Yaacov Agam - Sculptor
Yaacov Agam, born Yaacov Gipstein on May 11, 1928, is an Israeli sculptor and experimental artist best known for his contributions to optical and kinetic art. Born in Rishon LeZion, Israel (Palestine at the time) to a religious family and the son of a Rabbi, Agam trained at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design in Jerusalem, then moved to Zurich, Switzerland and later settling in Paris in 1951. Agam had his first solo exhibition at the Galerie Graven in 1953 and established himself as one of the leading pioneers of kinetic art at the Le Mouvement exhibition at the Galerie Denise René in 1955. His best known pieces include "Double Metamorphosis III" (1965, can be seen at the Modern Museum of Art in New York), "Visual Music Orchestration" (1989) and fountains at the La Défense district in Paris (1975) and in Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv (1986). He is also known for a type of print known as an Agamograph, which uses lenticular printing to present radically different images, depending on the angle from which it is viewed. His works are placed in many public places including "Communication: Night and Day" at the AT&T building in New York (1974). In 1996 Agam was awarded the Jan Amos Comenius Medal by UNESCO (United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization) for the "Agam Method," demonstrating the visual education of young children.
Nurit Zarchi - Writer & Poet
Born in Jerusalem in 1941, Nurit Zarchi was moved and raised by her mother in Kibbutz Geva after her father died. Later she trained as a teacher during her military service and returned to Jerusalem to study humanities at the Hebrew University. She has worked as a journalist and published essays about literature and art. She teaches creative writing to university students and conducts workshops for adults and young adults. In Israel, Zarchi is famous for her children’s books which are characterized by a creative and inventive use of language and humor. Her poems tell stories or fairy tales and incorporate a strong associative language. Words and expressions comprise the outer layer and underneath readers must dig deep to perceive all the different meanings – of the words and metaphors she uses. Zarchi has received every major Israeli award for authors for young readers including the Bialik Prize (1999) and the Ze’ev Prize (four times). She has also received four IBBY Honor Citations and she was twice the winner of the Prime Minister’s Prize for her literary work.
Hayyim Nachman Bialik- Poet
Although he was born in Ukraine in 1873, Hayyim Nachman Bialik received a strict Jewish education and at 18 years old he became active in Jewish literary circles. By 1901, critics were calling him "the poet of national renaissance,” and after working as a bookkeeper, he taught, published, translated, and was the literary editor of the Odessa weekly, Hashiloah. In 1921, Bialik was allowed to leave the Ukraine and went to Berlin where he founded the Dvir Publishing House and later relocated to Tel Aviv where he settled in 1924 and devoted himself to cultural activities and public affairs. Since that time, he has been recognized as the greatest Hebrew poet of modern times and is still known as "the national poet of Israel." Books of Bialik`s poetry and stories have been published in 14 languages.
Rahel Bluwstein - Poet (Also spelled Rachel)
The first major woman poet in Hebrew, simply known as "Rahel,” was born in Russia in 1890 and established the normative foundation of women's Hebrew poetry as well as the public's expectations of this poetry. She arrived in Eretz, Israel in 1909 and lived in an agricultural school for girls on the shores of the Sea of Galilee until 1913. Later she went to France to study agronomy and drawing, and with the outbreak of World War I returned to Russia, where she worked in educational institutions for refugee children. In 1919, she returned to live on Kibbutz Degania. When she was unable to work with children because she contracted tuberculosis, she was forced to leave the kibbutz and settled in a lonely one-room apartment in Tel Aviv where she lived the final five years of her life and published most of her poetry. She died at the age of forty and was buried near the Sea of Galilee. Her poetry is lyrical; excelling in its musical tone, simple language and depth of feeling. Her love poems stress a feeling of loneliness, distance and longing for the beloved. Other poems deal with human fate and with the poet’s relation to her own difficult life and death. Some of her best-known verse expresses love for Eretz, Israel and a longing for the Sea of Galilee. A volume of her collected verse remains one of the country’s greatest bestsellers.
Mordecai Ardon - Painter
Considered one of Israel's greatest painters, Mordecai Ardon was born in Tuchow, Galicia (then Austria-Hungary, now Poland), and immigrated to Palestine in 1933. He studied at the Bauhaus (1921-1925) and is now known for one of his most famous creations, the Ardon Windows, a set of large stained-glass windows incorporating visual elements from the Kabbalah, which are prominently displayed in the Jewish National and University Library in Jerusalem. Studying under Klee, Kandinsky, Feininger and Itten - with inspiration from the Old Masters including Rembrandt and El Greco - Ardon's unique position in Modern Art stems from the union of these two opposites in his paintings: a modern, expressionist, and mainly abstract style; with the classical painting technique of the Old Masters. The depth and richness of his colors owe their quality to this technique. He liberated them from the figurative context of the Old Masters and turned them into tools for the creation of his original contribution to Modern Art of the 20th Century. After graduating from the Bauhaus, he studied the painting techniques of the Old Masters under Max Doerner at the Munich Academy (1926). These dual seemingly contradicting elements forged the character of his painting throughout the 70 years of his artistic career. Ardon believed in pure art, devoid of any political or social message. He believed that a painting should be appreciated and judged solely by its inherent artistic elements, color, composition and their interplay. He rejected literary, symbolic, or indeed, any other additional meaning attributed to a work of art.
Itzhak Perlman - Musician
Born in Israel in 1945, Itzhak Perlman completed his initial training at the Academy of Music in Tel Aviv and came to New York and soon was propelled into the international arena after an appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1958. Following his studies at the Juilliard School, Perlman won the prestigious Leventritt Competition in 1964 spearheading his career worldwide. Perlman has appeared with every major orchestra and in recitals and festivals throughout the world. In November 1987, he joined the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra for history-making concerts in Warsaw and Budapest, representing the first performances by this orchestra and soloist in Eastern bloc countries. He again made history as he joined the Israel Philharmonic for its first visit to the Soviet Union in April/May of 1990. In December of 1994, he joined the Israel Philharmonic for their first visits to China and India. Since then, Perlman has been honored with four Emmy awards and 15 Grammy awards. One of his proudest achievements was his collaboration with film score composer John Williams in Steven Spielberg's Academy Award winning film Schindler's List in which he performed the violin solos.
Naomi Shemer - Singer/Songwriter
Known as the "First Lady of Israeli Song," Naomi Shemer was a prolific song writer and composer. She wrote numerous songs, many of which have become popular hits, she composed many well-known children's songs, and she also set poems to music, including works by Rahel and Natan Alterman. Shemer was born on Kvuzat Kinneret and grew up overlooking the shores of the Jordan River. Many of her songs recreate the landscape that was such a part of her youth and reflect her love of the topography and scenery of Eretz Yisrael. In 1967, Shemer was asked to compose a song for the Israel Song Festival. Though not itself part of the competition, the three stanzas of "Yerushalayim shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold") became instantly popular. Particularly because the Festival occurred just before the Six Day War and the reunification of Jerusalem, the song acquired a national significance that spoke to the Jewish people’s eternal love for Jerusalem and its surrounding areas. Following the war, Shemer composed a fourth stanza to the song, celebrating the liberation of the Old City of Jerusalem and the road to Jericho. "Yerushalayim shel Zahav" was translated into many languages and became an international statement on the reunification of Jerusalem. Of the songs Shemer wrote about the Yom Kippur War, the most popular became "Lu Yehi" ("Let it Be") which began as a translation of the Beatles' song by that name and evolved into an independent hit. This and other songs, many of which have been published in books of her music, have made Shemer's songs arguably the most-sung in the 1960's to the 1980's. For her immense contribution to Israeli music, Shemer was awarded the Israel prize in 1983.
David Broza - Singer/Songwriter
His charismatic and energetic performances have brought to worldwide audiences fusions of three different countries in which he was raised: Israel, Spain and England, filling concert halls with his famous guitar playing, ranging from flamenco flavored rhythmic and percussion techniques, to whirlwind finger picking, to a signature rock and roll sound. Broza unites the three worlds by utilizing his ability to take on the troubadour style tradition, featuring lyrics of the worlds' greatest poets. More than a singer/songwriter, Broza is well known for his commitment and dedication to several humanitarian causes, predominantly, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Beginning in 1977, Broza has been working to bring the message of peace to the masses by joining peace movements and singing what is now the anthem of the 'Peace Now' movement, his hit song, “Yihye Tov.” Recently he has been writing and recording with the Palestinian music group, Sabreen, the song “Belibi,” which featured Broza, Sabreen's Wissam Murad and two children's choirs - one from each side of the conflict. Although the project met with controversial reactions from around the world, Israeli's and Palestinians strongly favored the project, as did the United Nations D.C. organization, In Search for Common Ground - which presented awards to both artists in November of 2006.
Watch David on the PBS music special "David Broza At Masada: The Sunrise Concert"


Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016
Located in northwest Phoenix, Night of the Open Door @ West offers teachers, kids, life-long learners dozens of events and activities, from the math and natural sciences, arts and cultural studies to behavioral sciences, humanities and the statewide Rubik's cube competition. Thanks for making NOD 2015 a smash and come experience the best of the West in 2016!
Friday, Feb. 12, 2016
Night of the Open Door @ Downtown Phoenix brought out students, faculty, and volunteers from the College of Nursing and Health Innovation, College of Health Solutions, Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication, College of Public Programs, ASU Libraries and Student Engagement. Come experience all that downtown has to offer in 2016!
Friday, Feb. 19, 2016
Located in the heart of the dynamic East Valley, the Polytechnic campus launched its first Night of the Open Door event in 2014, offering access to innovations and discoveries in STEM, dozens of hands-on K-12 activities and sneak peeks into state-of-the-art labs and campus-wide tours. Hope to see you for more adventures in 2016!
Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016
Step onto the campus of the oldest and largest graduate school for international business in the world. Since its inception in 1946, the Thunderbird School of Global Management, now a unit of the ASU Knowledge Enterprise, has focused exclusively on educating global leaders in the intricacies of international business and management.
Saturday, Feb. 27, 2016
ASU's Night of the Open Door turned four years old in 2015! Check out all the fun in our gallery. With more than 200 performances and activities, we hope you join us next year to celebrate the sciences, culture, engineering, humanities and the arts. Follow us on twitter and stay tuned for more to explore in 2016!


