![]() ![]() Meanwhile, across the ocean, Captain Timothy Meaher, almost fifty years old, hosts a dinner aboard the Roger B. He hasn't yet completed his initiation when his nineteenth birthday comes but Kossola is already thinking of taking a wife. He and the other initiates and men spend nine days outside Bante. He later learns that an attack was thwarted.Īfterwards, Kossola learns that he will begin the oro initiation ceremony. ![]() One night he hears rustling and sounds the alert for the people to hide in the woods. As a soldier, Kossola is to guard one of the town's eight gates. He is marked as a soldier, to track, hunt and protect, by having his cheek marked with a knife, and his front teeth chipped so that he has a circle shaped opening. Kossola has been training for four years to be a soldier, preparing to be initiated into oro, the secret society of men and highest levels of the Yoruba religion. ![]() ![]() Bante is enclosed on all sides by tall walls. It is a day when people come from all over to buy goats, cows, yams fufu, and much more. Kossola, a young Yoruba man living in the village of Bante, is enjoying market day. Eighteen-year-old Kossola, which means "I do not lose my fruits anymore." is the eldest child of his father's second wife Iya. ![]()
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![]() ![]() ![]() Troops participated in the second annual Law Enforcement Torch Run, and the Polar Plunge to mark ten years of “Freezin’ for a Reason.” While completing their training, this troop of fishery officers gained a solid foundation in regulatory compliance and enforcement of Canada’s fisheries, and also participated in fundraising events to support Special Olympics PEI. This is the first Francophone troop to graduate through the Atlantic Police Academy, highlighting the Department’s commitment to providing bilingual service to Canadians. In a special ceremony at the Atlantic Police Academy in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, 14 graduates from Troop 23-1 finished their demanding 19-week training journey that included both classroom and practical training. Canada’s fishery officers are professionally trained peace officers working in communities across our country to conserve and protect our freshwater and marine fisheries resources and habitats. ![]() Summerside, PEI - Fisheries and Oceans Canada is proud to welcome the latest troop of graduates to the ranks of Canada’s contingent of over 600 fishery officers. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The hope is that such an ontology can enable future conceptualisations of an ethico-politics that avoids the anthropocentric logic dominant in the humanities and social sciences. In this way, this doctoral thesis concentrates on the ontology of life as it emerges through the selected bioartworks: “semi-living” sculptures created by The Tissue Culture and Art Project and the performance May the Horse Live in Me (2011) by L’Art Orienté Objet. Instead of examining the defining criteria of life, bioartistic practices explore and enact life as processual, differential, and always already uncontainable, thus transcending preconceived material and conceptual boundaries. ![]() They expose the enmeshment between the living and non-living, organic and inorganic, and, ultimately, life and death. When examined from a Deleuzian feminist perspective and in dialogue with contemporary bioscience, bioartistic projects reveal the inadequacy of asking about life’s essence. Uncontainable Life: A Biophilosophy of Bioart investigates the ways in which thinking through the contemporary hybrid artistico-scientific practices of bioart is a biophilosophical practice, one that contributes to a more nuanced understanding of life than we encounter in mainstream academic discourse. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Evaristo brings off her trick a little closer to home. The late American writer John Hersey tried turning the tables like this in his 1965 novel "White Lotus," in which he had folks from Arizona taken as slaves by the marauding Chinese and sold into bondage in China. He's a slave dealer on a raid in the northern British Isles to find cargo to sell in the New World in this alternative history by Anglo-African novelist Bernardine Evaristo. That's how the speech of some English peasants sounds to the ears of a roving African - or Aphrikan, as folks from that continent are called in this novel. A language without the clicks, clucks, clacks and !tsks of normal speech sounded dreary beyond belief, more akin to the low monotonous moan of cattle than the exuberant sounds of human communication." "As they crept in a cowardly way toward us, I heard them whispering rapidly in their nonsensical 'language.' This too was farcical. ![]() By Bernardine Evaristo (Riverhead Books 269 pages $24.95) ![]() ![]() ![]() "And it was really from there that it all came together because you bring this new character in and the storylines just emerge."Īs most "Big Little Lies" fans may already know, the beloved series is based on a book written by Australian author Liane Moriarty. "When I was sort of agonizing over whether or not I should do it, it was actually my sister who said to me, 'Only do it if it would be fun, and why not create a role for your favorite actor?' And that's when I came up with this role for Meryl Streep, to be Perry's mother," Moriarty told The Hollywood Reporter in May. It's partly why it took the series two years to return. She also specifically wrote a role just for Meryl Streep, who plays Mary Louise, the mother-in-law of Kidman's character, Celeste. ![]() To appease fans and HBO, Moriarty penned 50,000-word a novella just for the show. Fans wanted another season with the Monterey Five, but there was just one problem: Moriarty hadn't written a sequel. There was no denying its grab on viewers. It won eight Emmy awards and four Golden Globes. With A-list actors like Nicole Kidman, Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern and Alexander Skarsgård-to name a few-the television adaptation became a massive hit. After it was published in 2014, it quickly became a New York Times bestseller and was produced into a limited series on HBO by 2017. ![]() ![]() As most Big Little Lies fans may already know, the beloved series is based on a book written by Australian author Liane Moriarty. ![]() ![]() ![]() (This time around, I listened to Lawrence Fishburne’s excellent audio version, which brought an extra dimension of realism to Malcolm’s voice.) What is more, the story that he tells is simply a good story on any