All-Star player Chris Paul has recently published his memoir, writing about his memories with his grandfather. He has included his learnings from the man, who was the first Black man in North Carolina to run a car service station. He has also written about his family, the way they shaped his outlook on life, and his desire to give back to the world.
The book, titled “Sixty-One: Life Lessons from Papa, On and Off the Court,” is a deeply personal account of CP3’s layers of relationships with Nathaniel Jones. Jones, unfortunately, passed away at the age of 61, marking the source for the title of the book.
What is Chris Paul’s book Sixty-One about?
CP3 announced the release of his book right after the confirmation of a trade deal that would send him off to the Washington Wizards. The trade also brought Bradley Beal to the Phoenix Suns but has left a question mark on the certainty of Chris playing with the Wizards.
In the book, Chris talks on his life beyond basketball and the influence his grandfather played in making him the person he is, how faith and family act as a foundation for his life, what it means to be a positive role model, and why it’s necessary to set a proper example for generations to come.
The star player scored exactly 61 points in a high-school basketball game right after the passing of his grandfather. He deliberately shot a free throw out of bounds at the end so as to not surpass the special number.
This just proves how important the book and its contents are for Chris and justifies why he seems to have devoted pretty much all his time to its promotions right now.
Chris Paul’s love for his grandfather
Paul’s intimate bond and sheer respect for his grandfather is evident when he is quoted saying:
“He was everything… I talk about it in my book, just the way his hands looked, it was just so nasty with oil and stuff on them all the time. He didn’t care… the love that he showed to our entire family is something that I’ll never forget.”
The story of the book is emotional enough in itself, but so is the title and the number- sixty-one. This book is a testament to the player’s close bond with his ‘Papa’ and how big a part his grandfather played in his early life.
It is, therefore obvious that Chris Paul is now interested to uphold Jones’ legacy to his fans and well-wishers. The story of Sixty-One is expected to be a sentimental tribute from one great personality to another.
There probably could have been no better moment for its release than on Chris’ own Wizards trading day. This has likely been a befitting homage to his grandfather.
What are your thoughts on the player’s heartfelt tribute? Let us know your opinions on the book in the comments.


I have been a fan of Juliet McKenna’s works for a long time, and I was delighted when she offered me an e-ARC of her newest book as I had been anticipating it ever since she announced it was coming.
McKenna is best known for her secondary world fantasy series, beginning with The Thief’s Gamble, but she has written short stories set in our world too, including the precursor to this novel (‘The Roots of Aston Quercus’ in The Modern Fae’s Guide to Surviving Humanity). The Green Man’s Heir is a thoroughly engaging, at times almost impossible to put down, tale which, despite its titular character being a man, is peopled with an impressive array of interesting and intriguing women.
Daniel, the eponymous Heir, is the son of a dryad and a human man. He has a talent for woodcarving, a peaceable nature (except around murdering bastards), and peripatetic tendencies. He can see dryads, naiads, and all manner of other supernatural beings, including the Green Man himself.
One day, while looking for fallen wood to use for his carvings, he gets caught up in a police investigation in the local woods after a young woman is found murdered. He soon learns that there is a second dead young woman in the woods, thanks to Tila, the dryad whose home is in that particular wood. He learns that the murderer, a human man, is in thrall to a Wood Wose, and he finds himself pitted against the creature in a fight to the death.
The Wood Wose isn’t Daniel’s worst enemy, however. He learns from Kalei, the local naiad, that there are more dryads at nearby Blithehurst House. The dryads there are kin to Tila, who is murdered at the instigation of the Wose, so Daniel goes to see them, to pass on the news of her passing, and also to see if they can put him in touch with other sons of dryads.
Daniel also meets Eleanor Beauchene at Blithehurst. She runs the house as a tourist attraction on behalf of her family, and like Daniel, she can see dryads and other supernatural creatures. She can also hear things – supernatural creatures such as a wyrmling* that’s lurking underground in the undercroft within the mediaeval manor at Blithehurst. Daniel is forced by events into killing the wyrmling, then into trying to kill the full-grown wyrm that had been making trouble for him in her guise of a human woman, but not before it makes trouble for Eleanor as well.
Daniel is an interesting character – a thoughtful, intelligent man who’s very in tune with Nature thanks to his dryad heritage. He’s also capable, both as a carpenter and a wood-worker, and considerate – a nice example of non-toxic masculinity (something I very much welcome these days). But Daniel’s almost the only really well-fleshed out male character in this novel as McKenna has peopled her tale with a number of interesting female characters: four dryads, one naiad, one Wyrm (who takes on a female human form to cause trouble for Daniel), and one actual female human, Eleanor Beauchene. The latter somewhat reluctantly manages Blithehurst Hall: she’d like to go and do a doctorate in mediaeval history, having already done a degree in the subject, but the dryads won’t agree to it – since she’s the last of the family who can see them, and has ‘greenwood’ blood, they’d rather she settled down and started producing heirs to the estate to ensure that their trees and pastures are properly cared for (rather than, for example, being sold off/cut down for profit). Eventually, after the wyrmling’s been killed and the Wyrm itself has escaped, Daniel and Eleanor come to an arrangement, with the approval of the dryads – he’ll live and work on the estate, and Eleanor will mostly run things remotely while she takes a doctorate at Durham. They don’t immediately jump into bed together – but there’s a possibility they might get together at a later date.
All in all The Green Man’s Heir is a compelling, engaging tale that delves deep into British folklore while being bang up-to-date. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and am hoping that there’ll be a sequel.
(*See Lambton Wyrm for more on this particular specimen of British folklore)


yellow chamois paper
Many scholars of the predecessors and successors were keen to collect forty hadiths of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and they excelled in collecting them until their topics were numerous, and their purposes varied.
Some of them relied on mentioning the hadiths of monotheism in its forty, or affirming the attributes, such as the forty in the evidence of monotheism by Abu Ismail al-Harawi - may God have mercy on him - and the forty in the attributes of the Lord of the worlds, by Imam al-Dhahabi - may God have mercy on him.
And some of them intended in his forty rulings, as Imam Al-Hafiz Al-Mundhiri - may God have mercy on him - collected forty in the hadiths of rulings.
And among them were those who confined themselves to worship, among the rulings, such as the forty in worship, by Yusuf bin Abdullah bin Saeed Al-Hussaini Al-Armuni Al-Masri Al-Shafi’i, a disciple of Imam Al-Suyuti - may God have mercy on him -.
And some of them chose sermons and chips.
And some of them chose in their forties to take out what is valid, and was safe from appeal.
And some of them intended what Ola attribution.
And among them are those who like to extract what is long in text, and it appears to the listener when he hears its goodness, and so on.
He named each of them his book: The Forty in such-and-such, and the most famous of them is: Al-Nawawi's Forty.
Imam al-Nawawi - may God have mercy on him - intended to collect forty hadiths on the rules and principles of the religion, the hadiths on which the foundation of religion was built.
This book is the forty heart in the actions of the hearts and their repair, its reference to what the scholars used to do. Anas and Buraydah, and Imam Ibn al-Jawzi - may God have mercy on him - cited them in the book “The Ultimate Illal fi Flawless Ahadith” and showed their weakness, and among these narrations: Whoever memorizes forty hadiths from the matter of her religion, God will send him on the Day of Resurrection as a knowledgeable jurist. [Micro ills: 1/119].
And in a narration: He was told: Enter from any of the gates of Paradise you wish [Al-Ilal Al-Manahiah: 1/119] .
And in another narration: God sent him as a jurist, and on the Day of Resurrection I will be an intercessor and a witness for him [Al-Ilal al- Manahiah: 1/120].
However, despite his many narrations, it is not authentic, and it was narrated from many paths that are not without weakness.
Scholars have diligence in that, and they are familiar with the hadith mentioned, and there are many ways of doing it
This combination has benefits, including: Finding an abbreviation that makes it easier for the Muslim to understand the origins of one of the aspects
Even if the private credit is not proven, but the general credit for communicating the science to the people, in a summary setting, the text of Talm collected a subject; summarize a chapter; It contains a great educational benefit. Imam Al-Nawawi - may God have mercy on him - said in the Introduction to Al-Nawawi’s Forty: “The scholars - may God Almighty be pleased with them - have compiled in this section countless works.
This book collects in its chapter hadiths that talk about the substance of the heart and what is related to it
It is easy to collect and explain them and extract the benefits from them >>


This morning when I packed my bags I had a sudden need for company. The cows had been taken down from their summer pastures, and horses grazed in the fields with blankets over their backs. My presence seemed superfluous, all the more so as I was just passing through. So was the season. The last of summer was etching away in the colours of the leaves, and the forests were nearly silent of migrating birds. I felt weary, as if I had a great distance to travel, and the chirps of grasshoppers no longer bade me farewell in the morning. And then in a meadow I saw I was not the only one on a journey.
What is a haibun?
a piece of tight, descriptive prose, not a narrative but more a recital
the thoughts of the writer, without ANY dialogue or interaction between persons — it is a haibun not a story or scene
often can be thought of as a diary or journal entry
can have elements of nature, journey or travel
finishes with a short piece of poetry, haiku or orher — cultivating the relationship between poetry and prose is an art
the poetry should be in different typeset to further highlight the difference for the reader impact


On 1 August 2017, The State Planning Commission assumed the functions, powers and duties of the Development Assessment Commission (DAC) and its sub-committees - including the Building Rules Assessment Commission (BRAC). The State Planning Commission established the State Commission Assessment Panel (SCAP) to continue the assessment functions formerly undertaken by the DAC and the Building Committee to continue the functions formerly undertaken by the BRAC.
DAC Archive 2011
Agendas include links to reports for most DAC agenda items. Attachments to these reports are only available for current meeting agenda items. After the meeting, attachments to reports can only be obtained through the Freedom of Information process.