The Venable Neighborhood Association is an open organization of all who live in our Charlottesville neighborhood. Our boundaries encompass diverse streets of old historic homes, University of Virginia student housing, Gordon Avenue library, churches, the Venable School area, and The Corner Merchant's Association. We strive to maintain and improve our community for all who live here and welcome you to enjoy this website.
Follow us on social media!
Please check the City of Charlottesville webpage at http://www.charlottesville.org
to see the "Community" link that provides current information on public meetings through the City Meetings and Events Calendar.


Director: Jennifer Kroot
Runtime: 90 min
Festival year: 2017
The latest from director Jennifer Kroot (To Be Takei) celebrates the life of beloved storyteller Armistead Maupin, best known for his newspaper column-turned-novels, Tales of the City. Maupin’s own life tales are lesser known and just as interesting as his fiction. He tells his story with the help of some friends (including Laura Linney, Sir Ian McKellen and Olympia Dukakis) to offer a disarmingly candid look at his journey from conservative upbringings in the south, serving multiple tours in the Vietnam War and later life in the Castro District of San Francisco. The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin weaves together the history of an iconic gay rights pioneer in a tender, lively, and at times laugh out loud hilarious fashion.
Screening Sponsor: Northwest Kennels & Daycare
Invite a friend to a film


Reading and Writing Programs
Proceeds from various fundraisers benefit the Reading and Writing Workshop Teaching in the 21st Century Classroom. The workshop strategies that teachers practice through the District’s Reading and Writing Project are constantly evolving. Today the 21st Century Learning Skills of curiosity, creativity, communication, critical thinking, and collaboration serve as the foundation for the work we do to support students and their learning. The definition of literacy in 2010 is a broad one including visual, digital, technical and environmental strands that prepare students to thrive as global citizens.
The big questions driving all our instruction continue to be “What’s my purpose in teaching this? How are these instructional strategies helping to support my students and push them to higher levels of understanding and independence?” The Reading and Writing Project has resources to support all your literacy needs. Please visit this site on a regular basis to join the conversation and to be part of the future…the future is now! To support this project, donate here.
Proceeds from Read with SRVEF also benefit our extremely sophisticated library program led by Katie Williams from Gale Ranch Middle School. We live in the Information Age, and because we do, information literacy has become one of the most important competencies required for success at any stage of life.
Our resource-rich school libraries play a key role in promoting both information literacy and reading for information and inspiration. Staffed by credentialed teacher librarians our middle and high school libraries are becoming 21st century learning environments that offer equal opportunities for achievement to all students.
The mission of the SRVUSD library program is to provide an information-rich environment which enables students to become effective users of ideas and information and literate life-long learners.
- In the 21st century this means our students will use skills, resources, and tools to:
- Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge
- Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge
- Share knowledge and participate ethically and productively as members of our democratic society
- Pursue personal and aesthetic growth


Saas Pages is a collection of the best-practices in landing pages with a focus on copywriting and design, to help guide you on your next project.
CSS-Tricks’ comprehensive guide to CSS Flexbox layout explains everything about flexbox, focusing on all the different possible properties for the parent and child elements.
Checklist Design is a collection of the best UX and UI practices. Each page or element lists the necessary features to fulfil a user’s needs.
Paper Sizes is the best resource for international paper sizes, dimensions & formats. Making it the perfect resources for print designers.


Sexually objectifying portrayals of women in advertising and popular culture can have negative consequences for ALL women in society.
Media and Sexualization: State of Empirical Research, 1995–2015
"Sexually objectifying portrayals of women are a frequent occurrence in mainstream media, raising questions about the potential impact of exposure to this content on others’ impressions of women and on women’s views of themselves. The findings provided consistent evidence that both laboratory exposure and regular, everyday exposure to this content are directly associated with a range of consequences, including higher levels of body dissatisfaction, greater self-objectification, greater support of sexist beliefs and of adversarial sexual beliefs, and greater tolerance of sexual violence toward women. Moreover, experimental exposure to this content leads both women and men to have a diminished view of women’s competence, morality, and humanity."
The goal of this review was to synthesize empirical investigations testing effects of media sexualization. The focus was on research published in peer-reviewed, English-language journals between 1995 and 2015. A total of 109 publications that contained 135 studies were reviewed.
See the review for more information.


Language, Literacy, and Learning in the Content Areas
In celebration of the new school year, we are releasing a short video about the civil rights movement and ELLs. Freedom to Talk is a historical narrative by Kenji Hakuta about how the principles of civil rights are extended to today’s new state academic content and English language proficiency standards.
The Working Group on ELL Policy has released
Understanding Language is excited to announce the launch of our professional development resources in the Smarter Balanced Digital Library.
We are thrilled to share a recently-published article on the Stanford Graduate School of Education website about the MOOCs developed by the Understanding Language Initiative as professional development for teachers in helping their students master the complex language and reasoning skills


Christine is a writer, actress, and educator who finds that myth gives her life
impetus. She is propelled by the beauty of the story and the message beneath
it - and this is expressed in her novel, ISMENE. She lives in Pennsylvania with
her husband Richard.
A few years after Alice fell down the rabbit hole, but before Dorothy was
swept from her aunt's farm by a tornado, the Dutch artist Isabella found her way
to the Land of Wonders. Unable now to return, she tries to give everyone a
glimpse of that world and places she visited.
Alexandra H. Olsen
Alexandra H. Olsen is Professor of Old and Middle English literature and
linguistics at the University of Denver. She teaches widely from the classical
period to modern fantasy and science fiction and has published five books and
many articles, primarily on Old English topics.
Roberta Payne was born in Denver, Colorado, and has received degrees in
classics, romance languages, and Comparative Literature from Stanford,
Harvard, and the University of Denver, respectively. Her literary translations
include several volumes of medieval poetry and short stories. In 2004, she
published (McGill-Queens) Selections of Modern Italian Poetry in
Translation. She taught Latin for 19 years at the University of Denver. She
is currently writing short stories of her own.
Rikki Santer, whose poems have appeared in various publications, including
Ms. Magazine, Poetry East, Alabama Literary Review, Potomac Review,
Margie, Asphodel, and Grimm, teaches literature classes and film studies in
Columbus, Ohio. Her poetry collection, Front Nine: A Biography of Place,
was published by Kulupi Press.
Lisa Stock is a writer and filmmaker living in New York City. She is the author
of the novella The Sun, and the online flash world of Through the Cobweb
Forest (collaboration with artist Connie Toebe). Other film work includes:
The Silent Nick and Nora, A: The Siren's Edda, Pandora's Box, and the
Film Odysseys - trailers and clips of which can be viewed on her website.


Every year at this time, many people recall the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that took place on this date in 1941.
Several years ago, I used this event, and the Japanese Internment, as the subject of a middle grade novel called The Lucky Baseball.
Teachers loved using this book in the classroom.
But I’m afraid it is now out of print and even used copies are difficult to find (I know because several teachers and parents have emailed me asking how they can get copies of the book).
However, I’ll be using The Lucky Baseball, and some of my other books, in next week’s writer’s workshop called Making the Leap: How to Jump into Writing for Children.
If you live here on the Treasure Coast, I hope to see you at the workshop.
To learn more about it, and to register, just click here!
See you soon!


