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Activating the Petal of the Intimate Heart ~ I Am All That I Am
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I call upon the Overlighting of Mother/Father God,
and all the Illumined Beings of Light from On High that I personally acknowledge,
as I now merge with my Beloved I Am Presence,
the Highest aspect of my Soul Light within the Cosmic Heart of God.
Within this sacred space,
I enter into my Christed Heart of Divine Unconditional Love.
I now activate the Petals of my Christed Heart:
my Peaceful Heart,
my Loving Heart,
my Healing Heart,
my Joyful and Happy Heart,
my Innocent and Open Heart,
my Powerful Heart,
my Knowing Heart,
my Passionate Heart,
my Overflowing and Prosperous Heart,
my Trusting Heart,
my Heart of Integrity and Truth,
And now I enter into the Petal of my Intimate Heart.
Breathing deeply into my body,
I acknowledge myself as this sacred transfiguring Flame of Divine Love and Master Being of Light.
I Am an Open Heart in this Golden Age of Light.
As I connect deeper now into my authentic loving Self,
I allow myself to be vulnerable, trusting, and free of shame,
letting go of judgment of self and others,
and any fear of intimacy I may have.
I Am a powerful, magnificent, sacred, sexual Being of Light.
I Am All That I Am.
As the Petal of my Intimate Heart now activates,
I deepen into the knowing that I am unique, immeasurable in my magnificence and Light.
I let go of the need to hid my Light,
to shield myself from others,
or to compare myself with others.
I choose to Love my Self,
all parts of myself, which are uniquely and authentically mine.
I Am All That I Am.
The Sirian Archangelic League of the Light now come forward,
placing me in an Intimate Christed Heart Chamber of Light.
As this multidimensional, multicolored laser light grid activates around my body and energy field,
in a beautiful silver-gold grid of Light,
I start to breathe more deeply into my body now.
Expanding my lower abdomen on the in-breath,
And contracting my lower abdomen on the out-breath.
As I deepen into the Knowing of my Divinity, purity and innocence,
I deepen into the presence of my Godself,
In conscious awareness and Self-Love.
I Am One with my Beloved I Am Presence,
I Am One with Mother/Father God,
I Am One with all Life.
I Am All That I Am.
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1 First edition publication information (publisher, place, date, etc.)
Peterkin, Julia. Scarlet Sister Mary. Indianapolis: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1928.
Copyright: The Bobbs-Merrill Company
2 First edition published in cloth, paper, or both? If both, simultaneous or staggered?
First edition published in trade cloth binding.
3 JPEG image of cover art from first edition, if available
4 Pagination
175 leaves, pp. [2][1-10]11-345[3]
5 Edited or Introduced? If so, by whom?
No editor or introduction. Book is dedicated to William George Peterkin (Julia's husband).
6 Illustrated? If so, by whom?
No illustrations, except for endpapers (see description of binding).
7 JPEG image of sample illustration, if available
8 General physical appearance of book (Is the physical presentation of the text attractive? Is the typography readable? Is the book well printed?)
Large margins and ample space between lines of text make for excellent readability. Roman numerals are used to number chapters and first word of chapter is in small capitals (initial large cap).
Size of type: 100R
Typeface: serif
Book size: 197 mm x 132 mm
Size of text: 88 mm x 138 mm
Overall physical appearance of book is excellent for its age. It has been well-preserved in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
9 JPEG image of sample chapter page, if available
10 Paper (Assess the original quality of the paper used for the book. Is the paper in the copy or copies you examined holding up physically over time?)
Paper is white wove paper with a straight edge. Each page but the last was cut by the reader; the last leaf of the book is still uncut/folded. The paper is smooth and is rather heavy and the same paper stock is used throughout. The paper is a bit yellowed, but no more than is expected for its age (78 years). There is minimal to no foxing, stains, or tears, though the paper seems brittle and is probably acidic.
11 Description of binding(s)
61 x 91 mm cloth cover seems to be dotted-line grain. Hue of cover is black with a red rectangular stamp. Inside the square the black letters of the title (transcribed below) are stamped.
Transcription of cover:
[sans serif]Scarlet|Sister|Mary|By|Julia Peterkin|Author of|BLACK APRIL
There are lovely illustrated front and back endpapers. The pattern's black-and-white illustrations include a cabin among tall trees; an eagle in the foreground of a prominent shining sun; crops, probably cotton; and an androgynous African American with arms upraised to the sun. These pictures seem to me in the art deco style, which came to prominence in the US in 1928, the year of Scarlet Sister Mary's publication.
Transcription of spine:
[within a red box with black lettering] Scarlet|Sister|Mary|By|Julia Peterkin|[in red lettering at bottom of spine]Bobbs|Merrill
12 Transcription of title page
Recto of title page:
[ornamentation: two black wavy lines, which resemble a symbol for water]
SCARLET SISTER|MARY|By|JULIA PETERKIN|Author of Black April|[ornamentation]|[flush with bottom]INDIANAPOLIS|THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY|PUBLISHERS|[wavy-line ornamentation]
Verso of title page:
[small caps w/initial large caps]Copyright, 1928|Printed in the United States of America|[stamped]PRESS OF|BRAUNWORTH & CO., INC.|BOOK MANUFACTURERS|BROOKLYN, N.Y.
13 JPEG image of title page, if available
14 Manuscript Holdings
A manuscript of Scarlet Sister Mary is available at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. Correspondence between Peterkin and her publishers and early short stories can be found at Clemson University Libraries in Clemson, SC. Correspondence between Peterkin and Mencken, Sandburg, and others, in addition to published and unpublished manuscript fragments, can be found at South Carolina Historical Society in Charleston.
15 Other (typograpical information from title page, etc.)
The preliminary pages are laid out as follows:
First-fifth pages: blank.
Sixth page: [middle of page] "SCARLET SISTER MARY"
Seventh page: blank
Eighth page: t.p. recto
Ninth page: t.p. verso
Tenth page: dedication page; also, library information written in pencil
Eleventh page: blank
Twelfth page: [middle of page] "SCARLET SISTER MARY"
This book was once part of Carl Sandburg's personal library. Owned by the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, it is part of the most recent addition to the Carl Sandburg collection, the Carl Sandburg-Asheville Transfer, obtained in 1996 upon the death of Margaret Sandburg, the eldest daughter of Carl and Paula Sandburg.
This book must be requested and then can only be examined in the Rare Books Room with foams and weights to help preserve it.
There are two bookplates - one says that the book belongs to the library at UIUC and the other that it is part of Carl Sandburg's library.
Its call number is SNBRG|813|P44s|1928.
1 Did the original publisher issue the book in more than one edition? If so, briefly describe distinguishing features of each (illustrations, cover art, typography, etc.); if not, enter N/A
Bobbs-Merrill Co., Indianapolis, released the cloth-bound first edition in October, 1928, for $2.50. This edition has no illustrations or cover art but has decorated art deco-style endpapers (see supplementary materials).
In October, 1929, Bobbs-Merrill issued a compact "Airplane Edition," which is "small and light, on India paper in an unusually attractive binding" (Publishers Weekly). A gilt picture of an airplane adorns the cover. There were only 3000 copies of the airplane edition produced, and each was signed by the author. This limited edition could not be purchased by the publisher. For an extra ten cents per copy, the bookseller could buy this edition with an order for the trade edition.
Source: "'Scarlet Sister Mary' Takes to Air." Publishers Weekly. October 12, 1929.
2 JPEG image of cover art from one subsequent edition, if available
3 JPEG image of sample illustration from one subsequent edition, if available
4 How many printings or impressions of the first edition?
5 Editions from other publishers? If so, list their dates and publishers; if not, enter N/A
1928. Reprint. New York: Grosset & Dunlap; 345 p, 20 cm.
1928. Reprint - "Triangle Books series." Philadelphia: Blakiston Co. 272 pp., 20 cm. 14 printings.
1929. Reprint. London: Victor Gollancz. British parallel edition.
1930. 3rd edition - "Novels of Distinction." New York: Grosset & Dunlap. 345 p. Illustrated title page.
1940. Reprint. New York: Triangle Books. 345 p., 19 cm.
1946. Reprint - mass market paperback. NY: Pocket Books. 218 pp., 16 cm. 7 printings.
1970 Reprint. Dunwoody, GA: Norman S. Berg; 345 pp. 24 cm.
1978 - 4th edition. Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library. This limited edition, high-quality book has color illustrations by Charles Hamrick, gilt edges, silk endpapers, and a ribbon bookmark.
1991 - 5th edition. Atlanta, GA: Cherokee Publishing Company. Includes index.
1997 - 6th edition. Foreword by A. J. Verdelle. Athens: University of Georgia Press; 345 p, 19 cm. Includes bibliographical references. $17.95
Note: WorldCat lists "Windsor" and "Hearst/Avon" editions in 1928. However, they are not listed in the pre-1956 National Union Catalog, so the year of publication is suspect.
6 Last date in print?
Still in print at the University of Georgia Press in 2006.
