- On Johannes/John Spitler: An illustrated book tentatively titled Shenandoah’s Page Valley Style: The Painted Furniture of John Spitler, 1790-1806 scheduled for publication in 2025 to accompany an exhibit at the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley in Winchester, VA.
- On John Shearer: Published in 2011, The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820: “A True North Britain” in the Southern Backcountry.
“Iconography is a word that doesn’t faze Elizabeth Davison. In The Furniture of John Shearer, 1790-1820 her meticulous research not only records what he made, but also unlocks the mind-set of that craftsman in his choice of ornamentation found on so much of his furniture. This is a first rate study of an aspect of American material culture often neglected, the world of the rural craftsmen.” — Charles F. Hummel, Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
“The curious, message-laden inlays and inscriptions that are almost always found the furniture of joiner John Shearer make him one of the early South’s most fascinating and enigmatic artisans. Scholars have sought the meaning of these words and images for more than thirty years, but with little success. Author Elizabeth Davison has at last cracked the code on Shearer’s communiqués, revealing him as a passionate and well-informed follower of international events. Her book on the subject will be required reading for any serious student of southern furniture.” — Ronald L. Hurst, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Articles and Chapters in Books
On Johannes or John Spitler
- Religion, Land, and Cultural Tradition: Johannes Spitler of the Shenandoah Valley, 1790-1809. Contact Betsy for a 2020 annotated version of this article.
On John Shearer
- A ‘True North Britain’: Messages and Meaning in John Shearer’s Furniture, 1790-1820, Chapter Two in the book, Rule Britannia? Britain and Britishness 1707 1901
- Research Note: Scottish Bedroom Tables from Scotland to the American South
- Shearer Loyalism and Heritage


Ferguson Tyne Valley Funeral Home Obituaries/ Death Notices
Bane, Jean Hypes - NRVN NewsWednesday, March 27, 2019
After 93 years, four months and five days, Jean Price Hypes Bane has departed this life to go to her final home with the Lord. Born October 19, 1925 in the family home in the Sinking Creek Valley of Craig County, VA, Jean was the only daughter of Laura Beatrice Trenor and James Watson Hypes.
She graduated from Maywood High School and then earned a BA degree in Mathematics from Radford State Teachers College and an MEd in Counseling from Radford College. Jean began a life-long career with the school systems. She taught math at Covington High School and Pearisburg High School where the Class of 1960 captured a piece of her heart as a special group of students. She finished the last twenty-four years of her career as a guidance counselor at Giles High School in Pearisburg, VA. She married William Doak Bane, Sr. of Pearisburg, VA on August 14, 1948; they had seventy fulfilling years of marriage. They were blessed with two children and a life-long career together of remodeling the old family home at Cedar Grove Farm.
Jean had a rich and active c...
‘Write me soon. Stay safe’: A story of Canada’s opioid crisis, told in letters from prison - The Globe and MailWednesday, March 27, 2019
At her home in Guelph, Ont., Moira Barber lays out one of the letters between her common-law husband, Albert (Manie) Daniels, and Spencer Kell, his old cellmate at Ontario's Maplehurst prison. Tijana Martin/The Globe and Mail When Spencer Kell got out of jail last spring, leaving his cellmate Manie Daniels behind, the two friends started exchanging letters. Mr. Daniels's, written in flowing cursive script, came to Mr. Kell in Ottawa, where he was trying to stay clean and build a new life. Mr. Kell's, in bold block letters, arrived at Maplehurst prison in Milton, Ont., where Mr. Daniels was serving out the final months of his latest stretch behind bars. Their brief correspondence shines a light on the dangers that former prisoners face in the midst of Canada's opioids crisis. Mr. Daniels's full name was Albert Joseph Daniels. His Cree name was Little Buffalo that Runs Against the Herd. His mother and sisters called him Manie – little man – because he was the only boy in the family. Story continues below advertisement He was torn away from his home on Saskatchewan's Peepeekisis First Nation...
A Bite-Size Square of Canada’s History, Culture and Craving - The New York TimesWednesday, March 27, 2019
Canadians at weddings and funerals, birthdays and bar mitzvahs. Across the country, you'll find the sugary bars for sale at small-town gas stations and supermarkets, where they compete with a class="css-1g7m0tk" href="https://www.presidentschoice.ca/en_CA/products/productlisting/pc-nanaimo-bar-baking-mix.
A Celebration Of Life: Bruce Wilkie - PuslinchTodayWednesday, March 27, 2019
A Celebration Of Life: Bruce Wilkie
- March 4, 2019
WILKIE, Bruce Nicholson How
(January 19, 1941 ~ February 25, 2019)
Survived by his wife Dorothy (nee Gibb) of 53 years and his daughter Carla (Peter) of Squamish.
Bruce was born in Perth, Scotland and emigrated to Vancouver in 1955. He graduated from North Vancouver High School in 1958 then attended UBC for two years prior to acceptance into the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, Ontario. Bruce graduated in 1965 from the OVC, winning the Winegard medal as the top student. The same year he married Dorothy Ann Gibb, whom he'd met during High School.
After a year of clinical practice in Chilliwack, BC, Bruce and Dorothy moved to New York state where Bruce completed his PhD at Cornell University in 1971 in Veterinary Immunopathology. Two years of post-doctoral work in Bern, Switzerland was followed by an appointment to the Ontario Veterinary College in 1973, as professor of Veterinary Immunomicrobiology.
Bruce had a distinguished career at the University until retiring in 2006, after which he was granted the title University Professor Emeritus honouring his outstanding research record and significant contribution to the training...
Becoming a seafarers' chaplain was not exactly his retirement plan - CatholicPhilly.comWednesday, March 27, 2019
It’s only three years that I’ve been doing this, but it feels like 10 years — in a good way,” Deacon Athaide, 69, told The B.C. Catholic, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Vancouver, while on board a Japanese coal carrier at Westshore Terminals in Delta.
The two dozen crew members on this ship are from the Philippines and have spent months away from their families, religious customs and country.
“For the seafarers, it’s a paradox. In order to look after their families, they leave their families,” the deacon said. They may make anywhere from US$12,000 to 150,000 a year, but even those on the lower end of the scale are grateful for the job, since it’s often more than they would make back at home.
Being stuck on a ship thousands of miles from home, and at times waiting an entire month to set foot on land, is a daily challenge for seafarers.
Deacon Athaide boards these vessels to offer prayers, rosaries, ship blessings, a listening ear, and a free ride out of the port to a nearby mall or church. As a deacon, he can’t celebrate Mass or hear confessions, but he can invite a priest on board, or bring Communion and lead a service.
He also drops off day-old treats donated from a local bakery and, on special occasions, like Christmas, gives away thousands of gift-wrapped hats, scarves, jackets and chocolate bars.
Deacon Dileep Athaide, second from right, a chaplain from the Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia, chats with crew members aboard a Japanese coal ship March 15, 2019. (CNS photo/Agnieszka Ruck, The B.C. Catholic)
“The pastoral and the practical needs are all intertwined. It’s through the practical means that they open up and you get a relationship,” he said.
Seafarers connect the world. Coal ships at Westshore Terminals handle more than 30 million metric tons of coal ...


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Join us for a very fast paced session starting 11.25am sharp in the Great Hall on Tuesday 12th February 2013 @ALIAonline. See a different side of our speakers. Their short stories will inspire and challenge you.
There won’t be time for formal introductions – so read more about the speakers here or watch the video introduction
http://www.youtube.com/user/ALIANationalOffice and follow our speakers via twitter.
Sue Hutley, Lightning Talk Host. Twitter: @suehutley
Jamie Teh and Michael Curran
Having met as children, James Teh and Michael Curran have spent many years working together in the field of software accessibility, a passion they both share. Both totally blind, James and Michael have always strongly believed in the principles of free, open source software and in helping themselves and their community where possible. In 2006, they merged these passions by creating the free, award-winning NVDA screen reading software, finally facilitating fully independent and free access to Windows computers for themselves and other blind people.
Twitter : @NVAccess
Sue McKerracher was appointed to the position of Executive Director, ALIA, in August 2012. Sue is well known in library circles as director of The Library Agency, the team that managed the National Year of Reading on behalf of 15 founding library partners.
Twitter : @ALIANational
Anna Troberg is an author and the leader of the Swedish Pirate Party. She never intended to become a politician. She was set on becoming an expert in English literature and even embarked on graduate studies to become one. Troberg lives in Stockholm with her girlfriend and three cats.
Christopher Cheng is an award winning author of more than 40 children’s books in print and digital formats including the picture books One child, and Sounds Spooky, the historical fiction titles New Gold Mountain and the Melting Pot and the non fiction titles 30 Amazing Australian Animals and Australia’s Greatest Inventions and Innovations. In addition to his books, Christopher writes articles for online ezines and blogs and he wrote the libretto for a children’s musical. He dwells with his wife in an inner-city Sydney terrace and is often heard to say that he has the best job in the world!
Twitter : @chrischengaus
Baden is currently retained as the National Programme Director of AusGOAL, the Australian Government’s Open Access and Licensing Framework, which provides support and guidance to all levels of Australian government, government agencies, and the research sector, to facilitate open access to publicly funded information. Baden is a Barrister of the Supreme Court of Queensland and Barrister of the High Court of Australia.
Twitter : @AUSGoal
Roy Tennant is a Senior Program Officer for OCLC Research, where he manages projects relating to technology, infrastructure, and standards.Previous employers include the California Digital Library and the University of California, Berkeley. Roy is also a commercial whitewater river guide, treehouse builder, (the fourth in his backyard in the Sonoma Valley), husband, and the father of grown twin daughters now in college.
Dr Axel Bruns is an Associate Professor in the Creative Industries Faculty at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia, and a Chief Investigator in the ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation (CCi). He is the author of Blogs, Wikipedia, Second Life and Beyond: From Production to Produsage (2008) and Gatewatching: Collaborative Online News Production (2005), and a co-editor of A Companion to New Media Dynamics (2012, with John Hartley and Jean Burgess) and Uses of Blogs (2006, with Joanne Jacobs). Bruns has coined the term produsage to better describe the current paradigm shift towards user-led forms of collaborative content creation which are proving to have an increasing impact on media, economy, law, social practices, and democracy itself.
Twitter : @snurb_dot_info


