'Madhuram Veppu' is a religious ritual consitituted to the Roman Catholic Syrian Christians of Kerala, which is a chiseled and polished form of the age old tradition of chandam charthal, which the Knanaya Christians of Kerala continues to follow as part of their wedding eve celebration. It is normally organised on the wedding eve at the groom' house during the bachelor party. During this event, close relatives and friends of the groom gather at the rendezvous in order to morally support/prepare him for the wedding day and blesses him for a successful married life. Following this, the next guy in the family who is in line for marriage will be predestined. The event is normally followed by a big gala dinner and music/DJ night.
Dale Spender laid the groundwork for this list in her classic Mothers of the Novel: 100 good women writers before Jane Austen (1986) (names on Spender's original list are indicated with an asterisk [*]).
The Novelists
* Penelope Aubin*
* Jane Barker*
* Aphra Behn
* Anna Maria Bennett* (whom Spender called Agnes Maria Bennett)
* Elizabeth Bonhôte*
* Elizabeth Boyd*
* Sophie Briscoe*
* Eliza Bromley*
* Frances Brooke*
* Indiana Brooks*
* Mary Brunton*
* Mrs Burke*
* Frances Burney*
* Sarah Burney (Sarah Harriet Burney)*
* Lady Charlotte Bury*
* Mary Butt, Mrs Sherwood*
* Elizabeth Byron (Strutt)
* Mrs. Carver
* Lady Mary Champion de Crespigny*
* Charlotte Charke*
* Mary Charlton*
* Harriet Chilcot*
* Emily Clark*
* Jane Collier*
* Mary Collyer*
* Maria Susanna Cooper
* Helen Craik
* Charlotte Dacre
* Anne Seymour Damer*
* Mary Davys*
* Anne Dawe*
* Anne Eden*
* Maria Edgeworth*
* Elisa Fenwick*
* Susan Ferrier
* Sarah Fielding*
* E. M. Foster*
* Hannah Webster Foster
* Anne Fuller*
* Phoebe Gibbes*
* Mrs A. Gomershall*
* Sarah Green*
* Elizabeth Griffith*
* Susannah Minifie Gunning*
* Elizabeth Hamilton*
* Lady Mary Hamilton*
* Mary Ann Hanway*
* Jane Harvey
* Laetitia Matilda Hawkins*
* Mary Hays*
* Eliza Haywood
* Mary Hearne*
* Elizabeth Helme*
* Elizabeth Hervey*
* Mrs Howell*
* Anne Hughes*
* *
* Maria Hunter*
* Rachel Hunter
* Elizabeth Inchbald*
* Frances Jacson
* Mrs. Johnson
* Susanna Keir*
* Isabella Kelly*
* Anne Kerr*
* Sophia King*
* Ellis Cornelia Knight*
* Caroline Lamb
* Sarah Lansdell*
* Mary Latter*
* Harriet Lee*
* Sophia Lee*
* Charlotte Lennox*
* Alethea Lewis
* Charlotte MacCarthy*
* Anna Maria Mackenzie*
* Delarivier Manley
* Jean Marishall* (whom Spender called Jean Marshall)
* Mrs Martin
* Eliza Matthews*
* Anna Meades*
* Mary Meeke*
* Margaret Minifie*
* Hannah More*
* Lady Morgan* (Sydney Owenson)
* Elizabeth Norman*
* Amelia Opie*
* Charlotte Palmer*
* Mary Elizabeth Parker*
* Catherine Parry*
* Eliza Phelp Parsons*
* Susanna Pearson*
* M. Peddle*
* Laetitia Pilkington
* Mary Pilkington*
* Mary Pix*
* Arabella Plantin*
* Anne Plumptre
* Elizabeth Plunkett*
* Jane Porter
* Elizabeth Purbeck
* Jane Purbeck
* Ann Radcliffe*
* Mary Anne Radcliffe*
* Clara Reeve*
* Mary Darby Robinson*
* Regina Maria Dalton Roche*
* Elizabeth Singer Rowe*
* Susanna Rowson*
* Elizabeth Ryves* (or Elizabeth Reeves)
* Charlotte Sanders* (or Charlotte Saunders)
* Sarah Robinson Scott*
* Catherine Selden
* Frances Sheridan*
* Ann Emelinda Skinn*
* Eleanor Sleath*
* Catherine Smith
* Charlotte Turner Smith*
* Elizabeth Isabella Spence
* Sarah Emma Spencer*
* Augusta Amelia Stuart
* Miss Taylor*
* Elizabeth Thomas
* Jane Timbury*
* Elizabeth Tomlins*
