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James Joyce Week of March 12, 2010
10 Great Irish Writers
With Ireland's broad, lush landscapes and long-standing cultural
traditions, it's no wonder so many poets, playwrights and
novelists have found inspiration there. Here are 10 writers you
should know from Ireland's native shores.
James Joyce
Jonathan Swift
Oscar Wilde, and the complete list
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Major Pettigrew's Last Stand
New Books in March
This month, O magazine's book editors recommend Chang-rae Lee's
landmark novel about love and war, deadpan wit from our own Lisa
Kogan and more. The list for March is sure to keep you busy
until spring arrives!
7 books to watch for in March »
J.K. Rowling
J.K. Rowling on Irish Writer Roddy Doyle
At the top of J.K. Rowling's list of favorites is The Woman Who
Walked Into Doors by acclaimed Irish writer Roddy Doyle—a dark
tale that she finds "surprisingly engaging and uplifting."
See what books cast a spell on J.K. Rowling »
Colum McCann
A Conversation with Colum McCann
Colum McCann's National Book Award–winning novel, Let the Great
World Spin, was described by one reader as listening to music on
the page.
Go behind the novel »
Anne Enright
What Is Anne Enright Reading?
Booker Prize–winning author Anne Enright believes that "a book
is, for as long as it lasts, a state of being." Here are the
books that made a difference to her.
Browse her bookshelf »
More Ways to Celebrate St. Patrick's Day
Our favorite Irish imports
--Bake a Guinness® Cake
Go green with party planner Allana Baroni's fun ideas
More Irish Authors Worth Reading
01. Tara Road by Maeve Binchy
02. How the Irish Saved Civilization by Thomas Cahill
03. Paula Spencer by Roddy Doyle
04. Yesterday's Weather by Anne Enright
05. Loving and Giving by Molly Keane
06. Cal by Bernard MacLaverty
07. Lies of Silence by Brian Moore
08. The Country Girls Trilogy by Edna O'Brien
09. Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín
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News for January
2010:
- Michael
Deibert reports
from Haiti
- Howard Zinn
comes of age
- ALA Midwinter
Meeting and "The
GayLA"
- Upcoming SSP
events
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One Week In,
Haitians Are Still
Hungry
by Michael Deibert
When Elvis Cineus
rushed to his home
in the town of
Leogane, 18 miles
west of
Port-au-Prince, in
the aftermath of
Haiti's devastating
earthquake, he was
not prepared for
what awaited him.
Under the remains
of his home,
smashed flat as if
pummeled by a
giant fist, lay
the bodies of his
wife, his nephew,
his cousin, and a
friend, all dead.
His 1-year-old son
was dangling from
the building's
jagged facade,
injured but alive.
"It
was a miracle," he
says of the
infant's survival.
"But I think there
are still
survivors in the
fallen schools,
because we still
hear them
screaming."
This coastal town,
once one of the
most pleasant in
Haiti, was largely
decimated by the
quake. The
International
Federation of Red
Cross
estimates that as
much as 90 percent
of the town has
been destroyed.
Along Leogane's
Grand Rue,
once-stately
concrete buildings
lie in rubble,
with only a few
structures built
in Haiti's
distinctive wooden
gingerbread style
remaining. The
putrid smell of
death wafts
through the lanes,
helped along by an
ocean breeze.
At
a ruined dental
clinic, a woman
cries when she
tells how a
neighbor died
after her leg was
severed by falling
debris and how the
neighbor's child,
a little girl,
took off screaming
down the street.
"It's beyond
chaos, beyond
catastrophe," says
Michael Moscoso, a
local businessman.
"The losses cannot
be numbered."
One
week after the
earthquake
flattened large
swaths of central
Port-au-Prince,
people beyond the
capital and closer
to the epicenter
have grown ever
more desperate as
much-promised aid
has been slow to
trickle in or has
failed to
materialize
altogether.
In
the Médecins Sans
Frontières
hospital in the
capital's southern
Carrefour
neighborhood,
several hundred
people lay on
makeshift surgical
tables, on
benches, or
sprawled on the
floor. Half a
dozen people
groaned with
severe suppurating
burn wounds caused
when a gas
cylinder exploded
during the great
tremor.
Nine-year-old
Michel St. Franc
lay with blood
caking his face,
his leg in a
primitive cast and
tears in his eyes.
"This is the worst
situation I've
ever seen," says
Julien Mattar,
project
coordinator for
the hospital. "We
have huge needs in
terms of human
resources, medical
supplies, and
materials."
Mattar tells me
that a supply
plane that was
unable to land in
Port-au-Prince was
instead rerouted
to the Dominican
Republic. From
there, the
supplies made the
seven-hour
overland journey
to Haiti.
The
injured who were
able to reach the
hospital were the
lucky ones.
Farther down the
road, both the
living and the
dead waited for
respite in the
form of assistance
from the
international
community or from
the government of
Haitian President
René Préval, who
has faced
withering
criticism at home
for his perceived
lax and
disorganized
response to the
disaster.
Along the Route
des Rails, almost
every home seemed
to have been
destroyed, and,
again, the intense
smell of decay
intensified under
a glaring
Caribbean sun.
Residents say they
feel abandoned.
"No
one has ever been
here," Vilaire
Elise, a
38-year-old
Protestant
minister, said as
he led a visitor
and fellow
residents to
survey homes where
his neighbors had
died. "We have no
water to drink,
nor food to eat.
We are suffering
here."