Christmas Tree Time
You can cut your own tree at John's farm. A team of horses will help you make your selection Sunday Dec. 13 and 14 from 2:30 till dark. If they are not available on other days you can cut your tree following the honor system.
Saturday Dec. 6
from 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Two teams of horses will be giving rides in McArthur
Chauncey Public Library
Wednesday Dec. 17
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
will schedule again in the spring
Tour "The Ridges"
Join John and his team for a wagon ride tour of the historic site known as "The Ridges" in Athens, Ohio. Once the Athens Lunatic Asylum, the site is now owned by Ohio University. Learn about the history, legends and folklore of the area during this ride.
Meet in parking lot in front of Kennedy Museum
$20.00 Adult, $10.00 Children
(children 12 and under must be accompanied by an adult)
For reservations or more information call:
Limit of 20 by reservation
John and his horses have provided services for
Athens Chamber of Commerce
Athens County Public Library
Lake Hope State Park
Lake Snowden Park
Ohio University Homecoming Parade
Vinton County Chamber of Commerce


September 3, 2020
Before COVID-19 rocked the world, Bryan Crosson (MBA’20) was in the process of writing his book, “The Lonesome Thread: Reflections of Solitude, Boredom, & Creativity.”
“I didn’t want this current time that we’re living in to be the focus,” said Crosson. “Even before COVID-19, and even after we go back to whatever normal life is going to look like, it’s so important to reflect on the habits we’ve learned in isolation.”
Crosson’s book pulls themes from Manoush Zomorodi, who praises boredom as the gateway to creativity, and Headspace founder, Andy Puddicombe, who spent 10 years as a monk. This work seeks to help readers develop a more positive and creative relationship with solitude and boredom.
All About The Lonesome Thread
Perspectives on harnessing solitude
The Lonesome Thread is a non-fiction book that speaks to people who desire to be more connected with themselves, particularly in times of loneliness and solitude. Part history, part memoir, and part exploration of creative purpose. This is a great book for anyone looking to breathe some life into their social-distancing routines and use their time more creatively.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why a book about solitude?
In our modern society we are more connected than ever before. Despite the amazing gifts of modern technology, there is growing concern that it is changing human behaviors in ways that stifle creative freedom and critically limit the amount of time spent ideating in the present moment. I believe there is a better way to live one’s inner life, and to use it as a wellspring for happiness and personal endeavor. This book is about creating space and filling it with meaning rather than distraction.
What inspired you to write it?
Wandering in the woods. In the Marine Corps, I spent a considerable amount of time navigating alone with a map and compass. In that time, you must make make decisions on your own with no validation or support from others. Finding confidence in the face of uncertainty and learning to lead myself has made me a better leader of others. Navigating life is no different and the time we spend alone has the power to enhance the way we interact with those around us.
Where can I get a copy?
The Lonesome Thread is available NOW! Get your copy here.
About the Author
Bryan Crosson grew up in Frederick, Maryland and was commissioned as a Marine Corps officer after graduating from The Citadel in 2010. He served as a military advisor in Sangin District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan as a part of Operation Enduring Freedom. After the military, Bryan completed his MBA at Georgetown University and currently works as a cybersecurity professional in the National Capital Region.
Bryan lives for creative pursuit and adventure, and in his spare time can be found on a motorcycle, jumping out of an airplane, diving the ocean’s depths, or behind a camera lens.
For more information you can connect with Bryan via email, LinkedIn, or on Instagram.


Most laymen believe that greed is at the heart of family blood fights over an inheritance, but attorney and author P. Mark Accettura – expert on inheritance conflict resolution and elder abuse – says it is a myth that selfish motives are the driving force behind family blood baths after a parent has died.“The fight for money and things, such as Dad’s watch or Mom’s wedding ring, is not about the object or money itself, but is really about what the money or object symbolizes – importance, love, security, self-esteem, connectedness and immortality,” says Accettura whose conclusions are based on three decades in the legal trenches aided by five years of research in social psychology, evolutionary psychology, psychiatry, gerontology, and neuropsychology.
That life experience and research culminated with the August 2011 release of Blood & Money: Why Families Fight Over Inheritance and What to Do About It (ISBN 978-0-9669278-4-9, Collinwood Press, Farmington Hills, MI, 2011, www.BloodAndMoneyBook.com 283 pages, $21.95).
Blood & Money not only details the psychological reasons why families fight but provides practical legal remedies to prevent such blood-letting disputes after Mom or Dad die. The author’s fourth book offers an unprecedented understanding of family dynamics as applied to estate planning.
Accettura offers some 60 specific recommendations to help parents, offspring, and their advisors prevent inheritance squabbles and preserve the most valuable legacy of all – the family itself. The concluding chapter outlines appropriate legal remedies to minimize the damage caused by bad actors and toxic wills.
Whenever a spouse dies and the surviving spouse remarries, Accettura stresses it is critical for a new will and trust to be drawn to protect the interests of the new spouse and the natural children. “When a remarried parent is negligent and does not draw up a new will and trust,” says Accettura, then the blood is on the parent’s hands for not taking care of the business necessary to keep peace in the family after death.”
The author says the role of an estate planning attorney when family members are fighting is to serve as a counselor and find a means to resolve the inheritance conflict. “An attorney must be sincere, transparent, honest and fair but most of all be a peacemaker,” adds Accettura. “The goal is to resolve the family conflict, not to identify a breach of responsibility or breach of law and file a lawsuit which will serve to heighten the conflict rather than producing family peace.”
Peter Lichtenberg, PhD of the Institute of Gerontology at Wayne State University, Detroit, says that “Blood & Money takes a multidisciplinary approach to inheritance disputes. It explains the psychological reasons that families fight, why dementia opens the door to foul play, and the legal implications of bad behavior…it will no doubt be a reference for years to come.”
Accettura said he was inspired to write Blood & Money because of an increase in elder abuse, because of the growing epidemic of Alzheimer’s disease, because 65 percent of Americans fail to plan for their death, and to uncover the reasons why families fight at the death of a loved one.
In Blood & Money, the author explores the impact of dysfunctional families and personality disorders on inheritance disputes and contrasts the toxic, bitter battles involving super-rich personages such as Leona Helmsley, Summer Redstone and Brooke Astor with the conspicuously philanthropic such as Bill Gates and Warren Buffet.
P. Mark Accettura has practiced law in the firm of Accettura and Hurwitz in Farmington Hills and Royal Oak since 1982. As senior partner of a large and thriving estate planning and elder law practice, he has handled the wills and trusts of thousands of people in Michigan. For five years, Accettura hosted LawTalk, a regular television series seen via cable in 37 cities in Michigan. Besides Blood & Money, Accettura has written Medicaid and Long Term Care in Michigan (2005), The Michigan Estate Planning Guide (2002) and Lost and Found: Finding Self-Reliance after the Death of a Spouse (2001).
Submitted by Scott Lorenz, President of Westwind Communications, firstname.lastname@example.org


We, the editors of Preservation Education & Research are proud to be instrumental in bringing to you the inaugural issue of the journal. We would like to thank the National Council for Preservation Education (NCPE) for giving us the opportunity to become the editors of this new publication.
Preservation Education & Research follows NCPE’s main mission, to exchange and disseminate information concerning preservation education and research. Furthermore, the journal caters to an additional goal of NCPE — the improvement of historic preservation education programs and endeavors in the United States and elsewhere.
Preservation Education & Research is a blind peer-review annual journal, for which high professional standards have been established. This year we received 13 papers. Following a rigorous process of review we have accepted seven, out of which six are published in this volume. This first issue includes papers from multiple disciplines that cover recent trends in historic preservation education and research.
The first two papers entitled Education to Preserve Bridges and Dams as Capstones of Our Engineering Legacy and Landscape Preservation Education in The United States: Status in 2007 address the status of engineering and landscape in historic preservation education. These two fields have recently emerged as important areas in historic preservation.
The middle part of the journal consists of three papers entitled Preserving Tangible Cultural Assets: A Framework for a New Dialog in Preservation; Historic Preservation Ideology: A Critical Mapping of Contemporary Heritage Policy Discourse; and An Educational Approach to Preservation of Community Assets (PCA). These papers focus on various methodologies in the preservation of the intangibles, and highlight current trends in research, teaching, and practice of preserving cultural heritage.
The last paper entitled Current Trends in Historic Preservation Education at The Primary and Secondary School Levels: A Survey of Online Resources looks at the place of historic preservation education in the curriculum of schools. While the paper’s content talks about education, the paper also demonstrates current techniques and methods utilizing the internet as a database in historic preservation research.
The Book Review Editor, Catherine W. Zipf solicited three reviews of recent books that also represent the multi-faceted field of historic preservation.
We hope that this inaugural first volume of Preservation Education & Research will serve as a catalyst for more scholars and educators in the field of historic preservation to submit future papers. Our next submittal deadline is February 1, 2009.
Finally, we would like to thank NCPE; Historic Urban Plans; and the Clarence S. Stein Institute for Urban Landscape Studies, Cornell University for sponsorship of the journal.
ANAT GEVA AND NANCY VOLKMAN
Editors, Preservation Education & Research
Education to Preserve Bridges and Dams as Capstones of Our Engineering Legacy
James L. Garvin, New Hampshire Division of Historical Resources
Landscape Preservation Education: Status in 2007
Cari Goetcheus, Clemson University
Preserving Tangible Cultural Assets: A Problem in Search of Solution
Eric W. Allison & Mary Ann Allison, Pratt Institute and Hofstra University
Historic Preservation Ideology: A Critical Mapping of the Contemporary Heritage Policy Discourse
Christopher Koziol University of Colorado in Denver
An Educational Approach to Preservation of Community Assets (PCA)
Itai Horwitz & Iris Aravot, Israel Institute of Technology-Technion, Haifa, Israel
Current Trends in Preservation Education at The Primary and Secondary School Levels: A Survey of On-Line Resources
Laura L. Thornton, Trust for Architectural Easements, Washington, DC.
Catherine W. Zipf, Book Review Editor
David Harmon, Francis P. McManamon, and Dwight T. Pitcaithley, eds. The Antiquities Act: A Century of American Archaeology, Historic Preservation, and Nature Conservation (University of Arizona Press, 2006)
Jeff Yelton, University of Central Missouri
Theodore H.M. Prudon. Preservation of Modern Architecture (John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2008)
Christine Madrid French, Recent Past Preservation Network, Charlottesville, VA
David Grayson Allen. The Olmsted National Historic Site and the Growth of Landscape Preservation (University Press of New England, 2007)
Shantia Anderheggen, City of Newport, RI


Eclipse Virtual IoT Meetup: http://www.meetup.com/Virtual-IoT/events/229964142/
PlatformIO is an open source environment for IoT development based on a cross-platform build system and a library manager. It’s simplifying continuous integration (including in the cloud!) of IoT systems and is well integrated with IDEs like Eclipse. It is compatible with Arduino, mbed, Energia, CMSIS, and much more.
In this webinar we will go through some of the key features of PlatformIO, and demonstrate how you can use it from your Eclipse IDE.


