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This bike utilizes a carbon fiber epoxy composite frame and components from a Giant Defy 1.
Our video clips are hosted on YouTube in my channel, "David M. Schwartz." To see a video on this page larger, and in higher resolution, select the YouTube logo and watch it there.
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Need Appliance Repair Help? Ask a Technician for Answers ASAP
hiCustomer,code ff means freezer fan defective,if you open the freezer do you hear a fan running when pressing the door switch around the inner frame? if not you are going to have a fan fault or if there is frost on the back wall,a defrost problem preventing the fan from turning,either way there will not be any air getting to the fridge,this why the fridge is warm but freezer still ok,the fridge just receives air from the freezer via the fan,check out the freezer fan..hope this helps
Thanks Randy
it depends if the frost is really thick you could be looking at a defrost problem,it could be blocking the fan from turning,,if you are able to turn the fan blade,maybe with a small screwdriver? through the grill or something like that and it turns then it is spinning freely and would most likely need the fan motor only,you may need to remove the panel to be sure unfortunately
its not bad,but you need to pull out the drawer and remove the back panel,if your mechanical its not bad ,look for a couple screws holding the drawer in on the sides sometimes..make sure its not just a wire off at the fan motor,confirm power with door switch pushed in if you have a meter?,but it sounds like fan motor from your symptoms
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EEOC Slaps NEA
CLEVELAND, OH - The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) last month ordered the NEA to stop harassing and discriminating against teachers who object to supporting the union's political agenda with their dues money. If the union does not comply, the federal agency will sue.
The ruling came as a result of religious discrimination charges filed by Ohio teacher Dennis Robey, who first voiced his objections in 1995 to supporting the NEA's "pro-abortion, pro-homosexuality positions" and constant attempts to undermine parental rights.
According to the National Right to Work Foundation, a non-profit legal services organization that helped Robey with his complaint, the NEA rebuffed his "longstanding [religious] objection" during the 1999-2000 school year and demanded that he "describe annually in detail his deeply held religious views, fill out a lengthy and invasive form and file it with the union." The form asked highly personal questions about Robey's relationship with God, his "religious affiliation," and required him to obtain the signature of a "religious official" attesting to the validity of his beliefs.
"The NEA union's illegal scheme is intended to force teachers of faith to shut up and pay up," said Stefan Gleason, vice president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, in a May 20 press release. "The EEOC's action further underscores that the nation's largest teacher union is systematically persecuting people of faith."
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits labor unions from forcing employees to support them financially if union activities violate the sincerely held religious beliefs of an employee.


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Scandinavia's TeliaSonera has named Johan Dennelind as its new chief executive, saying the current Vodacom executive will take up his new position on September 1.
Dennelind is currently employed as chief executive of South Africa's Vodacom International (Johannesburg) but has worked in a number of roles in the telecoms industry throughout a 20-year career.
Before taking the reins at Vodacom International in December 2010, he worked as chief financial officer of Telenor Sweden (Stockholm) and chief executive of Telenor's Malaysian subsidiary Digi Telecommunications (Shah Alam).
Dennelind will take over from Per-Arne Blomquist, who has been acting chief executive since February, when Lars Nyberg was forced to quit the leadership position following allegations of misconduct regarding TeliaSonera's acquisition of a spectrum license in Uzbekistan in 2007.
Blomquist will return to his former role as executive vice president and chief financial officer when Dennelind takes over.
"I am delighted that Johan Dennelind will be joining TeliaSonera," said Marie Ehrling, TeliaSonera's Chair. "[He] brings with him almost 20 years of experience from the telecoms industry and has during his time at Telenor and most recently at Vodacom proven that he can successfully lead organizations in significant change processes within an international environment."
Although Dennelind is not due to begin his new role until September 1, TeliaSonera (Stockholm, Sweden) said he "will be available for the company from July 1".
"TeliaSonera is today one of Europe's leading telecoms operators with a large international presence and I look forward to leading the company during the next phase of development," said Dennelind.


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FLORENCE – Francis Marion University's Gail and Terry Richardson Center for the Child (RCC) will partner with Barnes & Noble to host a family fun night and book fair on Friday, Oct. 23.
The community is encouraged to visit Barnes & Noble at the Magnolia Mall between 5:30 and 7:30 p.m. to help raise money for the RCC. The event, which is free to the public, will feature celebrity book readings and other activities - all to help foster children's love for reading as a fun and recreational activity. FMU President Luther F. Carter is among those who will read to children.
To participate in the book fair, shoppers should either present a voucher at the time of purchase or inform the cashier that the purchase supports the book fair. With the funds raised, the Center can purchase books and educational materials. The vouchers can be used from 9 a.m. until 10 p.m. everywhere in the store including the café.
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Beijing (AFP) July 14, 2014
Three prominent allies of China's former security chief Zhou Yongkang are under investigation for corruption, state prosecutors said Monday, as the noose appears to tighten around one of the country's most powerful men.
China's top prosecutor's office announced bribery probes into former vice minister of public security Li Dongsheng and Jiang Jiemin, formerly a top regulator of state-owned enterprises, on its website.
It is the latest sign that Zhou, until 2012 a member of the Politburo Standing Committee, China's most powerful body, is being targeted in a corruption investigation.
Also under investigation for taking bribes is Wang Yongchun, formerly a senior manager at China's biggest oil company, China National Petroleum Corporation, the prosecutor's office said in a statement without giving details.
Zhou, who amassed huge power before his retirement from the Politburo Standing Committee in late 2012, has not been seen in public for months.
He had extensive connections in the state-run oil industry and the public security apparatus which he headed until his retirement. Both sectors have been targeted for investigation by the ruling Communist Party.
Several reports have cited sources close to Chinese leaders as saying that Zhou has also been targeted, though there has so far been no public confirmation.
If the investigation into Zhou is confirmed, it would be the first time in decades that such a high-ranking figure has been targeted in a formal inquiry.
President Xi Jinping has vowed to crackdown on endemic graft but critics say he is unlikely to succeed without more fundamental reforms such as greater press freedoms and and independent courts.
The government has also stifled an independent anti-corruption movement, jailing about 10 activists who had been involved in small-scale protests calling for government officials to disclose their financial assets.
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ST. LOUIS -- Landshire Inc. has acquired Ft. Worth, TX-based sandwich maker Mom's Food Products Inc. Both companies produce convenience sandwiches for the vending, convenience store and foodservice industries, and Landshire plans to introduce the Mom's brand in its national distribution channels.
Through the acquisition, Landshire gains Mom's 2,400 direct store delivery locations in Texas, with offices in the Dallas, Austin and Houston areas, and the Mom's production plant in Ft. Worth. Landshire will increase its DSD customer count to 12,000 convenience stores and establish a stronger presence in the state of Texas.
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After an unusually warm day in Chicago this past Sunday, I decided to take my Z out of storage for the season. Took a nice drive and experienced all over again all the reasons I love this car. After nearly 5 months of storage, I was like a little kid in a candy store! Got a nice sunburn too! I also put the summer tires back on the E60, so I am now officially ready for warmer weather. Of course, it's cold again, but at least there's no snow! Here's a picture of what I had to deal with one February evening. It was twice as bad the next morning.
Hello everyone! I'm back with a smile again!:)
Looks great !
Welcome back Atty. How many miles on the roadster now?