After a slight hiatus while I was in Harrogate for IATEFL and Russia for Macmillan conferences, business resumes here at Six Things. This week I am joined by Paola Lizares, a teacher based in Australia and a great story that could only happen in the ELT blogosphere. Paola was reorganizing her bookshelf and she discovered that she could neatly divide her books into six categories. She then did what any sane, self-respecting teacher and reader of this blog would do. She sent me a message asking to do a post about it! Only too happy to oblige, I present you with the results of the experiment. And an invitation to share your reading lists at the end!
I was getting irritated by how messy and disorganized my bookshelf was looking, so I decided to sort out all of the books. Lo and behold, they can be classified into six different categories! Below is a description of the types of books I own, as well as some recommendations.
Being a language teacher, I own quite a few books on the topic of language. I won’t focus on the Macmillans, Cambridges, Oxfords, Longmans, or Heinles; I’m sure you already know them. Instead, let me recommend a gem of a book entitled An Introduction to Language. It’s by Fromkin, Rodman and Hyams. I had to read this in first-year college, and it has provided me with more-than-basic knowledge in the different fields of linguistics, from phonetics to sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics or neurolinguistics. It is easy to understand and is illustrated with real comic strips (“For Better or for Worse,” “Family Circus,” “Dennis the Menace” to name but a few.) This book is a must for anyone with even a mild interest in the languages of the world.
Are there any language teachers who don’t read fiction? Where I work, most teachers are extremely well read. I’m not going to recommend any novels because it would be pretty difficult to choose only one, but I can recommend a masterpiece which, again, is a must-have for anyone interested in culture: D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths. Published in 1962 by Ingrid and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire, it is an illustrated children’s book containing so much detailed information that it is an excellent way for adults to act blasé when they hear names such as Asclepius, Sisyphus or Jocasta.
This book has allowed me to explain to my students the etymology of words like ‘panic,’ ‘syringe,’ or the Bosphorus. I have also dictated passages to my students and used them as a basis to share myths and legends in a multicultural classroom setting. This video can be used in conjunction with the texts as listening practice.
When fiction gets too dense, it’s a good idea to liven up the classroom with some humorous texts. One funny writer is Christian Lander, who published Stuff White People Like. I have a signed copy of his book, which consists of a selection of his blog entries. Of course, you can find them on the Internet (www.stuffwhitepeoplelike.com).
I’ve had my students go to the computer room to simply read as many of his blog entries as they can in twenty minutes, then I’ve had them choose their favorite three and talk to their partners about them. Then, we’ve had group feedback and we’ve discussed what exactly Lander means with the term ‘white people.’ Last of all, I’ve had my students write their own blog entry in a similar style, focusing on stuff people from their own country like. Interesting results!
Most language teachers are well-traveled. This is evident in the high turnover in many language schools. I myself have lived in and traveled to quite a few countries; consequently, I have a nice collection of travel guides, my favorite ones being the Lonely Planet series.
I currently live in Brisbane, Australia, so let’s focus on The Lonely Planet Guide to Queensland and the Great Barrier Reef. I might show my students the information concerning the tourist attractions closest to Brisbane. I might get them to skim through the information and make the best travel itineraries for a group of senior citizens, a group of 20 eighteen-year-olds, a couple on their honeymoon, and a family with three kids. This activity is by no means original; still, it’s highly practical and potentially fun.
Of course, all teachers must eat to survive. That’s, in fact, the main reason why we teach, right?
One of my favorite cookbooks is called 4 Ingredients, by Kim McKosker and Rachel Bermingham. It was written for beginner cooks, so it has brought me up to the pre-intermediate level of cooking. Yoohoo!
It’s a compilation of recipes involving no more than four ingredients. Published in Australia, it has some interesting recipes like Vegemite Twists. I could force my students to eat that the next time they get uncontrollable. They hate Vegemite!
Yup, every once and a while a language teacher has to deal with rowdy, rude, picky, gloomy, uncooperative students. Many a situation has made me feel utterly depressed. I manage to push through by keeping a mood diary, visiting Lindsay’s website, and reading self-help books.
A book that’s been published here in Australia but that you can surely order online is the excellent Change your Thinking by Sarah Edelman. It focuses on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which, from what I understand, is a psychological school of thought which helps people overcome depression, stress, fear, or anger by challenging their core beliefs. For example, if a student gives negative feedback, an oversensitive person might believe that that means that he’s a bad teacher, ergo, a bad and stupid person. In fact, that’s nothing but irrational thinking. The book has really helped me a lot, so do add it to your library!
That’s my list. What about you? Could your books be organized in the same way? Or is there a category that you would include and that isn’t on my list?


Author: Christina Mobley
Publisher by: Independent
Published on: December 12, 2013
Genres: Paranormal Romance, Young Adult Romance
Related Books: Elementris
Hidden behind a continuous storm, in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle, there is a secret and powerful place. Element Island’s mysteries are as great as its beauty. Ava Vangeretta’s life changed forever after she arrived on the island; she became the True Elementris.
Now Ava is faced with a new challenge. The powerful gifts protected by those born of the element could be revealed. Temptation gives new life to an old curse, danger draws near, and the lines between friend and enemy are blurred as secrets are revealed. Ava will do whatever it takes to protect those she loves, but can she prevent exposure?
Exposure is the second installment of the Vangretta Curse Series. Ava has accepted her gift as being the embodiment of Mother Nature. It’s her job to keep the elements in balance as well as protect those born of the elements. She is working hard to find her place on Element Island and live up to the expectations. However, the secret of the island and those she is set to protect is threatened with Lyssa Relic begins showing off her power over water. Thomas, one of the Clutch, is sent to protect Lyssa while Ava and the council try to right what she has done.
This book focuses quite a bit on Lyssa, her background, and her struggles. She doesn’t want to expose her secret, but it seems as if everyone is out to manipulate her and push her in the wrong direction. Once Thomas shows up, she finds she has an attraction towards him and wants to change her ways, to do the right thing, but it is too late? To make matters worse, a salvage ship has been lingering closer and closer to the island adding more threat of an exposure!
Well written YA fantasy book. Great descriptive language – I had no problem envisioning the island, the characters, etc.


T R A N S F E R E N C E O F C R A F T
R E S E A R C H
Photografy by Ron Krielen
Research by Gosia Pawlak & Kim Haagen
Text and Grapical layout by Kim Haagen
Together with Ron Krielen and Gosia Pawlak we conducted research on how a craft is being transferred from teacher to student and from master to apprentice.
Our research started in the Netherlands and consisted both out of desk and field research. Soon we learned the different opinions on what a craft is and the different thoughts on the way it is best passed on from craftsman to novice.
December 2011 we spend some time in Istanbul where we collaborated with students of Kadir Has University. We focused our research on the ‘master - apprentice’ way of learning, a method which has already vanished in the Netherlands but still exists in this form in Turkey.
We soon found craftsmen that are also having a hard time surviving in Turkey and the question rose on the role of craft in today's society and the value it still possesses.
The first version of our book was presented in the Design Huis in Eindhoven in March 2012.
In the summer of 2012 I was asked to re-write and redesign the book for an exhibition at the Kadir Has University in Istanbul that was on during the Biennale of 2012.
Beneath this text is the link to that book, in which the course of our research and the resulting thoughts are described.


