FREMONT – Terra State's annual Holiday Festival will present "If You Just Believe" at 8 p.m. Dec. 6 at the Sandusky State Theatre and at 4 p.m. Dec. 7 in the Student Activities Center, Building C, on Terra's campus, 2830 Napoleon Road.
Showgoers will experience the perfect blend, from the most time-honored classic carols to some of everyone's holiday favorites. Special highlights include the annual candlelight opening, dramatic storytelling narrations, and a moving tribute to the Greatest Generation.
These annual concerts feature the Terra Choral Society conducted by Michael Shirtz and the Chamber Arts Orchestra/Chamber Strings Ensemble conducted by Barbara M. Ziebold.
The show is narrated and hosted by actress Monica Olejko and includes special performances by the Terra's Children's Choir "Dynamic," Sandusky High School Keynotes and Bell Choir (Saturday) and the Gibsonburg High School Show Choir (Sunday), dancers from the Broadway Performing Arts Center, and the Northern Ohio Regional Flute Alliance Flute Choir with preconcert music 30 minutes before each performance.
The audience is encouraged to participate in several activities that happen before and during the concert, such as wearing their "Ugly Holiday Sweater" and entering into the contest to see who has the "best" sweater out there.
If sweaters aren't your thing, then take a picture with the family at "Photo Booth by the Fireside" and enjoy some delicious goodies at the Cocoa Bar.
Terra's Holiday Festival is produced by the Terra Music Student Production Team as part of its educational training in producing real-life, hands-on programs.
The Holiday Festival concerts are focused on the Choral Society and the traditions of singing during this festive time of year but also include a multitude of dramatic production elements to assist in the story of the production.
To buy tickets, call the box office at 419-559-2379 or stop by the office in Building D, Room D202. Tickets are $10 for general seating. If special seating requirements are needed, notify the box office to receive assistance from a student representative.
For more information, call 419-559-2379.


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Cemeteries and the National Register of Historic Places
I suspect that anyone who reads this blog is familiar with the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP), but I'm going to give a brief overview before delving into the subject of NRHP eligibility for cemeteries.
The NRHP was created by the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966. Under this act, the Park Service was charged with maintaining a register of properties of historic significance. All nominations are done through the state's State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO) except in cases of federal land/projects and/or tribal land. I'm not going to go into details of nomination; it can be a long process. For an actual nomination you might consider hiring a professional. However, if you'd rather go through the process yourself a good place to start is the National Register Fundamentals page on the NHRP website.
In this post I'm going to cover the criteria that determine if a cemetery is eligible for nomination to the National Register. Cemeteries are a category of sites that are specifically excluded from eligibility except in certain cases. This isn't due to some sort of secret anti-cemetery cabal in the Park Service (at least, I'm pretty sure it isn't…) – it's due to the practical reason that cemeteries are normally well protected by state and local laws and have significant cultural, familial, and personal ties that can make objective analysis difficult. Let me go ahead and say – if your favorite cemetery isn't eligible for the National Register don't assume its doomed, odds are there are state and local laws that protect it to some degree (probably as much as being listed on the National Register does, anyway).
I'm going to be drawing my information from the National Register Bulletin #41: Guidelines for Evaluating and Registering Cemeteries and Burial Places. and Listing a Property. I'll condense a few key points from these bulletins, if you're interested in nominating a cemetery check the links above for more information regarding this process.
Any property (cemetery or otherwise) nominated for the National Register must have maintained its historic integrity and must meet one of the four significance criteria:
Criterion A: Properties can be eligible for the National Register if they are associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of our history.
Criterion B: Properties may be eligible for the National Register if they are associated with the lives of persons significant in our past.
Criterion C: Properties may be eligible for the National Register if they embody the distinctive characteristics of a type, period, or method of construction, or that represent the work of a master, or that possess high artistic values, or that represent a significant and distinguishable entity whose components may lack individual distinction.
Criterion D: Properties may be eligible for the National Register if they have yielded, or may be likely to yield, information important in prehistory or history.
Further, there are special considerations that must be taken in to account, known as Criteria Considerations:
a. A religious property deriving primary significance from architectural or artistic distinction or historical importance; or
b. A building or structure removed from its original location but which is primarily significant for architectural value, or which is the surviving structure most importantly associated with a historic person or event; or
c. A birthplace or grave of a historical figure of outstanding importance if there is no appropriate site or building directly associated with his or her productive life; or
d. A cemetery which derives its primary importance from graves of persons of transcendent importance, from age, from distinctive design features, or from association with historic events; or
e. A reconstructed building when accurately executed in a suitable environment and presented in a dignified manner as part of a restoration master plan, and when no other building or structure with the same association has survived; or
f. A property primarily commemorative in intent if design, age, tradition, or symbolic value has invested it with its own exceptional significance; or
g. A property achieving significance within the past 50 years if it is of exceptional importance.
What does all that mean for a cemetery?
1. It must have historic integrity, with "historic" being generally defined as "greater than 50 years old" for the purposes of the NRHP. This means that if the cemetery has been moved it is probably no longer eligible. I say "probably" because there is some flexibility, for example, a cemetery established in 1720, with burials moved in 1770, and which continued in use for a significant period of time after the move could still be eligible. If the cemetery was moved in the last 50 years, however, it's likely not eligible as it arguably has no historic integrity.
2. It must be significant, as defined by the 4 criteria: A, B, C, and D. In the case of a cemetery, Criteria D requires no additional special considerations and refers to a cemetery "having yielded or having the potential to yield important information in prehistory or history". This if often interpreted as being archaeologically important, for example, a slave cemetery might yield information regarding the diet, health, and burial customs of a group with little written documentation; but it is not limited to only excavation, a study of material culture in the form of grave offerings visible on the surface could meet Criteria D. There's a lot of room here, but to further meet this criteria generally there must be a research plan that lays out exactly what information the cemetery is likely to yield and how it will be recovered. Archaeological investigation does not automatically disqualify a site for listing, by the way.
Criterion A , B, and C require a little more documentation. Criterion A may seem a little confusing at first glance, but a classic example is a burial ground used for burial of dead soldiers during or immediately after the battle on a Civil War Battlefield. There are other examples that can meet this criteria, though, such as a cemetery dating to the early days of settlement of an area that was in use for a significant period. In such a case the cemetery could show changes in burial customs across a broad pattern of local history. The NRHP Bulletin #41 referenced above provides many other examples.
Criterion B is straightforward, with the exception that a burial or cemetery must meet Criterion Consideration c. Basically, the cemetery (or birthplace) must be the only surviving structure/site associated with the individual. The grave of William Faulkner, for example, would not be eligible under Consideration c because the house where he wrote many of his novels, Rowan Oak, is maintained as a National Register property. However, the grave might be eligible under other criteria. The main exception to this Consideration is if the grave is being nominated as part of a historic property – for example, if Faulkner were buried in the back yard of Rowan Oak, protection would be extended to the grave as part of the property's nomination.
Criterion C covers architectural details, assemblages of distinctive markers, and similar attributes. Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans is an example of one that would qualify under Criterion C, as it represents a particular architectural style and contains the works of a locally known master designer. It would also need to meet Criterion Consideration d.
There's a good bit more detail to the Criteria Considerations – I recommend you read NHRP Bulletin #41 in its entirety if you want to know more. It's not the most entertaining read, but it does a good job of laying out the criteria and providing examples for each case.
There's also a "shortcut" (although it's not, really, the process is more work) in that if a cemetery is nominated as part of a National Historic District then the Criteria Consideration no longer apply, however, the requirements for nominating a district make the process more involved than a single property nomination and, as such, it's way beyond the scope of this post!
Finally, like I mentioned earlier, don't be afraid to talk to specialists. You can hire a specialist (archaeologist, anthropologist, historian, historic architect, etc depending on what you're nominating) to do the entire process, or you could hire them as a consultant to do a specific part (identify the artistic and architecturally significant components of a cemetery). You are not required to be a professional to submit a nomination, however! If you are willing to put in the time and legwork to research a property and educate yourself on the process you can do the nomination yourself – any US citizen has the right to nominate a property. There are resources available to help you – check out the local SHPO (State Historic Preservation Office, remember), they may have resources available. Keep in mind that the SHPO are often very overworked – they wear many hats in a lot of cases, including state archaeologist, SHPO, and a host of others. In addition, they are not there to do the nomination for you, it's not in their job description, I promise. They can point you in the right direction though. You can find a list of SHPO offices here.
There's a lot involved in making NRHP nominations, I've tried to cover the basics here. In a nutshell:
- if the cemetery is a small family plot it's less likely to be eligible, although not impossible. It might have an example of a rare marker, for example, which would give it stylistic significance.
- if the cemetery is modern, founded w/in the past 50 years, it's probably not eligible.
- if it's a larger cemetery in use for a long period, there's better odds of eligibility, as it may meet several criteria
- if it is attached to a NRHP eligible property it is automatically eligible, although check the special criteria for religious properties for churches and churchyards!