Nice to see you back Atty, have a great summer :)
As you can see I made the move back to the M3
It's great to be back! I only have about 4800 miles on the odometer, but I expect that to change this summer with some nice road trips in the planning! I can't wait for the fun to begin. Rolf-Dieter, I read that you moved back to the M3. Sweet ride, but I'm glad to hear you're still on the Z4 forum.
Now I wonder what ever happened to erdoran. Perhaps she's still upset about the Blackhawks :D
Thanks Atty, :) I drop in here and then to check how many of you have problems with your wheels. There seam to be a lot more people reporting cracks now with 296 wheels.
So for anyone having Style 296 wheels keep checking your wheels for cracks and keep a sharp eye on your tire pressure (in the Z forum here http://e89.zpost.com/forums/).
As for the M3 Atty, I missed to be able to take my bike along and the uncertainty of the next wheel crack(s) was something I could no longer deal with it made me uneasy going for a drive. So now I have regular Michelin tires and forged wheels. All is cool now.
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This book has the unusual format of containing two books in one: from front to back reads "The Wife's story" and from back to front "The Husband's story." The latter was written first, but the two are written such that either can be read first. The wife, Brenda Bowman, is a housewife who has recently gained commercial success and cultural renown as a quiltmaker. As the novel opens, she is leaving her Chicago home to attend a quiltmaker's conference ...
Larry's Party
"Larry's Party" , a 1997 novel by Carol Shields, is a humorous treatment of an ordinary young man who reaches the height of his powers in his mid forties after two marriages and a loving relationship. Set in two cities, Winnigeg and Chicago, the book is concerned mainly about how Larry, brought up by a working-class couple who emigrated from England, found fulfillment in creating mazes. First fascinated by the labryinth he visited in Hampton Court on his...
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This is the story of a year in the life of one woman, Judith Gill. She is an expert at analyzing the relationships between people because of her profession as a biographer, and through this particular year she struggles to understand the changing relationships with those in her family. Her children are growing up in a new era with desires she doesn't understand, her husband is often distant and not as contemplative as is she, and she spends a tremendous ...
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Charleen is thirty-something and newly divorced, left to support herself and her son on her meager income as a researcher and writer for a journal. She contemplates her life through smart and funny anecdotes about her past and her failed dreams of being a poet while she rediscovers joys in life through her friends and a new love interest. Just when she finds herself happy with her life changes, her father has a massive heart attack, her mother remarries,...
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Daisy Goodwill Flett has neared the end of her life, and, facing her impending death, reflects upon the entirety of her life spanning the 20th century. She is introspective and retrospective. She tells stories of being a daughter, being a wife, being a mother. More than being about particular events in one woman's life, this book is about memory, life, and morality....
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Highlights from Willie Randolph's post-game briefing:
-Too soon to tell how long Ruben Gotay will be out. Gotay said a couple of days, but his limp suggested longer.
-He's not worried about Oliver Perez. "It's his first time out," Randolph said. "I don't put a lot into that." You probably figured he would say that, but there's the quote to make it official.
-The Mets won't rush Carlos Delgado.
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DACULA - Darreion Robinson and Terence Scruggs teamed up for three touchdowns and kickers Beau Evans and Adam Erickson contributed a field goal apiece as Clarke Central scored 14 fourth-quarter points to defeat Dacula 28-21.
Robinson rushed 18 times for 194 yards and two scores and Scruggs ran nine times for 74 yards and a touchdown as the Gladiators won their fourth consecutive game and improved to 4-1-1 overall and 3-0 in Region 8-AAAA North.
Evans got Clarke Central's scoring started with a 46-yard field goal with 10:11 remaining in the first quarter. Robinson added a 47-yard scoring run in the second quarter, and the Gladiators snuffed out a late Dacula rally when Reggie Battle intercepted a Falcons pass at the goal line with 11 seconds remaining in the first half.
Erickson accounted for Clarke Central's only score in the third quarter with a 37-yard field goal. Dacula scored late in the third quarter to go ahead 14-13, but a 90-yard run from Robinson and a 46-yard run by Scruggs effectively closed the door on Dacula.
Clarke Central hosts Jackson County on Friday.Dacula (3-3, 2-1) hosts Habersham Central on Friday.
STEPHENS COUNTY 14, FRANKLIN COUNTY 3: At Carnesville, Tauren Poole rushed 33 times for 151 yards and a touchdown as the Indians, ranked fourth in Class AAA, improved to 6-0 with a 2-0 mark in Region 8-AAA.
The Lions' only score came on a field goal by Steven Norris. Franklin County (2-4, 0-2) lost three fumbles and threw a pair of interceptions.
Franklin County plays at Hart County on Friday. Stephens County hosts Monroe Area on Friday.
HART COUNTY 41, APALACHEE 6: At Winder, the Bulldogs, ranked sixth in Class AAA, whipped the Wildcats, improving to 4-0-1 and 2-0 in Region 8-AAA. Apalachee fell to 2-4 and 0-2 in the region.
The Bulldogs host Franklin County on Friday and Apalachee will play at the Granite Bowl in Elberto on Friday.
COMMERCE 47, TOWNS COUNTY 14: At Commerce, Reuben Haynes threw for 132 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for 163 yards and a score as the Tigers won their Region 8-A opener.
Haynes threw touchdown passes to Philip Edwards (27 yards) and Javon Womack (23 yards). Womack also ran for a two-yard touchdown.
The Tigers also got rushing scores from Colton Brown (3 yards), Edwards (22 yards) and Deon Osborne (4 yards).
Running back Jon Cash contributed 100 yards on the ground and Cohen Cooke caught five passes for 71 yards.
Commerce (4-2, 1-0) will play at Social Circle on Friday.
LOGANVILLE 21, WINDER-BARROW 7: At Loganville, the Bulldoggs lost their second game after winning their first four and are now 1-2 in Region 8-AAAA North.
Winder-Barrow's only score came on an 8-yard run by Brandon Finch with 3:07 remaining in the third quarter. Loganville held a 7-0 lead at halftime and scored touchdowns in the third and fourth quarters.
Bulldoggs' receiver Taylor Bradberry caught 10 passes from Greg Dixon for 125 yards.
Winder Barrow is off next week and will host Dacula on Oct. 19. Loganville (2-3, 1-1) will host Madison County on Friday.
HABERSHAM CENTRAL 33, MADISON COUNTY 9: At Mt. Airy, the Red Raiders fell to 0-3 in Region 8-AAAA North as Habersham Central rolled to victory.
Madison County's only touchdown came on a pass from Spencer Baird to tight end Anthony Caldwell. Baird completed 12 of 20 passes for 139 yards, one touchdown and one interception. He was paced offensively by Cello Latimer (11 rushes for 34 yards, three receptions for 24 yards), Stacy Mark (five rushes for 24 yards, five receptions for 50 yards) and Aldreakis Allen (five receptions for 56 yards).
The Red Raiders (2-4, 0-3) will play at Loganville on Friday.
PUTNAM COUNTY 38, OGLETHORPE COUNTY 29: At Lexington, the Patriots fell to 1-5, despite taking a 10-8 lead at the half and rolling up 307 offensive yards.
Quarterback Rashad Dalton tossed touchdown passes to Chad Chandler (20 yards) and Octavious Hull (15 yards). Halfback D.J. Johnson added a 66-yard touchdown run and fullback Trey Howard rushed for 110 yards.