7 Total copies sold? (source and date of information?)
Source: Hackett, Alice Payne. 70 Years of Best Sellers, 1967.
[Note: There is an apparent typo in Hackett's 80 Years of Best Sellers (1977), which lists sales as 1,007,977.]
8 Sales figures by year? (source and date of information?)
9 Advertising copy (transcribe significant excerpts, briefly identify where ads were placed)
By JULIA PETERKIN
Author of BLACK APRIL
In her new novel the distinguished author of Black April portrays with the same invincible reality the life of the Gullah negroes on the great Blue Brook Plantation.
A story full of the earth's richness and the sun's warmth; a story that goes far behind the polite scree of civilization to life's naked elements of birth, growth and death.
345 pp. $2.50
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11 Other promotion
Peterkin's Pulitzer Prize in 1929 boosted SSM's sales. After the win, advertisements highlighted this prestigous award and the work as a "Pulitzer Prize novel." Published in 1928, Scarlet Sister Mary did not appear on the bestseller list until June of '29, sustaining its peak at #3 for 3 weeks (12 weeks total on the list) in August, 1929.
Sources: Justice, Keith. Bestseller Index
Publishers Weekly. May 18, 1929: p. 2308
12 Performances in other media? If so, list media, date, title, production information; if not, enter N/A
Daniel Reed adapted Scarlet Sister Mary into a "dreadful" play of the same name. It opened at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre in New York on November 25, 1930, and closed in December, 1930. Produced by Lee Shubert and directed by E.M. Blyth. Ethel Barrymore and the entire white company appeared in blackface.
On November 10, 1933, the Women's Service Club and the Boston Players presented the production--"a Negro folk play in 3 acts, 5 scenes"--at the Fine Arts Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts. Staged and directed by Ralk Coleman.
Source: WorldCat, Internet Broadway Database, Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, entry on "Julia Peterkin"
13 Translations? If translated, give standard bibliographic information for each translation. If none, enter N/A
1931. El Pecado Rojo (Red Sin). Madrid, Spain: Editorial Cenit, 218 p; 18 cm.
14 Serialization? If serialized, give standard bibliographic information for serial publication. If none, enter N/A
15 Sequels/Prequels? Give standard bibliographic information for each. If none, enter N/A
1 Paste your biographical sketch here (maximum 500 words)
Julia Mood Peterkin was born October 31, 1880, to Julius (a country doctor) and Alma Mood in Laurens County, South Carolina. Julia's mother died when she was two years old, leaving her and a sister in care of grandparents and a black nursemaid, whom Julia called "Mauma." It was from this caretaker that she learned the Gullah dialect?an English-African creole spoken by African Americans in coastal South Carolina and Georgia?which would later distinguish her work.
Julia acquired her bachelor and master's degree at Converse College at Spartanburg, SC, in 1896 and 1897. After college she accepted a teaching job in Fort Motte, SC, where she met and married William George Peterkin, owner of cotton plantation Lang Syne. Over 450 Gullah blacks were employed at Lang Syne, some of whom were old enough to remember being exported from Africa as slaves. Peterkin didn't begin writing until 1921, at age 41, after twenty years living on the plantation and raising a son, William George. All of her work centered on the Gullah people that she had known through the years.
Her first stories were character sketches about former slaves and caught the attention of poet Carl Sandburg, who introduced her to H.L. Mencken. Some of her first material appeared in Mencken's literary magazine, Smart Set and Emily Clark's Reviewer, to be followed by her first short story collection Green Thursday, published by Alfred A. Knopf. Moving to marketing savvy publisher Bobbs-Merrill, she published her three subsequent novels, Black April, Scarlet Sister Mary, and Bright Skin.
Peterkin's first two works of fiction were bestsellers and accompanied by critical acclaim. Marketed as the work of a "plantation mistress," she gained much notoriety for her mastery of the Gullah dialect and her nuanced portrayals of the Gullah people, their customs, and rituals. A white woman of privilege writing from a black perspective was unusual (Black April contained not a single white character) but she gained respect through the approbation of prominent Harlem Renaissance writers such as W.E.B. DuBois and Countee Cullen. At a time when black characters were often portrayed as cartoonish and sentimental, Peterkin's characters were subtle, complex, and real.
Praised for their artistic skill as well as their authentic portraits, her first two novels were a success both critically and commercially. Her finest moment was with Scarlet Sister Mary, a novel about a woman grappling with issues of sexual mores and spirituality. The book won the Pulitzer Prize in 1929, though it was debated whether the book "represented the wholesome best of American manhood," Joseph Pulitzer's original criteria for the prize.
During the 1930s, when people were becoming more conscious of race relations, Peterkin's work fell out of favor. She was accused of not critiquing the plantation system and it was true: she didn't enter into the race debate. Her final novel, Bright Skin, about a mulatto who moves from the country to Harlem, got a lukewarm reception and sold relatively few copies. In nonfiction works Roll, Jordan, Roll (a "print documentary") and A Plantation Christmas she tried to comment sociologically without much success, consequently ending her literary career. After her husband died in 1939, she lived out her days managing the plantation and raising a grandson. She died August 10, 1961, in Orangeburg, SC, relatively obscure, having not published for twenty-five years.
Her work experienced a revival in the 1970s and a book of short stories, The Collected Short Stories of Julia Peterkin, was published posthumously. Some scholars regard her as a brilliant example of Southern literary fiction at a difficult and transitional time for American race relations. Though she has been classed with such Southern writers as William Faulkner and Flannery O'Connor, who also used elements of the macabre and grotesque, her work has not quite achieved those writers' enduring literary legacy.
A manuscript of Scarlet Sister Mary is available at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC. Correspondence between Peterkin and her publishers and early short stories can be found at Clemson University Libraries in Clemson, SC. Correspondence between Peterkin and Mencken, Sandburg, and others, in addition to published and unpublished manuscript fragments, can be found at South Carolina Historical Society in Charleston.
Sources consulted:
Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 9: American Novelists, 1910-1945 (1981)
American National Biography (2004)
World Authors 1900-1950 (1996)
Dictionary of American Biography, Supplement 7: 1961-1965 (1981)
Contemporary Authors Online (entry updated 2002)
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Scarlet Sister Mary was Julia Peterkin's second novel and third work of fiction (her first was a book of short stories) and the pinnacle of her literary career.
Overwhelmingly praised by critics at its publication in 1928, the novel's popularity soared through 1929, after receiving the Pulitzer Prize for fiction, and then plummeted drastically.
It is impossible to talk about the critical reception of Scarlet Sister Mary without taking race relations of the time into consideration. In all her books up to this point, including Mary, Peterkin, a white woman, portrayed a world exclusively populated by African Americans?specifically "Gullah negroes"?who lived and worked on a plantation in the heart of the Old South. After the Civil War (1865) and Reconstruction, the South was regarded as backward, a fact only compounded by early 20th century migration to northern cities. In 1928, before the "race question" was fully formed, Peterkin's description of a homogenous and peaceful African American community steeped in folklore, tradition, and religion and untouched by the modern complications of the day was a revelation.
It was perhaps the very existence of an independent African American culture, also reflected by the writers, artists, and musicians of the Harlem Renaissance, that attracted people to Mary. Predictably, racist attitudes are evident in the reviews, though stirrings of progress can be discerned. Two reviewers preface their glowing reviews by complimenting Peterkin's uplifting of "rarely interesting material," that is, giving "a seemingly uncomplex a race as the negro race" a profundity not previously known (Brickell 318, Wasson 212). Outlook praises Mary by merit of her bringing black characters in the fore, portraying them as equally human: "Her book is real because she realizes that people, be they black or white, are fundamentally alike" (Wasson 1212).
Not only did her subject matter attract attention, but her skill was touted as well. Critics viewed the novel as a genuine literary achievement, and Peterkin's technical affinity for setting, character development, and tone was widely commended. The New York Times describes the novel as having "a style that is a happy combination of solidity, brilliance and pure beauty" (Chamberlain 63). The Chicago Daily Tribune asserted that Peterkin has accomplished "a remarkable thing in vividly presenting not only a scene . . .but in understanding the soul of one [Gullah person]" (28).
With Mary, Peterkin is pronounced "unsurpassed by any writer in America" and "a novelist whose work has enduring quality" (New York Herald Tribune 6, Brickell). Significantly, these two reviews emphasize the novel's authenticity. As the "interpreter of the Southern Negro, she is pre-eminent" (NY Herald Tribune). That she could simulate a world so separate from her own was part of her literary feat: "No other author of white blood seems able to do what Julia Peterkin can do: write of the primitive Negro with an almost pure-black comprehension" (Kellogg 313).
Though many white Southerners were outraged by her work to the extent that she feared the KKK, both black and white critics in the North were effusive with praise. The only negative comments are found within otherwise favorable reviews. The New York Times states that her story sometimes "sags with too much beauty" and the New York Evening Post writes that though "written with deliberate beauty and moments of genuine power . . . it is not a volume over which one will grow immensely excited" (Van de Water 8). Whether Scarlet Sister Mary was attractive because of its controversial material and its origins, or because of Peterkin's talent is unknown. A southern white "miss" immersing herself in a primitive black community was shocking, but her frank attitudes about sex and gender relations--Mary is "scarlet" because of her promiscuity--added fuel to the fire.