The LRC (Library and Resource Centre) welcomes students during school break times and after school. Our Library is inviting, quiet, safe, and calm; an area in the school where you can read and relax on comfy seats, study, or take advantage of the computers to complete homework and do research for school work. Year 7 and Year 8 pupils can take their Accelerated Reading Quizzes in their time in their Library.
The LRC has a "No phone, no food, no drinks" policy, and noise is kept to a minimum. This contributes to making the Library an enjoyable place to be.
If you have any thoughts, ideas, or requests on the range of stock, please come see Miss Wilkinson, Kelvin Hall School's LRC Coordinator and Librarian.
The Library offers access to around 4,000 items on the shelves. It offers a wide range of literary genres, including, but not limited to:
- Fiction and all subsequent genres;
- Literary classics;
- Manga & Graphic Novels;
- Audiobooks (CDs & mp3 playaways);
- Dictionaries & encyclopedias;
- Revision guides for GCSE;
- Teen "Shelf" Help Book and Wellbeing Guides;
- Careers guides, inc. college and university prospectuses.
You will also have access to Hull City Libraries material, including:
- DVDs and CDs;
- Language courses;
- Music Scores.
Comfortable sofas galore, and a working area with tables and cushioned chairs.
Shelves on the side, and book highlights on the carrousels.
You can also access the Borrow Box, a free online eBook loan system, accessible through an app that you can download to your devices.
In addition, you can make use of the Reservation Service for items that are on the Hull Libraries catalogue but not in Kelvin Hall School.
Taking & Returning Books
Kelvin Hall School's pupils can take 1 book home. They will then have 3 weeks to read it - the due back date is always stamped on the Date Label in the front of the book! Should they need more time, pupils are welcome to come in the Library and ask for their loan to be extended. Please return the book in the condition it was issued to you.
Please be aware that the Library can only give out 1 book at a time. As such, you need to make sure you return any book in your care, before being able to take a new one out.
A selection of books are marked "UY", which stands for "Upper Years". Year 7 and Year 8 pupils who wish to borrow Upper Years books will need to have completed a parental consent form first. The forms are available in the Library.
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By Mark Miller
Even before Claude Ranger disappeared in late 2000, his fate unknown, he
had attained legendary status among Canada’s jazz musicians as an
extraordinary drummer who repeatedly challenged the status quo on
bandstands in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.
uncompromising and charismatic, cigarette invariably tucked into the
left corner of his mouth, Ranger cut a compelling figure alongside
Canadian and American stars alike — Lenny Breau, Jane Bunnett, Sonny
Greenwich, Moe Koffman, P.J. Perry, Dewey Redman, Sonny Rollins, Don
Thompson and many others.
Claude Ranger: Canadian Jazz Legend
presents a sympathetic portrait of this remarkable musician and offers a
perceptive overview of the Canadian jazz scene during the 35 years in
which, by turns, his career flourished, faltered and flourished again....


Made it back from school camp for the welcome to the 2010 Arts Fellows at the Hocken Library on Thursday evening. Although the five of us have been steadily working away since we got here a few weeks ago, it was wonderful to be officially welcomed by the University of Otago. It certainly made me feel very much part of the university. Although we have all been given a place to work and a staff ID card which allows us access to the university libraries and other facilities, it was only at the welcome I fully realised what it meant to be here, and what an honour it was. Everyone there was pleased to talk to us and wanted to make sure we felt very much at home. Thank you for such a wonderful evening!


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I saw Sarah's Key by Tatiana De Rosnay book on the Barnes & Noble website numerous times. The cover made me click to read about the book (who says not to judge a book by its cover?). Part of the book is set in WW2 in Paris and the other half is 2002 Paris. Each time, I thought, this book sounds too serious for right now, and I wouldn't add it to my library list.
At my last book club, my friend mentioned she just read this book and really enjoyed it. I said, oh yes, I liked the cover and wanted to read but was afraid it was too serious for my current mood. She let me borrow it from her. A few days later I finished my book and didn't get around to going to the library to pick up my other books on hold, so I grabbed this book before I walked out the door.
The book itself was easy language, easy to follow/understand. It was a historical fictional story about true events, which was quite sad. But I flew through the book in 3 train rides. I really enjoyed the two different stories that eventually come together at the end. It made you want to keep reading to find out what happened.
Sarah was a ten year old Jewish girl when her family was arrested in Paris during the Vel' d Hiv' roundup. I really enjoyed the story from the 10 year old's perspective; such an innocent and naive narrative. In 2002, Julia, an American journalist in Paris is writing a story about the 60th anniversary of the Vel' d Hiv' roundup. Astonishingly, Julia discovers many Parisians have no idea about the Roundup or don't want to admit to knowing anything. Little by little details emerge and Julia is obsessed about finding as much as she can about Sarah and her family and in turn, re-evaluates her life.
As soon as I finished this book I called my sister and told her she had to read it - she finished it in one day and called me to tell me she cried the whole way through. That surprised me, since I am the emotional wreck, and I did not cry - I thought I might at one point, but I didn't. It was one of the best books I have read this year. I never heard of this tragic event and it touched my heart that such horrible things happened and the struggles so many people had to endure. I highly recommend this book.