* Jane Warton*
* Helena Wells*
* Jane West*
* Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson
* Helen Maria Williams*
* Mary Wollstonecraft*
* Mrs A. Woodfin*
* Ann Yearsley*
* Mary Julia Young*
The Novelists
* Penelope Aubin*
* Jane Barker*
* Aphra Behn
* Anna Maria Bennett* (whom Spender called Agnes Maria Bennett)
* Elizabeth Bonhôte*
* Elizabeth Boyd*
* Sophie Briscoe*
* Eliza Bromley*
* Frances Brooke*
* Indiana Brooks*
* Mary Brunton*
* Mrs Burke*
* Frances Burney*
* Sarah Burney (Sarah Harriet Burney)*
* Lady Charlotte Bury*
* Mary Butt, Mrs Sherwood*
* Elizabeth Byron (Strutt)
* Mrs. Carver
* Lady Mary Champion de Crespigny*
* Charlotte Charke*
* Mary Charlton*
* Harriet Chilcot*
* Emily Clark*
* Jane Collier*
* Mary Collyer*
* Maria Susanna Cooper
* Helen Craik
* Charlotte Dacre
* Anne Seymour Damer*
* Mary Davys*
* Anne Dawe*
* Anne Eden*
* Maria Edgeworth*
* Elisa Fenwick*
* Susan Ferrier
* Sarah Fielding*
* E. M. Foster*
* Hannah Webster Foster
* Anne Fuller*
* Phoebe Gibbes*
* Mrs A. Gomershall*
* Sarah Green*
* Elizabeth Griffith*
* Susannah Minifie Gunning*
* Elizabeth Hamilton*
* Lady Mary Hamilton*
* Mary Ann Hanway*
* Jane Harvey
* Laetitia Matilda Hawkins*
* Mary Hays*
* Eliza Haywood
* Mary Hearne*
* Elizabeth Helme*
* Elizabeth Hervey*
* Mrs Howell*
* Anne Hughes*
* *
* Maria Hunter*
* Rachel Hunter
* Elizabeth Inchbald*
* Frances Jacson
* Mrs. Johnson
* Susanna Keir*
* Isabella Kelly*
* Anne Kerr*
* Sophia King*
* Ellis Cornelia Knight*
* Caroline Lamb
* Sarah Lansdell*
* Mary Latter*
* Harriet Lee*
* Sophia Lee*
* Charlotte Lennox*
* Alethea Lewis
* Charlotte MacCarthy*
* Anna Maria Mackenzie*
* Delarivier Manley
* Jean Marishall* (whom Spender called Jean Marshall)
* Mrs Martin
* Eliza Matthews*
* Anna Meades*
* Mary Meeke*
* Margaret Minifie*
* Hannah More*
* Lady Morgan* (Sydney Owenson)
* Elizabeth Norman*
* Amelia Opie*
* Charlotte Palmer*
* Mary Elizabeth Parker*
* Catherine Parry*
* Eliza Phelp Parsons*
* Susanna Pearson*
* M. Peddle*
* Laetitia Pilkington
* Mary Pilkington*
* Mary Pix*
* Arabella Plantin*
* Anne Plumptre
* Elizabeth Plunkett*
* Jane Porter
* Elizabeth Purbeck
* Jane Purbeck
* Ann Radcliffe*
* Mary Anne Radcliffe*
* Clara Reeve*
* Mary Darby Robinson*
* Regina Maria Dalton Roche*
* Elizabeth Singer Rowe*
* Susanna Rowson*
* Elizabeth Ryves* (or Elizabeth Reeves)
* Charlotte Sanders* (or Charlotte Saunders)
* Sarah Robinson Scott*
* Catherine Selden
* Frances Sheridan*
* Ann Emelinda Skinn*
* Eleanor Sleath*
* Catherine Smith
* Charlotte Turner Smith*
* Elizabeth Isabella Spence
* Sarah Emma Spencer*
* Augusta Amelia Stuart
* Miss Taylor*
* Elizabeth Thomas
* Jane Timbury*
* Elizabeth Tomlins*
* Jane Warton*
* Helena Wells*
* Jane West*
* Sarah Scudgell Wilkinson
* Helen Maria Williams*
* Mary Wollstonecraft*
* Mrs A. Woodfin*
* Ann Yearsley*
* Mary Julia Young*
PC Tech is a Ugandan-born monthly technology magazine that circulates throughout East and West Africa.It was first published in February 2010, and has released 9 issues to-date.
History
In December 2009, Albert Mucunguzi, a webmaster at Makerere University Business School, also working as an IT Consultant at American Procurement Company (Amproc), in Kampala, Uganda announced plans to start a new technology magazine, called PC Tech. The magazine would feature personal technology, Business Solutions, technology news, and educative articles on various technology aspects.