Though nearly
105,000 food
rations and 20,000
tents had been
distributed by
humanitarian
groups on Monday,
the effort seemed
unable to come to
grips with the
scale of the
disaster. The U.N.
World Food Program
has said it will
need 100 million
prepared meals
over the next 30
days.
The
growing foreign
military presence
in Haiti, which
has played host to
a U.N.
peacekeeping
mission since 2004
and will now house
at least 2,000
U.S. troops, also
seemed
overwhelmed.
Late on Monday,
with the sun
setting outside
Leogane, in a
scene reminiscent
of others played
out in severely
war-torn countries
such as the
Democratic
Republic of Congo,
at least 1,500
townsfolk rendered
homeless by the
quake took over a
flat patch of
grassy land and
constructed
fragile shelters
from logs, twigs,
bed sheets, and
leaves.
"Since the
disaster, everyone
here has had
nothing," said
Innocent Wilson, a
31-year-old who
acts as one of the
impromptu camp's
spokesmen. "No one
is here to help
us, so we are
organizing
ourselves."
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 Zinn
Coming of Age
by Dan Simon
It's hard to
believe that after
all these years
there's still a vast
population of
Americans who've
never heard of
Howard Zinn. Yet the
airing in December
of
The People Speak--Zinn's
sublime history
lesson in the form
of a live-reading,
live-performance
documentary that
appeared on the
History
Channel--proved it.
Seven Stories Press
was a beneficiary,
as our whole library
of Zinn titles sold
in unprecedented
numbers. But so was
the rest of the
country. Imagine all
of those people
hearing for the very
first time that it
matters more who's
in the street
protesting in front
of the White House
than who sits in the
Oval Office.
I'm thinking that as
much as anything
else, people
watching were sizing
up Zinn himself, a
very down to earth,
soft-spoken
historian who came
from humble origins
and who was saying
things that made
sense. They were
saying to
themselves, "If he
can say those
things, then I can
say those things
too. Out loud. And
what I say will make
a difference"--this
of course being the
opposite message
from the one people
usually hear. The
film put Zinn front
and center as
narrator. Zinn
himself was setting
an example--not only
of activist
scholarship, but of
citizenship plain
and simple, and of
humanity--an example
that anyone is free
to follow.
Dan Simon is the
publisher of Seven
Stories Press.
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The ALA Midwinter
Meeting
by John Thornton
At the American
Library
Association's
Midwinter Meeting
in Boston from
January 15 to 18,
2010, the Seven
Stories Press
table was set up
next to a large
display of socks
in all colors and
sizes. Four for
ten dollars, ten
for twenty, mix
and match: this
was the refrain I
heard throughout
the day from my
neighbor at the
sock table, along
with the question
from the
librarians:
whatever possessed
you to sell socks
at a library
convention?
That my neighbor
sold hundreds,
thousands of socks
to these same
questioners isn't
the point. He
could have done as
much at any other
convention, and
probably done
better financially
as well. Libraries
are cutting
budgets across the
nation, starting
with travel
allotments, and
attendance was
down significantly
from previous
midwinter ALA
events. In the
shadow of the
September 2009
scare about the
Philadelphia Free
Library closing
its doors, the
survival of
libraries is more
than ever in
doubt--both
financially, and
in terms of those
in power losing
respect for a
library's basic
mission.
... If you're
Carolyn Plocher, who
in
a recent article
re-dubbed the
national
organization "The
GayLA," it's no
surprise that
librarians would
respond favorably to
Marcus Ewert and Rex
Ray's book
10,000 Dresses,
which was announced
as a
2010 Stonewall Honor
Book during the
event.
"If past awards are
any indication,
parents can look
forward to the ALA
guiding them to
dozens of books with
themes about "coming
out," pedophilia,
trans-gender issues,
and sodomy laws,"
Plocher writes. "The
ALA does not exist
simply to provide
good, wholesome
literature to
children. It's quite
the opposite, in
fact... The ALA, for
whatever reason, has
taken up the cause
of normalizing
homosexuality and
advancing the gay
agenda."
For the rest of this
article, please see
the Seven Stories
website.
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Parting Thought
"His Highness worked
on the assumption
that even the most
loyal press should
not be given in
abundance, because
that might create a
habit of reading,
and from there it is
only a single step
to the habit of
thinking, and it is
well known what
inconveniences,
vexations, troubles,
and worries thinking
causes. For even
what is written
loyally can be read
disloyally. Someone
will start to read a
loyal text, then he
will want a disloyal
one, and so he will
follow the road that
leads him away from
the throne, away
from development,
and straight toward
the malcontents. No,
no, His Majesty
could not allow such
demoralization to
happen, such
straying, and that's
why in general he
wasn't an enthusiast
of excessive
reading." --
Ryszard Kapuściński
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Recent and Upcoming
Releases
Bakunin
by Mark Leier
A lively
biography of the father
of anarchy, the man who
detested "power, all
power, even as the
people detest it." Now
in paperback.
Human Rights Watch 2010
The reports of the New
York-based Human Rights
Watch (HRW) have become
extremely important. . .
. Cogent and eminently
practical, these reports
have gone far beyond an
account of human rights
abuses in the country.
-Ahmed Rashid
The Emergence of Memory
edited by Lynne Sharon
Schwartz
A detailed portrait of
the great W.G. Sebald,
including extensive
interviews done from
1997 to his death in
2001, by one of our most
well-loved modern
writers. Now in
paperback.
Racing While Black
by Leonard T.
Miller with Andrew Simon
The story
of an African-American
racing team fighting to
open up one of the last
largely non-integrated
sports in the US: NASCAR
racing. An Autoweek
Magazine Auto Book to
Read for 2010.