HOLY SPIRIT PREP 33, WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN 7: At Marietta, the Lion's only score came with 28 seconds in the second quarter when Will Schroth reached the end zone on a 3-yard rush.
Westminster Christian (4-2), which saw its four-game winning streak snapped, will travel to Cumming on Friday to face Pinecrest Academy.
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So Random Saturday: IM A MEAN MOM!
Im the meanest mom!
It all started a few years ago, when I let my oldest son start playing "war" games on his xbox.
I knew that his friends had these games and he enjoyed playing them. With him wanting to be a cop and interested in being the army when he gets older I didnt see any harm.
Well over the years and after spending lots of money on games like "Black Ops" and "Socom" and seeing a huge change in his behavior and one day watching him play one of these games and actually hearing what they say in the game and the actual content of these video games I finally said NO MORE!
Me and Joseph (my significant other/daddy) agreed to get rid of all the war games and any game with the rating of Teen or Mature.
My son who is 9 of course is upset and now I feel bad cause I feel like he should have never been able to play these games in the first place. Its been about a month since hes been able to play any of these games and I have seen a huge change in his behavior, for the better. We turned in all the "bad" games for "good" games.
I do feel though now that I am isolating him but in my heart I know I made the right choice!
Super random I know just wanted to share this emotional time as a mommy and maybe see if other mommys have gone through this?


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Its Friday, its the Vroom Room, come in make yourself comfortable we have cappuccino and biscotti, join the conversation...leave a comment.
Agreed its been brisk for the past few days...its winter, its Canada, and it seems that the media is on a mission to arrive an elusive minus 100 Centigrade with the wind chill.
Did you see Don Prudhomme at Barrett Jackson sell one of his funny cars with the hauler, as well as Tom McEwen's car. They were going to make some money, while disposing of a strong emotional attachement to the cars and haulers. Reality TV at its best.
You have to wonder when more recent cars will become popular, its a constant rerun of the same models, same years, same specs. There is an element of churning that is less interesting in 2014 than a few years ago.
When will a 1979 Camaro, replace the iconic 1969 Camaro? When will a 1994-96 Impala SS become interesting? We could keep on going, but hopefully you grasp our perspective.
An informative and visual recap of the Arizona Auction Week.
The aftermath of NAIAS, fascinating to read the reflective thoughts of various pundits once the glitter subdues. Some vehicle were remarkable, other ordinary, and some forgettable. Its not just the vehicles, the press conferences, its the direction that some manufacturers are taking, or signaling that is more telling.
MerBimAu at Detroit covered all the angles, niches, market nooks and crannies.
The Koreans as expected are on a vector to crack the luxury market in a patient fashion.
Ford with the aluminum F150 has signaled that North America is not interested in a mid size truck. What does Ford know that GM does not know with the Canyon?
Did you see how the roof works on the Porsche Targa?
Toyota is breaking out of its conservative image...or trying to break out.
Yes...the Z06 is a winner, great halo car.
Infiniti seems to create more questions than answers, reminds you of the days of the Q45.
Yes...tomorrow is the start of the Rolex 24...anxious to see the Corvette, as well as Mantella Autosport from Toronto with the Aston Martin.
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Senate tax writers face a political-messaging and amendment blitz from colleagues and special interests as they head into a Thursday meeting to consider renewals for dozens of tax breaks, credits, and write-offs that lapsed on Dec. 31.
New Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden this week proposed to extend for another two years 45 of the 55 expired provisions in the tax code for businesses and individuals, and his panel plans to hold a markup on the measure Thursday morning.
But on Wednesday afternoon, the committee announced that it had received 92 requests for amendments from members seeking to revise the bill.
Among the provisions not making the cut in Wyden's two-year extender language — worked out with Finance ranking member Orrin Hatch — are write-offs for NASCAR and other race-car tracks, a tax credit for wind energy production, and special "expensing rules" for the TV and film industries. Also chopped was a rule that corporations use to sidestep income tax on transfers of capital among offshore affiliates.
In addition to leaving out some favored tax incentives, some breaks that Wyden and Hatch propose for renewal would be modified. For example, an individual income-tax credit for "highway-capable plug-in motorcycles" would be extended for two years. But that provision is written to no longer include three-wheel vehicles such as golf carts.
Overall, the package as proposed would extend more provisions than it would leave behind. Without any changes, it would cost an estimated $67.3 billion over 10 years.
Provisions to be extended for two years include federal rum rebates to Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands; a general sales-tax deduction that mainly benefits those in states without an income tax like Florida and Texas; and rules allowing owners of racehorses to depreciate those investments over a three-year cost-recovery period.
Also included are extensions of deductions related to corporate research and development, giving to public charities, expenses by teachers for books and other nonathletic supplies, special tax treatment for military basic housing allowance, and credit for certain railroad expenditures made to maintain tracks.
These "temporary" provisions have over the years been almost routinely renewed, often on a retroactive basis. But they also are seen by some as a failing of Congress to address tough choices as part of a permanent tax-code reform.
Renewal of most of these items is likely to occur again this year — though Republicans in the House led by retiring Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp have promised a stricter "policy-by-policy" review.
Indications are that action on a bill in the House could be put off until after the November elections, perhaps in a lame-duck session. It could be one of Camp's last acts as a chairman who tried, but failed, to get action on a tax-code overhaul.
Meanwhile, Wyden is declaring on his side of the Capitol that this will be the last such extender package to be enacted under his watch as chairman; the Oregon Democrat says it's time Congress focused less on keeping the status quo and more on actually revamping the nation's tax code.
Hatch also believes the process needs to be changed. "This pared-back bill demonstrates to the American people that Congress can and will make the tough decisions needed to help clean up our broken tax code," the Utah Republican said in a statement this week.
But such declarations could be significantly challenged Thursday, based on the list of amendments announced Wednesday by the committee.
Some of those amendments seek to renew previous tax breaks that did not make it onto the Wyden-Hatch list, such as an amendment seeking to extend the so-called NASCAR tax credit for seven years. It is cosponsored by Sens. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Richard Burr, R-N.C., Bill Nelson, D-Fla., and Mark Warner, D-Va.
Other amendments seek to eliminate provisions that Wyden and Hatch propose for renewal, or others that are on the books — including one dubbed the "Eliminate Crony Capitalist Energy Tax Credits" offered by Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa.
Some amendments seek to make previously "temporary" tax breaks permanent. Still others propose to attach unrelated items to the extenders bill, such as one offered by Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., that would provide disaster aid to people in her state impacted by the recent mud slide. Toomey also offers an amendment to "protect bald eagles from wind turbines."
The amendment activity is evidence of the intense lobbying and sometimes acute special-interest sensitivities facing lawmakers regarding these breaks.
One left-leaning group, Americans for Tax Fairness, issued a report earlier this week saying its research shows 1,269 lobbyists representing 373 companies and trade associations have reported lobbying on the broad topic of "tax extenders."
The group's executive director, Frank Clemente, praised Wyden for such moves as not including the so-called CFC look-through rule," which has allowed corporations to defer otherwise taxable income through use of foreign entities. But he also predicted in a statement Wednesday that the Wyden-Hatch package will grow larger and more costly during Thursday's markup.
Clemente said it is "troubling how quickly senators appear to be able to work out a deal on tax extenders that are unpaid for and largely benefit corporations while spending months crafting an emergency unemployment-benefits package that is paid for by cutting other spending."
