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Center fielder Andrew McCutchen has the most hits in the National League in June.
METS (30-32, fourth place/NL East) vs. PITTSBURGH PIRATES (30-31, fourth place/NL Central)
Friday: RHP Dillon Gee (6-0, 3.33) vs. RHP Charlie Morton (6-2, 2.52), 7:05 p.m. ET
Saturday: RHP R.A. Dickey (3-6, 4.04) vs. RHP James McDonald (3-4, 4.97), 7:05 p.m. ET
Sunday: LHP Chris Capuano (4-6, 4.86) vs. RHP Kevin Correia (8-4, 3.64), 1:35 p.m. ET
Monday: RHP Mike Pelfrey (3-4, 5.35) vs. LHP Paul Maholm (2-7, 3.39), 7:05 p.m. ET
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• Despite ex-Yankee Jeff Karstens tossing seven scoreless innings Thursday, the Pirates lost to Arizona, 2-0, on Thursday and slipped back under .500. Pittsburgh was bidding to have a winning record in June for the first time in 12 years, since the Pirates were managed by Gene Lamont in 1999 and ultimately finished 78-83 thanks to getting swept by the Mets in a three-game series at Shea Stadium to finish the season. Reliever Chris Resop surrendered the decisive two-run homer in the eighth to Chris Young as the Diamondbacks avoided the sweep.Charles LeClaire/US Presswire
Closer Joel Hanrahan is perfect in save chances this season.
• Catcher Chris Snyder is scheduled to undergo surgery Friday to address a herniated disc in his lower back. The loss of Snyder comes on the heels of Ryan Doumit fracturing his left ankle last month. The top minor league option, Jason Jaramillo, is out with an elbow injury. The Pirates are shopping for catching help, and for now are using a combination of Dusty Brown and Wyatt Toregas, who have a collective 39 games of major league experience. The Tribune-Review speculates the Pirates will put in a waiver claim on Jake Fox, who has been designated for assignment by the Baltimore Orioles.
• Third baseman Pedro Alvarez, who has not appeared with the Pirates since May 19 because of a strained right quadriceps, had a recurrence of trouble during an extended spring training game this week and is not close to returning. Rookie Josh Harrison and ex-Angel Brandon Wood have split time at the position in Alvarez's absence. The Pirates also are without Steve Pearce (strained right calf), who had started six games at the position this season. Harrison's major league debut came May 31 against the Mets, with his first career hit off R.A. Dickey.
• Left fielder Jose Tabata (.254, 3 HR, 12 RBI) is playing through a left thumb injury. He nonetheless matched a career high with four hits Wednesday.
• Pittsburgh starting pitchers have a 3.58 ERA, which ranks fourth in the National League, behind San Francisco (3.15), Atlanta (3.24) and Philadelphia (3.29).
• After going most of the season with only one left-handed reliever, Pittsburgh promoted Tony Watson to join fellow southpaw Daniel Moskos in the bullpen. Left-hander Joe Beimel is on the disabled list with elbow inflammation.
• Neil Walker leads major league second basemen with 40 RBIs.
• Center fielder Andrew McCutchen, who has drawn rave reviews from Mets manager Terry Collins for his hard-nosed play and hustle, leads National League players in hits in June with 16. He is hitting .500 with a homer and seven RBIs in 32 at-bats this month. McCutchen produced a walk-off homer in the 12th inning Wednesday against Arizona's Zach Kroenke.
• Pittsburgh selected UCLA right-hander Gerrit Cole with the first overall pick in the draft.
• Closer Joel Hanrahan is 15-for-15 in save opportunities this season. Hanrahan has allowed only two earned runs in his past 21 1/3 innings.
• Ronny Cedeno has played 44 straight error-free games at shortstop. It is the longest streak by a Pirates shortstop since Jay Bell went 46 straight games without an error in 1996.
Gee vs. Pirates (career: 1-0, 2.08 ERA)
Chris Snyder .600, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 6 PA
Garrett Jones .333, 2 K, 6 PA
Ronny Cedeno .333, 1 RBI, 6 PA
Lyle Overbay .333, 3 PA
Neil Walker .250, 2 BB, 6 PA
Jose Tabata .167, 2 K, 6 PA
Andrew McCutchen .000, 3 K, 6 PA
Matt Diaz .000, 1 BB, 3 PA
Brandon Wood .000, 1 K, 2 PA
Dickey vs. Pirates (career: 1-1, 3.33 ERA)
Pedro Ciriaco 1.000, 1 PA
Andrew McCutchen .333, 2 BB, 3 K, 8 PA
Garrett Jones .286, 1 K, 7 PA
Jose Tabata .200, 1 BB, 7 PA
Ronny Cedeno .167, 2 K, 6 PA
Neil Walker .167, 2 RBI, 1 K, 6 PA
Lyle Overbay .100, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 12 PA
Chris Snyder .000, 1 BB, 1 K, 6 PA
Dusty Brown .000, 3 PA
Brandon Wood .000, 1 RBI, 2 PA
Matt Diaz .000, 1 K, 2 PA
Xavier Paul .000, 1 K, 2 PA
Capuano vs. Pirates (career: 3-7, 6.54 ERA)
Andrew McCutchen .750, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 5 PA
Chris Snyder .714, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 3 BB, 10 PA
Matt Diaz .462, 1 RBI, 1 K, 14 PA
Lyle Overbay .333, 1 RBI, 1 K, 3 PA
Jose Tabata .286, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 7 PA
Neil Walker .286, 1 K, 7 PA
Garrett Jones .167, 2 K, 6 PA
Ronny Cedeno .150, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 21 PA
Pelfrey vs. Pirates (career: 3-1, 5.28 ERA)
Xavier Paul .600, 2 RBI, 6 PA
Andrew McCutchen .500, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 14 PA
Garrett Jones .500, 1 BB, 3 PA
Chris Snyder .375, 3 BB, 2 K, 11 PA
Ronny Cedeno .333, 1 RBI, 1 K, 9 PA
Matt Diaz .273, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 2 K, 13 PA
Neil Walker .182, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 K, 11 PA
Jose Tabata .000, 1 BB, 1 K, 8 PA
Lyle Overbay .000, 3 PA
Dusty Brown .000, 1 BB, 1 K, 3 PA
Morton vs. Mets (career: 0-0, 2.08 ERA)
Ruben Tejada 1.000, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 5 PA
Angel Pagan .833, 1 RBI, 1 K, 6 PA
Daniel Murphy .500, 4 PA
Carlos Beltran .333, 1 BB, 1 K, 4 PA
Justin Turner .333, 4 PA
Jason Pridie .333, 1 K, 3 PA
Josh Thole .200, 5 PA
Jose Reyes .000, 4 PA
Willie Harris .000, 1 K, 4 PA
Scott Hairston .000, 3 PA
McDonald vs. Mets (career: 0-1, 3.63 ERA)
Daniel Murphy .667, 1 K, 3 PA
Angel Pagan .444, 1 BB, 10 PA
Jose Reyes .333, 1 K, 7 PA
Jason Bay .333, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 4 PA
Josh Thole .167, 2 BB, 1 K, 8 PA
Carlos Beltran .111, 2 BB, 1 K, 11 PA
Ruben Tejada .000, 1 RBI, 1 K, 5 PA
Nick Evans .000, 1 BB, 3 K, 4 PA
Justin Turner .000, 3 PA
Scott Hairston .000, 1 K, 1 PA
Ronny Paulino 1 BB, 1 PA
Correia vs. Mets (career: 2-3, 2.95 ERA)
Ronny Paulino .750, 1 BB, 5 PA
Angel Pagan .500, 1 RBI, 4 BB, 1 K, 10 PA
Ruben Tejada .500, 2 RBI, 2 PA
Carlos Beltran .444, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 1 K, 10 PA
Daniel Murphy .333, 1 K, 9 PA
Willie Harris .267, 3 K, 15 PA
Jose Reyes .231, 2 RBI, 2 K, 13 PA
Jason Bay .000, 1 BB, 3 K, 7 PA
Justin Turner .000, 3 PA
Maholm vs. Mets (career: 3-3, 5.15 ERA)
Daniel Murphy 1.000, 3 RBI, 2 PA
Carlos Beltran .471, 2 HR, 6 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 21 PA
Nick Evans .444, 1 RBI, 2 BB, 11 PA
Angel Pagan .400, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 BB, 2 K, 17 PA
Jose Reyes .364, 3 RBI, 1 K, 22 PA
Ronny Paulino .333, 1 RBI, 9 PA
Justin Turner .333, 3 PA
Scott Hairston .286, 2 BB, 9 PA
Ruben Tejada .200, 2 RBI, 5 PA
Jason Bay .000, 1 BB, 3 PA
Last series results
Mets split, 2-2, at Citi Field, May 30-June 2 (AP game recaps)
