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ALAN v24n1 - Clip and File Reviews of Short Story Collections and Nonfiction Hardbacks
Clip and File Reviews of
Short Story Collections and Nonfiction Hardbacks
Virginia R. Monseau and Gary M. Salvner, editors
Jennings, Paul
Uncovered!
Reviewed by Joan F. Kaywell
Associate Professor of English Education
Uncovered! by Paul Jennings
Viking, 1995. 134 pp. $14.99
Like a good book of poetry, Jennings' Uncovered! Weird, Weird Stories uses just a few words to get readers thinking and feeling. Unlike what the title suggests, however, there are only two stories that are really weird: "Picked Bones" and "Backward Step." These stories are just weird enough to offer readers an opportunity to talk about strange "what-ifs." Readers who prefer contemplation will enjoy "Forever" and its treatment of brotherly love manifested by fetishes of toilet paper and snow, and "Listen Ear," where a boy realizes how a single lie can ruin one's credibility with parents. For readers who just want a "feel-good" story, "Too Many Rabbits" with its many spoonerisms will surely delight. "Just Like Me" satisfies as only a first love can. And "Ringing Wet" evens the score when an older girl's bedwetting gets the best of a neighbor and brother. Finally, students wanting a good laugh will do just that while reading "A Mouthful," where a father's practical joke goes awry and "Pubic Hare" - enough said.
The ALAN Review
Joan F. Kaywell
Mothers and Other Strangers
Reviewed by John Noell Moore
Assistant Professor of English and Curriculum and
Mothers and Other Strangers: Stories by Budge Wilson
Self/Crises
Harcourt Brace and Company, 1996. 194 pp. $16.00
Nova Scotian Budge Wilson creates nine psychological landscapes, the best of them as provocative for close reading, discussion, and writing as her earlier collection, The Leaving. Here "mothers" and "other strangers" tell stories of adult conflicts born of unresolved, often traumatic, adolescent experiences: identity crises, unrequited love, sibling rivalry, domineering fathers, submissive mothers. They successfully address their conflicts, but Wilson resists easy closure, opening up each story to readers' imaginations. In "Mrs. MacIntosh," Alfreda discovers her classist, domineering mother-in-law's decades-old secret. "The House on High Street" reveals human nature's darkest side when Virginia finally understands the tragic consequences of family infidelities. Two fine stories investigate writing as self-discovery: "Eliot's Daughter" and "The Diary." Others deal with unlikely romances, the pleasure of gentle, sweet revenge, and mothers who learn to forgive their mothers. Highly recommended for secondary school students, their teachers, and for all adults.
John Noell Moore
McKissack, Patricia C. and Frederick L. McKissack
Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts
Reviewed by Lisa J. McClure
Associate Professor of English
by Patricia C. McKissack and Frederick L. McKissack
American History/
Slave Revolts
Scholastic, 1996. 177 pp. $14.95
"Arise! Arise! Shake off your chains!" Twenty-four-year-old slave Gabriel Prosser, "armed with literacy and a gift for speaking," encouraged other slaves to rise up against their masters and to fight for freedom. Prosser was one of many slaves who instigated revolts during the 300+ years of chattel slavery in the Americas. The stories of abolitionists have oft been told, but not so the stories of the leaders of slave revolts: their stories have been ignored, sometimes deliberately concealed, by historians. Familiar leaders, such as Nat Turner, and unfamiliar ones, such as Toussaint Louverture, appear in this historic look at the role slaves played in their battle to abolish slavery.
Carefully researched and well-written - and sometimes painfully detailed in its depiction of the resulting violence - Rebels Against Slavery: American Slave Revolts provides a supplement to our history books, which fail to tell the whole story of the emancipation of the Africans who had been brought to this country as slaves.
Lisa J. McClure
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Morey, Janet Nomura and Wendy Dunn
Famous Hispanic Americans
Reviewed by Alan M. McLeod
Professor of English Education
Famous Hispanic Americans by Janet Nomura
Morey and Wendy Dunn
Cobblehill Books, 1996. 190 pp. $15.99
This book presents portraits of fourteen Hispanic (Latino) Americans from varying fields of endeavor: the arts (Gloria Estefan, Andy Garcia, Lourdes Lopez, Paul Rodriguez), sports (Felipe Alou, Gigi Fernandez), the professions and business (Jaime Escalante, Roberto Goizueta, Carolina Herrera, Antonia Novella), politics (Frederico Pena, Matt Rodriguez, Ileana Ros-Lehitinen), and NASA (Ellen Ocha).
Younger adolescents will be stimulated to learn more about Hispanics born abroad or in the United States who have succeeded in the arts, in the U.S. Congress, in police work, in the President's Cabinet, as Surgeon General, as presidents of major U.S. corporations, and as athletes. Each portrait is compelling, with one on mathematics-educator Jaime Escalante particularly so. Multiple photographs accompany each sketch.
Alan M. McLeod
Clip and File Reviews
of New Fiction Paperbacks and Hardbacks
Reviewed by Jim Brewbaker
Chair, Curriculum and Instruction
Columbus College
Mick by Chris Lynch Family
Relations/Urban Ethnicity
HarperCollins Trophy, 1996. 144 pp. $4.95
In Mick, Chris Lynch turns an unblinking eye toward American ethnicity at its worst. Mick is a Bostonian, a fifteen-year-old Irish Catholic. His friends are bigots and heavy drinkers. They settle their disputes violently. Their houses smell of sweat, beer, urine, and worse.
Mick's neighborhood is changing; Blacks and Asians live nearby. Cambodians and Gays march in the St. Patrick's Day parade, which provokes violence from Mick's brother and his roughneck friends. Described by Lynch, the scene is terrifying. Mick, influenced by Toy and the intelligent, straight-talking Evelyn, Hispanic school friends, wants to break out of the neighborhood mold. This turns out to be easier said than done.
Chris Lynch, a new voice among realistic YA writers, has a winner in Mick, the first of three titles in the Blue-Eyed Son series, which concludes with Blood Relations and Dog Eat Dog.
Jim Brewbaker
Reviewed by Margaret J. Ford Library/Media Specialist Memorial High School Campbell, Ohio
The Boys in the Band by Todd Strasser
Comedy/Romance
HarperPaperbacks, 1996. 192 pp. $3.50
Frank Stone and Eddie Falco would do anything to make it big in the music scene and leave the small-town street of Clotsburg behind - even if anything means donning make-up and wigs and impersonating females to land a gig with Sam Zuckert's all-girl band. Complications arise when Sharkbait Joe, the town tough, falls for Eddie "Ellie" Falco and Frank "Frankie" Strone falls in love with Sabrina, a singer with the Femme Brigade.
This light novel, while not very deep in character development, provides just enough plot twists to provide some situational humor. Even though the female-male roles are rather stereotypical, it provides a plausible link to the kinds of mistaken- and switched-identity plots found in many of Shakespeare's comedies. Middle-school-age students would find this novel fun as recreational reading while teachers might find a bridge to other classic tales of reversed identities.
Margaret J. Ford
Campbell-Memorial High School
Hobbs, Will
Reviewed by William R. Mollineaux English Teacher Sedgwick Middle School West Hartford, Connecticut
Far North by Will Hobbs
Survival/Adventure/Native Americans/Friendship
Morrow Junior Books, 1996. 226 pp. $15.00
When Clint, their bush pilot, promised that he was going to give them a sightseeing tour they'd never forget, fifteen-year olds Gabe Rogers and Raymond Providence had no idea that it was going to include a five-month survival struggle in Canada's Northwest Territories. After the destruction of their plane and Clint's death, Gabe and Raymond learn to survive through the help of Johnny Raven, Raymond's elderly great-uncle, a Native American. More important, they come to appreciate and understand Johnny's last words: "…take care of the land, take care of yourself, take care of each other."
Readers who enjoyed Paulsen's Brian's Winter will find Hobbs's tale equally satisfying, as two boys from different cultures forge a bond and come to understand why tribal elders believe that young people must possess knowledge of the past in order to survive in the future.
William R. Mollineaux
Sedgwick Middle School
Wallace, Rich
Wrestling Sturbridge
Reviewed by Donald R. Gallo Professor of English Central Connecticut State University New Britain, Connecticut
Wrestling Sturbridge by Rich Wallace
Sports/Identity
Knopf, 1996. 133 pp. $16.00
