Israeli Novel Debuts in U.S.: LAUNDRY by Suzane Adam
IOWA CITY, IA - November 1, 2008 -- Laundry is a psychological thriller driven by characters whose lives were shaped by the Holocaust. "I read Laundry with curiosity, wonder, and delight...." prominent Israeli novelist Amos Oz proclaimed."Burns with feverish menace," says Zeek: A Journal of Jewish Thought and Culture.
Laundry, a novel by Suzane Adam, translated from the Hebrew by Becka Mara McKay (Autumn Hill Books, November 1, 2008), will be published in English in the U.S. just in time for Jewish Book Month, which is November. Autumn Hill Books is a publisher of world literature based in Iowa City, Iowa (www.autumnhillbooks.com). Laundry was originally published in Hebrew by Keter Publishing House in Israel in 2000.
As the story opens, the reader learns that five-year- old Ildiko idolized Yutzi, the prettiest girl in the village. She followed her everywhere. She knew Yutzi would take care of her. It was one of the things grownups were supposed to do, keep children safe... Only now, decades later, after her immigration to Israel from the far-flung village in Transylvania where she was born, do the repressed nightmares from her past return, threatening to destroy the bonds of love and security she has built in the intervening years. As her story is revealed--and with it the parallel stories of her family--we come to understand the mysterious, violent event that begins the novel, and to see how Ildiko's story has come full circle. Quiet, introspective Ildiko revisits a past that has been secret for years, recounting her horror to her frantic husband, who listens, hoping that something of their previous happiness might still survive.
Author Suzane Adam was born in Satu Mare, Transylvania, and came to Israel at age 10. She is the author of Mayamiya and Janis's Mother, which was awarded Israel's Kugel Literary Prize. She has taught art, creative thinking, image consulting, and computerized commercial presentation. She has also worked as an illustrator and developed games for one of Israel's largest toy firms.
Translator Becka Mara McKay's poetry and translations have appeared in American Letters and Commentary, eXchanges, Hayden's Ferry Review, small spiral notebook, and TWO LINES, among others, and she has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, a literary prize honoring the best poetry, short fiction, and essays published in small presses and magazines.
Excerpts of the book are online at Zeek and Words Without Borders:
http://www.jewcy.com/post/israeli_fiction_laundry_excerpt
and
http://www.wordswithoutborders.org/?lab=AdamLaundry#
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LAUNDRY
A Novel by Suzane Adam
Becka Mara McKay (Translator)
ISBN13: 9780975444474
Price: $16.95
Format: Trade Paper
Pages: 250 pages
Publisher: Autumn Hill Books, P.O. Box 22, Iowa City, IA 52244, www.autumnhillbooks.com
phone/voicemail: 202.580.8429
info@autumnhillbooks.org
Distributed nationally by: Independent Publishers Group, www.ipg.com
PUBLICATION DATE: (November 1, 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0975444476
ISBN-13: 978-0975444474
Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.6 x 0.6 inches
U.S. $16.95
Times Tables, the Key to Your Child’s Success?
Irvine, CA- When did you lose interest in math? Never had any? Maybe, but Eugenia Francis knows exactly when it started to happen to her son. The moment? The dread rite of passage all children face: the multiplication tables.
As her son struggled with endless drills, Francis realized there had to be a better way. Why not learn the tables in context of one another and emphasize the commutative property (i.e. 4 x 6 is the same as 6 x 4) of the multiplication tables? Francis drew a grid for tables 1-10 and discovered patterns for her son to decode. The mysteries of the times tables unfolded as a daily exploration of “magic” never discussed in his third-grade class. Their fridge eventually was papered with patterns that made the times tables intriguing. “Patterns made my son smile,” Francis says. “He could see the structure and knew he got it right.”
Ever the creative educator, Francis taught college English. “Patterns whether in literature or math,” she says, “reveal the underlying structure. There is an inherent simplicity in them, an inherent beauty. Math should engage your child’s imagination.”
At the kitchen table, Francis applied her skills to math. Why not learn the tables in order of difficulty? Tables 2, 4, 6 and 8 are easy to learn as they end in some combination of 2-4-6-8-0. Tables for odd numbers also have distinct patterns. Why not a more creative approach? Thus was born Teach Your Child the Multiplication Tables, Fun, Fast and Easy with Dazzling Patterns, Grids and Tricks! (available on Amazon and www.TeaCHildMath.com ) and mom the entrepreneur.