Mets 7, Pirates 3: Josh Thole hit a tiebreaking double in the seventh inning and the depleted New York Mets, playing with a makeshift lineup minus Jose Reyes, beat the Pittsburgh Pirates. Dillon Gee (5-0) pitched seven solid innings, striking out a career-high eight in the rookie's latest impressive outing. The Mets banged out 15 hits against starter Charlie Morton and the Pirates. This time, New York did its damage with only three regulars in the lineup for the opener of a four-game series. Reyes was placed on the bereavement list earlier in the day and left fielder Jason Bay was given a planned day off. The only regular starters in the lineup were Thole, Carlos Beltran and Angel Pagan. Third baseman David Wright and first baseman Ike Davis are on the disabled list. No problem, apparently. Daniel Murphy had three hits for the second consecutive day, while Pagan and fill-in shortstop Ruben Tejada also had three singles apiece. Chris Snyder hit a two-run homer in the second inning for the Pirates, who dropped to 0-8 at Citi Field. Snyder helped give back those runs, however, with a pair of passed balls in the bottom half. With the score tied at 3, Beltran drew a four-pitch walk from Daniel McCutchen (1-1) to start the seventh. Murphy followed with a single and, one out later, Thole doubled home both runners with a drive to deep right-center. The young catcher clapped his hands after rounding first base, and the Mets had a 5-3 lead. McCutchen entered with a 0.40 ERA, the lowest among NL relievers. Jason Isringhausen pitched a perfect eighth and Francisco Rodriguez worked a scoreless ninth with help from Pagan, who made a terrific catch just in front of the fence to rob Neil Walker of extra bases. Gee allowed three runs and five hits while walking none in a matchup of young starters. The right-hander retired nine in a row after Snyder's homer, including five straight strikeouts, and did not allow a ball out of the infield before Ronny Cedeno's one-out single in the fifth. Morton went six innings, giving up 11 hits but only three runs (one earned).
Pirates 5, Mets 1: Josh Harrison's first major league hit prompted hugs from his teammates. The second one helped them win a game. Harrison stroked a tying single with two outs in the eighth inning off gritty starter R.A. Dickey, and Neil Walker put Pittsburgh ahead with a two-run single that sent the Pirates past the Mets. Making his big league debut, Harrison also singled in the third inning for his first career hit, and the ball was tossed into the Pittsburgh dugout to be saved as a souvenir. Generously listed at 5-foot-8, Harrison was called up from the minors before the series opener when the Pirates placed reserve infielder Steve Pearce on the disabled list. James McDonald allowed five hits in six innings against New York's depleted lineup before Evan Meek (1-1) worked a perfect seventh. Jose Veras did the same in the eighth and Joel Hanrahan got three quick outs to end it. After totaling 16 runs and 32 hits over the previous two days, the only time the Mets scored was on Jason Bay's scratch single in the first. Missing injured sluggers David Wright and Ike Davis, New York has gone 10 games without a homer for the first time since 1979. Dickey (2-6) did his best to make the lone run stand up. Knocked out of his previous start by an injury to his right heel, the 36-year-old knuckleballer struck out a career-high 10 and took a two-hit shutout into the eighth. Pitching with a torn plantar fascia, he had retired straight 13 batters before Ronny Cedeno singled on the first pitch of the inning. Dickey set down the next two hitters sprawling face-first on the infield grass when he dived for a bunt that was caught by first baseman Nick Evans. But the right-hander grazed Jose Tabata on the elbow with a knuckler and, after a visit from pitching coach Dan Warthen, Harrison lined the next delivery past a diving Evans into right field for his first career RBI. Harrison advanced to second on the throw to the infield, making it with a headfirst slide. Andrew McCutchen, who had whiffed his first three times up, drew a walk to load the bases. Walker then lined an 0-2 pitch to center to put Pittsburgh up 3-1. Brandon Wood replaced Harrison at third base in the bottom of the eighth and looped a two-run single in the ninth off Bobby Parnell.
Pirates 9, Mets 3: Kevin Correia became the first eight-game winner in the majors and the pesky Pittsburgh Pirates scratched out five infield singles in a five-run seventh inning to beat the Mets, sending Terry Collins into a frustrated postgame rant. Andrew McCutchen made a dazzling catch in deep right-center and Correia (8-4) pitched six poised innings to help the Pirates improve to 17-14 on the road -- matching last season's win total away from home. Pittsburgh was a major league-worst 17-64 away from home last year, but this season has brought quite a turnaround under Clint Hurdle. Pitching is the prime reason, and Correia is a big part of that. The 30-year-old right-hander, signed to an $8 million, two-year contract in December after spending the past two seasons with San Diego, is 7-1 with a 2.42 ERA in eight starts on the road. Pittsburgh starters have gone 13 consecutive games without allowing more than two earned runs. That's the longest streak in the majors this season and the club's longest since a 14-game run in September 1968, according to STATS LLC. Xavier Paul stroked two RBI singles after entering as a pinch hitter in the seventh. McCutchen had three hits, legging out two infield singles, after going 0-for-7 with five strikeouts in the first two games of the series. Chris Capuano (3-6) was a hard-luck loser after carrying a three-hit shutout into the seventh.
Mets 9, Pirates 8: After giving his team a tongue-lashing the previous night, Terry Collins watched from the dugout as his team clawed back from a seven-run deficit -- the Mets' biggest comeback win in more than a decade. The Mets were trailing 7-0 when Carlos Beltran's three-run homer in the third inning gave them a boost. Beltran then hit a leadoff double in the sixth as the Mets scored four times to tie the game. Ruben Tejada delivered a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the eighth off Jose Veras (1-2) and Beltran drew a bases-loaded walk later in the inning. It was the Mets' biggest rally to win since June 30, 2000, when they overcame an 8-1 deficit by scoring 10 times in the eighth to beat Atlanta 11-8. New York's beat-up bullpen hung tough the final four innings to salvage a split. Jason Isringhausen (1-0) worked the eighth and Francisco Rodriguez survived Neil Walker's RBI single in the ninth for his 16th save. It was a monumental collapse for Pittsburgh, which had been playing well on the road. The Pirates won their 17th game away from PNC Park the previous night, matching their total from all of last season, and had won seven of 10 series as the visiting club. Walker did his part with a two-run homer, Xavier Paul had a career-high four hits and Andrew McCutchen drove in a pair of runs -- but almost all that damage came early. Seven of Pittsburgh's first 12 batters singled off Mike Pelfrey. Unlucky No. 13 was Walker, whose two-run shot in the second inning sliced through winds gusting up to 35 mph and bounced off the billboards overhanging the bullpens in right-center field. The home run gave the Pirates a 6-0 lead, and they tacked on another run in the third on Paul's third single in three innings, before the Mets began their comeback.