The Parker/Compumotor PC-ACRIO Plug-in Module provides additional optically-isolated digital I/O capability for the ACR1200, ACR2000, ACR8010, and ACR8020 motherboards. It includes 32 digital inputs and 32 digital outputs with up to 4 modules able to be stacked together. Stacking 4 modules allows a total of 128 digital inputs and 128 digital outputs. This is in addition to the standard 16 digital inputs and 16 digital outputs provided on the ACR1200/ACR2000 motherboards and 32 I/O provided on the ACR8010/ACR8020 motherboards.
Product Family: ACRIO, PC-ACRIO, PCACRIO, PC ACRIO
Manuals, Datasheets, Drivers, Links


Archie’s Christmas Tale is a fictionalized retelling of an event from my childhood. The beautifully illustrated book will appeal to children ages 2-10 and all others who are young at heart. Readers accompany a little field mouse, Archibald Roe Dent, on his Christmas Eve adventures through the big Williams house on the hill. Archie encounters surprises at every turn, finally discovering a wonderful honey-cake house. He enters it and nibbles goodies until he is too plump to escape.
You may know the decorated cookie house in this story as a gingerbread house. My family called it a honey-cake house because it was made from “lebkuchen” dough with honey in it. The honey-cake house in this story really existed. My Aunt and Uncle made it in their German bakery in St. Louis.
Children will love this whimsical and mischievous tale.
Parents will love the subtle lessons on bravery, safety, faith and compassion.
Archie’s adventure has a happy ending thanks to the Christmas Tree Angel and a young girl.
Archie’s Christmas Tale is true. I know. I was there.
Marjorie W. Carris
BOOK TITLE: Archie’s Christmas Tale
AUTHOR: Marjorie Williams Carris
ILLUSTRATOR: Lew Clayton
TYPE OF BOOK: Children’s Illustrated Hardcover Book
NUMBER OF PAGES: 32 color illustrated pages plus end papers.
NUMBER OF WORDS: 1310
PUBLISHER: CHEROKEE STAR PUBLISHING, INC.
a self-published book by Marjorie W. Carris


Home > Newsroom > Press Releases > 2011 Releases > In the Business Review: Output Gaps, Urban Productivity, the New Keynesian Phillips Curve
In the Business Review: Output Gaps, Urban Productivity, the New Keynesian Phillips Curve
For immediate release
Contact: Katherine Dibling, Senior Media Representative, (215) 574-4119
Released today, the First Quarter 2011 Business Review includes these articles: "Output Gaps: Uses and Limitations," by Roc Armeneter; "Urban Productivity Advantages from Job Search and Matching," by Jeffrey Lin; and "Inflation Dynamics and the New Keynesian Phillips Curve," by Keith Sill. Also, the latest issue of Research Rap. (214 KB, 3 pages)
- The author defines the concepts of output and employment gaps and discusses why they are useful to economists, other researchers, and market participants.
- He also points out some of the limitations of output gap estimates for inflation forecasting and output stabilization.
- The article includes a sidebar on "Did Oil Prices Cause the Inflation of the 1970s?"
- Author: Roc Armenter
- Why do densely populated areas tend to be more productive? One explanation is that the concentration of workers, businesses, and households generates productivity advantages in the form of agglomeration economies.
- The author describes the evidence for agglomeration economies from job search and matching.
- The article includes a table on "Occupation Switching in Third District Metropolitan Areas, 2005-2009."
- Author: Jeffrey Lin
- The author discusses one prominent theory of how inflation is determined, as articulated by the New Keynesian Phillips curve.
- He also outlines some implications of the theory for inflation and economic activity and for monetary policy.
- The article includes a graph illustrating the relationship between inflation and unemployment from 1960-2008
- Author: Keith Sill
The Business Review, which is published quarterly, presents articles written by our staff economists that are aimed at readers with a general interest in economics. Topics covered include economic policy, banking, and financial and regional economics. It includes less technical articles written by economists in the Bank's Research Department. They are intended for a wide audience and often address timely economic issues.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia helps formulate and implement monetary policy, supervises banks and bank holding companies, and provides financial services to depository institutions and the federal government. It is one of the 12 regional Reserve Banks that, together with the Board of Governors in Washington, D.C., make up the Federal Reserve System. The Philadelphia Federal Reserve Bank serves eastern Pennsylvania, southern New Jersey, and Delaware.


Citizen Honors – Richard Fierro, 2023 Single Act of Heroism Award
Posted In: Video Library | March 22, 2023
Richard Fierro is selected for his singular act of heroism on November 19, 2022, when he charged through a chaotic crowd at a nightclub in Colorado Springs to stop an active shooter and strip him of his weapons, saving countless lives. Fierro’s courage reflects great credit upon himself, his family, and the state of Colorado.
Every year since 2007, a nationwide search is conducted to select five United States citizens and one organization to receive the Citizen Honors Awards. The Awards are one of the numerous ways the Congressional Medal of Honor Society fulfills its mission to promote the values embodied by the Medal: courage, sacrifice, integrity, commitment, patriotism, and citizenship.


Hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer
So I was back to work this week, which kind of stinks. It also stinks I didn't get as much reading done while I was off as I thought. I did however have a great week of books. I'm pretty excited about some of the books I have gotten and even though I didn't get any for Christmas (my family told me I have that department handled on my own) I got some books that I have been anxiously waiting for. January is a good month.
I was so excited about all of these. I've already read Interred as I'm participating in a blog tour at the end of the month and really enjoyed it. I pretty much hugged Apollyon when it came in the mail. Conveniently for my birthday and I enjoyed Glitch so I'm excited to read Override.
I admit it, I already have read Through the Ever Night. I couldn't wait, it would have killed me. I read it in a day though so I count it as not taking away from my other book reading time. :). I used some birthday cash to buy The Essence, how can you not love the cover.
Books from the Library:
So one of my offices is actually located inside a library although I don't check out books that often. Mostly because I like to own them and also because I'm so behind right now, I don't need to add to my tbr.
It's funny that I haven't read Beautiful Creatures yet and boy is that a big book. I actually recently joined an online book club (Geeks Who Read) and it just so happens to be the read for January. To make sure we are all up to date before the movie comes out next month.
Other things on the Blog this week;
The Collector Excerpt by Victoria Scott Make sure to stop by Victoria's page to vote on a possible cover change.
Authors Kindle Fire Giveaway
Wisteria Book Blast