At that time, there were two more technology magazines already in Circulation in Uganda, Techzine, and Enterprise Technology Magazine.
Albert contacted his High School, and University roommate, Joshua Twinamasiko, and they agreed to work together on the project. Joshua was in his final year at Makerere University, but also a Free Lance graphics designer at Amproc. In February 2010, Issue one of PC Tech magazine was released. The magazine now has 9 Issues, and was launched in Ghana on September 24, 2010. It is now circulated in six African Countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa.
The first offices of PC Tech Magazine were located in Kampala.
In February 2010, Issue one of PC Tech magazine was released. The magazine now has 9 Issues, and was launched in Ghana on September 24, 2010. It is now circulated in six African Countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa.
History
In December 2009, Albert Mucunguzi, a webmaster at Makerere University Business School, also working as an IT Consultant at American Procurement Company (Amproc), in Kampala, Uganda announced plans to start a new technology magazine, called PC Tech. The magazine would feature personal technology, Business Solutions, technology news, and educative articles on various technology aspects.
At that time, there were two more technology magazines already in Circulation in Uganda, Techzine, and Enterprise Technology Magazine.
Albert contacted his High School, and University roommate, Joshua Twinamasiko, and they agreed to work together on the project. Joshua was in his final year at Makerere University, but also a Free Lance graphics designer at Amproc. In February 2010, Issue one of PC Tech magazine was released. The magazine now has 9 Issues, and was launched in Ghana on September 24, 2010. It is now circulated in six African Countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa.
The first offices of PC Tech Magazine were located in Kampala.
In February 2010, Issue one of PC Tech magazine was released. The magazine now has 9 Issues, and was launched in Ghana on September 24, 2010. It is now circulated in six African Countries, including Uganda, Kenya, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Africa.
Ken Melvoin-Berg (born 30 October 1968 Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a Chicago area psychic detective, ghost hunter, historian, author, lecturer and co-owner of Weird Chicago Tours.
Ken first displayed psychic ability as a young boy and was subsequently trained by his maternal grandfather, Don Melvoin, who also had the gift. Ken specifically displays the extrasensory perception clairsentience. Clairsentience is the ability to detect energies or ghosts which cannot otherwise be recognized with the five senses of sight, sound, smell, touch or taste.
When he was 29, Ken met world famous Astrologer/Psychic Irene Hughes, who is most noted for predicting the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the 1967 Apollo I fire, which took the lives of 3 astronauts during ground tests. Hughes became his mentor and taught him her system of Astrological meteorology. Ken also worked psychic fairs with Hughes for several years before branching out on his own.
Ken gained notoriety as professional psychic by performing tarot, palmistry and astrological readings for celebrity and private clients alike. He also owned an occult bookstore, Minor Arcana, located on Chicago’s north side. The shop included a learning annex where Ken taught various classes, the most popular being on ghost investigation. C.T. (Chris) Thieme also taught classes at Minor Arcana and later became Ken’s first ghost investigation partner. During this same period, Ken also wrote the syndicated newspaper column Horrorscopes and worked as a psychic detective with law enforcement agencies. He assisted in 29 murder suspect identification cases, including 2 serial killers.
In 2006 Ken co-founded Weird Chicago Tours. Some of the Chicago tours Ken has developed and hosts are, Devil and the White City, Serial Killer, Public Enemies, John Dillinger, and the Red Light District Sex Tours. Notably, Ken’s Red Light District Sex tour and Serial Killer tours are the first and only of their kind in the U.S. Along with co-owner, author Troy Taylor, he also hosts various pub crawls including Chicago’s first Zombie themed pub crawl.
Ken is frequently consulted by the media and has appeared on numerous local and international TV shows about the supernatural, paranormal, occult and serial killers. Some of his appearances include: 3 episodes of Discovery Chanel’s Ghost Lab, The Travel Channel's World’s Most Terrifying Places, The Biography Channel's, HH Holmes and the Murder Castle, Dutch national TV, Blood, Murder and Sausage, Chicago Local CBS and WGN news, and Chicago Public Radio. Ken also contributes to podcasts such as Ghost Man and Demon Hunter Show and Weird Chicago Podcasts. In addition, Ken is frequently the subject of articles in local newspapers and magazines such as The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Red Eye, and Time Out Chicago. He is also the subject of a documentary by Matthew Arauz and Brant McCrea called Paranormal.
Ken is currently the Great Lakes Regional Director and the Illinois Director of State Operations for Everyday Paranormal and the President of Everyday Paranormal Investigations Chicago (EPIC). He is the official psychic and an officer for the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago in the American Ghost Society.
Among Ken’s published works are Lost Temple of the Incan Blood God and Weird Chicago which was co-authored with Troy Taylor and Adam Selzer. He also wrote the forward to Sex and the Supernatural and the back cover of Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories, both by Troy Taylor.