Anni Albers Experiments
Education director Fritz Horstman and associate curator Karis Medina, both from the Albers Foundation, examine the theory and practice of Anni Albers. Following Albers's idea that a weaving is a whole built out of parts, Fritz and Karis interweave quotes by Anni Albers with lines from some of the authors she admired most. Images and audio clips further evoke the incredible body of textiles, works on paper, and written work that Anni Albers produced during the forty-four years that she lived in her adopted state of Connecticut. Created in association with the New Britain Museum of American Art for the exhibition In Thread and On Paper: Anni Albers in Connecticut (May 2020).


Movies to watch
Style Wars (1983)
Shot between 1981 and 1983 and aired on PBS, Style Wars is remarkable as a relatively early filmed document of hip-hop culture at its source and an intelligent defense of an oft-maligned and misunderstood art form, graffiti.
Directors: Tony Silver
Producers: Linda Habib
Starring: Demon, Eric Haze, Kase 2
Kush Groove (1985)
Krush Groove is a 1985 American film by Warner Bros. that was written by Ralph Farquhar and directed by Michael Schultz ( who also produced the movie, along with George Jackson and Doug McHenry ). This film is based on the early days of Def Jam Recordings and up-and-coming record producer Russell Simmons ( renamed Russell Walker in the film ), portrayed by Blair Underwood in his feature film debut. Simmons was the film's co-producer and story consultant; he also had a cameo in the film as a club owner named Crocket.
Wreckin Shop: Live From Brooklyn (1992)
Originally produced for PBS in 1992, music video director Dian Martel’s film Wreckin’ Shop: Live From Brooklyn has found a second life as a cult favorite on YouTube. Beautifully shot in black and white, the film focuses on the abstract form of freestyle dancing that arose in New York in the wake of break dancing. Martel’s film brilliantly captures a kinetic style of movement that has since influenced dancers around the world.
Breakin’ n Enterin’ (1983)
Before he would co-create the sitcom Martin, writer and director Topper Carew would film Breakin’ n Enterin’, a rich portrait of the first generation of West Coast hip-hop dance. With performances from Boogaloo Shrimp and a young Ice-T, Breakin’ n Enterin’ fits perfectly alongside classic ’80s youth culture documentaries like Heavy Metal Parking Lot or The Decline Of Western Civilization.
Freestyle: The Art Of Rhyme (2000)
Taking care to connect the art of Rap with everything from poetry to Jamaican toasting, Freestyle: The Art Of Rhyme is a love letter to the spoken word. Supernatural, Medusa, Freestyle Fellowship, Yassin Bey, Westcoast freestyle legend Otherwize and many others show up in the film to display their skills and give first-hand insights into the craft of MCing.
Big Fun In The Big Town (1986)
When a Dutch television crew went to NYC in 1986 to capture the city’s hip-hop scene, they would not only come across a vibrant rap music culture, they’d secure interviews and performances from kids on the street and some well-known future legends. Whether it’s Grandmaster Flash cutting up “Take Me To The Mardi Gras” or Doug E. Fresh beatboxing, Big Fun In The Big Town is dripping with classic hip-hop moments.
Stolen Moments: Red Hot & Cool (1994)
Set against the backdrop of the HIV and AIDS epidemic, filmmaker Earle Sebastian’s 1994 documentary Stolen Moments: Red Hot & Cool is a powerful commentary on the state of Black life in america. Centered around a live concert at the legendary Supper Club in Manhattan, Stolen Moments pairs popular rap acts of the day — like The Pharcyde, Guru, Digable Planets, and The Roots — pairing them with Jazz legends like Donald Byrd, Pharoah Sanders, Lester Bowie and more. These performances are juxtaposed with interviews from Cornel West and Harlem-based HIV and AIDS activist Louis Jones. The performances are all incredibly inspired, but it is the social commentary presented in the interviews that brings the music onstage into a broader socio-political context.
Doug Pray’s 2001 film Scratch, highlights the backbone of hip-hop culture — the DJ. Focusing on turntablism, crate digging, and the art of party-rocking, Scratch taps a wide range of DJs to give crucial insights into the craft of DJing. Qbert, Jazzy Jay, Steve Dee, Babu, Premier, Krush, and more make appearances to talk about this foundational element of our culture.
Wave: A True Story In Hip Hop (2016)
Inspired at a young age after seeing Michael Jackson, Bronx-born dancer Tony Draughon Wesley would dedicate his life to dance. Nicknamed “Mr. Wave” —
because of his fluid, avant-garde dancing style — Wave would go on to be one of the most influential breakers in early hip-hop history. This documentary Wave: a True Hip Hop Story explores the life and artistryof an underappreciated creative whose style still informs the way we dance today.
808: The Heart of The Beat That Changed Music (2015)
Originally released in 1980 by the Japanese instrument manufacturer Roland, the TR-808 drum machine has left an indelible mark on the sound of contemporary music. Gathering interviews from musical legends like Juan Atkins, Arthur Baker, Pharrell Williams, Questlove, and others, 808, takes a deep look at how one machine has shaped the sound of house, techno, trap, drum n’ bass, hip-hop, and more.
J. Dilla: Still Shining (2011)
Put together by filmmaker Brian “B. Kyle” Atkins is not only an informative take on the late J. Dilla’s impact and creative process and legacy, the film is a touching document of a community celebrating one of its brightest lights. Throughout, Dilla’s mother Maureen Yancey, Erykah Badu, Bilal, Questlove and others reminisce on Dilla’s work ethic and wide-range of production techniques. Still Shining is a tender, revelatory look into the life of the man who “made the MPC 3000 sound like a band.
The Freshest Kids: The History of the B Boy (2002)
The Freshest Kids' brings to you the illest B-Boying this planet has ever witnessed. Over two hours of hardcore breaking gives you an all-access pass to the underground world of B-Boys spanning the last 25+ years. See and hear the early history via rare archival footage and exclusive interviews with The Nigga Twins, Spy (the man with 1000 moves), Rock Steady Crew icons Crazy Legs and Ken Swift, The New York City Breakers, Mr. Wiggles, Styelements and the world's most innovative B-boys of the next generation along with hip-hop legends Kool D.J. Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, KRS-One, Mos Def and many more as they come together to reveal for the first time the most comprehensive history of B-Boying, its evolution and its place within hip-hop culture and beyond. These are The Freshest Kids and this is their story!
Second to None present THE BBOY MERCENARIES
Using rare archive footage of underground European hip hop jams of the late 80's and early 90's, with exclusive interviews with bboy pioneers from across the globe and a soundtrack of classic hip hop, rare funk and atmospheric 80's electro, 'The Bboy Mercenaries,' is a feature length documentary about how Bournemouth - based Bboy crew 'Second to None' helped keep breakin from going extinct through the exchange of VHS tapes of their seminal battles and game-changing practice footage with the pockets of survivors dotted around the world in a time before the internet.
Brought to you by Raw Angles Films
From the original idea by El Lapizito and NathaN Losado
Written, Edited & Directed by Charlie Marbles
Produced by El Lapizito, Charlie Marbles and NathaN Losado
Interviews by NathaN Losado and others
Scratch mix by Jabba tha Kutt
EVO (aka Demon Smurf) - A B-Boy Documentary
Evo has been an inspiration to so many B-Boys, and if you've never seen him, or never seen B-Boying at its best watch this movie. In the late 1980's B-boying faded out of Britain in a haze of inglorious mediocrity. A few battle hardy teenagers kept a torch burning into the 1990's, awaiting the opportunity to shine once more. Amongst such legends as Street Machine, and alongside the mythical Storm and Swiftrock, a humble, quietly spoken B-boy emerged and so began the revolution. Evo obliterated his opponents with a mixture of style, musicality and incredible power. He won three world titles and the reputation of British B-boying was taken to a new level.
All Out War (2013)
All Out War is a feature length documentary that was filmed in 2013 following the lives of four b-boys from different positions on the breaking spectrum. The stories of Machine, Alien Ness, Dyzee and Casper intersect at what was one of Toronto's biggest b-boy competitions: The King of the Ring.
Remember the name: Victor Montalvo
The film that director Nadja Harek proposes follows the Vagabond to conquer the title. The choreographer Mohamed Belarbi takes his dancers to the title, with always the same faith in a beautiful image of the French BBoying. We are in 2011, on the sidelines of the most important competition is turning a super American production 'Battle Of The Year The Dream Team', in theaters since November 13, 2013, and which has for conclusion the victory of the Koreans. Only the reality is quite different! Since 2006, France has not won any title at the Battle Of The Year International. The company Vagabond was the last to honor France that year, winning for the first time the double 'Best Choreography' and the title of 'World Champion' of hip hop dance in battle.
Production : ATTITUDE / Cat's Eyes
Montage : Nadja Harek / Gilles Langlois
Image : Gilles Langlois / Cat's Eyes
Director : Nadja Harek
Inside the circle
Capturing the raw power of a grass-roots hip-hop movement in the heart of Texas, INSIDE THE CIRCLE tells the story of two strikingly talented b-boys, Josh and Omar, former best friends who become rivals when they join competing dance crews. Immersed in the b-boy culture of defiant creativity, Omar rises to international renown while Josh tangles with the Texas criminal justice system. Both of them struggle to keep dance at the center of their lives, and the 'B-Boy City' competitive events thrown by visionary street dancer Romeo Navarro serve as emotional milestones in their journey to adulthood. Facing off in intense dance battles that mirror the larger events in their lives, Josh and Omar seek redemption, identity and respect 'inside the circle.' As Romeo aptly observes: 'If you can hold yourself down in battle, you can hold yourself down in life.'
JBL Unbreakable Stories - Bboy Lagaet
Bboy Lagaet, one of the world's finest bboys, was followed during his participation at JBL Unbreakable 2018. Shout out to Momentum Crew, Portugal
Shot by Jacowbski and Jaiz
Edited by Jacowbski