That's a brief overview of the criteria that determine if a cemetery is eligible, I hope you found it helpful. One other resource you might consider if you are looking at nominating a cemetery is your local historical society and genealogical society. Between the two they can probably tell you if anybody of significant historical importance is buried there, the dates of the cemetery itself, and they may have contacts with professionals you can make use of. Sphere: Related Content
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Wonderful story. I didn't know most of that. Thanks for sharing a very important piece of info!!
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In a June 15 letter to Broomfield City Manager Charles Ozaki, Extraction Oil and Gas stated that the City is in breach of contract because it has "engaged in bad faith by unreasonably withholding approvals and attempts to impose new conditions of approval that do not exist either in the agreements or law." The letter served to notify the City under a provision of the Operator Agreement that allows 30 days for either party to rectify any breach of contract. Extraction stated that the only way for the City to rectify the breach is "to approve the CDP, grant the local permits (including, but not limited to, pending PPIPs), pipeline easements, and execute any and all oil and gas leases submitted to the City pursuant to the Operating Agreement." Subsequent action would involve a lawsuit and request for injunctive relief, according to Extraction's June 15 letter.
This letter was issued three days after Extraction began the June 12 Council meeting by demanding that the Staff approve the Comprehensive Drilling Plan (CDP) that evening, despite the fact that the Staff had told Extraction that Council would be reviewing it on June 12 and June 26. Also during the June 12 meeting, Extraction representatives later stormed out after objecting to answering further questions about the inadequate risk management information it provided for the CDP.
Extraction also repeated its objection to the Staff's request for Council approval and its recusal requests of Council Members Bette Erickson and Kevin Kreeger. The Extraction letter claimed the City is in breach of contract because it has also not granted all pipeline right-of-way nor signed its mineral lease with Extraction.


I am so excited to share with you a new sponsor here at Sew Many Ways...Vicki Welsh Hand Dyed Fabrics.
I can't thank Vicki enough for joining Sew Many Ways. If you are looking for beautiful, one of a kind, hand dyed fabric, then Vicki is the person for you. When you come back to Sew Many Ways and are looking for a link to Vicki's awesome site, her button is on my right side bar. She is also having a give away for us here, so read through to the bottom!!
I have been following Karen's blog, Sew Many Ways, for a long time and I am so impressed with everything she has going on here. I recently decided that it was high time that I got involved myself and I am thrilled to be a blog sponsor now.
I retired from corporate America in 2010 after spending almost 30 years as a project manager in the financial services industry. It was a great life but I am lucky to now be able to devote myself to my passions: dyeing fabric and quilting! I've been sewing all my life and started concentrating on quilts about 12 years ago. I started dyeing fabric in 2007 and have been hooked ever since.
The most unique thing about hand dyed fabrics is that they are one-of-a-kind creations. That said, I have hundreds of dye recipes and can create (and recreate) custom colors. I am most known for my fabric gradients (5 popular ones are shown above). These fabrics blend colors from selvedge to selvedge. I also have fat quarter packs and one-of-a-kind pieces.
Additionally, on my blog, I have a Featured Fabric Palette of coordinated "solids" and gradient that is offered at a special discounted price for a limited time.
My goal is to introduce (or reintroduce) quilters and fiber artists to the world of hand dyed fabrics. Hand dyed fabrics have a reputation for not being colorfast and, therefore, many quilters avoid them. My fabrics are processed to remove all of the excess dye and you can use them in your quilts as confidently as you do commercially printed fabrics. You can read about my process for removing excess dye here and the process is also effective with commercial prints that bleed. One recent quilter used this process on a finished quilt that bled and it got out all of the excess dye that had bled onto her white fabrics. Turquoise dyes seem to be the most stubborn and they sometimes require multiple treatments. I apply this process to any commercial fabrics I buy. I put them through the soak before they are ever placed in my stash.
For up to date information on my new palettes, new products and special sales, sign up for my monthly newsletter here.
What a difficult choice - I love everything Vicki does but think I would choose the orange stash pack.
By far my favorite is transdoodle! How colorful and so very cool to learn about your business. Congrats on saying goodbye to the corporate life - what a dream come true it sounds like for you. thank you for sharing!
Very pretty...I like this from the shop.
and I love the orange bundle too.
Everything is beautiful! The teal stash pack is my favorite.
ok this is hard to pick, I am going to Gradient, because that southwest one is GORRRgeous, but I also like the stash packs of sunshine. I have always wanted to dabble in making hand dyed fabrics.... one day maybe.
That is an impossible choice. I love the gradients. They could be used in so many ways. The stash packs are gorgeous color combinations. I like them all but for some reason was really drawn to the reds or turquoise blues. Beautiful!
OOOoo - pretty colors! I love the stash packs with all the color variety - especially the great yellows. It is so hard to find good yellows in the shops.
OMGosh!! such beautiful vibrant colors..the gradients are my favorites along with the specials. Thanks for sharing the article on dye removal too.
My favorite is the gradients--but don't ask me which: an impossible choice! I love the fact that you are so determined to have your fabric NOT run--one of my pet peeves.
Lovely colors. I like the Stash Packs.
Vicki really knows how to dye fabric! The Shibori Fabric - Toyoake is unbelievable! You have a wonderful sponsor there Karen! What a wonderful giveaway.
The stash packs and the gradients ate my favorite sections, but the shibori fabrics are definitely eye- catching!!
I love the green stash pack - lovely shop and lovely fabric.
I love the gradients - blues stash pack. Thanks for the giveaway.
They are ALL gorgeous! Not sure I can decide! LOL I like the gradients, the Spring and Sunshine Stash Packs the most.
I always love to see what Vicki is dying, she has such beautiful shades and variations.
I really love the blue and green gradients. I want to do some art pieces and those shades would be wonderful for backgrounds, for skies or ocean.
I love the fat quarter packs.
It is so hard to pick because they are all so beautiful! I would have to go with fat quarter packs only because I have been doing a lot of quick fat quarter projects recently so those really jumped out at me.
Awesome giveaway! They are all so beautiful it's hard to choose, but I was immediately drawn to the Spring Green Stash Pack. Such gorgeous colors! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
Vicki your site is amazing. I think I have dyed and gone to fabric heaven. I love the gradients and the shibori. These are the types of fabric I am drawn to. Thanks for a chance at a fabulous giveaway. I would choose (OMG, I love them all)the Teal stash pack.
I'd have to say the stash packs. That said, I must add, Karen, that your kits make my mouth water! LOL Gorgeous!!
I really liked the orange stash Pack. All the colors are really nice.
I like either the stash packs or FQ bundles....not that I need any more fabric, I could open my own store, but these are beautiful!
I like the gradients, especially the yellow to red because I always need reds, but all the colors are beautiful. Handyed and batiks are my favorite fabrics to work with.
They are all beautiful... I love the Akita & Hirakawa (I LOVE GREEN). I also found your removing excess dye section VERY helpful, I am going to try the boiling water & patience! Thank you so much!
I love the stash packs. They are wonderful!! Thanks for the chance to win.!!!
I love your fabrics! Just looking at them online is a joy. The colors are amazing. I liked the gradients the best, and therefore, the one yard cuts - I love seeing the color unfold. I would have a problem cutting it :) Thanks for the link!
Eu gostei de todos,mas os gradientes vermelhos são o que preciso no momento.Eu achei que a teimosia era só com os tecidos vinhos e marrons,tenho tido algum problema com manchas nessas cores.Obrigada.
The fabrics are gorgeous. I especially love the gradients. Thanks for the chance!
I'm a sucker for hand dyed and batik fabric! Could it be a throwback from my old tie-dye days???
Oh gosh, there's so much to like on Vicki's site!!! I think I like the gradients best because they offer several shades on one piece of cloth allowing some excellent matches with my existing quilt fabric.
Thanks for the links and the give-away!
I love the gradients. Thanks for the chance to win some gorgeous fabric.
I Love your fabrics, especially the fat quarter!
I love it all, but I really like the hand dyed fabric Glamor Girl! Love the colors!
Gorgeous fabrics... so hard to choose! I like the Gradients, and Stash Packs. And those Shibori fabrics? So unique!
Lovely fabrics, and it s hard to choose. But if I'm the lucky one, I'll take Spring Green stash pack.
I have some of Vicky's fabrics. They are beautiful. I like just about everything she makes. I have an idea for some of her gradients dyed for a border of a quilt still in the planning stages, but the colors are picked.
Oh my Goodness! I love everything!!!!! So hard to choose! I love the Stash Packs! I like the red stash pack! Thank you for the chance to win!
Let's see...... I love the gradients, and the stash builders and the fat quarter packs and the monthly palettes and the colour lessons and the examples of how to use the colours in your EQ drawings........... How to pick just one? I guess it would have to be the fat quarter packs of the different palettes.
I absolutely love your gradients! I'm thinking of all the great backgrounds they'd make for landscape quilts! Love them all!!!