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Dear Friend of Heyday,
Wow! When we asked you to tell
us about your favorite
California animal, we didn’t
expect such a flurry of incoming
emails. Obviously, this is a
subject near and dear to all
our hearts. While there could
only be one winner chosen at
random, there were so many
heartfelt responses that I
wanted to share them with you.
See below for some of the
entries, including a beautiful
poem about the Elderwood Coyote.
Interestingly enough, I received
more entries about the coyote
than any other animal. I wonder
why?
For this month’s giveaway,
you’ll get the chance to win
not just a copy of our
brand-new
Laws Pocket Guide Set for the
San Francisco Bay Area but
a chance to win original
artwork or even to go on a
personal hike with John Muir
Laws himself! We’re launching
the publication of his new
foldout guides by encouraging
everyone to
become a fan of Bay Area
nature! For more
information on how to declare
yourself a fan and enter the
giveaway,
check out our website. For
you environmental nonprofits:
we’ve dedicated a section on
this web page to help promote
your cause. Just reply with a
link, and we’ll do the rest.
Finally, I want to solicit
some book ideas from you. It’s
quite clear you’re all
enamored of California
animals, so I’m all ears. Do
you know of an animal that has
made a difference in the
history of California?
Warmest regards,
Susan Pi
Marketing and Publicity
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Attend the
Western Wilderness Conference
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Wilderness preservation has
never been more important—or
more possible. In the last four
years, wilderness advocates have
succeeded in establishing over
two million acres of protected
wilderness.
Curious about what it takes to
succeed on this scale? Come to
the
Western Wilderness Conference
at UC Berkeley from April 8-11,
2010. This three-day event will
gather grassroots activists from
California and other western
states to encourage citizen
participation in local
conservation projects.
Workshops will discuss the
economic benefits of wilderness,
the integration of GIS into
wilderness adventures, and
building grassroots support
through campaigns and Web 2.0.
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Save the
Redwoods League Art Contest
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Save the Redwoods League
proudly announces an art contest
just for kids in grades K–12.
Entitled “President Obama: I
Love Redwoods,” the contest
encourages students to learn
about and visit the coast
redwoods and/or giant sequoias,
draw a picture about the
experience, and write a message
to President Barack Obama about
why redwoods are special to
them.
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Fall in Love
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Here's her entry:
“One quiet Sunday morning I
was on the UC Riverside campus
and I saw a weather-beaten
"dog" creeping through the
plants. I called to it and it
stopped and stared at me,
fearless but without
aggression. As I approach, it
looked at me curiously but
dispassionately before walking
calmly away. Only later did I
learn it was a coyote,
something I had never seen
before. I admire their
determined survival amid our
encroachment on their
environment. They live among
us but avoid us, observe us
but seem not to fear us. That
I respect.”
The next six entries are a
sampling of some of the best
entries we received for our
February giveaway!
“My favorite critter in
California is the Steller's jay.
The jay is an iconic
Californian. He is aggressive
and brash, as were the pioneers
who marched into a populated
area and took over. He is
colorful and easily identified;
so are most Californians. He is
a punk, with his "Mohawk"
hairdo; California has lots of
out-there punk-style people. His
cry is the iconic cry of summer,
all over the state. From Camp
Mather and Yosemite to the Bay
Area, the Steller's jay lets you
know that it's picnic and
barbecue time. He is not afraid
to let you know who's in charge
in his territory, and that is
the entrepreneurial and
political spirit currently at
play in California. He is
adaptable to any diet, will eat
whatever is on your table.
Californians are famous for
taking lemons and making
lemonade. I think, in all
honesty, that the jay should be
the state bird. We're not always
cute and nice in California, but
we get the job done and no one
mistakes us for residents of
anywhere else. Same for the
Steller's jay.” —Stephanie L.,
supporter of
Swords to Plowshares, an
organization of veterans helping
veterans readjust to civilian
life.
“There are so many wonderful
creatures unique to California,
but the one I love the most as a
symbol of this state is the
double creasted cormorant. Not
only are they found all along
the coast perched on every
craggy rock island surrounded by
crashing waves, but in estuaries
floating, diving for fish or
simply basking with their wings
outspread in the morning
sunshine. Not just any duck,
cormorants are streamlined sleek
swimmers. Their jet-black
feathers make them easy to spot.
The way they hold their heads up
suggests a sort of pride as they
glide across ponds and
waterways.” —Stephanie M.,
supporter of the
Berkeley Architectural Heritage
Association
“Coyote keeps watch at the
bottom of the hill where I live.
On nights of full moon he brings
friends, scrawny mariachis
without spangles or sequins, but
always in great voice. They
entertain me by singing ballads
of the hunt or of the heart,
sometimes even songs of humor to
make me smile. Loyal companion
of the night, when the sky is
its wintery blackest, coyote
still keeps watch. He yips a
note or two reminding me that he
is there, and I'm not alone. Of
course he is my favorite.”
—Ross, supporter of
The Sequoia Riverlands, an
organization that creates
preserves to keep the spirit of
the original landscape of
California free for indigenous
flora and fauna.
“The crow is not unique to
California. That’s the reason it
is a favorite animal. I was born
and raised in Southern
California. I lived in Northern
California for many years. And I
now live in the Pacific
Northwest. Crows are a link
between my current home and my
beloved California roots. A
social intelligent animal, they
thrive in urban and rural areas.