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I came back home from Australia almost one month ago...
It was my first trip to so far away and alone!!!
I can say it was an amazing trip! Great experience..good practice of english!
The county is wonderful! Ppl are great! Ocean is unbelievable huge and nice!
The fact is..I'll never forget this trip..I'll never forget a month of happiness I spent there =)
Cheers to all the ppl from there..Hello to Sydney!
I'll come back..I know I will=))


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Letter R today is all about relaxing and recharging because we've earned a break from all the hard work we've been doing!
So let's grab a raspberry smoothie and sit back!
Recovering and refueling after working out is just as important as exercising.
Whatever you do or don't do: remember to breathe!!
Before you work out:
- Eat some high-quality protein and complex carbs like a greek yogurt with berries and oats or almonds.
- Wait an hour or so before you hit the gym, don't work out on a full stomach.
- There are some studies that claim caffeine intake 30 minutes before exercising helps to burn fat.
After you work out:
- Stretch and relieve those sore muscles from lactic acid.
- Re-hydrate! Replace lost fluids as you probably have been sweating a great deal! It goes without saying that your beverage should be plain water, not soda or beer.
- Enjoy your shower - if you can, alternate between hot and cold water to constrict and dilate bloods vessels which helps your system to get rid of waste products.
- If you have time, go for a swim and / or a massage.
- Have a snack that is high in protein and potassium (I like some wild salmon and edamame, but if you're into bananas, eggs and (lean) meat, go for it!)
- Don't go into hibernation, keep moving lightly, walk your dog / to the store, take the stairs, play soccer with the kids, it's called active recovery.
In general:
- Avoid alcohol because it forces your body to deal with getting rid of toxins instead of helping your muscles heal and grow.
- Reduce stress in your life to help your body (and mind) to bounce back faster.
- Sleep and give your body time to restore itself.
On a completely different note, I'd like to give a shout-out to Recipe Rehab!
It's a cool cooking show that "rehabs" people's favourite, yet unhealthy meals. My son and my favourite episodes are the following (spoiler alert, they are using some surprising ingredients like pumpkin, beetroot and cauliflower):
Alright. What do you think? Were any of the tips helpful for you? Would you make a rehabbed chocolate cake version?
Here's the link to the other Letter R Posts, and I am looking forward to seeing you back here tomorrow for S is for Superfoods vs Sugar!


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To start with the enforcement in the manuals section, it's necessary to choose a format and stick to it, rather than have people choosing their own format whenever they should decide to upload.
I'm absolutely stoked to hear there might be a home on the EP forums for game manual scans!
My $0.02 on upload tags: [System][Type]Game Name[Filehost]...
e.g. - [PS2][Manual]Jak and Daxter[MegaUpload]
Putting the console name first might make browsing through a long list of stuff somewhat easier. Also, I agree that file format tags aren't necessary. I would cast a vote for .pdf being the standard file format for guide/manual scans. I prefer .pdf, and I'm reasonably sure most people do. I can to convert a .cbr to .pdf, but it's a bit of a pain.
Can't wait until this takes shape... I have quite a few books I can share, and I'm missing some others, too, so this will be great for me.
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*My username will unlock my uploads, if a password is needed.
*Games, Guitars, or Girls... choose any two.
Well, when you put it like that, .pdf's kinda bite the big one. (I had no idea you could "unzip" .cbr files. That's cool!)
So, .zip and .rar would be the preferred formats for uploading books, then?
*If my post was helpful, click the star in the lower left corner of it to say "Thanks".
*My username will unlock my uploads, if a password is needed.
*Games, Guitars, or Girls... choose any two.
Well, they'd be my preferred formats. You're really free to do what you want I just didn't want us to be going around pushing .pdf's on potential uploaders
Hmmm. Mine came with a Quick User Guide ... in Polish! Worse, the machine's language was in Polish (and when I checked the box - that too was all Polish). The problem was not understanding plish enough to know hbow to get to the Languages option without mucking up something else. Fortunately, the supploier spoke Polish ... there's a surprise! So - very grateful for the English PDFs - Manual now duplex printed out.


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Portuguese translation of 'sediment'
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sediment [ˈsɛdɪmənt]
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Here, even the air was torpid, heavy with sediment , thickened with sludge.THE CALLIGRAPHER (2003)
Subconsciously he was thinking criminally; there is always a sediment of evil that can be stirred up.YESTERDAY'S SHADOW (2002)
In Cooper's Yard a thin layer of sediment lay over the cobbles.THE MAIN CAGES (2002)
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They have been sold to an 'affiliated company'. This is not named in accounts filed at Companies House, but it is likely to be Gouden Akker Properties, a Dutch company run by a reticent lawyer, Johannes Trapman. Mr Bock has said he has a 50 per cent interest in Gouden Akker. Mr Trapman allegedly owns the rest.
As a result of the sale Advanta plc is now an empty shell. This means that Mr Bock will no longer have to meet British disclosure requirements as far as his private interests are concerned.
Since his appointment early last year, Mr Bock has made it his avowed aim to ensure that Lonrho becomes 'more open with the investment community'.
However, this objective does not appear to extend to his other business interests, including his German properties, handled mainly by the German company Advanta AG, in which Gouden Akker is also involved.
The chief mystery concerns the precise role and ownership of Gouden Akker during a series of deals at the end of the Eighties that catapulted Mr Bock into the major league.
Some light was thrown on these events through his obligation to produce British accounts for Advanta plc. But Mr Bock has never identified certain 'third parties' referred to in these accounts who were apparently crucial to the financing of the transactions.
Now Mr Bock will only have to meet the somewhat less onerous disclosure requirements of Dutch and German regulations, which do not require full shareholding details to be put on record.
Advanta plc was set up by Mr Bock at the end of 1985. Initially, he had 75 per cent of the capital while the remaining 25 per cent was owned by Gisela Heinemann, the daughter of a store owner who had been a Bock client.
The stores were acquired by the company, as well as 100 per cent of Mr Bock's Advanta AG. Why a British holding company was chosen remains unclear, although a spokesman for Mr Bock insists that it was because of the tax considerations of his 'co-investor'.
Advanta plc's German investments were transferred to a Dutch subsidiary, Advanta Holdings BV, in 1989 and, as a result of the injection of new capital that year, its stake in Advanta AG went down to 20 per cent.
Mr Bock bought out Ms Heinemann in 1991. Advanta plc's investment in Advanta Holdings BV was sold last September for a consideration of 'not less than 1 guilder' (one guilder is worth about 36p). The 1992 accounts also reveal that a provision of pounds 7m had been made to cover the cost of selling or closing the stores, which have not traded successfully since Advanta plc's inception.
At the end of 1992 Advanta plc's 20 per cent stake in Advanta AG was in the books at pounds 18.35m, based on cost and share of profits and reserves.
At the time, Mr Bock said that his investment of pounds 135m in the Lonrho conglomerate was about half the value of Advanta in which he had an 80 per cent interest.
He made it clear he would have to borrow to finance the investment - the Independent on Sunday recently revealed that the Lonrho shares are charged to the Bank fur Gemeinwirtschaft.
He also said he was negotiating to sell 20 to 25 per cent of Advanta. Whether the sale of Advanta plc's 20 per cent to an affiliate reflects an underlying sale by Mr Bock to raise cash remains a mystery.
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Tea Party "Birther" Explains the Constitution -- And Why Joe Arpaio Must Come to the Rescue
"Birthers," for some reason (probably because they know the "birther" movement is little more than a baseless conspiracy theory) will never admit to being "birthers."