With this first novel, Rich Wallace has earned himself a top ranking among the best writers of young adult sports novels. This relatively short book is filled with vivid action scenes along with thoughtful introspective musings by the vulnerable narrator, a high-school senior who has been the second-best wrestler in his weight class in a small-town Pennsylvania high school. Ben wants to be state champion as much as the first-best wrestler, his friend Al. But does he have enough courage to challenge - and beat - Al? And if he doesn't beat Al and go on to college, will Ben remain stuck in Sturbridge for the rest of his life, working in the cinderblock factory like his dad and all the others? You don't have to like wrestling to appreciate this novel, though sports-minded males will likely be this book's most appreciative readers.
Donald R. Gallo
Central Connecticut State University
Short Story Collections and Other Fiction Hardbacks
Here There Be Witches
Reviewed by M. Jean Greenlaw
Regents Professor
Here There Be Witches by Jane Yolen
Witches and Magic
Harcourt Brace, 1995. 115 pp. $17.00
Yolen has written an amazing melange of stories and poems about witches over the years, and this collection of her work is a companion to Here There Be Dragons and Here There Be Unicorns (also published by Harcourt). Yolen's skill at storytelling is evident in this collection, making it a great choice for reading aloud to middle- and high-school classes. Her way with words falls deftly on the ear and will guarantee a chorus of "just one more." Each selection is introduced by Yolen's musings on the motivation for writing the piece and gives the reader a pleasant insight into her personality and writing style, as well as her research and vast knowledge of the field. The book is a natural in a writing class because it does answer the question, "Where do you get your ideas?" Don't let the content scare you - witches are a part of our mythology!
M. Jean Greenlaw
Wrede, Patricia Book of Enchantments
Reviewed by Anne Shaughnessy
Fort Clarke Middle School
Book of Enchantments by Patricia C. Wrede
In this first collection of enchanted tales, Wrede provides high entertainment for readers by giving amusing and witty twists to the conventions of fantasy. Among these are step-sisters who are neither jealous of each other nor despised by their step-mother, a prince charming who needs an old woodcutter to kiss awake a sleeping beauty, and a charmed kitchen implement which, when held in the right hands, becomes the Frying Pan of Doom.
Fantasy's more somber themes are skillfully explored in two retold tales when Wrede changes the point of view. To an old Scottish folk song of fatal sibling rivalry, Wrede adds the perspective of a middle sister, and in retelling the story of the New Testament's prodigal, Wrede gives voice to the older and resentful sibling. This is a collection to delight fans of the Enchanted Forest Chronicles and certain to win Wrede new readers.
Anne Shaughnessy
Aiken, Joan
Reviewed by Joyce C. Lackie
Professor of English
Cold Shoulder Road by Joan Aiken
Adventure/Suspense/Fantasy
Delacorte, 1995. 283 pp. $15.95
For a rollicking good read, start here. Joan Aiken, not well known enough to American readers, has written a quick-paced, fantastic adventure for middle schools in Cold Shoulder Road . The heroine of Aiken's Wolves Chronicles, "Is" Twite, and her cousin Arun have come from northern England to Kent to find Arun's mother, a member of a silent sect. What they find instead is a ring of smugglers terrorizing the countryside. Inexperienced readers may have trouble with Aiken's eye dialect and idiomatic expressions, but an eerie, foreboding mood is set early on and suspense builds quickly. From the cunning, slippery villains to Arun's insightful mother and the will child Pye, the characters intrigue and delight. In addition, the plot includes extrasensory communication, secret caves, kidnappings, buried treasure, and ferocious spiders the size of cats. Not only are evil foiled and order restored, but Arun learns that parents who love their children do not make decisions just to please them.
Joyce C. Lackie
Whitcher, Susan
Enchanter's Glass
Reviewed by Teri S. Lesesne
Assistant Professor, Library Science
Enchanter's Glass by Susan Whitcher
Phoebe has much troubling her. Her father seems to have withdrawn from the world following a stroke; her mother is consumed with her music. School is not even a safe haven now that her best friend seems more concerned with make-up than with make-believe. Wishing for some means of escape, Phoebe finds it in a glass shard and the almost-mirror-image world she sees reflected in it.
Phoebe's young age notwithstanding, this book is real gem for teachers in middle and high school. Phoebe's adventures in her mirror world are similar to those experienced by the characters in one of her father's favorite works: The Fairie Queen by Spenser. Each chapter opens with a passage from Spenser's work, and the events of that chapter relate in some way to the quotation. This conceit of an allegory within an allegory is perfectly perpetuated throughout this adventure fantasy. Phoebe learns to look through the poetic images to the true reality in her life.
Teri S. Lesesne
Clip and File Reviews of New Fiction Hardbacks
Schnur, Steven
Beyond Providence
Reviewed by Judy Stoffel
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana
Beyond Providence by Steven Schnur
Farm Life/Relationships
ISBN: 0-15-200982-5
Set on a Hudson River valley farm around the turn of the century, this novel takes well-worn plot elements and makes them fresh and readable. The twelve-year-old boy, left motherless by a mysterious accident, faces life with a bitter father, a rebellious older brother with artistic talent, and a dilapidated farm. The dismal situation is lightened by several likeable characters, especially the "spinster" relation who comes to keep house; however, the author successfully sustains the oppressive, mud-covered feel of hard farm life for most of the novel. Readers of "coming-of-age" novels will not be surprised to see another "will-the-boy-be-able-to-shoot-the-buck" subplot. More unusual (and somewhat far-fetched) is a sojourn into the New York City art world. Overall, middle-school readers, and perhaps older ones, should find the trials and triumphs of this family - both physical and emotional - engaging and relevant to their own lives.
Judy Stoffel
Mead, Alice
Adem's Cross
Reviewed by Rick Williams
Hubbard High School
Hubbard, Ohio
Adem's Cross by Alice Mead
Yugoslav War
Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996. 144 pp. $15.00
ISBN: 0-374-30057-7
For fourteen-year-old Adem, the internal conflicts of adolescence are exacerbated by the external conflicts of the current crisis in his native Kosovo, a province of the former Yugoslavia. Through Adem, Mead tells a turbulent tale that illustrates the complexities of the Balkan tragedy and examines active versus passive resistance to oppression. Young adult readers will identify with the teenage characters who sip Coke, absorb MTV, disagree with elders, and preen before mirrors. However, readers will be shocked by the atrocities that these characters endure as they hope beyond hope that the world will rescue them. Adem suffers the loss of friends and family before he himself is victimized by the thugs who rule his land. In the struggle to survive, Adem must compromise his conscience; pray to three Gods - Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox - avoid the very publicity that could rouse the world's attention; and bear his cross.
Rick Williams
Brian's Winter
Reviewed by Gary M. Salvner
Youngstown State University
Brian's Winter by Gary Paulsen
Adventure/Survival
This "alternative sequel" explores what might have happened had thirteen-year-old Brian Robeson not been rescued at the end of Paulsen's noted Hatchet and instead had to survive a frigid winter alone in the northern Canadian wilderness. In this book the cold is the primary enemy, and Brian again learns that survival depends upon first observing closely his environment and then living according to its laws.
A veteran winter survivalist, Paulsen fills Brian's Winter with the same vivid details that made the earlier Hatchet and The River so believable. And here he adds an extra dimension: like Russell Suskit in Paulsen's Dogsong, Brian survives this time by returning to the "old ways" - fashioning flint arrowheads to hunt large game and even painting on cave walls to record important events. Finally, Paulsen has brought his lively humor to this work. His character Betty the skunk is certainly literature's most entertaining animal thief since E. B. White's Templeton!
Lovers of Gary Paulsen's survival stories will love this work also. This is terrific outdoor adventure writing.
Gary M. Salvner
Meyer, Carolyn
Gideon's People
Reviewed by Jeffrey Kaplan
Visiting Assistant Professor
Gideon's People by Carolyn Meyer
Religious Differences
Harcourt Brace, 1996. 297 pp. $12.00 I
Now here's a switch. Twelve-year-old Isaac Litvak, an Orthodox Jew, wakes up after a wagon accident in the home of an Amish family. Really. After all, how many stories have you read where the two conflicting cultures are Orthodox Jews and the Amish? The novelty of this unique clash of cultures makes for a most interesting and provocative read.