In addition to touring, media appearances, private readings, police work, writing/researching, university lectures and teaching classes at Chicago’s Discovery Center, Ken is also a medium who regularly performs seances. One of the most famous is the
Houdini seance conducted annually on Halloween at the Lincoln Theater at Spookapalooza.
Published works
Weird Chicago: The Book (2008), Troy Taylor, Ken Melvoin-Berg, Adam Selzer; Whitechapel Press ISBN 978-1-892523-59-4
THRILLING TALES: Lost Temple of the Incan Blood God (2005), Ken Melvoin-Berg ISBN 1-30000-061-7
Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories Troy Taylor, Stackpole Books ISBN 978-0-8117-0504-2
Sex and the Supernatural (2009) Troy Taylor, Whitechapel Press ISBN 978-1-892523-63-1
Ken first displayed psychic ability as a young boy and was subsequently trained by his maternal grandfather, Don Melvoin, who also had the gift. Ken specifically displays the extrasensory perception clairsentience. Clairsentience is the ability to detect energies or ghosts which cannot otherwise be recognized with the five senses of sight, sound, smell, touch or taste.
When he was 29, Ken met world famous Astrologer/Psychic Irene Hughes, who is most noted for predicting the assassinations of John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy and the 1967 Apollo I fire, which took the lives of 3 astronauts during ground tests. Hughes became his mentor and taught him her system of Astrological meteorology. Ken also worked psychic fairs with Hughes for several years before branching out on his own.
Ken gained notoriety as professional psychic by performing tarot, palmistry and astrological readings for celebrity and private clients alike. He also owned an occult bookstore, Minor Arcana, located on Chicago’s north side. The shop included a learning annex where Ken taught various classes, the most popular being on ghost investigation. C.T. (Chris) Thieme also taught classes at Minor Arcana and later became Ken’s first ghost investigation partner. During this same period, Ken also wrote the syndicated newspaper column Horrorscopes and worked as a psychic detective with law enforcement agencies. He assisted in 29 murder suspect identification cases, including 2 serial killers.
In 2006 Ken co-founded Weird Chicago Tours. Some of the Chicago tours Ken has developed and hosts are, Devil and the White City, Serial Killer, Public Enemies, John Dillinger, and the Red Light District Sex Tours. Notably, Ken’s Red Light District Sex tour and Serial Killer tours are the first and only of their kind in the U.S. Along with co-owner, author Troy Taylor, he also hosts various pub crawls including Chicago’s first Zombie themed pub crawl.
Ken is frequently consulted by the media and has appeared on numerous local and international TV shows about the supernatural, paranormal, occult and serial killers. Some of his appearances include: 3 episodes of Discovery Chanel’s Ghost Lab, The Travel Channel's World’s Most Terrifying Places, The Biography Channel's, HH Holmes and the Murder Castle, Dutch national TV, Blood, Murder and Sausage, Chicago Local CBS and WGN news, and Chicago Public Radio. Ken also contributes to podcasts such as Ghost Man and Demon Hunter Show and Weird Chicago Podcasts. In addition, Ken is frequently the subject of articles in local newspapers and magazines such as The Chicago Tribune, Chicago Red Eye, and Time Out Chicago. He is also the subject of a documentary by Matthew Arauz and Brant McCrea called Paranormal.
Ken is currently the Great Lakes Regional Director and the Illinois Director of State Operations for Everyday Paranormal and the President of Everyday Paranormal Investigations Chicago (EPIC). He is the official psychic and an officer for the state of Illinois and the city of Chicago in the American Ghost Society.
Among Ken’s published works are Lost Temple of the Incan Blood God and Weird Chicago which was co-authored with Troy Taylor and Adam Selzer. He also wrote the forward to Sex and the Supernatural and the back cover of Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories, both by Troy Taylor.
In addition to touring, media appearances, private readings, police work, writing/researching, university lectures and teaching classes at Chicago’s Discovery Center, Ken is also a medium who regularly performs seances. One of the most famous is the
Houdini seance conducted annually on Halloween at the Lincoln Theater at Spookapalooza.
Published works
Weird Chicago: The Book (2008), Troy Taylor, Ken Melvoin-Berg, Adam Selzer; Whitechapel Press ISBN 978-1-892523-59-4
THRILLING TALES: Lost Temple of the Incan Blood God (2005), Ken Melvoin-Berg ISBN 1-30000-061-7
Big Book of Illinois Ghost Stories Troy Taylor, Stackpole Books ISBN 978-0-8117-0504-2
Sex and the Supernatural (2009) Troy Taylor, Whitechapel Press ISBN 978-1-892523-63-1