Gilford Public Library. Notes from the Libraryby Mark Thomas, October 1. Free Download Program Coreldraw. The Death of the Moth, and Other Essays, by Virginia Woolf, free ebook. Janus Films 215 Park Ave. South 5th Floor New York, NY 10003 bookingjanusfilms. Welcome to the Free Email Database. This page is a public service to provide Email addresses for any purpose you may need. Drawing from a constantlyupdated. Once upon a time making things yourself was common place. Then, automation rained on the parade, and people just bought what they needed. Now, making things is coming back strong as people are tired of lousy products and waste. DA47DC800000578-0-image-m-49_1445461097820.jpg' alt='Grand Illusion Prince Of Paupers RARE' title='Grand Illusion Prince Of Paupers RARE' />We are in the midst of the Maker revolution Lets exaggerate some pros and cons of making things yourself. Pro You get to make something how you want it, not how some product engineer designed it. Con You have to go to Michaels, which is a mad house. Pro You can actually get all your materials online, if you like, and there are millions of fabulously detailed and useful how to guides. Con It takes a bit of effort. Pro Making things is fun, gives you a sense of pride, and makes the item so much more valuable to you. Con You have to learn something. Pro You learn a lot. Gilford is full of makers. One visit to the farmers market will prove that. Talk to Wendy Oellers, who frequently helps children to make fairy houses or jewelry. Ask Molly Harper, the ceramic artist with a knack for figuring out crafts of all kinds. Chat with Kayleigh, who combs Pinterest and other librarian resources for easy, inexpensive crafts to help patrons learn. In the next month she will host Glass Etching, as an example. Teens make crafts and food frequently, with Candy Apple Pops being the next project. Kids have something new almost every week with Abi and the Tuesdays the Library club, and BYO Pumpkin Carving is right around the corner. If you find yourself with the maker bug, stop by the library for ideas. Makers meet at the library all the time. Fiber Friends, Knit Wits, Nightly Knitting, and Photography Club all meet regularly to work on their craft. They are quite welcoming if you are looking for inspiration. Make Magazine is a great resource we have for current projects, especially tech related DIY adventures. The Big Book of Makerspace Projects by Colleen Graves is a great place to look for ideas, especially if you want to do something with the family. For younger families, the Childrens Room has several books loaded with useful and educational projects. Technology is making making easier. With the ease of finding quality designs and guides, the availability of niche materials, and the motivation of having others making with you, now is the time to try your hand at makingNotes from the Libraryby Mark Thomas, October 3, 2. Reading is a cerebral experience. A good book can be exhausting andor relaxing. It can be stressful, or it can relieve stress. You can ease back with a good book, or struggle with one. Regardless, books put your brain to work. It has an impact on you. Reading has an impact on your brain. Yea, yea, a librarian would say that. But where is the science How Does Fiction Reading Influence Empathy An Experimental Investigation on the Role of Emotional Transportation by P Matthijs Bal demonstrates there is a correlation between reading fiction closely and feeling empathetic. The effect is more profound if the reader is able to connect with the story. Other studies using MRI have shown that descriptive language elicits responses in the areas of the brain associated with the meaning. Words like coffee fire up the olfactory areas. Descriptions of pain, physical or emotional, elicit mental responses. When a reader is immersed in a story, their brain reacts in similar ways to how it would react if it was actually experiencing what the words describe. What this means is, reading lets you experience things, at least partially, without actually being there. Your brain gets exercised in all of the relevant areas when you struggle with a book. When a character feels elation, you get a piece of it. When a character suffers, you know something about what it feels like. Because our brains are physically changed by the way they are used, developing new neurological connections, books change us. They make us more empathetic, more able to see things from other peoples perspectives. They help us to imagine new scenarios. Books, and immersive, well written novels in particular, help the brain to experience life in ways that it couldnt have otherwise, without actually doing the thing. Only through books have I shared in the experience of casting spells at a dragon, or lived the life of a young African American girl in 1. Jane Austen and I remember how it felt. So next time you pick up a book, remember, you are what you read. Notes from the Libraryby Mark Thomas, September 2. They may take our lives, but they will never take our freedom to read William Wallace in Braveheart. No need to be so dramatic about the freedom to read right I mean, who is stopping you A shocking number of people. Throughout history books have been banned, burned, challenged, and censored. Libraries and schools the world over attempt to fill their shelves with resources that will be of interest, use, and relevance to any of their patrons, but controversial books are challenged frequently and with surprising support. The American Library Association reported 3. Almost half of the challenges happened in Public Libraries. If you look at the top ten most challenged books of 2. American Library Association Top Ten Banned Books most of them are teen and childrens books. Reasons range from sexual content, to politics, to scandals about the author, to social issues, and a common word used is offensive. Why, you might ask, would a public library have offensive material in the first place What good does it serve the publicOffensive to one or a few people, or even most people, does not make it offensive to everyone. Some of these books are among the most read in the library. Some number of library patrons find meaning in each of them. Our readers are not homogenous and so our collection is not homogenous. We want people to find the books they want to read at their library, regardless of whether the books they want to read are offensive to others in the community. Banned Books Week is this week. Banned Books Week is a chance to give banned and challenged books notoriety so that the public is aware that the right to read is still challenged. It is a chance to keep the ongoing pressure of censorship in the public eye, and to remember times when books have been attacked. It is a time celebrate a diversity of materials to help promote new ideas and invite discourse. Librarians tend to love Banned Books Week for several reasons, but mostly we love the right to read. Stop by this week to see the displays at the front desk, childrens desk, and the Teen Room. I guarantee some of the challenged books will shock you National Library Card Sign Up Month is almost up. Its been a big hit this year, and there are a couple of days left if you know someone who doesnt have a library card. Tell them they can read banned books with a new card Notes from the Libraryby Mark Thomas, September 2. The Middle East. When talking about the Middle East, people often dont know where to start. Its unclear because the Middle East is hardly cohesive or simple. Many use the term to describe a set of nations, religions, customs, peoples, andor histories that are often clumsily grouped together and is changing constantly. Because of the nuances involved, The Middle East and terms that are often used to help describe it are prone to equivocation and confusion. It is hard to sum up, but nevertheless the Middle East comes up in conversation constantly. Linguistically, its a problem. As any librarian worth his paper knows, quality of information is important, so when you dont understand something, learn We have books and digital resources galore to help understand the region referred to as The Middle East. We are also fortunate enough to have educational programs at the library sponsored by the New Hampshire Humanities Council. Mohamed Defaa will help parse The Middle East in a presentation of the same name on Tuesday, September 2.