The European press addresses the risque subject material (the book was "banned in Boston") and qualifies its praise. Though conceding that Peterkin writes with "crisp, delicate English," the Times Literary Supplement cites abrupt transitions and rudimentary characterization. TLS asserts with condescension that "to the European mind [Mary's promiscuity] has the appearance of nymphomania, but it is obviously necessary to adjust this point of view to the negro standpoint" (96). The novel is ultimately praised as "a sympathetic and exceedingly careful study of primitive character, given extra force by the poetic handling of the background against which it is drawn" (97). The review seems to hint at an anthropological, rather than literary, adulation and, curiously, notes Peterkin's failure to address race relations.
Sources consulted:
American National Biography (2004). Published under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies an Oxford University Press.
Book Review Digest (1928): 612-13.
Brickell, Herschel. "A Pagan Heroine." Saturday Review of Literature 5 (Nov. 3, 1928): 318-19.
Brickell, Herschel. Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. North American Review 226 (Nov. 1928).
Chamberlain, John R. "Julia Peterkin Writes Again of the Gullah Negroes." New York Times (Oct. 21, 1928): 63.
F.B. "'Scarlet Mary' a Rich Picture of Negro Life: Julia Bares Soul of Central Figure." Chicago Daily Tribune (Dec. 1, 1928): 28.
Herrick, Robert. Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. New Republic 57 (Dec. 26, 1928): 172.
Kellogg, F.L. Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. Survey 61 (Dec. 1, 1928): 313.
Lewis, Nghana tamu. "The Rhetoric of Mobility, the Politics of Consciousness: Julia Mood Peterkin and the Case of a White Black Writer." African American Review (Winter 2004).
Parsons, A.B. Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. Nation 128 (Jan. 9, 1929): 47.
Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. Times Literary Supplement (Feb. 7, 1929): 96-97.
Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. Springfield Republican (Dec. 9, 1928): 7.
Strode, Hudson. Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. NY Herald Tribune - Books (Oct. 28, 1928): 6.
Trilling, Lionel. Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. NY Evening Post (Nov. 3, 1928): 8.
Van de Water, F. Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. NY Evening Post (Dec. 1, 1928)
Warren, Dale. Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. Boston Transcript (Nov. 10, 1928): 5.
Wasson, Ben. Review of Scarlet Sister Mary. Outlook 150 (Nov. 21, 1928): 1212, 1215.
Other resources:
Bennett, Isadora. "Lang Syne's Miss: the Background of Julia Peterkin, Novelist of the Old South." The Bookman (June 1929).
Weaks, Mary Louise. Review of A Devil and a Good Woman, Too:
the Lives of Julia Peterkin, by Susan Millar Williams. Mississippi Quarterly: the Journal of Southern Cultures. Fall 1998; 51 (4): 772.
Wilson, Charles Reagan and William Ferris. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (1989).
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Peterkin's subsequent work was largely ignored and marked by changing social attitudes. At a time in American history where African Americans were becoming fully developed characters in respected works of art and creators of that art for the first time, Peterkin's novel represents a shift in racial consciousness. Undoubtedly, Peterkin romanticizes the Old South and plantation life. Much like Margaret Mitchell did in 1936's Gone with the Wind, Peterkin limns a world where the descendents of former slaves are contented with life on the plantation and cherish the old ways. But far from the caricatures portrayed in Mitchell's book, Peterkin's characters are autonomous beings with their own cultural landscape. One could argue that this type of portrayal assuages American white guilt, encourages complacency, and promotes a false sense of harmony. But that is a complicated issue. Much like Mary was raised by her aunt, "Maum Hannah," the motherless Peterkin was also raised by a Gullah "mauma," spoke the dialect before she spoke "proper" English, and lived among the Gullah people all of her life. Though her perspective was certainly one of white privilege, she also affectionately portrayed a culture that was largely unknown. Perhaps something she said to H.L. Mencken, which appears in her biography, can shed light on the issue: "These black friends of mine . . . live more in one Saturday night than I do in five years. . . . I envy them, and I guess as I cannot be them, I seek satisfaction in trying to record them" (Weaks). Whether her work was beneficial or disparaging to African Americans is a matter of opinion. It seems clear, however, from her own words, that she had no political agenda?she was simply writing about what she knew.
Julia Peterkin ceased to be a critical darling a few years after Scarlet Sister Mary claimed the Pulitzer. Depression-era literary circles "faulted Peterkin for the very traits that made her popular in the twenties" (American National Biography). Her work was "attacked for portraying blacks in isolation from whites, for refusing to depict racial conflict, for failing to criticize the plantation system, for sentimentalizing her characters, and for perpetuating stereotypes" (ANB). It's clear that politics affected public perception of her work and her failure to address the "race question" in an era of dawning racial consciousness is often seen as her downfall. Others say that the complexities and contradictions of her life, and issues with her husband and father, as detailed in her biography, caused her to cease being able to craft good fiction. And yet others argue that her early work was an aberration--that she was only able to write stories about the Gullah people because they uniquely inspired her. And that her attempts to portray whites (in her later fiction and nonfiction) "failed miserably" (Weaks).
Both critics and academia ignored her writing for a generation. However, Peterkin's work experienced a revival in the late 20th century.
In 1954, scholar Frank Durham formed a friendship with Peterkin and attempted to write her biography, to which idea she replied, "I'm no longer a writer, nor have I ever been a literary person, and there's little indeed that you'd find to say." In 1970, the University of South Carolina Press published The Collected Stories of Julia Peterkin posthumously; Frank Durham wrote the critical introduction.
In 1997, the University of Georgia Press published her biography, A Devil and a Good Woman, Too: the Lives of Julia Peterkin. In it, South Carolina English professor Susan Millar Williams attempts to examine Peterkin's life, which had "remained clouded because of the circumstances of time and place" (Weaks). Williams' book won the Julia Cherry Spruill Prize for the best work published in Southern women's history that year.
Also in '97, Scarlet Sister Mary was brought back into print by the University of Georgia Press, where it remains in print (in 2006), almost 80 years after its initial publication. This new edition was published with a foreword by A.J. Verdelle (a black woman), professor at Princeton University and author of The Good Negress, a debut novel that Toni Morrison called "truly extraordinary."
In 2006, attention paid to Peterkin's work, while hardly plentiful, is visible. If in her own time, scholars dismissed her as irrelevant, "now literary scholars rank her fiction high, and recognize that she, like Joyce and Faulkner, was more interested in individual human beings in timeless and universal struggles than in local color" (Joyner). Many scholarly articles focus on her early work, including Scarlet Sister Mary. A 2004 article in Mississippi Quarterly discusses folk culture and women's narratives using Peterkin and other respected female writers Nora Zeale Hurston and Jamaica Kincaid. Also in 2004, African American Review discusses her unique vantage point and her success writing about the black experience. In order to have done this she must have "acknowledged the effort it takes to neutralize her prejudices in order to recognize black people's humanity and individuality, the diversity and richness of their culture, and the wisdom and courage that their experiences have produced" (14).
By some, Peterkin is ranked high and sits alongside great modernist contemporaries such as Faulkner, Katherine Anne Porter, and John Dos Passos, but with a realistic style all her own. Her identity, life, and work remain interesting to many scholars and though she is obscure to most, it is possible that her work will continue to be mined in academia and elsewhere in the 21st century.
Sources consulted:
Lewis, Nghana tamu. "The Rhetoric of Mobility, the Politics of Consciousness: Julia Mood Peterkin and the Case of a White Black Writer." African American Review (Winter 2004).
Newell, Carol E. "Folk Culture in Women's Narratives: Literary Strategies for Diversity in Nationalist Climates." Mississippi Quarterly: the Journal of Southern Cultures. Winter 2003-04; 57 (1): 123-34.
Weaks, Mary Louise. Review of A Devil and a Good Woman, Too: the Lives of Julia Peterkin, by Susan Millar Williams. Mississippi Quarterly: the Journal of Southern Cultures. Fall 1998; 51 (4): 772.
Websites consulted:
Joyner, Charles. Julia Peterkin, South Carolina/Black April (1927).
Lannan Foundation bio page for A.J. Verdelle
Information on Susan Millar Williams found at Scribbling Women
University of Georgia Press
University of South Carolina library web page for the "Frank Durham papers"
Other scholarly resources available:
Book articles:
Beilke, Debra."Southern Conceptions: Feminist Procreation in Julia Peterkin's Scarlet Sister Mary and Frances Newman's Hard-Boiled Virgin." pp. 67-81 in MacCallum-Whitcomb, Susan (ed.), This Giving Birth: Pregnancy and Childbirth in American Women's Writing. Bowling Green, OH: Popular; 2000.
Overbeek, Gonny Van Beek-Van. "Stepping through a Looking-Glass: The Worlds of Julia Peterkin (1880-1961)." pp. 59-80 in Bak, Hans (ed.). Uneasy Alliance: Twentieth Centry American Literature, Culture and Biography. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Rodopi; 2004.