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JOHN E.(5) abt 1839-1874 m: CHRISTINA HALL
HARRIS: This John is known mainly through information about his spouse and children. John married Christina Hall in Pickaway Co., OH on August 09, 1860. She was born January 12, 1842 in Ohio, died April 4, 1928, presumed in Macon County, Illinois, where she is buried in the Salem cemetery located in South Wheatland Twp.
From information known about John and Christina's six children, the family first lived in Ohio, where the first child was born in 1862, then moved to Macon County, Illinois, where they remained and where all the rest of their children were born.
Christina survived John, and remarried October 2, 1877 in Macon County, Illinois, to Miles Dikerson. He was born about 1843 in Ohio. They had one child, Lewis James Dickerson, born 1879 in Macon County. Two of John and Christina's children, George and John Walter, are also buried in the Salem cemetery. Daughter Laura and her husband J. Fred Wolfe lived in Decatur, Macon County.
son Charles: (Harris page 597) born in January, 1862 in Ohio, died February 12, 1941 in Pierce County, WA. Charles married August 23, 1881 Mary 'Maggie C.' Morris in Macon County, Illinois. She was born in July 1863 in Illinois, died May 16, 1940 in Pierce County, Washington. In the 1900 Census, Charles, Maggie, and their children were enumerated as residents of Decatur, Macon Co., IL. His obituary, in the Decatur Herald and Review, stated that he was a resident of Graham in Pierce County, Washington when he died, and that he had lived there for several years after leaving Decatur.
The obituary also noted he was a brother of Mrs. Laura Wolfer and John Chenoweth and was survived by half brother, James Dickerson, and half sisters, Mrs Ada Willoughby and Olllie Bel May, both of Decatur.
grandson William Arthur: (Harris page 634) born August 29, 1894, died April 26, 1977 in Los Angeles County, California. Married September 5, 1922 to Pearl Rupp, by Arthur B. Peck, Minister. Pearl was born December 19, 1900 in California, died March 1, 1983 in Los Angeles County. William and Pearl are buried in the Columbium of Piety in Forest Lawn cemetery located in Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.
ADDED DETAIL: Based on research done by John McCall, John had a middle initial of "E" and married Christy Ann Hall on August 9, 1860 in Pickaway Co., OH. He died 24 July 1874 but left no will. His probate papers names his children as: Charles A., Edward I., George H., Laura J. and John W. The family is found in the 1870 Census of Macon County in South Wheatland.
POSSIBILITIES: One good possibility for John is John(6) Ison(5) Edward(4) Isaac(3) William(2). This John was born ca 1839 in Ohio and his father, Ison, was living in Hocking County in 1860. Hocking County abuts Pickaway County where this John, of similar age, shows up to marry. The fact that one son was named Edward I. gives some credence to this guess. In March 2010 this placement was assumed and John merged into the main database. See John E. of Ohio
CENSUS: 1870 IL: Macon Co: S Wheatland: page 614
LOCATIONS: Pickaway Co., OH, Macon Co., IL
BOOKS: Harris page 614
OTHER SOURCES: Richard Harris: The Chenoweth Family in America, Peter Chenoweth of Georgia, William D. 'Bill' Chenoweth, Census work, 1920, 1930
Children of JOHN CHENOWETH and CHRISTINA HALL are:
NOTE: Dates for living individuals have been excluded. A number in brackets after the name indicates either the person belongs to more than one Chenoweth line of ancestry. (i.e. a marriage of cousins occurred or a person married more than one family member) or has multiple marriages.
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1 John E. Chenoweth b: Abt. 1839 in Ohio d: July 24, 1874
+Christina 'Christy Ann' Hall b: January 12, 1842 in Ohio d: April 04, 1928 in Macon Co., IL comment: remarried to Miles Dickerson October 2, 1877
.. 2 Charles Arthur Chenoweth b: June 19, 1861 in Ohio d: February 12, 1941 in Pierce Co., WA
.. +Mary C. 'Maggie' Morris b: July 1863 in Illinois d: May 16, 1940 in Pierce Co., WA
.... 3 Minnie Chenoweth b: December 24, 1881 in Macon Co., IL d: 1951 in Goshen Co., WY
.... +James A. Snow d: Unknown
.... 3 Anna B. Chenoweth b: 1884 in Illinois d: 1900 in Macon Co., IL
.... 3 John Chenoweth b: July 08, 1886 in Macon Co., IL d: August 20, 1978 in Port Orchard, Kitsap Co., WA comment: married
.... +Josie Hanks b: Abt. 1888 in Iowa d: Unknown
.... 3 Jerome Lewis Chenoweth b: July 1888 in Illinois d: Bet. 1960 - 1970 in St. Maries, Benewah Co., ID
.... +Verna Irene Bundy b: June 10, 1897 in Illinois d: February 19, 1922 in Wyoming
...... 4 Vivian Lorraine Chenoweth
...... 4 Jack B. Chenoweth b: March 19, 1919 in Wyoming d: July 1981
...... 4 Don Dorn Chenoweth
...... +Lois Marvel Seeman b: March 29, 1923 d: December 30, 1997 in Seattle, King Co., WA
........ 5 William Doren 'Bill' Chenoweth
...... *2nd Wife of Don Dorn Chenoweth:
...... +Irene ?
...... 4 Alberta Margaretie Chenoweth
.... *2nd Wife of Jerome Lewis Chenoweth:
.... +Margaret ? b: Abt. 1885 in Colorado d: Unknown
.... 3 Bessie Chenoweth b: July 1892 in Macon Co., IL d: Unknown
.... 3 William Arthur 'Willie' Chenoweth b: August 29, 1894 in Macon Co., IL d: April 26, 1977 in Los Angles Co., CA
.... +Pearl Rupp b: December 19, 1900 in Colorado d: March 01, 1983 in Los Angles Co., CA
...... 4 Margaret Jean Chenoweth b: May 22, 1927 in California d: January 17, 1952 in Los Angeles Co., CA
.. 2 Edward I. Chenoweth b: June 21, 1864 in Ohio d: August 15, 1913
.. +Alice Rase b: Bet. 1859 - 1874 d: Bef. 1900
.. 2 George H. Chenoweth b: November 16, 1869 in Macon Co., IL d: August 20, 1939
.. 2 Laura J. Chenoweth b: 1871 in Macon Co., IL d: Aft. 1950
.. +J. Fred Wolfer d: Aft. 1950
.. 2 John Walter Chenoweth b: April 14, 1874 in Macon Co., IL d: August 12, 1950 in Macon Co., IL
.. +Anna Ross Duke b: 1884 in Kentucky d: April 08, 1961
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Despite the initial environmental and supply benefits associated with conventional biofuels leading to substantial policy support, research has indicated that these benefits might have been overly optimistic. Negative externalities associated with food and resource allocation have also resulted in an increasing scepticism about the long-term potential of transitioning to biofuels. This review presents the economic benefits and costs surrounding...
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The moment I finished my master’s thesis and graduated in November, I dove into a pile of novels that were long on my reading list. Given the pandemic lockdown and my current state of unemployment, on most days you’ll still find me there, deep in my latest story. Many of those books could be classified as climate fiction. Climate fiction, or cli-fi, the way I see it, are stories set in a changing climate. That does not mean that cli-fi books are always set in dystopian distant futures. Our climate is already in crisis, and many writers have told heart-wrenching stories about that.
Climate change is a slow, complex, and wicked problem, but the solutions need to be swift, just, and continuously improved. Cli-fi doesn’t generally offer solutions, but it does provide meaning and maybe even motivation. In reading narratives written from a girl’s perspective in the days before Hurricane Katrina, or a boy running for his life in what remains of Canada’s forests, you can viscerally feel the catastrophe of climate change. The data in the IPCC reports on global warming are crucial but emotionless and distant from our everyday, lived experience as human beings. Diving deep into a story fills me with a sense of urgency and resolve like no chart or report can. That’s why, as an environmental scientist, I like to read climate fiction.
The following are four of my favorite climate fiction novels, as well as a recipe for peanut butter cookies you can snack on while you read. You’ll need something to fuel you as these books are impossible to put down.
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler (1993)
Parable of the Sower takes place in a world ravaged by climate change, inequality, and violence. What drew me initially to this story is that the main character has “hyperempathy,” the unique ability to feel other people’s emotions. In Butler’s dystopian world that generates much more pain than pleasure for our heroine. Throughout her struggles, the main character works to understand her reason for being, her truth, and she finds it in a line that will forever stay with me: “God is change.”
Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward (2011)
Salvage the Bones tells the fictional story of how a pregnant teenage girl and her family prepare in the days before Hurricane Katrina destroys their Mississippi home. Ward’s prose cuts deep. During her National Book Award acceptance speech for this novel, Ward said, “I understood that I wanted to write about the experiences of the poor, and the black and the rural people of the South so that the culture that marginalized us for so long would see that our stories were as universal, our lives as fraught and lovely and important, as theirs.”
The Marrow Thieves by Cherie Dimaline (2017)
The Marrow Thieves’ setting is a dystopian North America where unmitigated pollution has contaminated nearly all freshwater reserves, and rising seawaters have flooded the coastlines. More troubling than that, a mysterious pandemic is sweeping the land. The only people who are immune to the disease, Indigenous North Americans, are being ruthlessly persecuted. I cried countless times in this beautifully written story of love and loss.
South Pole Station by Ashley Shelby (2017)
South Pole Station is Ashley Shelby’s first novel. The narrator is an artist selected for a fellowship at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station in Antarctica. At this southernmost research station, climate scientists work (in real life) to track historic atmospheric carbon levels from excavated ice cores. The arrival of a Republican-funded climate skeptic who befriends the artist jeopardizes their research plans and unhinges the base’s peculiar social order.
Peanut Butter Cookies
Recipe adapted from Vegan for Everybody
Makes about 24 cookies
- 1 ½ cups (212 grams) flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups (300 grams) creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup (220 grams) brown sugar
- ½ cup (120 ml) maple syrup or agave syrup
- ¼ cup (60 ml) coconut oil or vegan butter, melted
- 3 tablespoon water
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- In a large bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt. In a separate bowl, mix the peanut butter, brown sugar, syrup, oil, water, and vanilla. Carefully pour the liquid mixture into the flour mixture and combine.
- At this point, the dough needs to be refrigerated. Either refrigerate the dough for a couple of hours or store it in the fridge overnight.
- Preheat oven to 170°C (350°F). Divide the dough in two, then in two again. Those four mounds should make about 6 cookies each. Roll dough into small balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. With the back of a glass, press down on the balls to flatten them. If you know you can’t eat or give away 24 cookies within a few days, I recommend storing half of the flattened cookies in the freezer to bake another day.
- Bake one sheet at a time for 12 to 15 minutes until the cookies’ edges begin to darken. Remove from the oven and let cool completely on the baking sheet before touching. If you are impatient, like me, and grab a cookie while it’s still warm, it will crumble between your fingers.
- You can add chocolate chips or thinly sliced chocolate to this dough; just add up to ¾ cup to the mix as you combine the wet and dry ingredients in step 1.
- As you can tell from the main photo, these cookies make excellent ice cream sandwiches!