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By the narrowest of margins, the Senate voted 51-50 this afternoon to begin debate on the House's legislation to repeal and replace Obamacare. Sens. Lisa Murkowski and Susan Collins defected from the GOP, but Vice President Pence broke a tie. Sen. John McCain returned from brain surgery to cast his vote.
"Republicans who interviewed Jared Kushner for more than three hours in the House's Russia probe on Tuesday said the president's son-in-law and adviser came across as candid and cooperative. 'His answers were forthcoming and complete. He satisfied all my questions,' said Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), who's leading the House Intelligence Committee's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, including possible collusion between Moscow and the Trump campaign."
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Under a World Court ruling, Nigeria was supposed to hand the land to Cameroon last month - but it failed to do so.
Nigeria's foreign minister said the handover would definitely take place, "it is just a matter of time".
A statement after the meeting said the matter was being referred back to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the two countries' presidents.
Unexplained differences
"After deliberation on the issue, and as a result of a
divergence of views, the mixed-commission decided to refer the matter to the heads of state of Cameroon and Nigeria and the Secretary General of the United Nations," said a joint statement issued after the meeting in the Nigerian capital Abuja.
The matters on which the countries disagreed were not explained.
Bakassi juts into the Gulf of Guinea - which it is thought could contain up to 10% of the world's oil and gas reserves - south of the border between the two countries. It is also rich in fish.
Many border villages have changed hands, but a 15 September deadline for the final handover passed without any movement, with Nigeria citing "technical difficulties".
There has been fierce opposition to the change of sovereignty from the Bakassi people and Nigerian MPs, who say the estimated 300,000 residents of the peninsula should be allowed a referendum on their future.
The UN representative at the talks, Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, said Nigeria must obey the court ruling.
"They cannot be the exception, the only country
not to accept international law," he said.
Nigerian Foreign
Minister Bola Ajibola told The Associated Press: "We want
to make sure we execute the project in the right way and at
the right time... It is just a matter of time".
And Cameroon's Justice Minister
Amadou Ali sounded optimistic, saying: "There's no doubt that they will apply
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"Of all the literatures written in Slavic languages, Bulgarian is the oldest. Its inception dates back to the ninth century and its uninterrupted traditions begin at the dawn of Slavic literacy," as Mateja Matejic points out. With Christianization of Bulgaria the important question has risen concerning development of the script for translation of the Biblical texts. Missionary work of Cyril and Methodius resulted in creation of Glagolitic and Cyrillic alphabet. It became a great impulse for dissemination of literacy among Slavs and moreover for creation of Bulgarian literature. The Cyrilo-Methodian section of this course specifically deals with the questions of contribution by Moravian brothers. (Please, see Bibliographies of Cyril-Methodian Studies in the section Resources for Church Slavic and Old Church Slavic.)
New Bulgarian literature with expressed idea of authorship and new national identity was "born" back at the end of XVIII century, while development of Bulgarian bibliography started in 1850s.
Conducting research in the area of literature does not imply limiting oneself just with literature resources. Broader sources could be a great help, although finding information there may be trickier. That is why it can be recommended to address first specifically literature sources: bibliographies, guides, encyclopedias, and then continue with general works. Finding aid in the form of indexes and tables of content can serve a great help here. Please for general resources consult our sections on Bulgarian Monographic Bibliography and Bulgarian Periodical Resources. One may also want to address Bulgarian National Bibliography section of this course which includes for example such important publications as Bulgarski knigopis continuing from 1806 to present days and covering monographs, periodicals and graphic materials.
Another part of the course describes Bulgarian general Bibliographies of Bibliographies. Unfortunately there is no in existence bibliographies of bibliographies aimed specifically to the area of belles-lettres studies; information of Bulgarian literature bibliographies is scattered being included as a part in various sources, such as for example Istoriia Bolgarii do deviatogo sentiabria tysiacha deviat'sot sorok chetvertogo goda. Ukazatel' literatury 1945-1958 (see below).
While working with particular authors scholar may want to consult Bulgarian biographical sources. The description of general biographic source South-East-European Biographical Archive = Sudosteuropaisches Biographisches Archiv.( 1997-) may be found on the page called Biographical Sources for Bulgaria. Sources devoted specifically to prominent literary figures are covered in this section.
Most of the resources reviewed below are in Bulgarian language unless otherwise specified.
Comp. Petia Diugmedzhieva; Ed. Liuben Georgiev. (Sofiia) : Nar. bibl. Kiril i Metodii, 1972.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian reference 016.89181 D64s
This bibliography provides an extensive coverage of monographs and articles from journals and major newspapers published by and devoted to modern Bulgarian writers; it features approximately 250 names. Only authors born after 1900 are selected for inclusion. Work contains references to various editions of the literary works in the period between 1961 and 1971 as well as critical articles and reviews. Authors' names arranged alphabetically, followed by date a birth, list of editions of published works including collections and selected works and concluded by reviews and literary criticism on the writer and his/her included oeuvres. Information was collected from such respectable bibliographic sources as Bulgarski knigopis (1961-1971), Letopis na periodichniia pechat' (1952-1971), Novi knigi (1957-1971) etc.
Volume includes name and title indexes along with indexes of collections arranged by literary genre.
Lists of writers and literary works awarded with Dimitrovska prize and other prizes, such as the one of Bulgarian writers Union is included in supplement arranged by dates. Another supplement gives statistics of publications of various types of literary works.
Moscow: Fundamental'naia biblioteka obshchestvennykh nauk (Akademiia nauk SSSR), 1962. 2 vol.
2nd vol. - Literatura. Isskustvo. Nauka.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.94977 AK3i
Second volume of collective publication (in Russian) by Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Soviet Academy of Sciences is devoted to retrospective history of Bulgarian literature, fine art and science till 1944. Works collected here were published during the period from 1945 to 1958. Vast resources of this bibliography are designed to fully recreate the picture of historical development of Bulgarian literature. Almost 168 pages of entries offer the following main topics: literary bibliographies (this section gives references to about 25 major bibliographies, encyclopedias, guides, primarily in Bulgarian and Russian), history of Bulgarian literary criticism, folklore, general works on history of Bulgarian literature, literatures by historical periods. Bibliography features citations for monographs, articles from journals and newspapers (!) in Bulgarian, Russian and more foreign languages. Creators of the bibliography pay close attention to the subject of Bulgarian literature studies abroad and particularly to Bulgarian-Russian literary connections.
Citations for the sources have additional information such as content description, references to other editions and often to further works on the topic. Literature on ethnography of Bulgarian people is given as a supplement. Bibliography is conveniently supplied by author/title and subject indexes.
Todor Popiliev. Sofiia: Nauka i izkustvo, 1957. vol. 1: 1944-1954.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.89181 P81b v. 1
This is a very useful bibliography for a scholar of Bulgarian literature and criticism published within 10 years from the events of creation of Narodna Respublica Bulgaria, between 1944 and 1954. T. Popilev scrupulously collected references to works of literary figures of major importance along with not very known authors. Bibliography includes monographs, collections of works, articles from journals and newspapers. First part has an alphabetical list of writers and their published works along with meticulously recorded critical responses; it is followed by the collections of works. Second part is devoted to literary criticism and is divided into major subjects, such as literary theory, foreign literary influences, literary forms, children's' literature, and section on reflection of major historical events in Bulgarian literature. The volume is supplied by name index.