Patterns appeal to children. Learning to recognize patterns teaches analytical skills. A review in California Homeschool News stated: “My daughter thinks it’s lots of fun. She’s already had quite a few ‘ah-ha moments as she recognizes and predicts the various patterns.” Patterns enhance recall. “Children with ADHD, dyslexia and autism do well with my method,” Francis says.
Parents and teachers must ensure children learn the multiplication tables. “Without them a child is doomed,” Francis states. A child who has not mastered the times tables has difficulty succeeding in mathematics beyond the third grade.
A recent editorial in the Los Angeles Times noted that failure to pass Algebra I was the “single biggest obstacle to high school graduation” and that failure to master the multiplication tables was one of the main reasons. A survey of California Algebra I teachers report that 30% of their students do not know the multiplication tables. It is hardly surprising then that fifteen-year olds in the U.S. rank near the bottom of industrialized nations in math skills.
“We have one of the highest high school dropout rates in the industrialized world,” Bill Gates stated. “If we keep the system as it is, millions of children will never get a chance to fulfill their promise because of their Zip Code, their skin color or their parents’ income. That is offensive to our values.”
Teachers must innovate and bring the magic of math into the classroom. Parents must do their part. “Parents have a huge influence over a third or fourth grader,” Francis states. “By high school it may be too late. Why not take the opportunity that teaching the multiplication tables provides to give your child a head start in math and develop analytical skills necessary for algebra? Mastery of the multiplication tables is essential to your child’s future.”
Francis published her innovative workbook to help other families. “If more of us would do for other people’s children what we do for our own, the world would be a better place.”
About Eugenia Francis
Eugenia Francis taught English at the University of California at Irvine. Faced with the challenge of teaching her son the multiplication tables, she developed her own innovative method, discovering patterns to the multiplication tables. She has also published a Spanish edition of the workbook. Teach Your Child the Multiplication Tables sells on Amazon in the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany and Japan.
Raindrop Dream
Illustrated Children's Book Follows Determined Raindrop on Journey to Become a Snowflake
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas - Raindrop Dream (published by AuthorHouse), the new children's picture book written and illustrated by Lisa Weidknecht, is the story of a raindrop who desires to be something more: a snowflake!
Lisa's colorful drawings accompany this delightful story, which is intended for children aged 2 to 10. Raindrop Dream is an excellent read-aloud book for parents and teachers.
Follow the raindrop as he is blown around the country and through the seasons, hanging tight to his cloud in anticipation of winter. Outlasting spring, summer and autumn and rainstorm after rainstorm, the raindrop exercises perseverance and determination, keeping a hold on his cloud and keeping alive his dream of being a beautiful snowflake.
Raindrop Dream teaches children about weather, seasons and the water cycle as they join the raindrop on his exciting, sometimes frightening journey. Most importantly, young children will be inspired to strive to be their best and follow their dreams, even in the face of adversity.
About the author: Lisa Weidknecht lives in Texas with her husband and three children. She has been an early childhood educator for 20 years. She earned her master's degree in early childhood education from the University of Phoenix and her bachelor's degree in child development and family relationships from the University of Texas at Austin. She believes strongly in providing children the right environment and materials to facilitate learning and social interaction.
Nobel Prize Winners Who Crack Us Up
Stratford, Ontario - The Nobel Prize is awarded each year in October. It is usually a serious and often somber event meant to highlight someone fighting for peace or justice. David Pratt, author of the book “The Impossible Takes Longer; The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said By Nobel Prize Laureates” (Walker & Company, 2007) fills his book with poignant, thought-provoking and emotional quotes. “But let’s be honest,” he says, “sometimes the smartest people say or do the dumbest things.”
Like the most recent Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore who said, “The future will be better tomorrow.” The 1922 Nobel Prize in Physics winner Niels Bohr explained of the horseshoe hanging above his door, “I certainly do not believe in superstition. But you know, they say it does bring luck even if you don’t believe in it!” Then there is the 1962 Nobel Prize in Medicine winner, James Watson, who collected his prize for his groundbreaking work on DNA and promptly went on to research the all important effects of sunshine on the sex drive.
“These are amazing men and women,” says Pratt. “They did amazing things. They changed the world. And some of them made us laugh.”