Many California animals have
greater star power, but the
common crow is not ordinary to
me. This marvelous animal is a
part of all our daily lives.”
—Claudia, supporter of the
Book Club of Washington,
where book lovers collect and
preserve printed materials.
“I have to say the opossum is my
favorite California wild animal
and certainly one of our most
misunderstood! They are nature's
little cleaner-uppers, hanging
out at night eating leftovers
and trying to stay out of
everybody's way. Yet, they seem
to get in everybody's
way, in the trash, on the road,
mixed up with dogs and cats.
They have more teeth then any
other mammal and love to show
them off, which makes people
think they are ferocious. They
are really quite docile and live
a mostly solitary short (two
years in the wild) life. I love
the little guys and have made it
my goal to speak up for them
whenever possible!”—Kelly,
supporter of
Great Valley Museum, where
she loves volunteering in
children's programs that promote
local wildlife.
Elderwood Coyote
He orchestrates the cacophonous
canine choir of edgy soprano
yips,
alto howls and slow baritone
woofs
with the savvy of an anarchist
at midnight.
After remarking the solid
boundaries
that Robert Frost extolled,
he penetrates the Alpo dreams
of town dogs,
his upwind scent
wafting
with the
neighborhood strains
then lopes to his granite knoll
for the real sport -
watching the light show
of square yellow
stars
blink
to his direction.
—John Dofflemyer ("Poems from
Dry Creek," Starhaven, 2009),
supporter of
Western Folklife Center, an
organization that celebrates the
everyday traditions of people
who live and work in the
American West.
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Hey kids... Based
on suggestions from a past feature (and since we have youtube
videos of features, found in youtube searches and at both the
"2010 schedule" and the "recorded features" links at
http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe), the Café is starting a
podcast of select weekly performances.
Now if you go to
http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe, one of the links on the
main page is for the podcast
(xml link). You can now subscribe to the video
podcast with your browser, or with programs like iTunes.
Currently it has the intro to the first 2010 night at the Café
(January 12, 2010) with an intro poem (The Battle at Hand), and
it will have the Tom Curry full feature before the next feature
is placed in the podcast archive. (We may also add other
features from January or February in the future for the Café
podcasts as well.)
So... We hope you enjoy the podcasts (as well as the youtube
videos), because this is now another way to see performances at
the Café, and another way we can spread the word on the Café to
the world!
-- Janet Kuypers
thecafe@scars.tv
The Cafe, 2010 (weekly open mic)
http://www.chaoticarts.org/thecafe
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Dear Himalayan Institute
Friends,
This April the Institute is
launching an entirely new
way to study with us -
Living Tantra with
Pandit Rajmani Tigunait,
PhD. Never before have you
been able to study with us
in the comfort of your own
home. The entire 6-Part
Series (2010 - 2011) will be
offered online and live at
the Himalayan Institute in
Honesdale, and select parts
will be delivered live on
Tour.
Registration is underway and
space is
extremely limited for
the live events in
Honesdale.
Help us get the word out!
Watch and
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Don't miss this rare
opportunity to study with a
tantric master. The
Limited Early Registration
price of $1008 (less than
$170 for each of the six
weekend seminars) for the
All-Access Pass
expires March 8th and
will then go up to $1,108.
The All-Access Pass gives
you access to the entire
program online (six weekend
seminars, plus a bonus
seminar), tuition* for the
live events, a Living Tantra
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in HI, and more - a $2135
value!
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interacting with you online.
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February 2010
Dear Reader:
At a moment when the very
definition of conservatism has
become a matter of great
debate and deep concern, ISI
Books remains committed to
educating conservatives about
their history, traditions, and
movement.
To that end we are announcing
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is a free CD of a classic
Frank S. Meyer lecture on "The
Conservative Challenge to
Collectivist Liberalism" from
the ISI historical lectures
audio archive. This vintage
recording is both fascinating
and highly instructive.
Best,
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This Month’s Features:
George Nash, author of
Reappraising the Right,
discusses in a brief
interview why the “time is
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Historical Wisconsin Raw Milk Public
Hearings Being Held - March 10th &
16th, 2010
Dear Friends,
Very important historical Raw Milk
hearings in our "Dairy State,"
Wisconsin are posted below.
If
you are out-of-state, it is most
important to attend the hearing on
Tuesday, March 16. Please
pass this on. Also--consider
carpooling if you can.
This
is a landmark opportunity for the
legalization of raw milk in
Wisconsin that could turn the rest
of the country around.
Blessings--Kathy Pirtle
Subject:
Wisconsin Raw Milk Public Hearings
Being Held - March 10th & 16th, 2010
Thousands of people from around the
state of Wisconsin are needed to
show up at two (2) public hearings
in support of the Raw Milk Bill.
These are history making events!
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD TO THOSE YOU
KNOW IN WISCONSIN. THIS IS IT FOLKS
– THE TIME TO BE HEARD!!!
It has been noted that for each
person that appears in person, the
committee looks upon each one as 10
votes.
If there is any chance at all of
getting this bill to pass, these two
committees must be convinced that
YOU want it. Numbers speak!
Requesting everyone to gather
friends, family, neighbors, etc., to
attend these hearings. This is about
OUR RIGHT to choose, and support for
this RIGHT alone is needed.
Wisconsin raw milk bill, as
introduced in the Senate on December
21, 2009 (LRB-3242/3) as SB 434.
Referred to Committee on Agriculture
and Higher Education.
Public Hearing
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
10:00 A.M.