Some believe it is legitimate to shield children and teenagers from information that is perceived to negatively affect that critical time of development. Time and time again, the efforts of artists and authors to incorporate controversial themes in works for children are challenged by parents, schools and libraries. While the right of parents to decide what is appropriate for their children should be respected, the banning and removing of books deprives other families from making their own choices and can send a pervasive, negative message to children about a specific topic or group.
And Tango Makes Three is a true story about the two male penguins, Roy and Silo, at the Central Park Zoo. These two penguins acted like a couple so the zookeeper gave them an egg to raise. Many might be surprised to know that the book topped the American Library Association’s (ALA) list of most-challenged books from 2006 to 2010, and it continues to draw opposition across the United States. The book was first challenged in Missouri, when several parents asked two public libraries to remove it. Complaints have also surfaced in Georgia, Tennessee, Iowa, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and North Carolina.
The source of controversy surrounding the book is that some readers have distorted this story of an alternative family to be about encouraging homosexuality. The two most cited lines in support of this argument are the comment by the zookeeper that “They [Roy and Silo] must be in love,” and one section mentioned, when describing Roy and Silo’s activities, that states that “(t)hey slept together”.
While And Tango Makes Three could be used to introduce children to LBGTQ issues, another potential lesson is one of tolerance. Banning the book in a particular community could potentially lead to alienating homosexual individuals and couples, and possibly children. The book conveys to children the importance of strong family bonds. That Roy and Silo both were male penguins did not deprive them of the ties necessary to raise and care for their child.
In light of ALA’s Banned Books Week (coming up this fall from September 24-October 1) we decided to gage public opinion about And Tango Makes Three through a short survey. Of the 59 people that we surveyed online and at New York City’s South Street Seaport, 86% felt comfortable with this book being available to children. The second question in our survey asked how surprised people were that a book of this nature was the most controversial book in the country. The plurality (44%) of respondents was surprised by that fact. However, while the large variety of responses conveyed that people understood why the book would cause controversy, they were surprised that it was the most challenged book in the country.
Recently, the school board of Republic High School in Missouri voted to remove Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse 5 and Sarah Ockler’s Twenty Boy Summer from the school curriculum and the school’s library. As Banned Books Week approaches, it is important to remember the benefit books contribute both within schools and as a leisure activity.
Thanks to everyone that participated in our survey and make sure to check back for more information as Banned Books Week approaches this fall!


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It might seem odd of all the books I put as influential that this one is included. This book was created after a string of computer games (Warcraft, Warcraft II, and Warcraft III) created a stir that the gaming company – Blizzard – created a massive multi-player online role playing game (MMORPG) called World of Warcraft (WoW). WoW is a monthly, subscription based game that had as many as 10 million accounts active at the same time. The WoW universe was created mostly off of the Warcraft trilogy, but was supplemented with other source material along with playful nods to almost anything and everything pop culture.
That’s great, Mike, but why is this book so influential? Here is my answer. It is a world-making book that tries to tie up all the loose ends that players have had for years. Understanding how the WoW universe was put together and specifically how the Titans respond to discovering Azeroth makes the multiple hours of gameplay that my wife and I have some kind of justification. If that last sentence doesn’t make sense to you, then you are probably unfamiliar with WoW… and that’s okay.
I like lore. I like overarching stories that I experience even if I do not notice it until much later. I played through the Warcraft series and WoW off and on for over ten years. When Chronicle Volume 1 came out, there were new layers of freshness that made the game fun in new ways.
The book is influential in that it connects dots that make sense of the world… of Warcraft.
Also, it is beautifully written and great pictures.


Summer provides an opportune time to fire up the grill and make memories with loved ones. So, you have the kit ready, and all that remains is the how to get everyone gazing up at you in adoration after the meal as opposed to glaring at you as they scrape off the charred bits of their meat. Thus, you need a book. However, finding an excellent barbecue book is not as easy as it sounds. First off, not many writers can come up with recipes that can cater to a variety of grills and smokers and you might find that though the technique worked for the friend who recommended the book, things may go south for you. The following books are a few of the exceptions that have what it takes to cater to every grill and all experience levels. Have a look at the key to playing with fire and staying safe while at it:
Peter Kaminsky and Francis Mallmann nailed it with this informative book. It features several Argentine cooking methods, which gives you a new perspective as to grilling. These celebrity chefs go into the numerous ways in which you can light fires ranging from wood-fired ovens to double fires to charcoal grills. If you are into experimenting with flames, this is the book for you. Be careful though as the heat generated is intense.
Once you figure out how to light things up, how about trying the 7 ½ hour lamb malbec with rosemary and lemon? Interestingly, this dish isn’t grilled, but it’s probably the best lamb braise you will ever taste. Go on and give it a try and you can thank the authors later.
This book, by Jordan Mackay and Aaron Franklin, is the key to great barbecue that will have you crowned the king/ queen of summer in your circle. It gets into everything from how to manage heat when smoking meat to making briskets that ooze with flavour. Thus, if you have been experiencing issues with effective heat management, you now have the tools you need to do so.
Here is a tip when it comes to making the brisket. You need a lot of patience to get it right, but when you do, you will be thankful for the time spent perfecting the art. And while you are at it, make some of the Espresso Barbecue Sauce for the side. There has never been a better match!
Tom Mylan has wonderful grilling tips for beginners and experts alike and the great thing about it is that he is straight to the point. Whether you are trying out your first rack of ribs or steak, he has got you covered. And you will enjoy the featured photos.
Try out The Man Steak. It is a relatively easy recipe with finger-licking results.
This book, courtesy of Stacy Adimando, Greg Denton and Gabrielle Denton, is all you need to learn the ins and outs behind Latin American Grilling. It does not disappoint and why would it when the authors run a successful kitchen in Ox Restaurant in Portland? These chefs use inspirations from their menu in the creation of the outstanding recipes contained in the book. Note that almost everything is grilled and if you are looking for a shift from the traditional steaks and ribs, here is a new way to prepare everything from seafood to veggies.
One excellent recipe in the book is the Grilled peaches with maple-sweet corn pannacotta. Perhaps you should start with this as you make your way to the other tantalizing options in play. Yum!
After an awesome barbecue, there is always room for desert
Whatever your choice, you are sure to have a great summer. Enjoy!


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A remarkable, heart-warming and historically unique documentary providing an unprecedented insight into the royal family through the very private and unseen collection of Her Majesty the Queen’s home movies.
TV Blackbox was the first to reveal the ABC had secured Australian rights to the documentary which was produced to celebrate the beloved monarch’s Platinum Jubilee.
BBC Studios reviewed more than 400 reels of film, privately held by the Royal Collection to produce the documentary.
The 75-minute documentary which premiered earlier this week in the UK features a clip marking the first extended visit of Prince Philip to Balmoral in 1946, while the couple’s engagement was still not public.
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen shows footage capturing the Queen’s life from being pushed in a pram by her mother to her coronation at the age of 27 in 1953.
The documentary also shows moments including then Princess Elizabeth with her uncle Prince George The Duke of Kent, who died in a plane crash in 1942 while on active service, and King George VI’s last visit to Balmoral in 1951.
It will also depict Princess Elizabeth as a young mother with Prince Charles and Princess Anne spending time with their grandparents the King and Queen.
Elizabeth: The Unseen Queen premieres Friday, June 24 on ABC and view.
The documentary will also be repeated on Sunday, June 26 at 9:20pm on ABC