Journal articles:
Cyprian, Alaric. "Planning Negro American Literature Studies." Negro American Literature Forum, Summer 1968; 2 (2): 28-30.
Goldstein, Paul. "Julia Peterkin's Scarlet Sister Mary: A Forgotten Novel of Female Privitism." Southern Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal of the South, Summer 1983; 22 (2): 138-45.
Robeson, Elizabeth. "The Ambiguity of Julia Peterkin." Journal of Southern History, Nov. 1995; 61 (4): 761-786.
Sessions, William A. "This Land Called Chicora." Southern Review, Autumn 1983; 19 (4): 736-748.
Wilson, Charles Reagan and William Ferris. Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (1989).
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Julia Peterkin's Scarlet Sister Mary was published in 1928 but did not become a bestseller until after she received the Pulitzer Prize for literature in 1929. The novel sold a million copies in 1929 but shortly after that, the novel, and its author, sunk to obscurity. Scarlet Sister Mary's success can, in part, be attributed to the cultural and artistic climate of the time and her contemporaries' validation. Rave reviews, praise from famous writers, and winning a prestigious award helped build a literary reputation for Peterkin. The controversies surrounding SSM and the incongruity of the author's own persona further boosted sales. 1929 was a transitional year; by 1930, the stock market crash plunged the exuberant, playful '20s into the dismal Depression of the '30s. In the '20s, Scarlet Sister Mary was a book people understood to be important and literary and groundbreaking, yet accessible, and, by the sound of it, a little bit seedy, too. The world Peterkin depicted was hidden, invisible, but vibrant and real. Peterkin's persona shocked and intrigued people and ultimately created complications in the '30s that worked against her, banishing author and novel forever.
Culturally, the roaring twenties, or jazz age, was a time of economic prosperity, rise in entertainment, prohibition and its accompanying rebellion, and social reform. The end of WWI (1918) had ushered in a rare decade of peace. Oppressed groups such as women and African Americans rose in stature and independence. In 1920, the 19th amendment (women's suffrage) became law and gave rise to the feminist sensibility embodied in the flapper. African Americans were migrating from the South to northern cities, and their resulting artistic output established the Harlem Renaissance. Peterkin's novel, coinciding with both feminism and the Harlem Renaissance, addresses burgeoning feminist impulses and illuminates an obscure part of African American culture.
SSM was banned in Boston and many libraries throughout the South for a combination of reasons. First, because the novel sympathizes with the character of Mary, who is promiscuous and has many illegitimate children. Indeed, the novel was quite possibly perceived as anti-marriage and anti-male. Second, the racist attitudes of the South could not permit a white woman writing, legitimizing, humanizing the black experience. Though a far cry from what we [in 2006] would consider risqué, Peterkin limned a character (Mary) that resists a traditional feminine role. Early on in the novel, Mary is thrown out of the church for dancing on her wedding day. After a year of marriage, her husband, July, leaves Mary and their new baby Unex (short for "unexpected"?he was conceived prior to their wedding day) for another woman. Initially despondent, she emerges from her depression determined to embrace life without men. Mary proceeds to have another 8 children, all with different fathers, and when July comes back 20 years later, though she still loves him, she refuses to take him back.
When Mary anticipates she might be losing July in her first year of marriage, she visits Daddy Cudjoe, a practitioner of white and black magic, for a love charm. By the time she returns from the visit, July is already gone, but Mary continues to use the charm to attract men and thus stay young and pretty for the rest of her life. Mary is not a witch, but the charm (she believes) makes her special. She adopts a new set of rules, forging a new and uncharted path.
Throughout her development from church member to "scarlet" sinner, Mary becomes aware of the inequality between men and women and protests with an alternative lifestyle. When confronted about her sinfulness by the deacon of the church, she responds to the hypocrisy of the church and defends herself:
"I ain' so wicked, Cousin, neither so good. You's a man an' I's a ?oman. You want to have all de pleasure, an' don' leave me an' [other women] none. Dat ain' right, church or no church" (241).
Mary doesn't trust men, but she also doesn't deny their charm and company when it suits her. Though "none is worth keeping, none worth a tear," "each one is a little different from the rest; just different enough to make him worth finding out" (248). Not sufficiently compelled to find another husband or settle down, she remains youthful well into her thirties, unlike the wives on the plantation who have become stodgy, fat, and unreasonable. Doll, the deacon's wife, chastises her behavior. Mary mischievously responds: "you don't have but one man when I has a plenty, but dat don't make you so much better'n me. I couldn' stand to have de same man a-snorin in my face evy night Gawd sends" (258).
Though Mary is an orphan, her pious aunt, Maum Hannah, and Hannah's crippled son, Buddha Ben, make up her extended family. Maum Hannah is constantly warning Mary that she should remarry. But Mary maintains that "me an' my chillen don' need no man. We can git on better widout em" (261). Ben is similarly outcast from "society" and the church because he is crippled and has a short temper. Both Mary and Ben "resented many of the ways and customs of the plantation people who never stopped to think about things, and accepted ideas and beliefs which were handed down to them, the same as they accepted the old houses where they were born and worked in the same old fields which their parents and grandparents had salted with sweat" (220). Eventually Buddha Ben decides that "whatever people crave to do is good for them to do" and as long as Mary is kind and provides for her children, she is worthy of respect (220).
Maum Hannah tells Mary there are two kinds of love?"heart-love" and "flesh-love." Heart-love is true love, rare, but possible. Out of her 9 children (and 2 adoptees), only the one fathered by July is her heart-love child and she cherishes him because of it. Unex's sudden sickness and death at age 20 can hardly be taken as anything other than punishment from a vengeful God. Though in the end she makes amends with God and is "born again," she refuses to give up the love charm. Mary learns that affording oneself "pleasure" is the only thing that makes life worth living.
SSM's themes--the nature of love, male/female and female/female relationships, conformity, and balancing pleasure with virtue (here, within a Christian value system)--are universal. Peterkin's characters just happen to be black. That the themes are played out in the backdrop of Gullah folklore, superstitions, and spirituality?granting entrance into a private world?assuredly attracted readers. But the writer does not approach the broader political and social implications of race. Whites are mostly absent from the story?the plantation seems to have been abandoned by the "white landowners" and whites, only mentioned in passing, usually are harbingers of "modern" and intrusive machinery and education. Whites are responsible for the hay baler that takes one of Mary's son's legs and for forcing Hannah and the other midwives to learn the "new way" of "catchin chillen," that is, to take formal classes on midwifery.
Life on the plantation seem very far removed from the lives of Harlem Renaissance luminaries like W.E.B. DuBois, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neale Hurston. The Gullah people living on the Quarters are even physically distanced from the rest of civilization?traveling out of South Carolina's coastal "low country" into "town" requires a boat trip across the river. No one on the plantation can read, and electricity and automobiles haven't reached them yet. SSM was a work of fiction, but the author openly credits a real community for her inspiration. Though this community existed in isolation, her story had to be judged credible before it could be figuratively and literally "bought." Prominent African Americans and organizations like the NAACP provided this stamp of approval. W.E.B. DuBois said "Peterkin is a southern white woman, but she has the eye and the ear to see beauty and know truth." The quote seems critical to book's authenticity?as such, it remains on the jacket copy on the present-day edition of SSM (University of Georgia Press).
Equally critical to SSM's success was the approval of other writers of the day and her inclusion in the Southern Literary Renaissance, alongside writers like William Faulkner (As I Lay Dying was published in 1930), Katherine Anne Porter, and Thomas Wolfe (Moore). Peterkin's friendship with Carl Sandburg, poet of the "common man," who called Chicago the "city of the big shoulders," was instrumental in her ascent as a writer. [Note: a signed first edition of SSM can be found in the University of Illinois' Carl Sandburg collection in the Rare Books Library.] Carl Sandburg helped bring her attention to H.L. Mencken, "the most influential critic of American literature and culture in the 1920s" (Nordquist). That Mencken was a Peterkin fan and included her work in his magazine Smart Set doubtless paved the way for her future success.
Knowing that her tale was inspired by her observances of the Gullah people, whom she lived "among" her entire life, was requisite to the American public accepting her work. Her persona, then, had to be marketed along with the book. Pieces of Peterkin's life are, indeed, peppered throughout her fiction. For example, motherlessness is present throughout her life. Like Mary, Peterkin's mother died when she was a baby and she, similarly, was "raised" by a Gullah "mauma." Peterkin's only son's wife committed suicide, leaving her to raise her son's motherless child. Peterkin's biography discusses her problems with men, including adultery on both her own and her husband's part, and the disconnect between living the respectable life of a plantation mistress and the vicarious life of the "primitive," spiritual people of her fiction. The two instances of crippling in the novel recall an event in her own life in which the plantation's foreman complained of pain in his feet. Julia, a doctor's daughter and manager of the plantation, mixed a solution for him to soak them in and soon after was "shocked to see his toes floating on top of the bath water" (Weaks). Later, his legs had to be amputated (gangrene), and Peterkin carried the guilt with her for the rest of her life.