Trouble begins when Gideon, the sixteen-year-old son in this kind Amish family, announces to his new-found friend, Isaac, that he is secretly planning to run away. Gideon is rebelling from his traditional Amish responsibilities - preparing for his baptism, getting married, and settling down. Gideon's sister Annie, however, begs Isaac to help her prevent Gideon from running away. If Gideon leaves, Annie explains, his Amish family will have to shun him. Isaac, an Orthodox Jew, knows all too well the rigors of rituals as he struggles to come to grips with the need to balance family traditions and personal freedoms.
Jeffrey Kaplan
New Fiction Hardbacks
Klein, Robin
The Sky in Silver Lace
Reviewed by Connie Russell
K-12 Reading/Language Arts Coordinator
Eau Claire Area School District
The Sky in Silver Lace by Robin Klein
Poverty/Siblings
Vivienne, Cathy, Heather, and Grace move from a small country town to the city where their mother grew up. Poverty forces them to move in temporarily with a crotchety man and a stern aunt until they are able to move to a low-income flat. The sisters begin to understand each other better as they deal with sibling rivalry, competition with other girls who don't have to buy their clothes at a second-hand store, and a mother who is desperately trying to make ends meet. This story, focusing mainly on well-developed characters rather than plot, has a flavor not unlike Little Women and The Five Little Peppers. Its appeal will be to adolescent girls who are avid readers.
Connie Russell
Byalick, Marcia
It's a Matter of Trust
Reviewed by Hugh Agee
Professor, English Education
It's a Matter of Trust by Marcia Byalick
Fathers and Daughters/
ISBN: 0-15-276660-X
When sixteen-year-old Erika Gresham's father, a state education official, is charged with extortion, Erika's world seems to fall apart. The media hounds the family, and some of Erika's classmates are most unkind. The family moves in with her mother's parents for privacy. Erika and her brother, who is away at college, struggle with their feelings about their father's humiliating acts. When Erika wins a tennis tournament by calling a ball out of bounds that isn't, she rationalizes her own dishonesty as a way of punishing her father, who is watching. Erika details the events leading up to the trial and the resolution of the case. With the support of her best friend, Allison, and Greg, a co-worker at the summer camp where she works, Erika can finally come to terms with herself, her tennis coach, and especially her father, who faces a two-year prison term.
Through first-person narrative and media clips, Marcia Byalick keeps the focus on Erika, making this a good first novel that will interest female readers in grades 7-10.
Hugh Agee
Rosenberg, Liz
Reviewed by Gretchen Schwarz
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Stillwater, Oklahoma
Heart and Soul by Liz Rosenberg
Prejudice/Depression
Depressed over her passive mother and continually absent father, and creatively blocked in her music, seventeen-year-old Willie finally takes charge of her own future and feelings. This book requires reflection. The characters are vivid but complex, especially the awkward, ironic Willie, the narrator, and her outrageous friend Malachi Gelb. Descriptions are thought-provoking: "All that spring our house felt like a doctor's waiting room…." The plot is never predictable; whether or not Willie's salesman father will come home is unclear until the end. Central to the story is a satirical portrayal of anti-semitism in Richmond, Virginia, where Willie lives. The coming-out party at which Willie and Malachi are misfits is funny as well as poignant.
This book is for older students ready to struggle a bit. The issues of depression, dealing with parents, and facing prejudice are engaging but not simply resolved. This book stays with you like a lingering melody.
Gretchen Schwarz
Send Me Down a Miracle
Reviewed by Lisa Wroble
Plymouth, Michigan
Send Me Down a Miracle by Han Nolan
Relationships/Power of Hope
Fourteen-year-old Charity's summer vacation is anything but boring when Adrienne Dabney comes to town. An artist, Adrienne is conducting a sensory-deprivation experiment to heighten her creativity. Locking herself in her family home for a month, she emerges, claiming to have been visited by Jesus.
Send Me Down a Miracle is about relationships among family, among friends, and among members of a small town. It is also about the power of hope and faith, in self and in others. Torn between being the good little preacher's daughter and her adoration of Adrienne's free spirit, Charity grows to see her father, whom she idolizes, as fallible. The glamour Charity at first saw in Adrienne fades as she realizes apparent caring and encouragement may have selfish undertones.
Han Nolan uses dialect and characterization to lighten the tone of Charity's discoveries. The use of first person, as if Charity is recalling the past event, is face-paced and rarely falters.
Lisa Wroble
Reviewed by Connie S. Zitlow
Director of Secondary Education
Bad Girls by Cynthia Voigt
Friendship/School
"ME" stands for Margalo Epps and Michelle ("Mikey") Elsinger, two new students who meet on the first day of fifth grade. In this episodic story, set in an elementary school and told primarily in dialogue, the ME girls are as mean as possible. Mikey is aggressive, changes the all-male soccer team, and is in constant battle with Louis Caselli. Margalo seems sweet but is the instigator of malicious gossip and gross tricks.
It is difficult to say who will read this book, because the only thing that drives the story is wondering what the girls will do next or guessing who changed the contents of Rhonda's lunch box. The stereotypical descriptions of the teacher and the students (bullies, Gap girls, and nerds) are disturbing and the figurative language ineffective, even if done to convey a certain perspective. Bad Girls is not among the better stories that Voigt has written. Readers expecting powerful language, strong characterization, and an interesting plot will be disappointed.
Connie S. Zitlow
Willey, Margaret
Facing the Music
Reviewed by Jeanne M. McGlinn
Assistant Professor of Education
University of North Carolina-Asheville
Facing the Music by Margaret Willey
Death/Family/Coming of Age
The chance to become lead singer in her brother's band sets the stage for sixteen-year-old Lisa Franklin to grow emotionally. For the first time in four years, she is able to talk about her dead mother to Danny, her brother's friend. But she also realizes that her romantic attachment to Danny is one-sided.
The story centers on the changes in Lisa, but Mark, her older brother, also expresses his confusion, resentment, and grief - mostly in separate chapters. Lisa's coming of age coincides with her family's renewal as they learn how important it is to feel - not just sadness - but also love, accomplishment, and friendship. For Lisa this learning comes when she realizes that she is gifted in her singing, that she is capable of accomplishing things on her own, and that she needs her friends and family. Renewal comes when she and her family can also face how things end.
Jeanne M. McGlinn
Rodowsky, Colby
Remembering Mog
Reviewed by Hannah Pickworth
Friends School of Baltimore
Remembering Mog by Colby Rodowsky
As the Fitzhugh family approaches the two-year anniversary date of the murder of their oldest daughter, Mog, all are still painfully living in slow motion. Younger sister and narrator, Annie, finds herself unable to move ahead of where Mog's life stopped. With the support of various characters, including a therapist, Annie begins the healing process, which she hopes will eventually include the rest of the family.
While some readers may not want to read about Mog's violent death, they will be able to join Annie's struggle as each family member experiences pain, isolation, and grief, and moves toward healing. A large part of Annie's healing process is learning to be accepted for herself and not as a replacement for her older sister. Readers will appreciate the Fitzhughs, who struggle with problems that have no easy answers.
Hannah Pickworth
Hewett, Lorri
Reviewed by Elizabeth Poe
Soulfire by Lorri Hewett
Coming of Age/Gangs
Dutton, 1996. 231 pp. $15.99
Set in contemporary Denver, Soulfire describes sixteen-year-old Todd Williams' search for self-understanding amid the complexities of his black community. Having spent most of his life observing the behavior of his headstrong cousin and best friend Ezekiel, Todd is now angered by Zeke's smug, self-righteous attitude and lack of appreciation for the love and concern that his father, the Reverend Washington, holds for him. Todd's anger and frustration escalate as life becomes increasingly confusing with family members fighting each other as well as members of a rival Hispanic gang. The gang-related death of his cousin Tommy serves as a rite of passage for Todd who gathers bits of insight into the meaning of manhood from all the males he knows and finally allows himself to recognize the love and strength both his mother and Leandrea, the girl he loves, have to offer.