York University Toronto, ON 2010 – 2015
Ph.D. History: “N-łḱwḱw-mín: Remembering the Fur Trade in the Columbia River Plateau”
Dissertation Supervisor: Dr. Carolyn Podruchny
Field Specializations: American History, North American Indigenous History, Canadian History
Boise State University Boise, ID 2008 – 2010
M.A. History: “Trading in Spirits: European Alcohol and the Indigenous Population of New France”
Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Barton H. Barbour
Montana State University Bozeman, MT 1999 – 2003
B.A. Modern Languages and Literatures, French Option
Minors: History and Native American Studies
AWARDS AND RESEARCH SUPPORT
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Connection Grant
L.R. Wilson Institute for Canadian History Postdoctoral Fellow, McMaster University
Susan Mann Dissertation Scholarship
Ramsay Cook Fellowship for Canadian History
Avie Bennett Historica Canada Scholarship (declined)
Ontario Graduate Scholarship
York University Faculty of Graduate Studies Research Cost Fund Award
Robert Cuff Fellowship for American History
York University Faculty of Graduate Studies Fieldwork Cost Fund Award
York University Faculty of Graduate Studies Graduate Development Fund Award
Ian Greene Award for Teaching Excellence (nominee)
York University International Tuition Fee Scholarship
York University Graduate Scholarship
Boise State University History Department Research Travel Award
Boise State University History Department Scholarship
J.T. Osborne Memorial Scholarship
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
“Seeing Themselves: Jean Barman’s French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest as a Resource for the Region’s People.” Journal of the Canadian Historical Association 27, no 2 (2016): 130-135.
Adcock, Tina, Keith Grant, Stacy Nation-Knapper, Beth Robertson, and Corey Slumkoski. “Canadian History Blogging: Reflections at the Intersection of Digital Storytelling, Academic Research, and Public Outreach.” Journal of the Canadian Historical Association 27, no 2 (2016): 1–39.
Carolyn Podruchny and Stacy Nation-Knapper, “Fur Trades.” Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History (November 2016). Accessed January 6, 2017, doi 10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.013.308.
“Shoes, Canoes, and Lives in Unexpected Archives: Searching in Fur Trade Ledgers beyond the Hudson’s Bay Company Archives.” Past Imperfect 19 (2016): 35-54.
“’Like putting birds in a cage’: Territory and the Troubled Life of a Spokane Oral History.” Pacific Northwest Quarterly 106 (Summer 2015): 120-38.
Review of Phantoms of the French Fur Trade: Twenty Men Who Worked in the Trade Between 1618 and 1758, vols. I, II, and III, by Timothy J. Kent. Ontario History (autumn 2016): 263-66.
Review of Pierre-Esprit Radisson: The Collected Writings, Volume 2, by Germaine Warkentin, Editor. Papers of the Bibliographical Society of Canada/Cahiers de la Société bibliographique 53 (2015): 303-305.
“Whose Canada150?: Listening beyond Colonial Narratives,” Au delà des frontières : La nouvelle histoire du Canada/ Beyond Borders: The New Canadian History, May 15, 2017, https://thenewcanadianhistory.com/2017/05/15/whose-canada150-listening-beyond-colonial-narratives/.
Labelle, Kathryn and Stacy Nation-Knapper. “Decolonize at the CHA,” ActiveHistory.ca, May 8, 2017, http://activehistory.ca/2017/05/help-needed-decolonize-1867-at-the-cha-attend-participate-join-us/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, contributions to 2016 “Twelve Days of Trouvailles” series:
“’Christmas Eve at Spokane House’: Imagining a Fur Trade Christmas,” Findings/Trouvailles (2016): December 5, 2016, http://www.champlainsociety.ca/christmas-eve-at-spokane-house-imagining-a-fur-trade-christmas/.
“The Conditional Gift of Reverend John West,” Findings/Trouvailles (2016): December 13, 2016, http://www.champlainsociety.ca/the-conditional-gift-of-reverend-john-west/.
“New Year’s Day in the Columbia District,” Findings/Trouvailles (2016): December 21, 2016, http://www.champlainsociety.ca/new-years-day-in-the-columbia-district/.
“The Revenant is Beautiful, Disappointing Art,” Active History, January 29, 2016, http://activehistory.ca/2016/01/the-revenant-is-beautiful-disappointing-art/.
“All the country around us is on fire,” The Otter ~ La Loutre, September 10, 2015, http://niche-canada.org/2015/09/10/all-the-country-around-us-is-on-fire/.
“Indigenous Perspectives on the Columbia River Treaty,” The Otter ~ La Loutre, June 9, 2015, http://niche-canada.org/2015/06/09/indigenous-perspectives-on-the-columbia-river-treaty/.
“’They have stolen our lands and everything on them’: A Century’s-Old Assertion of Indigenous Land and Resource Rights in the BC Interior,” The Otter ~ La Loutre, March 4, 2015, http://niche-canada.org/2015/03/04/they-have-stolen-our-lands-and-everything-on-them-a-centurys-old-assertion-of-first- nations-land-and-resource-rights-in-the-bc-interior/.
“Unearthing Columbia River Plateau Histories Through Environmental Assessment Reports,” The Otter ~ La Loutre, December 3, 2014, http://niche-canada.org/2014/12/03/unearthing-columbia-river-plateau-histories-through-environmental-assessment-reports/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. “Ten Books to Contextualize the Alberta Tar Sands.” Active History (2014): Available May 2014, http://activehistory.ca/2014/05/ten-books-to-contextualize-the- alberta-tar-sands/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. “Ten Books to Contextualize the Environmental History of Food and Agriculture in Canada.” Active History (2014): Available March 2014, http://activehistory.ca/2014/03/ten-books-to-contextualize-the-environmental-history-of-food-and-agriculture- in-canada/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. “Ten Books to Contextualize Canadian Fisheries.” Active History (2014): Available February 2014, http://activehistory.ca/2014/02/ten-books-to-contextualize-canadian-fisheries/.
“Kootenay Pelly and Spokane Garry: Indigenous Students at the Red River Mission School.” Findings/Trouvailles (2013): December 2013, http://www.champlainsociety.ca/findingstrouvailles/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. “Ten Books to Contextualize Global Warming.” Active History (2013): Available October 2013, http://activehistory.ca/2013/10/ten-books-to-contextualize-global- warming/.
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. “Nature’s Past: Part 3 – The Environmental Movement.” Canada’s History Magazine, 2013. http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Exclusive/Articles/Nature-s-Past-Part-3-The-Environmental-Movement
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. “Nature’s Past: Part 2 – Aboriginal Health and Environments.” Canada’s History Magazine, 2012. http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Exclusive/Articles/Natures-Past-Part-2-Aboriginal-Health- and-Envir
Stacy Nation-Knapper, Andrew Watson, and Sean Kheraj. “Nature’s Past: Part 1 – Global Warming.” Canada’s History Magazine, 2012. http://www.canadashistory.ca/Magazine/Online-Exclusive/Articles/Natures-Past-Part- 1-Global-Warming
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. “Episode 38: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part VIII – Tar Sands” Nature’s Past. 29 May 2013.Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. “Episode 37: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part VII – Agri-Food Systems, II” Nature’s Past. 5 May 2013.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. “Episode 36: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part VI – Agri-Food Systems, I” Nature’s Past. 31 March 2013.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. “Episode 35: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part V – Fisheries, Regulation, and Science” Nature’s Past. 28 February 2013.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. “Episode 34: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part III – The Canadian Environmental Movement II” Nature’s Past. 21 January 2013.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. “Episode 33: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part III – The Canadian Environmental Movement I” Nature’s Past. 27 November 2012.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. “Episode 32: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part II – Health and Environmental Issues in Aboriginal History” Nature’s Past. 29 October 2012.
Sean Kheraj, Stacy Nation-Knapper, and Andrew Watson. “Episode 31: Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues, Part I – Global Warming” Nature’s Past. 26 September 2012.
ACADEMIC TEACHING POSITIONS
Postdoctoral Fellow, Survey of Canadian History, Beginnings to 1885
2016 – present
Teach lecture-based course examining peoples, themes, and events in the area now called Canada during the fifteenth to nineteenth centuries. Focus on Indigenous and non-Indigenous reactions to social, environmental, economic, and political changes that defined this period, from contact and the early European colonial period to the experiment and fallout of Canadian Confederation, up to 1885.
Rochester Institute of Technology
2016 – present
Teach interdisciplinary course for first-year students to access campus resources, services, and opportunities to promote self-knowledge, leadership development, social responsibility, and life skills. Challenge and encourage first-year students to build relationships and support them in becoming an integral part of the campus community.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Introduction to Canadian Studies York University
2013 – 2014
Taught interdisciplinary, discussion-based tutorials at bilingual (French/English) campus in conjunction with Dr. Colin Coates’s course, Introduction to Canadian Studies. Course provided first- and second-year students basic knowledge of Canadian culture, history, literature, and fine arts from 1759 to the present. Responsible for leading tutorials, marking assignments, and providing bilingual (French/English) support and resources for students. Utilized Moodle academic software.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, United States History
2011 – 2012
Taught discussion-based tutorials in conjunction with Dr. Marc Egnal’s course, HIST 2600: United States History and periodically provided lectures. Course was an overview of American history from pre-colonial era to the present. Responsible for marking assignments for approximately fifty students, as well as providing support and resources to those students.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, The Impact of Europeans on the North American Environment
2010 – 2011
Taught discussion-based tutorials in conjunction with Dr. Carolyn Podruchny’s course for first-year students, HIST 1035: The Impact of Europeans on the North American Environment. Course examined environmental and cultural consequences of the European conquest of North America. Responsible for marking assignments for approximately twenty five students, as well as providing support and resources to those students.
Instructor, University Studies
Boise State University
2009 – 2010
Taught First Year College Transitions courses, using a discussion-based and group-driven approach, to introduce incoming students to university studies. Courses focused on developing academic skills, life skills, and behaviors necessary for success in a university setting. Utilized Blackboard Academic software.
Instructor, Bridge Program
Boise State University
2009 – 2010
Worked as a member of a team of instructors and peer mentors in the Bridge Program. Taught First Year seminar courses using a discussion and group-driven approach for incoming students who have demonstrated a need for Study Skill building. Courses focused on developing academic skills, life skills, and behaviors necessary for success in a university setting. Utilized Blackboard Academic software.
Teaching Assistant, United States History
Boise State University
2008 – 2009
Assisted Dr. Barton Barbour in lecture, with assignment and exam assessment for pre- and post-Civil War United States History survey courses, HIST 111 and HIST 112. Course examined American history from pre-contact era to present, with emphasis given to the development of the Union, expansion, the Civil War, growth of American business and the emergence of the nation to a world power.
LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE TO THE PROFESSION
Member of Council, The Champlain Society
2015 – present
Work to further the mission of the Society, to increase public awareness of, and accessibility to, Canada’s rich store of historical records through the publication of edited primary source materials, public presentations of historical research and promotion of historical works appreciated by the Society.
2016 – 2017
Collaborate with scholars, Indigenous community members, and institutions to organize annual field school for environmental historians that emphasizes the interdisciplinary nature of the discipline. The 2017 theme is Gender and Indigenous Landscapes of Southern Ontario.