The other bestsellers of 1929 provide additional insight into the popularity of Peterkin's work. DuBose Heyward, also a South Carolina native, wrote about Gullah blacks in the Palmetto state as well. His most famous novel (though not included in this bestsellers database), Porgy (1925), was later adapted into the Gershwin musical Porgy & Bess. Mamba's Daughters (Kessinger Publishing), on the bestseller list for 1929, continued with this subject material. Two nonfiction bestsellers of 1929, John Brown's Body (Stephen Vincent Benoit) and The Tragic Era (Claude Bowers) reveal a conflicted American opinion on race. John Brown's Body is a "poetic" retelling of the Civil War. The real John Brown, an abolitionist who believed in guerilla warfare as a means to end slavery, led the raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, and was subsequently captured by Robert E. Lee, an event generally considered to be "an important part of the origins of the American Civil War, which followed sixteen months later" (Wikipedia). "John Brown's Body" later became a popular Union song in the war between the states. On the other side of the coin, The Tragic Era contained "a now discredited anti-Republican view of Reconstruction built on the principle that political order could be restored only on the basis of racial inequality" (Columbia). Though these works do not seem to deal with race relations as a social issue, they begin the conversation. Scarlet Sister Mary sits comfortably among her contemporaries because it doesn't critique white power dynamics, but does represent African Americans.
An emerging feminist sensibility also attracted readers to SSM. As a white woman writing about black people, Peterkin's narrative perspective is problematic. Though her work neglects to address race relations, the character of Mary is undoubtedly informed by feminism. Parallels can be drawn between Peterkin's novel and Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937). God, a story that "violates norms of sexual restraint by offering a bold quest for female fulfillment" also focuses on a woman who is scorned by a small-town community because of her sexually liberated attitude (Kaplan). Hurston, too, dealt with the disconnect between her life and her fiction. Hurston (black and female), a highly educated anthropologist and folklorist, depicted characters in the rural south who spoke a black dialect. Both works are tinged with a feminist, as opposed to racial, sensibility, and were criticized because of it. Unlike Peterkin's work, much of Hurston's work remains an important part of the 20th-century American literary canon today.
There are many reasons why a book becomes a bestseller. Having received the Pulitzer, excellent reviews, and praise by famous writers and celebrities, Scarlet Sister Mary built up a respectable reputation. A book that others deem worthy is good advertising and can at least partially account for sales. On the other hand, SSM's readers were also attracted to the controversy attached to the book, which includes an interest in the author's public persona. Also, the book was well-timed, temporarily. In 1920s, American tastes were characterized by 1) an appreciation for simplicity and sentiment (entertainment), and 2) an openness to philosophy, reform, and new kinds of artistic expression. Both attitudes shaped SSM's reception, and a sharp change in the national outlook in 1930 can be partially blamed for her book being forgotten (see Subsequent Critical Reception, above). Placement of Peterkin's work within the Southern Literary Renaissance and alongside Harlem Renaissance works possibly gave her novel more attention than it deserved. But Peterkin was a skillful writer, her characters rich and resonant, and her subject material intriguing. With all of these elements in place, it is no wonder that Scarlet Sister Mary is included among the ten highest selling books in America in 1929.
Sources consulted:
Bayne, Harry Mcbrayer. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, entry for "DuBose Heyward."
Bayne, Harry Mcbrayer. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, entry for "Julia Peterkin."
Funston, Judith E. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, entry for "Carl Sandburg."
Kaplan, Carla. The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story, entry for "Zora Neale Hurston."
Moore, Rayburn S. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, entry for "the South."
Nordquist, Richard. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature, entry for "H.L. Mencken."
Peterkin, Julia. Scarlet Sister Mary (1928), airplane edition.
Weaks, Mary Louise. Review of A Devil and a Good Woman, Too: the Lives of Julia Peterkin. Mississippi Quarterly (Fall 1998).
The Columbia Encyclopedia, entry for "Claude Bowers."
--, entry for "Zora Neale Hurston."
The Great American History Fact-Finder (1993). Entry for "Roaring Twenties."
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Wexford Arts Centre in association with First Forthnight Festival is delighted to embark on a national tour of The Scourge written and performed by Michelle Dooley Mahon and directed by Ben Barnes.
The scourge (Michelle Dooley Mahon), relives visits to her mother Siobhan in a nursing home after she has been struck down by Alzheimer's disease or what the scourge calls "death by a thousand cuts". Through her humorous and moving memories we are introduced to personalities, history, and a nostalgic archive of an ordinary Irish small-town family forced to become extraordinary in their attempt to cope.
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Adapted from the critically acclaimed novel Scourged by Michelle Dooley Mahon, The Scourge will take you on a journey like no other, a beautiful dedication of a daughter giving voice to a mother sadly silenced before her time. The Scourge was commissioned by Wexford Arts Centre with support from Artlinks and had sell out success runs at Wexford Arts Centre including during Wexford Opera and Fringe Festival.
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I knew she wasn't gone. I knew I saw a fleeting moment of hesitation before her complete destruction of Battler in the third game. Hope lives for Moetrice's true resurrection!
~Pu ku ku, Ronove that mischievous kidder. His description of a despondent, nearly comatose Battler perks the concerns of Moetrice, who turns out to be better at dishing it out than being on the receiving end.
Unfortunately for Moetrice, Battler has moved onto his rebound relationship, fondling Beelzebub, right in front of Moetrice, to grab some delicious biscuits. This leads to Moetrice going back into hiding, with the Beatrice personality taking front row center for the rest of the episode. It also probably didn't help that Ange has now come to play the game along with Battler – ostensibly without the ulterior motives that his former partner, Virgilia had. Anyway, with the relationship fun out of the way, onto the episode.
Seeing Bern in cat form seemed too fitting. I like the purple eyes and little tail ribbon, just to make sure we knew it was her. Whether you're a witch or a cat, make sure you always travel in style. On the game board, Battler runs into Ange and apologizes, but shows no signs of recognizing who she is. However, Ange tells Bernkastel how happy she is to see her family happy again. Rather than Hanyuu, I wonder if Ange will play more the Maebara role – the X factor that allows change to occur.
Battler recognizes Ange from the last game, but there's no guarantee that she isn't another trap set by Beatrice. Battler recognizes this, but Ange (or Gretel, as she introduces herself to Battler) seems to strike a chord, when she reminds him that there's someone outside waiting for him to return.
Elsewhere, we see a bit of Ange's life growing up with Eva, who may or may not have had some enhancement surgeries to keep up her looks (although her sickness causes her to take a drastic dive in looks and health). Eva is still distraught over the loss of George, and she takes her resentment out on Ange. We also see that Ange's life at school (Saint Lucia, the same school that Shion went to in Higurashi) is probably just as disfunctional as her life at home. She's isolated from her classmates, as jealousy and envy seems to reek from them. It also doesn't help that Ange herself isn't the most affable person.
Ange shuffles off on her own to read a diary that Maria had left behind talking about magic and witches. We then see a flashback with Maria pulling off a pretty mean Kobato, talking stuffed animal and all. The ~uryu is much more cuter sounding than the seagull-esque ~uu. Rosa meanwhile shows off her super mom skills by creating that said talking stuffed animal for Maria, then leaving the little 9 year old girl alone while she goes on overnight
rendezvous work trips. It's a good thing this story didn't take place in the US, because child services would've been all over Rosa and Maria. Who knows whether Maria's diary would've ever reached Ange, if Maria ended up being deported to some foster home.
Ange meanwhile doesn't seem to quite understand what power the magic holds, beyond creating talking stuffed animals, but a short conversation with ghost Maria helps her realize that if she had more magical power, she could talk with Maria at any time. Now, is ghost Maria an apparition from the dead, a magical projection, or simply Ange's insanity?
Apparently, Okonogi started working for the Ushiromiyas after running the Yamainu for a while. I'm guessing there's not a whole lot of significance behind his presence, and it's one of those random meaningless crossovers you see CLAMP do all the time. However, he appears to be serving as some sort of caretaker (and executioner) for Ange. The discussion between him and Ange about people viewing things differently, because of love, was a good one though. Okonogi believes that Eva wasn't the culprit, because he feels her tears for George and Hideyoshi couldn't have been fake, while Ange believes the opposite. Both come to separate conclusions with the same evidence, because of their feelings towards Eva. Both may be right and wrong here. I do think Eva cares for her family, I don't know that it extends beyond her immediate family – Hideyoshi and George. Although I believe she's still the most likely culprit based on the evidence to date, I feel like it's too obvious for me to believe that she's the true culprit in the end though.
I'm not exactly sure what happened next, but apparently, Ange's aunt from the Sumadara family wants Ange iced. But Okonogi, who's taken a shine to Ange's boldness, gives her a head start, and later provides her a bodyguard and driver to get her out of the pinch. For a second, I thought Tomitake might show up as her driver, but alas we get some bishonen.