I like the pink shibori died in a chevron pattern.
I love the entire shop, but my eyes definitely were drawn to the gradients--so colorful! If I had to choose just one stash pack, I'd pick autumn. Thanks for the introduction to your work!
I absolutely love the stash packs. All of it is very gorgeous actually. I love your blog also. Thanks for this opportunity to enter this giveaway.
Lovely fabrics and it's interesting to read about the hand dying process and also the removal of excess dye. Some of that will come in handy just doing laundry when clothes bleed! I think overall my favorite is the gradient fabric section, but Swan Hill would be the perfect fabric for a quilt I am working on for my friend and my personal favorite fabric is Talca - so beautiful!
I was naturaly drawn to the gradients, but if I wanted to make somthing right away with the wonderful fabric i would choose the stash packs. I would make a patchwork skirt out of them.
I really like the Growin Poppies kit under the Kits section.
All of Vicki's fabrics are gorgeous...but if I had to pick a favorite section, I'd say fat quarter packs. Thanks for the chance!
Vicki is a peach! Congrats on your new sponsor, Karen. Wonderful hand dyes, I like the stash pack in oranges. Orange is really grabbing my attention just now! Thanks for the chance to win something wonderful.
Oh man. I remember doing something similar in college on a Saturday night in the dorm's communal bathroom. I must say, however, those "beverage" fueled evening produced items nowhere near Vicki's quality and artistry. Her colors and patterns are simply outstanding. I think I'm in love with the fat pack - Cartagena. I love bright and this was bright.
Love, Love, LOVE the Shibori fabrics. May have to rethink my no-buy decision.
Vicki's fabrics are spectacular. I'm working with some of them on a project where I needed something special - and she came up with just what I needed. I have one of her gradient silk scarves - love it! Check out the fabric names of her gradients. Her fabrics are outstanding!
Vicki's fabrics are beautiful. I love the stash packs. Thanks for a chance to win.
They are all just so bright and so beautiful! Your gradients are fabulous! I must say that your stash packs are my favorites though! Love the spring green and the teals and the sunshine, oh heck I LOVE 'EM ALL!
Designs, Patterns, Colors! I'm supposed to pick a favorite. I love it all but I lean toward gradients.
Not sure I can pick just one...LOL its like candy, you want to sample them all. But I really like the color bundles you put together what a great eye for color.
gradients and oranges - how can you go wrong!
oh my, how to choose. difficult. so much wonderful color.
i like the gradients and the stash packs.
Fabulous fabrics! all those wonderful colours!
I like the orange stash pack!
Vicki, I think your gradiants are the BOMB!
Loving the Sunshine Stash Pack...I'm doing a citrus quilt and it would be the perfect frame for my blocks.
Oh, I'm in love with that Orange Stash Pack! What a great variety of tones in it, with just a smidge of other colors to swirl it up! Love it!
And thanks for the info on stopping the bleeding of dyes from fabrics.....very useful!
Do I have to pick just one? Can't do it easily. I love them all. But if I had to choose one, it would be gradients.
Lovely fabrics! I am really drawn to the Shiboris. So very pretty!
Wow. Simply blown away by the beauty.Very difficult to choose, Even the colors I don't like are fabulous! The Antigua is beautiful in the fat quarters, but the stash colors are wonderful as well! So hard to choose!!
So beautiful! I like the Shibori - especially the Noshiro - it is MY colors!
I love the gradients but I actually looked in her "specials" section (along with the others) and fell in love with "Fire Lily" and "Monarch." So happy for you to have a new sponsor and also so happy for me to find a new place to get unique fabrics!
I love all the different patterns in the Shibori!
What a great giveaway. Your shop is lovely. I especially like the Spring Green and the Blues.
I think I like the Stash Packs best. So many beautiful colors and fabrics all in one bundle.
I like the yellow stash pack. I've wanted to try the Transdoodle paper.
Thank you, Karen and Vicki. I read both your blogs. You make a good team.
I learned about Vicki from JudyL.
I've been a follower of both Karen and Vicki for quite awhile and love what they both do. So much information between the two. I think my favorite fabrics at Vicki's shop are the gradients - Rocky Road being my absolute favorite! Thanks for such a generous giveaway and I'll be thrilled if I win.
I love it all, but especially the gradients--I have some of Vicki's hand dyes and they are premium!
Love the gradients but difficult to choose..
I love the stash packs, especially the Autumn colors!
Awesome dyed fabrics... I love the teal or blue stash pack!! Thanks for sharing.
Oh, I think the fat quarter packs are the bomb. I've been drooling over this fabric since seeing it on Judy's blog. Nice to see it here as well.
I really like the kit section of the site. (Love all of those with flowers) I also like the stash section.
How fun! A good friend of mine got some of these fabrics for Mother's Day and just loves them. Now I have a chance at some? Doesn't get much better than that. I like the Stash Packs... along with everything else, what's not to like? The fabrics are gorgeous. Thanks for such a great giveaway.
I love how vibrant all the colours are, The hand dyed fabrics are just brilliant. I am really drawn to the stash packs, they are all so wonderful, but my favourite has to be hand dyed Autumn stash pack. Thanks for the chance to win, thanks for a great read too.
Cool shop! I love her hand dye fabrics. Especially the stash packs.
The fabrics are beautiful. I really love the gradients. It would be hard to pick one favorite.
I like the teal stash pack best.
Oooooh, I love the stash packs! The colors are glorious and inspire me to dig into the creative part of me that is not very confident. I admire your work.
Thank you for the chance to win and for the inspiration!
I love the gradations. I would love to win these lovelies!
The stash packs are my favorite section of your shop -- although it's hard to pick a favorite as they are all so lovely! I sure hope I win!
I do so love the gradients. I am totally partial to greens and oranges. These are amazing fabrics. If I don't win I need to buy some.
glen: i think 100 is a bad number to have..........yikes..
Love, love, love the stash packs!
Love it ALL! but if I had to choose it would be the gradients.
Oh my- so, so pretty. The stash packs are my favorite. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway.
Wow! They are all beautiful, I love the bright fun colors...I hope I win!
The stash packs are my favorite section of your shop. I took a class recently where the teacher used a lot of hand-dyed fabrics in her work and it was very inspiring.
Wow! They are all so beautiful & picking one was hard!! LOL I love the stash pack in blues. Thank you both for the chance to win!!
Oh my! Everything you do is fabulous but I really fell in love with the gradients. Especially the rainbow. I have to go through my projects to do file and decide which ones to order. Thanks for the giveaway.
First off, reading about your process for achieving colorfastness has, for me at least, gone a very long way in explaining the cost of these beauties. There are two words that describe my impression of these fabrics - gorgeous and temptation! The gradients just sing.
Vicki, I've been following you about as long as I've been following Karen. I love your hand dyes. They all are fabulous. I took a class in shibori dying and loved the process. Thanks for the giveaway.
Love the gradient and stash packs section! Your fabrics are so beautiful! Thanks for the opportunity!
I like the shibori section. Your fabric is beautiful!
I was so excited to look at your store, Hand Dyed Shibori Fabric - Katagami - has to be my favorite. I love stash packs just so much fun. Thanks for the giveaway.
I love them all. I'm sure the gradients must inspire a lot of quilts!
I love your items and like the fat quarters in Christchurch. Thanks for sharing with the giveaway.
Love the gradients & the intensity of color. At your shop, I found the Shiboris so interesting. Some of them remind me of shadows cast by thin leave or the roofs of patios.
Very beautiful fabrics. My favorite is the gradients. Thanks for the chance to win.
I love the gradients, and was drawn to the morning glory and rainbow fabrics. Beautiful!
I've been following Vicki for a long time! I think the stash packs give a great opportunity for filling in where colors are missing from your stash. Truly, every piece of Vicki's is amazing. Thanks, Karen!
My favorite is all the shibori. Your gradients are fantastic, too.
I really like the Hand Dyed Shibori Fabric - Yuzawa, the colours and the chevron shaped pattern are really lovely.
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A true rap legend since the 1980s, Sean Jay Z Carter is hip-hop's first billionaire. A product of the Bedford Stuyvesant community in Brooklyn, N.Y., Jay Z is no stranger to poverty and broken dreams. Jay Z has sold over 32 million records. His 1998 Hard Knock Life album is still his bestselling album to date. Jay Z has worked with tons of artists such as Mary J. Blige, Timbaland, Meek Mill, and Pharrell. His sold-out concerts are always filled with surprise guests who pop out on stage to collaborate with the man some have deemed to be the greatest rapper of all time.
Rap Legend Jay Z Retires
In 2003, Jay Z announced his retirement to the dismay of millions of fans everywhere. Jay announced this retirement after the release of The Black Album. Three years later, he would release his Kingdom Come album and call his time away "the worst retirement in history." Jay Z went on to produce more songs, more albums, more artists, more children, more businesses and more tours. The 2014 On the Run tour was performed before many sold-out crowds around the world. When he and his lovely wife, Mrs. Knowles-Carter, performed their mega-hit titled Bonnie & Clyde, the crowd went wild. The concert was packed with performances by the couple, and other artists joined in on the fun.