Take local Tea Party coordinator Jim Wise, for example, whom we caught up with following our post this morning. We asked this guy four times whether he thought President Barack Obama was born in the United States.
"It doesn't matter what I think," Wise tells New Times over, and over (and over) again.
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"We're doing it because there's a question as to whether that document has been altered or not," Wise says.
Again, Wise refuses to admit that he thinks Obama isn't a United States citizen. The most Wise will admit to is that he thinks Obama's natural-born citizenship is questionable because "at least 20 experts" claim the birth certificate has been altered.
"The two issues that you have heard from most folks, and it gets turned around, is the validity of [Obama's birth certificate] and whether he is a natural-born citizen, meaning both of his parents were United States citizens at the time he was born."
He concedes he's "not a Constitutional expert," but says he interprets natural-born citizen to mean that both of a person's parents have to be citizens of the United States at the time of their birth in order for them to be natural-born citizens qualified to be president.
While the U.S. Constitution does use the phrase "natural-born citizen," it gives no definition of what that term means. Most scholars and politicians, however, agree that a person born on U.S. soil is a "natural-born" citizen. Wise disagrees -- and he thinks the truth lies in Obama's "fake" birth certificate.
"If the document has been altered, there has been an altered official government document presented to the people in Maricopa County. And that's against the law," he says. "Our folks said 'hey, who do you trust? We trust Sheriff Arpaio. Let's ask him to look at this.'"
Wise and WorldNetDaily whackjob Jerome Corsi -- as well as several other Tea Partiers -- met with the sheriff yesterday morning and asked for his help
"He listened and he had some of his people in the room, they all gave their opinion. We were there about an hour," he says. "It ended with [Arpaio saying] 'bring me the documentation back with a letter asking me to do it and i'll look into it.'
"He saw the binder [of "evidence"]. He didn't go through it. But he saw the size of it, and volume of it. That's the evidence."
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When asked if he thought the resources of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office should be used to investigate what is widely believed to be a crackpot conspiracy theory, Wise says "doesn't he investigate people who falsify identites? What's the difference -- whether it's a guy working down the street or the guy running the country?"
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South African time trial and road cycling champion Ashleigh Moolman-Pasio has had the race of her life to win the UCI 1.2 Boels Rental Hills Classic in Valkenburg, the Netherlands.
The Lotto Belisol Ladies team rider comes off what she terms a ÔÇ£hard race blockÔÇØ having just completed the gruelling Tour du Languedoc-Roussillon. The Tour featured five back-to-back stages and Moolman-Pasio finished in fourth place.
Straight from there, Moolman-Pasio made her way to Holland for the 120-kilometre Boels Rental Hills Classic last Friday. But this all seemed to work in her favour as the 27-year-old delivered another top performance this season.
ÔÇ£We raced a tough route of 120km including 12 short, steep climbs ÔÇô it can be compared to the famous Elite Men's race, Amstel Gold. It was a hard course and the race was very tough from start to finish,ÔÇØ said Moolman-Pasio.
The course suited the South African perfectly, and the race progressively split with every climb due to the difficult nature of the route. Towards the end, there was a group of 14 riders by the time they approached the finish line.
ÔÇ£When we got to the famous Cauberg climb, which formed part of the 2012 World Champs course, I was the only Lotto Belisol rider who made the final break and with five Rabobank riders, I had to keep my wits about me to ensure I wasn't caught out,ÔÇØ continued Moolman-Pasio.
On the final 300m approach, Ashleigh timed her sprint to perfection, and finished almost a bike length ahead of second-placed Lizzie Armitstead. ÔÇ£I was overwhelmed with joy. This is my first big win in a UCI one-day race and I really surprised everyone with my speed in the sprint. Until now, I have only been considered a climber in Europe, but now I proved I could sprint as well!ÔÇØ
Moolman-Pasio is having a fantastic season and is forever thankful to her teammates. ÔÇ£We have a great team vibe in Lotto Belisol, which makes all the difference. I have made huge progress since last year and I'm really happy with my win in Holland. The support I'm receiving via social media from my fellow South Africans is also heart warming and much appreciated,ÔÇØ she said.
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The legalization of marijuana has been highly contested in Canada but new research suggests doing so could improve the lives of pain sufferers.
The study shows more than half of participants were able to get off heavier prescription drugs with the use of cannabis as a pain management tool.
Dr. Mark Ware, Associate Professor in Family Medicine at McGill University and Executive Director of the non-profit Canadian Consortium for the Investigation of Cannabinoids (CCIC) says cannabis has emerged as a way to manage pain but now we have to wait for science and policy to catch up.
"I'm hoping that with changes in legislation and with changes in regulations, with what is, I think an opening up of our minds of towards thinking of cannabis in a different way, that that will come with additional research."
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But he says cannabis seems to be more effective with certain types of pain.
"There are pain types that are caused by nerve injury. This could be peripheral nerves like trauma surgery where you get damage to a nerve. Or central, multiple sclerosis, people with spinal cord injury where the injury to the nerve is more central and it appears that something about those kinds of chronic pain states that are more responsive to cannabinoid therapy."
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Ware says research shows we have a long way to go in terms of being able to advise patients on dosage.
"Physicians and health professionals as of now really don't have much information to be able to give to the patient about what would be a standard prescription profile."
He says over the past decade or so it has become a more reliable product that contains a stable amount of active ingredients.
"But we still haven't been able to figure out exactly what in terms of the active ingredients in there. What is the actual amount I need to take in order to control my pain?"
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"I don't think it's a question anymore of whether we should, it's how are we going to do this and how are we going to do it in the context of, in some areas, limited information. In some areas, we know quite a lot more than many people realize."
Ware says there are 'reasonably deep bodies' of data and experiences experts, including himself, are learning from.
"It's not like were going in completely blind but I think what we have learned is if we are going to do this and it appears as if we are, that we should do it in a way that allows us to learn as we go."
Researchers are probing for answers, learning from experiences and adjusting theories in order to inform policies going forward.
"Flexible enough to be able to adapt but responsive to new information."
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In the study, researchers found they couldn't be sure on how the use of cannabis has changed people's pain because there was no baseline.
Ware stresses the importance of having a 'pain base,' full of data on things such as hospital visits and car crashes.
He says if there aren't methods in place early, researchers won't know how to interpret results as they come in.
"What we learn, we will need to share in the same way Colorado shared with us. We will need to share this with other countries around the world."
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When prescribing pain relief Ware says first he has to look at patients' lifestyle and not prescribe medication without just cause.
For example, treating someone's sleep deprivation could be the cure to their pain.
"Pain doesn't happen in a vacuum, pain happens to somebody with a light and understanding how that pain is affecting their sleep, their mood, their family, their job, getting a very holistic vision of how pain is affecting them really helps you understand what aspects of pain you need to start addressing and treating."
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He says overprescribing is an ongoing issue but that a number of people and organizations in B.C. are moving away from this approach.
"We may be creating all kinds of problems that downstream cause all kinds of effects on society. So by doing the same thing with cannabis would be just sort of fall into the same trap where we don't just want to knee-jerk react to a pain patient."
He says we need to make sure we evaluate patients in context and admits cannabis isn't for everyone.
"It's something that has to be done in a carefully considered way and with as much information as both the professional and the patient can have together and make an informed decision."
Ware says it's a multi-model approach that "works best for anybody coming in with a pain problem."


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UNIT 2.5 Identifying Protein Domains with the Pfam Database
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We don't want to dampen everyone's excitement over the Tour de France, but it's worth remembering that the sheer mental toughness required for cycling isn't gifted to everyone, and no recent rider demonstrates that better than tragic Italian climber Marco Pantani. The movie Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist is still screening at selected venues and well worth a couple of hours of your time.
