![]() ![]() He then forcefully argues against the rampant unfairness in the system. ![]() Howard Steven Friedman explains in simple terms how economists and data scientists at corporations, regulatory agencies, and insurance companies develop and use these price tags and points a spotlight at their logical flaws and limitations. This is critical since undervalued lives are left less-protected and more exposed to risk. These price tags are often unfair, infused as they are with gender, racial, national, and cultural biases that often result in valuing the lives of the young more than the old, the rich more than the poor, whites more than blacks, Americans more than foreigners, and relatives more than strangers. The calculations that underlie these price tags are often buried in technical language, yet they influence our economy, laws, behaviors, policies, health, and safety. – How much is a human life worth? Individuals, families, companies, and governments routinely place a price on human life. ![]()
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![]() Add the turmeric, cayenne pepper and salt. Cover and stew for 8-10 minutes over a medium-low heat. (From Madhur Jaffrey's Flavours of India)Ī delicious warming fruity curry - ideal for supper time.ģ medium ripe mangoes, peeled pit removed and flesh cut into 1/2-inch piecesģ-4 fresh hot green chillies, coarsely choppedĢ Tbsp coconut oil or any other vegetable oilģ-4 dried hot red chillies, broken into halvesġ. But the sweetest ingredient of all comes at the end of the book, where Madhur shares more than thirty family recipes from her childhood. Madhur Jaffrey draws on several food memories to tell her story: climbing mango trees in the orchard, armed with a mixture of salt, pepper, ground chilies and roasted cumin picnicking in the Himalayan foothills on meatballs, stuffed with raisins and mint, and tucked into freshly fried pooris sampling the heady flavors in the lunch boxes of Muslim friends sneaking tastes of exotic street fare. Her grandfather often presided over dinners at which forty or more members of his extended family would savor the wonderfully flavorful dishes that were forever imprinted on Madhur's palate. Madhur, whose name means "sweet as honey," grew up in a large family compound. Madhur Jaffrey's book book is called Climbing the Mango Trees: A Memoir of Childhood in India. ![]() ![]() Madhur Jaffrey, one of today's most highly regarded writers on Indian food, gives us an enchanting memoir of her childhood in Delhi in an age and a society that has since disappeared. ![]() ![]() ![]() And as touched on in ( MisBeee Writes: Azania: exploring cultural unity across ancient African),Īfrican kingdoms ruled by the likes of Emperor Musa They came to England as skilled artisans, dignitaries and as royalty. ![]() So Africans were not just slaves, ( see MisBeee Writes: Belle a new kind of English rose). Historian and writer Onyeka challenges beliefs That their presence in numbers can be traced back to 12 th century. ![]() In Onyeka's book Blackamoores: Africans in Tudor England, Their Presence, Status and Origins, he suggests that it is highly probably These soldiers were among troops that defended Hadrian's Wall in northern England in 3AD, Peter added.īritish-born 'Africans' did not appear in Britain until 1505, according to Fryer - something that historian Onyeka Nubia disputes. These soldiers were a division of the Moors named after a former Roman emperor called Marcus Aurelius. © photographed by MisBeee Writes from postcardĮnglish historian Peter Fryer, who wrote Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain, tells us that there were Africans in Britain before the English came here!Īccording to his research, Africans were soldiers in the Roman imperial army that occupied the southern part of the island for three and a half centuries. An 'depiction 'of an African dignitary visiting Queen Victorian ![]() ![]() ![]() I did not need more trouble with the law. ![]() Try to look innocent, I told him as I rolled down the window. He sniffed my ear and then looked down into my lap, no doubt hoping I’d dropped something he could eat. Ma’am, could you roll down your window? The shield on his coat was hard to miss.