Abdus Salam was the 1979 winner for Physics. He was also Muslim who brought both of his wives to Stockholm for the ceremonies. “It created quite a stir,” says Pratt. “Because of protocol there was only one chair.”
Some of the Laureates used laughter to make a point. 1991 Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi was once leading a peaceful demonstration when nearby soldiers seemed about to fire on the crowd. She continued marching saying, “We are grateful to those who are giving the people practice in being brave.”
Humorous stupidity isn’t always the Laureates fault. The 1956 Nobel Prize Winner for Medicine, Werner Forssmann, got fired for trying out a medical gizmo on himself. That ‘gizmo’ turned out to be the first heart catheter. The 1962 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry was commissioned as part of a secret war project to make ice strong enough for a plane to land on it. Max Perutz’s invention was unveiled to the top brass and an over-eager colonel pulled out his sidearm to see if the bullets would penetrate the super-hard ice. “They didn’t. Three of the generals were wounded by the ricochets.”
Behind every brilliant man there is a wife fretting he’s stupid without her guidance. Such was the case with Dr. Barry Marshall. “He was so convinced bacteria caused ulcers he drank a batch of it. He was right, he got sick. His wife was furious, but Marshall went on to win the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1995.”
Among the 1,000 inspirational, poignant and uplifting quotes in Pratt’s book is that of Werner Heisenberg, the inventor of the Uncertainty Principle in quantum mechanics. The epitaph he composed for his tombstone reads, “He lies here, somewhere.”
“These are brilliant people,” says Pratt. “I admire them all. The 1975 Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry once played chess blindfolded against 12 players simultaneously and won 8 games.” He doesn’t want anyone to lose sight of the Laureates’ accomplishments, “The prize is intended to point the world’s attention to an issue. It’s intended to protect the person brave enough to stand up for peace and justice. These are great human beings and if laughter points our attention at them so that we can learn from their brilliance then that’s a prize we can give to ourselves.”
About the author: David Pratt was born in England in 1939. He attended Oxford University, Harvard University, and received his Ph.D. from the University of Toronto. Pratt is a former teacher and lecturer with the life long passion to collect unusual quotes from Nobel Laureates. Find the product of his obsession in “The Impossible Takes Longer, The 1,000 Wisest Things Ever Said By Nobel Prize Laureates.” www.theimpossibletakeslonger.com
The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd
will change the way you think about horses forever.
Available today everywhere.
As
the creator of the beloved Benji series, Joe Camp has spent most of his
life luring us into the heart and soul of a floppy-eared dog, but now
in this engaging, emotional, and often humorous story, he deftly lures
us into the heart and soul of a horse.
Written for everyone who
has ever loved a horse or even loved the idea of loving a horse, this
memoir leads us on a riveting voyage of discovery as Joe and his wife
Kathleen navigate uncharted, often politically incorrect territory on
their way to discovering an astonishing truth that will change
traditional thinking about horses forever.
It all begins when
Joe received a surprise birthday gift from Kathleen. As complete
neophytes, Joe and Kathleen were without a clue as to what horses
needed or wanted, but they plunged head first into this new world and
the result is THE SOUL OF A HORSE: Life Lessons from the Herd (Random
House/Harmony Books; On-sale today; Hardcover).
The parallel
journeys of a fabled herd in the wild and a wide-eyed couple thrust
into an enigmatic world of horses are charmingly blended into a
expedition of discovery about relationships, choices, trust, and love.
The Press Room at www.thesoulofahorse.com
is loaded with photos and graphics, and should you be interested in an
interview, we'd be delighted to put you in touch with Joe. Reviw copies
available upon request.
Nancy Garrett
Nancy@thesoulofahorse.com
Laura Pillar Kaplan
212-446-5110
lkaplan@goldbergmcduffie.com
Sarah Breivogel
212-572-2722
sbreivogel@randomhouse.com
Early Praise for The Soul of a Horse:
"Joe
Camp shows that animals can change your perspective and perhaps even
your life. This book is about compromise, trust, and love. There are
life lessons to be learned here that go beyond the pasture and affect
the quality of your life. Read this book and feel your heart open."
Mike Thompson
Writer-Producer of the new Universal film TRAVELING
"This book is absolutely fabulous! An amazing, amazing book. You're going to love it."