Chippewa Valley Technical College
Room
106/Auditorium
620
West Clairemont Ave
Eau
Claire, WI 54701
Wisconsin raw milk bill, as
introduced in the Assembly on
December 18, 2009 (LRB-3961/1) as AB
628. Referred to Committee on Rural
Economic Development.
Public Hearing
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
10:00 A.M.
Wisconsin State Capitol Building
Room
417 North
Madison, WI
SEE YOU THERE!!!
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 The
International Raw Milk Symposium
is set for Saturday, April 10 in
Madison, Wisconsin. It is being
sponsored by the Farm-to-Consumer
Legal Defense Fund. The full
agenda and registration info will
be coming out in a few days. In
the meantime, go to the Wisconsin
Alliance for Raw Milk site at
http://tinyurl.com/rawmilksymp
where you can RSVP if you will
attend, might attend or not and
see the comments. Make sure you
also join one of fast-growing 25
state ARMs of the Alliance for Raw
Milk Internationale at
http://wholefoodusa.org
Here is the news release just out
on this major event:
2nd
Annual International Raw Milk
Symposium
April
10 in Madison Wisconsin
SAVE
THE DATE
Sponsored by the Farm-to-Consumer
Foundation.
Invited Speakers – Sally Fallon
Morell, Michael Schmidt, Mark
McAfee, Ted Beals, M.D., David
Gumpert, Tim Wightman, Dr. Ton
Barrs, Sylvia Onusic, Ph.D., Fund
attorney and more.
MESSAGE FROM TIM WIGHTMAN,
SYMPOSIUM CHAIRMAN
Last year, in Toronto, the
inaugural International Raw Milk
Symposium created awareness about
the problems that lie ahead for
raw milk farmers and consumers in
the years to come.
The 2nd annual International Raw
Milk Symposium, Saturday, April
10, 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin at
the Monona Terrace Community &
Convention Center, will build on
that foundation and focus on our
need to work intelligently and to
work together. We’ll also
celebrate our successes and gather
strength from our on-going
challenges.
Since the last symposium, we’ve
witnessed Michael Schmidt’s
cow-share model triumph in the
Canadian courts, even as the USA
courts lag behind in the raw milk
Dark Ages.
That very cow-share model was
seeded in Wisconsin eleven years
ago on my farm, after which DATCP
took action against my farm. . .
but not my will to prevail,
evolve, outwit and thrive.
Now, eleven years later, raw milk
farmers in Wisconsin are again in
turmoil. I can’t help but wonder
what new, inventive ideas will be
inculcated in this perfect storm
of DATCP aggressiveness and farmer
inventiveness that we’ll see
harvested in the decade to come.
Fortunately, this time around,
farmers have help! In this last
decade we’ve witnessed the rise of
one million angry raw milk moms &
dads – passionate consumers who
will sign share contracts,
organize milk clubs and cow-pools,
share assets, petition lawmakers
and give witness in court on our
behalf and in support of raw milk
freedom of choice.
So, we feel the climate in
Wisconsin is creating the perfect
backdrop for our work at this
conference. It’s a perfect time
for us to come together. As
farmers and consumers, we know
there is strength in diversity,
and we recognize the fine line
between diversity and
divisiveness.
We are wise stewards of the earth.
Now, let us be even wiser stewards
of this raw milk movement and
create a sustainable,
inter-related, symbiotic,
synergistic, diversified community
of farmers, consumers and
co-producers. Together we will
create meaningful change and
preserve freedom of choice for
all.
No small thing we are doing here.
Now, let’s get to it. See you
there!
Look for more details and
registration soon from the
Farm-to-Consumer Foundation.
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Sending Your Child
to College
The Prepared Parent's
Operational Manual
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by Marie Pinak Carr
and her
daughters: Katharine Carr,
Ann Carr & Elizabeth Carr
272 pages · 6 x 9
Spot color throughout
Charts · Checklists
Appendix · Index
ISBN: 978-0-933165-16-8
$15.95 trade paperback
Released: April 2009
Published by Dicmar Publishing
Distributed by Midpoint Trade
Books
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Additional
ready-to-use articles:
1. 5 Tips for Parents
2. Sending Your Child to College
101: Student Electronic
Needs
3. 6 Things to Do Before You
Shop and Pack for College
4. Green is More Than Just a
School Color
5. Ten Tips for Saving Money |
Meet Marie Carr
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Marie Carr is a graduate of
Syracuse University and has
worked with her daughters over
the past six years, first on the
college admissions' process and
then on getting to know the
ropes of college and all of the
challenges that students and
families face during this
important life transition.
She is a former Emory University
parent council member and is
currently a member of parent
councils at Texas A& M
University and Boston
University. |
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2010 Mom's Choice Award
2009 iParenting Media Awards
2009 PTPA (Parent Tested
Parent Approved) Media
Best Product
2009 The Written Art Award
Creative Non-Fiction
2009 Young Voices Foundation
Gold Award Recipient in
Parenting/Childcare
2009 Next Generation
Indie Book Awards
Winner Reference/Directories
Finalist Best Overall Design
Non-Fiction
Finalist Education/Academic
Finalist Parenting/Family
2009 Adding Wisdom Awards
Best Parenting, Educational,
and General Book
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A few of the helpful
sections found in
Sending Your Child to
College:
Get Organized and Be Prepared
College Paperwork and Forms
Health Insurance
Finances and Student Budgeting |
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Sending Your Child to College?
Get Organized and Be Prepared!
by Marie Carr
 Congratulations,
your child has been accepted
into college. Now, as parents,
there are many things that you
need to do. Being informed,
prepared and organized makes a
world of difference.