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Jay Z is the headliner at his shows, but he always has other artists brought on stage. He tours mostly with his pop superstar wife, Beyonce. StubHub is the best place to search for the most up-to-date Jay Z tour information and schedule.
Where is Jay Z playing?
Jay Z has not released his next tour dates. Fans have been able to see Jay recently on the open mic performing spoken word, a form of rap-styled poetry.
What can I expect from a Jay Z concert?
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How long is a Jay Z concert?
Fans are not disappointed when they attend a Jay Z concert even without his wife. His concerts offer music, movie clips, fan interaction, wardrobe changes and unbelievable stage productions. Jay Z concerts are produced by the best music directors in the world, including himself. You can expect to spend about three hours at a Jay Z concert.
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Jay Z always plays some of his most popular songs, but they may vary at each show. Songs typically included in Jay Z's setlist include "The Prelude," "Some People Hate," "Don't U Know," "Come and Get Me," "Jigga That Nigga," "People Talkin'," "Lucifer" and "Some How Some Way."Back to Top


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Ian Stevenson
Ian Stevenson MD
Ian Stevenson (1918-2007) was a Canadian-born psychiatrist based at the University of Virginia, who devoted much of his career to psychical research. He is best known for his pioneering work on the phenomenon of past life memories among young children, as described in his landmark study Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation and other publications. [Source]
Children Who Remember Previous Lives: A Question of Reincarnation
This is the revised edition of Dr. Stevenson's 1987 book, summarizing for general readers almost forty years of experience in the study of children who claim to remember previous lives. For many Westerners the idea of reincarnation seems remote and bizarre; it is the author's intent to correct some common misconceptions. New material relating to birthmarks and birth defects, independent replication studies with a critique of criticisms, and recent developments in genetic study are included. The work gives an overview of the history of the belief in and evidence for reincarnation. Representative cases of children, research methods used, analyses of the cases and of variations due to different cultures, and the explanatory value of the idea of reincarnation for some unsolved problems in psychology and medicine are reviewed.
Twenty Cases Suggestive of Reincarnation
Can anyone speak a language he or she has not learned normally, in childhood or later? Claims to have accomplished this are made from time to time, but only rarely do they receive support when carefully examined. In this volume, Dr. Stevenson presents detailed reports of two cases that seem authentic.
Authentic instances of speaking a language that has not been learned normally (responsive xenoglossy) suggest that another personality (perhaps one of a previous life) had learned the langauge. Cases of responsive xenoglossy thus add to the evidence concerning the survival of human personality after death.
Reincarnation, Part One: The Research of Ian Stevenson, with Walter Semkiw
Walter Semkiw, MD, is founder and president of the Institute for the Integration of Science, Intuition, and Spirit. He is author of Born Again, Return of the Revolutionaries: The Case for Reincarnation and Soul Groups Reunited, and Origin of the Soul and the Purpose of Reincarnation.
Here he describes the pioneering research of Dr. Ian Stevenson at the University of Virginia who established the discipline of reincarnation research by focusing on investigations of young children who remember past lives. He points out that Stevenson and his colleagues have investigated over 2,500 cases of the reincarnation type. About half of these are considered "solved" in that a prior lifetime was identified based upon information provided by the child. Most of these cases are from countries where reincarnation is an accepted concept. He argues that, from these cases, we can infer how reincarnation works. In many cases, the families associated with the prior personality accept such children as the reincarnations of their deceased loved ones.
Ian Stevenson on Psi Encyclopedia
Raymond Moody
The following is Dr Moody's personal statement from LifeAfterLife.com
In 1975, I coined the term near-death experience in my book Life After Life. For half a century, I have researched some of life's greatest mysteries. As both a PhD in philosophy and an MD, I have had a strong interest in how medical realities intersect with the ineffable realm of philosophy. In my multiple roles as author, professor, public speaker and grief counselor, I have heard thousands of accounts of near-death, shared-death and after-death experiences. I never expected that my interest in the afterlife would become such a focus of my life's work, but it has led me to great associations, friendships and insights.
Throughout my five-decade career, I have explored themes related to the trans-personal aspects of death, dying and grief. In my book Glimpses of Eternity, I discuss the phenomena of shared-death experiences. I write about my inquiry into past lives in my book Coming Back and share methods for evoking the dead, from Ancient Greece to modern times, in my book Reunions.
I also have a passion for language, which I share with my colleague and co-founder of the Life After Life Institute, Lisa Smartt. My PhD in philosophy focused on unintelligibility and my new book Making Sense of Nonsense (Llewellyn 2020) discusses what nonsense teaches us about consciousness and altered states of being.
For years, I have imagined a forum in which leading-edge researchers and thinkers could share their most up-to-date investigations into near-death phenomena while also drawing upon the wisdom of the ancients whose practices and customs clearly recognized a life beyond this one. With the help of my friends and colleagues, I will share with each of you all we have discovered at the most fascinating frontiers of life and death.
Raymond Moody, MD, PhD
I'm Convinced Consciousness Survives
Dr. Raymond Moody, who coined the term "near-death experience," offers an introduction to The University of Heaven with an overview of why after 50 years of skeptical inquiry, he is convinced that consciousness survives.
In Search Of The Afterlife with Raymond Moody
Here he reflects upon his lifelong quest to better understand the mystery of death. He acknowledges the existence of the afterlife, saying that he could no longer resist the evidential strength of certain cases. He also shares his passion for the philosophical exploration of near-death reports. He explains how he came to develop a classification scheme for levels and degrees of nonsense. He points out how the study of nonsense can lead to a shift in consciousness, required to fully understand the nature of the afterlife.
Raymond Moody books
Raymond Moody on Psi Encyclopedia
Interview with Dr Jeffrey Mishlove on Thinking Allowed
William J Peters
William J Peters M.Ed, MFT
William Peters founded the Shared Crossing Project in 2011. It is a local organisation with a global vision - to help create a world where death is honoured and where the mysteries surrounding life, death, and possibilities of an afterlife can be openly discussed and explored.
At Heaven's Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach About Dying Well and Living Better
A groundbreaking, authoritative exploration—rich with powerful personal stories and convincing research—of the many ways the living can and do accompany the dying on their journey into the afterlife.
In 2000, end-of-life therapist William Peters was volunteering at the Zen Hospice Project in San Francisco when he had an extraordinary experience as he was reading aloud to a patient: he suddenly felt himself floating in midair, completely out of his body. The patient, who was also aloft, looked at him and smiled. The next moment, Peters felt himself return to his body…but the patient never regained consciousness and died.
Perplexed and stunned by what had happened, Peters began searching for other people who'd shared similar experiences. He would spend the next twenty years gathering and meticulously categorizing their stories to identify key patterns and features of what is now known as the "shared crossing" experience. The similarities, which cut across continents and cultures and include awe-inspiring visual and sensory effects, and powerful emotional after-effects, were impossible to ignore.
Long whispered about in the hospice and medical communities, these extraordinary moments of final passage are openly discussed and explained in At Heaven's Door. The book is filled with powerful tales of spouses on departing this earth after decades together and bereaved parents who share their children's entry into the afterlife. Applying rigorous research, Peters digs into the effect these shared crossing experiences impart—liberation at the sight of a loved one finding joy, a sense of reconciliation if the relationship was fraught—and explores questions like: What can explain these shared death experiences? How can we increase our likelihood of having one? What do these experiences tell us about what lies beyond? And, most importantly, how can they help take away the sting of death and better prepare us for our own final moments? How can we have both a better life and a better death?
At Heaven's Door an interview with author William J. Peters
'In this episode of Jump Start Your Joy, I am interviewing William J. Peters. He is the founder of the Shared Crossing Project and the director of its research initiative. He is the author of the new book, At Heaven's Door: What Shared Journeys to the Afterlife Teach about Dying Well and Living Better. Recognized as a global leader in the field of shared death studies, he has spent decades studying end of life experiences. He is a practicing grief and bereavement therapist, and he holds degrees from Harvard and UC Berkeley. In this interview, we are talking about understanding shared death experiences.'
Bernard Carr
Bernard Carr (b 1949) is a cosmologist and author, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London. Carr has a long association with the Society for Psychical Research, serving as its president in 2000-2004. He is interested in the role of consciousness in physics and is working towards a new psycho-physical paradigm linking matter and mind, that accommodates both normal and paranormal mental experiences.
Source: Psi Encyclopedia
Professor Stephen Hawking supervised Carr's PhD.
The two scientists have written co-authored papers.