Marco Pantani died of cocaine poisoning in 2004 after sliding from the heights of winning the Tour and the Giro in the same year in 1998. Beset by constant rumours of drug use, and feeling he had been abandoned by the sport he loved, Pantani fell into depression and despite several comeback attempts never regained the form that had brought him glory.
Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist is a sympathetic but not hagiographic telling of the Pantani story. Our reviewer Dan Kenyon said: "Based on Matt Rendell's exhaustive biography and with fine commentary from both Rendell, with his precise and sad delivery, and the crisp, no nonsense school master style of Richard Williams, the triumph and ultimate tragedy of Pantani's career is delivered in a tight and lean 96 minutes."
While you can buy the film on DVD, nothing compares to seeing a cycling movie on the big screen. Pantani: The Accidental Death of a Cyclist is in the middle of a limited run of cinema showings. You can catch it at the following dates and venues:
July 4 onwards: Curzon, Ripon
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Our official grumpy Northerner, John has been riding bikes for over 30 years since discovering as an uncoordinated teen that a sport could be fun if it didn't require you to catch a ball or get in the way of a hulking prop forward.
Road touring was followed by mountain biking and a career racing in the mud that was as brief as it was unsuccessful.
Somewhere along the line came the discovery that he could string a few words together, followed by the even more remarkable discovery that people were mug enough to pay for this rather than expecting him to do an honest day's work. He's pretty certain he's worked for even more bike publications than Mat Brett.
The inevitable 30-something MAMIL transition saw him shift to skinny tyres and these days he lives in Cambridge where the lack of hills is more than made up for by the headwinds.
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Let's face it, Pantani never regained his earlier form after checks for evidence of EPO taking were introduced. Don't get me wrong, he was a fantastic racer and one hell of a character but anyone who saw that final TT of the 98 Giro would be right to be highly suspicious and Pantani never tried to prove that he was clean...just moan that every one thought he cheated.
The Pantani story is ultimately one of tragedy but it also goes to explain why drug cheating (as long as one doesn't get caught) is still tolerated in many Italian teams and amongst the tifosi.
The Pantani story is ultimately one of tragedy but it also goes to explain why drug cheating (as long as one doesn't get caught) is still tolerated in many Italian teams and amongst the tifosi.
Being Italian, it's interesting how many things about Italians I get to learn from non-Italians.
All the Italian cycling fans I ever spoke to condemn doping without any doubt, but since you're so certain of your statements, I guess I'll have to comply and start condoning it?
Or maybe you should think twice and avoid posting so broad, unsubstantiated and offensive statements?


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In principle, the practice of paying dividends in shares rather than cash is extremely difficult to justify. Coats, saddled with pounds 100m of unrelieved advance corporation tax, has had a pretty good try.
An enhanced scrip dividend equates to a mini-rights issue. In the worst case a company can use one to pretend it can afford to pay a dividend when it cannot.
Coats escapes this charge. Free cash flow in 1993 would have easily covered the payout. However, by using enhanced scrips Coats is still asking shareholders to pay for a dividend by diluting the value of their investments.
Using enhanced scrips means Coats is storing up potential problems for the future. More shares in issue means it will have to work harder to achieve growth in earnings per share.
In Coats' defence, an enhanced scrip releases the pounds 100m surplus ACT lying in Exchequer coffers, which could only be reclaimed otherwise by earning a lot more profits in the UK - a process that could take 10 years in Coats' case.
Coats also struck a constructive note by emphasising that the pounds 35m cash saved will be invested in the company's ventures in China and eastern Europe, and in acquisitions for the engineering division in North America.
In addition, of course, taxpaying shareholders get 50 per cent better dividend income.
Given the size of the unrelieved ACT surplus, Coats can be forgiven for using this objectionable device. But the company should take the 7 per cent fall in its share price yesterday as fair warning. It should not push its luck.Reuse content


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A 19-year-old handed into police by his father who found 11 bullets in his home was jailed for three years today.
Judge Christopher Cornwall commended Neil Metcalfe, 45, for making the "proper decision" to inform on his son Paul, of Nelson, Lancs.
Following the call to police, officers seized a blank-firing handgun, converted to fire live rounds, which was found in the bedroom of the teenager.
Metcalfe was "minding" the bullets and gun for criminals who he has refused to name.
His father found the bullets wrapped in a plastic bag on top of an airing cupboard after the teenager had openly told his sister's boyfriend that he had the ammunition.
The defendant told officers he was holding on to the firearm after being put under pressure to do so.
Metcalfe, who has no previous convictions, pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition.
Sentencing Metcalfe, Judge Cornwall told him: "The grim reality is that the pistol you were looking after was capable of firing live rounds.
"Your intention was to return this lethal weapon to dangerous men who were intent on using the gun to achieve their criminal aims."
Referring to Metcalfe's father's actions, he said: "How can you live with your conscience if you do nothing and someone is killed or maimed for life as a consequence of not doing anything?
"He (Mr Metcalfe) deserves to be commended for taking that proper decision.
"He is not responsible for your reckless conduct."
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Posts Tagged 'cultures'
the luminous face of a reader
Posted in non-fiction, tagged Andre Kertesz, book reviews, cultures, photography, reading, Steve McCurry on February 15, 2017| Leave a Comment »
On Reading, by Steve McCurry
five new Christmas stories decked in good cheer
Posted in fiction, non-fiction, picture books, tagged book reviews, children's literature, Christmas, cultures, multicultural children's books, picture books on December 12, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Cozying up with a mug of hot chocolate, a plate of festive cookies, and some holiday stories…that's a recipe for happy memories. Here are five new choices for your stack of books:
The Christmas Boot, written by Lisa Wheeler, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney
published in 2016 by Dial Books for Young Readers
Award-winning artist Jerry Pinkney has richly-illustrated this magical Christmas tale. Open the book and be transported into a wintery wonderland, a heavily snow-laden forest, and an Old World mansion regally appointed for the holidays.
Hannah Greyweather is an elderly peasant woman whose gnarled, chilblained hands bear witness to the hard life she lives out of her rustic log cabin.
When she happens upon a large, jet-black, boot in the forest, fur trimmed, deliciously warm, her fortunes take a most surprising turn. Wishes start coming true with dizzifying amplitude!
That boot belongs to someone else, though — a crimson-coated stranger who appears at her cabin door one cold night. Hannah is an honest and generous soul. What will happen when she has to give up the boot?
This is a lovely tale, cram full of Christmas spirit, that you will thoroughly enjoy reading again and again with children ages 3 and up.
Here's the Amazon link: The Christmas Boot
Walk This World at Christmastime, illustrated by Debbie Powell, written by Zanna Davidson and Mary Sebag-Montefiore
originally published in 2015; first U.S. edition 2016 by Big Picture Press, Candlewick
Christmas is a time of surprises, and this book packs oodles and oodles of surprises behind a myriad intriguing, tiny flaps.
We're traveling around the world to see how people celebrate the season. Visit six continents, stopping in 32 countries, all vividly illustrated with so much punch, vivacity, and color. These pages are mesmerizing.
There are doors and windows galore to open, each holding a small picture and a brief sentence telling something about the local celebrations. Peek inside one and learn that, "in Kerala, India, star lanterns are made from colorful decorative paper and hung on poles."
Or, in Nigeria, "the Christmas feast might include pounded yam, fried rice, jollof rice, and beef, goat, or lamb in a delicious stew." Meet a Swedish tomte. Find out Santa's postal code. Check out what's for dessert in Australia.
You can blitz through the whole book, or try parceling out the numbered flaps to use as an advent calendar. That sounds a bit tricksy to me, but…maybe you have incredibly patient children! Ages 4 and up.