Although there are graphic descriptions of fight scenes, the action in this insightful story is primarily internal as Todd grows from an uncertain boy into a more self-assured young man.
Elizabeth Poe
New Historical Fiction Hardbacks
Lester, Jim
Reviewed by Gary D. Schmidt
Chair, Department of English
Fallout by Jim Lester
Fathers and Sons/
Living in the shadow of his father's extraordinary reputation, Kenny Francis can do nothing but screw up. Where his father was a football hero and died saving his entire platoon in Vietnam, Kenny just seems to be flunking out in school, in life. When he arrives at Bedford Academy to straighten himself out in this, his junior year, he confronts the unreal ghosts of his father's past. In the greatest crisis of his life, he finds the courage to do what needs to be done, as well as the courage to admit a mistake - an admission that leads to freedom from the terrible burden of his father's reputation. A raw, sometimes funny, sometimes painful first-person narrative of an adolescent filled with anger, this novel focuses on legacies of loss, as well as the pain of concealing the mistakes of the past.
Gary D. Schmidt
White, Ruth
Belle Prater's Boy
Reviewed by Joyce A. Litton
Library Associate
Belle Prater's Boy by Ruth White
Loss/Identity
Ruth White has a strong sense of place in her depiction of Appalachian Coal Station, Virginia, in 1954. Her main theme, the loss of a parent, is a somber one, but she leavens it with humor. Twelve-year-old Woodrow Prater tells fanciful stories about his mother's disappearance a year earlier to silence the curious and to comfort himself. His sixth-grade cousin, Gypsy Leemaster, must come to grips with the reality that she has repressed her father's suicide (when she was five years old) and her discovery of the body. To show her anger at her father, she chops off her waist-length hair which had been his pride. Once Gypsy accepts her loss, Woodrow is able to tell her the truth about his mother. This novel should help young adults who are grieving over a parent.
Joyce A. Litton
Ohio University Library
Bunting, Eve
SOS Titanic
Reviewed by Nancy E. Zuwiyya
Binghamton City School District
Binghamton, New York
SOS Titanicby Eve Bunting
Shipwreck/Historical Fiction
Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996. 246 pp. $12.00
Bunting combines historical accounts of the sinking of the Titanic with the story of a fifteen-year-old Irish boy leaving home and grandparents to join his parents in America. It is April, 1912, and Barry O'Neill has mixed feelings about his departure from Ireland, especially when he learns that local ruffians with a grudge against his family are sailing in the steerage. Bunting weaves together the stories of Barry's girlfriend in the steerage, first-class companions, and inexorably the story of the tragic sinking of the Titanic. Careful attention to historical detail adds interest to this fast-paced novel, but the emphasis is definitely on narrative as the suspense builds. Bunting tells the story well, but her ability to set the scene, both in the beginning and at the end, when she describes the death of the ship itself, carries this fine novel beyond mere narrative into an unforgettable scene of death and survival.
Nancy E. Zuwiyya
Walter, Mildred Pitts
Second Daughter: The Story of a Slave Girl
Reviewed by Barbara G. Samuels
Associate Professor of Education
University of Houston Clear Lake
by Mildred Pitts Walter
Contrary to popular belief, not all slaves in the colonies lived in the South. In 1781 Mum Bett sued for her freedom under the Massachusetts Constitution. Walter skillfully weaves a fictional story around the known facts about Bett, as seen by her feisty younger sister Aissa. Born slaves in New York, the sisters accompany their mistress to Massachusetts when she marries. Mistress Ashley is a demanding woman who expects backbreaking work, refuses to allow Bett to marry, and often loses her temper. While serving visiting men who discuss issues of the day, including the Declaration of Independence and the Boston Tea Party, Bett learns about a bill of rights which states that all men are born equal with rights under the Constitution. When Mistress Ashley viciously loses her temper, Bett finds a lawyer to help. Recounting a little-known part of American history, Walter effectively captures the voice of a slave who longs for freedom.
Barbara G. Samuels
Reviewed by Diana Mitchell
Williamson, Michigan
Out of Time by Caroline B. Cooney
Time Travel/1890s
In this sequel to Both Sides of Time, Annie Lockwood and her brother are entangled in the mess of their parents' separation when a quick remembrance of moving through time invades Annie's brain and reminds her of her strong desire to return to the 19th century.
Although she feels the pull to remain with her brother, she can't resist the tug to go back in time to see her beloved, Strat, and resolve her unanswered questions. Scenes quickly unfold - Strat being physically restrained in an insane asylum, his powerless sister Delonny being manipulated by a man of evil intentions, his fiancee, Harriet, wasting away from consumption in a cold sanitarium. Into these disastrous situations comes Annie, determined to help her beloved and his family.
This fast-paced thriller has it all - characters we care about, a plot that twists and turns every which way, and writing strong enough to keep the reader involved. I learned a lot about life 100 years ago and can't wait for the sequel, Prisoner of Time .
The ALAN Review Diana Mitchell
Fall 1996 Williamston, Michigan
Black Horses for the King
Reviewed by Jennifer B. Monseau
by Anne McCaffrey
Arthurian Legend/
Ann McCaffrey's latest young adult novel leads readers through an exciting time in history and a time of coming of age for a young man. McCaffrey chooses to focus on a fascinating aspect of Arthurian legend that is usually overlooked: how King Arthur and his army came to own the majestic black stallions that helped them win many victories in battle.
McCaffrey's hero, young Galwyn, is an intelligent boy searching for a father figure he can look up to and for someone who will see him for the honest, intelligent, and capable person that he is. Readers will cheer Galwyn on as he breaks free from his oppressive uncle and becomes a loyal servant of Lord Artos, later known as King Arthur. Galwyn goes from being a quiet, timid boy to a confident young man who will protect Lord Artos' Libyan horses at all costs. This novel will leave readers wanting to hear more of Galwyn's adventures in the future.
Jennifer B. Monseau
Hunter, Mollie
The Walking Stones
Reviewed by Laura M. Zaidman
University of South Carolina, Sumter
The Walking Stones by Mollie Hunter
Supernatural/Scotland
Harcourt Brace, 1996. 168 pp. $5.00
First published as The Bodach in Britain in 1970, this fast-paced tale juxtaposes ancient Celtic folklore with society's demand for progress. The Bodach ("old man" in Gaelic) delights ten-year-old Donald with Scottish Highland legends: strange, shadowy Otherworld beings and heroes of brave battles. Besides entertaining his young friend, the old silver-tongued storyteller shares his secrets - seeing into the future with Second Sight and creating a Co-Walker. Donald protects the mysterious walking stones from imminent destruction, as a hydro-electric company prepares to flood the glen. The stones come alive to perform their centennial ritual, and Donald witnesses the great circle of stones merging with ancient priests for one final miracle before supernatural power yields to electrical power. Universal themes of friendship, responsibility, social change, death, and hope make this story relevant to readers today. Hunter creates magic with her graceful style and suspenseful plot. Like the walking stones, her book has re-awakened to charm another generation.
Laura M. Zaidman
Saving Jessica
Reviewed by Anne Sherrill
Saving Jessica by Lurlene McDaniel
Bantam, 1996. 191 pp. $3.99
Seventeen-year-old Jessica and sixteen-year-old Jeremy are contented high-school sweethearts. Then comes the diagnosis of Jessica's kidney disease. When dialysis fails, a transplant becomes the only hope for living a normal life. When found to be a matchable donor, Jeremy determines to give Jessica one of his kidneys, even if it means taking his parents to court to win the right to do so against their wishes.
Written in a readable if unremarkable style, the book presents teenagers who think and behave as adults and educated, loving parents who want what is best for their only children. Parents and educators sensitive to language or sex will find nothing objectionable. A twelve- to fifteen-year-old reader will gain knowledge about kidney disease, witness dedicated and idealized teen love, and go away with a strong message that faith and determination can win over adversity.


