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Dr. James Briggs Home Page
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A website which features Dr. Brigg's book, The Bedtime Browser or Why Do We Say That?
(An Account of the Origins of Many English Sayings). For information on how to order
Dr. Brigg's book, you may e-mail him at: james@briggs13.fsnet.co.uk
We appreciate Dr. Briggs for providing the origin and definition of the "Catch-22" phrase.
The term "Catch-22" is in Emma's Love Letters.
Dr. Briggs is also a cancer researcher. To learn more about his work, you may visit the
following website:
http://www.skin-cancer-research-fund.org.uk
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Dr. Carol Hansen
Editorial Consultant for Emma's Love Letters
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Dr. Hansen's book credits include:
1) Hansen, Carol. The Life and Death of Asham: Leonard and Virginia Woolf's
Haunted House. London: Cecil Woolf [Bloomsbury Heritage], 2000.
2) Hansen, Carol. Woman as Individual in English Renaissance Drama:
A Defiance of Masculine Code. New York: Peter Lang, 2000.
3) Hansen, Carol. Beyond Evil: Cathy and Cal in East of Eden, Beyond
Boundaries: Rereading Steinbeck. Eds. Susan Shillinglaw and Kevin Hearle.
Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2002.
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Guitars Not Guns
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GNG Mission: To provide guitars and lessons to foster children and other
at risk youth, regardless of ability to pay. GNG also provide mentoring of
children by inviting professional musicians, teachers, entertainers,
producers, and other music related professionals to speak to the children
to make them aware of the opportunities a life in music can provide.
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Images and Digital Design
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Images and Digital Design is owned by sisters Terrie Acampora and Randie Marlow
and is located in Half Moon Bay, California. Together they offer a full array of
creative arts services, which include web design, logo design, photography,
photography restoration, poster art, theater art, and illustrations.
We are grateful to Terrie Acompora for her friendship and professional advice
given to us with this project.
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Rudy Ramirez, Musician and Instructor,
College of San Mateo, San Mateo, California:
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Rudy Ramirez is a versatile musician. He has played conga drums,
Latin percussion, and guitar (acoustic/electric, lead/rhythmn)
for 30 years. Rudy was born in Costa Rica but was raised in the Mission District of
San Francisco. He has combined his unique innovation to create a
music sound that has a "hook", that is, playing old soul and jazz standards
utilizing only Latin percussion (timbales, congas, bongos, etc.).
Rudy has been in
Mambo Street for several years.
He promotes American Indian awareness and teaches Ethnic Studies at the College of
San Mateo, bringing in guest speakers, who speak about Native peoples' issues.
We are grateful to Rudy for
referring us to
Culture Clash and Lane Nishikawa. (Note: We have lost our hotlink
for Lane Nishikawa and have been unable to find a website for him. If anyone has a
link, please give it to us.)
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Janis Stevens' Art Site
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Janis Stevens is an artist located in Key West, Florida.
We are impressed with the colorful beauty of her art, and
we thank her for allowing us to use the image of her gardenia painting
on our "Author Interview" page.
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Limbs for Life Foundation
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The Mission of the Limbs for Life Foundation is to benefit amputees by promoting
advanced research and to provide comfortable and fully functional prosthetic care
for individuals who cannot otherwise afford it.
They have helped thousands of amputees find prostheses and follow-up care.
Limbs for Life was founded by Craig Gavras, an ex-Dallas
police officer, who lost his leg in the line of duty in 1994.
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Operation Smile
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Throughout the world, Operation Smile volunteers repair childhood facial deformities while building public
and private partnerships that advocate for sustainable healthcare systems for children and families. Together,
they create smiles, change lives, and help to heal humanity.
- Dr. Luis A. Yerovi, Jr., Tupigachi, Ecuador
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Appreciation to Dr. Luis A. Yerovi, Jr., (a medical doctor in Ecuador)
for his dilligent research assistance regarding Ecuador, in particular
San Antonio de Ibarra, a small village of a hundred workshops in the
business of carving wooden items, which are sold in small shops around
the village. Also, for his research assistance of Andean folk music
native to Ecuador. To learn more about San Antonio de Ibarra or Andean
folk music, you may contact Dr. Yerovi at: CafeZero@aol.com
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