JMAHP & the Society
The Journal of Market Access & Health Policy (JMAHP) is the official journal of the Market Access Society. The journal aims at consolidating the concept of “market access” as a multidisciplinary field spanning not only economic but also technical, scientific, sociological, psychological, and policy perspectives. JMAHP aims at linking all components that impact on market access to provide a convergent and broader perspective in a single specialized journal. The journal serves as a reference desk for industry, regulators, and academics, that in this way have free and immediate access to innovative research and educational articles, discussion papers for best practices, and valuable guidelines.
To learn more about JMAHP, please visit http://www.jmahp.net
Market Access Society (MAS) is a global scientific and professional society that promotes the many complex and different disciplines that cover market access and facilitates its translation into helpful information for health care decision makers.
MAS embraces all stakeholders, including researchers, agencies, policymakers, industry, academia, health service providers, and patients/consumers, and acts as a neutral and transparent facilitator for cooperation and the sharing of information and expertise.
Founded in 2012, MAS is a non-profit organization for educational and scientific purposes established in response to the growing interest in the field of Market Access.
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Fall under the spell of the #1 New York Times Bestseller, Enchanted Forest!
This stunning colouring book by Johanna Basford takes readers on an inky quest through an enchanted forest to discover what lies in the castle at its heart. As well as drawings to complete, colour, and embellish, there are hidden objects to be found along the way. Can you spot the wild flowers, animals, and birds? What about the lanterns, keys, and treasure chests? Beginning at the entrance to the forest, the journey progresses through woodlands, rocky caves, and tree-lined mazes. Colour your way past streams and waterfalls and over treetops, until you finally reach your destination: a secluded, magical castle.
Hidden throughout the book are nine symbols. Readers must find all the symbols to unlock the castle door at the end of the quest and discover what lies within. Also this book contains additional special features include a gate-folded two-page spread and a colourable jacket.
Loving this book? Have a look at these other great Title from Johanna Basford;
How to Draw Inky Wonderlands In this beautiful guide Johanna shares the fun, simple, no-skills-needed secrets to creating your own colourings. Furthermore it is a wonderful book full of flora, fauna and fantasies inspired by her bestselling and beloved colouring books.
The Secret Garden This interactive activity book takes you on a ramble through a secret garden. As a result each page beautifully set out and created in detailed pen-and-ink illustrations.
World of Flowers This sensational new colouring book is filled with countless new blooms and blossoms. From water poppies in to delicate cosmos. Ready for you to discover and bring to life in colour.
Lost Ocean Johanna Basford invites people of all ages to discover an enchanting underwater world hidden within the depths of the sea.
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Bishop Todd Townshend appoints The Reverend Patty Dobbs Luxton as the rector of St. Thomas’, St. Thomas effective February 15, 2022.
John Lutman, our Archivist at the Diocese of Huron Archives will be retiring at the end of this year on December 31, 2021.
John joined us in 2010 and has managed the vast store of records housed at the Archives as well as assisted those seeking to research historical information.
Located at the Huron University College, the Archives houses the records of baptisms, confirmations, marriages and funerals of Anglicans across the Diocese from as far back as the early 1800s. In addition, other historical artifacts such as architectural drawings, maps and church history are carefully maintained and kept preserved by John and his team.
His extensive knowledge of our church's history will be missed by all throughout the Diocese of Huron. Please join us all in thanking and congratulating John for his dedicated service to his Church and its people here over the years. John will be honored at Synod in May.


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Beyond the Technological Revolution
Carlota Perez Papers
Originally published in the SPRU Working Paper series, No. 13, 2014.
2015 (Mariana Mazzucato) “Innovation as Growth Policy: The Challenge for Europe” in Fagerberg, J., S. Laestadius and B. Martin (eds.) The Triple Challenge for Europe: Economic Development, Climate Change and Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, Ch. 9, pp. 227-262
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Integrated Music Plan for Grade 1 . I Went Walking Procedure: 1. Display the book "I Went Walking" and tell students. "I understand that you are beginning to read in the first grade. Are you excited? 2.Who knows the name of the story you are reading? 3.Today we are going to do something a little different with the words of the story.
Short stories are some of the first pieces of literature that children become acquainted with in their lives. However, as we age, sometimes we forget what these stories are about, their key elements or the ways that they continue to shape our lives.
Short stories for kids are stories, either fiction or non-fiction, that have a quick beginning, middle, and end with classic story elements, such as problem and solution, cause and effect, characters of different types, and good, solid themes.
lesson-plot 1st grade - Free download as Word Doc (.doc), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. Ask them if they remember any of the story elements we have talked about. (character, setting, problem, and resolution) Today we are going to learn about the story element called plot.
Social Studies and History. 21st Century Skills-SEL. Grades. Early Learning. Pre-K. Kindergarten. 1st Grade. Students record the different elements of a story, such as characters and setting, and then map the events of the story with these printables.
Students are expected to: (A) describe the plot (problem and solution) and retell a story's beginning, middle, and end with attention to the sequence of events; and. (B) describe characters in a story and the reasons for their actions and feelings. (10) Reading/Comprehension of Literary Text/Literary Nonfiction.
I have found the best way to do this is with post-its or flags. Students can reposition the post-its as they decided just where in the story these elements of plot take place. Not every event can be placed on the story map, so students need to be decisive and evaluate which ones are the most important to include and which ones can be left out.


A literacy fund grant of $20,000 will help transform an Oliver school’s aging library.
Teachers and students from Sen Pok Chin thought they were participating in a general information conference call with the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation to discuss the state and need within their library when it was revealed.
“We’re honoured to be selected as one of the 30 recipients for this year’s Love of Reading grant and this support could not have come at a better time,” said Val Allen , principal of Sen Pok Chin. “We have great kids and a beautiful school. The Sen Pok Chin staff work tirelessly to enrich the lives of our children and provide students with the very best education. Building our literacy resources with the variety of genre’s, fiction and non-fiction and high interest topics will motivate and inspire our students to read more. Our students do deserve the very best.”
Sen Pok Chin is one of 30 recipients to receive a 2017 Literacy Fund grant, part of a $1.5 million commitment given by the foundation each year to high-needs elementary schools across Canada in an effort to bolster literacy and give all children equal access to books. The average age of books in Sen Pok Chin school’s library is approximately 15 years old, making them one of the many Canadian schools in dire need of new books.
In April, Sen Pok Chin won $25,000 in new technology in the Staples Superpower Your School Contest that rewards students for raising environmental consciousness.
Over the past 13 years, the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation has committed more than $25 million in funding, helping more than 3,000 schools, and transforming the lives of over 900,000 Canadian children.
Now, as a result of the Literacy Fund grant, Sen Pok Chin will be able to increase its library collection by 10 new books per student for each of the three grant years, totalling 2,250 books.


Recently, I was able to successfully use RealSense R200 on my NVIDIA Jetson TX1 with librealsense. I had to replace some SSSE3 instructions in the code to get it to compile under ARM. I created a fork of librealsense on Github with all the changes I made. Check it out here: ttps://github.com/Maghoumi/librealsense R200 works at 60 FPS …
To my surprise, the CUDA library ArrayFire is now open source and licensed under BSD 3-Clause License which means that commercial use is permitted! ArrayFire is a production oriented library which greatly reduces CUDA application development time. The repository is hosted on GitHub and is located here.


After purchasing Gary Dierking’s book “Building Outrigger Sailing Canoes” I decided to purchase his to-scale plans for the Ulua Saling Canoe. It’s a strip-plank canoe with fiberglass inside and out. Before I actually start building I’m trying to get a good idea about different ways to put a canoe together – what method do I actually want to use. Also the plans show a little more detail than his book for the foam and fiberglass ‘ama construction.
After ‘The Hawaiian Canoe‘ – this is my favorite outrigger canoe book! Building Outrigger Sailing Canoes by Gary Dierking is well thought out, easy to read, chock full of great information – and obviously written by someone who has ‘been there/done that’! A definite ‘How To’ book – I’m sure you could build all 3 canoes he writes about just from this one book but I bought the plans for his Ulua sailing canoe just the same. Having full-size to-scale plans builds a lot of confidence! He covers strip-plank and plywood construction but the sections in the book I’m most excited about are the foam and fiberglass ‘ama construction, the motor mount, and building spars and sails! I think those 3 sections can be used by anyone building an outrigger canoe of any design!
Back in 2009 my friend, Tevita Kunato, and I purchased the plans for the Waka Ama outrigger canoe from Duckwork’s Builders Supply located in Harper, Texas. It is a Selway-Fisher design. According to the website: “This is an outrigger canoe of classic Hawaiian design. Classes of these craft are very popular, especially in places like New Zealand where they are raced in various lengths—this example being one of the shortest. They are noted for their stability and carrying capacity in use both off shore and inland and are sometimes seen carrying a simple sail—a very versatile craft—the main hull can be built in 2 halves. Construction is simple stitch and tape and the beams are tied to the hulls”.
I haven’t built this design yet, but I am studying the techniques and general design to incorporate into my first canoe.
By many this book is considered the definitive source – The Bible – of Hawaiian outrigger canoes. Covering a historical perspective of Hawaiian canoe design from pre-contact to modern times. Fully illustrated with color pictures, historical artwork, and ‘to-scale’ drawings of actual canoes from the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. No longer in print, but a must have for anyone passionate about Hawaiian outrigger canoes.