Carr's mentor, Professor Stephen Hawking, wrote the book A Brief History of Time: From Big Bang To Black Holes
Was there a beginning of time? Could time run backwards? Is the universe infinite or does it have boundaries? These are just some of the questions considered in the internationally acclaimed masterpiece by the world renowned physicist - generally considered to have been one of the world's greatest thinkers. It begins by reviewing the great theories of the cosmos from Newton to Einstein, before delving into the secrets which still lie at the heart of space and time, from the Big Bang to black holes, via spiral galaxies and strong theory. To this day A Brief History of Time remains a staple of the scientific canon, and its succinct and clear language continues to introduce millions to the universe and its wonders. This new edition includes updates from Stephen Hawking with his latest thoughts about the No Boundary Proposal and offers new information about dark energy, the information paradox, eternal inflation, the microwave background radiation observations, and the discovery of gravitational waves. It was published in tandem with the app, Stephen Hawking's Pocket Universe.
Carr is co-author of the book Quantum Black Holes.
Written by foremost experts, this short book gives a clear description of the physics of quantum black holes. The reader will learn about quantum black holes in four and higher dimensions, primordial black holes, the production of black holes in high energy particle collisions, Hawking radiation, black holes in models of low scale quantum gravity and quantum gravitational aspects of black holes.
He is also editor of the anthology Universe or Multiverse?
Recent developments in cosmology and particle physics, such as the string landscape picture, have led to the remarkable realization that our universe - rather than being unique - could be just one of many universes. The multiverse proposal helps to explain the origin of the universe and some of its observational features. Since the physical constants can be different in other universes, the fine-tunings which appear necessary for the emergence of life may also be explained. Nevertheless, many physicists remain uncomfortable with the multiverse proposal, since it is highly speculative and perhaps untestable. In this volume, a number of active and eminent researchers in the field - mainly cosmologists and particle physicists but also some philosophers - address these issues and describe recent developments. The articles represent the full spectrum of views, providing for the first time an overview of the subject. They are written at different academic levels, engaging lay-readers and researchers alike.
In his capacity as a Council member of the Society for Psychical Research, Professor Carr attended The Scole Experiment as a member of the investigating team.
The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death
The Scole Report (Proceedings of the Society for Psychical Research Vol. 58, Part 220) is a comprehensive record of the conduct of the investigation of The Scole Experiment, which includes Professor Carr's contribution.
The Scole Report: An account of an investigation into the Genuineness of a range of Physical Phenomena associated with a Mediumistic Group in Norfolk, England
In the video Hyperspace, Consciousness, and Time with Bernard Carr he shares, with Jeffrey Mishlove PhD, his thinking about how consciousness and psychic phenomena can best be integrated into theoretical physics. He describes the history of thinking regarding hyperspace as well as his own preferred models of consciousness. He also shares some insights into the nature of time and the "specious present" that we experience as human organisms.
At 40:20 on this video, Carr discusses the hypothesis that 'biofields' could be an explanation for some psi phenomena like ESP or miraculous healing, but there is no current way of measuring them.
Our book, Harry Oldfield's Invisible Universe, a biography of biologist and inventor, Harry Oldfield, discusses Harry's journey of discovery in attempting to detect, measure, and reveal biofields, and other fields.
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so.
Harry Oldfield (1953-2019), was a British biologist with a keen interest in the physics of light. He aimed to demonstrate that there is an invisible universe vibrating below the surface of the visible universe which can be be both measured and 'tuned'.
Psychical Research and Parapsychology with Bernard Carr
Here he shares his passion for parapsychology and psychical research and describes several of his own experiments. He also reviews the history of these disciplines, from his unique perspective as a physicist and astronomer. The discussion touches on questions of postmortem survival, reincarnation, telepathy, and UFOs. He shares his memories of the late Professor Ian Stevenson as well as his admiration for Sir Oliver Lodge.
Consciousness and Cosmology with Bernard Carr
Here he explains how he has endeavored to maintain professional interests in psychical research, spirituality, physics, and cosmology. He notes that his own interest in the paranormal was stimulated by a series of out-of-body experiences. He suggests that a physical understanding of consciousness will most likely entail a theory incorporating higher dimensions of space. He also describes his work on the anthropic cosmological principle as well as primordial black holes.
Bernard Carr - Can Science and Theology Find Deep Reality?
Some say that science and theology together reveal deep reality. Others say that only science makes sense; theology is myth. Which maximizes knowledge of the most profound issues of existence and human experience? Science alone?
Bernard Carr - Why Cosmic Fine-tuning Demands Explanation
The universe works for us because deep physical laws seem to work. But if the values of these laws would much change, in either direction, then all we see and know could not exist. No galaxies. No stars. No planets. No people. Do such special physical laws cry out for explanation?
Bernard Carr - Alien Intelligences
Whether there are other intelligences in the vast cosmos is one of the big questions of human existence and perhaps of existence in general. Estimates using probabilities almost always portray a universe teeming with sentient creatures. Any implication of human uniqueness seems to contradict basic assumptions of science. And yet, there is no sign of alien intelligences, none whatsoever. Why?
Bernard Carr - Ultimate Questions: Do They Evolve?
Ask the most fundamental questions; make the most penetrating inquires; probe the deep essence of existence. Push boundaries. Search the foundations of reality. Imagine all that may exist in physics and cosmology, even beyond current understanding. Then ask how such ultimate questions may change over time.
Bernard Carr - Fine-Tuning in Cosmology
What enables structures to form in the universe? How did galaxies, stars and planets develop from the primeval plasma soup? What are the laws of nature that bring about these cosmic bodies and did those laws have to be just so? Is it legitimate science to see fine-tuning in cosmology?
More Bernard Carr videos on Closer to Truth
Making space and time for matter and mind
Presentation by Bernard Carr during Essentia Foundation's 2020 online work conference.
Can an Extended Science Bridge the Worlds of Matter, Mind, and Spirit?
A full understanding of the universe must encompass the three worlds of matter, mind and spirit, as well as building bridges between them. While physics has been remarkably successful in describing the material world, from the smallest scales of particle physics to the largest scales of cosmology, it currently makes no reference to consciousness and associated mental or spiritual experiences. Indeed, most physicists adopt a materialist and reductionist view in which consciousness is just an incidental by-product of the brain. However, many arguments from physics itself suggest that consciousness is a fundamental rather than incidental feature of the Universe, so it is natural to extend physics to accommodate it. This is especially true if one believes in certain anomalous interactions between consciousness and the physical world. However, this will require a radically different physical paradigm from the one that currently prevails. Bernard Carr is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Queen Mary University of London. His professional area of research is cosmology and relativistic astrophysics and includes such topics as the early universe, black holes, dark matter, and the anthropic principle. His recent books are Universe or Multiverse? (2007) and Quantum Black Holes (2014). He believes that physics must expand to accommodate consciousness and mental phenomena. Professor Carr is President of the Scientific and Medical Network and former president of the Society for Psychical Research.
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Psi Encyclopedia
Walter Schnittger and Karin Schnittger
'I oversaw the security at The Scole Experiment for the "padlocked box" photographic experiments. I have no normal explanation for how the images got onto the film'.
—Dr Walter Schnittger
From an interview with authors Grant & Jane at the (Society for Psychical Research) Scole Debate in 1999.
German investigator, Walter Schnittger, is a consultant automotive engineer and his wife, Karin, is an interpreter. They attended a number of experimental sessions at Scole. In his witness testimony to The Scole Experiment authors, Grant & Jane Solomon - at The Scole Debate in London - Walter describes how he bought a roll of film, put the unopened film in the locked security box, and held the box in his hands throughout the session, neither putting it on the table nor allowing anyone else to touch it. He then supervised the development procedure. Despite the film he purchased being unopened and in a locked box in Walter's hand for the whole session, there was writing along the length of the film in the form a German poem. The Schnittger's testimony, and the images from this photographic film, are included in the updated 2006 edition of The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death
The Dragon Film 'transmitted' to The Scole Experiment 17 Jan 1997.
Walter and Karin also travelled from Germany to supervise the experimental session where the 'Dragon Film' appeared on a film secured in a padlocked box.
Below is the transcript of Dr Walter Schnittger's witness testimony from: The Scole Experiment: Scientific Evidence for Life After Death.
Discover more... read The Scole Experiment and The Scole Report
TheScoleExperiment.com
Gary Lachman aka Gary Valentine
Gary Lachman [aka Gary Valentine] (1955-)
Gary Joseph Lachman (born 24 December 1955), also known as Gary Valentine, is an American psi writer and musician. He came to prominence in the mid-1970s as the bass guitarist for rock band Blondie. Since the 1990s, Lachman has written full-time, often about mysticism, occultism, and other psi themes.