Here's the Amazon link: Walk this World at Christmastime
Presents Through the Window, written and illustrated by Taro Gomi; English translation by Tadashi Yoshida
originally published in 1983 in Japan; first U.S. edition 2016 by Chronicle Books
Beloved Japanese illustrator Taro Gomi created this juicy treat over 30 years ago and it's as fresh as ever! Just look at that contemporary design!
Santa has arrived in his helicopter. He's dressed in cozy, electric pink with a darling white pompom on his cap and a bundle of goodies slung over his back. Santa zips from house to house, peeking through the windows to see who lives there so he can lob in the perfect gift. And we get to peek, too! Such fun.
Slight problem, though. Santa's window-peering is not quite enough to see who really lives there. Thus his gifts are quite a jumble!
Preschoolers funny bones will be merrily tickled by the astonishing mix-ups and everyone's heart will be warmed by the happy solution. A delight for ages 2 and up.
Here's the Amazon link: Presents Through the Window
Gingerbread Christmas, written and illustrated by Jan Brett
published in 2016 by G. P. Putnam's Sons
Any new Jan Brett book speaks for itself. This is the third of her gingerbread stories, all set in a picturesque Swiss mountain village. If you haven't read the first one, Gingerbread Baby, which I reviewed here, I'd heartily recommend it. You don't have to read these stories in order, but I think those who have already met Matti and his mischievous gingerbread child in their first adventure will enjoy this a teensy bit more.
As you can guess by the cover, this episode features a gingerbread band, plus some more quick-thinking on the part of that spunky Gingerbread Boy and Matti. I won't spoil the surprise, but as with the other two books, there's a splendid, giant, fold-out to wrap up the story. Definitely an ooh-ah moment. Soak in the detailed beauty of these illustrations with kids ages 3 and up.
Here's the Amazon link: Gingerbread Christmas
The Biggest, Smallest Christmas Present, written and illustrated by Harriet Muncaster
published in 2016 by G. P. Putnam's Sons
Clementine is a sweet, little girl. I mean, she is a really little girl. Smallest one in the world, with a matchbox for a bed and a teacup for a tub.
Life at this tiny size is happy enough for the most part, but sadly, Santa Claus just cannot seem to grasp how minute Clementine is, and keeps leaving her regular-sized presents. This does not work out well at all. Imagine plying a paintbrush the size of a small sapling, or wearing slippers fit for a giant.
Though Clementine thinks of many ingenuous ways to remind Santa of her diminutive stature, nothing seems to work. Until one message finally gets through. And just wait till you see what Santa thinks of! It's the biggest, smallest Christmas present ever!
Thoroughly charming illustrations with plenty of peppermint-pink and spearmint-green set a perky, cheery tone from the sweet endpapers straight on through. This is a Christmas dream, especially for little girls, even if they're not quite as little as Clementine. Ages 3 and up.
Here's the Amazon link: The Biggest, Smallest Christmas Present
There are gobs more Christmas titles for your holiday reading in my Subject Index under Holidays: Christmas.
bonjour! wie gehts? and du iz tak?…two books for giving at Christmas
Posted in fiction, non-fiction, picture books, tagged book reviews, children's literature, cultures, diversity, foreign languages, geography, language, linguistics, picture books on December 8, 2016| 3 Comments »
Today's books fairly dance with the mysterious allure of languages. Each would make a great gift for a wide age-range.
Travel around the world to hear a fascinating array of languages, plus put on your thinking caps to delve into a fantastical world with its own new mother tongue. J.R.R. Tolkien would be so very happy!
Du Iz Tak? written and illustrated by Carson Ellis
published in 2016 by Candlewick
It's hard to forge new territory in children's literature. What is it that's never been done before? Well…this.
Carson Ellis voyages into the literal-unknown with this fascinating picture book. First, her enchanting, stylized illustration work creates a small woodland world. It could be contained in just about a cubic meter. Yet it's a busy, happening place!
Seasons pass. Occupants arrive. Growth and change occurs. Plans are carried out. Problems are solved. Perilous adventures transpire. It's your job to carefully observe all this commotion. That's always the case in picture books, but it's especially critical here because…
…the folk in this world speak an unknown language.
"Du iz tak?" one damselfly asks another. "Ma nazoot," her companion replies. What can they be saying?
Press in to the text and the visual storytelling, and you will eventually decipher this newly-concoted vocabulary! Such a triumphant feeling!
Any of you linguistic-types out there will love this, whatever your age. Young children will be drawn to the illustrations, the storyline, and the unique sounds of the language. It takes patience and deductive reasoning to puzzle out the meaning of the words. Possibly some early-elementary children will help you out with that. But it's a treat of a challenge for even college-educated persons. Highly recommended.
Here's the Amazon link: Du Iz Tak?
The Hello Atlas, written by Ben Handicott, illustrated by Kenard Pak
published in 2016 by Wide Eyed Editions
Now that you've got your feet wet with an utterly-foreign language, you really ought to dive headfirst into this extraordinary atlas of more than 100 world languages. Oh, Wide Eyed! How I love you!
Travel the world, visiting all seven continents, meeting folks from a multitude of climates, traditions, cultures, and above all — languages. Kenard Pak's warm, textured, striking illustration work whisks us into the environments where these kids live.
Architecture, clothing, weather, activities, wildlife — there's so much to absorb in these deceptively-simple panels which carpet the pages in engaging scenes.
Everywhere we go, children introduce themselves in their mother tongue. Find out the names of these languages, read the translation of the phrase in English, and see it written out in the Roman alphabet. But, but, but…
…the most amazing thing yet is that they've made a free app in which over 130 native speakers are recorded, speaking these lines!!! What a magnificent effort! It's a beautiful, smooth, elegant app that allows you to flit around to any of the countries and languages represented.
With one little tap, someone rattles off these words. I loved imagining just who that speaker was as I listened to all the different voices. At the end of the book, pages and pages of further phrases are listed, not illustrated, and these, too, are included on the app.
Kids are information-magnets. They are little linguists. What a fabulous way to engage them in the wide world, to rev up enthusiasm for others and the loveliness of a worldful of languages. Ages 2 through Adult.
Here's the Amazon link: Hello Atlas
a mystery winner…and a gorgeous new give-away!
Posted in non-fiction, picture books, tagged atlas, book giveaways, book reviews, children's literature, coloring books, cultures, travel guides, world-class cities on October 12, 2016| 43 Comments »
Hello friends! Today I've got a winner for the Edwardian mysteries AND I have another set of books to give away!
Our winner is Rebecca Newman. Congratulations! Please e-mail me at firstname.lastname@example.com with your shipping address and I'll get those off to you.
Meanwhile, I'll include the links again for purchasing these, as they are not available on Amazon.
The Mystery of the Clockwork Sparrow
The Mystery of the Jeweled Moth
The third title in this set — The Mystery of the Painted Dragon — is due out in the UK in early 2017. Not sure when it will be available in the U.S.
Today, courtesy of my daughter who's a dynamite bookseller at one of our Twin Cities independent bookstores, I have another giveaway. I'll call it the Globetrotter Giveaway! There are two parts to it.
City Atlas, illustrated by Martin Haake, written by Georgia Cherry
published in 2015 by Wide Eyed Editions
This beautiful volume takes us on a world tour, visiting some of its most impressive cities. 30 cities in all, from Lisbon to Helsinki, Cape Town to Montreal.
Each city is presented on a two-page spread, a travel guide of sorts. Museums, cathedrals, castles, and monuments are here. Food to try, street art to spy. Gardens and parks, waterways and harbors, pepper the pages with intrigue! There's also always an individual saying hello in a local language, plus the country's flag, a couple of stats, and something hidden to search for in the illustration.
Go ice-skating in Toronto. Wander Wenceslas Square in Prague. Listen to some Mariachi bands in Mexico City. Sample a pumpkin rice cake in Seoul. It's just the ticket to crank up your wanderlust.