All I kept wondering as I neared the end of One Tuesday Morning was What about Jamie Bryan?
The protagonist of the prequel had been put through every emotion a woman deeply in love with her husband and faced with the possibility of losing him could experience. The author slammed her hard as I suppose any heroine could be slammed—and then gave her an emotionally-charged follow-up love story in which to star.
From the author’s webpage on this book:
It’s been three years since the terrorist attacks on New York City, but FDNY widow Jamie Bryan keeps waking up to the aching pain of that one Tuesday morning, the morning of September 11, 2001.
Determined to find meaning in her grief, Jamie pours her life into volunteer work at St. Paul’s, the small memorial chapel across from where the twin towers once stood. In the stream of broken, grieving people who make their way through the church doors, Jamie connects with two men—a firefighter forever changed by the attacks, and a Los Angeles police officer.
Unsure and feeling somehow guilty, Jamie opens herself to the possibility of loving again. But what she learns about one man sends her reeling. How can this be God’s plan for her life?
Now only the persistence of a tenacious man, questions from Jamie’s curious young daughter, and words from her dead husband’s journal can move Jamie Bryan beyond one Tuesday morning—toward life.
I enjoyed this book. Perhaps not quite as much as its prequel but the subject matter and story lines were poignant in a different way; relatable to many, especially those who deal in loss daily and even more so for those who suffered it because of the events of 9/11. Maybe the conflict wasn’t quite as strong as its predecessor’s; at times the conflict even felt a bit contrived. One particular point of view was not necessarily to my taste, but it was used sparingly. Despite those issues, the author did her job: keeping me engrossed, captivated and turning the pages by creating conflicts that kept story questions turning in my head. And there was simply no way to NOT like the story’s key players.
Not only did Jamie Bryan have to deal with her inner demons (primarily guilt), she needed to resolve external conflicts stemming from One Tuesday Morning that landed her in the situation she started out in. Clay, the man for whom she falls, is just the steadfast kind of guy I happen to love reading (and writing) about. And I also like stories in which characters take on a tangible presence despite not being physical entities.
All in all, the story conflict and developments were handled quite nicely by the author via dialogue and themes of trust woven throughout the narrative—themes that I found working their way into my day while I read and now that I’m done. A good reminder for me that no matter how dire a situation gets, hope keeps one going; and love—from more sources than we realize—gives fortitude to reach beyond the comfort zones to live life fully.
Have a great weekend, folks!


Live Fast, Die Young: The Life and Times of Harry Greb
We are rewarded with accounts of his major fights so detailed as to be the best possible substitute for actual film, film which sadly, has not survived…
It became something of an Ahab’s Whale in certain corners of the internet, but at long last Steve Compton has produced his long promised tome on one Edward Harry Greb, and if the obsession didn’t quite drag the author to his death, it should be noted by any would-be reader that Live Fast Die Young: The Life and Times of Harry Greb took eleven years to complete.
The author can perhaps comfort himself that this lost decade was given in exchange for that rarest of things in a time obsessed with a quick turnaround and a fast buck, namely a book that has been written totally without compromise. If the original goal was to produce the definitive work on one of boxing’s true greats then that goal has been achieved. There will never be another book written on Harry Greb; this is it.
The writer’s habit of detonating the myths that have been built up around his subject over the past one hundred years is signaled early with the pole-axing of one of the most irritating and persistent fight legends, namely that Benny Leonard was the man most responsible for masterminding the somewhat rudimentary plan that led to Harry Greb’s eventual defeat by Gene Tunney, the pursuit of the body rather than the head. This always seemed ludicrous to me given Tunney’s own reputation for strategy, and with my own limited research I traced this most obvious of tactics back at least as far as Harry’s first fight with Billy Miske who pursued Greb’s body with great vigor. Compton’s research, in its completeness, traces that plan all the way back to 1913 and Greb’s under-celebrated series with Pennsylvanian Mike Milko, a former amateur star and a “tough, rugged fighter with a wicked punch” who was “not averse to any kind of action.”The day before his wedding, we are told, Milko set out in pursuit of both Dutch courage and a marriage licence but found himself waylaid by almost every saloon en route with dire results. “Emulating the great John L Sullivan, he waltzed up to the bar and declared himself the best man in the house, promptly challenging any willing patron to a fight. Without waiting for a reply he dropped the proprietor with a single blow, and went about attacking several of the patrons.”
A postman and two policemen followed before Milko, “now realizing the odds were against him, and that he was late for his engagement (literally), began to flee his would-be captors.” Milko, jailed but released in time to meet Greb, was the first man documented to attack the body in recognition of Greb’s speed, and he certainly didn’t need one of the greatest fighters of all time to lend him this advice. Milko gave Greb “the toughest fight of his career so far” and in the eyes of Compton “it appeared Milko deserved the nod.” This, for me, was a revelation. Compton’s obsession with Greb is clear, but his even-handedness, especially when dealing with Greb’s early career, is more so. Here is a fight listed as a draw by both BoxRec and Bill Paxton, author of The Fearless Harry Greb (once the definitive work on Greb now, alas, reduced to the status of a primer) which could very easily be listed as a draw here in an attempt to “boost” Greb’s paper record, but Compton takes the step to correct the official record and deliver to Greb an additional early loss. The fact that his passion for the truth outstrips his passion for his favorite fighter is the absolute bedrock of his triumph.
Milko, no more than a footnote before the publication of this book, will always remain just that, but it is possible that his reputation, for those interested in such things, is enhanced. The first thing I learned from Live Fast, Die Young was that it was likely Milko and lightweight George Lewis who helped to define Greb as a fighter in these early days where I had previously seen Whitey Wenzel and Fay Keiser as his key early rivals. Milko embodied many of the traits for which Greb would become famous, namely aggression, aggression and more aggression, aggression upon being hit, aggression upon being missed, a savagery that Greb would adopt and hone.
George Lewis also appears in great color (if rather less drunken violence), and one of the real joys of the book is the way in which these men with whom Greb crossed paths with step off the page both in terms of style and, where possible, personality. Each source used by the author to achieve these goals is lovingly laid out in a “Notes” section at the rear of the book, and these details go a long way to explaining where those eleven years went. The writer did some travelling in his efforts to identify primary sources for his opus. This is no easy matter, something the writer himself is quick to admit, as syndicated accounts of fights were wired all over the country. Reprinted verbatim, these articles are easily recognizable but they were sometimes rewritten or editorialized making them more difficult to pick out. This is important because for much of Greb’s career, rendering a decision in a prizefight in the USA was illegal, making newspapermen the sole arbiters of many results. Even boxers were happy to be held accountable by the newspaper decision or “popular decision,” as it was known, and the way the popular decision was weighed was to compare how many ringside reporters found for each man and thereby name a winner. Worse yet, fight managers with connection to newspapers that operated remote from the location of a given fight might wire that paper with a false account. In other words, allowing a Nebraska newspaper to have a say in determining the outcome of a Buffalo brawl was fraught with danger. Compton made every effort to secure sources that belonged to the city or area where a given Greb battle was fought, and despite his acknowledgement of the superb newspaper microfilm collection at Southern Illinois University, it is unquestionable that he racked up the miles in pursuit of these reports.
We are rewarded with accounts of his major fights so detailed as to be the best possible substitute for actual film, film which sadly, has not survived. No known footage of Harry Greb fighting exists, something that make these details here all the more precious. Harry’s final fight with Tommy Gibbons, his greatest rival outside of Gene Tunney, is an absolute standout. The writer’s adherence to primary sources together with his tight narration, either by accident or design recreates the tension that descends before a major fight. Photographs of the action, one of the book’s most outstanding features, are a major boon in helping the reader visualize the action, crammed as they are onto almost every one of the book’s seven hundred pages. Compton’s clear understanding of his subject allows him to make the occasional technical observation on these photographs, the positioning of Greb’s fist or defense. This is in keeping with one of the book’s key points, coming to grips with “The Pittsburgh Windmill’s” difficult style.
Quite rightly, no direct description of that style is made. Compton compresses multiple fight reports into a clear and unfettered description for us, but avoids pulpiteering on the specifics of his attack. Here, he gives ground to those who fought or saw him, and this provides all the expected insight. In terms of his greatness and quality, too, the writer remains mostly silent, preferring to leave the verdict to other ring greats, like Jack Dillon:
ITALICWhat’s the use in trying against a guy like that? He’s too fast for me or anybody else his weight. He didn’t even give me time to spit the blood out of my mouth. He’ll lick them all. He gave me a lacing and he’ll give Gibbons one if he fights Mike. His speed and aggressiveness will take all of Mike’s cleverness. He’s good. He’ll lick ‘em all.
“I would rather fight ten Battling Levinskys or ten Kid Norfolks than one Harry Greb,” was the opinion of light-heavyweight Clay Turner. “There’s a dash and snap about Greb that discourages a fighter…he’s the best heavyweight or light-heavyweight in the game…next to Jack Dempsey.”
Yes, Jack Dempsey. One of the defining figures of his era, he looms large in the book, but like every other champion of his time (aside from welterweight champion Mickey Walker), Dempsey appears guilty of ducking Greb. I made this case several months ago on Boxing.com; this writer makes it even more forcefully. Fittingly it was Dempsey who led Compton to Greb in the first place, a curiosity over the middleweight Jack supposedly fled—be warned that he makes no bones here about the champion’s failure to fight Harry, or Greb’s certainty over a possible victory.
Dempsey’s failure to meet Harry Wills, too, is explored in minor detail here, mainly in the sense that it affected Greb and perceptions of Greb, a man who absolutely refused to draw the color line, and paid for it, losing out twice to African-American Tiger Flowers. Greb fought Flowers three times, winning their first fight and losing two close ones as his career wound down in tandem with his health. Over the first three-quarters of the book the reader becomes invested in Harry as a man, so it becomes difficult to read about his blindness in one eye and his ringwear, the adjustment of his style to allow for it, the incredible feats he achieved despite it, and his inevitable bowing before it.
Complaints are few and far between. Given the size of the book, a detailed index would have been of enormous benefit, but none appears. For a book perpetuating to be concerned with “The Times” of Harry Greb as much as his life, events such as WWI and Prohibition seem to be used more as landmarks in order to anchor the reader rather than happenings in their own right. I would also argue that the writer is a little hard on Gene Tunney at times and that his presentation of “The Fighting Marine” as overprotected may be is one area where he presents a one-sided, although a valid argument. It must also be said, however, that when Tunney’s conduct is beyond reproach, such as when he appeared personally at the Greb family home to offer his condolences on the occasion of his death, or when he agreed to appear as one of Harry’s pallbearers, his class is allowed to shine through unfettered.
Where the five fight series between the two men is concerned, Compton is at his best. The utter thrashing of Tunney by Greb in the first meeting between the two is recounted with relish, the apparent robbery of Greb by Tunney in their controversial second meeting with as much disdain. It is crucial to observe that although most ringside reporters picked Greb as a clear winner, the writer is honest enough to also list those who thought Tunney the winner, enough names and newspapers to bring the robbery into doubt. This is invaluable sourcing and honesty.
It is just such honest that allows the book to seize the mistruths of Greb’s past by the throat and throw them from the ring. Deftly and by stages, Live Fast, Die Young: The Life and Times of Harry Greb destroys and rebuilds a legend in the light of truth. That it does so without showing meaningful bias is astonishing, and makes this book amongst the best ever written in the style previously defined by Adam Pollack and Clay Moyle, history for history’s sake, done properly, without flash. I prefer not to recommend books to Boxing.com’s readers because I’m aware that tastes vary and that at £25 or $40, this one is not cheap, but if you’ve read all the way to the bottom of this article, you’re almost a certainty to love the book.
And, having read it, a good bet to name Harry Greb the greatest fighter to have ever lived.