Here are 8 essential things
that parents should to do now
to get started.
1.Create
a filing system. Purchase
and label folders such as: Bank
Accounts, College Brochures,
Finances, Housing, Meal Plan,
Medical, New Student
Orientation, Power of Attorney,
Student Information, Tuition and
Travel. Take the time to write
the point of contact person,
email addresses and phone
numbers on the inside of each
file.
2.
Open and respond to all letters
and email. Be on the
lookout for all forms of
communication including: Health
Forms, Housing Information, New
Student Orientation, and the
Tuition bill. The college will
treat your son or daughter as an
adult and all communications
including the tuition bill will
come to him or her in the mail
and to their school email. Make
sure your child knows to share
all of these with you as they
arrive.
As the documents and forms
arrive during the spring and
summer, respond to them promptly
and make sure that copies are
made of documents and
IMMEDIATELY put into the
appropriate file.
3.
Book a doctor's appointment for
your child. Start
gathering all of your child's
medical infomation and book a
doctor's appointment. Health
Forms will require a physical
examination and the physician's
record of vaccinations and
immunizations sent in before
classes start.
4.
Contact your health insurance
company now and determine
if your child will be covered
while at college. If so, ask for
a separate insurance card in
your child's name or a letter
stating that you/they have
coverage. You will need this
documentation to opt out of any
insurance coverage fees that
some colleges automatically
assess on a tuition bill.
5.
Create a Health Care Proxy
and/or Power of Attorney.
HIPAA, enacted in 1996, requires
that all medical information and
records be strictly
confidential. As a college
parent, this means that you will
not be able to voice your
opinion to any clinician about
your child's medical care or
have access to their medical
records, x-rays, etc. If your
child is sick or hospitalized,
you'll need a
college/university, or state
health care proxy on file to
direct the medical care or be
able to speak to the treating
doctor about the condition of
your child. Parents can find and
download these boilerplate forms
from the web. Some colleges and
states will require parents to
use specific medical waivers.
These documents will need to be
notarized in the presence of 2
witnesses. Often, banks and
colleges offer notarization for
free but will require you to
bring your own 2 witnesses.
6.
Select the dorm room and send in
your deposit. You will
want to respond as soon as
possible with your deposit and
questionnaire that the college
Housing Department will send.
Just as in life, college housing
has a pecking order, freshmen
are the last served in a "first
come, first served" format.
Regrettably, some colleges can
not house all of their incoming
freshmen in their dormitories
and failure to return the form
and your deposit in a timely
fashion can have the detrimental
impact of your child being put
on a waiting list, being housed
in temporary living situations
the first semester or, worse,
not being housed at all.
7.
Reserve a space in the summer
New Student Orientation.
Soon after your deposit is
received, you will be receiving
information about New Student
Orientation. All schools offer a
first year student orientation.
Some schools offer this during
the summer and others offer it
between the day you move in and
the day classes start.
Immediately consult your child
and your calendar and register
as soon as possible.
8.
Pay the Tuition Bill.
It's important that parents know
that they may never see the
tuition bill that must be paid
because it will be sent in your
child's name to the address they
have given. Some colleges send
their bills to the student's
college email account. Parents
should read the bill carefully;
there is often a charge for
health insurance that you can
opt out of with the proper
certifications from your
insurance companies. Parents
also need to be aware that
tuition bills must be received
and processed by the
institution's "due date" which
is not the same as a postmark or
guaranteed delivery date.
Have your child assist in
getting organized. Students need
to develop both good
organizational skills as well as
begin to take on some of the
responsibilities they will be
facing when they move away from
home.
By starting now to get a handle
on what lies ahead, parents can
avoid feeling overwhelmed as the
time to actually send their
child off to college nears.
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Marie Carr is
the mother of 3 college-age
daughters (her co-authors). She
has spent the last eight years
sending them to 4 different
schools and study abroad
programs. She has been an active
participant on three college
parent councils and coached
hundreds of parents of college
bound students. She shares this
knowledge in
Sending Your Child to College:
The Prepared Parent's
Operational Manual. Her
goal was to create a handbook to
help parents deal with the
nitty-gritty details of sending
their child off to college. As
Mia, at MainStreetMom.com wrote,
"If you have a child getting
ready to go off to college,
Sending Your Child to College:
The Prepared Parent's
Operational Manual could
be your new best friend. I
highly recommend this wonderful
resource."
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to arrange an interview with
Marie Carr (or any of her
daughters), to receive art
electronically, or for any
additional information, please
contact: |
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800-304-3269 or 616-676-0758
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Father
Donald Calloway to Speak
at Trade Show Breakfast
Few stories match the
incredible faith walk of
Fr. Donald Calloway,
MIC, a convert to
Catholicism and a member
of the Congregation of
Marians of the
Immaculate Conception.
Before his conversion to
Catholicism, he was a
high school dropout who
had been kicked out of a
foreign country,
institutionalized twice
and thrown in jail
multiple times. After
his radical conversion
he earned a B.A. in
Philosophy and Theology
from the Franciscan
University of
Steubenville, OH, M.Div.
and S.T.B. degrees from
the Dominican House of
Studies in Washington,
DC, and an S.T.L. in
Mariology from the
International Marian
Research Institute in
Dayton, OH. He has
written many academic
articles and is the
editor of two books:
The Immaculate
Conception in the Life
of the Church
(Marian Press, 2004) and
The Virgin Mary and
Theology of the Body
(Marian Press, 2005).