terms, even if it were all made up. You can really hear him speak through the page-with humor, with wit, with passion, and most of all with righteous anger. For one, Haley has beautifully captured Malcolm X’s voice. ![]() ![]() This book has so many things going for it that it is a challenge to focus on a few. One decade later, The Autobiography of Malcolm X has lost none of its power. My love of reading was substantially deepened by the experience. Though I had only the vaguest idea of who Malcolm X was, the book transfixed me, even dominated me. I originally encountered the little paperback in university-borrowed from a roommate who had to read it for a class. The coincidence feels significant, if only because this is probably one of the most crucial books in my reading life. The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm Xīy some fateful coincidence, I find myself writing this review on the 55th anniversary of Malcolm X’s murder. In the Heat: Elche… on Alicante & the Island of…Ģ023: New Year… on In the Heat: Elche & … Jaca: A Slightly Uns… on A Highly Unsuccessful Jou… Reflections on Readi… on Ancient Cities: Istanbul ![]() ![]() ![]() Hoppy makes a misjudged remark to a lady in a wheelchair, but he is visibly embarrassed and it's made clear this was an inappropriate faux pas. Hoppy nearly falling from a balcony and another when a tortoise does fall off the balcony, but survives. There are two instances of very brief and minor peril, one involving Mr. Silver, and a scene in which tortoises are briefly seen mating. There is some mild flirting and one instance of innuendo between Mr. Silver ( Judi Dench) is executed with great love and selflessness. ![]() Even his somewhat sneaky plot to befriend Mrs. But his warm demeanor and kindheartedness bring overriding joy to the story. Based on the popular kids' author's novel, and narrated by James Corden, there are poignant moments throughout that will evoke empathy, and sometimes sadness, for the lead character Mr. Parents need to know that Roald Dahl's Esio Trot is a warm-hearted comedy drama with positive messages, charming role models, and lots of tortoises. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Geder’s adversaries - Cithrin bel Sarcour and the Medan bank former mercenary Marcus Wester Clara Kalliam, the widow of one of Geder’s first political victims, just to name a few - are pooling their forces to try and overthrow the Antean invasion and defeat the Goddess’ masterminds. ![]() The central theme of the series, as indicated by its name, is the duality of power: exerted by armies on one side and by the laws of economy on the other, in a constantly shifting tug-of-war that in the course of the whole story sees lands ravaged by conflict and struggling to resurface from its devastation.Īs the previous book, The Widow’s House, reached its end, the army from Antea was continuing its campaign of conquest and annexation under the banner of the Spider Goddess: Geder Palliako, the former nobody risen to the position of Regent for young Antean king Aster, still trusts the counsel of priest Basrahip but at the same time is unable to deny any longer the inner turmoil that comes from the realization that Antea is dealing with a war on too many fronts, and that even the evil power of persuasion of the priests’ voices can do little for tired, overtaxed and ill-supplied soldiers. Despite my best intentions, it took me over four years to come to the conclusion of this five-book saga, mostly because other titles kept distracting me from the goal, but now that I have finally reached the end I can say it was a very engaging and very satisfying read. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (We've provided links to Amazon, but you may be able to buy them secondhand for a little less.) If you're serious about learning Dutch and want a firm, solid foundation in the Dutch language, you should consider purchasing these three. These three books are, in our opinion, the best books available to learners of Dutch at all levels. Without further ado, these are the eight books you should think about picking up if you're serious about learning Dutch! From this 8, we developed a “Top 3” which you can find at the end of this page. In total, we reviewed 32 books and ended with a selection of 8. We also asked a handful of online Dutch-learning communities for their recommendations, which quickly revealed a surprisingly small number of books that learners had found invaluable as they learnt. These books have been thoroughly reviewed, and were selected for both their quality and value - we provided a number of these books to over 25 learners of Dutch to gather their feedback, which we took into account during our selection. The books include introductions to basic Dutch and Dutch grammar, grammar workbooks, phrasebooks, as well as a dictionary. Suitable for both beginners and more advanced learners, we've put a great deal of effort into selecting the following books, which we highly recommend to everybody learning Dutch. ![]() ![]() She’s at an advantage because she’s a woman, who can simply sleep her way to the top. “ It’s so much easier for you blacks and Hispanics”. She’s at an advantage because she’s Black. When a push for diversity at work sees her seemingly float above her colleagues to a top managerial role, they simply can’t resist telling her how it is. Strangers, too, who freely dispense racial slurs at her on the Tube, in the street -– although, strictly speaking, in these cases we don’t so much learn as get to confirm what we already know.īesides the everyday people who seem to resent her presence, there are the suited and booted men who resent her success. We learn much more, even in passing, about those who surround her: friends, neighbours, acquaintances. It tells us nothing about this story, this storyteller. Illuminated, yes, but hardly illuminating. ![]() It’s not my life, but it’s illuminated two metres tall behind me and I’m speaking it into the soft, malleable faces tilted forwards on uniformed shoulders. ![]() There’s hard work, pulling up laces, rolling up shirtsleeves, and forcing yourself. You get the impression our narrator has always been, if not above, then over it. Disillusioned is perhaps the wrong word for someone who has never been, at least in one sense, under any illusions. It looks like hymns and barely secular thoughts-for-the-day have been swapped out for inspirational, aspirational presentations packaged and delivered by young, gifted and disillusioned City workers, such as the narrator of Assembly, Natasha Brown’s debut. ![]() |