Psychiatric Hospital. Unreachable behind her thick wall of fears, the world of hospital corridors and strangers become a vessel of faith. She is a foreigner there until her fellow patients release her from her isolation with the power of human intimacy. How do we know who we really are? How do we find our true selves under the heavy burden of family and our pasts? In an unpredictable portrait of mental illness Hystera penetrates to the pulsing heart of the questions.
"Hystera is a haunting, mesmerizing story of madness, longing and identity, set against one of the most fascinating times in NYC history. Skolkin-Smith's alchemy is to inhabit her characters even as she crafts a riveting story that is nothing short of brilliant." Caroline Leavitt, New York Times bestselling author of "Pictures of You", Reviewer of PEOPLE Magazine, The New York Times, and Boston Globe.
"In language with the wild power of accuracy, Hystera maps a path through the landscape of trauma and illness, the feverish news of the seventies, and a character´s own indelibly vivid imagery of alarm and comfort. An eye-opening novel.
–Joan Silber, author of Ideas of Heaven: A Ring of Stories, finalist for the National Book Award.
"Inside a psychiatric ward in the 1970′s, Leora Skolkin-Smith's HYSTERA takes you on a ride through the wilderness of a young woman's emotional trauma and breakdown, and seizes upon the intricacies of mental health, our phobias, and fears around it. Brilliantly envisioned, this story of passion and familial dysfunction, bears witness to an exquisite reknitting of a young woman's soul, told in language that is brave, startling, an ultimately tender and wise."
–Jessica Keener, author of Night Swim
"Leora Skolkin-Smith's novel Hystera is an unforgettable story of mental illness. Set in the New York City of the 1970s, the book is told in precise language that sears the characters into your consciousness."
–LargeHearted Boy
"Leora Skolkin-Smith´s new novel, "Hystera," provides a very vivid sense of being in the head of someone having a psychotic breakdown, and is a powerfully useful reference book for dealing with the mental-health system. It also pungently evokes the gritty New York of the ´70s."
–Robert Whitcomb, reviewer "The Providence Journal"
"Some might say all writers of fiction are a bit crazy. The statement may hold some truth if we note how much we like to follow the creative paths of fellow writers. I admit to being one of those.
Leora Skolkin-Smith's "Hystera" does not disappoint on that count. But it offers so much more.
Like most literary novels, it reads as if details are strongly influenced by real memories. Real as they feel, the narrator has committed herself to a psychiatric ward, so she is not a reliable source for judging reality. The lush, and somehow still subtle allusions to sex and body and her own past experiences, leave us not quite sure what conclusions the author intended the reader to make. Even an occasional syntax oddity ("Helen never explained why she stopped going back to her old house in Jerusalem, taking Lilly with her, but only that she could no longer recognize the places of her youth there anymore by 1960."), leaves us with uncertainty, similar–surely–to what the protagonist is going through.
Even descriptions about the protagonist's mother's preoccupation with the ancient craft of book binding is imbued with mystery. The subjects of this binding are written in ancient Hebrew and Aramaic texts and "Alchemical symbols" are the subjects this refurbishing is intended to preserve.
At it's root, "Hystera" is a story about shame, shame that lurks in the recesses of our psyches, shame imposed on us by parents, culture, and ourselves. A Universal Shame. Puritannical as well as Hebraic. Guilt no one generation, race, or religion can lay claim to.
I loved this book because it was about a writer, of course. But I also loved it because of the writing itself–the amazing techniques that can be observed–learned from–if the reader doesn't get too caught up in the forward motion of the story and the tone of the book not to pay attention.
—- Carolyn Howard-Johnson, Reviewer, Author´s Den
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