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While Rolling Stones fans wait to find out what's happening with the band's next album, singer Mick Jagger is busying himself with other projects — including studio time with British rapper Skepta.
Not yet a household name in the States, Skepta has been at the forefront of London's grime scene for years, and won the prestigious Mercury Prize in 2016 for his fourth album, Konnichiwa. Although that album topped out at No. 160 on the U.S. chart, he's increasing his profile on this side of the Atlantic, most recently through the release of his single "Hypocrisy."
Without going into detail about whatever the duo might be up to, Skepta shared a photo of himself in the studio with Jagger, depicting what appears to be the two in the midst of a conversation with an unseen third party. The picture was taken by Midnight Studios founder Shane Gonzales, who Metro quotes as describing the session as "one of the most inspiring days of my life."
If Skepta and Jagger are collaborating, it's for a project that's taken root very recently. Speaking with NME in May, the MC said that instead of focusing on his next album, he was "working on how I'm gonna do good for what's happening on Earth at the moment," adding, "At every stage of my life, I've always wanted to do good for Earth." As far as millions of fans are concerned, getting Jagger in front of a microphone definitely fits that description.


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Srbobran (serbocroata cirílico: Србобран; húngaro: Szenttamás) es un municipio y villa de Serbia perteneciente al distrito de Bačka del Sur de la provincia autónoma de Voivodina.