The Return of Holy Russia: Apocalyptic History, Mystical Awakening, and the Struggle for the Soul of the World
A history of how mystical and spiritual influences have shaped Russia's identity and politics and what it means for the future of world civilisation. This book:
Examines Russia's spiritual history, from its pagan origins and Eastern Orthodox mysticism to secret societies, Rasputin, Roerich, Blavatsky, and Dostoyevsky
Explains the visionary writings of the spiritual philosophers of Russia's Silver Age, which greatly influence Putin today
Explores what Russia's unique identity and its history of messianic politics and apocalyptic thought mean for its future on the world stage
At the turn of the 20th century, a period known as the Silver Age, Russia was undergoing a powerful spiritual and cultural rebirth. It was a time of magic and mysticism that saw a vital resurgence of interest in the occult and a creative intensity not seen in the West since the Renaissance. This was the time of the God-Seekers, pilgrims of the soul and explorers of the spirit who sought the salvation of the world through art and ideas. These sages and their visions of Holy Russia are returning to prominence now through Russian president Vladimir Putin, who, inspired by their ideas, envisions a new "Eurasian" civilization with Russia as its leader.
Exploring Russia's long history of mysticism and apocalyptic thought, Gary Lachman examines Russia's unique position between East and West and its potential role in the future of the world. Lachman discusses Russia's original Slavic paganism and its eager adoption of mystical and apocalyptic Eastern Orthodox Christianity. He explores the Silver Age and its "occult revival" with a look at Rasputin's prophecies, Blavatsky's Theosophy, Roerich's "Red Shambhala," and the philosophies of Berdyaev and Solovyov. He looks at Russian Rosicrucianism, the Illuminati Scare, Russian Freemasonry, and the rise of other secret societies in Russia. He explores the Russian character as that of the "holy fool," as seen in the great Russian literature of the 19th century, especially Dostoyevsky. He also examines the psychic research performed by the Russian government throughout the 20th century and the influence of Evola and the esoteric right on the spiritual and political milieus in Russia.
Through in-depth exploration of the philosophies that inspire Putin's political regime and a look at Russia's unique cultural identity, Lachman ponders what they will mean for the future of Russia and the world. What drives the Russian soul to pursue the apocalypse? Will these philosophers lead Russia to dominate the world, or will they lead it into a new cultural epoch centered on spiritual power and mystical wisdom?
Reviews: The Return of Holy Russia
"Russia is neither the West nor the East. It is both. And it participates in deep Christian mystical, indigenous, esoteric, and occult currents that were mostly lost or forgotten in Western Christianity and actively suppressed in secular modernity. In his new book, Gary Lachman shows us why the return of these esoteric currents via the new (and old) claim of a 'Holy Russia' is so important, why such nationalist theologies cannot really be our answer, but also why particular Russian thinkers can point us in the right direction--toward a 'third way' beyond pure reason and past faith toward a new or future gnosis, or knowing-with, that 'all is good.' This sounds outrageous to many a modern ear, of course. Hence the importance of this book." Jeffrey J. Kripal, author of Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions
"Gary Lachman's The Return of Holy Russia, gives us perspectives on Russia's spiritual history we sorely need. It helps us understand why the Putin administration has trouble giving up its entanglements with Ukraine, why many Russians will match their claims of 'exceptionalism' against America's, why Russian thinkers reject America's claim to worldwide moral leadership, and why Transpersonal Psychology is flourishing to a greater degree in Russia than it is in American where it was born. Today, as Russia and the West sink into confrontations that threaten the world with accidental nuclear war, we need the rich understandings of Russia's culture that Lachman's book provides." Michael Murphy, cofounder and Chairman Emeritus of the Board of the Esalen Institute
Gary Lachman books
Gary Lachman Video Interviews on New Thinking Allowed with Jeffrey Mishlove
The Life and Work of Rudolf Steiner
Magick and Politics
Madame Blavatsky and Theosophy
Colin Wilson: Existentialism Meets The Occult
The Life and Ideas of Emanuel Swedenborg
The Magickal Legacy of Aleister Crowley
P. D. Ouspensky and the Gurdjieff Work
The Hermetic Tradition and Hermes Trismegistus
Lost Knowledge of the Imagination
Esoteric Dimensions of Carl Jung
Unraveling the Mystery of Holy Russia
What Is Time?
Gary Lachman links
GaryLachman.co.uk
Wikipedia
Blondie
New Thinking Allowed
Chris Carter (1956-)
Christopher Carl Carter (born 13 October 1956) is an American television and film producer, director, and writer who gained fame in the 1990s as the creator of the Fox science fiction supernatural drama series The X-Files. This series contains many psi themes which qualify it for inclusion in the 'psi-fi genre'.
An American science fiction drama television series created by Chris Carter. The series revolves around Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) special agents Fox Mulder (David Duchovny), and Dana Scully (Gillian Anderson) who investigate X-Files: marginalized, unsolved cases involving psi phenomena.
The X-Files Story Arc(s)
At the start of their investigations, Mulder believes in the existence of aliens and the paranormal while Scully, a medical doctor and a skeptic, is assigned to scientifically analyze Mulder's discoveries, offer alternate rational theories to his work, and thus return him to mainstream cases. Early in the series, both agents become pawns in a larger conflict and come to trust only each other and a few select people. The agents also discover an agenda of the government to keep secret the existence of extraterrestrial life. They develop a close relationship which begins as a platonic friendship, but becomes a romance by the end of the series. In addition to the series-spanning story arc, 'monster of the week' episodes form roughly two-thirds of all episodes.
Alan Gauld
Alan Gauld (1932-)
A British psychologist who taught biological psychology and neuropsychology at the University of Nottingham. Dr Gauld is well-known in the psi research community for his investigations and commentary, notably in the areas of poltergeists, mediumship and the early history of psychical research. He is a past president of the Society for Psychical Research (SPR). He is author of the critically-acclaimed A History of Hypnotism. Also author of Mediumship and Survival and The Founders of Psychical Research.
A History of Hypnotism
In 1778, Franz Anton Mesmer introduced to Paris his theory of 'animal magnetism' and so began a school of thought which gradually spread across Europe and America. This book traces the history of the phenomena, practice and theory of mesmerism, hypnotism and multiple personality disorder. It discusses the ideas and influences of leading figures in the movement and decribes the use of the techniques in medical practice. Case histories and anecdotal accounts are used throughout to provide a fascinating insight into this controversial subject. In his epilogue, Gauld discusses modern approaches to hypnotism and multiple personality disorder, the role of hypnotism in clinical practice, and offers some ideas for understanding these intriguing phenomena. This detailed and scholarly work will be of interest to psychiatrists, psychologists and medical historians, as well as to the interested general reader.
Mediumship and Survival: A Century of Investigations
(The Paranormal series)*
Whether or not we survive physical death is one of humanity's most fundamental concerns. Here Dr Gauld draws on a century of evidence - mediumship, reincarnation, obsession, possession, hauntings and apparitions all seem to indicate survival. This is a compulsively readable assessment of evidence for and against survival and an excellent introduction to the field of psychical research.
The Founders of Psychical Research
Originally published in 1968. Centred upon the lives and work of Henry Sidgwick, Edmund Gurney, and Frederic Myers—prominent in the Society for Psychical Research (SPR)—during its early years: it is not a history of the Society. It passes over important aspects of the S.P.R.'s story and deals at some length with matters quite outside it. The book frequently gives accounts of 'paranormal' phenomena which if indeed they occurred, would not be explainable through any recognisable hypothesis, but are treated throughout as unexplained.
*The Paranormal is an ebook series from F&W Media International Ltd, resurrecting rare titles, classic publications and out-of-print texts, as well as new ebook titles on the supernatural - other-worldly books for the digital age. The series includes a range of paranormal subjects from angels, fairies and UFOs to near-death experiences, vampires, ghosts and witchcraft.
Philip K Dick
Philip K Dick: the writer who witnessed the future
By Adam Scovell - 2nd March 2022
Writers of science fiction often feel more prescient than others. Whether it's the threat to women's rights in the work of Margaret Atwood, the architectural and social dystopias of JG Ballard's novels, or the internet-predicting world of E M Forster's The Machine Stops (1909), the genre is replete with prophetic writers dealing with ever more familiar issues.
Out of all such writers, few seem a more unlikely seer of our times than the US author Philip K Dick, who died 40 years ago today at the age of 53. In a remarkably prolific 30-year period of work, Dick authored 44 novels and countless short stories, adaptations of which went on to redefine science fiction on screen – in particular Ridley Scott's Blade Runner (1982), which was based on Dick's story Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall (1990), which took his 1966 short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale as its source material. More recently Dick's novel The Man in the High Castle (1962) has been turned into a hit Amazon series.
The man behind the visionary worlds
Dick was not simply an effective writer of strange fictions, but an unusual person in his own right. Burdened by deteriorating mental health, visions, and what he alleged were all manner of paranormal experiences – many of which were woven into his expansive oeuvre – Dick had a troubled and fragmented relationship with reality. In the 1970s, the author began to experience two parallel timelines of his own life, his thoughts invaded in 1974 by what he told interviewer Charles Platt was a "transcendentally rational mind", something he had many names for, but chiefly VALIS; an acronym for Vast Active Living Intelligence System. It became the subject of one of his late semi-autobiographical works, the 1981 novel VALIS, published not long before his death.