There's no in-depth information here. Just a snapshot of what you might see visiting these places, a tantalizing look at the differences in what home might look, sound, and taste like. It leans heavily European, with 16 European cities, 5 in the U.S. and Canada, 3 from Latin America, 4 from Asia, 1 in Africa, and 1 in Australia.
Along with that, some of you may remember another spectacular volume I reviewed awhile back, Atlas of Adventures. It has a similar format, but it covers an entire country on each two-page spread.
Wide Eyed Editions is creating Activity Fun Packs to go along with these books, and I have the one for the Atlas of Adventures.
There are 8 scenes and 7 maps to color, drawn in lovely clarity by Lucy Letherland and printed on really quality paper, plus a sheet of colorful round-the-world stickers and a pull out poster with an illustrated world map on one side and a chart of the world's flags on the other.
I'd say the coloring here is geared for a child ages 7 or 8 and up. Lots of juicy detail.
I'm giving away these two beauties, wishing you hours of ooh-ing and ah-ing over the splendid diversity in our world.
To enter, just comment before next Wednesday, October 19, telling us what world-class city you'd love to visit next. U.S. shipping addresses only or I'll go broke 🙂 And just a heads-up — I have a couple more giveaways for the next few weeks so please come back!
the wonder of learning…books for back-to-school days
Posted in fiction, non-fiction, picture books, tagged African American education, book reviews, children's literature, cultures, education, first day of school, homeschooling, immigrants, picture books, school, slavery, unschooling on August 22, 2016| 4 Comments »
Some of you have already begun the new school year; some are just gearing up; There are many rich ways for each of us to learn and grow, an untold variety of approaches to education spanning the centuries and regions of our world. I hope something within this smattering of titles is just the ticket for you.
School's First Day of School, by Adam Rex, illustrated by Christian Robinson
published in 2016, a Neal Porter Book from Roaring Brook Press
Looking at the world from upside down and inside out angles is a great way to see old things anew, tickle funny bones, spark ideas. This brilliant picture book team has done just that, twisting the kaleidoscope a turn or two, making a brand-new school building into the new kid on the block.
The charming, new Frederick Douglass Elementary school is feeling a bit nervous about its upcoming First Day of School. Understandable, right? Soon scads of unknown children will throng its hallways, play on its playground, sit in classrooms, eat lunches. Some may not like it. Some may make rude comments about it. Blaring fire drills might go off!
With the encouragement of a friendly janitor, School copes with all this newness, one step at a time, and emerges from the first day on an overall upbeat note. Besides the lovely space within this text to step back and take a look at first-day jitters from a secure vantage point, Christian Robinson's irrepressibly cheery illustrations exude comfort and friendliness with a genius vibe that somehow combines old-fashioned simplicity with contemporary diversity. It's basically the perfect First Day of School book for ages 4-6.
The Class, Boni Ashburn, illustrated by Kimberly Gee
published in 2016 by Beach Lane Books
Ages ago, Karla Kuskin and Marc Simont teamed up to produce one of our favorite books, a survey of all the members of the Philharmonic Orchestra preparing for an evening performance.
This book happily reminds me of their approach. It's a collection of classmates this time, twenty children from various households all around town, getting ready to become one wonderful class. Some are eager-beavers. Some are over-sleepers. Three eat pancakes for breakfast while two nibble toast. Eight get kisses at the bus stop. Two can't seem to find their socks.
Charming, lighthearted illustrations spotlight this diverse group of kindergarteners. It's a tremendously inviting book, great approach to the marvelous differences within commonalities that make up a group. Ages 3-7.
Steamboat School, by Deborah Hopkinson, illustrated by Ron Husband
published in 2016 by Disney Hyperion
The encouraging depictions of diversity in the previous two titles are, of course, not a given in our society.
Based on a true story, this book bears witness to the immense struggle to be schooled experienced by African Americans. It takes place in St. Louis in 1847, just as a shameful new Missouri law forbade education to "negroes or mulattoes."
Through the testimony of one fictional boy, Hopkinson relays the courageous, ingenious actions of Reverend John Berry Meachum whose determination resulted in a highly-unusual method of schooling these children, taking advantage of a most unexpected loophole in the law.
Striking, atmospheric illustrations ratchet up the story's tension and emotion while bringing the period to life. Includes a lengthy Author's Note and recommendations for exploring this history further. Ages 5 and up.
Frank and Lucky Get Schooled, written and illustrated by Lynne Rae Perkins
published in 2016 by Greenwillow Books
I'm a firm believer in all the vivid learning that takes place outside of a formal classroom setting. It's unusual to find a book that captures so well the spirit of a whole world out there to investigate, the one hundred ideas sparkling in a pond, the windows-upon-windows of ideas opening onto more ideas all lying in wait in the most surprising places.
Lynne Rae Perkins dives into that sense in this remarkable look at a boy named Frank, his dog, Lucky, and the immense amount of learning and idea-sparking these two encounter in their life together. From Entomology to Art, Math to Foreign Language — careen along with these two and be amazed at how they both accumulate a vast array of knowledge. Unschoolers — this is your book. Innovative reading, for ages 6 and up.
Just a reminder here, if you are looking for the Gold Standard in picture books about the homeschooling experience, look no further than Jonathan Bean's masterpiece, This is My Home, This is My School. I am a huge fan of Jonathan's work, and love the fact that he has allowed millions of homeschoolers to see themselves in a book about school for the first time. Kudos to him and his publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
School Days Around the World, by Margriet Ruurs, illustrated by Alice Feagan
published in 2015 by Kids Can Press
I love introducing children to the intriguing cultures around our globe, the clever, beautiful, enticing ways people construct their lives. School is one of the things that looks different around the world, and this cheery catalog is a great way to explore that.
Visit 13 children from a wide variety of countries and types of schools. From the South Pacific to Alaska. Homeschools, public schools, international schools. School in an orphanage. School in an old castle. Immense schools and tiny schools. Fascinating at every turn!
Colorful, happy cut-paper illustrations will make you want to travel and visit each one of these extraordinary places. Broaden your world and find out ways you can help children in places where school is less available. This one's a delight for ages 4 and up.
For a more in-depth treatment of different kinds of schools around the world for older children, check my reviews of:
A School Like Mine
Off to Class: Incredible and Unusual Schools Around the World
And one more reminder — some children from other cultures may well be joining your children in their classes. Anne Sibley O'Brien's book I'm New Here, offers a superb, lovely introduction to what it's like to be oh-so-new in America. Highly recommended for ages 4 and up.
great, wide, beautiful, wonderful world…five outstanding celebrations of a big world!
Posted in fiction, non-fiction, picture books, tagged book reviews, brotherhood, children's literature, cultures, diversity, geography, home, louis armstrong, maps, multicultural books for kids, picture books, time zones on April 27, 2015| 5 Comments »
Home, written and illustrated by Carson Ellis
published in 2015 by Candlewick
This is one of my new favorites. I love reflections about home, and Carson Ellis has given us such a beauty.
So many kinds of home.
An old farmhouse amid peaceful fields.
A brick apartment, its windows giving glimpses onto tenants, cats, potted plants.
A palace. A space station. Perhaps a shoe — remember the old woman who lives there with all her many children?
Ellis has drawn quite an eclectic array of homes in her lovely, wide-ranging, imaginative, tribute. It's a bit like leafing through a catalogue. Which home would you like, dear? I love her artwork — the earthy, calm palette with lively splashes of red, the blend of reality and fancy, her hand-lettering, the sense of being at ease.