Billeting Co-coordinator, Berkshire Conference of Women Historians
Solicited temporary housing for conference attendees, matched volunteers with attendees requiring a place to stay, and arranged for any accommodation requests that arose. Worked closely with co-coordinator, other conference volunteers, and conference organizers.
Teaching Assistant Certificate in Teaching, Teaching Commons at York University
Completed teaching methodology course accredited by the Staff and Educational Development Association to better assess student ways of learning, and to further develop professional and ethical teaching practices in the context of post-secondary education.
History Department Representative to the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council, York University
2013 – 2014
Represent History graduate students in monthly meetings of the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council. Report to FGS Council the concerns of the department and report to the Graduate History Students Association the FGS Council’s decisions and topics of discussion.
Member, Board of Directors, Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre at York University
2013 – 2014
Support and oversee operations of York University community childcare centre. Responsible for maintaining a healthy budget for the centre and ensuring the long-term operational requirements of the centre can be met.
Volunteer, American Society for Environmental History Conference
Aided in organization, set-up, and operation of annual conference of the organization. Unpacked and setup publisher displays, provided customer service and assisted authors during book signings, aided conference attendees with registration and negotiation of conference venue.
History Department Graduate Students’ Association Representative, York University
2011 – 2012
Acted as representative of History Department in monthly meetings of the GSA, voicing support or concerns to the organization. Reported back to the Graduate History Students’ Association the results of GSA meetings.
Member, International Student Committee, Canadian Union of Public Employees, York University
2011 – 2012
Acted as liaison between international graduate students and the union representing them. Organized information sessions and directed students to resources relevant to their concerns.
Treasurer, Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society, Boise State University
2009 – 2010
Managed finances of local Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society Chapter, organized fundraisers on campus and in larger scholarly community, including a book sale at the Idaho Council of History Education Conference. Successfully funded chapter trip to the Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional conference.
Research Assistant, “Not the Last of Their Tribes
2016 – present
Conduct research and data entry examining historical references to California Indigenous peoples under the direction of Dr. Boyd Cothran.
Conduct research and data entry determining occupations for all the members of the House of Assembly of the Province of Canada in 1865 under the direction of Dr. Colin Coates.
Research Assistant, “Mapping the Contours of Identity in the Trottier Brigade: Métis Mentalities and Materialities in Northwestern North America, 1780-1880”
2013 – 2015
Conducted research and data entry in support of research project funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Development Grant under the direction of Dr. Carolyn Podruchny, Principal Investigator on the project.
Contracted to construct the index for Dr. Boyd Cothran’s monograph, Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence, published by The University of North Carolina Press.
Research Team Member, Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies
2012 – 2014
Participated in community of interdisciplinary scholars disseminating information across a broad spectrum of topics relevant to Canadian Studies. Coordinated and hosted Indigenous history reading and writing group that comprises diverse scholars from the Toronto area. Presented research to other members of the research team when possible.
Indexer, University of Oklahoma Press
Contracted by publisher to construct the index for the edited collection, Contours of a People: Metis Family, Mobility, and History by Nicole St-Onge, Carolyn Podruchny, and Brenda Macdougall.
Graduate Research Assistant, Nature’s Past: Canadian Environmental History Podcast
2012 – 2013
Acted as production and research assistant for podcasts under the direction of Dr. Sean Kheraj. Performed audio recording and editing, HTML and XML coding, and used social media in disseminating information about the podcast series, which interviews historians of the Canadian environment and discusses relevant scholarship. Reviewed historiography, compiled bibliographies, prepared interviews, and published articles in Canada’s History magazine.
Contracted by author to construct the index for Douglas Hunter’s monograph, The Race to the New World: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, and a Lost History of Discovery, published with Palgrave Macmillan and Douglas & McIntyre.
Findings/Trouvailles Blog, Chair, Editorial Committee
2015 – present
Solicit, review, and edit submissions for monthly online Champlain Society blog featuring contributions by Champlain Society members that enhance understandings of Canadian history. Represent the publication to the public and work with editorial committee members to maintain healthy publication schedule and rigorous review of submissions.
Findings/Trouvailles Blog, Editorial Committee Member
2013 – 2015
Review, solicit, and edit submissions for monthly online Champlain Society publication featuring contributions by Champlain Society members that enhance understandings of Canadian history.
Left History Journal, Book Review Editor
2012 – 2013
Solicited and compiled book reviews and review essays for bi-annual scholarly journal featuring refereed articles examining the global history of the political left. Edited submissions, maintained mailing list database, and conducted mailings twice per year.
Left History Journal, Editorial Assistant
2010 – 2012
Assisted in publication of bi-annual scholarly journal featuring refereed articles examining the global history of the political left. Edited submissions, maintained mailing list database, and assisted in mailings twice per year.
Assistant Director, Academic Support Center
Rochester Institute of Technology
2016 – present
Supervise team of professional staff to provide Math/Physics and Reading support and Supplemental Instruction to undergraduate students. Responsible for implementation of two content-specific programs and supervision of five professional staff, multiple adjunct instructors, graduate assistants, and many undergraduate employees. Co- chaired taskforce to recreate first-year course for 3,000 incoming students.
Program Assistant, Academic Enhancement
Boise State University
2008 – 2010
Presented classroom and campus-wide workshops focusing on resources available to students. Aided the Assistant Director of Academic Enhancement with tutor management, processing statistics, producing various publications for Academic Enhancement.
Work Study Supervisor and Administrative Assistant, Honors Program, Women’s and Gender Studies University of Maine at Farmington
2006 – 2008
Supervised work study students in Women’s and Gender Studies and Honors programs. Aided in teaching discussion-based courses when regular instructors were absent. Assisted students with publication of annual magazine, acted as advisor to Honors Club, and aided in the production of annual Honors publication, Apropos.
November, 2017. Western History Association Annual Conference. San Diego, CA. Paper accepted: “Living History at Spokane House: Fur Trade Reenactments and Complicated Settler Identities.”
October, 2017. American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting. Winnipeg, MB. Paper accepted: “Meaning and Moose Muffles: Intersections of Colonialism and Indigeneity in a Uniquely North American Food.”
May, 2017. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. Toronto, ON. Workshop organizer and participant: “Decolonizing 1867: Stories from the People.”
May, 2017. Restorying Canada: Reconsidering Religion and Public Memory. Ottawa, ON. Paper presentation: “In Narratives of Canada’s Past, the Experiences of Indigenous Peoples…”
October, 2016. Western History Association Annual Conference. St. Paul, MN. Paper presentation: “’She was of mixed blood, far above the average’: Exploring Narratives of Fur Trade Family Identity.”
May, 2016. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. Calgary, AB. Round table participant: “Canadian History Blogging: A Conversation Between Editors.”
May, 2016. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. Calgary, AB. Round table participant: “Roundtable on Jean Barman’s French Canadians, Furs, and Indigenous Women in the Making of the Pacific Northwest, winner of the 2015 John A. Macdonald Prize from the Canadian Historical Association.”
May, 2015. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. Ottawa, ON. Paper presentation: “Feeling It: Sensory Experiences of the Nineteenth-Century Columbia River Plateau Fur Trade.”
October, 2014. American Society for Ethnohistory Annual Meeting. Indianapolis, IN. Paper presentation: “’They all stopped there to trade what they could’: Twenty-First Century Indigenous Memory and Commemoration of the Fur Trade.”
May, 2014. Canadian Historical Association/Société historique du Canada Annual Meeting. St. Catharines, ON. Paper presentation: “Playing the Part: Fur Trade Reenactors Interpreting the Past.”
February, 2014. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Paper presentation: “Sketching the Trade: Images of the Columbia River Plateau Fur Trade, 1840-2012.”
October, 2013. Western History Association Annual Conference. Tucson, AZ. Paper presentation: “’Like Putting Birds in a Cage’: Spokane Oral History, Territory, and Historical Research Methods.”
June, 2013. Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference. Saskatoon, SK. Paper presentation: “’When He Returned from Red River’: Spokane Garry’s Use of Fur Trade Networks.”
February, 2013. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Paper presentation: “David Thompson’s Map as Object and Icon.”
June, 2012. Western Canadian Studies Conference. Calgary, AB. Paper presentation: “Spokane House and Westernness: Intercultural Exchange and Historical Representations.”
February, 2012. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Paper presentation: “‘An Outdoorsy Look and Feel’: Appropriating the Fur Trade in Historical Representations of the West.”
February, 2012. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Panel Chair: “Oral History and the Reimagined Archive.”
February, 2011. New Frontiers Graduate History Conference. Toronto, ON. Paper presentation: “Hudson’s Bay Company Ledgers: Reading Culture in Economic Documents.”
April, 2010. Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference. Fairmont Hot Springs, MT. Paper presentation: “Remembering the Acadian Deportation.”
April, 2009. Phi Alpha Theta Northwest Regional Conference. Ellensburg, WA. Paper presentation: “Filles du Roi: The Misrepresented Mothers of Quebec.” Award finalist.
PUBLIC TALKS, RESEARCH SEMINARS, AND SPEAKERS’ SERIES (Invited to speak)
June, 2017. RUSH (Rochester U.S. Historians) Working Group: “In the Thick of It: Commemorating the Columbia Plateau Fur Trade from Within.”
November, 2016. McMaster Seminar on Higher Education: Canada@150: Panelist for discussion of “The Role of the Academy in Preserving an Accurate Record of a Nation’s History.”
March, 2016. History of Indigenous Peoples Network: “Everybody been here all the time: Late 20th-Century Assertions of Indigenous Sovereignty in the B.C. Interior.”
January, 2015. Remarks related to book launch for Boyd Cothran’s Remembering the Modoc War: Redemptive Violence and the Making of American Innocence.
May, 2014. Canadian History and Environment Summer School: “Walking Field Trip of York, Jane-Finch” with Tom Peace.
March, 2014. Environmental Historians of Southern Ontario Workshop: “Sen’k’lip, Salmon, and Inundation: Indigenous Experiences of Columbia River Plateau Hydroelectric Development.”
February, 2014. York Indigenous Peoples and Environments Series: “‘A Mutually Beneficial Partnership’?: Indigenous Experiences of Columbia River Plateau Hydroelectric Development.”
September, 2013. York @ U of T Lecture, Remarks to accompany paper by Dr. Boyd Cothran: “Memory, Colonialism, History.”
American Historical Association
American Society for Ethnohistory
Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
Western History Association
American Society for Environmental History
Canadian Historical Association – Société historique du Canada
National Council for History Education
The Champlain Society