Flashback over, we return to the gameboard, where we see that the adults are not getting along as well as they did in the previous arc. Kraus refuses to let the others see Kinzo (or more accurately, tells them Kinzo doesn't want to see him), at which point, Kyrie theorizes that Kinzo's already dead and proposes a deal to Krauss, forcing him to clarify whether Kinzo is still alive and whether Krauss is worthy of the inheritance.
Kinzo being dead or not present on the island when the murders begin is something I've postulated for a while now. There's something a bit odd about him either being completely missing or showing up as an unidentifiable charred corpse in each game. Rather than him being dead though, I'm more apt to believe that he leaves the island when the family arrives and before the twilight murders begin, opening up a spot for that 18th person being the culprit. When Battler tells Beatrice to verify that Kinzo is among the 18 in red, she refuses and introduces another rule change.
So now Battler has to make a hypothesis in blue, to warrant Beatrice's response in red. The catch is that the blue text has to deny witches as a possible explanation. Meanwhile Gretel instructs Battler to stop using a pistol and start using a shotgun with his explanations. And while Battler claims he's figured how to fight, I really doubt that, considering he doesn't seem to have remembered any of the instructions Virgilia gave him previously. But Battler asks the question that I've wanted to ask, although the way he asks it, still seems too restricted. I wouldn't have said that Kinzo was dead, and instead would've said that he wasn't on the island when the murders began, as I mentioned above. Still, it's a step in the right direction. I'm looking forward to seeing how Beatrice shatters that text.
Back on the game board, Krauss agrees to try to convince Kinzo to meet the family. Kinzo meanwhile apparently has been working out, because he tosses Krauss like a rag doll, while bemoaning Krauss' weakness. Kinzo vows to clear up the family quarrel himself. Now this seems like clear evidence that Kinzo is alive (and I actually do think he's alive), but if we go back to the third game, we've already learned that we can't trust anything we see on the game board. Is this Kinzo really Kinzo? Or is it a Beatrice/Lambdadelta creation like EvaBeatrice? Simply seeing him doesn't prove that he's alive or still on the island. Hopefully, Battler asks some good follow up questions in the next episode.
The introduction of the blue text at first glance seems like it should help Battler, because if he's able to ask the questions the right way, he can force Beatrice to reveal truths with red. But it's doubtful Beatrice introduced the blue text as a way to help Battler. And the title of the next episode "Zugzwang" (one of my favorite chess terms actually), suggests that she may be painting Battler into a corner again.


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Macedonia Identity Card
Macedonia, the home ground of the ancient Macedonian civilization, is a small southeast European country. The country remained entangled in an air of confusion with Greece for a long time over it's use of name "Macedonia". While the United Nations officially refers it as the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, in short, FYROM, many countries prefer to address the nation as Republic of Macedonia. The country got its name after it broke away the former Yugoslavia in 1991. Skopje is the capital and the largest city of Macedonia.
The Macedonian terrain is basically mountainous that is spilt with valleys and rivers. The race and culture is of this country is heavily influenced by the great Macedonian civilization and its Balkan neighbours. Numerous churches, monasteries and mosques can be seen in Macedonia. The town of Ohrid, a World Heritage site, has many religious buildings. In Ohrid's town centre the houses of Robevi and Urania are very good examples of nineteenth century Macedonian architecture. But most of the ancient splendours of Skopje have been destroyed after the devastating 1963 earthquake. After Skopje, the largest cities are Bitola, Kumanovo, Prilep, and Tetovo.
The tourism industry of Macedonia has developed considerably supported by its ancient heritage and environmental treasure. Lake Ohrid and Lake Prespa are two largest Macedonian natural lakes. Wildlife such as the bear, boar and deer can be found in the Galicica National Park. Other National Parks are Mavrovo and Pelister. The Jasen Forest Reserve, the habitat of many species of animals and birds, is thirty kilometres south west of Skopje and is a popular wild stopover for tourists' worldwide.
The Republic of Macedonia is one of the smallest members of the great Balkan Peninsula. It shares the borders with Serbia and Montenegro on the north, Albania on the west, Greece on the south, and Bulgaria on the east. The country with an approximate population of 2,022,547 is spread over 9,930 sq mi (25,720 sq km) in South Eastern Europe and covers the least area of original Macedonian region.
Macedonia is predominately a mountainous and landlocked country with deep river valleys. It is drained by the Vadar River, which runs through the center of the country, and its tributaries, including the Bregalnica, the Crna Reka, and the Treska rivers. Almost 40% of the country is forested, with a concentration of wooded areas in its western section.
Macedonia's climate is Continental in the north and Mediterranean in the south. It is generally cold and snowy in the winter and hot and dry in the summer. Earthquakes have been the greatest natural terror in Macedonia.
Ethnic Macedonians constitute nearly two thirds of the population. The rest of the population is a large community of minorities consisting of Albanians, Serbs, Turks, Greeks, Bulgarians, and other groups. About 65% of the people belong to the Eastern Orthodox Church, while 30% are Muslims and about 5% are non-Orthodox Christians. Macedonian is the official language; Albanian is widely spoken too by that minority.
Although Macedonia is a young state, since it became independent in 1991, its roots run deep into history. It has been inhabited since early times and the great Macedonian civilisation flourished in this region. The most well known Macedon king was Alexander the Great. Eventually the country went under the Roman and Byzantine empires as well as medieval Bulgarian and Serbian states. In the 14th century the region was conquered by the Ottoman Empire.
After the Balkan Wars, Macedonia suffered division between its neighbouring countries Bulgaria, Greece and Serbia, and, again, lost territory after the First World War. In 1929, the kingdom was officially renamed Yugoslavia. During the Second World War, Fascist armies occupied Macedonia. In August 1944, the Anti-Fascist Assembly of the National Liberation of Macedonia declared Macedonia a state.
The new state became part of the Federal Peoples' Republic of Yugoslavia in November 1945. The Yugoslavian federation began to disintegrate in 1990 and Macedonia declared its independence in Sept. 1991. In 1993, Macedonia was admitted to the United Nations under the provisional name of "The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia" (FYROM). By 1995, Macedonia resolved its dispute with Greece and Bulgaria, and in 2001 Yugoslavia (now Serbia and Montenegro) and Macedonia signed an agreement demarcating their border.
Since becoming independent in 1991, Macedonia is one of the least developed members of the Federal Peoples' Republic of Yugoslavia. The Macedonian economy has been shaken by tensions starting from the Greek trade blockade till 1995, war of Kosovo to ethnic clashes. To combat the high level of unemployment it has embarked upon an exhaustive programme of privatisation. But the leadership's commitment to economic reform, free trade, and regional integration collectively has helped in boosting up the economy.
Ten percent of the country's GDP comes from the agricultural sector. Agricultural products include corn, millet, wheat, rice, vegetables and citrus fruits. Almost sixty percent of the Macedonia's GDP is provided by the services sector, for example, banking, insurance and tourism. Industry and mining sector contribute over thirty percent of Macedonia's GDP.
The Republic of Macedonia is a sovereign, independent, democratic and social state. This sentence is the opening line of the Constitution of the Republic of Macedonia and explains the stature of the country politics precisely. The Macedonian legislature is represented by a unicameral parliamentary democracy. The executive government is composed of a coalition of parties elected by the population. Every citizen on reaching 18 years of age acquires the right to vote.
The post of the President of the Republic is mostly ceremonial with limited power. The real authority rests in the hands of the President of the Government of Macedonia who wields the executive power. The judicial branch with a constitutional court is an independent section and stays beyond any intervention from other sectors. For administrative convenience, the local government functions are divided between 78 municipalities round the country.
The Republic of Macedonia, politically and judicially, fosters the spirit of inter-ethnic tolerance, which has a long tradition in the country. It is a member of numerous international organisations including the United Nations and organisations for Security and Cooperation in Europe. Macedonia is now looking forward to join NATO and the European Union.


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Since those days I have learned what it is like to get healthy from a not so healthy point…. I gained 40 lbs with the first pregnancy, 30 with the second and 20 with the third. I did workout between, hitting the gym and running but nothing seemed to get me to where I wanted to be. That is until I came across and amazing group of people who had shared a lot of the same struggles. Insanity changed my world around and to fast forward, I am very happy to be on the road I am traveling.
I am fit enough to run and play with my kids, handle those crazy days and long nights of colds and coughs when they come. I have energy again, which I lacked for a very long time, and I have gained my confidence back. I often have guilt do taking time to myself to get in a workout, but trust me I need them and the family would agree. I am a better mom for becoming healthier and taking time to myself, we are not talking hours on end but just 30-60 minutes daily. I love my family and now that I feel better I get to enjoy them a lot more, I am happier and more relaxed. Anyway that is me in a very quick, smashed, rushed nut shell. I would love to meet you and get to talk some more, if you are interested in fitness, family, nutrition, fun, and health….
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Belgium's Pukkelpop music festival was officially cancelled today after at least five people died and up to 100 were seriously injured when two stages collapsed during a heavy storm. Retro VW Campervan 'Wilf' from CampinaVDub is at the music festival with clients.