He also is the author of
the book Purest of
All Lilies: The Virgin
Mary in the Spirituality
of St. Faustina
(Marian Press, 2008).
Currently Fr. Donald is
the House Superior of
the Marian House of
Studies in Steubenville,
OH. Attendees at the
CMN trade show this
August will have the
opportunity to meet and
hear this inspiring
priest at a special
breakfast sponsored by
Marian Press on Thursday
morning, August 5th.
See you there!!!
2010 CMN Trade Show
We're happy to
announce the date and
location of our
2010 Catholic Marketing
Network Trade Show
and to make you
aware that registration
for the event has moved
online through the
utilization of one of
the largest Trade Show
Management firms.
"The CMN has been an
invaluable resource and
directly responsible for
the rapid growth of our
business. As a small
business without sales
reps, CMN has proven to be
an excellent place to meet
and network with new and
existing customers alike.
I encourage everyone in
the Catholic Marketplace:
wholesalers, retailers,
news media, and clergy, to
become actively involved
in CMN - this is our
market and the CMN the
perfect tool to develop
it. I look forward to the
vibrant future of CMN and
the opportunities it
continues to offer."
-Nelson Fine Art & Gifts
To view highlights of last
year's event please click
here.
Features of the 2010
CMN Trade Show will
include:
- Holy Mass, Rosary
and Adoration with
Some of the Country's
Most Exceptional
Priests!
- The Country's Largest
Exhibition of Catholic
Books, Jewelry, Art and
Religious Articles!
- Networking with
Others Dedicated to the
Important Work God Has
Called Them to Do!
-
Outstanding Lay
Apologists and Fabulous
Catholic Personalities!
- Live Radio Broadcasts
by EWTN and Radio Talk
Show Host Al Kresta!
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Tuesday, August 3,
2010 9:00 AM
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2010 4:00 PM
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Radisson Valley
Forge Hotel &
Convention Center
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1160 First Avenue,
(Just outside of
Philadelphia), King
of Prussia, PA 19406
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Thursday, July 29,
2010 |
To
register for the 2010
CMN Trade Show, please
contact CMN by calling
toll-free 800-506-6333
or via email to
CMN Trade Show Planner
to request your email
invitation.
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New Poetry
from Fordham Press |
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Things That No Longer
Delight Me
Leslie C. Chang
Foreword by Cornelius Eady
"What is
family history, after all,
but the stories we
overhear? That is what I
thought as I read Leslie
C. Chang's Things That
No Longer Delight Me,
with its quiet yet
powerful interweaving of
past and present, of
reclamation and loss, of
histories whispered and
revealed. Her poetry is,
to quote one of her lines,
a process of memory and
bone. In a field of strong
contenders littered with
beautifully written poems
dedicated to craft,
Things That No Longer
Delight Me is a book
in which craft is put to
use for a better purpose:
to tell a story that needs
to be told. It's a
beautifully lyric time
machine."--Cornelius
Eady, University of
Notre Dame,
from the foreword
"In their mix of
tenderness, delicacy of
observation, a feel for
textures, and a refined
and refining intelligence,
all brought to bear by a
robust sensibility that
doesn't flinch in the face
of the harder matters of
absence, loss, and grief,
the poems of Leslie Chang
compose a complete,
remembered, lived-in
world."
--Eamon
Grennan
"These
poems move with poise and
a painterly precision
through the realms of
history, elegy inheritance
and loss. They are a map
you can trust-if what you
seek is 'an eternity,' to
cross 'the narrow portal
between seasons' and 'be
led back out in
amazement.' I am arrested
again and again by the
beauty and devotion
coursing through these
lines."--Tracy
K. Smith
"Leslie Chang's several
images of trapped light
remind me that if you open
a kaleidoscope and shake
the contents onto your
palm, you will discover an
assortment of, say, charms
and sequins. In this first
book, she has collected
ordinary things to dazzle
the reader-battered
planet, aerogramme,
jackdaw in azalea, the
requisite jade
bracelet-then mixes them
into the poetry of family
history and personal
habit. Things That No
Longer Delight Me is
sure to delight the
reader."
--Kimiko
Hahn, author of
The Narrow Road to the
Interior
64 pages, 5 1/2 x 8 1/2
978-0-8232-3200-0, Paper,
$19.00
978-0-8232-3199-7, Cloth,
$45.00
978-0-8232-3201-7, eBook,
$13.00
Poets Out Loud
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Hi all,
I'm writing from
Kansas City where
I'm visiting
relatives for a
couple of
days....so, I will
try to make this
short and to the
point–a true
challenge for me.
(See? I'm already
commenting on my
comments...)
If you've been
pondering the
possibility of
giving yourself a
break, refilling
the well,
recharging your
battery,
remembering who
you are, restoring
your sanity,
getting away with
some girlfriends*,
jump-starting your
self-care for
2010, and/or
giving yourself a
loving Valentine's
gift....
...then
please please
come to the
Deep River
retreat at
Kripalu
Center for Yoga
and Health.**
This could be
called the Deep
River Plus
retreat. The
pluses are: 3
delicious
vegetarian
meals/day (read:
no cooking
necessary, and,
yum :-) yoga
classes as
needed/wanted,
walks in the
beautiful
Berkshires,
whirlpool,
labyrinth, and
an overall
atmosphere
that's very
supportive of
the Deep River
process.
If you're
wondering about
the content of
our days
together, or
have any other
questions,
please
be in touch
with me. I'd be
happy to talk to
you about it.
If you can't
make it, but
refer a friend &
she registers, I
will happily
send you (or
anyone you
choose) a signed
copy of my book,
with my
gratitude.