Janet Parshall
Janet Parshall's America
Salem Radio Network
"Joe
Camp is a natural when it comes to understanding how animals tick and a
genius at telling us their story. The Soul of a Horse is a must read
for those who love animals of any species."
Monty Roberts
Author of New York Timers Best-seller The Man Who Listens to Horses
"I wish you could hear my excitement for Joe Camp's new book, The Soul of a Horse. It is unique, powerful, needed."
Dr. Marty Becker
Best-selling author of several "Chicken Soup for the Soul" books
Popular veterinary contributor to ABC's "Good Morning America"
"I read The Soul of a Horse and I see the soul of a man. I am absolutely captivated."
Dr. Robert M. Miller, DVM
Author, Lecturer, Equine Veterinarian
2004 Western States Hall of Fame
"Who
should read this book? Every person who has a relationship with a
horse, other animals, spouse, family, or other humans. So that includes
just about everybody."
Kelly Bowers
The Rider Magazine
"Joe
Camp has to write another book - and soon! Joe is a wonderful
story-teller. The book is lively, stimulating, delightful, educational,
amusing, entertaining, charming, a pleasure to read and totally
lovable. Joe Camp I am in your debt. Thank you!"
Robert Cook FRCVS PhD
Professor of Surgery Emeritus
Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
Tufts University
"The
Soul of a Horse is beautiful. Everyone who reads this book will laugh a
little, cry a little, and think a lot; about the horse, about mankind,
and about themselves."
Pete Ramey
Author, Speaker, Hoof Rehabilitation Specialist
"Joe
Camp's The Soul of a Horse: Life Lessons from the Herd presents the
history and majesty of equines in a way that truly touches the heart
weaving an engaging tapestry of writings that explore the evolutionary
development of horses along with Camp's present day relationship with
the horses that have chosen him as their leader. A treasure map leading
to untold riches."
Candace Runace
PET Home Magazine
"I am amazed and in awe...and I'm a tough, cynical woman. The ideas in this book are phenomenal."
Holly Hazard
Innovations Director
Humane Society of the United States
"Joe speaks a clear and simple truth that grabs hold of your heart."
Yvonne Welz
Editor, The Horse's Hoof Magazine
"Yes,
it's a "horse" book... but really, it's so much more. This book is
about relationships, choices, acceptance, trust, compromise, and love.
Take the horses out of it, if you wish, and it tells stories of life
lessons and teaches that the quality of life is often in the choices we
make."
Susan Sherlock
Recording Artist
"I can't imagine
anybody reading this book and not smiling, laughing, and shedding a
tear or two. Joe does a great job telling a story and it was great to
re-live the "new to horses" feelings all over again. Especially through
the eyes of somebody that does such a great job letting us feel all of
the emotional excitement, drama, reward, fear and other emotions and
feelings that we all get from our horses."
Karen Chaton
National Endurance Riding Champion
"It's
lovely! I found myself wiping away a tear on more than one occasion. I
like the mix of 'fable' and real stories from Joe's own farm and
experiences."
Gaynor Renwick
Manager, Horses First Racing Club; Warminster, England
"I
simply love the way Joe Camp writes. He stirs my soul. He has
successfully woven his personal story with horses into a spellbinding
book. I cheered and cried as I read the pages. This is a must-read book
for everyone."
Debbie Soderberg Kirchner
Teacher
"I
couldn't stop reading this book!! I stayed up way too late, but I
finished it--every word of it. It made me feel like a kid again, hiding
under the covers past my bedtime to read all the Walter Farley Black
Stallion books. The Soul of a Horse is a great book, written with
compassion, allowing the reader to live the experience. Thank you so
much Joe Camp for enriching my life!"
Laurra Maddock
Owner, Ortega Mountain Ranch
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The Surprising New Trend in Healthy and Productive College Students
Lafayette, LA – The newest generation of college students will soon be packing their bags and heading off to school. For many of these millions of teenagers it will be the first time in their lives that they will be missing one vital element: mom's healthy home cooking!
Teens depend so strongly on their families to educate them as to what constitutes a healthy meal that when Mom and Dad are absent, they slip into a fast food, instant gratification lifestyle. College can be a pressure cooker of stress and new students who lack proper nutrition risk having a disadvantage at a time in their life vital to their success. How can we ensure that our future generation will turn down the burritos, pizza and wings in favor of healthy alternatives that they have created by themselves, for themselves?