The tragedy follows similar ones at other outdoor pop concerts, putting the entire future of such events in doubt. Organisers of Pukkelpop - which attracts some 180,000 people including many young Britons - said they were 'deeply moved' by what had happened and could not carry on.
The organisers of Pukkelpop web site reads - 'Pukkelpop is in deep mourning. We feel much sympathy to the families and friends of the victims. Words can not describe. We can therefore not easy to reconcile the festival continue to take place. Therefore, we decided to Pukkelpop 2011 for the rest of the weekend to stop.'
Having spoken to our Clients in Wilf - they are all fine and so is Wilf. They have headed off to Amsterdam to continue with their holiday plans.
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JAKARTA (TheInsiderStories) – United Arab Emirates' (UAE) investment firm Mubadala Petroleum has signed an agreement with British energy producer Premier Oil to farm out a 20 percent participating interest in Andaman and South Andaman concessions located at Aceh Province, said the company today (07/17).
Mubadala is the operator of both the Andaman I and adjacent South Andaman. The deal use Gross Split Production Sharing Contracts scheme. It said, the completion of the transaction is subject to the government approvals.
Currently, the two companies is also partnering in the Andaman II project with a 30 percent participating interest, which is operated by the British company. With participating interests in these three adjacent blocks, Mubadala become the largest net acreage holder in the area, securing the core of the North Sumatra basin for future exploration growth.
The projects have the potential to unlock a new material gas supply for the domestic consumption in North Sumatra and potentially long-term export to regional markets.
Bakheet Al Katheeri, Mubadala' chief executive officer, commented, "With this farmout, Mubadala Petroleum will extend its partnership with Premier Oil for the exploration of the Andaman blocks offshore Aceh."
Mubadala is the operator of both the Andaman I and adjacent South Andaman. The deal will leave the Abu Dhabi energy firm as one of the largest operators in the unexplored North Sumatra basin. The value of the deal was not disclosed.
The company is also a partner with a 30 percent participating interest in the Andaman II PSC which is operated by Premier Oil.
Mubadala Petroleum has been on the hunt for up and coming concessions areas with prospects for future growth such as the Eastern Mediterranean. Last year, the company agreed to acquire a minority stake from Italian Eni' share in Egypt's Nour North Sinai Offshore Area concession, which the Italian energy company operates through its subsidiary IEOC.
Mubadala has been active in hydrocarbons exploration in North Africa's biggest economy following another acquisition in June 2018 of a 10 percent participating interest in the Shorouk concession from Eni, which contains the massive Zohr gas field.
In an update on Wednesday Premier said that 3D seismic acquisition program across the Andaman I, Andaman II, and South Andaman licenses was completed earlier this year and will be used to mature the prospect inventory identified on the earlier 2D data.
Mubadala and Premier were the winners of Indonesia' gas and oil auction that announced on Jan. 31, 2018. Mubadala was awarded as the winner for Andaman I and South Andaman working area. Mubadala was the only bidder for the block.
While Premier has been selected as the winner for Andaman II, beat out the two participants Repsol Exploracion SA and publicly listed energy company PT Energy Mega Persada Tbk (IDX: ENRG).
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Ilya Shuvalov: the businessman's biography
Ilya Shuvalov built a career on his own, working in various niches. Shuvalov founded a restaurant company, developed an online platform, and created many other projects in different fields. Ilya
Ilya Shuvalov built a career on his own, working in various niches. Shuvalov founded a restaurant company, developed an online platform, and created many other projects in different fields. Ilya
We experienced a few technical difficulties at today's #ni40under40 Networking Lunch and weren't able to show the video from @NIHospice – so here it is. This is our chosen charity.
Gold and other precious hard metals have a particular allure. They're shiny, weigh a substantial amount and can be processed into coins and bullions bars that you can hold, store
Reactive Recruitment are the newest member to have joined the Northern Ireland Chambers of Commerce growth membership (NI Chamber). Reactive are the latest established Northern Ireland based recruitment agency to
Four years of fundraising by RiverRidge, Northern Ireland's leading waste management company, has resulted in more than £45,000 being donated to the very worthy Northern Ireland Children's Hospice. Northern Ireland
Demand for InterTradeIreland's Brexit Planning vouchers has surged in recent months, with a third of all applications for the scheme, launched in May 2017, coming since the start of this
A delegation of almost 100 business leaders from the Belfast region arrived in Cannes, France for MIPIM – the world's largest international property investment conference. Over the next three days,
The Momentum Group, a leading Tax Credit Advisory firm, has been named Employer of the Year at the prestigious FSB Celebrating Small Business Awards. The gala event, which celebrated the
Southern Regional College, one of Northern Ireland's leading providers of dedicated skills training and support for the local and regional hospitality sector, has served up its newest culinary innovation. Confirming
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New Report Led by Humphrey School Professor Anu Ramaswami Outlines Long-Term Research Agenda on Sustainable Urban Systems
How can we harness big social, technological, and infrastructural changes arising in cities today, in ways that can benefit society at all scales—local, national, and global? A much larger urban systems perspective is needed, according to a new report released Wednesday by the Advisory Committee on Environmental Research and Education to the U.S. National Science Foundation.
The report articulates a long-term research agenda on sustainable urban systems aimed at understanding how cities are connected to their rural hinterlands, and to networks of cities, small and large, across the globe. Professor Anu Ramaswami, bioproducts and biosystems engineer at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey School of Public Affairs, serves on the committee and led the development of this report as chair of the Sustainable Urban Systems subcommittee.
The report calls for developing a new sustainable urban systems science to address key emerging societal questions, for example:
- How the sharing economy—sharing of cars, offices, and living spaces (such as Airbnb)—can transform urban areas
- How the future of employment in cities is evolving in response to increased automation
- How renewable energy, shared autonomous electric vehicles, and green infrastructure innovations affect life in and around cities, as well as global environmental sustainability
- How trade across urban-rural areas impacts the economy and quality of life in both locations
- How networks of cities and their hinterlands can innovate, coordinate, and learn from each other to address regional water stress
- How large interconnected urban areas and their hinterlands can cope and recover from hurricanes and natural disasters
- How massive new urbanization expected in Africa and Asia will affect the world
- How urban changes to improve livelihoods or local air pollution square with regional and global environment, human health, and development goals
Developing the science to answer these questions has the potential to bring society-wide benefits related to economic development, equity, and improved environment and health outcomes. "Our lives and our planet could transform in positive ways, if only we understood how to stimulate and leverage urban innovations," says Ramaswami.
To harness this opportunity, the report specifically calls for developing a new type of "convergence science" that is both deeply interdisciplinary and engages from the start with communities and practitioners to inform actions on the ground.
The authors recommend not just studying individual cities, but also groups of cities that are similar or connected to each other, and the collective impact of all urban areas in a nation or world-region on people and on the planet. Within each of these perspectives, key elements are identified, aimed at understanding how urban systems function today, the key levers of change into the future, and how the potential positive and negative impacts of such changes (across local to national to global scales) can be managed by society through new types of partnerships, citizen engagement, business arrangements, and policy innovations.
Ramaswami is the Charles M. Denny Jr. Chair of Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP) at the Humphrey School. The STEP program integrates science with public policy, community action, and multi-sector governance.


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A new package of regulations governing workers' safety in the oil and gas sector is being crafted, Occupational Safety and Health Consultant at the Ministry of Social Protection, Gwyneth King said Wednesday. She made the disclosure at a Health, Safety, Security and Environment Conference and Exhibition hosted by the American Chamber of Commerce of Guyana in collaboration with the American ...Read More »
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Jagdeo rejects Granger's nominees for GECOM Chairman
Opposition Leader Bharrat Jagdeo has rejected President David Granger's nominees—Retired Justice Claudette La Bennett and Attorney-at-Law Kesaundra Alves—for the post of Chairman of the Guyana Elections Commission (GECOM), according to a joint statement by the political leaders' representatives. Instead, Jagdeo has submitted four additional names in the hope that two of them would find favour with Granger and are added ...Read More »


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Your choice of tiling can make or break your entire kitchen. Whether you're looking at subtle marble or bright bricking, tiling will feature as an attractive focal point in your home. Therefore, it's time to browse the options available to you and pick your favourite style.
Classic brick tiling provides a simplistic, yet sophisticated and timeless, design. It consists of rows of tiles often offset by half a tile width. The long, horizontal lines will create the illusion of a wider kitchen, especially when choosing lighter colours. And if you want to accentuate the design, combine it with a contrasting grout colour.
If you're looking to heighten the room, arranging your bricks in an upwards direction is your answer. It also provides a unique twist on the traditional horizontal brick laying and therefore provides a point of interest in your design.
Oversized bricking can deliver a seamless design, making your kitchen appear more open. It can really lighten the room and provide a completely different feel compared to traditional tiling.
Mosaics are great for creating beautifully crafted imagery in your home, through the arrangement of coloured tiles to paint a larger picture. The design opportunities with mosaic tiling is endless and can work particularly well as a feature wall.