Marco Renda – Treating Yourself Magazine
I would have to say that this is by far one of the BEST grow books that I have had the pleasure of reading. It is filled with comprehensive instructions that anyone can follow, including the first time grower. The West Coast Masters truly have uncovered the ultimate techniques for growing medicinal cannabis.
Ngaio Bealum – West Coast Cannabis Magazine
The West Coast Masters are just that, masters in the art of growing cannabis. This book is great for beginners and veterans.
Truly an extensive book with a lot of information for the new and experienced grower!
Mel Thomas – Best Selling Author of Cannabis Cultivation
Great book! Well written and illustrated. This book should be in every growers collection!
Subcool – TGA Genetics Subcool Seeds
The main thing I like about this book is it’s not just another grow book. This book is about a proven method that if followed correctly promises specific results. A must read for any serious grower!
Anna – Oregon NORML
When Oregon NORML was approached about supporting this venture, we agreed readily. A book that explains to Oregon growers how to grow cannabis for their patients seemed like a no brainer. And, while we expected it to be good, we had no idea how far the Secrets of the West Coast Masters would go above and beyond the standard. This book was clearly written with a lot of love and care. The directions are clear and simple, making the book easy to use. The pictures are beautifully done without losing the points they try to make. The print is big to make it easy to read, and the book is divided into sections that make sense. I can see this book fast becoming a grow room staple. It’s clear and concise directions are easily followed by the novice, and the detail included can offer assistance to even the most seasoned grower. I want to thank Dru West for creating a real tol that can be used by those who need it the most. And, of course, we appreciate all your support of Oregon NORML!
Secrets of the West Coast Masters is a well thought out, and planned out book that will compliment any growers book shelf. This book has tips and tricks for new growers as well as expert growers alike. We would be lying if we said we didn’t learn a trick or two ourselves!
Joe Klare – The 420 Times
Whether you are growing in soil, coco coir or hydroponically, you aren’t growing as much as you can unless you know The Secrets of The West Coast Masters.
Jack – Green Candy Press
My copy arrived and I have really enjoyed reading through it. Great work. The jacket design is nice with “THE SECRETS” in silver with a gloss to it. Very cool! Nice hardcover book with good stock paper, which I always like. The West Coast Masters have made a great book here – good photos detailing their methods of not only growing great bud, but also building grow systems, setting up hydroponics systems and lights, and even step-by-step photos showing how to seal the windows of your grow room. Very very nice stuff!
Bud Savage- 420Klub
Fantastic Book. A must read for any Kannabis Kultivator. Masterfully designed and laid out. Step by step everything you need to know. So easy to read and follow. Diagrams, charts, this book has it going on. If you want to take your growing to the next level, you owe it to yourself to read and follow this book. This book sits right next to Ed Rosenthal’s books in my kannabis library.
Mike – Cannabis Worm Tea
Congats on a masterpiece. If I had a copy of “Secrets of the West Coast Masters” 27 years ago, it would have saved me the agony of learning the hard way. Every serious grower should pick up a copy.
Lloyd Greenberg – Tru Gro Lights
I pre ordered this book the minute i read the interview with Dru in the Feb Issue of Nug Magazine. After anxiously awaiting till 04/20 when it was shipped, i couldn’t put it down from the minute i received it. Well written, Well illustrated and very informative. Congrats on a “master” piece of work.


Pippin/Snyder Family History
For a long time I did not know a lot about our Pippin family history except family living in Saskatchewan
A few years ago Cousin Bert Rose contacted me about a family reunion in Tarboro NC.
So after some research I attended the Pippin/Pippen family reunion in Tarboro North Carolina along with Bert and Don Rose who travelled all the way from Saskatchewan in 2009.
At this reunion we learned a lot of Pippin family information dating back to the early 1700’s
We had a great time and learned a lot about our heritage.
I also was able to purchase a thick hard cover book “John Pippen A New beginning in Maryland” that Jim and Emily Pippin published after many years of research.
In 2010 I again attended the Tarboro reunion along with Diane who was unable to attend the 2009 reunion.
At both of these reunions we toured churches, cemeteries and houses built by Pippin ancestors in the Tarboro area. At both reunions we had a cookout at Brock Townsend’s Dixieland plantation outside of Tarboro on the last day of the reunion.
While at these reunions we learned of another group of Pippin’s in the Cookeville Tennessee area and in October 2012 our group consisting of Bert and Joann Rose, Harvey Pippin & Donna Nagus , Don and Stella Pippin, and Diane an I attended the family reunion in Cookeville.
Our family line from the immigrant John Pippin follows Robert Pippin born in the colony of Maryland about 1730.
In John Pippen A New beginning in Maryland there is not a lot of history of this branch of the family however we can pick up family history with Richard William Pippin born in September 1844 in Franklin County Indiana. One of Richard W’s sons was Bert Pippin, my grandfather born August 25, 1878 in Tremont Township, Tazewell County Illinois
There is a pdf copy of “The Pippin Family of Tazewell County Illinois” that can be downloaded by clicking the link on the boxes below.
I also scanned the information from the big book tracing our family line from the book
“John Pippen A New beginning in Maryland” that can be downloaded with links below.
I can be contacted at;
Updated December 26, 2021
The links below are a collection of Pippin and Snyder family history that I have collected.
There is very little Snyder family history . If you have information regarding our Snyder family history please send it to me and I’ll add it to this web site.
My grandmother Minnie Snyder’s maiden name was Lobb.
There’s a link below for a Lobb Family History that contains a lot of Snyder information.
Click the appropriate link from the boxes below to see Snyder and Lobb family history.


Yuriy K Krasnov
Ph.D. Physics & Mathematics
Born January 1, 1945 in Tbilisi, Georgia, Yuriy K. Krasnov
graduated from Tbilisi State University in 1968, earning a Master’s
Degree in Theoretical Physics (1969) and a Ph.D. in Physics and
Upon graduation, in 1968, he was hired by the Institute of
Physics within the Georgian Academy of Science, where he began as a
Minor Scientific Employee and worked his way up to become Deputy
Chief of the Department. He remained with the Institute until 1981,
at which point he was transferred to the Khurchatov Institute of
Atomic Energy in Moscow, Russia. He worked there as an Senior
Scientific Employee until 1994.
He immigrated to the United States on July 14, 1994.
In 2005, Yuriy K. Krasnov founded The Qualitics, Inc. in
Cleveland, Ohio; today, he works here with his sons Yuriy and Oleg.
He has one grandson, also named Yuriy.
Yuriy K. Krasnov is the author and co-author of 120 articles, 3
books, 12 Reviews, 9 Patents (several more preliminary patents filed
and a few utility patents are pending).
Major Scientific Discoveries and Publications:
- Creation of the Dynamics of Quantum Vortices (macroscopic stable
quantified excitation in neutral and charged super-liquids). Main
source: “The Dynamics of Quantum Vortices” (2001), edited by David
Delphenich, Ph.D.. Book is available from
- Creation of Qualitics, a new method of quantitative
investigation of a quality of the processes and devises and
application of this method to the study of the stream processes
(Volume 1) and Economics (Volume 2). Main source: “The Qualitics,”
monograph (2001). Book is available from
- Creation of the Theory of Vortical Boiling. Main source: “Vortical
Boiling,” presentation (2006). Download is available from
- Discovery of the spectrum of the non-dissipating
singular-in-point dynamical excitations in fluids (including viscous
fluids). For further details, please reference the books “The
Dynamics of Quantum Vortices” and “The Qualitics,” both books are
- Creation of the Theory of Evolution of Tornadoes, based upon the
exact solution of the Navier-Stokes equations. For further details,
please reference the books “The Dynamics of Quantum Vortices” and
“The Qualitics,” both books are available from


William A. Foley
About William A. Foley
World War II combat veteran William A Foley Jr. is a published author, painter and muralist whose work has been displayed in the D-Day Museum in Louisiana, Pritzker Military Museum in Chicago as well as other art galleries and government buildings around the country. Mr. Foley was a rifleman in the 94th Infantry Division of Patton’s Ghost Corps. He uniquely captured the essence of an infantryman’s life on the front lines with his incredible sketches from his foxhole during the war as an untrained artist. After returning from the war and attending art school he painted full color canvas works of some of the war sketches. You can see some of these sketches, paintings and read his personal account of World War II combat in his book, “Visions From A Foxhole.” On this site you will be able to view a majority of the World War II sketches and paintings, as well as other fine art, illustrations, and murals from Mr. Foley’s personal collection. We also have links to interviews, video’s, and information regarding his harrowing accounts of World War II. Mr. Foley is currently available for speeches and/or book signings. He is also available to commission for murals and paintings.


Recovery Questions Answered, For Both The Patient and The Caregiver:
Articles by Robert Kooken, Ph.D.
The recovery process from a brain aneurysm can be long. Sometimes it takes weeks, months, or even years to understand the consequences for the patient. There are many questions after a brain aneurysm occurs about how quickly will the survivor recover and what will the recovery process be like. Many survivors wonder when they will feel like their old selves, wondering when their energy level will return. Mood changes are common, anger and depression over losing the life one had before are frequent reactions to this life-altering event. Coping with memory loss and other disabilities is difficult for survivors. Below are a series of articles by Dr. Robert Kooken answering some of these questions.