Neal Bertrand, author of the cookbook “Rice Cooker Meals: Fast Home Cooking For Busy People” reveals that a surprising new trend in food preparation is the use of the common rice cooker, a device that many have overlooked in these "fast food times". Rice cookers can easily produce home-style meals that lock in all of the healthy elements that a busy student requires to make the Dean's List. More and more students are turning on to the fact that they can become a "Top Chef" without challenging their short attention spans.
Here Neal shares the top 5 reasons why rice cookers produce quick, affordable meals and also support healthy, nourished minds:
1) A Home-Cooked Meal Combats the Chance a College Freshman Will Put On Weight. When teenagers leave the nest for the first time, nutrition is the last thing on their mind. In the mad dash to find their feet at school, they throw caution to the wind and pack on the pounds consuming greasy and chemical enriched fast food. A rice cooker fights the fat by locking in all of the nutrients and vitamins that a student needs to fuel them through that Geology all-nighter. Got leftovers? Trade in your cold greasy pizza with extra cheese for a well balanced hot lunch cooked in minutes!
2) The Dining Hall, Unlike Mom's Kitchen, Isn’t Always Open. Depending on their schedule, college students always seem to be pressed for time…especially when it comes to eating. If the dining hall is closed, the bevy of fast food chains beckon with flashing neon lights. A rice cooker in their dorm room makes them in charge of when and what they eat. Even after a hell-week, students can whip up a meal in less than 30 minutes with preparation taking less than 5 minutes. Toss it in and turn it on!
3) Fast Food is Expensive. If you are not interested in taking out a second mortgage to cover all of the extra expenses that your freshman will beg you to cover, a rice cooker is an affordable solution. For example, one microwave meal or super value meal at a fast food chain can cost over $5. For that same amount of cash your ace student can pick up all the ingredients for Chicken and Pasta (page 31 in Bertrand’s cook book) and have enough food for two dinners, a couple of lunches and maybe even a late-night snack.
4) I Need a Stove! The tiny average dorm room (only 12’ x 9’) rarely has enough room for a roommate, let alone a kitchen! While a refrigerator and computer are vital elements of the perfect dorm room, it is important to also have a space saving appliance to cook with. Smaller than a microwave, the rice cooker will nestle comfortably within any cluttered dorm room. And you’ll be the envy of the entire dorm wing when students smell the mouth-watering aroma of that Taco Soup (page 63 in Bertrand’s cook book) drifting down the hall.
5) Care Packages Are Made With Love, Not Trans Fat. New freshmen revel in their freedom to enjoy all of the foods that you didn't keep in your well-stocked cupboards. So instead of sending them the chips, cookies and snacks that they are most likely already stocking under their beds, send them healthy alternatives that they can pop into their rice cooker and instantly turn into a healthy and tasty treat. Send care packages that help your child stay healthy rather than shipping them food that breaks concentration and turns your potential "Straight-A Student" into an unproductive slug.
College is the beginning of a new and exciting adventure for your teenager. Ensure that they make this transition a success by continuing to instill in them the importance of healthy eating. The growing popularity of rice cookers amongst college students is a positive trend that could help our next generation of leaders stay on a path that will keep them healthy, wealthy and, hopefully, wise.
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About Neal Bertrand
Neal Bertrand was born and reared in Opelousas, Louisiana, in the heart of Cajun Country. He has more than a decade of experience in the publishing business. His two previous publications are Down-Home Cajun Cooking Favorites and the bi-lingual (English & French) Cajun Country Fun Coloring and Activity Book. Bertrand readily admits he’s not a chef and has no culinary training, but has been cooking rice in a rice cooker since the 1970’s. All of his books, art prints, rice cookers and other products can be seen and ordered from his website, www.RiceCookerMeals.com
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The White House email controversy:
hearings spotlight disturbing IT practices
Palm
Bay, FL—ZATZ Publishing is please to announce the publication of our
latest Special Report: The White House email controversy: hearings
spotlight disturbing IT practices.
Authored by David Gewirtz,
ZATZ Editor-in-Chief and the author of Where Have All The Emails Gone?,
this latest Special Report provides a detailed analysis and
point-counterpoint to the recent declaration by the White House Chief
Information Officer in response to a court order by U.S. Magistrate
Judge M. Facciola.