In 2005-2007, Next Step Productions undertook research, writing, and production coordination of project that resulted in the 2008 publication Banning Landmines: Disarmament, Citizen Diplomacy and Human Security.
This 348-page book was edited by Mary Wareham, Stephen D. Goose (of Human Rights Watch) and 1997 Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams. It features contributions from a dozen diplomatic, legal, humanitarian, and civil society leaders. In April 2008, Banning Landmines was published by Rowman & and Littlefield.
Banning Landmines provides an array of perspectives on the current status of global efforts to eradicate landmines, nearly ten years since the successful establishment of the ground-breaking 1997 treaty prohibiting antipersonnel mines. It analyzes the positive and negative impacts of the enormously successful movement to ban antipersonnel mines. Banning Landmines looks at the avenues available to address human security challenges faced by civil society movements and multilateral diplomacy in a unipolar world.


I’ve joined a book club here in Beijing that is the two branches combined (not the Shunyi branch that is much further out). It’s mostly made up of women whose husband’s are working here (business, embassy, or teaching) or, there is a segment of the other branch that are Kennedy Center teachers somehow connected to BYU and teaching at Peking University (I think) for a few semesters at a time. This time we met on my side (west) of Beijing, but still much further north than I live. Instead of being an hour subway ride, it was only about 45 minutes.
Last year the book club focused a lot on books that westerners living in China should read. They didn’t want to overwhelm everyone by continuing with that pattern or rereading books so they gave us newcomers a list of books we should tackle while living in China. I thought I’d share the list with you. Several of these books are banned in China.
Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien Cheng
The People’s Republic of Amnesia: Tiananmen Revisited by Louisa Lim
My Tibetan Childhood: When Ice Shattered Stone by Naktsang Nulu
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China by Jung Chang
Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution by Ji-li Jiang
China Road: A Journey into the Future of a Rising Power by Rob Gifford


The fundamental idea of the Order of the Eastern Star is to be an organization composed of the female relatives of Masons. Therefore, in looking up its history, all organizations of female relatives of Masons must also be taken into consideration. However, as the history of Masonry itself is clouded in mystery, it is only logical that the history of the women’s organizations connected to it are as well.
The first reliable information on the subject of the organization of the women relatives of Masons seems to take us to what has been called “Androgynous Masonry” and “Adoptive Masonry.” The term “Androgynous” was simply a general term meaning of both “man” and “woman.”
The Adoptive Rite in Masonry was established in France in the mid-eighteenth century. It was called “Adoptive” because under its rules it was necessary for each Lodge to be placed under the charge of, and held under the sanction and warrant of, some regularly constituted Lodge. It must be noted that the ceremonies and rituals of these Adoptive Lodges were not similar to those of regular Masons, but need to be included as these Lodges consisted of both male and female members.
There have been numerous theories that suggest that the Adoptive Rite was brought over from France during Revolutionary times, but there seems to be no authentic history to substantiate this conclusion. It is more probable that some of the people who had knowledge of these ceremonies in Europe came to this country and used their knowledge to assist in forming some of the American organizations that preceded the formation of the Order of the Eastern Star.
O.E.S. Beginnings in America
It seems that during the first half of the eighteenth century, there was a demand for side degrees in Masonry, and many differing organizations were formed to meet this demand. Although some of these organizations are still in existence today, most faded in a relatively short period of time.
The history of the Order of the Eastern Star, as we know it today, has its roots in the ideas put forth by these preceding organizations. However, it began as a wholly separate entity in regards to its rites and rituals. Its history can be divided into three separate and distinct eras. The first era extended from 1850-1866 under the leadership of Dr. Robert Morris of Kentucky, the second era under Robert Macoy of New York, and the third era from 1876 to the present time.
As a Master Mason, Dr. Robert Morris was of the inclination that it would be nice to have a way for female relatives of Master Masons to share the benefits of knowledge and self-improvement that Freemasonry made available to men and to have a place in the Masonic Family that would allow men and women to participate together. Dr. Morris expanded upon this idea by founding the Order of the Eastern Star in 1850 by using beautiful and inspiring Biblical examples of heroic conduct and moral values.
Dr. Morris and his wife Charlotte worked on this idea of a Masonic fraternal Order for Master Masons and their female relatives for many years prior to the founding of the Order, but it was not until Dr. Morris was confined to his home from the effects of an accident that he fully developed the Eastern Start. During that time in 1850, Dr. Morris selected the Biblical heroines and the lessons and values of the Order. He then established the signs and passes, colors and emblems of the Order and defined the fundamental principles which have remained unchanged throughout the years. The first ceremony book for the Order was compiled and published under the title of “The Rosary of the Eastern Star.”
Between the years of 1850 and 1855 Dr. Morris focused his efforts on systemizing the Degrees and giving them a more organic form. In 1855, he inaugurated a short-lived “Supreme Constellation” and began issuing Charters to subordinate Constellations in many parts of the United Stated. This Supreme Constellation, being a self-appointed body lacked the legitimacy of regularly constituted Lodges and was discontinued in 1860. Although the constellation form of the organization was no longer in use, Dr. Morris continued his work from 1860 to 1866 by issuing various charters for “Families” within the organization. The “Family” style of the organization immediately preceded the current “Chapter” system later instituted, and many of the “Families” were in-fact reorganized into Chapters.
In 1866, Dr. Morris became associated with Mr. Robert Macoy, who took over the planning and organization of the Order of the Eastern Star, thus beginning the second era. In 1867 and 1868, Mr. Macoy compiled and published a Ritual, using Dr. Morris’ “Rosary” as a guide. This was the beginning of the organization of Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star in the United States as well as internationally. He immediately attempted to make the work more systematic and succeeded in adapting it to organized Chapters in such a way as to assure their success.
The Chapter system, together with the more friendly cooperation of Masonry itself, as well as other causes, began to mold the Eastern Star into a real Order. The Chapters began to unite in the different states, forming true general bodies composed of representatives of all of the local bodies. The first Grand Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star were organized in Michigan in 1867, and in Indiana in 1869, both of which grew from the Morris teachings. In next few subsequent years, all of the States where the Order had spread gradually met amongst themselves and organized their own Grand Chapters with varying degrees of success.
The aforementioned Grand Chapter of Indiana, after much trouble sustaining it-self, and many drawbacks, sent out an appeal in April 1876, requesting a General Council meeting to each of the other states’ Grand Chapters for the purpose of discussing the formation of a General Grand Chapter (GGC.) In November 1876, delegates from the various Grand Chapters met in Indianapolis and organized the first GGC. At this time there are Chapters in 46 states, 8 Canadian Provinces, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Bolivia, Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Italy that are Grand Jurisdictions joined by the GGC. It should be noted that the Grand Chapters of New Jersey and New York are not a part of the General Grand Council, and that Chapters in Hawaii and Alaska report directly to the GGC as there are no Grand Chapters within those states.
The current International Temple Headquarters for all of the Chapters and Grand Chapters throughout the O.E.S. world is located at 1618 New Hampshire Ave, NW, Washington, DC.
O.E.S. in Pennsylvania
A meeting was held on November 22, 1894 to organize the establishment the Grand Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star of Pennsylvania. This meeting was also considered the first session. At this initial meeting, only five chapters were represented. However, over the years, the popularity of the Order of the Eastern star in the state of Pennsylvania increased dramatically reaching its zenith in 1957 with a total of 535 separate Chapters throughout the state. Since that time the number of Chapters throughout the state has been in decline, but the dedication of the membership remains a strong pillar in the Masonic family of appendant bodies.
There have been many members of the General Grand Chapters leadership that have had their home Chapters located in Pennsylvania, and our state continues to be a strong component of the national Grand Chapter system.
O.E.S. Chapter No.392
The Gettysburg Order of the Eastern Star Chapter No.392 was Constituted on October 27, 1924, and has been striving to make a difference in the community ever since.


This Stately 7+1 Bedroom Home In Toronto's Coveted Neighbourhood Of Forest Hill Radiates Classic Charm! Built In 1916, The Home Has Maintained Its Arts & Crafts Architecture. Main Floor Displays Gorgeous Original Wood Trim, Wainscoting & Leaded Glass Windows. Family Room Overlooks The Backyard And Leads To A Large Eat-In Kitchen With Walk-Out To An Expansive Covered Porch. Second Floor Includes An Elegant Library Made Of Walnut Designed In The 1930S, A Primary Bedroom With Ensuite, And Three Spacious Bedrooms With Ample Closet Space. Third Floor Provides An Alternative Primary Bedroom With Walk-Out To A Balcony, And Two Additional Bedrooms. Basement Includes Walk-Out, Rec Room, Exercise Room, Bedroom And Storage. The Beautifully Landscaped 50'X181' Lot Includes Sprinkler System, Detached Double Garage, And Private Driveway.
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Summary : Paola’s Journey is the tale of the encounter between Monsieur Jacquot, a wise old man who travels the world, and Paola, a little girl in search of a lost smile. The old man and child begin a conversation from which emerge stories, tales, legends, and poems… like stopovers on the road of the imaninary world.


Summer 2017 Fuels Fix Ezine Now Available!
Centralina Clean Fuels Coalition is proud to see our article about the Sea 2 Shining Sea Natural Gas Vehicle Road Rally published by the Fuels Fix Ezine. The article, listed on page 12, gives some high-level perspective on a very successful event held with the help of co-sponsors, Agility Fuel Solutions! There is also a summary of the whole Road Rally on page 18. See link for access to the article and the full Fuels Fix Ezine. https://issuu.com/jgoverly/docs/fuelsfix_summer2017_pdf


The Inspiring Story of a Miracle Named Joel
by Joel Sonnenberg with Gregg Lewis, 2004
From the Publisher:
An inspiring story of tremendous tragedy and grief followed by the immense faith, hope and love of the Sonnenberg family. Its message is that no matter how tragic the circumstances in life, they can be overcome with a positive attitude and knowledge that God has a purpose for your life. With God’s love and strong support from family and friends, people can survive, even thrive, through life’s difficulties.
Joel Sonnenberg was only two years old when an 18-wheeler smashed into his family’s car. In the inferno that followed, he was burned on over 85 percent of his body. This is his story as only he can tell it.
Experience the world from Joel’s perspective as he takes you on a personal journey with more twists and turns than a Hollywood movie. It’s been a life of both great struggles and of tremendous achievement and honor. Yet Joel asserts, “I am just an ordinary person whom people find extraordinary.”
Be prepared to fall in love with a young man named Joel.