Series: Universitetska biblioteka. Sofiia : Sofiiski universitet "Kliment Okhridski."
UIUC Call number: Main Stacks 016.8918 B471 1966/70; 1960/65; 1957/60; 1955/56
This multivolume serial publication, issued by Bulgarian Academy of Science and later by "Nauka i izkustvo", is dedicated to International Slavic Congresses conducted in Bulgaria in 1958, 1963 and 1968. Bibliography is devoted to works on literary theory, history and criticism, as well as folklore of Slavic countries issued in Bulgaria in the period between 1955 and 1970. It contains primarily works of Bulgarian slavists, and few works of guest scholars published in Bulgaria.
Bibliography has major section (almost 1,200 entries) of monographs, collections of works, articles and reviews of Old and New Bulgarian literatures, including children's literature. Both magazines' and newspapers' publications can be found here. Some of the entries have brief annotations and content description. Bibliography also features citations for many textbooks and teaching materials and their reviews. In addition, bibliography contains sections of Bulgarian authors' writings on other Slavic literatures (Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Check, Slovak, Yugoslavian.) Useful section on folklore collections, and folklore studies (articles and reviews) is available here too. Bibliography is supplied with name index.
Ed. ev. Vasileva, D. Pravdomirova. Sofiia: Nar. biblioteka "Kiril i Metodii", Otdel "Spetsialna i preporuchitelna bibliografiia," 1981- .
UIUC Call number: Main Stacks 016.89181 V44i (Part 1)
The first part of Bulgarian history in fiction contains citations of about 2000 titles of poems, short stories and novels, essays and memoirs which "illustrate the history of Bulgaria", by Bulgarian as well as by foreign authors (in translated in Bulgarian) published independently or included in collections. All cited works appeared in print between 1944 and 1981. (Multiple editions of the same works are also included.) Cited works are selected from such reliable sources as catalog of the library of Cyril and Methodius, bulletin " Novi knigi" etc. Bibliography is designed for popular readers, librarians, and teachers, interested in selecting literature on Bulgarian history. Materials are organized chronologically by historical events - from creation of Bulgarian state to 1930s. Within each topic, titles are arranged alphabetically by author's name. Some leading historical figures have separate chapters in bibliography. Few entries have brief annotations with historical content description. Bibliography is supplied with detailed table of content and with personal names index, geographical names index, index of types of fiction (short and long poems, stories, novels, plays, chronicles etc.) arranged alphabetically by author.
Peter Gerlinghoff. Meisenheim am Glan : Hain, 1969.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.89181 G31B
This bibliography is meant for beginning students and it does not strive to be complete. It includes information on the most important topics and meaningful personalities in Bulgarian literature in the second half of the XIX century. It is divided into two parts. In the first section are listed bibliographies, periodicals, collections, general works on Bulgarian literature, the fundamental works on literary theory and on the main periods of Bulgarian literature. The second section is devoted to the most famous Bulgarian writers: it includes bibliographies of their published works and bibliographies about them. This bibliography is searchable only through an author index.
Veselin Traikov. Sofiia : Nauka i izkustvo, 1964.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.89181 T68b
Prominent Bulgarian Scholar Veselin Traikov compiled this bibliographic index which covers 140 years' history of Bulgarian literature translations in 65 foreign languages. Writers of Macedonian origins who wrote in Bulgarian (in the period before World War Two) are also included in the source. Bibliography contains large number of folklore works translations, as well as translations of individual works (poetry and prose), anthologies and collections; translations which appeared in periodical publications, journals and newspapers. Entries are grouped by language and chronologically within each group. Great feature of this source is list of reviews on translations published between 1944 and 1957 (!). In addition, citations for reviews of famous translations can be found in the main sections under title of work. Bibliography is supplied by 3 indexes: author index, folk works' index, and index of translators, compilers, editors, and illustrators (in Bulgarian). At the end, there are statistical tables for publications between 1944 and 1957, and arranged by language and by specific countries.
Comp. by Veselin Traikov. Sofiia, Bulgarski bibliografski institut: "Nauka i izkustvo," 1958.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.89181 SO23B
Another thorough bibliographic index compiled by Troikov and published by Bulgarian Bibliographic Institute. It covers translations in foreign languages published in the period from 1944 till September of 1957. (Before 1940s only a limited amount of Bulgarian literary works were translated in foreign languages.) Bibliography contains translations of individual works of about 80 Bulgarian prosaist and poets (655 volumes), as well as works of more than 250 authors included in anthologies and collections. This source is excellent for verification of anthologies and collections content, provided in great details. All the titles included are cited in content of poetic and short stories' anthologies. It also covers publications in newspapers and journals. Compilers collect translations in 40 foreign languages. Folklore publications can be also found here.
Bibliography's content is organized by language. It is supplied by 3 indexes: author index, folk works' index, and index of translators, compilers, editors, and illustrators (in Bulgarian). At the end, there are statistical tables for publications between 1944 and 1957, and arranged by language and by specific countries.
Veselin Traikov. [Sofia] : Jusautor, [1965?]
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.89181 T68L
This concise bibliographic index chronologically continues previous one, covering publications in foreign languages in the period between 1958-1964. It is compiled by Copyright Protection Agency and contains 358 works of individual authors, 47 anthologies and some translations of folklore works. It is in no way as complete as previous bibliography, however it contains book cover look. In addition, 250 other translations, individual works and folklore, which have appeared in the period of 1944-57 are listed with language and year of publication.
Bibliography is arranged alphabetically by author, listing his/her works starting with original Bulgarian title, followed by list of individual translations in chronological order. At the end the language and year are indicated, as well as the translations published in languages using alphabets other than the Cyrillic or Latin; the translations of the works of the same author published before and published in Bulgaria.
Anthologies are arranged chronologically in 2nd section; folklore works - in 3rd.
Index of works by country of publication is provided.
Comp. P. Diugmedzhieva i St. Ivanov ; Ed. Venko Khristov.
Sofiia : Nar. bibl. Kiril i Metodii, 1973.
UIUC Call number: Main Stacks 016.89181 D642ch
This source is in fact bio-bibliography which contains bibliography of translated in Bulgarian literary works of foreign authors in the period between 1945 and 1971 and biographical articles about them. Bibliography of translations which is often so difficult to locate presents primary interest. Collection begins with statistical tables and in-depth analysis of publications for specific foreign languages. Main corpus is divided into main sections: European literature, American, Latin American, Asian, and African literature and further arranged alphabetically by country names. Each country section contains general material, such as Bulgarian literary criticism on the topic, as well as collections of works, and followed by alphabetized entries on authors. The entry contains short biography and bibliography of translations. Multiple indexes are available here: indexes of authors' names, titles of individual works and collections, index of translators, index of editors and compilers, and index of authors of reviews and literary criticism.
Comp. Donka Petkanova ; Ed. Ivan Dobrev; Anisava Miltenova. Sofiia : Izd-vo "Petur Beron," 1992.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 891.81703 P445S
This popular dictionary of Old Bulgarian literature contains articles on writers, translators, copyists in Bulgarian medieval culture from the period of VII century, the time of creation of Bulgarian state, to the beginning of XVIII century. In addition it gives much broader cultural material on paleography, historical events and personae, religious life. The covered topics include personal names of Bulgarian books' authors as well as translators and book publishers, along with popular translated Byzantine authors and rulers who promoted literary works; titles of the works, original along with compilations and translations; literary monuments, overviews of major genres of old Bulgarian literature, literary and paleographic terminology descriptions, number of entries on symbols in literature (for example, "symbolism of numbers"), articles on major book keeping centers, and middle ages' heresies.