A new children's book aiming to help children understand and come to terms with COVID-19 has come to life, created by a collaboration of over 50 organizations working in the humanitarian sector. Organizations like the World Health Organization, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the International Federation of Red Cross, Red Crescent Societies, Save the Children and the United Nations Children's Fund.
With a little help from Ario, fantasy creature, "My Hero is You, How kids can fight COVID-19!" illustrates how children can protect themselves, their families and friends from coronavirus and how to manage difficult emotions when confronted with a new and rapidly changing reality.
The book – aimed primarily at children aged 6-11 years old – is a project of the Inter-Agency Standing Committee Reference Group on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings, a unique collaboration of United Nations agencies providing mental health and psychosocial support in emergency settings.
Over 1700 children and parents, caregivers, teachers and aides from across the globe shared their experiences along with how they were coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. The input was an invaluable component to writer and illustrator Helen Patuck in ensuring the story resonated with children from all over the world; with inclusivity the key focus.
Henrietta Fore, the executive director at UNICEF says;
"All over the world, children's lives have been completely upended — the majority of them living in countries with some form of restricted movement or lockdown. This wonderful book helps children understand and navigate this new landscape and learn how they can take small actions to become the heroes in their own stories."
In order to reach as many children as possible, the book will be translated, with six language versions released and more than 30 others in the pipeline. It is being released as both an online product and audiobook.
We have a copy for you in attached in the downloadable PDF
Black Dog Institute https://www.blackdoginstitute.org.au/resources-support/
World Mental Health Day https://www.who.int/campaigns/world-mental-health-day/world-mental-health-day-2020
Lifeline Australia 13 11 14
You can also text 0477 13 11 14 from 12 pm to midnight for support.


I Can Be Anything I Want To Be
I Can Be Anything I Want To Be is an empowering children's coloring book that introduces young minds to a diverse array of professions, encouraging them to dream big and be whatever they want to be. The vibrant illustrations showcase careers such as ocularist, river pilots, food scientists, and meteorologists, accompanied by inclusive representations and definitions. This high-quality, durable book becomes a tool for parent-child interaction, sparking meaningful conversations about future aspirations and instilling a sense of pride in creative expression. Through its engaging content and motivational messages, the coloring book aims to inspire children to explore a world of endless possibilities with imagination and excitement.


When they can’t attend games, how does a busy, middle-class family find time for baseball? If they were living in the 19th century and had a piano, most likely they were singing about it.Long before the advent (and then rapid ubiquity) of recorded sound, musical entertainment was a home-made concern, a familiar element of social gatherings. An abundant and continual supply of sheet music supplied the old chestnuts and the latest compositions for these family activities. Sometimes they were songs performed in music halls by well-known artists, sometimes they were eagerly submitted to the public first, in hopes of a hit. Baseball, which by the late 1860s had garnered nationwide popularity, legions of fanatics (“fans,” better known as “kranks”), as well as its share of scandal, was naturally already proving to be a rich and enduring subject for popular music.
From the earliest years of a game that was still evolving (and at the time referred to as “Base Ball”), many a march or waltz was composed for regional clubs. And they were clubs in the traditional sense: non-professional social organizations comprised of prosperous young men. The game was a true “pastime,” starting out with non-competitive intra-club play before progressing to matches between teams. Dances and dinners rounded out the club’s activities. A club might have hundreds of “honorary” members, but only a few dozen participated in the ballgames.
During this period, sheet music had been a common way to advertise—often a “freebie” distributed by pharmacies and other businesses. The wider the circulation, the better. And the wider the circulation,the more likely a song or piece of music would catch on, create an audience, and a market. Then, as now, successful advertising touched on the latest trends, interests, and fears of the populace. Baseball was no exception. A catchy piece of music could help galvanize fans as well—yet another market to tap. A club with a theme song—their own anthem—was distinguished from rivals who had none. It was one more reason to be proud of your home nine.
The cover images of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century sheet music ranged from engraved text and simple illustrations to cartoons and fine, lithographed illustrations in vivid color, depicting the teams, the game, and the social phenomenon it was fast becoming. They were a visual chronicle of baseball’s relationship to American culture: its growing role in polite—and mixed—society, the structure and rules of play, its aesthetic and moral qualities, and the new phenomena of baseball fandom and celebrity athletes, .
This 1889 song, by the entrepreneur, entertainer, and songwriter J.W. Kelly, reprises the chant of Boston Nationals kranks when the great Mike “King” Kelly (no relation) was on base. “Slide, Kely Slide” [sic] remained the #1 baseball song until “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” edged it out in 1904.
In some cases, the illustrator seems to have had only a vague notion of what the contemporary game looked like—e.g., fielders in awkward stances, badly proportioned diamonds, or the wrong number of bases.
“Catch it on the Fly,” from 1867, is a particularly awkward example. As Irwin Chusid, music historian, producer, and 19th century baseball aficionado points out: “despite the advanced evolution of rules by 1867, the players seem indifferent to the concept of position. They appear to be haphazardly standing around the field much as one would scatter pool balls in a break shot. One player appears to be catching a ball, but the batter hasn’t swung, nor has anyone else tossed it to him. Perhaps he’s simply bobbling it. Two fielders have their hands upturned as if in prayer. There is a base or some sort of maker near the fellow committing the miscue. If the fielder to the immediate right of the batter is the 3rd baseman, the fellow behind him is playing in foul territory.”
The cover of “Finnegan the Umpire” (1890) reflects a fantasy still experienced by some players and fans on occasion. It does not, however, reflect the fact that by 1885 the umpire’s uniform commonly included chest protectors over the usual formal dinner attire. This illustration was done by Thomas Worth, a prolific (and now largely forgotten) cartoonist and illustrator of the day.
Novelty baseball songs—including plenty of what we’d now consider politically “incorrect” compositions— also used the game to address changing social structures;naturally this found expression on the comic cover art. “Brother Noah Gave Out Checks for Rain” (1907) tells the story of an all-black team, but in pre-Emancipation days, before Reconstruction, Plessy v. Ferguson, and the first Jim Crow laws of the late 19th century. Yet well-known and highly regarded professional “colored” clubs had existed since the 1860s.
In fact, for one brief, shining moment in the 1870s, the integration of baseball seemed a (very) remote but nevertheless real possibility, with several black players briefly signed to white teams. By the 1880s, blacks were unofficially but effectively banned from the major leagues, and it would be another 60-odd years before Jackie Robinson “re-integrated” professional baseball.
First-wave feminism gets its due in this bit of satire, “dedicated to the new woman,” from the 1895 Comic Opera “The Merry Mormons.” (Two birds with one stone, it seems.)The libretto was written by once-famed-but-now-forgotten toast-writer, humorist, and poet of dubious quality, Fred Emerson Brooks.
Baseball was an effective marketing tool from its very beginning, and the music reciprocated. As a novelty, the game was the inspiration for all manner of songs; as a trope, it exemplified the way American ideas and (ideals) could be broadcast by way of entertainment. The national pastime indeed.
Works and sites consulted:
- The Baseball Library.com:Baseball Rules Chronology 1845-1899. Accessed 14 August, 2014.
- Hartman, Dorothy W. “Baseball in the Nineteenth Century: from Gentleman’s Sport to Professional Play.”Conner Prairie Interactive History Park. Accessed 14 August, 2014.
- Lester S. Levy Sheet Music Collection. Accessed 14 August, 2014.
- Library of Congress Baseball Sheet Music Collection .Accessed 14 August, 2014.
- 19th Century Baseball. Accessed 15 August, 2014.
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- Thorn, John. Baseball in the Garden of Eden: the Secret History of the Early Game.New York: Simon and Shuster, 2011.
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Nancy Duffie ShusterSeptember 12, 2006
Troy- Nancy Duffie Shuster, 82,of The Beechwood Community, died Tuesday, September 12, 2006 at Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center in Troy after a long illness.
Born in White Plains, NY, she was the daughter of the late Archibald Duffie and Lulie (Atwater) Duffie. and married William W. Shuster at St Bartholomew's Church, White Plains, NY on June 12, 1948.
She had resided in Melrose for 40 years, moving to Beechwood Retirement Community in Troy in 1993 and was a graduate of White Plains High School class of 1941, earned her B.A. from Middlebury College in Middlebury, VT in 1945 and her Master of Nursing from Yale University in 1947.
Mrs. Shuster was homemaker for many years, and formerly a parish assistant at St. Stephen's Church in Middlebury, Vt., a pediatric nurse at Grace-New Haven Hospital, a parttime Registered Nurse at Samaritan Hospital Troy, taught Red Cross Nurses Aides, was a librarian and teacher at St. John's Day School. Troy. After 1974, she taught quilting for various groups such as Senior Citizens, Cooperative Extension, Home Bureau and RPI students' wives.
She was a former very active member of First United Presbyterian Church of Troy and currently a member of Brunswick Presbyterian Church where she served as a deacon. She was a Den Mother in Melrose for 12 years, a committee member of the Comell Cooperative Extension of Rensselaer County, a former president of the Melrose Library Association, a board member and secretary of the former Presbyterian Home in Troy for many years, an American Red Cross bloodmobile volunteer at RPI and active on several Beechwood Community committees.
She is survived by a daughter, Barbara Huntington (Benjamin) of Evergreen, CO; four sons, Dale Allen Shuster (Julia) of Glendale, WI, William C. Shuster (Chris) of Sterling, AK, Dr. Robert Shuster (Rebecca) of Omaha, NE and Charles John Shuster (Tracy) of Schaghticoke; a sister, Virginia D. Putnam of Durham, NC, a brother, Cornelius R. Duffie of Portland, OR; 9 grandchildren; 3 great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. She was predeceased by her husband Dr. William W. Shuster; son, Dr. Edward L. 'Ted' Shuster; a sister, Myra D. Ledyard and a brother, Dr. John A. Duffie.
A celebration of Nancy's life will be held Saturday, October 21, 2006 at 11am at the Brunswick Church 42 White Church Lane Brunswick.
Interment Memory's Garden in Colonie.
Contributions may be made in memory of Nancy Shuster to the Brunswick Church 42 White Church Lane Troy, NY 12180 or Eddy Memorial Geriatric Center 2256 Burdett Avenue Troy, NY 12180 or The Community Hospice of Rensselaer County 295 Valley View Boulevard Rensselaer, NY 12144.