Feb 04, Judy rated it it was amazing. I read the complete series 3 books and really enjoyed it. I guess we all have to graduate from the School of Hard Knocks before we figure out who we really are! Iris and Lily certainly had some bumps in their paths but came out stronger because of it! Jul 25, Connie Bongiorni rated it it was amazing. I loved this book, loved the characters. Related to an Italian Catholic upbringing. Mar 25, Pam rated it did not like it. Iris and Lily is by Angela and Julie Scipioni.
This is a novel about two girls growing up. I did not like this book. I simply could not get into it. Mar 12, Anne rated it really liked it. Really enjoyed Book One. Switching between the two sisters was a great way to get perspectives of the family and kept me wanting to know what was coming next. Look forward to Books two and three. Oct 28, Nancyliz rated it liked it. I did not read this in one day. It took all summer plus September and October. I had a hard time getting into it, but it finally grabbed me. Got to have a conflict of some kind. This mom seemed particularly clueless.
The one successful marriage is traditional in a mid century way, with lots of maternal yelling and butting in, rigid but loving, so long as everyone plays their roles. Is it true that Italian families are seriously invested in their spaghetti sauce? I think many of us believed that dads from the past were excused from knowing their kids, and only expected chores and obedience. I will read the rest of the books in the series, just to see how things turned out. Apr 02, Diane rated it liked it.
This almost-six hundred page tome is the first in a trilogy about two Italian-American sisters who grow up in a large family in New York state in the 60s and 70s and in adulthood, one moved Italy and one stayed in the U. The book is written by two Italian-American sisters who grew up in a very large family in New York state in the 60s and 70s and in adulthood, one moved Italy and one stayed in the U.
I spent the first half of the book wondering just how autobiographical the book actually is This almost-six hundred page tome is the first in a trilogy about two Italian-American sisters who grow up in a large family in New York state in the 60s and 70s and in adulthood, one moved Italy and one stayed in the U.
I spent the first half of the book wondering just how autobiographical the book actually is and which sister was which. I have been unable to verify how closely the story of Iris and Lily follows the story of Angela and Julie but I am suspicious it is fairly close and perhaps enhanced with details from other similar families with which they were familiar. The story alternates between the two women, past and present and I found it difficult keeping the girls straight because they each don't have a clear persona.
Iris is older, luckier and more optimistic. Lily is younger, less fortunate and more pessimistic but other characteristics ebb and flow with the passage of time and at the whim of the author. I also had problems with their mother's situation who seems to have an unrealistically difficult time divorcing her husband in the s. Needed better editing and more distinct main characters. Apr 01, Barbara rated it really liked it. When I first started reading this book I found it boring, long and drawn out.
There was too much talk about nothing and too much detail. For example at one point there was a discussion about what type of cereal the girls would purchase with their coupons, which went on way too long. Who cares! Tell me more about the characters and their lives I wanted to scream out! Anyhow, I did not give up and continued and am glad that I did. The first part of the book contained many childhood antics and going When I first started reading this book I found it boring, long and drawn out. The first part of the book contained many childhood antics and going-ons that were somewhat interesting, and I was able to relate to them.
There were also some hardships in their lives and family turmoil - after all Iris and Lily were growing up in a family of 12 children, and this was bound to happen. Reading this story brought back memories of the s and 80s. There was humor, goofiness, sweetness, naivety, teenage issues, sisterly bonds, and lots of love in this story.
I truly began to enjoy this read! We did not learn much about the other brothers and sisters in the Capotosti family, which I found interesting. Perhaps this is because Lily and Iris were the closest in age and the other girls were older and left home before them. There was a section on the brother Henry, but we did not learn too much about him as a person or a child growing up. Anyhow, the main theme seemed to be based on the traditional Italian family whereby women were expected to marry, raise children and take care of their homes. The men were the providers.
If anyone strayed from this, they were gossiped about or put down. Feminism was in its early years during this time frame and it was interesting to read how this played out in this family. An interesting story that ended up being a really good read! I would love to read the next book in the series! Oct 22, Kathleen rated it really liked it. A novel about two sisters, who are the youngest girls of a family with 12 children.
They grew up poor and in a time where a woman's place was in the home a servant to her husband and sons. Their mother became involved in the woman's movement and decided she couldn't be a slave to her husband's home. One day she got up from the dinner table, told her husband she was leaving and walked out the door. The older girls in the family we out on their own by then so Iris and Lily were responsible for coo A novel about two sisters, who are the youngest girls of a family with 12 children.
The older girls in the family we out on their own by then so Iris and Lily were responsible for cooking, cleaning house, taking care of the three younger boys along with going to school. The book is set up with each girl telling how they saw and remembered what happened in their lives growing up.
The first book goes as far as the two of them getting married two years apart. This is the first book of three. Definitely reading the next book.
Iris & Lily: Book One (Iris & Lily, book 1) by Angela Scipioni and Julie Scipioni
Apr 15, Janet rated it really liked it. This book kept popping into feeds, which made me a little suspicious. I think someone is doing a really good job marketing through social media. But I succumbed to the advertising and read it last week. I was not enjoying the first part of the book; I found the family dynamics to be very off-putting, but as I got further into it, I increasingly liked the two main characters and the method they used for writing the book, i.
Although t This book kept popping into feeds, which made me a little suspicious. Although there were only 7 in our family, and we were much better off than their family, less strongly Catholic, and without a domineering father, I could still relate to the dynamics of growing up in the 50s, 60s, and 70s in a large, suburban Catholic family. I am looking forward to the next book in the series. May 01, Alexandra Tesluk rated it really liked it. I was really excited about the book and saved it for my vacation last month.
However, I found some of the scenes long-winded and boring. The 2nd book was better and had me rooting for both gals. So much went on in their lives I think if the series was edited into one book it would have fared better. I did enjoy many parts of it, memories of my childhood and teen years resurrected. I was happy to see how Lily and Iris handled their marr I was really excited about the book and saved it for my vacation last month.
I was happy to see how Lily and Iris handled their marriages - without spoiling it for anyone. I look forward to the new book!
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Jul 13, Cheryle rated it really liked it. I was disappointed in this book. I had read good reviews of it, but found it less than satisfying.
The story of the youngest daughters in a family of 12 children. At first the book focuses on their typical childhood in such a large family, but then the mother leaves her husband to become her own person. Can three hardheaded brothers come together to save the angel they love? Or will she be taken away? Sometimes life begins after you die. When her father suspiciously dies in an accident and her mother is brutally raped and murdered Lily has to fight for her life. When she is trapped by the man who murdered both her parents and threatens to do to her what he did to her mother Lily feels she has only one choice to avoid a fate worse than death.
Reborn to help others, Lily reappears time after time to help families in need only to die again once the families no longer need her. When Maggie hires Lily to be their new housekeeper sparks fly as the brothers and Lily learn that living and loving sometimes comes with no guarantees. When a madman targets Lily believing she has the knowledge to make him an immortal the men have to come together as a family to help save the woman they love.
Iris & Lily: Book One
Will they be able to save her and make her theirs or will she once again be taken away? Laying the brush down on the vanity, Lily pulled out a ragged journal, opening it up to a new page. Tonight all three brothers came together and talked. Allen has come so far in the past week. I will miss our quiet evenings together. Today I fixed up his bedroom upstairs as a surprise for him. He is so much stronger and getting stronger every day.
I could see the love he had for Caleb. Caleb was a surprise. Roald Dahl. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. The Bad Beginning. Lemony Snicket. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. Artemis Fowl. Eoin Colfer. Your review has been submitted successfully. Not registered? Forgotten password Please enter your email address below and we'll send you a link to reset your password. Not you? Forgotten password?
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Novellas are tough. They really are. This one falls somewhere between [a:Brigid Kemmerer|4629194|Brigid Kemmerer|http://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1345284537p2/4629194.jpg]'s brilliant Elemental series novellas (which really add to the richness of the world and characters, but you don't have to read them to enjoy the novels) and major misfires like [b:Undone|16089245|Undone (Unraveling, #1.5)|Elizabeth Norris|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1357684750s/16089245.jpg|21892569] and [b:The Queen's Army|16075962|The Queen's Army (Lunar Chronicles, #1.5)|Marissa Meyer|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349734763s/16075962.jpg|21871423], both of which follow side characters/love interests--but if you read them in the order recommended by the publisher (both are, like Glitter & Doom, numbered 1.5), they spoil MAJOR plot twists from the following novel. Such a weird choice. I cannot fathom why this is a thing that happens.So this novella doesn't spoil anything. It basically just fleshes out the events of [b:Masque of the Red Death|12924275|Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, #1)|Bethany Griffin|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1341716702s/12924275.jpg|15605716]. What it felt like, really (and I have no idea whether this is what happened), was that the author started writing [b:Dance of the Red Death|13599291|Dance of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, #2)|Bethany Griffin|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1349811814s/13599291.jpg|19190626] and realized that there are some major characters who got shortchanged a bit in book one, which really just told Araby's story. Here we're following April and Kent, the young scientist, and through them we learn a lot about Elliott, the short leg of the major love triangle of the series.It's worth reading, but it feels like an early draft. It's good for people (like me) who read A LOT of books and can't remember what happened in [b:Masque of the Red Death|12924275|Masque of the Red Death (Masque of the Red Death, #1)|Bethany Griffin|http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1341716702s/12924275.jpg|15605716] because we've read 350 other novels in the meantime--unless we (ahem) can remember THE ENTIRE BOOK UP UNTIL THE ENDING. So SOME of us will have to re-read the end of the first book anyway.And I will never stop being annoyed that the two pretty girls in this series are named April and Araby. BOTH have "A" names. Grrrrrr.


Studio B is one of the more
frequently utilized studios at the Talent 'Live' facility.
Offering not only 64 tracks of automated digital recording, it is located right next to the Midi Room, allowing for easy access to the digital audio library that is second to none in the Midwest.
High quality acoustics; top-notch equipment, and an intimate atmosphere all combine to not only produce the most professional sound available, but adds to a recording experience the artist will never forget.
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This dataset contains the results of Ulrich Rabenstein’s master thesis, in which he developed a framework for the detection of quantity expressions in STEM documents.
The content of this Dataset is licensed to SIGMathLing members for research and tool development purposes.
Annotations.zip: All quantity expressions detected by the spotter in a format suitable for the Kwarc Annotation Tool (KAT).
Documents.zip: The documents in which quantity expressions were searched. These are modified arXMLiv documents in which each word is wrapped by a
<span>. This was required by KAT to annotate words.
Harvest.zip: Data for math web search.
screen-reader-documents.zip: The documents prepared in a way that enables screen readers to read out units (“two kilometers” instead of “two k m” for “2km”).
The annotations are stored as RDF in a way suitable for the Kwarc Annotation Tool (KAT). For more information on KAT and the KAT format consider reading this and this paper. In the example annotation below,
describes the annotated quantity expression. URL-decoding the expression in the parentheses, we can obtain the three comma-separated XPaths
where the first path is the common parent, the second path is the start of the annotated range, and the third path is the end of the annotated range.
<rdf:Description rdf:nodeID="KAT_5764208381"> <kat:run rdf:nodeID="kat_run"/> <kat:kannspec rdf:nodeID="KAT_1_QuantityExpression"/> <kat:concept>QuantityExpression</kat:concept> <kat:type rdf:resource="http://kwarc.info/semanticextraction/KAnnSpec#quantityexpression"/> <kat:annotates rdf:resource="http://localhost/procl.html#cse(%2F%2F*%5B%40id%3D'S1.p10.1'%5D%2C%2F%2F*%5B%40id%3D'S1.p10.1.w270'%5D%2C%2F%2F*%5B%40id%3D'S1.p10.1.w272'%5D)"/> <kat:contentmathml rdf:parseType="Literal" score="1"> <apply> <times/> <cn>21</cn> <apply> <times/> <apply> <csymbol cd="Prefix">Prefix</csymbol> <csymbol cd="centi">c</csymbol> <csymbol cd="meter">m</csymbol> </apply> </apply> </apply> </kat:contentmathml> </rdf:Description>
According to the thesis, a manual validation of 50 randomly selected documents containing in total 646 quantity expressions yielded the following values:


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A Practical Guide to Payroll-Based Journal (F)
August 15, 2018 at 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT
SNFs began transmitting Payroll Based Journal (PBJ) information effective July 1, 2016; and CMS released that information to the public on November 1, 2017. PBJ data may come back to haunt some facilities, as it impacts Five-Star ratings. This session will explore the foundation and mechanics of the PBJ reporting system to assist SNFs in accurately and completely capturing reportable data.