Biographical entries start with writer's first name followed by surname with indication of writers' pseudonyms. Each article is supplied by excellent scholarly bibliography. It is divided in 3 major rubrics: 1) publications of old Bulgarian works, original and translated, in Slavic languages 2) translations into modern Bulgarian of old Bulgarian texts and 3) most important critical books and articles in Bulgarian and foreign languages. The list of bibliographic sources can be found in the beginning of the dictionary. Work is supplemented by the list of special and rare terms with their etymology and definition.
The authors of the dictionary did not include articles about scholars of Old Bulgarian literature. This topic is already covered in "Kirilo-Metodievska entsiklopediia" and "Rechnik na Bulraskata literatura." This dictionary is a great addition to these major works. This is a great source for a scholar and popular reading for anyone interested in history of Bulgarian culture.
Please also see a section of the course called Biographical Sources for Bulgaria for the essential sources which include not only literary figures but other Bulgarian distinguished personae.
Ed. Georgi TSanev. Sofiia: BAN. Institut za literatura, 1976-1982. 3 vol.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 891.8103 R243
3-volume edition of Bulgarian Academy of Science is a major undertaking which covers in detail 11 centuries of Bulgarian literature. Although not free from ideological bias, this source is one of the best and most informative till present. Collection contains 1,500 articles about Bulgarian writers, literary historians and literary critics, and translators. Separate entries feature important monuments of Old Bulgarian literature, such as "Asemanievo evangelie", "Bolonski psaltir." Most important anthologies and collections of modern literature are also included; others - can be found in a separate article on "Anthologies." Literary periodicals are also described in separate entries, as well as literary groups and organizations, important publishers and publishing houses. There is a special article devoted to book illustrators. Dictionary also features overviews of literary genres and their history and separate entries for "Literary bibliography", "Children's literature," "Bulgarian literature abroad." Coverage of Enlightenment period has a broader representation of figures important for Bulgarian cultural development.
Entries are arranged alphabetically; those on personae are concise - they include biography, characteristics of literary work and followed by great bibliography of published works and thorough bibliography of critical works. Volumes offer good illustrative material: portraits, facsimile of manuscripts etc.
Dictionary unfortunately does not include any indexes which makes using it more difficult.
Ed. Ivan Radev. Veliko Turnovo : "Slovo", 1994, 2 volumes.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.89181 B521
Two volume collection of writers' biographies compiled by Ivan Radev includes articles on major contributors to a literary development of Bulgaria starting from the times of Cyril and Methodius and old Bulgarian writers and completing with contemporary authors. Entries on about 80 personae are included in chronological order and may be found with the help of the table of content. First volume includes tome period from IX through the end of XIX century. Second volume is primarily covers XX century.
The aim of this work is to present biographical essays on most important figures in Bulgarian literature, rather then give an exhaustive coverage. It also presents a new approach to many figures revealing new facts, not influenced by censorship, the flaw which earlier works of the type often have. Articles' creator offers somewhat subjective approach trying to interpret biographical facts and find their connection with literary activity.
Index is not available.
G. Konstantinov et al. Sofiia : Bulgarski pisatel, 1961.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 928.9181 K837B; Also available in the Main Stacks
Konstantinov's dictionary is the best single source of Bulgarian authors, medieval and modern, till beginning of 1960s. Differently from the previous source, it has much more comprehensive coverage of Bulgarian writers and poets including literary critics and historians as well. It provides in the vicinity of 1,000 entries and in addition supplies plenty of bibliographic materials. The authors maintain an objective and neutral tone and strictly factual approach in their concise articles. Each biographical entry is followed by chronologically organized list of author's works and then alphabetized list of critical literature - monographs, articles and reviews - about him, published till August of 1961. While creators of the dictionary do not include every critical publication, they do select the most important critical contributions. Dictionary is organized by literary periods but it is not reflected in table of content. Table of content almost duplicates name index, which is also available. With the exception of this minor defect, this dictionary presents a great source of biographic information about rare authors and a very good bibliography.
by Mateja Matejic. Ed. Karen L. Black ; translated by Predrag Matejic. Columbus, Ohio : Slavica, [1982?]
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.89181 B52
This English source is a fruit of the cooperative efforts of American and Bulgarian scholars. It includes biographical articles on about 90 prominent Bulgarian authors chronologically arranged within major periods. Every article is supplied by the further reading including list of published works of the author, biographical and bibliographical, critical reviews in Bulgarian, and literature in English. Bibliography and list of translation is up to the date approximately to early 1977 with few additions for later years. Some terms and historical events are annotated.
Ed. G. Veselinov, K. Kuev, St. Stoianov. Sofiia: Sofiiskii Universitet "Kliment Okhridski", 1968. 214 p.
UIUC Call Number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 924.918 So23
This dictionary informs about Slavic studies of scholars from Sofia Universitety "Kliment Okhridski". Published by Division of Slavic Philology at the University "Kliment Okhridski", it is devoted to VI International Slavic Congress which took place in Praha in 1968. The collection presents short autobiographies and bibliography of research works of the faculty members from literature, linguistic and journalism departments. Thus this resource provides broader materials concerning the scholars of not only Bulgarian, Russian literature, and literary theory but also general linguistics, Bulgarian and Slavic linguistics, ethnography and journalism. Dictionary does not include former University members. Personae are listed by department name. List of publications chronologically extends from 1940 to 1967 and can serve as a good citation source.
Name index at the end of the book facilitates the search.
Ed. Ivan Sarandev. Plovdiv : IK "Khermes", 1999. 2 vol.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 891.8100922 R2437
This literary dictionary contains materials on more than 40 major Bulgarian prose writers and poets of second half of XIX-XX century. It is designed for a popular reader, teachers and students, and accordingly presents information in easily accessible form. Entries are alphabetically organized. Each entry contains short biographical article about the author, then general critical discussion of his writings, followed by articles devoted to the content of specific works - including prominent short stories and poetic pieces (!); entry is concluded by cited responses from critics and, finally, by the list of writer's published works and critical literature for further reading.
Second volume contains a section with brief overviews of main periods in the history of Bulgarian literature of XX century (with the list of recommended literature), articles on main genres and styles in modern Bulgarian literature and common literary terms.
Index of titles and terms at the end of 2nd volume facilitate the search. Overall, it is a useful basic source on representatives of new Bulgarian literature.
Ed. Magdalena Shishkova , [Sabina Beliaeva, Miroslav Dachev]. Sofiia : Khemus, 1994.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.89181 R243
Compiled by collective efforts of the members of Bulgarian Academy of Science, "St. Kliment Okhridski" University and National literary museum, this authoritative source has much bigger scope of coverage for Bulgarian literary figures - prosaists, poets, dramatists, literary historians and critics, and journalists - between 1878 and 1992. Creators of the dictionary rediscover the authors whose work was previously silenced due to ideological reasons and suggest a different approach to the classics of modern Bulgarian literature. This volume includes in the vicinity of 500 concise articles with bibliographic and analytical information. Work is limited by information about authors and their books without special entries on literary magazines, trends and terms. Each entry is supplied by the list of writer's published oeuvres and sometimes bibliographies and criticism.. (Articles are signed by creators.) Name index is available at the end.