Ĭhaucer lifted his massive head, slowly coming to his paws, needing to hunch in order to fit. I watched it pool in my lap before fumbling with the can. The tap of the cop’s flashlight on the driver’s-side window, combined with a soft woof from the back seat, made me jump and splash grape soda down my sweater. It’s usually later, after being confronted with photographic evidence in the form of a mug shot, that you realize you lost your shit in a truly spectacular way. YOU DON’T ALWAYS know when you’re having a nervous breakdown. ![]() ![]() ![]() After Sophie's mother discovered that her father was a warlock, they split up and Sophie lived solely with her mother. Sophia 'Sophie' Mercer/Atherton/Brannick The narrator of the trilogy, who was sent to live at Hex Hall after a string of spells went disastrously wrong. Hex Hall has a large supporting cast of characters, whose plot significance varies by book. Along with all of this she also meets an enemy As the trilogy progresses, Sophie discovers more about herself, powers, and the mystery behind her family's origins. Through a series of events, Sophie gets caught up in the secret war going on between the Prodigium and a group of humans who believe the Prodigium should be destroyed. Sophie also gets swept up in a love triangle involving Archer, the school's resident bad boy, and Cal, her betrothed. An awkward, sarcastic girl, she becomes best friends with her vampire roommate, Jenna Talbot, who is an outcast like her. The trilogy follows the exploits of Sophie Mercer, a young witch, who is sent to Hecate Hall ("Hex Hall"), a boarding school for Prodigium juvenile delinquents. While there, she gets caught up in the ongoing war between the Prodigium and the human organizations who seek to eradicate them from the world. The trilogy is centered on Sophie Mercer, a sixteen-year-old witch who is sent to Hecate Hall (nicknamed "Hex Hall"), a boarding school for magical beings, after a string of disastrous spells gone wrong. ![]() ![]() Hex Hall is a best-selling trilogy of young adult paranormal romance novels by American author Rachel Hawkins. ![]() ![]() ![]() Feeling frustrated, Kanin moved to RKO where he helmed charming comedies like the Ginger Rogers' vehicles "Bachelor Mother" (1939) and "Tom, Dick and Harry" (1941) as well as "My Favorite Wife" (1940), with Cary Grant and Irene Dunne and the third version of "They Knew What They Wanted" (also 1940), with Carole Lombard and Charles Laughton. He moved to directing with 1937's "Hitch Your Wagon" which landed him a contract with Samuel Goldwyn. Kanin left acting to serve as Abbott's production assistant, working on "Room Service" (1937), among others. After training at NYC's American Academy of Dramatic Arts, he made his Broadway acting debut in "Little Ol' Boy" (1934), directed by George Abbott. The Rochester, NY, native dropped out of high school in 1929 and worked in vaudeville as a musician and comic. A highly competent, witty playwright, screenwriter and director, Garson Kanin is perhaps best-remembered for his 1945 Broadway smash "Born Yesterday" and for the scenarios he wrote for others, especially George Cukor. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He is a friend and betrayer, and though he carries the spear from the Deliverer's tomb, he also heads a vast army intent on a holy war against the demon plague. Novels include The Warded Man, The Desert Spear, The Daylight War, The Skull Throne, and The Core. But the figure emerging from the desert, calling himself the Deliverer, is not Arlen. Brett is the internationally bestselling author of the Demon Cycle series, which has sold over three and a half million copies in 27 languages worldwide. He chose a different path chose to fight inherited apathy and the corelings, and eventually he became the Painted Man, a reluctant saviour. The Deliverer has returned, but who is he? Arlen Bales, formerly of the small hamlet of Tibbet's Brook, learnt harsh lessons about life as he grew up in a world where hungry demons stalk the night and humanity is trapped by its own fear. Brett, The Desert Spear is book two of the Demon Cycle, pulling the reader into a world of demons, darkness and heroes. Categories Adult Fiction, Science Fiction and FantasyĬontinuing the impressive fantasy series from author Peter V. About the Book The night now belongs to voracious demons that arise as the sun sets, preying upon a