Hailed as â€œAmericaâ€™s most popular suspense novelistâ€ (Rolling Stone) Dean Koontz has entered a rich new phase of his writing career that is yielding his most imaginative, meaningful, and popular work yet.
At the height of his powers as a literary craftsman, he has won the acclaim of critics as well as the allegiance of millions of fans the world over, transforming the greatest fears and hopes of our time into masterworks of dazzling originality and emotional resonance.
Now, with the stunning depth and virtuosity of his storytelling, he brings to readers one of his most gripping and richly imagined novels to dateâ€”an intoxicating story of adventure and suspense, mystery and revelation, told with humor, heart, and high art.
One Door Away From Heaven
In a dusty trailer park on the far edge of the California dream, Michelina Bellsong contemplates the choices she has made. At twenty-eight, she wants to change the direction of her troubled life but canâ€™t find her wayâ€”until a new family settles into the rental trailer next door and she meets the young girl who will lead her on a remarkable quest that will change Micky herself and everything she knowsâ€”or thinks she knowsâ€”forever.
Despite the brace she must wear on her deformed left leg, and her withered left hand, nine-year-old Leilani Klonk radiates a buoyant and indomitable spirit that inspires Micky. Beneath Leilaniâ€™s effervescence, however, Micky comes to sense a quiet desperation that the girl dares not express.
Leilaniâ€™s mother is little more than a child herself. And the girlâ€™s stepfather, Preston Maddoc, is educated but threatening. He has moved the family from place to place as he fanatically investigates UFO sightings, striving to make contact, claiming to have had a vision that by Leilaniâ€™s tenth birthday aliens will either heal her or take her away to a better life on their world.
Slowly, ever more troubling details emerge in Leilaniâ€™s conversations with Micky. Most chilling is Mickyâ€™s discovery that Leilani had an older brother, also disabled, who vanished after Maddoc took him into the woods one night and is now â€œgone to the stars.â€
Leilaniâ€™s tenth birthday is approaching. Micky is convinced the girl will be dead by that day. While the child-protection bureaucracy gives Micky the runaround, the Maddoc family slips away into the night. Micky sets out across America to track and find them, alone and afraid but for the first time living for something bigger than herself.
She finds herself pitted against an adversary, Preston Maddoc, as fearsome as he is cunning. The passion and disregard for danger with which Micky pursues her quest bring to her side a burned-out detective who joins her on a journey of incredible peril and startling discoveries, a journey through terrible darkness to unexpected light.
One Door Away From Heaven is an incandescent mix of suspense and humor, fear and wonder, a story of redemption and timeless wisdom that will have readers cheering. Filled with tragedy and joy, with terror and hope, it solidifies Dean Koontzâ€™s reputation as one of the foremost storytellers of our time. This is Dean Koontz at his very bestâ€”and it doesnâ€™t get any better than that.
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Recapture the Spirits of the Past with renowned historian and raconteur Alan Weyer, whose captivating narrative of this region’s proud history of spectacular battles and courageous people will add a new dimension to a visit to the Eastern Cape
During the 1800’s, the intrepid British Soldiers, Irish Immigrants and European explorers left their shores to begin a new life on the southern-most region of the African continent … region of the spiritual San and mighty AmaXhosa. What awaited them in this region of wide horizons eclipsed their wildest imaginings. Experience a rare and unique insight into their lives, the profound influence of this region’s proud history, and its far-reaching consequences.
These talks are not conventionally historical, because Weyer doesn’t interpret history merely as a sequence of events. The focus is on interpersonal reactions, identifying with the people involved in the struggles of the past on a personal level. He tells of how the Xhosa, the Khoi-Khoi, immigrant farmers and British settlers were all inextricably bound together – tales of indomitable determination and gritty humor.
Alan Weyer’s fascinating narrative of remarkable conflicts and dauntless people, offers a rare and unique insight into their lives, and the profound influence of this region’s proud history and its far-reaching consequences.
It’s a story that must be heard … a past that captures the imaginations of all visitors, and the idea that somehow, we all have an ancient and personal investment in the area, that explains its magic.
· The story is told on Signal Hill outside Grahamstown and takes about two and a half hours, morning or afternoon. Meet in Grahamstown and follow Alan for approximately 3km to the site.
Historian, Alan Weyer.


Although there weren’t too many books about search engine optimization, social media marketing, and e-commerce at the time, Amazon got its start as a bookstore. These days, many people who want to start businesses of their own go through the e-commerce staple to purchase books for inspiration and guidance. Those who have had success in e-commerce like to share advice with up-and-comers, and some just like to brag; either way, the pages they write are overflowing with insight based on real experiences.
From tips on general marketing and SEO strategies to the personal histories of today’s industry leaders, the top books are filled cover to cover with content that can help you as you build your e-commerce business. Refresh yourself on the basics, learn about what the big names do, and find inspiration from the people who have been through it all. If you want to up your game as an e-commerce seller, here are seven books that should be on your shelf.
What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest by Denise Lee Yohn
The massive brands that make up our market each started from an idea, just like every other business, online or offline. In her book What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles that Separate the Best from the Rest, veteran marketing consultant Denise Lee Yohn looks at what successful brands have done to establish their names. Brands like Apple didn’t get to where they are by accident, and Yohn analyzes the branding strategies and steps they took along their path to the big leagues.
Effective branding gets people to think of your brand positively and frequently. Sticking to your brand identity is necessary for keeping the trust of your following. Growing a brand is also different from building it out of nothing, and there are different factors to keep in mind at every stage of development. The best in the business know how to brand themselves for success, and What Great Brands Do dives into what that entails.
SEO 2018 by Adam Clarke
Trial and error is a natural part of search engine optimization, but you’ll need a healthy understanding of how it all works if you want your pages to be seen. If you don’t know the first thing about SEO, then you’re going to have a tough time moving your listings up the ranks. SEO 2018 by Adam Clarke goes over the fundamental principles of optimizing your content and maximizing your visibility to search engines. If you can’t seem to choose the right keywords or keep up with the ever-changing algorithms, this book will help catch you up to speed.
SEO trends naturally change, but you can use those changes to your advantage if you pay attention. SEO 2018 is the latest edition, but the book is updated every year so the information stays relevant.
Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future by Ashlee Vance
There are some people who were seemingly born to be in the spotlight, and Elon Musk is one of them. He’s a free-thinker, one of the world’s top entrepreneurs, and evidence that it’s best not to get too comfortable with “normal”. Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future is the result of Ashlee Vance’s time with Musk and his family, friends, and colleagues, and it offers an exclusive insight into the innovator’s life.
Unlike the others on the list so far, this book doesn’t explicitly break down SEO rules, marketing guidelines, or branding principles. Instead, it provides a glimpse into the mind of a man who has experienced soaring highs and plummeting lows and lived to send his car to space. The book is proof that innovation comes in all forms, and it tells how Musk has revitalized himself after facing adversity from all angles—a story that might stick in the back of a struggling entrepreneur’s mind when times are tough.
The 4 Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss captures your attention right off the bat with his book entitled The 4 Hour Workweek. This is a strong candidate for anyone who has begun toying with the idea of starting an online business. As the title suggests, it’s meant to get people thinking about the possibilities that e-commerce holds for young entrepreneurs: namely, the promise of a short work week and plenty of time to live your life how you want.
Working fewer hours and spending more time with your family or on the beach sounds like a dream, and Tim Ferriss discusses how to make “retirement” a regular occurrence rather than a light at the end of the tunnel. The book looks at his transformation and how he shrunk his hours while maximizing his income. The author does a masterful job of explaining how anyone else can do the same.
This is an exciting read and a great motivator for young entrepreneurs and startups. However, newcomers should beware that they won’t get to a four-hour work week just by reading the book. The 4 Hour Workweek serves as a nice introduction to the “be your own boss” mindset and encourages people to create more time for themselves.
Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook by Gary Vaynerchuk
Boxing isn’t all about the knockouts; it’s about the subtlety, the finesse, and putting your target in the position you want. The same goes for marketing, as Gary Vaynerchuk illustrates in “Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook.” This is the book to turn to if you’re looking for social media inspiration.
Platforms like Facebook and Instagram are constant forces in our everyday lives. There is naturally there’s an intense amount of competition for attention on these platforms. The way you use your social media presence could mean the difference between really taking off and failing to launch entirely. In this book, Vaynerchuk teaches you how to effectively jab, jab, jab, and right hook your way to social media success.
Crushing It!: How Great Entrepreneurs Build Their Business and Influence-and How You Can, Too by Gary Vaynerchuk
Speaking of Gary Vaynerchuk, he’s also responsible for the book Crushing It!, so you might say he’s crushing it himself. His goal for this book is to teach readers about the importance of cultivating a personal brand. Too many entrepreneurs fail to reach their potential because they don’t leverage their personal brand in their business. Crushing It! reminds you not to overlook this crucial aspect of your business, and it even looks at success stories its own strategies have spawned.
Convert! by Ben Hunt
Website design is often a determining factor in whether or not someone clicks through your website and makes a purchase, and even subtle differences can make a noticeable impact. If you get plenty of traffic to your site but you don’t get the conversions you’ve been expecting, pick up Convert! by Ben Hunt for some tips on reeling in the window shoppers.
The book helps you optimize your website so your customers have a more enjoyable browsing experience and are more likely to make a purchase. Best of all, you don’t have to be a pro to use most of the tactics offered in the book. If you use the tactics right, you could see some serious spiking in your conversions.
It’s important to stay up to date on your literature to remain ahead in any field. Keep your eyes on the prize and in the right book to ensure your knowledge base remains current and up-to-date.


Tom’s Appalachian Trail Reading List
Co-founder of HIKE for Mental Health Tom Kennedy has read just about every book he can find about the Appalachian Trail. Here he shares some of his favorites.
- The Barefoot Sisters – Southbound – An Adventure on the Appalachian Trail, by Lucy and Susan Letcher
- By far one of the two best books I have read about hiking on the AT. If you are only going to read one book, make it this one. You will not be disappointed.
- The Barefoot Sisters Walking Home – Adventures on the Appalachian Trail, by Lucy and Susan Letcher
- When I began reading these books I finished Southbound and immediately started reading this second one. Then when I finished Walking Home, I picked up Southbound and read that again. When I was done with that, I again read Walking Home. I really like these books.
- Becoming Odyssa: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail, by Jennifer Pharr Davis
- The story of Jennifer Phar Davis’s first thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail, before she set the speed thru-hiking record in 2011 and was named a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year for 2012. A great book by a cool person.
- Walking with Spring, by Earl V. Shaffer
- A tremendous book by the first person to thru-hike the entire AT.
- AWOL on the Appalachian Trail, by David Miller
- A great read by a very funny guy.
- How to Hike the A.T.: The Nitty-Gritty Details of a Long-Distance Trek, by Michelle Ray
- Appalachian Trials, by Zach Davis
- A psychological and emotional guide to thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail.
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