Ivan Bogdanov. Sofiia : Durzhavno izdatelstvo "D-r Petur Beron", 1989.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 014.781 B63R1989
This is a third expanded edition of dictionary of pseudonyms by Ivan Bogdanov which features not only writers but also journalists, translators, caricaturists, political activists and scholars of various disciplines. Dictionary is divided into two major sections, analytical and synthetical. First one provides an alphabetical list of authors' pseudonyms: pseudonym is followed by author's real name, then by bibliographic note with indication when and where pseudonym was used. It is concluded by indication of the source for this data. Bogdanov used variety of sources, described at the beginning of the dictionary, such as bibliographic, archival materials, and research data. Compound names are not inverted but are used as they were published. Pseudonyms in the form of initials are incorporated in the list as well.
Second part presents alphabetized list of real names of the authors along with the short note on their primarily occupation and list of pseudonyms used by this person. This is an invaluable source for the authors of XIX-XX century (till 1989) whose names were hidden under pseudonyms.
Earlier editions of this dictionary published in 1961 and 1978 are also available in UIUC library. 1961 edition is circulating.
The scholar of Bulgarian literature should not overlook multiple general periodical indexes, such as for example Letopis na periodichniia pechat', Letopis na statiite ot bulgarskite spisaniia i sbornitsi, Natsionalna bibliografiia na NR Bulgariia. Seriia 5: Letopis na statiite ot bulgarskite spisaniia i sbornitsi, reviewed in detail in the section of the the course - Bulgarian Periodical Resources.
Ivan Bogdanov. Sofiia : Izd-vo na otechestveniia front, 1972.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.05781 B63B
This is a wonderful source for those interested in Bulgarian periodical history. This periodical index is devoted to the period between 1872 and 1944, the time of intense national literature development. It gives a consecutive history of Bulgarian periodical publications divided into two major periods - from 1878 to 1918, and 1919 to 1944. 216 periodicals, journals and magazines (newspapers are not included!), are present here - they are not only specifically literary periodicals but also general political and information sources which include section devoted to Bulgarian literature. Compilers selected for inclusion most important sources, some secondary publications are omitted. Publications are arranged chronologically. Each of them has a description such as place, dates and frequency of publication, editor's name. It is followed by description of the rubrics and general characteristics of the newspaper themes and content, as well as names of the authors who typically were published here. At the end of each period there is a long analytical review of main cultural events and periodical sources.
Volume is supplied with great finding aid - index of periodical titles described or mentioned, index of publications by year, index of mentioned literary works or memoirs, index of editors and chiefs of literary publications, name index.
By George I. Paprikoff. Chicago : S.K. Paprikoff, 1985. Chicago : S.K. Paprikoff, 1985.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.3058 P199w
This valuable bibliography is the first of its kind. Its creator, G. Paprikoff assembles and records the writings by Bulgarian emigrants published after the change of political power in Bulgaria in 1944. The scope of included writings is from 1944 to 1985 and the coverage arranged chronologically by year is worldwide and in many languages. Subjects covered by the bibliography are of a wide range, not only literature, but also art, history, politics, religion, medicine etc. Books, booklets and dissertations here are included with publication details and physical description and in addition with table of contents and illustrations' information. Very short annotations are available also. Search of literary topics may be conducted the best with the help of author, subject, language, and country of publication indexes. Relevant entries in addition to writers' names can be subjects "art, music, theatre", "critique", "novels, essays, dramas", "children's books".
Comp. Ivan Iordanov Ivanov; Ed. Lora Nikolova Ribarska. Sofiia : Nar. bibl. Kiril i Metodii, 1979.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 016.89181 D484
Present bibliography covers books for children and young adults published between 1944 and 1978. About 1,340 citations are selected for inclusion here, which is about one third of all the publications for children for this period of time. The volume is primarily designed for teachers and special collection librarians and principles of selection have clearly ideological background. Along with creations of Bulgarian authors, it is a good source for translated works. Works which received prizes or awards are marked with the star. Materials are arranged by topic starting with Bulgarian literature (collections of folklore, then authors' works organized by form and genre), followed by Russian and Soviet works and literature of Europe, America and Australia similarly organized.
Citations are supplied by translators' and illustrators' names. Author name/title, title and illustrators' names indexes facilitate an access to information easier.
Ivan Radev. Veliko Turnovo : Abagar, 1991.
UIUC Call number: International & Area Studies Slavic -- Bulgarian Reference 891.8109 R117B
Ivan Radev's guide is an invaluable source for a scholar interested in Biblical references in Bulgarian literature of XIX-XX century. It describes or features fragments of short stories, novels, poems which include allusions to biblical texts and imagery, or their interpretations, or biblical citations. Although such a guide can not exhaust all possibilities of references, it covers a great deal. Guide is organized alphabetically by authors' names. Each entry has a concise biographical note with brief critical comment on the character of religious imagery emerged in writer's works. Then one finds name of the work and its fragment followed by citation from biblical text to which fragment has a relation. All citations from a Bible indicate book, chapter, and line.
Poetic works have particularly extensive coverage here.
Guide is supplied by subject index where each book of Bible is recorded with the list of names of the authors and their works with allusion to it. Pages numbers here are lacking, unfortunately. Author index is missing too which does not facilitate searching.
Ivan Bogdanov. Sofiia : Narodna prosveta, 1966.
UIUC Call number: Oak Street Facility 891.8109 B63bu
The task of this source is to represent chronologically (by year and sometimes month) major events in Bulgarian literary development from its first steps in IX century to 1965. Significant cultural events, literary movements, birth dates of literary figures, important publications (poetry, prose, magazine and newspaper articles), history of journalism are present here. Every major literary period is preceded by a lengthy critical article.
Whenever year of birth or death for important literary persona is indicated, it accompanied by brief biographical and critical note. If exact year of event is not known, author indicates century or part of the century. When year of event is questionable it is marked with one star, when century - with 2 stars.
Chronology is supplied by lengthy list of bibliographic sources and vast corpus of indexes: name index, subject index, title index for Old Bulgarian literary monuments, index of annotated works and index of periodicals.
Whole using this source scholar shouldn't forget about calendar change in Bulgaria on April 14, 1916, for as author points out some mix of dates can be found.


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CARLOS BY CARLOS SANTANA Yellow Women's Dream Shoe
These yellow shoes will add the right pop of color to any outfit this spring and summer. I can see myself wearing these with any number of outfits! Sales of Carlos by Carlos Santana shoes benefit the Milagro Foundation (www.milagrofoundation.org), an organization dedicated to serving underprivileged children.


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Cisco ASA 8.3 - NAT and Matching Global Statements
I have a Cisco ASA running 8.2 in routed mode.
The ASA has three interfaces, inside, outside and DMZ. They connect to the following three networks:
Inside: 10.1.1.0/24
Outside: 10.1.2.0/24
I have the following dynamic PAT configuration:
nat (inside) 1 10.1.1.0 255.255.255.0
global (outside) 188.8.131.52
nat control is turned off.
By my understanding any traffic from the inside to outside interface will be PATted to 22.214.171.124. However, communications between inside and the DMZ will not be PATted, and should work with no problems.
This seems to be corroborated by this document:
Which states:
"The adaptive security appliance translates an address when a NAT rule matches the traffic. If no NAT rule matches, processing for the packet continues."