En 2011 su población era de 16 317 habitantes, de los cuales 12 009 vivían en la villa y el resto en las 2 pedanías del municipio. La mayoría de los habitantes del municipio son serbios (10 703 habitantes), con una importante minoría de magiares (3387 habitantes).

Se conoce la existencia de la localidad desde 1338, cuando se menciona en documentos del reino de Hungría con el nombre de Sentomas (literalmente "Santo Tomás"), en referencia a un monasterio que albergaba. Los invasores otomanos destruyeron tanto el pueblo como el monasterio en el siglo XVI, por lo que sus habitantes magiares huyeron a la Hungría de los Habsburgo. En las décadas posteriores bajo el dominio otomano, el asentamiento fue reconstruido por serbios. Tras reconquistar Hungría la zona a los otomanos en el siglo XVII, el área fue repoblada tanto por magiares procedentes del norte como por serbios procedentes del sur. A principios del siglo XX, los magiares formaban casi la mitad de la población, pero el equilibrio con los serbios se rompió en 1944, cuando el Ejército Rojo y los partisanos yugoslavos asesinaron a dos mil civiles magiares en venganza por la invasión húngara de la zona.

Se ubica sobre la carretera 100, unos 20 km al norte de Novi Sad.

Pedanías
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Municipios de Voivodina
Distrito de Bačka del Sur

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Geisha.6
Well, I couldn't stay away from the Mac, and ended up finishing the new GEISHA tonight. To view issue 6, click on the new icon in the Geisha box to the right. Enjoy.
And now for news of the next issue. I've decided to ask friends to contribute one page each, making it a guest issue. The only common thread I'm looking for is for them to say something about Japan, so I'm hoping to get an eclectic collection of views on the place I call home. Also, since I don't have to do much work (I'll just do the cover, index, and intro pages) I'm hoping it'll be up in a month.
Jackson Onigiri
I'm watching ONE NIGHT ROCK'N'ROLL, a sketch comedy show with the groups Garage Sale, Ameagari, and DonDokoDon. They were spoofing the Michael Jackson interviews with Martin Bashir, and one of Michael's kids took Michael's nose off. stuffed it with rice to make an onigiri (rice ball) and offered it to Bashir. Only in Japan…
Just a note to let you know what's going on with all the stuff I recently promised (the TOKYO BOY site and the ezine). The intense amount of time I've been spending in front of the computer this past week or so has led to sore eyes and headaches, so I'm trying to spend some time away from the computer for a while. TB is working on Macs, but there are still a few bugs when viewed on PCs, so I'm not ready to launch it yet.
TB.Grafico
The koinobori, which you see floating in the wind, are used to celebrate boys day (May 5th). The picture was taken in Koma, where we spent the afternoon yesterday walking around and enjoying the open air. The next few days of pics will be from that outing.
I Am the Doyenne!
Thanks to Lil for pointing out this post to me:
I enjoy keeping tabs on the Japan Bloggers who congregate at Yahoo Groups. These are some seventy expats from all around the world sharing the experience of living and working in Japan. Jean Snow is the doyenne of this salon, it seems. Cerebral Soup is the host of the Japan Bloggers Web Ring, which now lists 32 blogs, including Gen Kanai, INTRO-duce, Media Tinker, Ore no buloggu, Tokyo Shoes, and Tokyo Tidbits.
It's funny as I'm a relative newcomer to the group, and I would never consider myself a doyen, even less a doyenne… And there lie the perils of having a French-English name.
Densha
I was checking out esthet.org and found this link to the terrific DENSHA short. Really nice use of motion graphics, sounds, and the busy Shinjuku station visuals. I'd seen this for the first time a few years ago on the sampler DVD I got with my RES subscription (back in the days when RES actually focused on digital filmmaking, before becoming the lifestyle magazine that it is now) and I'm glad that they have it online for everyone to enjoy.
AXIS 103
Yesterday I picked up the new issue of AXIS, a Japanese design magazine that is published in a bilingual format (Japanese and English). It's becoming one of my favorite magazines. This issue's feature articles take a look at the infrastructure of Dutch design.
Momus Loves Photoblogs
I was just reading Momus' new essay for this month, and found it to be on a topic very much to my liking: photoblogging! He even mentions my site, which is nice. Go now and read it.
Squirrel Curry
The sign in the middle has "risucaree" written on it, which translates to "squirrel curry." Not really sure what this is about, but it could be some kind of brand name, as I'm pretty sure that nobody in Japan eats squirrel.
Cubismo Grafico
My friend Patrick went to a Cubismo Grafico gig last night in Shimo-Kitazawa, and then wrote this report about the show for the P5 mailing list:
Tonight I went to see Cubismo Grafico Five at Shimokitazawa Shelter! It was my first time at this venue, which is very small, and it was really crowded! Chabe (Gakuji Matsuda = Cubismo Grafico) said the show was sold out!
First of all we had a big surprise to see Chabe come on stage with his left arm in a cast, up to above the elbow! He said he was alright, and that he just cut his finger while fixing a signboard (Escalator Shop's?), but that they had to cast the whole arm because it would aggravate things if he was to move it.
Cubismo Grafico Five was fronted by Chabe of course, and the other members I didn't know too well. One was TGMX and another guy was from Doping Panda. The band had generally a rock/punk-ish energetic sound, with lots of keyboards, it was pretty cool! Chabe was at front playing keyboards and percussions (as much as he could manage with one hand). The set was pretty good, with songs from all Cubismo Grafico releases, not just focusing on the latest stuff. They also played a few covers (including "What a Wonderful World" and also "Tout tout pour ma cherie" for which they used P5 samples, or the same samples P5 used for it), and also a few new songs!
Chabe announced that there will be not one but TWO new albums out on July 16! One by Cubismo Grafico Five, and one by himself as Cubismo Grafico. He said that he was planning on releasing three albums at once, a third one by another band called Cubismo Grafico Trio, but then he messed up his arm, so this third album will be postponed to later this year. I think he might have also mentionned a Cubismo Grafico Five single or EP in about a month, but I'm not sure about that. Anyway, lots of good music to look forward to!
I was hoping to hear "Make Peace For Baby Boom" with some Jesper samples during the show, and I was ready to scream "JESPER!!!!!" to get Chabe's attention, but that didn't happen. Nevertheless, it was a great show and I'm hoping to see him (or them!) again soon! The next show will be again at Shimokitazawa Shelter on 6/27 (in exactly 2 months) and tickets will be on sale at Pia Tickets starting 4/29. Chabe also said he's hoping they'll have a bigger show at Shibuya Quattro after the albums are released.
Going outside after the show, I got a flyer advertising a show with Capsule, Sonic Coaster Pop, Eel and more, including Chabe DJing! And for an instant I thought that I really have to catch that, but then I realized that the show was tonight from 10pm, and since I work tomorrow I had to go back home instead.


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Q: how to select a list with the most occurances I have a list of lists that contains a list I am looking for. This list of lists contains 11 integers before a string and after that string is the number of times that list in particular has occurred e.g ['1', '1', '0', '1', '0', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', 'down', 9]. The string changes from time to time and can either be "up" or "down" meaning that the same list can occur twice e.g ['1', '1', '0', '1', '0', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', 'down', 9], ['1', '1', '0', '1', '0', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', 'up', 13].
What I seek assistance in is how do I make it so that in the instance the is a repeated list like as mentioned above, select the list with the most occurrences which in this case would be ['1', '1', '0', '1', '0', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', 'up', 13] while at the same time identifying the string.
To put in a more practical standpoint:
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['1', '0', '0', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', 'up', 9], ['1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', 'down', 10], ['1', '1', '1', '1', '0', '1', '0', '1', '0', '0', '0', 'down', 3], ['1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', '0', '0', '1', '1', '1', 'down', 6], ['0', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', '1', '1', '0', '0', '1', 'down', 6], ['1', '1', '1', '1', '1', '0', '1', '0', '0', '0', '0', 'down', 4], ['1', '1', '0', '0', '1', '1', '0', '0', '1', '0', '0', 'down', 9], ['1', '1', '1', '1', '0', '0', '0', '1', '1', '0', '0', 'up', 6], ['0', '1', '0', '1', '0', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', '0', 'down', 7], ['1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', '1', '0', '0', '0', '1', 'down', 8], ['0', '0', '1', '0', '1', '1', '1', '1', '0', '1', '0', 'up', 6]]

#this is the list I am looking for
listB = ['1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1']

#this is the method I am using to try and find the occurrence of `listB` in `listA`
def fl1(list1, list2):
    index = -1
    occ = 0
    for i, l in enumerate(list2):
        if l[:len(list1)] == list1:
            if l[-1] > occ:
                index = i
                occ = l[-1]
    if index == -1:
        return "The 1st list doesn't appear in the 2nd one."
    else:
        print(f"The 1st list appears in the 2nd one at index {index} with a number of occurrences equal to {occ}.")
        u = "up"
        y = "down"
        look_up = [(''.join(a[:11]), str(a[11])) if len(a) >= 12 else ('', '') for a in list2]
        if (''.join(list1), y) in look_up:
            print("down")

        if (''.join(list1), u) in look_up:
            print("up")

print(fl1(listB, listA))