Ning Yeh was born in Mainland China in 1946. He was given the name Ning, meaning tranquility, to celebrate the ending of the war. The Yeh family has been famed in the field of brush painting for four generations. His father, a general in the Chinese army, is internationally renowned for his horse painting.
Ning Yeh’s art training started when he was seven, after the family moved to Taiwan in 1949. His daily practice included the Four Gentlemen (plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum) and calligraphy.
Above: Ning Yeh with his high school buddies
Dr. Yeh became a full-time art professor in 1972. He is a three-time recipient of the National Teaching Excellence Award. In 1987, his first television series, Chinese Brush Painting with Ning Yeh, won the Emmy Award for Best Instructional Series. In 1997, Chinese Flower Painting with Ning Yeh (1 and 2) began airing on PBS stations. In the 2000s, Dr. Yeh released his fourth television series Chinese Animal Painting. These TV series had 25 years of continuous airing in the United States.
Dr. Yeh has published many books and art albums. His instructional books, Chinese Brush Painting: An Instructional Guide and A.B.C. of Chinese Painting, are best sellers with repeated editions. His four volume series, 108 Flowers, accompanied by online step-by-step videos is his most endearing effort in sharing the magic of brush painting.
Landscape Lessons Books 1 and 2 document over 50 years of dream journeys to China and Taiwan, interpreting magnificent scenery in Dr. Yeh’s classic and evocative painting style.
In 2020, Ning Yeh began to dedicate much of his time to painting as an artist instead of teaching group classes. This has given him time to fully concentrate on creating a collection of artwork to share with the world to spread the joy of Chinese Brush Painting.
Above: Ning with parents and grandfather in China, 1948
At the age of fifteen, the focus of his training turned to horse painting, his family tradition. Two years later he won the highest honor for his horse painting at the Chinese Youth Art Festival. He proceeded with floral and landscape paintings, and he gradually developed his own style.
Ning Yeh accepted the scholarships offered by the California State University system and the Pearl McManus Foundation, and subsequently received his Ph. D with honors in the field of Asian Studies at Claremont Graduate School.
Above: Graduating with his Ph. D. from Claremont with wife Lingchi, son Evan, and daughter Jashin, 1978


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CVE is having a book fair September 28th-October 1st. The book fair will be open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. every day with extended hours until 6 p.m. on Wednesday, September 30th. The online portion of the book fair is open and ready for shopping September 20th-October 3rd. All orders will be shipped to the school free and delivered to students in their classroom.
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Welcome back to school Lincoln Lions!
Library time for all kindergarteners is on Friday morning. Some preschoolers will also have library on Friday and a few (3 yr. old class) on Thursdays. Library time is different at Lincoln. We are encouraging students to take a book home and return a book the next week. Sometimes it will be the same book and other times, it will be another book from your home. This is an exchange process where Lincoln school is promoting more books in the homes of students. Instead of checking out a book, they are borrowing a book. Please talk to your child about this process. Every time your child brings a book back to Lincoln, they will receive a sticker. After so many stickers. they will choose a book to keep as a reward!
Please stop by the library, we are in room #2, across from the kindergarten classrooms. On Wednesdays, Lincoln Lions are treated to a special visit from the Coquille public librarian. This program involves stories, puppets and a lot of fun right here at Lincoln School.
Stay tuned for more special library events at Lincoln School and enjoy the books with your child that they bring home from school!
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Chronic Illness & The Chiropractic Approach
Chronic illness, the new normal for children.
Chronic illness has become the new normal for children. Yet much of what is being done to children— medications they receive like Tylenol and antibiotics, the bleach and hand sanitizer, processed foods they eat in school cafeterias and their own homes, and even time they spend trapped in a classroom or doing homework instead of playing outdoors—play a significant role in this growing epidemic.
I’m Dr. Matt Hammett, and I believe that children’s bodies naturally have the capacity to be healthy and heal when they have the tools to do so. In my new book, The Five Pillars of a Dynamic Health, I lay out the details of a plan that starts with the soil, using fresh foods and nature to heal you from the inside out and the outside in. Revealing the profound connections between food, nature, and children’s health, I explain how food is constantly changing kids’ bodies, brains, and even genes—for better or for worse.


The Strasburg Elementary Parent Teacher Group meets the first Thursday of every month. Meetings are held at 7:00 PM in the elementary library. Children are welcome to attend with you. We would love for YOU to join the PTG by just showing up any month! It is a great way to hear what is happening in our school, have a voice, and take advantage of volunteer opportunities.
Any officer of the PTG can be contacted by emailing email@example.com. Officers for the 2021 - 2022 school year are Ashlee Baughman, Val Slabaugh, and Lindsay Thomas
Be sure to follow us on Facebook! Look for Strasburg PTG. We wish everyone a healthy and successful school year!