I was lucky enough to hear her read this book and talk about its illustrations at a visit to the Wild Rumpus here in Minneapolis recently. So, I'll just tell you to note that mourning dove on the title page and see if you can spot him on every spread. A couple places are surprisingly tricky!
A quiet gem to share, talk about, and wonder over, with ages 2 and up.
By Day, By Night, by Amy Gibson, illustrated by Meilo So
published in 2014 by Boyds Mill Press
Around the world, people are alike in deep ways that matter, while our cultures joyously differ.
By day, we awaken and go about our lives — dressing and eating, greeting and creating, working and singing. Our babies are cared for. Our seasons come and go. We grow, we love, we laugh and cry. By night, we sleep.
Amy Gibson's brief, tender text describes similarities between all peoples of the earth. Such an important piece to remember.
Meanwhile, Meilo So's gorgeous artwork displays the astounding, magnificent variations our cultures bring to these routines of life. Beautiful textiles and clothing, skin tones and hair styles, landscapes from snowbound cabins under dancing northern lights to Asian rice paddies and the hot, dusky plains in Africa. My word! Her work is stunning!
I adore this book. Plus, the author has dedicated her proceeds to The Global Orphan Project, one way to give a hand to the millions of children "who find themselves alone, whatever the cause." A treat for ages 2 and up.
At the Same Moment Around the World, written and illustrated by Clotilde Perrin
published originally in France; first published in the U.S. in 2014 by Chronicle Books
Freeze-frame one moment in time, and look at what is happening at that moment, all around the world.
What a spectacular lot of different places and people to check in on!
It's 6 A.M. in Dakar, Senegal when we stop the clock. Keita is counting fish with his fisherman father, the colorful pirogues lining the beach behind them.
At that same moment, it's 7 o'clock in Paris. Benedict is sipping some hot chocolate before school. And it's 11 in the morning in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, where a brother and sister return from market on their trusty donkey.
Travel steadily eastward all around the world, stopping in 24 locations, to see what's happening at that one, very same moment.
Each stop gets just one sentence of text telling us where we are and naming the people we're peeking in on. The rest is up to these beautiful illustrations. The tall, thin format of the book, splendid artwork, and wonderful cultural detail, make this a book to pore over, enjoying the intriguing differences in our world.
In the end, there's a big, colorful world map to unfold, showing us all the places we've traveled. Now if only we could actually arrange this trip! A fascinating, beautiful choice for ages 4 and up.
What a Wonderful World, based on the song by Bob Thiele & George David Weiss and sung by Louis Armstrong, illustrated by Tim Hopgood
published in 2014 by Henry Holt and Company
I see trees of green
Red roses too.
I see them bloom
for me and you.
And I think to myself…
What a wonderful world.
You can hear Louis singing that in your head, can't you? Ahhhhhhh…that gravelly-mellow voice. Nothing like it.
Armstrong first recorded that in 1967, and it's still one of the best songs ever made, in my book.
Tim Hopgood conveys all the joy, hope, and goodness bottled up in that music with his illustrations bursting with color and happiness, green meadows and sunshine, birdsong and blue skies.
This book will make you happy, even on a bad day. Sing it to your kids, chase the blues away, and plant a little kindness in your hearts towards the people that make up this wonderful world.
Maps, by Aleksandra Mizielinska and Daniel Mizielinski
first published in Poland; published in the U.S. in 2013 by Big Picture Press
This award-winning, oversize book of illustrated maps will certainly smite you with the travel bug if by any chance you've avoided it thus far today.
Created by a Warsaw-based husband-and-wife — a dynamic artistic team — this is not an exhaustive world atlas. It's a sampling of countries from every continent. Each gets one spread of pages whether it's mongo-Russia or little-Fiji. So that's the first pleasing aspect of the book.
Dozens of items distinctive to a nation spread across its map — foods, sports, wildlife, famous buildings and people. Here's a Moroccan woman making Argan oil; there's a group of Croatians doing a Kolo folk dance. Oceans and seas swim with marine life. And a great view of the Arctic regions lets us gaze straight down at the Pole and see the lands fanning out from it.
So, that's the intriguing aspect of the book. So much to learn. So many places to investigate, people to know, food to try cooking. These are maps that spark more curiosity about a world brimming with interest.
The beauty of the book comes from the lavish hand-drawn, hand-lettered artwork, and the handsome, subdued color palette — awash in warm earth tones and aquatic blue-greens, sprinkled with small, colorful figures. A visual stunner.
It's an outstanding book for map lovers of any age, and a brilliant gateway to learning more about all these people and places…and more beyond.
a midwinter break in the Caribbean
Posted in fiction, tagged book reviews, Caribbean, children's literature, cultures, middle grade novels, stilt walkers on February 5, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Little Man, by Elizabeth Mann
published in 2014 by Mikaya Press
205 pages
Amid the tall, swaying palms, sparkling turquoise waters, and skimming brown pelicans of Little Scrub Island, a boy named Albert Quashie feels squashed under a boatload of troubles.
Not only has his best friend moved to Brooklyn, New York.
Not only has he skipped ahead a grade to find himself hopelessly behind in math.
Not only is he swimming in the hand-me-down school uniform of his much-taller brother.
But on the very first day of middle school, the gang of Stanley kids from Gatling Creek make up a stupid nickname for him that makes him want to crawl in a hole: Little Man.
Albert Quashie is short, and the rough, rowdy Stanleys are not going to let him forget it. "Little Man, Little Man you so small, didn't hardly see you at all," they chant.
Dread grips Albert, coils his stomach into knots each day as he heads to the taunts on the bus, the humiliation in math class, the dreariness of not fitting in…anywhere.
The pivot point in Albert's life is a busdriver named Peachy.
Not only is Peachy kindhearted, but he's the leader of a troupe of stiltwalkers — the Mocko Jumbies.
"High above the upturned faces of the audience, [the stilt walkers'] dark arms moved like whips. The stilts never stopped moving, and their bodies, tiny above the long wooden legs, swayed like palm fronds. The stilts' tips tapped delicately as goats' hooves on the concrete slab. The yards of silky cloth of every color that draped the long stilt legs fluttered and shimmered in the spotlights…One leaned so far backward that the crowd screamed in happy terror that he would fall, and then he sprung upright as if nothing happened. One stepped onto a tabletop and danced without knocking over a single glass."
These acrobatic favorites of the Caribbean not only have nerves of steel, agility, and strength. They are TALL!
When Peachy invites Albert to join a school-age troupe of stilt walkers that he coaches, Albert is at first much too afraid to try. Gradually, though, Peachy encourages him to take a deep breath, lift his gaze on high, and join in. The lessons Albert learns from Peachy about stilt walking have a surprising cross-over into other areas of Albert's life, and as the weeks and months go by, the trajectory of Albert's life shifts to Purposeful and Belonging and Glad.
As we read Albert's journey, Elizabeth Mann treats us to the tastes, sounds, sights, and smells of this Caribbean island world. Boxing Day festivals and dreadlocks, mango-cashew muffins and bottles of Ting, jumbies and ferry taxis pull us out of our winter armchairs into the fragrant, dancing, tropics. Mann has had a home in the British Virgin Islands for twenty years, and the authentic flavor shines through in her work.
Don't you love that cover art?! It's by Lesley Ehlers, who has also drawn a great map of Little Scrub Island and its neighbor, Big Island. I love maps in books. More illustrations would have helped us visualize this culture, but alas, the book is not illustrated. When we lived in West Africa, I saw some stilt walkers perform, and I'd encourage you to check some youtube videos out to help your kids understand what is going on in the story. Here's a rather blurry link to one troupe.
Just a warning — the book starts out a little slow. Keep reading, though, as the story really picks up momentum about a quarter of the way through.
It's a lovely, quick jaunt into regions unknown (to most of us) and a number of great characters for ages 9 and up.


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