The output I get proves that both instances of the list exist but I wish for a way for me to use the list with the most occurrences while at the same time identifying whether the string is "up" or "down". How can I do that?
#output
The 1st list appears in the 2nd one at index 579 with a number of occurrences equal to 10.
down
up
None

A: I don't know if I got what you want, but If other than returning what you already return in your function, you also want to return the list with the highest number of occurrences, you can do that by appending to a list the list that you want to find everytime you find it, and then just return the list with the highest number of occurrences:
#this is the method I am using to try and find the occurrence of `listB` in `listA`
def fl1(list1, list2):
    found_lists = [] #The instances of the list you want to find
    index = -1
    occ = 0
    for i, l in enumerate(list2):
        if l[:len(list1)] == list1:
            if l[-1] > occ:
                index = i
                occ = l[-1]
                found_lists.append(l) #Add the list to the found lists
    if index == -1:
        return "The 1st list doesn't appear in the 2nd one."
    else:
        print(f"The 1st list appears in the 2nd one at index {index} with a number of occurrences equal to {occ}.")
        u = "up"
        y = "down"
        look_up = [(''.join(a[:11]), str(a[11])) if len(a) >= 12 else ('', '') for a in list2]
        if (''.join(list1), y) in look_up:
            print("down")

        if (''.join(list1), u) in look_up:
            print("up")
        print(f"Lists found: {found_lists}")
        print(f"List with maximum occurrence: {max(found_lists, key=lambda x: x[-1])}") #Print the list with the maximum number of occurrences, that is expressed by the last element of the list.

print(fl1(listB, listA))

The code prints the following:
The 1st list appears in the 2nd one at index 224 with a number of occurrences equal to 10.
down
up
Lists found: [['1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', 'up', 3], ['1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', 'down', 10]]
List with maximum occurrence: ['1', '0', '0', '0', '0', '1', '0', '1', '1', '0', '1', 'down', 10]
None

Of course, if you want to use the list, just return it instead of printing it.

A: The simplest change would be to store it in a variable:
direction = None
if l[-1] > occ:
    index = i
    occ = l[-1]
    direction = l[-2]
    found_lists.append(l) #Add the list to the found lists

At the end the direction will contain what you are searching for.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


text:
Herta Mayen (1922–2015) was an Austrian dancer and stage and film actress.

Selected filmography
 Hotel Sacher (1939)
 Love Me (1942)
 The Singing House (1948)
 Spring on Ice (1951)

References

Bibliography
 Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity . Berghahn Books, 2013.

External links

1922 births
2015 deaths
Austrian female dancers
Dancers from Vienna
Austrian stage actresses
Austrian film actresses
Actresses from Vienna
20th-century Austrian actresses
20th-century dancers


The Open Design Afrika Festival has grown from strength to strength since our first event in 2013. This has been in large part due to the support of our sponsors and partners whose generosity and commitment have helped to grow the Open Design community of change agents. As the host city and home of Open Design, Cape Town is in a unique position to take design-led innovation forward owing to its numerous design-related designations i.e. World Design Capital 2014 (WDC2014) and UNESCO Design City (a first in Afrika) as well as hosting of many other international events.
On behalf of the City of Cape Town, I would like to express my gratitude to the organisers of Open Design Cape Town for hosting the festival again this year.
For a fifth year, Open Design will allow Capetonians and visitors to enjoy some of the best sites Cape Town has to offer including our iconic City Hall where we are currently busy with some exciting upgrades.
Visitors to the festival will get to explore our the many diverse offerings in Cape Town with festival tours, workshops, pop-up activations and interactive experiences that look into how design relates to achieving a sustainable society.
During our tenure as World Design Capital in 2014, we celebrated the immense value the creative industry and design-led thinking brings to building a world class city.
We are excited that initiatives such as Open Design continue to build on the legacy of World Design Capital and showcase what Cape Town has to offer.
This is done while also inspiring and empowering young people to make a difference in their communities and make positive contributions to improving society.
The City of Cape Town is proud to support Open Design as it brings together people from different backgrounds and cultures for a common purpose, something which is part of our values in building an Inclusive City.
We trust that this year's festival will be enjoyed by many and may we continue to build on the good work where we use design to transform lives. Let us continue getting on with showing the world why we are the events capital of Africa to build on the successes of this festival so that we can enjoy it for many years to come. Thank you for choosing Cape Town, enjoy the festival. Enjoy design.


We have a full list of facilities at the library. Emersons Green Library also provides a laminating service, has a meeting room for hire and offers free wifi access.
Stitch and Knit sessions: every Tuesday 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Share ideas and learn from one another. Bring something you're working on or learn something new. Beginners welcome.