Read more... Source - BBC
Al-Masudi
Al-Masudi (c. 896-956)
An Arab historian, geographer, and traveler. He is sometimes referred to as the 'Herodotus of the Arabs'.
Al-Masudi was a polymath and prolific author of over twenty works on theology, history (Islamic and universal), geography, natural science, and philosophy, his celebrated magnum opus Murūj al-Dhahab wa-Ma'ādin al-Jawhar, combines universal history with scientific geography, social commentary and biography, and is published in English as The Meadows of Gold.
Al-Masudi and The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights aren't just from Arabia. Dating back as far as the C10th, these tales have origins in North African, Arabic, Turkish, Persian, Indian, and East Asian cultures. In 947, Al-Masudi describes a large collection of a thousand tales from all over the ancient world that he calls the Persian Hazar afsana (A Thousand Stories). The stories circulated for centuries, with new folk tales and renditions being added to the mix over the years.
The Arabian Nights by Richard Francis Burton
Psi plays a major part in Asian art and literature. In A Thousand and One Nights, (aka The Arabian Nights), newlywed, Scheherazade, captivates her husband with bedtime tales of djinns (jinns/genies) and other psi mysteries in order to stay alive.


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Incedo to expand its workforce by 3,500 in India and US
The firm is targeting to expand by the end of 2018, owing to the growing need for data and analytics services.
With a rising demand for data and analytics services across sectors, Incedo, the IT services and consulting firm, is looking to expand its workforce to 5000, by hiring 3,500 people across India and the US, by the end of 2018.
A substantial number will be hired in the US — about 1,000— either as full-time or contractors, the company shared with the media. The Bay Area-headquartered firm that was spun out as an independent entity from the technology unit of Indiabulls in 2011, has operations across North America, South Africa and India. The company is now focussed on the digital space and has been achieving growth of 60–70 per cent year-on-year, for the last many years, and hence, the headcount is also going to be on a growth path.
Without disclosing the revenue figures, the company shared that about 80 per cent of its revenues come from the US and the remaining from India. The workforce in India is currently about 1,200 people spread across Gurgaon, Bangalore and Chennai, while in the US it comprises about 300 people.
With the enterprise data management market size expected to grow from USD 64.7 billion in 2015 to over USD 105 billion by 2020, companies are also looking to expand capabilities. While North America is expected to remain as the biggest market, the Asia Pacific region is expected to experience increased market traction.
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Orthodontic treatment can benefit your smile and help improve your oral health during any stage of your life. However, for our younger patients, early orthodontic treatment can help prevent serious long-term problems from developing that could require longer, more complicated procedures to treat in the future. That's why Dr. Carr recommends patients come in for their first orthodontic evaluation as soon as the adult molars erupt (usually by the age of 8).
Dr. Carr uses panoramic x-rays to determine the current state of a child's oral health. This provides Dr. Carr with the ability to spot the signs of crowding, crooked or misaligned teeth that require orthodontic treatment to correct. For many children, early issues with the development of their adult teeth will eventually self-correct. However, for kids with serious development issues, early treatment can straighten their smile quicker and more conveniently than if treatment begins during their pre-teen or teenage years.
Straight teeth are easier to clean and are much less likely to develop cavities or other oral health problems. Early orthodontic treatment allows children to enjoy better oral health during their formative years, which greatly impacts their oral health as adults.
Early orthodontic care can be critical to a child's confidence. Children with straight, beautiful teeth are more likely to feel positive and succeed in their social interactions. Providing your child with a straight, uniform smile can play a critical role in his or her development as a teenager, and can have a positive impact on their happiness as adults.
With early orthodontic care, we can diagnose potential misalignment issues and develop a treatment plan. The earlier treatment begins, the easier an issue is to correct. Early orthodontic care can save you time, resources and expense.
By making oral health a priority, younger patients are better able to understand the importance of oral care and are more likely to develop good dental habits. Developing good oral habits is vital to the longevity and health of a patient's smile.
By evaluating your child's teeth early, Roy orthodontist Dr. Carr can develop a treatment plan that will help your child grow into a straight and beautiful smile. With early treatment from Dr. Carr and his staff at Dr. Carr Orthodontics, you'll be able to see a noticeable difference in the appearance of your child's smile and your child's oral health.
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To find out more about early treatment, call us at our Roy orthodontist office. We are happy to answer any questions you might have, or to schedule an appointment or consultation.


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Q: Commands from File Menu missing in ArcMap? The File Menu in ArcMap 10.2.2 is suddenly missing a whole bunch of commands, including Export Map. Anyone knows why, and how I can restore the File Menu?

A: Many issues with ArcMap, particularly UI-related issues can be fixed by renaming your Normal.mxt file. It can be found in the %APPDATA%\Esri\Desktop10.2\ArcMap\Templates folder.
More details here:
http://resources.arcgis.com/en/help/main/10.2/index.html#//00v000000014000000
(Renaming is preferable to deleting the file, so you can roll back the changes if you need.)

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Pens hire Johnston as new coach, Tocchet assistant
Andrew Chiappazzi
chiappazzia@timesonline.com
PITTSBURGH – For much of his coaching career, Mike Johnston was tasked with preparing young hockey players for the next level.
Now his challenge will be to take the Penguins back to the Stanley Cup finals.
The Penguins hired the 57-year-old Johnston as their head coach on Wednesday, replacing the fired Dan Bylsma. Former Penguins forward Rick Tocchet will join Johnston's staff as an assistant coach. Former assistants Todd Reirden and Tony Granato were officially fired, while Jacques Martin will remain with the team in a role still to be determined. Goaltending coach Mike Bales will remain in his role.
Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford wanted someone with the ability to adjust his system to the opposition and he praised Johnston's ability to make in-game adjustments.
"That's probably his strongest suit, because he's a guy who has coached teams in tournaments," Rutherford said. "In order to be successful in those tournaments, you always have to make adjustments."
Johnston spent the last six seasons as the head coach and general manager of the Portland Winterhawks in the WHL. The junior team has produced a number of top NHL prospects, including Nashville defenseman Seth Jones, Columbus forward Ryan Johansen, and prized Penguins defenseman Derrick Pouliot.
Johnston was suspended for much of the 2012-13 season for providing improper benefits – including flights for players' families and paid offseason training – that went against WHL rules. Johnston said that was a case of being an inexperienced general manager and expressed no concern over any lasting impact. Prior to taking over in Portland, Johnston was an assistant coach under Marc Crawford in Los Angeles for two seasons and with Vancouver for six.
"To get to this level is something I've always aspired to do. It's been my goal and it's been my dream," Johnston said. "I'm really thrilled to be standing here today."
Johnston will work with Tocchet to finalize the coaching staff over the next few days. Johnston said he expects to hire at least one more assistant, and that he's excited to work with Tocchet.
"For a person like myself, it's very important to have a player on your staff, but it's more important to have a player who's coached," Johnston said.
The 50-year-old Tocchet has served as an assistant coach in Colorado, Phoenix and Tampa and spent two years as the head coach with the Lightning before being fired. Tocchet had been a television analyst in Philadelphia the last few years.
"I'm excited to get back into the fire," Tocchet said. "(Johnston) thinks outside of the box, and that's what I like. I'm anxious to learn from him."
Johnston said he'll install the system he used in Portland, which favors a faster pace and puck possession. He added that the core group in Pittsburgh should adapt to it well.
"If you own the puck, you play defensively a lot less," Johnston said. "I like the core of players here, both the defense and the forwards, to be able to play that style. I think Pittsburgh was built on the make-up of that style."


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Jonathan Gee first appeared on the London Jazz Scene when he was awarded 'Most Promising Newcomer' at the 1991 Guardian/Wire British Jazz Awards.
He had previously MD'd three Edinburgh Festival shows, written songs for TV, had a past as a rock singer/guitarist, had a famous light music violinist grandfather, Harold C. Gee, and a father Dr Micheal Gee, GP by day, painter and Bartok transcriber by night.
In the early nineties he led a trio featuring Thad Kelly on bass and Pete Fairclough on drums, which toured the UK and released an acclaimed album on cassette, 'Blah, Blah, Blah Etc Etc', as well as a trio featuring bassist Wayne Batchelor and long-term collaborator, drummer Winston Clifford.
At this time he worked constantly in London and around the UK with Bobby Wellins, Dick Heckstall-Smith, Ed Jones (also in Italy, Sweden and Germany), Mornington Lockett, Steve Williamson (including in Israel) Orphy Robinson (including in Greece) Dave Cliff (including in Paris) Claire Martin, Christine Tobin, Bukky Leo, Eddie Parker, Iain Ballamy, Dylan Fowler's 'Frevo', Wayne Batchelor, Tim Whitehead and many others, recording albums and doing broadcasts with many of them.
From the mid nineties he started to be called to play with visiting New York names, such as Teddy Edwards, Ted Curson, Art Farmer, Mark Murphy (including a memorable tour of Spain), Marlene Shaw, Houston Person and Sonny Fortune.