dwindling population. ![]() ![]() ![]() So I'm not sure why I like Kelly Link so much. Yes, I respond, but fuckin, I can't even read Phillip K Dick unless it's Valis, which is just him being paranoid and ranting about how much god can suck it. But oh! Sci-Fi is a genre, and Kelly Link tends to work in worlds that mostly resemble our own, you say. ![]() I read- uh, Memory, Sorrow and Thorn when I was fourteen, fifteen years ago, and haven't been able to get interested in a book with a dragon in it since, I don't think. I'm like, I guess these count as fantasy stories lots of the time, and that's clearly the community Ms Link is coming from, and about which she tends to talk, but still, her stories engage me in a way that genre stuff consistently doesn't. Y'know how people will be like, 'I don't really listen to rap stuff, but I really liked that Nas album,' or whatever, and then you know that Nas album is probably not super representative of hip-hop? I don't really read fantasy, or sci-fi, but I fuckin love Kelly Link. ![]() ![]() ![]() McKissack, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis. Touring Story $600 after November 1, $675. Goin' Someplace Special study guide contains a biography of Patricia C. (Grades K-2, 45 min, 35 students max)Īdapt It! Stage It! Students analyze a selection of text, adapt it in the Book-It Style, and stage it for an informal performance. Themes in Motion Students enter the world of the story using voice, body, and imagination to explore themes, characters, and events. To book Goin’ Someplace Special for your school or community center, McKissack GRADES: K 6 TOURS: January March THEMES: Civil rights movement, Jim Crow laws, family dynamics, tolerance, perseverance. ![]() ![]() These workshops allow young people to make the leap between seeing art and creating it. In conjunction with each performance, Book-It offers workshops for children and young adults to reinforce what they have seen. ![]() Quite a daunting task and it begins to look like Tricia Ann will never make it until she remembers what her grandmother told her: “You are somebody – a human being – no better, no worse than anyone else in this world.” With this encouragement, Tricia Ann may just make it to someplace special.Įach performance runs between 35 and 45 minutes and can be performed in venues as small as a classroom or as large as an auditorium. To get to someplace special, Tricia Ann must navigate her way through Jim Crow Laws, hurtful signs and rude strangers. Jim Crow laws, family dynamics, tolerance, perseverance, libraries, autobiography, true events ![]() ![]() Howard is repped by Creative Artists Agency. We are excited to bring the horror found in the pages of his work to life onto the biggest screens possible.” “The team at Fangoria is honored to be working alongside Junji Ito. “Ito’s stories and visuals are pure nightmare fuel,” said Armen Aghaeian, senior VP at Fangoria Studios. Along with Howard, Kevin Nicklaus will serve as executive producers along with Ryan Lewis and Joe Riley from Zero Gravity Management. Shocked by the announcement of her death, the class is puzzled by the cruel fate that has befallen someone so dear to them such a radiant and beautiful girl did not deserve such a hideous demise. Phil Wurtzel will serve as an executive producer through his production company Friel Films. In a high school classroom, students mourn the loss of one of their own: Tomie Kawakami, who has been murdered and dismembered. Tara Ansley, Armen Aghaeian, and Abhi Goel will produce under Fangoria Studios alongside Yasu Kutami and Tsubasa Yamaguchi of Amuse Group USA. It’s an offshoot of the magazine, which was founded in 1979 and specializes in horror and genre film coverage. ![]() “The combination of fear and feelings is where I always want to be.”įangoria Studios was launched in 2021 to develop and produce film, television and podcasts. ![]() “When I found out a live action Junji Ito adaptation was going to happen, I chased after it with everything I had, because I just couldn’t live with anyone else getting there before me,” Howard said. ![]() His horror bona fides include Netflix’s mini-series “Midnight Mass” and the 2013 supernatural thriller “Oculus.” Howard will also executive produce “Bloodsucking Darkness” in addition to writing the screenplay. ![]() |