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Dorothy Mae Leach, 90, of Claysburg, formerly of S. Woodbury Township, passed away on December 19, 2021 at Cornerstone Personal Care Home. She was born on February 13, 1931 in S. Woodbury Township; daughter of the late George F. and Mary (Claar) Musselman. Dorothy worked many years for Beach's Meat Market in New Enterprise. She was a member of the New Enterprise Church of the Brethren where she was active in church activities. Dorothy enjoyed cooking, sewing, and was an active member of the Cove Lion's Club. She was preceded in death by her husband Clair Vernon Leach on October 28, 2013; sister Martha Deterline; as well as brothers Henry, Earl, and Albert Musselman. Surviving is son Richard Leach (wife, Alice) of New Enterprise; son Daryl Leach (wife, Belinda) of James Creek; sister Maisie Bingenheimer; as well as 5 grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren, 5 great-great grandchildren, and 2 step great-grandchildren. An informal viewing with no family present will be held on Thursday, December 23, 2021 from 6:00-7:00PM at the Stone Funeral Home in Woodbury. Interment will be in Holsinger Cemetery. If so desired, Memorial Contributions in Dorothy's name can be made to the New Enterprise Church of the Brethren. Arrangements by Stone Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Inc. (www.stonefuneralhomewoodury.com); Woodbury.
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Rand Paul leads bipartisan group of senators vowing to fight warrantless mass surveillance
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Rand Paul mocks the Republicans who said FISA wouldn't be abused and who now claim Obama abused FISA
Autumn Price, January 19, 2018 4:48 pm
This federal agency is about to start tracking license plates all across America
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Republicans reject limited government when it comes to surveillance
Why did the White House and Congress give spy agencies a "blank check" in the stopgap spending bill?
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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., speaks to reporters as he leaves a Republican Senate luncheon attended by President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) is slamming House Intel members who this week pushed Section 702 of the Fisa Amendments Act through for long-term reauthorization without reform.
"Irony alert: House Intel members who shoved fake reform of FISA, a day later reveal[s] bombshell evidence that FISA was abused by Obama officials," Paul said in a tweet.
Irony alert: House Intel members who shoved fake reform of FISA, a day later reveal bombshell evidence that FISA was abused by Obama officials. https://t.co/fhwxyj5CeZ
— Senator Rand Paul (@RandPaul) January 19, 2018
Paul cited a Politico article that addressed the concerns of House members who believe FISA might have been abused under the Obama administration during the 2016 presidential election to undermine the Trump campaign, despite some of these same members arguing a week earlier that civil libertarians' concerns about potential abuse regarding surveillance were unwarranted.
These members are now urging that the classified document they have read be made public that would reveal the alleged abuse.
Section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act currently allows the US intelligence community to intercept foreign persons "reasonably believed to be located outside the United States" in order to "acquire foreign intelligence information."
"We have concerns — FISA concerns — that all members of the body should know," said Rep. Mike Conaway (R-Texas), a member of House Intel committee, on Friday as reported by Politico.
RARE POV: Rand Paul says America will go the way of Rome if "inexcusable" spending doesn't stop
But on January 11, opposing Rep. Justin Amash's (R-Mich.) FISA reform amendment, Conaway said before the vote, "There are FISA issues swirling around that have absolutely nothing to do with 702. Those (issues) are being used by opponents, those who want it to go dark, in a perfectly legitimate debate technique to try to muddy the waters."
Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) called the classified report on alleged surveillance abuse "deeply troubling" on Friday, and like Conaway he also voted against FISA reform on week prior.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), who also opposed Amash's FISA reform amendment, assured fellow members on the House floor that the program was not about domestic spying on citizens.
"This is Title 7, Section 702," Ryan said January 11. "This is about foreign terrorists on foreign soil. That's what this is about."
Paul believes FISA might have been abused under the Obama administration to surveil the Trump campaign, and thinks no administration should have the power to surveil American citizens without a warrant.
"Did the Obama admin go after presidential candidates, members of Congress, journalists, clergy, lawyers, fed judges?" Paul tweeted last May. "Did the Obama admin use warrantless "wiretapping" on other candidates besides @realdonaldtrump?"
In a letter to President Trump in April of 2017, Paul asked the president to investigate a claim from an anonymous source alleging that his name was "unmasked" in an Obama administration intelligence report.
"I ask that your administration promptly investigate whether my name or the names of other Members of Congress, or individuals from our staffs or campaigns, were included in queries or searches of databases of the intelligence community, or if their identities were unmasked in any intelligence reports or products," Paul wrote.
Paul's letter came only a week after reports surfaced that Susan Rice, for President Obama's National Security Adviser, attempted to learn the identities of Trump transition team officials whose communications with foreign officials were collected during a "routine intelligence-gathering operations."
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The Portuguese Are Happy! George Mendes Has Opened A Cervejaria In New York City.
George Mendes has been cooking Portuguese food in New York City for more than half a decade. His first solo project, Aldea, has been awarded a Michelin star every year since 2011. And while the restaurant has dished out consistently excellent cuisine inspired by the Iberian Peninsula with a modern, seasonal approach, its prix fixe and tasting menus have kept dinner more in the category of a special-occasion meal than accessible neighborhood dining. The Portuguese-American chef is hoping to achieve this latter status with the opening of his second city establishment, Lupulo.
Open for just over two weeks for dinner on the corner of 29th Street and Sixth Avenue in the increasingly desirable NoMad micro-hood, Lupulo is, quite simply, "a more casual restaurant," according to Mendes, who struts into his new digs at 10 a.m. sharp on the day of our interview, meeting with a couple of construction workers and stepping into the kitchen to offer a few words of advice to his staff before sitting down at a table to chat. "I want it to be a place where people come after a hard day of work or after a game. Just roll up, sit on a stool and have a very casual bite to eat, or grab a table and have dinner." It's already attracting a large Portuguese clientele, both from a sizable population in nearby Newark, New Jersey, and locally — a significant achievement that has the chef remarking he has seen "more and more Portuguese people come out of the woodwork" over the past two weeks, even while Aldea has been open for six years. The rustic, tavern-like vibe and affordable prices — not to mention the traditional Portuguese comfort food coming out of an open kitchen complete with a wood-burning oven — have seemed to resonate quickly with this crowd.
A central bar with a dozen beers on tap and an open kitchen are integral aspects of Lupulo.
Early reports on Lupulo (which means "hops" in Portuguese) have mentioned that the restaurant is modeled after the beer halls, or cervejarias, of Lisbon. But don't tell that to the chef. "I really can't use the name 'beer hall'; it just hurts me. I think of a beer hall as being a German institution, with the boots and the big, long tables." Cervejarias are primarily Portuguese breweries that serve some food, along with a couple of beers — typically a Sagres and a Super Bock, the country's two most mass-produced lagers. Mendes will be serving these beers alongside dishes like borrego com feijão (lamb leg cooked over charcoal with red peas and tomato) and amêijoas à bulhão pato (Manila clams with Vinho Verde, garlic and cilantro) in New York. The chef goes on to explain that craft beer hasn't quite caught on in Portugal just yet. "There are shippers working on bringing in more artisanally made craft beers in Portugal that may eventually make it to the U.S.," he says. He cautions, however, that it's still "a very small market.".
And yet, beer (cerveja) is one of the main focuses at Lupulo. Mendes has hired Ryan Mauban, a self-described "beer nerd" who cut his teeth at Brooklyn's acclaimed boutique beer bar Tørst (where he claims he has touched every one of the roughly 3,000 different bottles in the cellar), to head up the beer program. There is a heavily rotating list of a dozen beers on tap, encompassing an eclectic mix of styles. Right now, for example, there's a cask-aged cider blended with peach wine from Maryland, a doppelbock made by Benedictine monks from Germany and a fermented sour ale made with Barbera grapes and aged in oak barrels from Italy. And of course, there's Sagres, which has been selling exceedingly well in the first couple of weeks.
"I've told Ryan he has a completely blank check for beers to put on the list, but he's got to have Sagres," Mendes says. "Our priority is showing off what we're doing in the U.S. — the U.S. is definitely the craft-beer center, and Europe is two or three years behind," he continues. The duo plans to introduce more Portuguese beers, either draft or bottled, as the country's craft-beer movement continues to get off the ground.
That's not to say that you won't find wine on the menu at Lupulo. Quite the contrary. Aldea sommelier Doreen Winkler has compiled an impressive list of 13 white, red, rosé and sparkling wines, all indigenous to Portugal. The country's wines have seen a recent uptick in popularity overseas. There has been a wave of focus on small producers and natural wines, which reflects the current choices of bottles (all also offered by the glass) at Lupulo.
In the end, though, it's the diverse selection of craft beers that best exemplifies Lupulo's casualness. The rotating tap pours are perfect complements to Mendes's homage to his native country's classic cooking, and people — many of them Portuguese — are already taking notice. Perhaps the cavernous, blue-and-white-tiled restaurant is a harbinger of the growing craft-beer movement in Portugal. Perhaps Portugal's cervejarias (and Europe's beer halls as a whole) are, as the chef insinuated, some two to three years away from adopting similar ideas. Whatever the case, we're certainly enjoying our frango piri-piri alongside a hoppy Brooklyn Other Half IPA in the meantime.