Stacked tiling can bring a modern look that works exceptionally well with clean cut geometric patterns. This design consists of a stacked pattern where tiles are arranged to form a repetitive grid pattern.
For smaller kitchens where less material is required, solid slabs are the perfect solution. Using a single slab can create the feeling of open space and be easily cut to size to fit the contours of your kitchen.
Even with the simplest of materials, herringbone provides a sophisticated aesthetic with a luxurious appeal. To create this design the tiles are layered in right angles until it eventually forms a zigzag formation. This will take some extra time as you cut off excess material at the borders, but the end results will be more than worth it.
For those looking for an easy design without it looking too empty, accent borders work great for a minimalistic approach to creating a décor focal point. They're also a cost-effective option for when the tiles you're already using aren't enough to fit the height of your walls and you need something to fill the space.
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According to the latest data released by the Turkish Consulate General Cultural and Information office for the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, some 28,775 Qatari travelers landed in Turkey's many international airports, from the period starting January 1st to May 30th 2018.
This comes a few weeks afterTop of FormBottom of Form Qatar Airways added flights direct to Borum and Antalya from Doha, making Antalya Qatar Airways' seventh destination in Turkey. The number of Qatar Airways flights to Turkish cities has reached 48, including Ankara, Adana, Hatay and two airports in Istanbul.
In 2016, some 14,028 travelers from Qatar traveled to Turkey, a number that grew to 15,499 travelers in 2017. These growing numbers of visitors further reinforce the strong historic ties between Qatar and Turkey and both countries have expressed their intentions to encourage two-way travel, trade, tourism and investment opportunities. "Turkey continues to be an attractive destination for Qatari business people, holiday makers and those seeking medical services due to our strong cultural ties together," said Salah Ozer, Turkey's Attaché of Culture and Information. "The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) recently named Turkey as the world's sixth most visited country in 2017, welcoming 39.9 million tourists. Such achievements and accolades will help in growing the number of tourists traveling to Turkey in 2018."
Other countries in the GCC also saw significant growth where Kuwait saw 90,590 travelers depart to Turkey in from the period starting January 1st to May 30th 2018, 28,775 from Bahrain, and 15,417 from the UAE over the same period.


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I just read that Kyle MacDonald of One Red Paperclip fame is trading his house.
For those who don't know the story of Kyle, he successfully traded a red paperclip up for a house in series of 14 successive trades that had him cross paths with the likes of Alice Cooper and Corbin Bernsen. According to the article in WIRED, Kyle "announced Tuesday that he's accepting offers for his two-story, full-furnished farmhouse (right), which is located in Saskatchewan, Canada. Apparently the fist offer Kyle received was, wait for it… a red paperclip.
I interviewed Kyle last year in advance of the Mass To Grass Word of Mouth Conference. He is a genuine nice guy and his speech at the conference was amazing. Check out The Client Side Podcast Episode # 14 – In Conversation with Kyle MacDonald – One Red Paper Clip edition.
Here is the ABC 20/20 segment on Kyle's journey that landed him the house
It will be interesting to watch what becomes of ORP part deux.
On Red Paperclip's Kyle MacDonald Is Ready To Trade Again.
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Greater Manchester Health & Social Care Partnership is jointly working with NHS England to build a new model of health care for transgender and non-binary people in Greater Manchester. NHS England wants to explore alternative models for delivery that may offer better opportunity for increasing clinical capacity across the country, thereby reducing waiting times, addressing geographical inequality and improving the patient experience.
The Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership are seeking to identify potential expressions of interest in delivering a two year pilot. The deadline for the submission of informal expressions of interest is Friday 18th January 2019
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Mayor Mary-Ann Baldwin announced that Feb. 18, 2020 was Officer Charlie Ainsworth day in the City of Raleigh.
Raleigh Mayor @maryannbaldwin proclaims February 18, 2020 Officer Charlie Ainsworth Day @RaleighGov Officer Ainsworth returned to serve a year after being shot multiple times in the line of duty. @ABC11_WTVD #ABC11 @raleighpolice pic.twitter.com/5UdMO5etOt— Andrea Blanford (@AndreaABC11) February 18, 2020
Ainsworth joined Raleigh Police Department in 2017. On Jan. 9, 2019, he was critically injured in the line of duty.
While investigating a stolen vehicle at an apartment complex, Ainsworth was shot multiple times. Four people were arrested and charged in his shooting.
The officer underwent numerous surgeries and grueling physical therapy. Then, a year after the shooting, he returned to work.
In announcing the special honor at City Hall, the mayor said that Ainsworth "stands as an example for all to follow."


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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Phree at last...
As someone who has endured or perhaps the more appropriate word is "weathered" these past 25 years, I can honestly say right here, right now, I was not sure if this time would ever come again.
But I will dwell on the past, instead I will look to the future which is very bright indeed and NOT just for the Phillies.
On the contrary I honesty think this will be the dawning of a new sports era in this town and for these fans. Call it red-colored optimism if you must but this is our time kids.
The naysayers be damned... this Philadelphia Phillies team proved themselves to be the best when it mattered the most and in the end, that's all that counts.
I am emotionally and physically spent from the past 3 days and it will only get worse before it gets better but I'm loving every second of it.
I have to give major, major props to MQ, my sports amigo lo these past 25+ years. Time and again, he stood tall in his defense of the Phillies and Charlie Manuel, even as those such as me openly questioned the decision making of the manager and front office. People like MQ get an extra-sweet dose of 'I told you so's" today. And they deserve it.
On my way into work today, I switched on 660, The Fan out of NY. Just wanted to hear what others were saying about the Phils. One of the AM drive time hosts is Craig Carton, who spent time in this town on WIP.
I realize he works in NY now but to hear Carton's rant on the city and it's fans was deplorable, saying at one point in reference to the Phillies and the city:
"It's a loser town, with loser people and loser teams."
He did praise the Phillies for having all the things the Mets are not, most notably a team with heart but he always added a disclaimer of "while I like the Phillies team, I hope they wait another 28 years for a title."
Now, please understand I couldn't give two rats you know what what Craig Carton thinks but I found it almost comical to hear him trying to establish a sort of "street cred" with the NY audience, who if they are smart, won't buy it for one second.
And while I could not find an email address for Craig, I can provide you with a link to to the WFAN site where you can post a message and tell Craig what you think of him: http://www.wfan.com/pages/1270233.php
But enough of that negativity on a day like today..
We are the champions of all of baseball. And nothing anyone says or does can ever change that. So to the Tim McCarvers of the world who, right up until the very end were scheming of ways the Rays could win, I say... GOODBYE. GOOD RIDDANCE. WE'RE #1, WE'LL SEE YOU NEXT YEAR.
Phinal Thought... as that last out was being recorded, I could not help but think of my late father. An all-around sports fan but a Phillies fan first for sure. Like many I'm sure, I could never really talk to my father about "life" issues but we could always talk about sports and while he was the typical Philly sports fan 'Ah they're all bums'... in his heart he appreciated and respected what they did on the field. And while I so wished he could be here today so we can talk about the Phils winning the title, there is no doubt in my mind he was wathching and he was very, very happy. This one was for you, Dad.
Til next time.
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Dwarf Oriental Lily 'Sunny Robyn'Dwarf Oriental lily 'Sunny Robyn' (PP#24674) has large soft pink flowers with dark pink centers and maroon spots. that bloom in mid to late summer on compact, 16 to 18" stems.
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Mozart The Marriage of Figaro, Overture
Boloña/Ribot Aurora en pekin
White La Bella Cubana
Mozart Violin Concerto No.5 in A major (arr. David Le Page)
Mozart Divertimento in D
Cervantes Danzas Cubanas (Adios a Cuba and Amen)
Mozart Piano Concerto No.12 K414 in A Major
David Gordon Estes in Differente el Mozart
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What is the connection between Mozart and Cuba? Cuba is politically, geographically, religiously, ethnically and culturally extraordinary so it is no surprise that its music reflects all of this. A heady brew of influences from West Africa and Europe - most notably Spain - have created a musical cauldron of unusual and compelling flavours, fusing elements of Jazz, Mambo, Conga, Classical, Flamenco, Abakuá, Hip-Hop and Salsa. This concert is a journey into that astoundingly diverse melting pot of sounds with frequent unexpected diversions into the repertoire of Mozart.
In case you were wondering, there is no connection between Mozart and Cuba.


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FotographAR is an AR-based photography teaching app, designed to help photography students and hobbyists to learn about the features on DSLR cameras, without having to carry around bulky and confusing manuals. The app could identify certain models of camera, and augment them with labels over important buttons and features. Users could tap a feature to be taken to info and tutorials about the feature, and how to use it to achieve desired effects.
Ubiq VR
I worked for a short time on a VR teleconferencing app for the Oculus GearVR. It was capable of making high-quality voice calls using WebRTC, while syncing users avatars using Unity Networking. Users could share files, and display them in-game on a virtual whiteboard, which could then be marked-up and saved. It was aimed to improve communication and give a more personal approach to meetings between remote employees. Unfortunately, I am currently not allowed to share images of it.