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Prayer passport by Dr D.K. Olukoya
Prayer passport by Dr D.K. Olukoya. This is indeed your passport to breakthrough, prosperity, peace, power, uncommon testimonies and an entrance into the realm wher you will possess your possessions.
Prayer passport by Dr D.K. Olukoya is a compendium of rare and powerful prayer points. It has been divinely designed to turn tragedy to triumph, sickness to health, failure to success, powerlesness to uncomon strength and problems to testimonies. It addressess the root of complex problems and provides total solutions to reccurent attacks from the kingdom of darkness. This is a unique spiritual warfare manual that will lead you to a glorious destiny. With prayer passport in your hands the kingdom of darkness is in trouble.


The Thought of Mou Zongsan
Mou Zongsan 牟宗三 (1909-1995) was the theoretical genius behind New Confucianism, a philosophical and cultural movement marking the revival of Ruxue in Asia and Northern America since the late 1970s. This book is the first thorough study in English of Mou’s multi-faceted and complex system. It examines the key influences of Xiong Shili 熊十力 (1885-1968), G. W. F. Hegel (1770-1831), and Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) on the Chinese thinker and presents his thought as a contemporary moral metaphysical recasting of the Lu-Wang Learning of the Mind using Mahāyāna Fo paradigms and Kantian terminology. The study also reveals the strong Han cultural nationalism entwined with Mou’s philosophical system and looks at how his thought has been received.


International peer-reviewed scientific
medical journal «MEDICUS»
Founder and publisher of the international peer-reviewed medical journal «MEDICUS» is Publishing House “Scientific survey”. «MEDICUS» journal is scientific publication devoted to actual problems of medicine. It includes original researches of all directions of theoretical and applied medicine in Russian, English, German and Spanish languages, and also referee reports on monographs and reviews of the last conferences and congresses of health workers. The journal is published in two versions: printed and electronic. The electronic version of the journal is in open access that allows to expand the volume of scientific contacts at the expense of free access to the results of researches.
Acceptance of the articles in the international
medical journal «MEDICUS» (№ 1 (31), January)
Application Deadline is January 1, 2020
Electronic version of the journal – the second half of January, 2020
Sending of printed copies – beginning of February, 2020
The publication carries out a mandatory review of all materials submitting to editorial.
The mission of the journal is to publish the results of original scientific research.
The purpose of the journal is assistance of a free discussion and to exchange of experience between the Russian and foreign scientists, improving the coverage quality of the results of their scientific research activities.
The editing policy of the journal is founded on traditional ethical principles adopted by Russian academic journals and observes the ethical norms of the work of editors and publishers outlined in the Code of Conduct and Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors and the Code of Conduct for Journal Publishers, which were elaborated by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). When working with publications the journal’s editorial board follows international copyright protection rules, Russian Law, and international standards for publishers.
Scientific journal «MEDICUS» is registered in Federal Service for Supervision in the Sphere of Communications, Information Technology and Mass Communications http://www.rsoc.ru/ (Registration Certificate
ПИ № ФС 77 – 59575, distribution territory – the Russian Federation, foreign countries) and in ISSN International Centre (ISSN 2409-563X).
The journal is indexed in the following databases:
Global Impact Factor, Australia
Ulrich’s Periodicals Directory, the USA
The journal is registered in the Scientific electronic library eLIBRARY.RU
URL of the journal https://elibrary.ru/title_about.asp?id=53296
It is presented in the electronic catalog of scientific and technical literature of the All-Russian Institute for Scientific and Technical Information of the Russian Academy of Sciences (VINITI RAS) (http://catalog.viniti.ru/)
Periodicity of the journal – bimonthly (6 issues a year).
City of the journal edition: Volgograd
Founder and publisher: Publishing House “Scientific survey”
Address: Russia, Volgograd, Angarskaya St., 17 «G», office 312
Phone: 8(962) 7600-119
Head editor: Musienko Sergey Aleksandrovich
Materials for the publication in the journal (together with the application form) should be sent via e-mail to the Executive editor:


Community of Practice Quarterly Session – USA
March 11, 2021 @ 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm
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My Action Learning Journey: How I Use WIAL’s Action Learning in My Work
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Please join us for our WIAL Community of Practice as we hear from Craig Senecal, Senior Director, Human Resources The New York Public Library & WIAL-USA Board Chair about his journey with WIAL Action Learning and the impact it has had in both his professional and personal life. Craig is also a Certified Action Learning Coach (CALC). In addition, we will hear from our coaching community how Action Learning has impacted you, and have the opportunity to share best practices, connect, and ask question.


Published: January 31, 2017 by Flatiron Books
Author: Stephanie Garber
Page Count: 407
Amazon: Hardcover – $10.63 / Paperback – $8.79
Barnes and Noble: Hardcover – $13.10 / Paperback – $8.97
Description via Goodreads:
Remember, it’s only a game…
Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over.
But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.
Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. Nevertheless she becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic. And whether Caraval is real or not, Scarlett must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over or a dangerous domino effect of consequences will be set off, and her beloved sister will disappear forever.
Welcome, welcome to Caraval…beware of getting swept too far away.
What an exciting ride this book was! I would like to start this review off with saying I enjoyed this book immensely. I was swept off my feet and thrust into Caraval and the world that both Scarlett and Tella were in. It was a fun, light, and mysterious read. I have a thing for books that have a “carnival” type of feel. This book definitely didn’t disappoint with its mystical vibe and stunning imagery.
The story starts off with a series of letters written by the main character Scarlett asking for Master Legend to come to the Island of Trisda to host their fabulous Caraval game. After years of unanswered letters finally a response makes it way into Scarlett’s hands and that is where the fun truly begins.
The characters in the novel had their faults and I did find myself annoyed at various times with each of them. For Scarlett, my main gripe is that she dwelled on her upcoming nuptials too much and put that first before her sister at times. Tella, was not my favorite at all. I don’t like her or her attitude or actions, but I am hoping that my mind/feelings will change in book two Legendary. Julian however was my absolute love! He was dark, mysterious, and a sailor… can I get a collective swoon? The whole rugged bad boy thing really worked for him and his character pulled it off very nicely.
There is a blossoming romance in this story and it is very easy to pick up on. I knew right away the outcome of things so that is another one of my dislikes. I usually like more of a drawn out type of romance (give me the angst!!) but this was sweet and I did enjoy it as I reflect back on it.
The best aspect of this whole novel is the setting. Readers find themselves inside the game where people are mysterious, the air is a bit sweeter, and the heart craves answers. I fell in love with this story not because of the plot or the characters, but rather for the idea of this magical place.
I definitely feel that the plot could have been stronger since there were a few confusing holes throughout the story, but overall it was a fun and different read. I am hoping to get to see more of the minor characters such as Aiko and Dante in the second book since they too had interesting back stories but not too much was said about them. I also hope to learn more about Nana Anna and her backstory since I found that things weren’t adding up fully about her in book one.
I would recommend this book and I hope that you too get swept away in Caraval!
“She imagined loving him would feel like falling in love with darkness, frightening and consuming yet utterly beautiful when the stars came out.”
This book was given 4.5/5 star rating on Goodreads.


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This activity is one of “action” activities at the end of Chapter 1 and endeavours to help you create a picture of how you are spending your time.


It’s been a while since I was able to finish a full novel and feel the inclination to review it afterwards. Just felt I should pen down a few thoughts about this book though…
The Fiance started reading this after our trip to Germany. We were quite affected by the concentration camps we saw there and this was a book that was set during that time period. It has been on our reading lists from then on.
We tried looking for it in our local library but could not find it. It took a bit of serendipity for us to get our grubby lil hands on it.
I was doing my usual rounds at the local mega book store during it’s 20% off season.
First off, I would not have gone in if the Fiance was ON TIME, for once. Anyway, out of the corner of my eyes, I somehow spotted this girl holding on to a copy of “The Book Thief”.
I don’t normally talk to strangers (deeply inculcated values from young), but I somehow found the “oomph” to approach this hostile looking lady and ask on which shelf I might be able to find the book. Apparently the book she was holding was the last copy the book store carried, and the store attendants (such politically correct terms) had to dig through the store room to find it for her. As luck (and probably my charming pitiful look) would have it, she claimed she didn’t need it any more and I could take it off her if I want to.
I stopped short of snatching it from her hands.
Anyway… on with the book….
It’s not so much a story about World War II as it is a love letter to words and books and the people who find solace in them and seek catharsis through them.
Told through the eyes of a German girl, it’s a strangely charming book that shows how war affects everybody… even the supposed perpetrators of the crime.
When we were in Germany, we were always surprised by the stories of resistance of some supposedly “common” Germans against Adolf and the Third Reich. There were plenty of stories of heroism and personal sacrifices against the tyranny of the masses. We’ve all heard the quote about “the only criteria for evil to triumph is for the good people to do nothing”. The narrative in the book, like the tales we’ve heard in Germany, is about how some extraordinarily ordinary folks refuse to let evil triumph.
It’s about Resistance… in every little way.
It’s about Words… and the power that they have over us.
It’s a really good and somewhat powerful read. A must read for anyone who had ever been transformed by good stories and by the people who tell them.