I may have misunderstood the above statement.
I found this guide to configuring NAT/PAT:
It states:
"When you specify a group of IP address(es) in a nat command, then you must perform NAT on that group of addresses when they access any lower or same security level interface; you must apply a global command with the same NAT ID on each interface, or use a static command. NAT is not required for that group when it accesses a higher security interface because to perform NAT from outside to inside you must create a separate nat command using the outside keyword. If you do apply outside NAT, then the NAT requirements preceding come into effect for that group of addresses when they access all higher security interfaces. Traffic identified by a static command is not affected."
Bit sneaky to not add this as a caveat in the configuration guide.
My problem is that packet tracer does not seem to bear me out. It tells me the packet is dropped due to "no matching global" when I source traffic from the inside interface and send it to the DMZ.
Does anyone have any ideas as to why this is? It seems odd that you'd have to configure nat exemption to communicate to every single other interface just to facilitate PAT between one interface pair.


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Chris Daughtry, the 26-year-old aspiring singer from McLeansville, NC, was sent home last night during American Idol's results show. The final three (plus celebrities) pictured above L-R :: Elliott Yamin, 27, from Richmond, Virginia, Taylor Hicks, 29, from Birmingham, Alabama, Rebecca Romijn, 33, from Berkeley, California, Katharine McPhee, 21, from Sherman Oaks, California and Hugh Jackman, 37, from Sydney, Australia. Watch the shocking moment of Chris Daughtry getting the Idol boot last night below. It all happened so quickly, I wanted to hear the judges' responses!! More pictures in the gallery!


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Studer Group – Leaders, do your employees say communication could be better? Would they like more input into corporate decisions? Do they wish their contributions were more appreciated? If so, consider focusing more attention on what Quint Studer, CEO of Studer Group, calls "building an emotional bank account" with your employees. Not only is it the right thing to do, it's good insurance for the future. Eventually, your employees will feel let down--so you must ensure there's enough emotional capital in the account for that metaphorical rainy day.
"Most leaders truly want to do the right thing," asserts Studer, author of Straight A Leadership: Alignment, Action, Accountability. "They want positive, productive, trust-based relationships with their people. But let's face it: perfection doesn't exist in leaders or in companies. You put in enough 'deposits' so that when the inevitable 'withdrawals' are made--let's say you forget to say thank you or you have to institute pay cuts--there's enough goodwill in the account to salvage those relationships."
Withdrawals, Studer points out, are usually weightier than deposits -- so great leaders do everything they can to make more of the latter. For instance:
- Diagnose employee satisfaction--and act on the results. Use a proven, respected assessment tool to figure out where your problems lie. Then, commit to solving them. "One of the biggest issues we see in our work with clients is that people say, 'Well, they measured our satisfaction but nobody responded to what we said,'" says Studer. "We advise organizations to be open about the results and have everyone to vote on the top three issues. Eventually, you should address them all, but start with the top three."
- Harvest best practices. If assessments reveal that a high number of employees cite "poor communication" as a problem, dig deeper. You may find that one department manager got great communication scores. Find out what she is doing right and reward her. Then, work to apply her communication practices throughout the organization. "Your company doesn't really have a problem with poor communication, just inconsistent communication," says Studer. "Take what people are doing right and expand it. It's much more effective than trying to start from scratch--and it builds goodwill."
- Announce that you're making changes. Accept skepticism, but not cynicism. "Tell employees specifically what you are going to fix," says Studer. "Naturally, they will be skeptical. You can even tell them that skepticism is fine, even expected, but ask that they try not to be cynical. If they start rolling their eyes and say, 'Oh, we've heard all that before,' tell them, 'Look, you can be part of the problem or you can be open to change and see good things start to happen.'"
- Go for "quick wins" to establish credibility. A quick win is an action that shows employees you really are committed to meeting their needs. If you are trying to establish an environment of fairness, for instance, don't "pull rank" as a senior leader and cut in line. Don't insist on having the parking spot nearest the door. (Not only will it send a signal that you're no more important than anyone else, the longer parking lot trek gives you the opportunity to talk to employees and stay on top of what's going on in your company.) Perhaps your quick win might take the form of getting a department a piece of equipment that employees have requested for years, or finally dealing with a low performer who's been dragging everyone down. Sometimes you won't know what your quick win is until the moment it presents itself. And seemingly small gestures can have a big impact. In Straight A Leadership, Studer tells a story about his first day as administrator at a new hospital. He asked a nurse how he could make her job better, and she said she was frightened walking to her car at night because of the tall bushes by the parking lot. While she worked that day, Studer got the bushes trimmed and put up a small fence. It made the nurse feel safe and, more to the point, valued as an employee and as a person.
- "Round" relentlessly. Studer is a huge proponent of leadership "rounding," a process similar to the one doctors use to check on their patients. In the business world, a CEO, VP, or department manager "makes the rounds" daily to check on the status of his or her employees. "Basically, you take an hour a day to touch base with employees, make a personal connection, recognize successes, find out what's going well, and determine what improvements can be made," says Studer. "And of course, you fix any problems that come up. Rounding is the heart and soul of building the emotional bank account, because it shows employees day in and day out that you care."
- Get rid of low performers. Make no mistake: your employees don't want to work with low performers. Nothing makes employees as discouraged and resentful as having to co-exist with people who don't pull their own weight. In fact, low performers usually drive high performers right out the door. "Turning a blind eye to these people quickly drains the emotional bank account you're trying to build up with your good employees," says Studer. "However hard it may seem, you must move these people up or out."
- Avoid creating a "We/They" culture. The temptation to get on your employees' good side by saying (for instance), "Well, I fought for the budget increase but this is all I could get," can be huge. It may feel easier or more comfortable at the moment, but ultimately you're dividing the staff instead of uniting them. Of course, few leaders deliberately foster a "We/They" mentality, but it can be easy to do subconsciously. "Interestingly, the other side of the coin--'I know you've begged for more money for years and here I took care of it in one afternoon!'--can be equally divisive," adds Studer. "When you solve a big problem overnight, you might be undermining mid-level supervisors who've been working on a problem for a long time. Don't walk around and perform magic."
- Be open and truthful with your employees, no matter how difficult it may be. "Let's say you know that part of your organization is going to be outsourced in the next few months, or that there are going to be major cuts in benefits," says Studer. "Even if it doesn't directly affect your team, it certainly impacts them on an emotional level. Once the decision is final, you owe it to your employees to tell them. Don't wait for them to read it in the paper. They will know that you knew all along--and a huge amount of trust will be lost."
In the end, of course, trust is what building a healthy emotional bank account is all about, says Studer. "When you've always been up front with your employees, and proven every day that you want what's best for them, they'll give you the benefit of the doubt when things don't go their way," he says. "They might not like it, and they may be angry. But they won't feel betrayed to the point of leaving. They'll realize that you've always treated them like adults, with respect and consideration. And that's when you'll truly see the value of the work you've been doing. That emotional capital you've invested will save the relationship--you'll see that it's the very foundation of a healthy company."
About the Book:
Straight A Leadership: Alignment, Action, Accountability (Fire Starter Publishing, 2009, ISBN: 0-9840794-1-6, $18.00) is available at bookstores nationwide, major online booksellers, or directly from the publisher by calling (866) 354-3473. Copies also can be purchased online through the Studer Group website at www.studergroup.com.