Two octet tours with David Murray led to an Arts Council-funded big band tour featuring James Spaulding and poet Lemn Sissay, which in turn led to British Council tours of Cameroon and Singapore.
In the late nineties Jonathan was very busy with his trio featuring Steve Rose on bass and Winston Clifford on drums who were called to play with Joe Lovano for a week at Ronnie Scotts, Time Out's 'Jazz Gig of The Year' in 1997. From this they became a fixture at the club, playing the trio support sets or with luminaries such as Benny Golson. They recorded three acclaimed albums, including a live set on the Ronnie Scotts label. They also toured Italy, and were invited by the British Council to play in Azerbaijan.
From the new millennium Jonathan started forging musical friendships abroad. Following a festival appearance in Eilat on the Red Sea with trumpeter Damon Brown, they formed a quartet with Zaaki Levi and Yorai Oron, touring Israel and the UK and releasing an album, 'Good Cop, Bad Cop'.
In Italy he formed a trio with bassist Danilo Gallo and drummer Alessandro Minetto — Gee Gallo Minetto — which played many clubs and festivals in the UK, Italy, Ireland and France and released 'Cream of Mandarins' on the noted label Artesuono.
In France he joined the Didier Conchon/Ray Layzelles Quintet featuring Wayne Dochery which played all over France and released 'Falling Rocks'.
In Finland he worked extensively with trumpet and producing star Mika Myllari. They played a week at Pori Festival, ran the jam session for a number of years at Helsinki Espoo Festival, and created the electronic project 'Northern Star People', playing music inspired by the metaphysical properties of the snooker ball. This created so much interest on sports websites that Ronnie O'Sullivan was asked his views on the band in an interview in The Guardian.
Meanwhile Jonathan had begun intensive study of the music of Thelonious Monk with his neighbours, Tony Kofi and Ben Hazleton. After a couple of years of rehearsal they started touring as the Tony Kofi Quartet, until Jonathan had the 'bright idea' of performing the complete works over a six-hour period. This was taken up by the London Jazz Festival and in 2003 (listed by them as one of THE gigs of the last 25 years), toured around Italy the same year, was reprised for Monk's 90th birthday in 2007, and in 2017 for his centenary with special guest Charles Tolliver. The quartet also released two award-winning albums, and performed in, for instance, New York, Shanghai, Tel Aviv and Berlin.
From 2005 Jonathan started visiting New York twice a year, playing and listening as much as possible. Out of these visits came his trio with Joseph Lepore and Nasheet Waits which toured the UK and recorded the album 'Dragonfly'. In 2014 his trio played sell-out shows at Dizzy's Lincoln Centre and at Rochester Jazz Festival. With Lepore he has played regularly in the UK and Italy, most recently at Alexanderplatz, Rome.
The last few years has seen extensive work with Tim Whitehead, Jean Toussaint, Cleveland Watkiss, Julian Fenton, Jay Phelps/Micheal Mwenso, his various trios, notably with Larry Bartley/Ernesto Simpson, Sylvan Richardson/Richard Spaven and Marcus Vergette/Andy Trim, a memorable two-piano concert with one of Jonathan's heroes, Mike Westbrook, and tours with Craig Handy and Howard Britz/Will Vinson, and a life-changing European tour with Pharoah Sanders.
Currently Jonathan is focusing on his singing, with an album being prepared for release soon. His teaching includes work at the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy, in Oxford and Eastman, NY.
His more commercial work includes gigs and sessions with Coppe, Alison Moyet, US3, Jeremy Hardy and Harry Hill.
Since 2018 he has been performing regularly in the UK and Italy with saxist Gaetano Partipilo, bassist Guiseppe Bassi and drummer Fabio Accardi, all from Bari, collectively called lsashiburi. They have an album due for release in Autumn 2019 playing their own music and reimagined Beatles songs.


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Kellyanne Conway Looks 'Familiar' On Her Knees, Dem. Congressman Says
By Robert Jonathan
Mar. 2 2017, Updated 4:40 p.m. ET
Kellyanne Conway "looked kind of familiar" on her knees in the White House Oval Office, according to Democrat Congressman Cedric Richmond.
The New Orleans-area lawmaker made this observation last night at a Washington Press Club Foundation awards dinner, but now insists his quip was non-sexual in nature.
A senior adviser to President Trump, Conway was the former New York real estate mogul's campaign manager in election 2016, and as such, is the first woman to successfully run a U.S. presidential campaign.
In his original remarks (see clip below), U.S. Rep. Richmond was alluding to the now-famous photo of Conway on the couch in the Oval Office as she was getting ready to take pictures of President's Trump meeting with the presidents of historically black colleges, an image that sparked outrage, or faux outrage, on Twitter among the social justice cohort.
In his remarks at the event directed to U.S. Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina (who had joked about the Conway controversy that the couch had seen a whole lot worse), Richmond responded in this manner, the Washington Postreported.
"You even mentioned Kellyanne and that picture on that sofa. But I really just want to know what was going on there, because, you know, I won't tell anybody. And you can just explain to me that circumstance because she really looked kind of familiar in that position there. But don't answer, and I don't want you to refer back to the 1990s."
The callback to the 1990s was an apparent reference to Bill Clinton's extracurricular activities in the White House at the time.
As noted above, Rep. Cedric Richmond today denied that he meant anything untoward about Kellyanne Conway, the Washington Examinernoted.
"Since some people have interpreted my joke to mean something that it didn't I think it is important to clarify what I meant. Last night was night of levity. Where I grew up saying that someone is looking or acting 'familiar' simply means that they are behaving too comfortably. I decided to use that joke due to the large social media backlash over her inappropriate posture considering there were more than 60 HBCU presidents in the room."
Kellyanne Conway suggested to the Daily Caller that Rep. Richmond's joke would have ignited a firestorm in the media if she was a pro-abortion liberal. She added that Richmond's clarification contains no apology.
Richmond's joke prompted a fair amount of Twitter condemnation even from Trump administration foes, but nothing compared to the initial Conway controversy about proper office decorum.
Congressman Richmond's "joke" was sexist and inappropriate and his denial of what he was suggesting is insulting. https://t.co/zHEmWGJry2
— Jake Tapper (@jaketapper) March 2, 2017
I'm a Dem. I've been super critical of @KellyannePolls.
But this "joke" by @cedricrichmond is beyond offensive.https://t.co/zq4MBWCrmh
— Mo Elleithee 🇺🇦 🇺🇸 (@MoElleithee) March 2, 2017
Republican National Committee chair Ronna Romney McDaniel described Rep. Richmond's joke or attempt at one as disgusting and offensive, along with other GOP officials who similarly called for an apology to Conway.
.@RepRichmond, you may think this is funny, but it's not. It's disgusting & offensive. 1/3https://t.co/3FOrBnweX0
— Ronna McDaniel (@GOPChairwoman) March 2, 2017
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly, a Pennsylvania Republican, told the Independent Journal Review that "On the first day of Women's History Month, it's pretty sad to hear a sitting congressman say that about a woman who has made so much history."
The Trump White House has called for an immediate apology by Rep. Richmond for the Conway comment "that was insulting to all women."
Some Conway defenders also fired back with pictures of Obama with his feet on the historic Oval Office desk, which is called the Resolute Desk, a gift from Queen Victoria to President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1880 which has been in use since the Jimmy Carter administration brought it back from the Smithsonian Institution.
https://twitter.com/jockdoubleday/status/836591552956936192
You may recall back in the August 6, 2015, GOP debate that then-Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly (and by extension, other media outlets) slammed then-candidate Donald Trump for joking in the Celebrity Apprentice boardroom about contestant Brande Roderick that "it "must be a pretty picture, you dropping to your knees."
The following day on MSNBC, the former Playboy model and Baywatch star explained that Trump had always been respectful during the filming of Celebrity Apprentice All-Stars and that he was just trying to be funny for TV.
This is an exact quote from congressman @CedricRichmond: "Y'all seen that photo of Kellyanne on couch? She looks familiar in that position." pic.twitter.com/drMybx6ruk
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) March 2, 2017
The New Orleans Times-Picayune editorial page argued that Rep Cedric Richmond owes Kellyanne Conway a "real" apology. "Not one of those 'if you were offended' statements that are popular in Washington. He needs to own up to the ugliness, to the sexism, contained in his remark and make it plain that he's truly sorry."
[Featured Image by Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP Images]
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This is a fantasy item I've not seen before, so prepare to see many more of them over the year. This abomination is being sold by a dealer in England who claims to have only a pair to sell. (Trust me, if this sells to an under-informed bidder for solid dollars, this seller will surely discover some more!) The claim in the listing's headline is that this item is from the 1930s - a claim not made in the body of the listing. This is not old and has zero collectible value.
03/21 Update: Two bidders got snookered by prevailing on these two lots with the exact same bid - $127.50. Prepare to see more of this fake.