Sadly, the report also details two new serious security risks at the White House found by Gewirtz in his investigation.
The 5,473 word report explores the following issues:
*
Magistrate Judge Facciola is asking questions about what happened from
people who weren't there when whatever happened, happened.
* The White House claims there are no PCs at the White House older than three years.
* Old hard drives were destroyed somewhere, but the White House doesn't say where.
*
Portable data storage, available in sizes up to a terabyte, are
completely unaccounted for at the White House, and there is no process
in place for managing what happens to all that portable data.
* Lack of management for portable data storage presents a tremendous security risk.
* We can't be sure exactly what data was preserved when computers were upgraded.
* The White House claims there's no record of what computer is where.
* If they don't know where their computers are, how do they know that the ones from 2003-2005 have been destroyed?
* Not knowing where computers are poses another severe security risk at the White House.
The
report also details, in-depth, how the White House's objections to the
Court's order can be overcome. In particular, the report discusses:
* Making forensic copies does take time, but it's not hard at all.
* Avoid disturbing workers by doing forensic backup work at night.
* They can probably create forensic copies for well less than Payton claims.
If
anything, the White House statements this week have reinforced once
again just how important David's recommendations in Where Have All The
Emails Gone? are. Those six steps may be the only path that will
prevent the problems we seem to be constantly discovering from
happening with future administrations.
To arrange an interview
or to further discuss the disturbing issues brought up by the hearings,
email Denise Amrich at denise@ZATZ.com or call (321) 722-4620. Please
include your complete contact information, including phone.
If
you wish to reprint this Special Report, excerpt it, or have David
contribute an original column to your publication or broadcast, please
contact Denise for possible availability.
David Gewirtz has
written more than 600 articles about email, collaboration, and mobile
technology. As one of America's foremost email experts, he's been able
to do unprecedented forensics research. As the editor of the two
leading magazines on the email technologies used at the White House, he
has the expertise necessary to see and explain all sides of the issue,
provide workable, non-partisan solutions, and make it understandable to
everyone.
Additional resources
Where Have All The Emails
Gone? is the most comprehensive analysis of White House email ever
published, reads like a thriller, and ends with six very doable
recommendations that can quickly and easily bring security and safety
back to White House email.
The book's Web site
http://www.EmailsGone.com contains a complete resource center with
original documentation, source material, and forensic artifacts used in
the investigation. The $19.95 book is available at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0945266200.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937415
ISBN (10-digit): 0-945266-20-0
ISBN (13-digit): 978-0-945266-20-4
About ZATZ Publishing
ZATZ
Publishing is a leading publisher of special-interest online magazines
and books for technical consumers and IT professionals. ZATZ publishes
popular magazines, including OutlookPower Magazine, DominoPower
Magazine, Computing Unplugged Magazine, Connected Photographer
Magazine, and WebSpherePower Magazine. Together, these publications
have nearly one million readers and are the leading monthly magazines
in their markets.
Some good did come out of the hearings. There is a
lot more technical information now available about what's going on, at
least on the White House side of the missing email question. David will
be reviewing that information in-depth over the next week and reporting
on it in detail.
Some of that technical detail, though, confirmed our worst fears.
Most
disturbing from a technical perspective, we learned that the bulk of
the White House email records are now stored in bundles of rotting PST
files, all at or above their safe file size limit. That the White House
uses piles of these files as their archiving methodology is ludicrous.
This is an industry worst-practice.
Other problems include:
*
Both the White House and certain Congress members are dangerously
mischaracterizing IBM Lotus Notes as an obsolete technology, providing
a seemingly plausible but completely misleading justification for an
unfounded migration during a time of war.
* Claims of costs for
data recovery have been inflated by more than an order of magnitude,
possibly as a way to dissuade Congress from pushing recovery.
*
There is nobody at the White House who owns the RNC email problem and
the RNC has refused to restore White House emails from their servers.
If
anything, the hearings this week have reinforced just how important
David's recommendations in Where Have All The Emails Gone? are. Those
six steps may be the only path that will prevent the problems explored
by the Committee from happening with future administrations.
David
Gewirtz has written more than 600 articles about email, collaboration,
and mobile technology. As one of America's foremost email experts, he's
been able to do unprecedented forensics research. As the editor of the
two leading magazines on the email technologies used at the White
House, he has the expertise necessary to see and explain all sides of
the issue, provide workable, non-partisan solutions, and make it
understandable to everyone.