The Gallery provides users with the opportunity to see the previous works from ceramists and institutions. Browsing through Gallery can give users an interactive experience that can take many forms. It serves the purpose of a connection between people and creators.
In the gallery, digitized photos and videos of hundreds of digitized ceramic objects from all over Europe with information on methods and techniques are shown here. All photos and videos are displayed in arrangements, where users can select the available categories to their liking that suits their interests, tastes, wishes, or preferences. Users are able to browse through all the objects at once as well as select only one object to be displayed. Photo and videos are stored in the different places under this toolbar.
To be able to go to Video Gallery and Virtual Gallery, hover the cursor to Gallery and both options will appear on the list at the drop-down menu. Videos that are here are made by ceramists and institutes. Ceramists and institutes are the contributors to the video content found on this website.
To search for a specific video, users can type the keywords that they are looking for in the search box under the toolbars. Otherwise, there are two categories, Main Categories and Forming Techniques, that are available in the sidebar menu on the left side to help users filter the videos. Ten sub-categories are available under the Main Categories, which are Artist/Designers, Clay Body Preparation, Decoration Techniques, Glazing Techniques, Firing, Mould Making, Experimental Techniques, Equipment, Ceramics Past and Present, and Exhibitions. Under the second category that is Forming Techniques, users can use the filter function to search for videos based on Throwing, Slipcasting, Hand Building, 3D Printing, and Other. These filter functions and categorizations allow users to navigate easily through the videos based on their classification or concepts.
Users can enjoy the photo collections of artworks from ceramists and institutions that are digitally displayed in the Virtual Gallery. The same step instructed for Video Gallery can be done to find a specific picture in Virtual Gallery. Simply type and search the keywords in the search box and the results will display the photos based on the search term. Six categories are listed in the sidebar menu on the left side, it provides users
to filter the artworks based on Artists/Designers, Manufactures/Workshop, Time Periods, Material, Forming Technique, and Decorating Technique. When clicking one of the objects, detailed information including name and description or story about the object is presented alongside other relevant photos of the object.
Video Gallery and Virtual Gallery allow users to not only see but also learn and get inspiration from the artworks displayed in these functions regardless of location and geographical boundaries. Moreover, users are able to browse through the objects and information that they find interesting, at a pace that meets their needs with the hope that it can make people more receptive to learning about ceramics.
Here are some links which inspired and contributed to this gallery
Want to know more about the Virtual Gallery? Let’s see here: https://www.ceramicsineurope.eu/virtual-gallery/


Welcome to our Alumni/ae Webpage. For official information, contact the Williams Alumni Office.
Great to see many of you, including Southwestern President Burger, at our Annual Reunions Math-Stats Faculty/Students/Alums Get-Together Saturday, June 14, 2014, 3:30-4:30 pm, Math-Stats Library. (Click on an image to enlarge it.)
Great to see many of you at our gathering at the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore Friday, January 17, following Colin Adams’s “Mathematically Bent Theater” the previous hour.


Reflections remembers the development of Sumter's education system and the construction of numerous schools attended by local students. The author used historic data retrieved from The Sumter Item archives. An article written by John Mitchell in the …
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Reflections remembers the development of Sumter's education system and the construction of numerous schools attended by local students. The author used historic data retrieved from The Sumter Item archives. An article written by John Mitchell in the 65th Anniversary-Progress Edition in 1959 also made extensive use of the writings of Dr. Anne King Gregorie and Cassie Nicholes. Due to the length of the data used, a degree of editing was required. This is part three in a series; read the first two parts at www.theitem.com. Parts four and five will appear at a later date.
"During the 1870s, public schools in Sumter developed rapidly, with a White Girls School, White Boys School, Black Girls School and Black Boys School (Lincoln School)." In 1908, Morris College began what was known as Morris College High School. It featured a rigorous curriculum for young Black males and females from the community. Students who attended the school were also allowed to board on the Morris campus. Morris College High School had a highly respected academic program which served the Black students for a number of years.
"The first superintendent of the city schools was J. B. Duffie of Columbia, a graduate of Union College. He resigned in 1895 and was succeeded by S. H. Edmunds, a graduate of Davidson College and a former assistant principal of the Sumter High School Department. His first assistant, D. L. Rambo, received $60 a month, while the seven women teachers got $35 a month each."
"In the fall of 1896, Miss Linnie McLaurin was elected as an additional assistant. She resigned the following spring but returned in 1906 as a seventh-grade teacher, and when the Girls High School was built in 1917, she became principal, a position she held for 20 years. When death ended Dr. Edmunds' career in 1935, she became acting superintendent until March 1, 1936."
"The 40 years of Dr. Edmunds' administration brought many changes and tremendous growth and development in the Sumter city schools. At the time of his death, enrollment was 3,898 pupils with 92 teachers and property valued at $417,950."
Between 1891 and 1937, graduates of the high school totaled 2,632. Since then, the school system has continued to grow in step with the population.
Superintendents since Dr. Edmunds have been W.F. Loggins, William Henry Shaw, E. R. Crow, James D. Blanding, John L. Southwell and Dr. L. C. McArthur.
Until 1952, schools in the county functioned under the county superintendent of education. After consolidation of the rural schools, Dr. Hugh T. Stoddard, a former coach and principal of Boys High, was named superintendent of District 2, rural schools.
Buford S. Mabry would become superintendent of county schools.
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Jane Griner remembers the impact Jester made in the 1960s: For many of us the racial turmoil was distant and confusing. The segregation of the south was foreign, and the more subtle racism was sliding by unnoticed by many of us. There was no Black History Month, no black studies in school, little mention of the contributions and accomplishments of this part of 9our population. But all of us listened as Jester Hairston told stories. As he taught us about pronunciation he told us where in Africa these people had come from, the kind of work they were being forced to do when they sang, the origin of the rhythms, and the stories of hardship, family, work and loss. We learned the messages of the underground railroad embedded in the songs. We began to hear the pain, struggle and longing in these Spirituals.


SISA is presenting a Book Club where clients can read a book together. A Book Club is a great opportunity to practice reading, writing, and meeting new friends.
January 25th to February 29th (no class on February 22nd)
Thursdays 6:30pm – 7:30pm
Meet in the Saamis Immigration main office Boardroom.
To register for the Book Club, please call or email the contact information on the poster.


This year, as in other years, it’s happened a day or two before December 25, and now I’m scrambling to join the Christmas cheer. This is the story…
I’d recently finished reading Margaret Starbird‘s Magdalene’s Lost Legacy: Symbolic Numbers and the Sacred Union in Christianity. Another of her books about Mary Magdalene, The Woman with the Alabaster Jar: Mary Magdalen and the Holy Grail, was a major inspiration when I was writing The Woman’s Belly Book, so intrigue led me to read more of her work.
In Magdalene’s Lost Legacy, Starbird presents the system of number-coding called gematria, how it figures in the writings of early Christians, and what it means for understanding Mary Magdalene and the return of the Sacred Feminine to Western culture.
These subjects are, of course, intricate and deep. Here’s how I’ve rolled them into this year’s Christmas card — and how they’ve spiralled into the Source Energy, the pro-creative power, dwelling within our body’s center:
What’s gematria? The way I’m understanding it, gematria is an ancient practice that links mind to spirit by relating letters to the vast significance of number.
Greek and Hebrew alphabets imbue each letter with a numerical value. Summing the numbers assigned to each of the letters in a word reveals another number, another dimension of meaning, another connection to human experience.
The Greek word for “dove” is peristera, written περιστερα, with these numerical values:
These Greek letters spelling “dove” add to 801. The number 800 corresponds to the Greek omega (Ω); the number one corresponds to alpha (α). With gematria of 801, the dove is the “Alpha and Omega,” the unity of beginning and end. Reaching from first to last, it is completion, fulfillment.
What’s more, the sum of the numerals comprising 801 is 9, a trinity of threes, the epitome of three.
Three carries the significance of the circle, the unconditional acceptance that encompasses both this and that. Three enfolds dualities into one wholeness: the Sacred Marriage yields the Divine Child.
For the early Greeks, the dove signalled the presence of Aphrodite, embodiment of love and beauty — she who brings life, death, and peace to the world. Early Christians understood the dove to signify Sophia, Holy Wisdom; they later adopted the dove as sign of the Holy Spirit.
The gematria of “Holy Spirit” (το αγιον πνευμα) is 1080. That same number, its numerals adding to nine, is the measure of the moon‘s radius in miles. Given numbers one, eight, and nine, gematria links Holy Spirit with moon, goddess, Sophia, the feminine — and with the dove.
In this light, the dove (801) coming to rest upon Jesus’ shoulder at his baptism in the River Jordan heralds the descent of the Holy Spirit (1080) — Sophia — into his nature. Indeed, early Gnostic Christians understood Sophia to be incarnate in the dove sparking Mary’s pro-creative power to birth Jesus as the child of Holy Wisdom.
Pro-creative power, yes.
That’s what more or less fits into a Christmas greeting. For the illustration, I filled the dove with a pattern of Chinese spirals and sent her flying over a shrine in which doves perch atop three pillars. This miniature clay shrine, found in Knossos, Crete, dates to 2000 years before the birth of Jesus.
What about those pillars?
As the Rite for Reconsecrating Our Womanhood was developing, I called number 13 in this sequence of belly-energizing exercises “Stretch Up/Press Down,” describing its way of tracing a vertical axis. As I did with each of the 23 moves in the sequence, I paired this gesture with an ancient artifact conveying a sense of the Sacred Feminine. In this case, I paired the move with an image of pillar, recalling Sophia’s “pillars of wisdom”:
Wisdom has built her house,
She has hewn out her seven pillars…
— Proverbs 9:1
I made a clay replica of the three-pillar shrine presented in Elinor Gadon’s The Once and Future Goddess. (For more detail, see the color photograph of the original, displayed at Greece’s Heraklion Archaeological Museum, here.) I also sketched the shrine as a line drawing.
Still, pillars are powerful phallic emblems, and doves perched upon pillars show us something about the Sacred Marriage. Indeed, there’s a lot of Sacred Marriage going on this season:
The shaft of light at the dawn of winter solstice penetrating deep into the dark of Neolithic earthworks such as the tomb at Newgrange, County Meath, Ireland. The Hebrew Shekinha — the word’s Semitic root refers to birds nesting — partnering Yahweh. The virgin Mary partnering Deus. The prelude to Mary Magdalene, understood by early Gnostic Christians as an incarnation of Sophia, partnering Jesus.
Maybe next year I’ll be writing a post titled “Sex and the Santa Claus.”
Helen Gurley Brown, Sex and the Single Girl
Joseph Campbell, “The Mystery Number of the Goddess”in In All Her Names: Explorations of the Feminine in Divinity
Elinor Gadon, The Once and Future Goddess
Marija Gimbutas, The Language of the Goddess
Margaret Starbird, Magdalene’s Lost Legacy: Symbolic Numbers and the Sacred Union in Christianity
Barbara Walker, The Woman’s Dictionary of Symbols & Sacred Objects
Barbara Walker, The Woman’s Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets


More than 30 Trusteeship members and guests learned fascinating facts about Albert Einstein when we visited the Einstein Papers Project at Caltech. Thanks to Trusteeship member and Caltech professor Frances Arnold, we were given an insight into the scope and value of the project, one of the most ambitious scholarly publishing ventures undertaken in the history of science.
Trusteeship President Diana Ingram opened the program with a warm “thank you” to Frances for facilitating the event and Frances then introduced her friend and colleague Diane Kormos-Buchwald, Caltech professor of history and director and general editor of the Einstein Papers Project. Diana immediately brought her famous subject to life through photos and excerpts of his writings. Einstein spent three winters at Caltech (1930-1932).
In cooperation with Princeton University Press and the Albert Einstein Archives at Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Diana and her staff are compiling The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein which provides the first complete picture of his massive written legacy and now covers Einstein’s life and work up to his 44th birthday. To date 13 volumes have been published; the completed project will include 25 volumes.
The evening concluded with dinner at The Athenaeum, where Diana graciously took questions and entertained us with more anecdotes about Albert Einstein, the instantly recognizable figure whose insatiable curiosity and brilliant mind changed the world.


"Bagels Over Berlin" is a documentary film that focuses on the Jewish veterans of the United States Army Air Corps who fought in World War II, with their stories told by the men themselves.
The project began five years ago when my wife's 90 year-old uncle Donald Katz (who served as a nose gunner on a B-24 bomber) came to our home for dinner and began to tell us stories about his service in the Air Corps and the bombing raid over the Ploesti oil fields in eastern Romania. We sat in total silence as he spoke about the war. His children had never heard him describe his service nor had his wife; over the years no-one had asked him to revisit the horrors he experienced. He quietly returned home at the conclusion of the war, hung up his uniform and enrolled at Ohio State University. Now, in what were his last years on earth, Donald 'opened up' about his service and shared his wartime experiences. He died at the end of 2018 at the age of 95.
I recorded video of Donald for the benefit of his grandchildren and he strongly suggested I reach out to his childhood friend Irwin Stovroff who had a powerful POW story to share. (Irwin was shot down on his 35th mission - the final mission that would have qualified him to go home.) The idea of producing a documentary began to percolate since I had now stumbled upon all the necessary elements of a good historical documentary - 'a good story, a cool sounding title and access to several of the participants.' I knew I could find the necessary 'B-roll' to illustrate the spoken word with authentic photos and movie footage. For the interviews I received referrals to Air Corps veterans living in my home base in South Florida as well as Pennsylvania, Arizona, New York and my old hometown of Buffalo. I amassed many hours of interviews as I flew around the country. Only one veteran turned down a request to appear in the film, explaining that it was still too raw an emotion for him to speak about even after 75 years.
I was careful about whom I accepted for the project - wanting only nonagenarians who were both lucid and eloquent. I was looking for men with sharp minds and who maintained a sense of humor as I was trying to avoid dwelling on sadness and loss. Instead, my goal was to focus on danger, comradeship, survival but also any of the war's 'lighter' moments they might recall so as to present a well-rounded story of brave men at war.
They described what it was like knowing they could be shot out of the sky at any moment with a resultant fall of 30,000 feet to their death. An example I was told that I cannot forget was of a tail gunner in a B-17 who was astonished when he saw the tail section of another bomber falling earthward - passing within 50 feet from his position. The doomed tail gunner was trapped in his compartment which had been torn from his B-17 flying above. Unable to escape his fate, the eyes of the two men met for a brief moment while they instinctively exchanged salutes. An image seared forever into the memory of the survivor was of the doomed tail-gunner maintaining a serene expression even knowing his life was about to end.
My focus was originally for the film was on the air war, not specifically about Jewish participants. However, I had a number of Jewish flyers on film and after a discussion with my brother, I began to realize that during the 1930's, when these boys were growing up - Jews in America were regarded as mostly poor, recent immigrants whose loyalty to America in a European war was questioned. Concentrating on the stories of Jewish American war heroes (Donald, Irwin and many of their wartime buddies were Jewish) appealed to me especially after I learned that Jews comprised a larger percentage of the armed forces in WWII than their share of the population. Despite a history of exclusion and discrimination in the 1920's and 1930's - Jews responded to the Japanese sneak attack on their homeland with an overwhelming determination to fight for the country they loved. They served in impressively large numbers; I found no ‘culture of avoidance’ of military service by Jewish men which was in sharp contrast to the prevailing stereotype. Furthermore, a high percentage of Jews who served had volunteered for the Air Corps— the branch of service known for experiencing the highest mortality rate of all the services in the war.
Between 2014 - 2017 I filmed more than 30 interviews with Jewish veterans of the war, followed by extensive editing. To control the mounting costs I did much of the the work on the film myself - camera, audio, research, writing, editing and narration. Several others gave their time and talent and organizations such as veterans groups and military museums allowed me to use their historical footage. If I couldn't find a particular image or scene for the film, I paid to acquire it from film archives. The costs were high but I considered them to be necessary.
I have been thrilled by the wonderful reception the film has received from audiences around the country where it has screened at film festivals, community centers, commercial theaters, synagogues, and residential communities. The film was also broadcast by PBS in the Buffalo and Toronto markets. One of my most memorable and satisfying experiences has been accompanying the men, surrounded by their families and friends, receiving the love and overwhelming appreciation of audiences at screenings. The vets were proud to contribute their personal stories and I am particularly pleased that the film was completed in time for all the participants to experience the tremendous reception it has received. They shared their war stories for future generations who will remember them not only as proud veterans but also as the young and loyal men they were who fought to save our democracy. Not surprisingly but sadly, many of the men have by now passed away since the first screening of the film. I will never forget any of them - American heroes all, wonderful men and my friends. Click on the 'Photos' tab above to see pictures of the opening night.
The following is a copy of an email from an audience member at one of the first screenings (in Boone, NC). She was writing to a friend to encourage her to see the movie and thought I would like to read it. The letter gave me tremendous satisfaction that I had achieved my goals in producing the film.
I received permission to reproduce the letter here:
Yesterday I was treated to a moving and occasionally humorous documentary that was filmed in Florida but [partially] edited at Appalachian State University here in Boone. The film maker Alan Feinberg was in attendance as was one of the cast members, a 90 year old WW II Jewish Airman. The film features 18 Jewish men who flew bombing mission after mission in the European theater of the war. One of them was a POW in Germany and each one has a riveting story to tell. The peril, the pathos, the comradery, the anti-Semitism they faced, the funny incidents they remember merge to make a compelling, heart-stopping and often heart-warming film. All of these men are in their 90’s and Alan wanted to capture these memories NOW. They all are articulate and tell the stories so very well. Hannah dear, I remember those war days when people said the Jews would never fight for their country-well this film refutes that idea beautifully! The film is titled Bagels Over Berlin …and the reason for the title is revealed in the film. The film runs about an hour and ten minutes-and perhaps Alan, the film-maker, would come down from Palm Beach County for Q&A as he did here yesterday. He was very engaging and accessible. Our overflow audience loved every minute of the film and the discussion as well.
Alan Feinberg 9/11/19


Classic NZ Mountain Bike Rides
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Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike Rides - 7th Edition
By Jonathan Kennett, Simon Kennet & Paul Kennett
The seventh edition of New Zealand?s mountain biking ?bible? has been fully revised and includes countless new rides along with all the ?must do? classics from previous editions. This is the definitive guide to off-road riding in Aotearoa with detailed descriptions of over 300 rides complete with route information and level of difficulty.
Simon, Jonathan and Paul Kennett have been exploring New Zealand by mountain bike since the 1980s. They organise events, write books, and design tracks around the country. Having also ridden and raced around the world, they know world-class tracks when they see them ? right here in New Zealand.
- 416 pages of mountain biking inspiration
- maps, elevation charts, photos
- distance from nearest main centre
- difficulty grade; from beginner to extreme
- Ratings; from lousy thumbs down to world class 4 star rides
- Route description
- maps needed
- elevation charts
- Track conditions
- Other users
About the Kennet Brothers
The Kennett Bros consists of three brothers; Paul, Simon and Jonathan.
They've been working together since 1993 when they wrote and published the second edition of their best selling guidebook Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike Rides. They had so much fun producing the book that they decided to form a business partnership.