That's it! 2
things for you
in honor of
Valentine's Day:
1.)Derek
Wolcott's poem, Love
After Love
as read by Jon
Kabat-Zinn in
his interview
about
mindfulness on
NPR's
Speaking of
Faith. The
whole podcast is
there if you
want to listen.
2.)The
2-minute
heart-opener
that I sent in a
recent e-mail to
Deep River
vets...wanted
all of you to
have it. Enjoy!
Wishing you
L*O*V*E,
giving it,
receiving it,
noticing it, at
least a little,
every day,
Abby
*Kripalu
offers a
discount to 5 or
more people
registering
together.
**The
deadline for
registering is
asap, so let me
&/or Kripalu
know asap if
you're coming.
Thanks! -A.
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Isn’t it a little early to pick
okra?
SIBA Announces the 2010 Winter/Spring
Okra Picks—great southern books, fresh
off the vine.
(Columbia, SC)-It may still be frosty
outside but in the South it’s always
Okra Season! Southern Indie
Booksellers have a selected a basket
full of books for the 2010
Winter/Spring Okra Picks—great
southern books, fresh off the vine.
From aliens to debutantes, Barbie
dolls to black-eyed peas, these titles
highlight just what it is that makes
Southern literature great. All the
books have the following things in
common: 1) They are Southern in
nature. 2) They are Winter/Spring 2010
releases and 3) There is a SIBA member
Bookstore who is really excited about
the book. Southern booksellers love
their Southern authors!
The Okra Picks, 2010 Winter/Spring
Edition:
Fiction
Aliens
in the Prime of Their Lives by
Brad Watson
W.W. Norton, March 2010
9780393057119 $23.95
An
Unfinished Score by Elise
Blackwell
Unbridled Books, April 2010
9781936071661, $24.95
Burning Bright: Stories by Ron
Rash
Ecco, March 2010
9780061804113 $22.99
Fireworks Over Toccoa by Jeffrey
Stepakoff
St. Martin’s Press, April 2010
9780312581589, $22.99
Hold
Up the Sky by Patricia Sprinkle
New American Library, March 2010
9780451229144, $15.00
How
Clarissa Burden Learned to Fly by
Connie May Fowler
Grand Central Publishing, April 2010
9780446540681, $23.99
Saving
CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Viking, January 2010
9780670021390, $25.95
This
is Just Exactly Like You by Drew
Perry
Viking, April 2010
9780670021543, $25.95
Nonfiction
Confessions of a Rebel Debutante
by Anna Fields
Harpercollins, April 2010
9780399156311, $24.95
Enchanted Evening Barbie and the
Second Coming by Rheta Grimsley
Johnson
New South Books, April 2010
9781588382504, $24.95
Gullah
Cuisine: By Land and Sea by
Charlotte Jenkins and William Baldwin
Evening Post Publishing Company
with Joggling Board Press, March 2010
9780981873596, $36.95
I Love
You, Now Hush by Melinda Rainey
Thompson
John F. Blair, February 2010
9780895873781, $16.95
Lincoln on Trial by Burrus M.
Carnahan
University of Kentucky Press, February
2010
9780813125695, $30.00
Watch for more Okra Picks promotions.
There will be The Okra Picks Patch at
www.authorsroundthesouth.com.
Lady Banks will introduce The Okra
Picks to over 5000 consumer
subscribers in the October issue. Okra
Pick titles will be highlighted on the
Southern Indie Bestseller list.
SIBA will post at
www.sibaweb.com
marketing and promotional materials as
part of an “Okra Picks toolkit” for
booksellers to help them talk up these
titles.
For more information on the Okra Picks
program, visit SIBA’s website at
www.sibaweb.com/okra.
Howard Mosher
WALKING TO GATLINBURG
(RANDOM
HOUSE 2010)
Tuesday,
March 16, 7PM
A
stunning and lyrical Civil War
thriller, Walking to Gatlinburg
is a spellbinding story of survival,
wilderness adventure, mystery, and
love in the time of war.
Morgan
Kinneson is both hunter and hunted.
The sharp-shooting 17-year-old from
Kingdom County, Vermont is determined
to track down his brother Pilgrim, a
doctor who has gone missing from the
Union Army. But first Morgan must
elude a group of murderous escaped
convicts in pursuit of a mysterious
stone that has fallen into his
possession. It’s 1864, and the country
is in the grip of the bloodiest war in
American history.
Howard
Mosher is the author of ten books. A
recipient of the Literature Award from
the American Academy and Institute of
Arts and Letters, Mosher lives in
Vermont.
Sam
Lipsyte
THE ASK
(FSG
2010)
Thursday, April 15, 7PM
Milo
Burke, a development officer at a
third-tier university, has “not been
developing”: after a run-in with a
well-connected undergrad, he finds
himself among the burgeoning class of
newly unemployed. Grasping after odd
jobs to support his wife and child,
Milo is offered one last chance by his
former employer: he must reel in a
potential donor—a major “ask”—who
mysteriously, has requested Milo’s
involvement. But it turns out that the
ask is Milo’s sinister college
classmate Purdy Stuart. And the “give”
won’t come cheap. Probing many
themes—or, perhaps,
anxieties—including work, war, sex,
class, child rearing, romantic
comedies, Benjamin Franklin, cooking
shows on death row, and the
eroticization of chicken wire, The
Ask is a burst of genius by a
young American master who has already
demonstrated that the truly
provocative and important fictions are
often the funniest ones.
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