Additional resources
Where Have
All The Emails Gone? is the most comprehensive analysis of White House
email ever published, reads like a thriller, and ends with six very
doable recommendations that can quickly and easily bring security and
safety back to White House email.
The book's Web site
http://www.EmailsGone.com contains a complete resource center with
original documentation, source material, and forensic artifacts used in
the investigation. The $19.95 book is available at
http://www.amazon.com/dp/0945266200.
Library of Congress Control Number: 2007937415
ISBN (10-digit): 0-945266-20-0
ISBN (13-digit): 978-0-945266-20-4
About ZATZ Publishing
ZATZ
Publishing is a leading publisher of special-interest online magazines
and books for technical consumers and IT professionals. ZATZ publishes
popular magazines, including OutlookPower Magazine, DominoPower
Magazine, Computing Unplugged Magazine, Connected Photographer
Magazine, and WebSpherePower Magazine. Together, these publications
have nearly one million readers and are the leading monthly magazines
in their markets.
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MEDITATION IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON
"This is an absolutely compelling story of an astonishing treatment program with prison inmates that, against all odds, actually worked. The leaders of the program and the correctional officials open a door to the hearts and minds of a violent prison population, allowing us to see them at intimate range, while at the same time producing a remarkably positive influence on the atmosphere of the prison as a whole."
--Doris Kearns Goodwin, presidential historian, author of Pulitzer Prize winning No Ordinary Time, and bestseller Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
INTERVIEW: Jenny Phillips is a cultural anthropologist and practicing psychotherapist in Concord, MA. For over ten years, she has worked in state and county prisons, teaching courses on emotional literacy skills. She is the author of Letters from the Dhamma Brothers: Meditation Behind Bars and the producer and director of the documentary film The Dhamma Brothers.
SUBJECTS: General Interest. Features. Public Affairs. Social Issues. Religion. Spirituality. Psychology. Criminology. Books. Regional Interest - Massachusetts. Alabama. Social Sciences. Anthropology.
AVAILABILITY: Nationwide by telephone. Travel by arrangement. Boston.
LETTERS TELL STORY OF
MEDITATION IN A MAXIMUM SECURITY PRISON:
'Hope for Renewal and Rehabilitation'
"The stories of the Dhamma Brothers ring with the truth and power of their experiences,
and offer the hope for renewal and rehabilitation within a dismal and punishment-oriented correctional system. It gives you hope for the human race," says Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking and recipient of the 1996 Pax Christi Pope Paul VI Teacher of Peace Award.
Prejean is speaking of Letters from the Dhamma Brothers: Meditation Behind Bars, to be published by Pariyatti Press, September 2008 by Jenny Phillips. Phillips is a cultural anthropologist and practicing psychotherapist in Concord, MA, who works in state and county prisons teaching courses on emotional literacy skills. She is also the producer and director of the award-winning documentary film The Dhamma Brothers which opened in numerous locations across the United States starting in April 2008 to critical acclaim.
Through Phillips's initiative, the ten-day Vipassana intensive meditation program was established at the Donaldson Correctional Facility, an Alabama maximum security prison. The inmates / meditators began writing to her about their lives and quest for inner peace.
Letters from the Dhamma Brothers: Meditation Behind Bars, includes over four years of those letters which tell the stories of change since participating in the Vipassana meditation program. Their letters point to the possibility of genuine transformation.
In March 2008, for the first time in history, more than one in every 100 American adults is in jail or prison, according to a new report released by the Pew Center on the States. With a reported 2,319,258 adults held in U.S. prisons or jails at the start of 2008, Letters from the Dhamma Brothers, offers hope for an urgent social issue.
Letters from the Dhamma Brothers is "one of the most sensitive expressions of hope, capacity for change and potential vehicles for institutional health that I have read in my career in criminal justice," said Scott Harshbarger, former Attorney General of the state of, Massachusetts.
On the Internet: Pariyatti.Com and Dhamma Brothers
Letters from the Dhamma Brothers:
Meditation Behind Bars
by Jenny Phillips
Foreword by Robert Coles
Pariyatti Press
Distributed to the trade by Independent Publishers Group
Publication Date: September 2008
Trade paper, 240 pages, includes 52 photographs, 6x9, ISBN 9781928706311, $15.95
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